Friday, March 12, 2010

2m2mm the copycats!

From the Hammered Quads blog:
These former college geniuses risk it all with their own money and have one goal in mind: win two million dollars in two decades. It's a high risk gamble you won't want to miss. Complicating their task are all the temptations of their new found Midwest lifestyle: the money, the women and a cozy country cottage. They have the brains to win... if they can keep their minds on poker.
I don't know how I missed this! Good luck, mid-western poker house!

B-52's -- Deadbeat Club

Going down to Allen's for
A twenty-five cent beer
And the jukebox playing real loud,
"Ninety-six tears"

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Clearing bonuses, mystery withdrawal notice figured out

C'mon c'mon c'mon


Arrrg.....

Arrrg x 2....

OK, one measly VPP point wasn't going to slow me down, hah, and I finally cleared these bonuses last night. Ship the $59.75.

And so I went to withdraw, as I'd been meaning to for a few days anyway, and PokerStars warns me there's one more bonus I'd be missing out on. So I poked around the interwebz, as Stars has been keeping pretty quite about it.

Behold Tourney #251176107:

So, OK. Instead of withdrawing right away, I made one small deposit to take a shot at this SCOOP ticket prizepool:

Cards fly at 18:00 ET on Sunday March 21st. Wish me luck!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Bank of America gives customer the bird

I mean, they gave her back her parrot anyway:

A Hampton woman is suing Bank of America, saying one of its contractors wrongly repossessed her home, padlocked the doors, shut off the utilities, damaged the furniture and confiscated a pet parrot, though her mortgage payments were on time.

...

In further calls, Bank of America representatives told Ms. Iannelli they couldn't help her, told her to stop calling, said they were "tired of hearing from her" and put her on hold, told her to call back later and hung up on her, the suit said.

About a week later, Bank of America told her it had "made a mistake" and told her where she could find her parrot....

Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This level of customer service is why I stopped doing business with BoA a decade ago.

Now moving your money out of the big national backs is quite trendy. Find a small local bank near you!

I wish the lady good luck with her lawsuit, and am glad the parrot survived. Can you imagine the courtroom antics from BoA's lawyers if it hadn't? I think it might look a little something like this:

 

Monty Python - Dead Parrot

Monday, March 8, 2010

Another swongy week

Still FPP pro-ing it through the slums of 25NL. Spent the weekend getting rivered over and over again, but lost the minimum in most spots.

Oh well. I'll get 'em next week.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Diamonds are a Conan's best friend

Funny I was in such a  of spadesspades of spades mood yesterday.

If they don't give me proper credit, I just take their stacks.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $12.35
SB: $16.95
BB: $25.00
Hero (UTG): $25.00
UTG+1: $39.45
MP1: $36.35
MP2: $19.75
CO: $11.50

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with 8 of diamonds J of diamonds

Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $1.25, 5 folds, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.85) 7 of diamonds 5 of diamonds 2 of diamonds (2 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets $1, Hero raises to $3, MP1 calls $2

Turn: ($8.85) 5 of clubs (2 players)

Hero bets $3.25, MP1 calls $3.25

River: ($15.35) 4 of hearts (2 players)

Hero bets $4.75, MP1 raises to $9.50, Hero calls $4.75

Final Pot: $34.35

Hero shows 8 of diamonds J of diamonds (a flush, Jack high)

MP1 shows Q of clubs A of clubs (a pair of Fives)

Hero wins $32.70

(Rake: $1.65)


And two minutes later:

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (MP): $25.00
CO: $25.00
BTN: $25.75
SB: $16.35
BB: $31.40
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $40.70

Pre Flop: ($0.45) Hero is MP with 8 of diamonds 6 of diamonds

UTG raises to $1, UTG+1 calls $1, Hero calls $1, 4 folds

Flop: ($3.45) 7 of diamonds J of diamonds 6 of clubs (3 players)

UTG bets $2.25, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($7.95) 2 of spades (2 players)

UTG bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

River: ($18.95) Q of diamonds (2 players)

UTG bets $9, Hero raises to $16.25 all in, UTG folds

Final Pot: $36.95

Hero mucks 8 of diamonds 6 of diamonds

Hero wins $35.15

(Rake: $1.80)


Marilyn Monroe -- Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

Ah, heck, let's make this one a twofer.

 

Madonna -- Material Girl

European Poker Tour Berlin robbery videos

YouTube (extended audio version)

Longer version on German website

more info on Gawker.

In completely unrelated news, Deutschland resident and recently new poker-blogger MartinK was spotted playing 400NL this afternoon. :-P

Thursday, March 4, 2010

And that is why I wear the bowtie

... as the guy who used to play Senator Paul Simon on SNL used to say.

Whatever happened to him? I think his name was Al Franken...

Whoa whoa whoa. Now he's an actual Senator himself?

Well, it is a crazy world, and like the title of this blog says, sometimes, indeed, it is an easy game. IMO.

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade...


Simon and Garfunkel -- The Boxer

(I said:
be careful
his bow-tie
is really
a camera!
)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

2m2mm cancelled by G4

Two Months Two Million won't be renewed by G4, according to a Poker News Daily report, as I predicted many moons ago when season one wrapped up.

No postmortem yet on Krantz's blog. Apparently they are still shopping the concept around to other networks or something.

But in the meantime, I'll be ringing up my cable company to drop the $5 a month sports package I got in order to watch the otherwise amazingly lousy G4 network back when 2m2mm premiered.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Can I fade five outers with one to come?

No, of course not.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 3 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $25.25
BTN: $37.20
SB: $25.35

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 5 of spades Q of spades

BTN raises to $0.55, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN calls $0.95

Flop: ($3.10) 3 of diamonds 4 of spades 9 of hearts (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.55, Hero calls $0.55

Turn: ($4.20) 9 of spades (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $2, Hero raises to $5.50, BTN raises to $35.15 all in, Hero calls $17.70 all in

River: ($50.60) 6 of clubs (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $50.60

Hero shows 5 of spades Q of spades (a pair of Nines)

BTN shows 6 of spades T of diamonds (two pair, Nines and Sixes)

BTN wins $49.60

(Rake: $1.00)


(Look: I've been whining a lot lately, but I'll stop complaining about bad beats when they stop happening every 100 hands. Promise!)

However, I can crack the pocket rockets of the biggest nit at 25NL, so for now I'll call it even.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 566461
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $27.65
SB: $15.00
BB: $14.90
UTG: $28.30
UTG+1: $33.15
MP1: $25.00
MP2: $26.65
CO: $24.65

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 3 of spades 4 of spades

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 raises to $5.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $4.05

Flop: ($12.20) 2 of spades 6 of spades 4 of diamonds (2 players)

UTG+1 bets $5, Hero raises to $12.50, UTG+1 raises to $27.85 all in, Hero calls $9.85 all in

Turn: ($56.90) T of hearts (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($56.90) Q of spades (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $56.90

Hero shows 3 of spades 4 of spades (a flush, Queen high)
UTG+1 shows A of diamonds A of hearts (a pair of Aces)

Hero wins $54.10

(Rake: $2.80)