Why do men play poker for hours and hours and hours???

After an exhaustive research project aimed at determining the true addictive nature of poker Wicked Chops Poker has made some startling discoveries. Answering the age old question of why would otherwise perfectly normal men sit in a room full of fat smelly guys staring at each other across nasty gross felt tables playing with dirty chips?
WCP has determined two key facts:

• Poker players rarely wash their hands during restroom visits between scheduled breaks. 
• Railbirds are easy to look at.............................http://wickedchopspoker.com/2010-wsop-world-series-of-poker/2010-wsop-girls-on-the-rail/

Happy New Year and wash your hands.
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I finally binked a big one. (Why can't I do this in a real money game?)

I have a horrible case of writer's block going which is when things like birds, squirrels and shiny objects distract me the most. Like the trooper I am though, I log in to my computer everyday and sit for hours waiting for inspiration to strike. This is usually when I decide a little online poker will help break the boredom. Most of the time I get mauled by a Euro-Donk chasing a gutter or a Testosterone infused Latino with two sooted cards. Somehow though in two massive free rolls in a row I dipped, dodged, ducked, dribbled and ducked my way into two final tables. The second of which I calmly took down after 5 1/2 hours for a total of  $2.75.
Of course my girl friend thought I was winning the Sunday Millions from the noise I was making back in the office. Oh well, she got to Super Size her latte on me.

PokerStars Tournament #334137046, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll
1362 players
$10.00 USD added to the prize pool by PokerStars
Total Prize Pool: $10.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/12/27 13:00:00 ET
Dear RGC2005,
You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 2.43 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

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"Zynga!!!" Poker

You can tell my old buddy Coach Travis pays attention when I play poker. He shopped this picture of Sheldon's "BaZynga" shirt for me for the holidays. My favorite poker phrase for Bad Beats, Suck Outs and horrible play is "Zynga!!!". Play poker with me enough and you will eventually here it usually through clenched jaws and gritting teeth.

Also known as Facebook poker "Zynga Poker" is now the fishing grounds of the vast majority of new play money poker players. If you want to know what pay to play internet poker was like pre-UIGEA just play one or two games there. I highly recommend that you don't invest anytime or energy there attempting to win or educate the players. However the place is a really good recruiting ground for leagues and home games.

The place makes me slobber for the days when all you had to do was wait for a top ten poker hand and pray it held. Here is hoping that 2011 brings us closer to a roll back of UIGEA or some sort of sanctioned real money US poker regulations. Until then save your energy and learn to play online poker for free.
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Hooter's is bad for children?

According to this story, http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Forange_county&id=7850753,  N.O.W. has filed criminal and civil complaints against the Hooter's Restaurant chain in Orange County, California. The National Organization for Women claims Hooter's violates California child protection laws by allowing children into an adult entertainment establishment and encouraging them to become entertainers with child sized T-shirts. Of course, Hooter's responded to the press release by thanking NOW for the free publicity.

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Blonde Moment Statistics

Please, take care of yourself.

A recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are alcohol related. This means that the remaining 77% are caused by assholes that just drink coffee, carbonated drinks, juices, yogurts, and stuff like that.

Therefore, beware of those who do not drink alcohol. They cause three times as many accidents.
This message is sent by someone who worries about your well-being.

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Coach and Cooter

Had to forward this email to all my "southern" family/friends. My particular favorite is North Carolina. Enjoy and laugh! Happy Friday and stay warm! 
Hugs, Monnie

Alabama
A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck.
"Where's Henry?" the others asked.
"Henry had a stroke of some kind. He's a couple of miles back up the trail," the successful hunter replied.
"You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?" they inquired.
"A tough call," nodded the hunter. "But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!"

Georgia
The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help.
He called her into his office and said, "You graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?"
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everything but my earrings."

Louisiana
A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying ... "When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana ."
When asked why, he replied, "I'd rather be in Louisiana because everything happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the civilized world."

Mississippi
The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his buddy, "Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!"
Bubba replied, "Did you see who it was?"
The young man answered, "I couldn't tell, but I got the license number."

North Carolina
A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait.
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, "I have a flat tire."
The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?"
The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither."

Tennessee
A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper asked, "Got any ID?"
The driver replied, "Bout whut?"

Texas
The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch.
The Sheriff asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right over your head."
"Yep", he replied. "That's why I'm dumpin' it here, cause it says:
'Fine For Dumping Garbage'."
***

You can say what you want about the South, but you never hear of anyone retiring and moving North.

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Coach's Corner: Christnas Special Poker Gift Ideas for Dad

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Moving and Stowage

 I find it difficult to review or even mention sites or services that I have not actually tried myself.
However, based on the strong suggestion of a friend of mine in the UK,
Removals Southampton
Domestic removals and office removal services in Southampton. International house and office moving services in Southampton.
Good luck with your project Dale.

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Christmas Angel Urban Myth Busted

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.
Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.


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The Micros - Episode 1

I love how they make all of the Full Tilt avatars talk.
The online poker jargon is hilarious.
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Google Contacts Management Tip.

One of the truly irritating things about using Gmail is the number of junk contacts you end up with in your My Contacts tabs. For some unknown reason Gmail Contacts does not provide a sort field for "Unlabeled" Contacts. Very aggravating bug. If you are even a recreational user of Picasa, Buzz, Orkut, Googles, Places, etc you will find an unbelievable amount of contacts slipping into your very carefully managed Contacts List. I taught myself a trick that saves me an hour a week managing my contacts.
To clean that list out very quickly do this:
1. Go into your contacts and look at the table that has your contact labels like Friends, Family, Business, Church, PokerKY. Banks, etc. Go into each tab select the check all box and remove the "My Contacts" label from every contact. Do this for every tab.
2. At the bottom of your labels you will now see "Other Contacts" and they will all be your junk or unlabeled contacts. Sort through that short list and label them accordingly.
3. The remaining "Other Contacts" will be all of your misspelled, half finished Picasa Faces labels Google Buzz only Contacts.
This tip will also help you trim down on the Google Buzz spam since the real name of that contact will appear in your Google Contacts.
Does anyone have a better solution?

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What is the Poker School Online Poker League

In response to a question about my Poker School Online League.

The PSO is a monthly league sponsored by Pokerstars. You start with 1500 points Every finish in the top 30% of the free roll adds to your score. Cash and you get more. Final table and its double points. Win and it is a lot.
Finish the month with 1800 plus points and you are pretty much guaranteed $30-50.
Only catch is you have to earn 20 VPPs every month to qualify for the next month.
I forgot to play cash last month and missed out.

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Poker School Online $12K package Challenge

The Warm Up to $12,000 PokerStars Package will run from December 1st, 2010 to March 13th, 2011. At the end of the March 13th PokerStars Sunday Million event the PSO member with the highest placement in a Sunday Million during the promotion period will be awarded The Grand Prize - **A $12,000 PokerStars Package and represent PSO at any PokerStars Live Tour or PokerStars online major event/s of your choice. 2nd - 10th places will receive $100.

6 x Daily Qualifier Freerolls - 1 weekly Sunday Million Satellite (details below)

We will be recording each PSO members finishing place in the PokerStars Sunday Million during the promotion period stated above and you will be able to see where you are placed on the Warm Up to $12,000 PokerStars Package Leaderboard. (The Leaderboard will be launching soon after the completion of the Dec 5th Sunday Million event)

Ways to get into the PokerStars Sunday Million

Sunday Million

Time: - Every Sunday on PokerStars.com at 4.30pm (EST)
Buy-in: - $200.00 + $15.00
Name of Event: - Sunday Million
Where to find the event: - In the PokerStars.com main lobby under All Tournaments
PrizePool: - $1.5 Million Guaranteed

PSO WARM UP - Sunday Million Sat (3 seats Gtd)

Time: - Every Sunday at Noon (EST)
Buy-in: - $3.00 + $0.40 + PSO MEMBER TICKET which is awarded after passing the Core Quiz.
Name of Event: - PSO WARM UP - Sunday Million Sat (3 seats Gtd)
Where to find the event: - In the PokerStars.com PokerRoom under the tourney tab, then private tab.
Prizepool: - 1 x seat to PokerStars Sunday Million for every $215 in the prizepool (3 seats guaranteed)

PSO Warm Up Daily Qualifier Freeroll ($20.40 Added)

Time: - 6 per day (Monday - Saturday) at 11:00am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm and 11:00pm (EST)
Buy in: -You will be awarded your ticket for these daily qualifiers by achieving a minimum score of 1525 from at least 5 x PSO Skill League events in the previous month. Tickets will be issued on the 1st of each month.
Name of Event: - PSO WARM UP- Daily Qualifier Freeroll ($20.40 Added )
Where to find the event: - In the PokerStars.com PokerRoom under the tourney tab, then private tab.
Prizepool: - Top 6 win a seat to PSO WARM UP - Sunday Million Sat (3 seats Gtd)

** The $12,000 PokerStars Package will be awarded to the winner of the leaderboard. The package will consist of $10,000 to be used as a buy in/s for any PokerStars Live Tour event/s and $2,000 travel expenses to chosen event or $12,000 can be used for buy in/s to any PokerStars online major event. If you finish 2nd - 10th on the leaderboard you will receive $100.

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Good Luck at the tables,

The PSO Team

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