Trading points for magic beans
I had 28k in frequent player points and was gearing up to cash in 25k for a $285 bonus on Poker Stars, when I ran into a hitch. You need to be Gold Star to redeem the bonus. Being one level below at...
View ArticleAussie Millions freerolls at Full Tilt
Full Tilt just started qualifiers for their new biweekly freerolls, and I’m so excited about this that I had to post about it. Before the WSOP, Full Tilt gave away two main event packages every week...
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Twitter and the tornado
My shoes are drying from the sudden, freak tornado that passed through the south side of Chicago, wreaking power outages and floods all over the place. I had just begun a Twitter account to document my...
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Ruthie’s slot shoes (by grubette)
Reeling off the best July for my bankroll ever, I trudged through August with a whopping 11 losses in a row. The highlight of my month was skulking into Hustler to play 6/12 with a full kill and...
View ArticleSemi-conscious SnGs
Don’t tell anyone, but I have a big weakness in SnGs: playing when I’m tired enough that I fall asleep. It’s okay in cash games because I time out and am sat out. In SnGs, I’m blinded out into a waste...
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Rigged carnival games
On Labor Day, back from an all-nighter playing losing no-limit riverboat poker, I crawled into bed at 10:30 a.m., when a friend called asking if I wanted to check out the 28th Annual Taste of Polonia....
View ArticleGrandma’s house
Growing up on the East Coast, grubette and I would spend a couple weeks every summer at our grandparents’ house in California. Most of the time we were sent there to get out of our parents’ way so they...
View ArticleAll our destinies
Thanks to everyone for their kind words about my grandmother. Amy, she would’ve enjoyed the toast. I feel incredibly guilty for not being in California, particularly for my mother. I had a flight...
View ArticleYear-end poker bonus for those who don’t get poker bonuses
I’m like the party guest who refuses to leave. I’ll pop in now and again, with slot and life talk on pokergrub.com and poker talk here. Or a bit of both. I’m desperately trying to maintain my sanity in...
View ArticleThe final post
I have a hard time saying goodbye, and saying goodbye with a list of bad beats seems somewhat rude, but as I document each all-in hand that I go out with in my little spreadsheet, I shake my head...
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