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Poker recap

March 8, 2004

So Saturday night was our third Hold ‘Em Tournament. Biggest one yet. 16 players duking it out in a table-stakes, No Limit game. We started off at three tables – one of 6 and two of five. Said tables were to then collapse to two tables of six (one eliminated from each table of five [...]

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Hold ‘Em Recap

January 3, 2004

As I mentioned earlier, last night was our second Texas Hold ‘Em tournament. It was really fun. We had 12 people playing – although we added a 13th player at the eleventh hour, which changed things up a bit, but made the first place purse a little sweeter. We started off by having everyone put [...]

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Splendifurous

December 31, 2003

Yesterday turned out to be a pretty busy day. In the afternoon, I went window-shopping with Partytom. We stopped by a ski/snowboard shop to look at gear. That shit ain’t cheap, yo! But we’re going to rent from that shop this weekend when we go on a practice trip before Jackson Hole in Feb. After [...]

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Weekend, weekend, roly poly weekend…

November 10, 2003

OK, I promised an update… This weekend was the Windy City Lindy Exchange. Basically, that means swing dancers from all over the world descended upon Chicago for a weekend chock full of dancing, jazz, and dorks in track pants. Nando arrived on Friday night. While waiting for Dallas’s plane to get in, Nando and I [...]

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Play the field…it pays off!

May 12, 2003

So I’m back from my Vegas trip. Our story begins on Saturday around 1 PM. I am at the Barbary Coast casino with Backstreet and Partytom. Sit down at a $5 blackjack table, and buy $100 worth of chips. Play a few hands, up and down. End up about exactly even. Toss my $5 chips [...]

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