Archive for November 2005
Cruise ship Britons attacked by pirates – Sunday Times – Times Online
From 1650 to 1750 in the Caribbean, piracy was a growth business. Although it paid terribly, there were thousands of men flocking to it as an occupation, or in some cases being pressed into it. Historically it wasn’t a fair fight. The pirates carried more guns and men than the ships they targeted. They were also significantly faster.
Read MoreYay! I cashed!
After Katie’s $7,000 win, her urgings to me to play the $50,000 guaranteed tourney on the site with the awful players seemed like good advice. Katie, I, and 735 others sat down this past Sunday and played no limit Hold’em. Throughout the tournament we were never at the same table, but instant messaged constantly, talking about the general mood of the players, and when the blinds were getting too expensive to just sit back and wait for cards. For the most of the tourney our stacks were almost exactly the same.
Read MoreMoving up in limits
I’ve been hanging around the lower limits of Omaha 8 or better for several months now. I play best at a full ring, and so I’ve been sticking to 9 and 10 handed table as much as I can. I finally moved up to $5/$10 limits. This means that the early bets are all $5 each, and the later bets are all $10 each. The most I can lose in a single hand, if I bet like an idiot and had someone else betting with me, would be $120.
Read MorePakistani death toll rises to 73,000
I had held off on posting a specific plea for people to donate to aid organizations for the Pakistani quake, but the news just gets worse and worse. The death toll has risen to 73,000. When we’re shocked by hundreds of people dying in a hurricane, I am confident in saying that it’s almost impossible to imagine what it would mean to lose 73,000.
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