Thursday, August 13, 2009
Come on....you never had a chance Sapo!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Redwoods
We look at the mighty redwoods and we get all awestruck and we think majestically about wow, looky there. That's a really big tree. And straight. At least I do, that is, I used to, before I realized how stupid redwoods are.
Let's say you were a member of a species, and you basically ruled your world. Anywhere you went, you were the bad-ass. You controlled the resources, and no other species posed a threat to your species.
But no… that wasn't good enough. You, as in you and you and you and you, the individuals, wanted more, more, more, more. Always more, always better, always … higher. So instead of kicking back and living a life of leisure as a species, there arose non-stop infighting, for the sake of having more than the next guy. More what? We could metaphorically call it: sunlight. But the tragedy is that there is plenty of sunlight to go around. You silly, silly, redwood trees. As soon as you got to 200 feet tall, you ruled the skies. You dominated wherever you went. You had your own ecosystem and it worked. But you were so used to competing against other species that you fought on, against each other. And now many of you are 300 feet tall. Some as tall as 380.
Think of all the additional resources it takes to make and maintain a 380 foot tall tree compared to a 200 foot tall tree.
Don't worry, redwoods. I'll still come camping and I will always be awestruck by you because let's face it, you're awesome. Even if you ain't so bright.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Dealt to palepride619 [8s 6s]
PokerStars Game #30220907730: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2009/07/07 23:58:12 PT [2009/07/08 2:58:12 ET]
Table 'Principia IV' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: palepride619 ($13 in chips)
Seat 2: Sever116 ($5.96 in chips)
Seat 4: zhufacai ($5 in chips)
Seat 5: Krampe1986 ($10.85 in chips)
Seat 6: jessmanser ($2.63 in chips)
Vonces777 will be allowed to play after the button
zhufacai: posts small blind $0.02
Krampe1986: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to palepride619 [8s 6s]
jessmanser: calls $0.05
palepride619: calls $0.05
Sever116: folds
zhufacai: calls $0.03
Krampe1986: raises $0.25 to $0.30
jessmanser: folds
palepride619: calls $0.25
zhufacai: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h 4d]
zhufacai: checks
Krampe1986: checks
palepride619: bets $0.65
zhufacai: folds
Krampe1986: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.65) returned to palepride619
palepride619 collected $0.95 from pot
palepride619: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.95 | Rake $0
Board [Tc 4h 4d]
Seat 1: palepride619 collected ($0.95)
Seat 2: Sever116 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: zhufacai (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Krampe1986 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: jessmanser folded before Flop
Saturday, July 11, 2009
flopped straight flush FTW = max value re: tough player
Table 'Kobresia V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: WoodenGems ($7.64 in chips)
Seat 2: dwu410 ($1.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Truth8 ($10.32 in chips)
Seat 4: palepride619 ($12.16 in chips)
Seat 5: g@by07 ($8.06 in chips)
dwu410: posts small blind $0.02
Truth8: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to palepride619 [7d Td]
palepride619: raises $0.10 to $0.15
g@by07: folds
WoodenGems: folds
dwu410: folds
Truth8: calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [Jd 8d 9d]
Truth8: bets $0.30
palepride619: calls $0.30
*** TURN *** [Jd 8d 9d] [6s]
Truth8: bets $2
palepride619: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [Jd 8d 9d 6s] [4h]
Truth8: bets $7.87 and is all-in
palepride619: calls $7.87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Truth8: shows [Qs Tc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
palepride619: shows [7d Td] (a straight flush, Seven to Jack)
palepride619 collected $19.66 from pot
Truth8 said, "KNEW iT"
palepride619 said, "whoa"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.66 | Rake $1
Board [Jd 8d 9d 6s 4h]
Seat 1: WoodenGems (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: dwu410 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Truth8 (big blind) showed [Qs Tc] and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 4: palepride619 showed [7d Td] and won ($19.66) with a straight flush, Seven to Jack
Seat 5: g@by07 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
