Poker and gambling

So after living here (kind of) since mid-February, I sat down at Bay 101 and played some cards.  Believe it or not I haven’t yet played cards out here.  Between my family and work obligations it just wasn’t possible.  And it turns out I’m rusty.  I knew this since I’ve had a several hundred dollar…

Chris, one of the hosts of my regular Friday night poker game, had an interesting perspective on the home game dilemna I mentioned previously.  We discussed it in IM today, and he authorized me to post it here.  I was contemplating the winner’s dilemma in a game like ours.  Although I think the notion of…

Although December is almost over, I think I played my last live poker in DC this past Friday night.  After the company holiday party at Local16, one of the company’s directors had us over to his house and we played a $.25/$.50 game of no limit hold’em.  The maximum stack you could buy was $50,…

Isn’t it funny how politicians spend millions on negative ads that make people so cynical that they don’t want to vote, and then have to spend millions on turn out the vote campaigns? Even if the Democrats don’t win both houses, Republican senators will probably work with them on the assumption that this election was…

Katie and I hadn’t hung out for a while, so we decided to try a new free NL Hold’em tourney circuit.  There are several of these in the Washington area now, all focused in bars.  On a good night they play two tournaments with 15 minute levels starting at 25-50 with 2,600 in chips.  So…

So I just got back from what was nearly a dream week.  Sarah rented a beachhouse in Brigantine, right next to Atlantic City, and we piled ourselves, Moishe, and the nanny into the mommy-wagon and headed out for a week.  Sarah had just returned from Burning Man, so she was still having re-entry problems, but…

Chris hosted our regular $1/$2 limit hold’em with a full kill tonight at his house in the pouring rain of Hurricane Ernesto’s wake.  Everyone at this game is comfortable at higher limits, but everyone plays really hard against each other regardless of the stakes, and it’s a very friendly bunch.  Chris has a tight image,…

I was talking to Katie last night when she convinced me to join the Party Poker 10:20pm no limit hold’em tourney.  "It’s only $22 and it’s $40,000 guaranteed!" "I don’t think I have any money in Party", I said. "I’ll transfer it to you, no sweat," she promised. So I got logged on, got the…