Rants

Things It Took Me A While To Learn: Modern Success is a House of Cards

I’m starting this post with the intent to turn it into a series titled “Things It Took Me A While To Learn”. I think Tony Dunst (Bond18) did or does a similar blogging series. It’s kind of a great idea; anytime you can share stuff it took you a while to learn with other people, [...]

Money, Non-Poker, Rants, Things It Took Me A While To Learn

Greed and Ultimate Bet: How the Bad Guys Won

This article originally appeared as part of the “Weekly Shuffle” column at PokerTips.org.
Last week was a rough one for any U.S. poker players holding out hope that they might one day be reunited with their money on UB or Absolute Poker (”UB”). On Wednesday, MSNBC article reported that a UB debt holder is filing for [...]

Black Friday, Online Poker, Online Poker Industry, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Rants

No Haggle Honda

My girlfriend and I made a short trek to a Honda dealership today to pick up some wheels. We moved to Austin sans-ride with the plan to figure it out once we got here. Two weeks of subsisting with Austin’s impressive public transportation system and walking was about all we could handle before insisting on [...]

Austin, Gambling Stories, Houston, Online Poker, Rants

Bodog Voids a Bet

I was clicking around on Bodog last night (how do you like your free endorsement, Bodog?) checking out their sports-betting lines. One line jumped off the page at me: New York Rangers under 4 goals (-125). A team total of four goals in a hockey game is unheard of. Typically, the line for a team’s [...]

General Gambling, Rants, Sports