Hey, I Know That Guy!

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m a scuba diving fanatic. In fact, as a hobby, I teach scuba diving and am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. A friend emailed me this link to a story about a diver who was left behind on a dive recently and floated in the Pacific Ocean off of the …

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The Game I Decided Not To Play

I was swapping emails with my friend Mark this weekend and it reminded me of a poker game I once passed up. I was in Bangkok hanging out in a bar with a group of locals (some Westerner ex-pats and some Thais) and we were discussing the various sports that are big in one country …

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What was your turning point?

Most things that take skill and mastery often come with an “Aha!” type moment where one can look back and point to an event, piece of knowledge, or lesson that marked a major turning point for them. I think of it as that moment where all of a sudden everything makes sense. You still may …

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Arg!

Well, I guess I knew that I couldn’t do 40BB every night on Empire but man, what a tough night. I still walked away with a win over my two Empire sessions so I’m not crying too loudly but the part that was really getting to me was that I was getting pretty good hands. …

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I’ve sold my soul

Tonight I started playing the Empire Poker tables. I’ve had a very, very good experience at Paradise and a so-so experience at Party (nothing to do with Party, it was totally my run of cards) but my move was motivated by just a touch by greed. I was recently contacted by someone from Empire who …

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