Archive for April, 2009
AA, where are you?
Monday, April 27th, 2009 | Poker Articles, Poker Mathematics | 1 Comment
Submitted by Mctap, this article belongs to the Poker Mathematics series.
This blog consists of 3 separate posts on my site that I have consolidated into 1 longer, more detailed post here.
About a month and a half ago I decided to check out my Poker Tracker stats for Poker Stars and noticed something interesting. At that point in time I had only played about 656 tournament hands and still hadn’t seen AA. No big deal as I was still up a few bucks since I started. I just found it interesting that with the probability of AA coming up being 1 in every 221 hands, I should have seen them almost 3 times by then. What did this mean, well, since the cards are generated through a Random Number Generator (RNG) program and many people complain that online poker is fixed, I *should* eventually hit a stretch of hands where I get AA more times than expected. Now keep in mind, I don’t think that online poker is fixed/rigged in any way, shape, or form, but if you spend time reading forums/blogs, you may get the impression that with so many bad beats given out, something fishy could be awry.
Several weeks went by before I looked at my Poker Stars tournament numbers again on Poker Tracker and discovered that I had played another 500+ hands (I know, I was just tearing through those hands) and during that time, I managed to see AA 3 more times. Much better, as this worked out to be 1 in approximately every 166 hands, which is more than the probability of getting a pocket pair (1:221). During those 3 times I had AA, I managed to take down all the pots! Another positive. What made all of this interesting, to me at least, is that over 1100+ hands I had seen AA 3 times and won with them each time (everybody expects to win with AA, but that does not always happen). So even though their frequency was worse (1:366) than their probability (1:221), their win rate was better (100%) than expected (~80%).
At this point I really started to expect that, according to odds and statistics, I *could* see them again soon. This time, I *could* also expect to possibly lose with them in order to balance out the numbers. Now some may say that this is Gambler’s Fallacy. For those who don’t exactly know what Gambler’s Fallacy is, it is to assume that one random event is somehow connected to another random event. Wikipedia has a great write up on Gambler’s Fallacy if you want to know more. Keep in mind, that when I say I *could* expect to see AA again, doesn’t mean I will to see them again. I am a numbers person and fully understand that each and every hand is randomly generated and has no correlation to any other hand played or to be played. Anyway I look at it, the odds of getting a pocket pair (in this case AA) is always 1:221, for each and every hand played, and it is very possible that I get the same exact hand dealt to me multiple times in a row. Although with a good RNG, the odds of this happening is quick small. Bottom line is that with the presumptions that I *could* lose with them, or that I may get AA more often, my thoughts are to play them strong and IF I lose, that is the nature of the game and really can’t complain about it (no matter how much it hurts to get your Aces Cracked).
Finally after playing another 1000 hands over the next 3 weeks (I’m just a machine, lol), my numbers stated that I was lucky enough to get AA only once more. Although that doesn’t fall within the realms of probability, it does show that the RNG is exactly that, random. Also, I did manage to win with them, which demonstrates that AA is a dominant hand against most random hands. So much for the Gambler’s fallacy.
Now to this point on Poker Stars, I’ve played a little over 2000 hands and have seen AA 4 times in my hand. That is roughly once every 500 hands. Nowhere near the 1:221 probability of getting a PP, but I have managed to make the most chips with them while playing (according to PT3). Again, at some point I *should* expect to start seeing AA more often and *might* lose with them (no hand can run 100% forever). Even if this becomes true, I will still play them aggressively to maximize my chip return.
Another interesting point is that during this stretch of hands on Poker Stars I did managed to see 77 18 times (1:111), which is much greater than the probability of seeing a pocket pair (1:221), but with 7′s I only won 56% of the time and actually was down chips overall. If you are confused, I won 10 out of 18 pots, but the total amount of chips won is less than the chips I lost during the other 8 times I had 77.
Bottom line is that I’m not complaining about not getting AA, nor any other pocket pair, I’m just monitoring this trend to see how it plays out for me. Always try to remember, that just because someone was lucky enough to get AA, or any PP for that matter, doesn’t mean they can’t get it again the very next hand.
See you on the felt.
McTap03
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New forum collaboration
Sunday, April 26th, 2009 | Poker News | No Comments
We have almost finished changing the PokerBRB site into a super cool freeroll/tournament league. In order to give our league the best possible start, we have decided to do a forum collaboration with the people from WOSB. By sharing a common forum we will be able to build a larger community meaning more people will hopefully sign up for the league.
In addition our community forum should become more active than it has been lately.
As a result of this new collaboration the PokerBRB forum will be closed for the time being and the links on the PokerBRB website and the Poker Bankroll Blog will point to the WOSB forum instead:
We will get our own freeroll league section on the WOSB forum together with a poker chat section where you can continue to write about your projects.
WOSB have arranged a freeroll that will be available for all people who make a post on the new forum (I will send out an email later today with details).
Follow the link, sign up to the WOSB forum and reply to the freeroll thread and you will receive the password.
I hope all of you will sign up to the WOSB forum and continue writing about your projects in the Poker Chat section. In my opinion at least, a forum is defined by the people who contribute to it and not where it is hosted, so I see no reason why we can’t continue the great discussions we have had so far on the WOSB forum.
This goes especially to Houston, Kraster and McTap since you are the only people contributing to the forum right now.
I will let you now when our freeroll league is open for registration.
Best Regards
Mark
Don’t Get Married to a Hand
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | Poker Articles, Poker Strategy | 11 Comments
Submitted by Vic Porcelli, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
How many times have you folded pocket Aces after the flop? Sounds absurd I know, but what if the flop is K K J? Or if the flop came 10 J Q? Depending on the post flop betting you may be a big underdog. So can you lay them down?
Dennis Phillips finished third in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Dennis is from my hometown of St. Louis. He won a $200 double shootout satellite at Harrah’s Casino in St. Louis and parlayed that into a $4.3 Million payoff for his third place finish. During that main event, Dennis folded pockets Aces, twice!
Pockets Aces are at worst a 4-1 favorite pre-flop, however I’ve mentioned in previous columns that hand strengths can change with every street. If you are holding pocket Aces and the flop is K K J. You make a bet on the flop and your opponent comes over the top of your bet, you can be assured he is holding a K and a strong one at that. Guess what? You have to throw away your Aces.
I can speak from personal experience on this one. I was in the big blind, with A A. By the time the action comes to me, there are four limpers including the small blind. The blinds were still low relative to stacksize, just 25/50. There was $250 in the pot including my big blind. I raised it up to $300. Everyone folded but the cutoff seat called. I put him a range of A K to A J. I did not put him on KK because he would have surely re-raised me with K K. The flop came J 6 3. (suits didn’t factor into this hand) I bet the pot. The cutoff called. Now I knew he had A J. The turn was another Jack. He pushed all in. I did not want to let go of those Aces. But facts were facts. I was beat. I laid down the Aces and showed the hand before I threw them into the muck. He showed me A J and took down the pot.
By the way, I cashed in that tournament, finishing 4th. If I got married to that hand and called his all in bet, I would have busted out and gone home very mad that I couldn’t lay down Aces. Instead I threw the Aces away, played my normal game, made a few well timed bluffs and ended going deep in the tournament and walking away with some decent money.
Getting married to a hand is one of the biggest mistake poker players make. It can be a fatal mistake. If you are ever fortunate enough to play in a World Series of Poker tournament you will have to play 12 to 16 hours a day for at least 3 days, maybe even a week. You can play flawless poker but that one time you have been dealt a monster and you get married to it, you may be on the rail.
Flopping a nut straight is a moment of glory. As Vince Van Patten overstates on the World Poker Tour telecasts; “…show tunes are going off your head.” But wait! There are two suited cards on the flop. You raise your opponent’s bet and he calls. You have a gut feeling that he is on a flush draw. The turn brings a third card of the same of the same suit. Your opponent doesn’t call your raise this time. This time he re-raises all in. Now what?
Your nut straight is a losing hand.
There is of course a chance he is bluffing. But there also a chance he has you beat and your tournament may be over, if you make the call.
Poker is a game of variables, wildly aggressive opponents and decision making. If you make that one mistake, you’re on the rail and threw your buy-in away. If you were bluffed then so be it. Making a bad fold can’t knock you out of a tournament. A bad call can send you to the rail, which is the topic of my next column; “A Bad Call is Not a Bad Mistake.”
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New York Giants Game Challenge
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Poker Articles, Poker Projects | 1 Comment
Submitted by McTap03, this article belongs to the Poker Projects series
A new challenge is on the horizon that will be played along side my other current challenges (see my blog for those challenges). First, let me provide a little info before explaining this challenge.
I’m a HUGE NY Giants fan. It is almost obsessive once the season is in full swing. Most of my free time during the week leading up to the game is spent analyzing match-ups, talking about it on various forums, and making my picks for the several pools I’m in. I would say I’m just as obsessed with the Giants as with poker, only poker is 12 months a year, while my Giants obsession minimizes during the off-season (I still read as much as possible, just don’t throw myself fully into it until pre-season starts). My wife has come to terms that Sunday’s from September to February (Super Bowl) are pretty much off limits for family outings, ESPECIALLY if the Giants are playing. Yes I have a PVR, so I could record it, but what good is that. I am so involved with it that I now have my ritual clothing that I wear for each game, and now that my kids are a little older, they also ask to wear their jersey’s on game days (gotta love them!). So what does this have to do with a poker blog and a new challenge, let me tell you. A few years ago I found out that in 2009 the Giants would be playing against my good friend’s favourite team, the Oakland Raiders, in New York, and since I would be turning 40 that year, and he turning 30, we thought a road trip to the game would be necessary. So 2 ‘Major’ birthdays, and a huge rivalry amongst friends, meant fun times and plenty of drinking would be in order. Trying to make this happen would be our goal. We’ve spent the past 2 years talking about it and now that the schedule has been released, we now have a date: October 11th, 2009 1:00pm. Now comes the dilemma. The price of tickets for NY Giants home games are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. The reason, the stadium is mostly season ticket holders, so getting them through the box office/Ticketmaster does not happen. This then means that I/we need to look for other avenues to secure tickets. i.e. online ticket sellers (scalpers). The problem is that these guys mark up the price +300% because they know there is a demand for tickets, and they are allowed. This then makes a $110 ticket (lower bowl sections) anywhere from $300 to $500 a ticket, and when you are buying 2 each (our wives would be coming for the weekend and the game), it gets expensive fast. So 2 tickets to the game ($600-$900), 2 nights hotel (anywhere from $125 to $400, so $250 will be assumed), and transportation (gas) & food for 3 days (~ $250) makes this trip cost somewhere between $1200 and $1400 plus spending money. Ouch, but for the big 4-0, I can justify it. The problem is my buddy doesn’t think he can. Bummer, as this has been our goal for some time now. So unless things (price) change, I will be doing this trip with my wife only. And if that is the case (I have no problem taking her and she really wants to go to her first game), then I will chose a game closer to my actual birthday, in this case the November 22nd game vs Atlanta.
Now for the challenge and the poker aspect of this blog. Currently I have $130 on Stars that I will try to increase to $1400. This way I can go on the trip without it costing me any of my money (what a way to spend your b-day with a free trip/gift). The deadline date I will set will be September 1st. This allows me enough time to order and receive the tickets before the Oakland game (if that be the one I go to), otherwise I can extend it to October 1st, if I go with the Atlanta game. This breaks down to 133/163 days to complete this challenge. For the Sept 1st deadline, it will mean increasing my BR by a little more than $9/day, while the Oct 1st deadline makes it just under $8/day. Both of these are some aggressive numbers and will take some serious discipline, and solid playing, to achieve.
In order to do this, I will set the following rules:
* Start each session with proper BR rules (25x BI) and only multi-table if the total BI falls under this rule or if the total BI is less than $10.
* During a session, only move up levels once a profit of $10 has been made and the remaining covers the next level BI. For example, in order to play a $5+0.50 SNG on the same night I started out playing $3+0.40 SNG’s, I need to profit +$15.50 at the $3+0.40 SNG’s.
* End a session before losing more than 3 BI’s. This should minimize the amount I can lose in 1 night.
* If I make more than $10 in a night, end the session if buying into another SNG will drop me below $10. For example, if I profit $13 during a session, I must stop for the night or play a SNG with a BI of less than $3 as this secures my $10/day amount needed.
* During this challenge, I will play BI levels according to the following BR amounts:
o $175 and under – $3.40 SNG and lower
o $176 to $360 – $5.50 SNG and lower
o $361 to $780 – $11 SNG and lower
o over $781 – $22 SNG and lower
* Once my BR goes up a level, I will modify my rules for the specified BI SNG games. I will allow myself a 30% decline before dropping down BI levels. A post will follow specifying any new rules once I move up/down a level.
As you can see I will need to take a little more aggressive approach with my winnings, all while staying within proper BR management. My goal is to maximize my winnings by working off any hot streaks I may go on, while minimizing my loses. The 1 major problem that I see is that I don’t play every day, so missing days will increase my per day amount needed to reach my goal. If that be the case, I will follow the rule that before I can move up a level (during a current session) I must make the necessary amounts needed to keep my average at $10/day or more. Now when it comes to playing style, I will do my best to stick to solid ABC poker as this style lends itself to making the money fairly consistently at the lower level SNG’s.
One thing I will keep in mind with this challenge is that as long as I can make some of the money needed for the trip (preferably 50%), then I’m going. The big question will be whether or not my buddy, CanuckJack who is more of a casual poker player, will try to do the same thing with his BR on Titan (~ $150) so that we can go to the ‘birthday/bragging rights’ game together. Otherwise, the November game time line will skew the numbers even more in my favour. Either way, challenge on!
First step is to get my Bankroll up to $175 within the next 15 days.
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See you on the felt.
Watch the pros, become a pro
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | Poker Bankroll Building | 1 Comment
Submitted by Charlie, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Building series.
Who doesn’t dream of living the life of a poker pro? Just playing your favorite game all day and experiencing the lifestyle of the rich and the famous… Well it’s certainly not easy to reach such a paradisaical existence. But it’s possible if you have loads of patience and the ability to learn from the best.
So how do you really become a poker crack? Well, of course reading some books about mathematics, picking up reads from your opponents, tricks to mix up your play and several other tactics are a good start. But the most important thing comes after this work is done: watch the best players transforming this wisdom into real life situations. Finally, play poker by yourself and… play a LOT.
You can watch poker everywhere you want nowadays. If a show like High Stakes Poker or Poker After Dark isn’t aired on TV, you’ll find it on youtube or on poker blogs, where the fragments are frequently commented by amateur poker players, trying to learn from the pros, just like you! However, pay attention: those shows obviously make use of some kind of hand selection, so learn how to make such moves, not to make such moves every hand you play by yourself!
Subsequently, you can start playing poker. You can start with play money, to optimize you skills without having any money on the line. However, the real game is played in it’s best form with real money. If there isn’t a good home game in your neighborhood and you’re a little scared of playing in the casinos immediately, you can start playing online. In that case you better choose quality poker rooms like Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars.
Best way to start building up a bankroll here is playing some tournaments with low buy-ins, so you can get used to the software and the game itself. Later on you can raise the stakes and possibly start playing cash games, the ‘real’ poker game. If you decide to play some ‘live’ games afterwards, you’ll have to pay attention to ‘new’ aspects of the game you won’t really experience during playing online. People will for example try to get you on tilt, like Sammy Farha tried in High Stakes Poker during his clash with Phil Hellmuth. Try to avoid this to happen, if you succeed you’ve a better chance of becoming a real poker pro! Good luck at the tables!
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Nice try but I’m not that stupid
Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Off topic | 2 Comments
Usually I just delete the emails I receive from people who have inherited gold mines in Africa and just need me to send them a few thousand dollars which in return will make me a rich man. However, the email below from Andrew Likierman is the most elaborate and well written email scam I have received to data and I simply had to share it with you. I just googled Andrew Likierman. It turns out the he actually exists and is in fact “non-executive Director of Barclays Bank plc and the Chairman-elect of the National Audit Office”. Hope the real Andrew Likierman doesn’t mind me posting this email from some person who is obviously impersonating him.
Dear Friend,
I am Andrew Likierman, Chairman National Audit at Barclays.I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer William Nathan,and an investment he placed under our banks management.I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail.
I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.
In 2005, the subject matter came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 2.35 million British Pounds Sterling, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf.I was the officer assigned to his case, I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of the private banking sector, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank.
We met on numerous occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to consider various growth funds with prime ratings.
The favored route in my advise to customers is to start by assessing data on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative investments. Based on my advice, We spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over 4 million British Pounds Sterling, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments. In mid 2006, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments.He directed that I liquidate the funds and have it deposited with a security firm.
I informed him that Barclays would have to make special arrangements to have this done and in order not to circumvent due process, the bank would have to make a 9.5 % deduction from the funds to cater for banking and statutory charges. He complained about the charges but later came around when I explained to him the complexities of the task he was asking of us.
I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited with a security consultancy firm. This security firm is an especially private firm that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake transactions that need immediate access to cash.
This small and highly private organization is familiar especially to the highly placed and well-connected organizations. In Line with instructions, the money was deposited with them.He told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around 25 th February 2007.
In June last year, we got a call from the security company informing us of the inactivity of that particular portfolio. This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact that I managed the private banking sector I was the only one who knew about the deposit at the security company, and I could not understand why our client had not come forward to claim his deposit.I made futile efforts to locate him.
I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Barclay. Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently our man was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Canne, South of France. We were soon enough able to confirm all of this including cause of death. The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to come forward to claim his estate.
If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking,opening an account with us means no one will know of its existence,accounts are rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous.
This bank even gives the choice to depositors of having their mail sent to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the account and as I said, rarely do they nominate next of kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in testate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, we instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful. We have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the problem.
It is quite clear now that our dear fellow died with no known or identifiable family members. This leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit and the late beneficiary of the deposit.
According to practice,the security company will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Barclays, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit to Barclays. This will result in the money entering the Barclays accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division.This will not happen if I have my way.
What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who sit upon certain chairs and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is 2,350,000.00 deposited in a security company.
This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track the deceased”s family; they have investigated for months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end. My proposal; I am prepared to furnish the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. That is: When the bank simply nominate you as the next of kin and the deposit to you.We share the proceeds 50/50.
We can fine-tune this based on our interactions.I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail.I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive.If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made a tidy sum out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector.
I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime.I cannot let this chance pass me by.For once I find myself in total control of my destiny.This chance wont pass me by.
I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me.I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities.There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank.
If you give me positive signals,I will give you the relevant details and initiate this process towards a conclusion.
Please, again, note I am a family man,I have wife and children.I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence.I await your response.
Sincerely,
Andrew Likierman
Poker Bankroll Blog’s bankroll building project update 2
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 | Poker Projects | No Comments
This article belongs to the Poker Project series.
To celebrate our new collaboration on the Poker Bankroll Blog and PokerBRB sites, McTap03 and I have started our own bankroll building SNG and MTT (multi table tournament) project on Full Tilt Poker. Our starting bankroll is 150$ and we will be posting regular updates on our many wins and hopefully fewer losses. It goes without saying that we expect our bankroll to increase significantly in no time.
Since we started our bankroll building project in February our bankroll has decreased to 147$. The highest it’s been is around 170$. It goes without saying that we have yet to hit a final table. The closest I (Mark) have been is a 20th place in one of the FTP early double events. Bankroll building via mostly MTT tournament play definitely requires patience.
I have completely lost track of the number of tournaments we have played, but so far we have earned 337 FTP points. You earn 7 FTP points per dollar payed in tournament rake, so 337 points corresponds to about 50$ in tournament rake. I mostly play the early double events which are 5000$ guaranteed MTT tournaments with a 5$ buyin and a 1$ rake. I know McTap has been playing some 90 player turbo SNG’s and I have also played some 2$ and 3$ buyin tournaments where the rake is 0,2$ and 0,3$ respectively. I therefore guesstimate that we have played maybe 75 events in total since we started the project.
Usually when I play the early double events I end in the money in one of them, so I hope it is only a matter of time before I hit a final table.
We will keep you updated!
Mark and McTap03
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Major League Baseball fantasy betting events at Draftbug
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | Sports and Fantasy betting | 5 Comments
Here’s a quick update on some of the current Major League Baseball fantasy betting events available at Draftbug:
- 5$ daily freerolls with a 100 player cap. Players in these freerolls are selected by Points Cap.
- Heads up and 5 player events up to 20$ buyin. Players in these freerolls are selected by Points Cap or Live Draft.
Points Cap
Each participant in the contest has a fixed amount of points to set his team. Individual players cost a certain amount of points and can be chosen from all the MLB teams featured in the event.
Live Draft
Participants in the contest take turns to chose players for their team from the MLB teams featured in the event. If 6 players registered for the contest and they picked in order, A,B,C,D,E,F in round 1, the Round 2 draft order goes F,E,D,C,B,A.
Results
Once the contest starts you can follow the performance of your selected team live on the Draftbug site.
It’s free to sign up to Fantasy betting at FanDuel.
The resurrection of an Acer laptop
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | Off topic | 2 Comments
For those of you following my Twitter updates you will know that I have been experiencing a lot of problems with my Acer laptop lately. Not only did the screen need serious persuasion to display an image, the laptop also overheated and crashed within an hour of turning it on. The overheating got so bad that it was necessary to regularly cool it down. When I was playing tournaments the fastest way of doing this was to put the computer in the fridge:
Computer in fridge
On one particularly frustrating day I over-persuaded my laptop screen which resulted in a work of modern art:
Over-persuaded laptop screen
Needless to say I was happy that my new Mac was on its way when the above incident took place. However it turned out that busting up the screen of my Acer was a blessing in disguise. Now it does not overheat anymore. I can even connect it to an external monitor and use it as a stationary computer when playing poker tournaments on poker networks that do not support Mac.
I do not recommend over-persuasion as a means of fixing laptops, but it my case it turned out great.
Charlie Glynn
Monday, April 13th, 2009 | Off topic | 7 Comments
My family purchased a new dog about 4 months ago. It’s a Basset Fauve de Bretagne (sounds fancy huh) and they named him Charlie Glynn. For most of my life I haven’t really been a fan of small dogs, mostly because many of them resemble small rats. Lately however, I have started to change my mind on this and have come to realize that many good things come in small packages. Charlie Glynn definitely belongs to the “good things in small packages” category…what a great dog!!!
I didn't chew up your shoe
Let go of that stick or else.....
Posing for the ladies
I took the pictures with my Samsung F-480 mobile phone. They actually turned out a lot better than expected.
Who’s winning and who’s losing
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