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Hard-Boiled Poker: Poker and the Debates -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Thursday, August 06, 2015. Poker and the Debates. I’ve been pretty immersed in presidential campaigns this summer. I’m not talking about the ones for 2016. Rather, the ones from 1960, 1968, and 1972. That’s because I’m continuing to prepare for a class I’ll be teaching in the fall, kind of an offshoot from the Poker in American Film and Culture one that I taught (and have written about here.
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Hard-Boiled Poker: Lou Krieger (1945-2012) -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Tuesday, December 04, 2012. Late last night the family of Lou Krieger posted a note to his Facebook page relating the news of his passing. Many of us who were friends of Lou knew he’d been diagnosed with cancer, and he had kept us all in the loop regarding his treatments ever since. So while I suppose we weren’t altogether unprepared, it was still a shock for a couple of reasons. I continued lis...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: Back When Everything Needed Explaining -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Back When Everything Needed Explaining. There’s a new thread on 2 2. Decrying the level of play at the conclusion of the 1987 WSOP Main Event as evidenced by 43-minute video of the final table you can watch on YouTube. Also interesting, both John Duthie and Vicky Coren are shown playing hands in the episode, yet neither are identified. In fact, Coren is sitting next ...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: May 2006 -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Was catching up on some podcasts and finally got to the most recent set of shows from. From the 2006 Mirage Poker Showdown). Of the poker podcasts that focus on the pros, I enjoy. Posted by Short-Stacked Shamus at 5/31/2006 08:31:00 PM. Monday, May 29, 2006. The Big Slick Assumption. And the SB open bets. Looking at the nut flush draw, a gutshot draw, and two overcar...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: Finally, Full Tilt Funds -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Finally, Full Tilt Funds. Did a double-take earlier today while making a cursory check of my banking account online. Wasn’t looking for anything in particular, but rather needed to conduct a little business when I noticed something new coming through - one of those Pending Transactions indicating that a credit was coming through. DOJ POKER STARS POKERPAY01 * * * * 061214.
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Hard-Boiled Poker: Backstory: Norman Chad on the Remko Report -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Backstory: Norman Chad on the Remko Report. Listening today to the latest Remko Report over on PokerNews. In which Remko Rinkema has an entertaining and interesting conversation with Norman Chad, the longtime co-host of ESPN’s World Series of Poker broadcasts. I’m a big fan of both of these guys. I’ve written here before ( not too long ago. They eventually come to Chad’...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: Still the Same -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. It is no longer the case that everything is new to us. The routines are becoming more and more familiar, and while repetition can induce tedium, there is also a kind of pleasure that can come from it, too. I mean, I own exactly zero Bob Seger LPs. I feel like once I might. Have had a cassette of Against the Wind. If you ever listen to the classic rock station where you li...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: The Mistake Is Still There -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Monday, August 03, 2015. The Mistake Is Still There. Five days after that report was released, the NFL announced Brady’s suspension, with the NFL Players Association promptly appealing it. The team was also fined $1 million and lost a couple of draft picks, penalties which were not appealed. Anyhow, backing up to the beginning of all of this there was an article by Mortensen on ESPN on January 2...
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Hard-Boiled Poker: The Virtual Rail -- Existentialist musings of an online poker player
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Existentialist musings from Short-Stacked Shamus,. An online poker player of (primarily) micro and low limits. Monday, May 18, 2015. Late last week I was railing a friend as he played a Spring Championship of Online Poker event on PokerStars. He was on Twitch as well, and once I realized that I opened up his channel and heard him commenting about the heads-up match in which he was involved to a modest-sized audience of viewers, some of whom were chatting to him along the way. The other fellow’s channel a...