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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss

The Literal Slow Play Online

I discussed slow playing earlier and said, for many situations you probably don't want to use it. There is a pretty good alternative to actual slow playing online that works effectively against many players. That is the "literal" slow play. Say I am a preflop raiser with AJs in late position ...

Lucky First Hands

I keep getting lucky hands when I first sit down at a table. Here is such an example from today. I may branch out soon into some No Limit because I want to try out some SNG's. Of course this is while I move up the limits. Judging by the ...

The Evil Slow Play

Slow Play - Playing a strong hand as if it were a weak hand in order to deceive your opponents. You don't see it too often in the micros or low limits, but sometimes a player will slow play a big hand. Most of the time you will see a slowly ...

Anatomy of a Poker Session

For all the beginners out there who want to get their feet wet. Here is a session from last night that will explain my every move through 63 hands. Hand One PokerStars 0.02/0.04 Hold'em (10 handed) [url=http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi]converter[/url] [b]Preflop:[/b] Hero is CO with K:club:, 7:club:. MP3 posts a blind of $0.02. Hero ...

Sample Poker Hand

This was my biggest loser today as I played poker online for the first time in a while. Also testing out the Wordpress poker plugin. PokerStars 0.02/0.04 Hold'em (10 handed) [url=http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi]converter[/url] [b]Preflop:[/b] Hero is CO with J:diamond:, J:heart:. [color:#666666][i]1 fold[/i][/color], UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, [color:#CC3333]Hero raises[/color], [color:#666666][i]1 ...

June 18th 2007
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Windows Vista – Doing a Clean Install with an Upgrade Version

There is a workaround for the silly way in which Vista checks to make sure that you are actually upgrading a previous version of Windows. I wrote about this previously, where I actually had to install Windows XP to use the 32 bit upgrade of Windows Vista after I had ...
June 9th 2007
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Vista Tips – Customizing the Send To Command

Alright, I went to add notepad and wordpad to my Send To folder like I always have for each of the previous operating systems. Thanks to the "simplified" (and admittedly cleaner) users folder and the disappearance of settings, I could not find the way to customize the Send To command. ...
June 7th 2007
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Windows Vista 64 Bit Downgrade to 32 Bit Woes

An alternate title for this post could be "How I managed to memorize my Vista key in one day." In previous versions of Windows when you purchased the Upgrade version of the new operating system you could always just insert the CD of the previous version during the install to verify ...
May 23rd 2007
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The Heroes Finale (or Fizzle)

This post is obviously a spoiler, I would avoid reading it if you have not seen the show! Then again you can probably predict the ending if you have ever imagine up a semi-happy ending to some kind of hero like possible disaster. Was it just me or was the Heroes ...
May 21st 2007
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Work in Progress

I am in the process of reviving this blog and finishing some kind of easy redesign. WordPress has grown a lot since I started using it, so I am incorporating many things quickly with themes and widgets, but will have to customize everything over time. I am very busy lately since ...

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