Archive for September 2004

Apparently I don’t get enough online poker. A while ago I purchased an uber video card for my computer at home with two monitor jacks, so my desktop is super wide, and I can scroll the mouse across both of them like it was one big Nam Jun Paik video installation. I did this because…

As you sit and ponder the beauty, magnitude, and destruction caused by that photo to the right (courtesy www.noaa.gov), I’d like you to consider something. Under the thumb of Hurricane Frances are the states of Florida and Georgia. And in that area are 2,500,000 homes and businesses without electricity. Businesses. Dry cleaners, grocery stores. Internet…

So I’m mentioned in Sunday’s Washington Post in Ann Marchand’s article on the popularity of poker. Also I did ok in the Party Poker Million semi-final. Of the 1,795 entrants I finished 301st. Not anywhere close to the money, but still something to be proud of. I’ll continue to try and get into those tournaments…

Online results: August was a reminder as to why this is called gambling. In the first four days I had an incredible run of good cards, lucky play, and bad opponents. Playing $1/$2 poker, I was up over $300. Then my bad play caught up with me and I ended up about even again. I…