Things have been crazy busy for me. I'm not really doing much on this blog, but I did write a quick poker article that should be up at www.beefbeerandpoker.com soon.
We are expecting Harlan's birth any day now.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Drinking songs
Ok, this is just going to cause a lot of arguments, so I'm not going to present it as a definitive list. Let's just call it a rough draft. Here are 25 of my favorite drinking songs. I'll try to organize them some, but it really depends on my mood.
As part of my hard work and dedication as Beer Editor at www.beefbeerandpoker.com, I will be enjoying some craft beers while I work on this.
1. The Drunken Scotsman by the Irish Rovers.
2. I Like Beer by Tom T. Hall.
3. Drinkin' my Baby Goodbye by Charlie Daniels
4. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink by Merle Haggard
5. Why Don't We Get Drunk by Jimmy Buffet
Not bad for the first 5. This is still in fun loving Drunken Zorag's wheelhouse.
6. I Love Her, She Hates Me (and I drink) by Darryl Worley
7. Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams
8. Wish You Were Here by Mark Wills
9. She's Got You by Patsy Cline
10. He Stopped Loving her Today by George Jones
Yup, that set was the bring me down set. Need to have some sad songs on the list.
11. Shout by Otis Day & The Knights
12. Mony Mony by Billy Idol
13. You Never Even Called me by my Name by David Allan Coe
14. Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks (yes, I went there)
15. Family Tradition by Hank Williams Jr.
A bit more of audience participation style in that group. Boisterous and fun.
16. Cotton Eyed Joe by the Rednex
17. Electric Slide by Marcia Griffiths
18. YMCA by the Village People
19. Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks and Dunn
20. Cha Cha Slide, or whatever the hell it is, or whatever the current song taking its place is.
See, you gotta play the music that causes people to make fools of themselves. Without these songs, designated drivers would have to settle for free sodas instead of blackmail.
21. Mas Tequila by Sammy Hagar
22. Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly
23. Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
24. Five Dollar Fine for Whining by Chris LeDoux
25. Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton (I'd go with Sink the Bimarck, but not as many people know it).
The last five were just round offs. I left out a lot of music, and this list obviously skews towards my tastes.
As part of my hard work and dedication as Beer Editor at www.beefbeerandpoker.com, I will be enjoying some craft beers while I work on this.
1. The Drunken Scotsman by the Irish Rovers.
2. I Like Beer by Tom T. Hall.
3. Drinkin' my Baby Goodbye by Charlie Daniels
4. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink by Merle Haggard
5. Why Don't We Get Drunk by Jimmy Buffet
Not bad for the first 5. This is still in fun loving Drunken Zorag's wheelhouse.
6. I Love Her, She Hates Me (and I drink) by Darryl Worley
7. Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams
8. Wish You Were Here by Mark Wills
9. She's Got You by Patsy Cline
10. He Stopped Loving her Today by George Jones
Yup, that set was the bring me down set. Need to have some sad songs on the list.
11. Shout by Otis Day & The Knights
12. Mony Mony by Billy Idol
13. You Never Even Called me by my Name by David Allan Coe
14. Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks (yes, I went there)
15. Family Tradition by Hank Williams Jr.
A bit more of audience participation style in that group. Boisterous and fun.
16. Cotton Eyed Joe by the Rednex
17. Electric Slide by Marcia Griffiths
18. YMCA by the Village People
19. Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks and Dunn
20. Cha Cha Slide, or whatever the hell it is, or whatever the current song taking its place is.
See, you gotta play the music that causes people to make fools of themselves. Without these songs, designated drivers would have to settle for free sodas instead of blackmail.
21. Mas Tequila by Sammy Hagar
22. Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly
23. Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
24. Five Dollar Fine for Whining by Chris LeDoux
25. Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton (I'd go with Sink the Bimarck, but not as many people know it).
The last five were just round offs. I left out a lot of music, and this list obviously skews towards my tastes.
Blech
I had plans for switching my blog over. I worked hard at setting up the forums, now I can't remember how I did half the stuff. I don't have time to be the web guy (nor the time to even learn how). Anyone want the position? No pay yet, but lots of free stuff (as we get it).
I'm gonna work on an article and post it here later.
I'm gonna work on an article and post it here later.
Friday, February 26, 2010
5 pound burger
http://twitpic.com/15i8qz
There are several pictures of the beast. We made it using 5 pounds of ground beef and 2 cans of biscuits. We started cooking the beef in a bundt pan, which oddly enough, held 5 pounds of ground beef nearly perfectly. After a while, we took it out of the pan and turned up the heat.
Noms!
There are several pictures of the beast. We made it using 5 pounds of ground beef and 2 cans of biscuits. We started cooking the beef in a bundt pan, which oddly enough, held 5 pounds of ground beef nearly perfectly. After a while, we took it out of the pan and turned up the heat.
Noms!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Forums are up!
We haven't fleshed them out yet, but you can sign up for the forums here:
BB&P Forum
Everyone that signs up today will be invited to a special freeroll tournament in February.
More to come, and I will be moving my blog soon as well.
BB&P Forum
Everyone that signs up today will be invited to a special freeroll tournament in February.
More to come, and I will be moving my blog soon as well.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Took down a Limit Omaha High only MTT tonight
Results
38 players in, $10 prize pool, only top 3 paid. So yeah, 3 hours of work for $5.
To be honest, I really didn't try early and was just goofing off. Somewhere along the line, I built up a huge lead. At the final table, I floated from 2nd to 4th. When we were three handed, chip leader had about 40k and the other player and I were sharing the other 26k.
I took a couple of bad hits, but kept at it. I almost had the chip lead 3 handed when I flopped a set of Kings vs a set of 3s. The river put a spade flush on the board, and I had two baby spades. He had a bigger flush and took it down.
I stayed patient and selectively aggressive. We got to heads up, and I had 39k to his 36k. A few hands later I had 45k, then a few hands after that I had 67k. The next hand ended it.
I qualified for the Ring Event, now I have to figure out what that is.
__________________
38 players in, $10 prize pool, only top 3 paid. So yeah, 3 hours of work for $5.
To be honest, I really didn't try early and was just goofing off. Somewhere along the line, I built up a huge lead. At the final table, I floated from 2nd to 4th. When we were three handed, chip leader had about 40k and the other player and I were sharing the other 26k.
I took a couple of bad hits, but kept at it. I almost had the chip lead 3 handed when I flopped a set of Kings vs a set of 3s. The river put a spade flush on the board, and I had two baby spades. He had a bigger flush and took it down.
I stayed patient and selectively aggressive. We got to heads up, and I had 39k to his 36k. A few hands later I had 45k, then a few hands after that I had 67k. The next hand ended it.
I qualified for the Ring Event, now I have to figure out what that is.
__________________
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Took a shot
There were a lot of higher level LO8 players on Stars tonight. I've been doing pretty good at the 3/6 full ring cash games, and I watched a 5/10 game for a while. I decided to take a shot at it.
Wow. The level of play went over my head. There were moves being made, but I had no clue what they were. I didn't know if a raise was a steal or a trap. I might have been giving a little too much credit but watching some of the hands that were getting to the river was pretty revealing.
I was able to see more of what was going on, since I could see the hands that were mucked on the river. I believe with enough time and patience, I could squeeze out a small profit at this level. However, I believe that the bigger edge I have at 3/6 means that I would make more money at the lower levels.
I bought in for $200 and cashed out for $143.50. I had a few hands that I missed on the river and one of them would have been a huge scoop that would have given me a winning session. I took my shot and fell short. I'll try again another day.
I did earn a lot of VPPs at the 5/10 table, and now have some numbers to look at for my comparison of the new rewards program vs the old ones.
Wow. The level of play went over my head. There were moves being made, but I had no clue what they were. I didn't know if a raise was a steal or a trap. I might have been giving a little too much credit but watching some of the hands that were getting to the river was pretty revealing.
I was able to see more of what was going on, since I could see the hands that were mucked on the river. I believe with enough time and patience, I could squeeze out a small profit at this level. However, I believe that the bigger edge I have at 3/6 means that I would make more money at the lower levels.
I bought in for $200 and cashed out for $143.50. I had a few hands that I missed on the river and one of them would have been a huge scoop that would have given me a winning session. I took my shot and fell short. I'll try again another day.
I did earn a lot of VPPs at the 5/10 table, and now have some numbers to look at for my comparison of the new rewards program vs the old ones.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
My day in poker
After my nap and eating a little bit of healthy food, I was feeling much better.
Here are my results for the year so far. I'm running all my play on a BAP at www.getastake.com. I'm doing this for several reasons, and I'll go into them as the year progresses.
Rail # Session ID Buy-In CashOut Net Profit
1 Cash 1-2-10 #1 $10.00 $3.75 $-6.25
2 Cash 1-2-10 #2 $40.00 $0.00 $-40.00
3 Correction $0.00 $54.50 $54.50
4 228069996 $3.40 $0.00 $-3.40
5 Cash 1-3-10 #1 $20.00 $0.00 $-20.00
6 Cash 1-3-10 #2 $0.80 $1.03 $0.23
7 Cash 1-4-10 #1 $120.00 $123.00 $3.00
8 228004402 $1.10 $0.00 $-1.10
9 227944211 $7.65 $0.00 $-7.65
10 Cash 1-5-10 #1 $40.00 $41.25 $1.25
11 Cash 1-5-10 #2 $40.00 $51.00 $11.00
12 Cash 1-5-10 #3 $120.00 $115.00 $-5.00
13 Cash 1-5-10 #4 $120.00 $149.50 $29.50
14 Cash 1-5-10 #5 $40.00 $50.75 $10.75
15 Cash 1-5-10 #6 $120.00 $136.50 $16.50
Totals: $682.95 $726.28 $43.33
I'll get back to this in my next post. For now, it's time to take a little drive up the road.
Here are my results for the year so far. I'm running all my play on a BAP at www.getastake.com. I'm doing this for several reasons, and I'll go into them as the year progresses.
Rail # Session ID Buy-In CashOut Net Profit
1 Cash 1-2-10 #1 $10.00 $3.75 $-6.25
2 Cash 1-2-10 #2 $40.00 $0.00 $-40.00
3 Correction $0.00 $54.50 $54.50
4 228069996 $3.40 $0.00 $-3.40
5 Cash 1-3-10 #1 $20.00 $0.00 $-20.00
6 Cash 1-3-10 #2 $0.80 $1.03 $0.23
7 Cash 1-4-10 #1 $120.00 $123.00 $3.00
8 228004402 $1.10 $0.00 $-1.10
9 227944211 $7.65 $0.00 $-7.65
10 Cash 1-5-10 #1 $40.00 $41.25 $1.25
11 Cash 1-5-10 #2 $40.00 $51.00 $11.00
12 Cash 1-5-10 #3 $120.00 $115.00 $-5.00
13 Cash 1-5-10 #4 $120.00 $149.50 $29.50
14 Cash 1-5-10 #5 $40.00 $50.75 $10.75
15 Cash 1-5-10 #6 $120.00 $136.50 $16.50
Totals: $682.95 $726.28 $43.33
I'll get back to this in my next post. For now, it's time to take a little drive up the road.
#procrastinationtuesday after all
Not feeling very well today at all.
We've had 7 sign ups for Virtue so far, which means there are still 3 $5 sign up bonuses left for now.
We've had 7 sign ups for Virtue so far, which means there are still 3 $5 sign up bonuses left for now.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Free money
The first 10 people to register at Virtue Poker using BBPoker as the special bonus code get $5 free in addition to the 25% rakeback and freeroll entries. So far, 2 have claimed their money. Deposit bonus use the code VP1000.
This is a new site, and the play is very soft. They have 6 max Double or Nothings, all the way down to 0.11.
There are guaranteed tournaments with overlays, too.
This is a new site, and the play is very soft. They have 6 max Double or Nothings, all the way down to 0.11.
There are guaranteed tournaments with overlays, too.
Free poker!
Want to play online poker for real money without making any deposits? go here:
Make sure when you sign up that you use the special code BBPoker
We offer 25% rake back and lots of freerolls, with many value added tournaments to come.
There is absolutely no risk to you, as you can look for the freerolls and private tourneys. After you have signed up, or if you have any questions, email me at beer@beefbeerandpoker.com. I will give you the info for the freerolls.
You might even find a few dollars in your account, since we randomly give our players money.
Make sure when you sign up that you use the special code BBPoker
We offer 25% rake back and lots of freerolls, with many value added tournaments to come.
There is absolutely no risk to you, as you can look for the freerolls and private tourneys. After you have signed up, or if you have any questions, email me at beer@beefbeerandpoker.com. I will give you the info for the freerolls.
You might even find a few dollars in your account, since we randomly give our players money.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Coming soon aka the to do list
Poker Stars has revamped their VIP program I need to do some math to see if I truly am better off.
For Christmas, I received a Mr. Beer home brew kit, I'll be blogging my progress. It's a one step brewing process, but I'll be doing other stuff, too.
The email address Beer@beefbeerandpoker.com is up and running for me. Poker and Beef are up for my cohorts. Forums and new blogs, along with super secret giveaways to come soon.
For Christmas, I received a Mr. Beer home brew kit, I'll be blogging my progress. It's a one step brewing process, but I'll be doing other stuff, too.
The email address Beer@beefbeerandpoker.com is up and running for me. Poker and Beef are up for my cohorts. Forums and new blogs, along with super secret giveaways to come soon.
Friday, January 1, 2010
It's up!
http://media.rawvoice.com/pseudopod/media.libsyn.com/media/pseudopod/Pseudo175_FlashOnTheBorderlandsII.mp3
My winning piece of micro flash fiction is up on this week's Pseudopod podcast. Ben Phillips was the narrator, and I wouldn't have chosen anyone else, even if I could.
My piece is in the first 1:10, so if it's not your thing, you can still check it out.
My winning piece of micro flash fiction is up on this week's Pseudopod podcast. Ben Phillips was the narrator, and I wouldn't have chosen anyone else, even if I could.
My piece is in the first 1:10, so if it's not your thing, you can still check it out.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wrap up
2009 was basically a good year. My family is healthy, my business is strong, and life is good.
BeefBeerAndPoker is coming along. We'll probably have to start with a forum and blog. If there are any web site designers out there looking for some work and free publicity, contact me.
Christmas was a mixed bag. RazzBoy was up from Phoenix, and his visit went smoothly. We overspent, partially because we ended up buying for more people than we originally planed, but mostly because I went over the top with some of Tinkerfell's gifts. It wasn't too big of a deal, as I pulled money off of Poker Stars to cover it, but it really set my bankroll back.
The best presents I received, besides being able to take off a lot of time in December were a juicer and a home brew kit. The brew kit is a one-step Mr Beer kit, so there's not a lot of customizing going on, but it's a starting point.
On Christmas day, Tinkerfell dropped me off at my truck and took RazzBoy on to the airport. We both drove to Oklahoma City to see my friend and goddaughter. The roads around St Louis were a little snowy, but the people driving on them were the biggest problem.
As soon as we crossed the Oklahoma line, the roads got down right nasty. We ended up stopping in Claremore to stay at the Super 8. My truck spun out on the side road that was just a sheet of ice. I want to thank the owners of Swans Dairy in Claremore, OK for taking the time and effort to help me get my truck rolling again. There were a few more misadventures after this, but nothing horrible.
The visit in OKC was ok, but not really worth the drive for Tinkerfell. We would have been better off scheduling it for another time.
Looking forward to 2010 and plans that I've laid.
BeefBeerAndPoker is coming along. We'll probably have to start with a forum and blog. If there are any web site designers out there looking for some work and free publicity, contact me.
Christmas was a mixed bag. RazzBoy was up from Phoenix, and his visit went smoothly. We overspent, partially because we ended up buying for more people than we originally planed, but mostly because I went over the top with some of Tinkerfell's gifts. It wasn't too big of a deal, as I pulled money off of Poker Stars to cover it, but it really set my bankroll back.
The best presents I received, besides being able to take off a lot of time in December were a juicer and a home brew kit. The brew kit is a one-step Mr Beer kit, so there's not a lot of customizing going on, but it's a starting point.
On Christmas day, Tinkerfell dropped me off at my truck and took RazzBoy on to the airport. We both drove to Oklahoma City to see my friend and goddaughter. The roads around St Louis were a little snowy, but the people driving on them were the biggest problem.
As soon as we crossed the Oklahoma line, the roads got down right nasty. We ended up stopping in Claremore to stay at the Super 8. My truck spun out on the side road that was just a sheet of ice. I want to thank the owners of Swans Dairy in Claremore, OK for taking the time and effort to help me get my truck rolling again. There were a few more misadventures after this, but nothing horrible.
The visit in OKC was ok, but not really worth the drive for Tinkerfell. We would have been better off scheduling it for another time.
Looking forward to 2010 and plans that I've laid.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Woot!
There was a contest over at the Escape Artists forums a few months ago for "Twitter" fiction. I ended up winning it. I found out today that my piece will be running on the Jan 1st, 2010 episode of Pseudopod. You can check out this outstanding horror podcast at www.pseudopod.org.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Content wanted
Have a favorite beer? A great poker story? We're interested in anything that you might talk about at a home game, or just a night with friends.
If we use your content, you will receive some freebies, plus we're paying at least $0.01 for all content, you will be a professional writer!
If we use your content, you will receive some freebies, plus we're paying at least $0.01 for all content, you will be a professional writer!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Days away from big announcement
Just a little tease here.
My big announcement is days away, I have to get some things finalized. I will tell you that there will be multiple $100+ freerolls and money added tournaments involved.
My big announcement is days away, I have to get some things finalized. I will tell you that there will be multiple $100+ freerolls and money added tournaments involved.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
2010
I've been quite lazy in following blogs recently, even lazier in updating my own.
I need to refocus and will be doing that in 2010. I'll be following fewer blogs and more forums. I plan on launching BeefBeerAndPoker this year and have a few plans for making some money, so I have to work on that.
To that point, there will be NEWS coming about BB&P. I'll post about it here as I get some verification.
I need to refocus and will be doing that in 2010. I'll be following fewer blogs and more forums. I plan on launching BeefBeerAndPoker this year and have a few plans for making some money, so I have to work on that.
To that point, there will be NEWS coming about BB&P. I'll post about it here as I get some verification.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
I'm posting this early because I'm going on an media blackout as of tonight. No internet until after Thanksgiving. I'm going to spend some time with my family.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Nonverbal training
Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent and author that teaches with the WSOP Academy. He's written books on poker tells and body language. He has a wealth of knowledge and is a teacher at heart. Through Twitter, he's started doing free training. We watch videos and discuss what we see. We watch a lot of poker videos, but you don't have to know a lot about poker to learn from them.
Follow him on Twitter, @navarrotells, if you wish to take part.
Follow him on Twitter, @navarrotells, if you wish to take part.
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