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Playing patient or flipping a coin

By Shabbir | March 3, 2006 | Comments Off on Playing patient or flipping a coin

Matt Matros is one of the poker writers I enjoy reading the most.  His recent analysis of why you should push in with a pair of Queens early on in the tournament against someone holding Ace-King is smart.  Here’s the gist:You wade through all the railbirds and all the media and finally locate your seat.…

Battlestar Galactica; Dave Chappelle

By Shabbir | March 2, 2006 | Comments Off on Battlestar Galactica; Dave Chappelle

I’m on the ‘damn early train’ from Washington to New York today.  Although there is a train called the ‘Empire Builder’, that’s not the one I’m on.  A shame really, as we’re in a period of tremendous growth at Mindshare.  We’re all busting tail and growing the firm as fast as possible.  Hence the fact…

Poker club raided in Philadelphia

By Shabbir | March 1, 2006 | Comments Off on Poker club raided in Philadelphia

Another card club was raided, this time in Philly: Operating in a dusty warehouse in Port Richmond, the Philadelphia Players Club officially went out of business Thursday night, when police raided the casino, arrested five employees and hauled off a truckload of poker tables and other gaming gear. Authorities anticipate arresting at least four more…

Day Three: Raking the pink pots

By Shabbir | February 28, 2006 | Comments Off on Day Three: Raking the pink pots

Tropicana $7.50/$15 "pink chip" gameOur game of choice on this trip was the pink chip game at the Trop.   The Tropicana poker room has printed up special pink chips that are worth $2.50 each.  The game is limit hold’em, stakes are $7.50/$15.  Because $7.50 is a mere three pink chips, people tend to bet without…

Day Two: Putting myself out of tournaments and loving it

By Shabbir | February 27, 2006 | Comments Off on Day Two: Putting myself out of tournaments and loving it

Most of what I did on day two was hit some tournaments.  Here’s the writeup. Caeser’s Poker Palace $80+$15 No limit hold’emI played the 3pm poker tournament on Friday.  I played it well until right after the first break I pushed a kid around who had limped into the pot under the gun.  I was…

The short bits to liven up your Friday

By Shabbir | February 24, 2006 |

One of my friends (yes, a lesbian) im’ed me the other day about my post about lesbian gang signs: [17:16] Her: anytime you need a crash course in lesbian gang signs[17:16] Her: you let me know![17:18] shabbirjsafdar: Are there some?[17:19] Her: of course![17:19] shabbirjsafdar: I saw this woman give a crude gesture that had a…

Day One: Atlantic City

By Shabbir | February 23, 2006 | Comments Off on Day One: Atlantic City

6 Weeks Ago  T-42 days It’s my dream.     Sarah needed to go see her elder grandmother and she gave me a pass to go play poker in Atlantic City for 3 days.  I’ve logged enough time in the Tropicana poker room under my Poker Card that I now can call and get a room…

When you’re catching cards, you’re a brilliant poker player…

By Shabbir | February 22, 2006 | Comments Off on When you’re catching cards, you’re a brilliant poker player…

I was playing poker the other night at a short handed table for about 4 hours and had a great time.  Someone I hadn’t played with for literally years invited me over and it was just him and one other guy, both of them decent players.  My edge in such a game was very slight,…

Well known people showing off the hand signal which represents Satan

By Shabbir | February 22, 2006 | Comments Off on Well known people showing off the hand signal which represents Satan

I was hunting for "lesbian gang signs" on Google the other morning.  I was bored, and had a few hours to kill before my plane and didn’t want to wake up any of the actual lesbians I knew to ask.  When I couldn’t find any, I just searched on "gang signs" and found this collection…

Risk of Robbery Raising Stakes Of Poker Nights

By Shabbir | February 21, 2006 | Comments Off on Risk of Robbery Raising Stakes Of Poker Nights

The robberies on these games started a few months ago, right after it started to become normal to have Fairfax County bust the games themselves. I find it ironic that the District of Columbia regards private poker games as legal.  I’ve got to look into that. 🙂 In the meantime, you’ll see me in Atlantic…