Archive for February, 2004

February 24, 2004

Nader. AAARGH! OK, so I made mention of this in my last post (below), but it deserves more attention. I was reading a posting on Fark here when this occured to me. Do people ever leave their houses!? Do they ever wonder what their comfortable little world looks like from [...]

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February 24, 2004

The Passion I just read an article in the NY Daily News about Mel Gibson’s The Passion of Christ that kind of annoyed me. They are calling the movie anti-semitic. Now don’t get me wrong, I have no doubt that the movie portrays Jewish people as bad, they were instrumental in the [...]

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February 19, 2004

Celebrity Poker Showdown: Since I am kind of a loser and never hang out with anyone cool, I am about to drop a name that I hope will make you think to yourself, “Self, that Ammon is a cool guy. I think I will buy him sweets and shiny trinkets.” I was [...]

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February 18, 2004

Study! So my reading list is as follows…
Zen and the Art of Poker
Play Poker Like the Pros
Inside the Poker Mind
Caro’s Book of Poker Tells
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players
Poker Tournament Strategies
I am beginning to get very nervous for this poker tournament. My biggest fear is coming in last. My goal right now is [...]

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February 13, 2004

Popularity Contest: So I looked at my website referral logs today. Three people found my site by typing “Ammon Brown” in a search engine. Twenty-nine found it by typing in “Jared Vallejo”. Twenty nine. Why do you people insist on finding MY site with HIS name. How embarassing for [...]

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February 12, 2004

A Student of the Game Practice and study. Practice and study. I spent $100 on poker books yesterday. I bought books on strategy, tournament strategy, psychology, mathematics, and game theory. I want to be prepared for this tournament. I made the remark to a friend today that I am [...]

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February 8, 2004

Gambling is a vice. With that said, I am a DAMN GOOD GAMBLER! Poker is not really gambling to me, but I just WON a $9000 cruise package to go on the Party Poker Million III Cruise! Out of 750 contestants I finished FIRST! I qualified online for $25 [...]

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