Archive for January, 2011
A $500 Beer
When you travel around the world gambling for high-stakes, you tend to gather some interesting stories. In general, I feel that I have an inadequate job of documenting those types of stories in this blog. I think people find unordinary tales of huge financial swings and “sick life” moments to be pretty interesting, at least [...]
Sick, Leif!
My boy Leif Force nabbed a cool $315,000 this week with a runner-up finish in the $10k WPT Southern Poker Championship all while humming nonchalantly at the final table. Pretty much standard Leif right there. Buy-in directly to a tournament way above his bankroll. Runhot to the final table. Tilt opponents while humming and twirling [...]
Funny Targeted Online Dating Ad
Phony, targeted online dating ads humor me. I saw this one today on Pandora. Did I give them some reason to believe I enjoy camping? It’s not even like the stations I’ve created are Ted Nugent or Dave Matthews or whatever it is that people who camp listen to. It’s mostly hip-hop and trance. Camping?! [...]
Boring Oscars
This year’s Oscars might be tough to get excited for. Normally, I enjoy watching the show. I know it’s basically the Super Bowl for Women, but I get into betting on the outcome of a lot of the big awards. Last year, there was a really good sweat as to what film would win Best [...]
