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Let The Games Begin ~ UNC & NC State Games 09.19.09
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Fun With Pause And Phil Hellmuth
Picture Dump (see previous post)
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Fun With Pause And Phil Hellmuth
Bear with me as I'm trying to send this post via my phone, so it might come out all wack on the blog. Sorry ahead of time if the pictures are not in order. Hopefully the post will still make sense.
As many of my readers know, I've been known to give Mr. Phil Hellmuth a hard time in the past:
http://tripjax.blogspot.com/2007/06/phil-hellmuth-jr-takes-monumental-dump.html
So when his fug mug showed up in the latest 2009 ESPN World Series of Poker episode, I had take notice. First off, he decided it was high time to make an ultimate anus of himself (again) by playing the part of Caesar, hoisted into the poker room...
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http://tripjax.blogspot.com/2007/06/phil-hellmuth-jr-takes-monumental-dump.html
So when his fug mug showed up in the latest 2009 ESPN World Series of Poker episode, I had take notice. First off, he decided it was high time to make an ultimate anus of himself (again) by playing the part of Caesar, hoisted into the poker room...
(picture source =http://wickedchopspoker.com)
You see, that's exactly what he wants. Good or bad, publicity is what he craves. I get it, I really do; however, I don't have to like it. He's figured out what makes money, but it comes at a price; a price where d-bags like me give him a hard time. It's a fair trade for the paychecks he cashes regularly.
With that I offer you Phil Hellmuth Paused. These pictures are not altered by photoshop or any other program. In fact, they are just paused screenshots of my HDTV taken from my iPhone camera. All I did was change the angle of the shots.
Let's start with what peaked my interest in the first place. Seriously, what's up with the lip sheen?
You see, that's exactly what he wants. Good or bad, publicity is what he craves. I get it, I really do; however, I don't have to like it. He's figured out what makes money, but it comes at a price; a price where d-bags like me give him a hard time. It's a fair trade for the paychecks he cashes regularly.
With that I offer you Phil Hellmuth Paused. These pictures are not altered by photoshop or any other program. In fact, they are just paused screenshots of my HDTV taken from my iPhone camera. All I did was change the angle of the shots.
Let's start with what peaked my interest in the first place. Seriously, what's up with the lip sheen?
Need a better shot of that lip juice? Well, okay...
What the WTF? I have no doubt in that picture he is wearing a Got Fail? t-shirt. Speaking of, I now need to go make a Got Fail? t-shirt.
So back to that picture: Did he just hike to the WSOP in sub zero weather, thus needing a lip glaze to Safe The Chafe? Oh wait, no, he was CARRIED into the poker room.
So, with all the above noted, what's a poker blogger to do when making fun of a poker "celebrity" and his shiny lips? Well, alter the angle of course! How about camera up, angle down?
So back to that picture: Did he just hike to the WSOP in sub zero weather, thus needing a lip glaze to Safe The Chafe? Oh wait, no, he was CARRIED into the poker room.
So, with all the above noted, what's a poker blogger to do when making fun of a poker "celebrity" and his shiny lips? Well, alter the angle of course! How about camera up, angle down?
Look at that noggin'. You'd think that dude has won the Noble Prize 11 times right?!
Or how about camera down, angle up?
Or how about camera down, angle up?
I didn't know Hellmuth played in the NFL. Nice!
Well, I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. I'm kind of bummed I haven't gotten a cease and desist order from Hellmuth's attorney yet. Oh wait, I haven't hit send yet.
Peace fawkers.
Until next time, may the felt be with you.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. I'm kind of bummed I haven't gotten a cease and desist order from Hellmuth's attorney yet. Oh wait, I haven't hit send yet.
Peace fawkers.
Until next time, may the felt be with you.
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Live Micro Stakes Poker FTW
This past Friday night was setting up to be a relaxing night in with a few drinks and the full first season of Eastbound & Down DVD to enjoy; however, one quick phone call changed things. A fellow employer called to say he was headed to a poker game and felt like it would be cool if I came along. I mentioned I had a buddy with me who might play and he said that would probably fill out the table just right.
Twenty minutes later we were on our way. I originally thought it would be a $20 tournament, but it turned out to be a $10 cash game with the small and big blind both at $.20. This worked out fine as everyone was just looking to have fun and enjoy the night without losing a mortgage payment. When I walked in the door I was surprised to see several Dad's from the school boy goes to. It was good to go to a game I had never been to and automatically know 4 people at the table. After exchanging pleasantries I asked if we were playing a tourney or cash game. There were some chuckles and inquiries, with one guy asking, "he just called it a cash game, is this guy a pro or something?!". One of the Dad's from school who I know plays occasionally online and reads (or used to read) my blog chimed in, "he plays online so let's just say semi-pro.". If only they knew what a donk I am. As we settled in I immediately decided I was going to play rather aggressive given the small stakes and relatively passive play from the others. It didn't take long to set the tone when I raised it up with 4 7 off and eventually got my chips in on a flop with a 4 and two overs. I ended up being called by a guy with 4 6 off and I was quickly dubbed The crazy guy. Never mind the dude called my hefty raise pre-flop, then called my eventual all-in...with 4 6 off. See he was a regular, so they had to give the new guy playing Ricky Retardo the hard time, not him. I understood and went with the flow. The rest of the night I just hit any hand I happened to be in and built up my stack quite well. I also had the perfect situation come up where I had been raising with air a ton, but happened to wake up with AA. On a Q high flop I had a guy push into me. I just couldn't lose. As the time was creeping towards 2am, and we were down to only 3 players remaining, we settled on playing only 5 more hands. On the 2nd or 3rd hand I announced I would go all-in blind on my last hand an welcomed the other two to join me. I had a ton more chips than them, so they would be at risk for being stacked, but they seemed up for some fun to end the night. I don't recall each last hand, but I know I had the worst of it. That ultimately didn't matter when my X 3 off nailed a 3 on the turn to take down every remaining chip. When it was all said and done I made $115+ on my original $10 buy-in with no rebuys involved. Most importantly I had a damn good time playing live poker for the first time in ages. Hopefully I'll get an invite back, but that will be determined after stacking so many players! They were all a bunch of great guys, so hopefully I'll be back. Until next time, maythe felt be with you.Sent from my Phone that starts with an i.
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The "Mug" Of "Unnecessary" Trust
One of my favorite blogs to frequent is The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotes. Since my first visit to the site in 2008, I've made it a point to take pictures of any quotation marks I see misused. I eventually submitted a pic to the website in late 2008 and then completely forgot about it when I didn't get a response back. Then, out of no where, I got an email from the blog owner in April 2009 that my "Trust" Us post picture had been published. The post has sat in my Google Reader queue for months now and I'm just now motivated enough to post it here.
The short story short is I was washing my coffee mug at work one morning when I noticed the coffee mug motto on the bottom.
SWEDA: The Name You Can "Trust"
Now here is what kills me about this. Most of the time the failed quotation marks are from poorly hand written comments from random ass idgets; you know, the stuff you see on bulletin boards and restaurant signs. That said, I always need a second take when I see a product manufactured by an actual company that sucks with quotes. I realize it is probably a foreign outfit trying to look good for U.S. & A., but damn.
Like one of the comments from the post, I orignally thought it said, "The Name You Can't Rust," but nope, that wasn't it.
Sorry for the blurry picture, but the lighting was bad and it is an iPhone, so not exactly high mega-pixel quality here.
Anyway, since I actually made the cut, I thought I would share with you all.
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Ouch
As many of you already know, my bro plays poker relatively often. In fact, I haven't played live in ages and he probably plays once a week. And I'm the poker blogger. Yeesh.
Last time we played together he ran really well and we jokingly attributed it to me being his good luck. Since then, he calls or texts me for mojo before each session. Last night he texted me for mojo and not long after this text exchange occurred (see picture). That's a pretty ugly hand to take in a live tourney. Bye bye luck mojo. Until next time, may the felt be with you.
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