http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com When you play poker with clergy, pray you have the better hand. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:06:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Poker is a strange bird. Honestly, I'm not sure what it is about the game that is so seductive. Is it the money? Well, for many people, yes it is the money. I rarely play for money nowadays, what with not having any, and yet I still have this yearning ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/35 The last time I tried to sit down to play poker with a group larger than 2 was 2 weeks ago. I've organized a poker league for the men at church. Yeah, yeah, I know, poker and church? But it works. It's a game we love, and it gives guys ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/34 anyone can multi-table online. barry greenstein is multi-tabling in REAL LIFE. at the WSOP. the guy is just ridiculous. look over to the right, you'll see some WSOP headlines from the PokerStars blog. check em out. http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/33 The more I think about the trainwreck that was the WBCOOP at PokerStars, the more I think I feel pretty ok about how it turned out. Sure, I would have liked to have played the hand that busted me out a bit differently, but dangit, I made a good play, ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/32 At the one hour break, I'm currently in 552nd place of 1499 remaining players. I'm just a couple hundred chips below average. The chip leader has over 26,000, and I have 2,695... but it's close to average, and I feel like I'm making good decisions and staying out of trouble ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/31 Played for a while with the brothers at a family gathering. We chose to mix the games up a bit, and play some PLO as well as some 2-7 triple draw. Holy cow. I'm really developing a taste for other games. I mean, hold 'em is great and is largely ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/30 It seems like anything I would write at the moment would be just one giant bad beat story. I'll try to contain myself. Blew through half of my (admittedly miniscule) online bankroll this weekend. It got to a point where I was calling out the cards I didn't want to see ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/29 I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 7330476 http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/28 I started this thing for no clear reason, just knowing that I had a place to write (however occasionally) was a little bit of personal comfort. Because let's be honest, you can only tell your wife poker stories so long before she just tells you to shove a sweaty sock ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/26 i thought i should post about friday's cinco de mayo fiesta while some of it is still fresh in my mind. --- i will be brutally honest, i don't want to do a bunch of posting about specific hands, for a couple reasons. one, if i give detail about how/why i played ... http://revpoker.jasonackerman.com/archives/24