Today, NETELLER announced That It Is out of Negotiations and will soon begin to
implement a Plan for the Distribution of $94 Million in U.S. Funds
Today, NETELLER announced that it is out of negotiations and will soon begin to
implement a plan for the distribution of $94 million in US funds. The distribution
process will begin by July 30, 2007. Customers will receive an e-mail when distribution
is available. The two most important things to note are: 1) Beware of scams and 2)
requests will only be accepted until January 26, 2008. Here is NETELLER’s News Release.
full article here.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Neteller's Distribution of $94 Million in U.S. Funds
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Time Out for Sports
Let’s pretend I was King (as I should be).
Tim Donaghy and the NBA: Root out the evil doers as soon as possible and move on. News flash to everyone: Gambling is a ….gamble! And the NBA has been a joke since it instituted the Jordan rules and fixed the draft lotteries.
Moving on would be changing the rules of this WWF game to something worth watching. Here are my rule changes (remember, I’m King).
> There is no such thing as a hand or reach in foul. Do anything you want to the guy with the ball - with your arms and hands on his arms and hands.
Obviously, if a player stops dribbling and doesn’t pass the ball right away, he is going to get hacked pretty good. The game will really move!
> Blows to anywhere else besides the arms get the two free throws, possession of the ball and a 30-second penalty like hockey. In other words, you foul someone; you may give up 5 points pretty quickly. This will not affect the game that much as except for hand-arm fouls, how many fouls are actually called?
> You foul out after 3 fouls.
> Fighting is allowed - like hockey - with each combatant getting a 2 minute penalty and the teams would then play 4 on 4. A fight counts as 2 fouls. No free throws for fight fouls.
> Basket would be raised one foot.
> Shorten the season to 60 games and the playoffs to the top 8 teams.
> April is set aside for NBA playoff games.
NCAA Basketball - Same NBA rules apply. You will notice I have freed up March for ‘March Madness’. It is all you and a bag of chips!
WNBA - Don’t know what that is. Don’t waste the King’s time with this nonsense.
PGA, Seniors PGA - No changes at this time.
LPGA - Skirts mandatory. If you can’t, won’t or should not wear a skirt, then I guess you don’t play.
Men’s Tennis - Earrings banned. Matter of fact, earrings banned on all male atheletes.
Women’s Tennis - Shorts and shorts under the skirt are banned. Most of you are women, so dress like it. I am pondering making the women’s beach volleyball uniforms mandatory for women’s tennis - so don’t try the King’s patience.
NFL - Michael Vick: I grant him the ability to work at his job until he either quits himself, he is cut by his team or he is found guilty of the charges.
> Cut the pre-season to two games. Eliminate the bye week. Eliminate the week break between the championship game and the Super Bowl.
> Make cheerleaders mandatory in every stadium with the amount of material allowed for the uniforms not to exceed the current Dallas Cowboy cheerleader uniform. Going ‘under’ is fine. I of course have veto power over the cheerleader hires.
NCAA Football - Leave the bowls and the BCS as it currently is. Then have the coaches secretly vote for the 4 best teams, and then use a point system with the writer’s polls to come up with your playoff teams. Lots would be drawn to determine opponents for the 1st game. The profit generated would be divided between every division I school.
NHL - Eliminate the ‘instigator rule’ and the ‘check from behind penalty’. In my day, you settled things on the ice and you knew better than to approach the boards face first.
> Eliminate regular season overtime and shoot-outs. Don’t need it if you don’t have the ‘instigator rule’. Even the worst hockey team is worth watching if they can play the style of “If you can’t beat them, beat them.”
> Shorten the regular season to 60 games and the playoffs to the top 8 teams - four from each league. Playoffs over by Feb 28. You don’t play ice hockey in the spring.
MLB - Intentional walks are just that - intentional. Just wave the guy to 1st base.
>Shorten the season to 150 games, and have the regular season run May 1 to August 31. Labor Day Weekend off. Play double-headers you sissies. Break a sweat for crying out loud. It’s a team game - use your bench. A team can resign instead of wasting pitchers should a rout happen. Nevermind - I declare an 8 run mercy rule after 5 innings. 7 runs after 7 innings, and 5 after 8 innings. How many 5-run comebacks have you seen in the 9th inning? Please.
>Then the playoffs start - Top 4 teams in each league, scheduling the games to be done by September 30. That is 27 days to get the maximum of 21 games done. We don’t play baseball in the late fall and winter.
Ok, sports issues solved and solved for the better. I hope my ‘Queen’ lets me play golf this weekend (especially after reading this). - Nik Faldo
Tim Donaghy and the NBA: Root out the evil doers as soon as possible and move on. News flash to everyone: Gambling is a ….gamble! And the NBA has been a joke since it instituted the Jordan rules and fixed the draft lotteries.
Moving on would be changing the rules of this WWF game to something worth watching. Here are my rule changes (remember, I’m King).
> There is no such thing as a hand or reach in foul. Do anything you want to the guy with the ball - with your arms and hands on his arms and hands.
Obviously, if a player stops dribbling and doesn’t pass the ball right away, he is going to get hacked pretty good. The game will really move!
> Blows to anywhere else besides the arms get the two free throws, possession of the ball and a 30-second penalty like hockey. In other words, you foul someone; you may give up 5 points pretty quickly. This will not affect the game that much as except for hand-arm fouls, how many fouls are actually called?
> You foul out after 3 fouls.
> Fighting is allowed - like hockey - with each combatant getting a 2 minute penalty and the teams would then play 4 on 4. A fight counts as 2 fouls. No free throws for fight fouls.
> Basket would be raised one foot.
> Shorten the season to 60 games and the playoffs to the top 8 teams.
> April is set aside for NBA playoff games.
NCAA Basketball - Same NBA rules apply. You will notice I have freed up March for ‘March Madness’. It is all you and a bag of chips!
WNBA - Don’t know what that is. Don’t waste the King’s time with this nonsense.
PGA, Seniors PGA - No changes at this time.
LPGA - Skirts mandatory. If you can’t, won’t or should not wear a skirt, then I guess you don’t play.
Men’s Tennis - Earrings banned. Matter of fact, earrings banned on all male atheletes.
Women’s Tennis - Shorts and shorts under the skirt are banned. Most of you are women, so dress like it. I am pondering making the women’s beach volleyball uniforms mandatory for women’s tennis - so don’t try the King’s patience.
NFL - Michael Vick: I grant him the ability to work at his job until he either quits himself, he is cut by his team or he is found guilty of the charges.
> Cut the pre-season to two games. Eliminate the bye week. Eliminate the week break between the championship game and the Super Bowl.
> Make cheerleaders mandatory in every stadium with the amount of material allowed for the uniforms not to exceed the current Dallas Cowboy cheerleader uniform. Going ‘under’ is fine. I of course have veto power over the cheerleader hires.
NCAA Football - Leave the bowls and the BCS as it currently is. Then have the coaches secretly vote for the 4 best teams, and then use a point system with the writer’s polls to come up with your playoff teams. Lots would be drawn to determine opponents for the 1st game. The profit generated would be divided between every division I school.
NHL - Eliminate the ‘instigator rule’ and the ‘check from behind penalty’. In my day, you settled things on the ice and you knew better than to approach the boards face first.
> Eliminate regular season overtime and shoot-outs. Don’t need it if you don’t have the ‘instigator rule’. Even the worst hockey team is worth watching if they can play the style of “If you can’t beat them, beat them.”
> Shorten the regular season to 60 games and the playoffs to the top 8 teams - four from each league. Playoffs over by Feb 28. You don’t play ice hockey in the spring.
MLB - Intentional walks are just that - intentional. Just wave the guy to 1st base.
>Shorten the season to 150 games, and have the regular season run May 1 to August 31. Labor Day Weekend off. Play double-headers you sissies. Break a sweat for crying out loud. It’s a team game - use your bench. A team can resign instead of wasting pitchers should a rout happen. Nevermind - I declare an 8 run mercy rule after 5 innings. 7 runs after 7 innings, and 5 after 8 innings. How many 5-run comebacks have you seen in the 9th inning? Please.
>Then the playoffs start - Top 4 teams in each league, scheduling the games to be done by September 30. That is 27 days to get the maximum of 21 games done. We don’t play baseball in the late fall and winter.
Ok, sports issues solved and solved for the better. I hope my ‘Queen’ lets me play golf this weekend (especially after reading this). - Nik Faldo
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Rownder73 Wins NPP Internet #28
Sorry I could not attend. Relatives from out of town arrived at my sister's door for a big dinner and I was designated drink supplier.
But five made it to the felt, I see. Maybe we could get a little play by play from the participants?
1st - Rownder73
2nd - ArticBlast
3rd - Sev4TSev
4th - Boother
5th - Duder123
But five made it to the felt, I see. Maybe we could get a little play by play from the participants?
1st - Rownder73
2nd - ArticBlast
3rd - Sev4TSev
4th - Boother
5th - Duder123
Friday, July 20, 2007
Advantages of Road Trips
A Hawaii woodpecker and a California woodpecker were arguing about which place had the toughest trees. The Hawaiian woodpecker said Hawaii had a tree that no woodpecker could peck. The California woodpecker accepted his challenge, and promptly pecked a hole in the tree with no problem.
The Hawaiian woodpecker was in awe. The California woodpecker then challenged the Hawaiian woodpecker to peck a tree in California that was absolutely im-peckable (a term woodpeckers like to use). The Hawaiian woodpecker expressed confidence he could do it, so accepted the challenge. After flying to California, the Hawaiian woodpecker successfully pecked the tree with no problem.
So the two woodpeckers were now confused. How is it that the California woodpecker was able to peck the Hawaiian tree and the Hawaiian woodpecker was able to peck the California tree, but neither one was able to peck the tree in their own state?
After much woodpecker-pondering, they both came to the same conclusion...your pecker is always harder when you're away from home.
The Hawaiian woodpecker was in awe. The California woodpecker then challenged the Hawaiian woodpecker to peck a tree in California that was absolutely im-peckable (a term woodpeckers like to use). The Hawaiian woodpecker expressed confidence he could do it, so accepted the challenge. After flying to California, the Hawaiian woodpecker successfully pecked the tree with no problem.
So the two woodpeckers were now confused. How is it that the California woodpecker was able to peck the Hawaiian tree and the Hawaiian woodpecker was able to peck the California tree, but neither one was able to peck the tree in their own state?
After much woodpecker-pondering, they both came to the same conclusion...your pecker is always harder when you're away from home.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Nik finishes 9th in 10,000 player Tourney on Poker Stars
Maybe you all didn't want a piece of me Tuesday because you knew the carnage I would inflict this night.
I got in four regular tourneys since no one showed up for the Tuesday night gig. Cashed in one, finishing 66th, but showed a profit as it easily paid for all three entries.
This 9th place finish in the lone freeroll I entered, gets me a seat in a $1000 tourney on Sunday at 2pm. Guess I will have to golf early that day.
I got in four regular tourneys since no one showed up for the Tuesday night gig. Cashed in one, finishing 66th, but showed a profit as it easily paid for all three entries.
This 9th place finish in the lone freeroll I entered, gets me a seat in a $1000 tourney on Sunday at 2pm. Guess I will have to golf early that day.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
NPP Tuesday Internet Tourney Had Nik Faldo All By His Lonesome
Here I was in Norwalk OH, looking forward to poker with my buds.
I was all alone.
Played with myself anyway and lost heads up.
1st -
2nd - Nik Faldo
Played in four big tourneys on PS since you all ditched me.
Finished 66th in the first one - quadrupling my buy-in.
Out the next two.
In a freeroll - at the 4th break, I am 34th out of 62 - trying to reach the final 27 that qualify for a $1000 freeroll - Weekly Round 2.
I was all alone.
Played with myself anyway and lost heads up.
1st -
2nd - Nik Faldo
Played in four big tourneys on PS since you all ditched me.
Finished 66th in the first one - quadrupling my buy-in.
Out the next two.
In a freeroll - at the 4th break, I am 34th out of 62 - trying to reach the final 27 that qualify for a $1000 freeroll - Weekly Round 2.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Matchy Wins NPP Internet #26
Only four players made the game. But the battle was a long one.
On hand #40 Matchy took a bad beat when his KK lost to a shorter stacked Artic Blast's QQ - with a Q on the river.
On hand #79 Matchy got his revenge and started his roll to the top when his JT made a straight to oust Artic Blast (4th) and his pair of nines.
On hand #87 my (Nik Faldo - 3rd) short-stacked butt had to make a stand with Jh Th with a flop of [9h 8h 3s] and found I was against Matchy's Kh3c. I did not improve.
Matchy still was slightly behind in chips until he hit a 4 of a kind hand and took the chip lead for good.
At the break, Matchy had 4800 and Sev4TSev had 1200.
The end came when Sev4TSev (2nd) hit two pair on the flop but Matchy hit his flush on the river.
1st - Matchy
2nd - Sev4TSev
3rd - Nik Faldo
4th - Artic Blast
On hand #40 Matchy took a bad beat when his KK lost to a shorter stacked Artic Blast's QQ - with a Q on the river.
On hand #79 Matchy got his revenge and started his roll to the top when his JT made a straight to oust Artic Blast (4th) and his pair of nines.
On hand #87 my (Nik Faldo - 3rd) short-stacked butt had to make a stand with Jh Th with a flop of [9h 8h 3s] and found I was against Matchy's Kh3c. I did not improve.
Matchy still was slightly behind in chips until he hit a 4 of a kind hand and took the chip lead for good.
At the break, Matchy had 4800 and Sev4TSev had 1200.
The end came when Sev4TSev (2nd) hit two pair on the flop but Matchy hit his flush on the river.
1st - Matchy
2nd - Sev4TSev
3rd - Nik Faldo
4th - Artic Blast
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Poll - Who is the Best Player at NPP?
Well the results are in. Congrats to "The Wall".
Next Poll - Who is the luckiest player at NPP?
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Results of weekly NPP PS Tourney
- Only ArticBlast and Fourputt showed up.
- PS canceled the tournament due to lack of participants.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Momo Wins NPP Internet #25
Eight players made the game - which pushed our average player per game to 7.0!
Nice job guys and gal!
Hand #10 saw Boother get crippled in the first of many 2nd best hands he saw this night. He ran into Nahanni's full house.
Boother (8th) went out on hand #27 as his K8s ran into Momo's KK.
On hand #36, Momo cripples Duder with a full house on the same hand Duder hits the flush. That is painful when that happens.
Duder (7th) goes out when his short stack bets it all with a pair of aces but finds Sev4T7 has a flush.
Artic Blast (6th) is short-stacked on hand #59 and goes all in with AQ and is called by Nahanni's J8 with a flop of [JJ9].
The break comes after 66 hands of play with the stacks looking like this:
Nahanni 5400, Momo 2600, NikFaldo 1700, Sev4T7 1200 and Rownder 1200.
On hand #74 Rownder survives an all-in with JT against the A5 of Momo when the flop comes [JXX] and a J on the turn.
Hand #76 saw an unusual three-handed all-in as Sev4T7 (5th) went all-in with TT. Both a short stacked Rownder and the big stack Nahanni called. They checked down a scary board. Rownder had AK and Nahanni QJ. The flop served up a Q but no straight and 747 was out.
Hand #90 finally ended Rownder's (4th) comeback bid as his KQ did not improve against Momo's 22.
I (3rd) was now the short stack and on hand #92 my A3 lost to Momo's KJ as a flop of [T98] caught a 7 on the turn, for a straight for Momo.
Nahanni and Momo were very close in chips at this point. The winner would be winning their 3rd NPP title of the year!
They battled and Momo was taking a bit of a chip lead. But Nahanni hit a flush to take the lead temporarily.
A crucial hand developed when both bet and called on a board that grew to look like this: [QQ8] [J] [3]
Momo goes all-in with Q3s for a full house and is called by Nahanni with 43s - who said she put Momo on AK the whole hand.
This gave Momo a 9000 to 3000 chip advantage.
Nahanni (2nd) went all-in with 33 and was called by Momo's A7s. The flop had a 7 and no improvement came for Nahanni. Cogratulations for the 3rd win on the year for Momo.
1st - Momo
2nd - Nahanni
3rd - Nik Faldo
4th - Rownder
5th - Sev4TSev
6th - Artic Blast
7th - Duder
8th - Boother
Overall Standings
1 - Nik Faldo - 113 / 5.1
2 - Boother - 104 / 4.7
3 - Rownder - 79 / 4.6
4 - Sev4TSev - 71 / 5.1
5 - Matchy - 66 / 3.3
6 - Beerhog - 50 / 4.5
7 - Momo - 42 / 3.5
8 - Nahanni - 28 / 4.7
9 - Cigar4John - 28 / 3.5
10 - BonA1r - 28 / 3.5
11- Artic Blast - 17 / 1.0
12- Hlam14 - 14 / 2.8
13- 1stout - 3 / 1.5
14- Duder - 1 / .3
15- Davethedog - 1 / .5
16- SpartyTojo - 1 / .5
17- Bronco76 - 1 / 1.0
Remember the tourneys will start at 8pm from now on! And recruit players please!
Nice job guys and gal!
Hand #10 saw Boother get crippled in the first of many 2nd best hands he saw this night. He ran into Nahanni's full house.
Boother (8th) went out on hand #27 as his K8s ran into Momo's KK.
On hand #36, Momo cripples Duder with a full house on the same hand Duder hits the flush. That is painful when that happens.
Duder (7th) goes out when his short stack bets it all with a pair of aces but finds Sev4T7 has a flush.
Artic Blast (6th) is short-stacked on hand #59 and goes all in with AQ and is called by Nahanni's J8 with a flop of [JJ9].
The break comes after 66 hands of play with the stacks looking like this:
Nahanni 5400, Momo 2600, NikFaldo 1700, Sev4T7 1200 and Rownder 1200.
On hand #74 Rownder survives an all-in with JT against the A5 of Momo when the flop comes [JXX] and a J on the turn.
Hand #76 saw an unusual three-handed all-in as Sev4T7 (5th) went all-in with TT. Both a short stacked Rownder and the big stack Nahanni called. They checked down a scary board. Rownder had AK and Nahanni QJ. The flop served up a Q but no straight and 747 was out.
Hand #90 finally ended Rownder's (4th) comeback bid as his KQ did not improve against Momo's 22.
I (3rd) was now the short stack and on hand #92 my A3 lost to Momo's KJ as a flop of [T98] caught a 7 on the turn, for a straight for Momo.
Nahanni and Momo were very close in chips at this point. The winner would be winning their 3rd NPP title of the year!
They battled and Momo was taking a bit of a chip lead. But Nahanni hit a flush to take the lead temporarily.
A crucial hand developed when both bet and called on a board that grew to look like this: [QQ8] [J] [3]
Momo goes all-in with Q3s for a full house and is called by Nahanni with 43s - who said she put Momo on AK the whole hand.
This gave Momo a 9000 to 3000 chip advantage.
Nahanni (2nd) went all-in with 33 and was called by Momo's A7s. The flop had a 7 and no improvement came for Nahanni. Cogratulations for the 3rd win on the year for Momo.
1st - Momo
2nd - Nahanni
3rd - Nik Faldo
4th - Rownder
5th - Sev4TSev
6th - Artic Blast
7th - Duder
8th - Boother
Overall Standings
1 - Nik Faldo - 113 / 5.1
2 - Boother - 104 / 4.7
3 - Rownder - 79 / 4.6
4 - Sev4TSev - 71 / 5.1
5 - Matchy - 66 / 3.3
6 - Beerhog - 50 / 4.5
7 - Momo - 42 / 3.5
8 - Nahanni - 28 / 4.7
9 - Cigar4John - 28 / 3.5
10 - BonA1r - 28 / 3.5
11- Artic Blast - 17 / 1.0
12- Hlam14 - 14 / 2.8
13- 1stout - 3 / 1.5
14- Duder - 1 / .3
15- Davethedog - 1 / .5
16- SpartyTojo - 1 / .5
17- Bronco76 - 1 / 1.0
Remember the tourneys will start at 8pm from now on! And recruit players please!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Rounder Wins NPP Internet #24
Nine players made it to the game this beautiful June evening. Poker Stars started us on two tables to make room for late arrivals. There were none and went to one table after the first blind increase.
Fireworks right away after the merger on hand #19 as Matchy’s KK crippled Boother’s stack when he held QQ.
Boother (9th) survived two all-ins, but on hand #36 he went all in with J2 when a [JXX] fell on the flop. ArticBlast called with KJ to end the comeback.
Hand #53 saw four people bet into a flop of [22K]. I was one of them. But when ArticBlast (8th) raised and Beerhog went all in, I smelled trouble. Matchy and I folded and Artic called with 92. Beerhog had A2 and it held up.
Hand #57 had a short-stacked Nahanni (7th) go all in with K9 of clubs and get called by Beerhog with A6 – of clubs! An [AXX] flop ended the drama.
The very next hand a short-stacked Sev4TSev (6th) went all-in with Q5s and a flop of [56X]. Unfortunately for him, Rownder called with T6 and no help arrived.
On hand #68, Beerhog gets crippled as he goes all-in with AJ and gets called by BonAir with KK.
Beerhog (5th) exits on hand #72 as he goes all-in with AQ and a flop and turn of [678Q], but runs into Rownder’s Q6.
At the break, BonAir has 5400, Nik Faldo 3000, Rownder 2800 and Matchy 2300.
BonAir starts right after the break playing great big stack poker! On hand #90, Matchy (4th) goes all-in on a flop of [K7Q] with AQ, but BonAir holds K7!
I was now the short stack and had to gamble. It paid off too – temporarily. On hand #95, in the big blind with 63, I was not thrilled. But the three of us saw the flop together. I love it when we all play nice.
The flop was [495], giving me the open ended straight draw. I threw a bet of 300 out there – leaving me with about 900 - hoping all would fold. No such luck. I get raised by BonAir to 900 and Rownder folds. There is 1650 in the pot now. I should go all-in (since calling pot commits me anyway) but I call thinking I will make a weak bluff if paint arrives. BonAir is not folding unless he is holding napkins – and feminine ones at that. The odds are, 34 to 65 – better than 2 to 1, as BonAir has K9, so I am getting the right price for the call.
The turn is a [3], committing the rest of my chips. What are my odds to win the hand now you ask? 30 to 70 (at the time I thought they improved with the 3 to 38/62 - some math genius, eh?), but short-stacked as I am, it is an easy call. I am still getting 2 to 1 on 2.3 to 1 odds.
The river is my dream card 7, for my straight.
I don’t play hand #102 as smart. I (3rd) over-bet my A2 on a flop of [7AX], going all-in and running into Rownder’s A7. An [A] on the river rubs it in hard. Why I did it is a mystery to me. Before I hit the all-in button I knew it was the wrong play. But I couldn't stop my hand.
Had the same problem in high school with the cheerleaders.
About 10 hands later Rownder wrestled the chip lead away from BonAir (2nd). BonAir goes all-in with AK against Rownder’s AQ and a [Q] hits on the flop ending the night. Congratulations Rownder.
1st – Rownder
2nd – BonA1r
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Matchy
5th – Beerhog
6th – Sev4TSev
7th – Nahanni
8th – ArticBlast
9th - Boother
Fireworks right away after the merger on hand #19 as Matchy’s KK crippled Boother’s stack when he held QQ.
Boother (9th) survived two all-ins, but on hand #36 he went all in with J2 when a [JXX] fell on the flop. ArticBlast called with KJ to end the comeback.
Hand #53 saw four people bet into a flop of [22K]. I was one of them. But when ArticBlast (8th) raised and Beerhog went all in, I smelled trouble. Matchy and I folded and Artic called with 92. Beerhog had A2 and it held up.
Hand #57 had a short-stacked Nahanni (7th) go all in with K9 of clubs and get called by Beerhog with A6 – of clubs! An [AXX] flop ended the drama.
The very next hand a short-stacked Sev4TSev (6th) went all-in with Q5s and a flop of [56X]. Unfortunately for him, Rownder called with T6 and no help arrived.
On hand #68, Beerhog gets crippled as he goes all-in with AJ and gets called by BonAir with KK.
Beerhog (5th) exits on hand #72 as he goes all-in with AQ and a flop and turn of [678Q], but runs into Rownder’s Q6.
At the break, BonAir has 5400, Nik Faldo 3000, Rownder 2800 and Matchy 2300.
BonAir starts right after the break playing great big stack poker! On hand #90, Matchy (4th) goes all-in on a flop of [K7Q] with AQ, but BonAir holds K7!
I was now the short stack and had to gamble. It paid off too – temporarily. On hand #95, in the big blind with 63, I was not thrilled. But the three of us saw the flop together. I love it when we all play nice.
The flop was [495], giving me the open ended straight draw. I threw a bet of 300 out there – leaving me with about 900 - hoping all would fold. No such luck. I get raised by BonAir to 900 and Rownder folds. There is 1650 in the pot now. I should go all-in (since calling pot commits me anyway) but I call thinking I will make a weak bluff if paint arrives. BonAir is not folding unless he is holding napkins – and feminine ones at that. The odds are, 34 to 65 – better than 2 to 1, as BonAir has K9, so I am getting the right price for the call.
The turn is a [3], committing the rest of my chips. What are my odds to win the hand now you ask? 30 to 70 (at the time I thought they improved with the 3 to 38/62 - some math genius, eh?), but short-stacked as I am, it is an easy call. I am still getting 2 to 1 on 2.3 to 1 odds.
The river is my dream card 7, for my straight.
I don’t play hand #102 as smart. I (3rd) over-bet my A2 on a flop of [7AX], going all-in and running into Rownder’s A7. An [A] on the river rubs it in hard. Why I did it is a mystery to me. Before I hit the all-in button I knew it was the wrong play. But I couldn't stop my hand.
Had the same problem in high school with the cheerleaders.
About 10 hands later Rownder wrestled the chip lead away from BonAir (2nd). BonAir goes all-in with AK against Rownder’s AQ and a [Q] hits on the flop ending the night. Congratulations Rownder.
1st – Rownder
2nd – BonA1r
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Matchy
5th – Beerhog
6th – Sev4TSev
7th – Nahanni
8th – ArticBlast
9th - Boother
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Panic in Internet Poker Again!
I was reading some WSOP blog updates when I ran acros this:
"With just 24 days to go before banks are required to comply with the UIGEA, I was greeted with this unfortunate message when I went to cash out my daily $300 from ePassporte today:
US Bank Account
This functionality is temporarily disabled. Our backend ACH processor is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please check back later.
I wonder if technical difficulties mean, our USA processor just bumped us to comply with UIGEA and we're scrambling to find another. I have about $2,000 left of the large sum I've been pulling out at $300/day for quite a while, I hope I can get the rest out. I also have a dozen $300 withdraws in the “pipeline” that have left my ePassporte account but haven't shown up in my bank account.
Ok, so now would be the panic time. Online poker is about to collapse in the USA. Get your money out now. :)
Update: ePassporte is working again, for now. Still, less than a month left before full-on UIGEA."
I will read up on UIGEA and post about it after Tuesday. But forget the poker angle guys and gals. Our - scratch that - THE government is squeezing the people of this nation more and more, except for the ones here illegally.
"With just 24 days to go before banks are required to comply with the UIGEA, I was greeted with this unfortunate message when I went to cash out my daily $300 from ePassporte today:
US Bank Account
This functionality is temporarily disabled. Our backend ACH processor is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please check back later.
I wonder if technical difficulties mean, our USA processor just bumped us to comply with UIGEA and we're scrambling to find another. I have about $2,000 left of the large sum I've been pulling out at $300/day for quite a while, I hope I can get the rest out. I also have a dozen $300 withdraws in the “pipeline” that have left my ePassporte account but haven't shown up in my bank account.
Ok, so now would be the panic time. Online poker is about to collapse in the USA. Get your money out now. :)
Update: ePassporte is working again, for now. Still, less than a month left before full-on UIGEA."
I will read up on UIGEA and post about it after Tuesday. But forget the poker angle guys and gals. Our - scratch that - THE government is squeezing the people of this nation more and more, except for the ones here illegally.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
NPP Poker Table and Chips For Sale
It was a great 12 years but the live action at NPP is closing down. I want to give you guys first chance to take over.
POKER TABLE
$400
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE
8 – SEATED – OCTAGON
WITH COVER - FELT TOP – CUSTOM DETAILED
I WILL THROW IN:
24 NEW BEE JUMBO FACE DECKS
12 NEW DECKS OF BICYCLE
12 CASINO DECKS OF JUMBO FACE
CARD SHUFFLER
MATERIAL FOR NEW TABLE TOP
ALSO AVAILABLE - 700 COUNT CHIP SET
$100
500 YELLOW, 100 RED, 100 BLACK
WITH TRAYS AND A CASE
npokerp@yahoo.com
POKER TABLE
$400
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE
8 – SEATED – OCTAGON
WITH COVER - FELT TOP – CUSTOM DETAILED
I WILL THROW IN:
24 NEW BEE JUMBO FACE DECKS
12 NEW DECKS OF BICYCLE
12 CASINO DECKS OF JUMBO FACE
CARD SHUFFLER
MATERIAL FOR NEW TABLE TOP
ALSO AVAILABLE - 700 COUNT CHIP SET
$100
500 YELLOW, 100 RED, 100 BLACK
WITH TRAYS AND A CASE
npokerp@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Sev4TSev Wins NPP Internet #23
Lots of agains again.
Sev4TSev won again.
Boother sat out and scored points again.
4Putt was a no show again.
Nik Faldo got beat heads up yet again.
Only six struggled to the table on this night.
On hand #20 a short-stacked Nahanni (6th - 5th) went all-in with 33 and ran into my (Nik Faldo) 88.
On hand #96, 1stout (5th – 4th) hit top pair on the flop [469] and made two pair on the river when a J hit. The money all went in. Unfortunately for him, I was holding 44.
At the break, Nik Faldo 4300, Sev4tSev 3100, Artic Blast 1600, Boother 5. Yep FIVE.
Hand #100 Boother was finally blinded out in 4th.
Artic Blast (3rd) put up a gallant fight, but he finally had to go all-in with 87s on hand #142 and ran into Sev4TSev’s AQ s. An [AQ6] flop sort of ended the drama right there.
Heads up again for me and Sev4TSev proceeded to slowly reverse a 5000 to 4000 chip lead I had into a 5500 to 3500 chip lead he had.
I then stupidly called down a lower two pair as his K-rag was higher than my K-rag. The only major mistake I think I made this night. I did lose all the rag races but one in this same stretch – reducing me to a 9 to 1 chip dog.
On hand #196, I go all in with 54 and get called with Sev’s 99. I runner – runner to hit the straight. Time to roll now!!!
Hand #209, I (go all-in with A7 when an A falls on the flop. Sev has A6. Good for me. A 6 falls on the turn. Bad for me. A 7 on the river! Good for me. Whew!
Maybe a comeback is possible.I’m only down 5000 to 4000 again. Maybe I can beat this tough guy that has slapped me around for quite awhile now heads up.
Uhhhh, no. Hand #211 has us go all-in. I (2nd) have 88 and Sev has AJ. He makes the straight on the river. Congrats Sev4TSev.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Artic Blast
4th – Boother
4th – 1stout
5th - Nahanni
Sev4TSev won again.
Boother sat out and scored points again.
4Putt was a no show again.
Nik Faldo got beat heads up yet again.
Only six struggled to the table on this night.
On hand #20 a short-stacked Nahanni (6th - 5th) went all-in with 33 and ran into my (Nik Faldo) 88.
On hand #96, 1stout (5th – 4th) hit top pair on the flop [469] and made two pair on the river when a J hit. The money all went in. Unfortunately for him, I was holding 44.
At the break, Nik Faldo 4300, Sev4tSev 3100, Artic Blast 1600, Boother 5. Yep FIVE.
Hand #100 Boother was finally blinded out in 4th.
Artic Blast (3rd) put up a gallant fight, but he finally had to go all-in with 87s on hand #142 and ran into Sev4TSev’s AQ s. An [AQ6] flop sort of ended the drama right there.
Heads up again for me and Sev4TSev proceeded to slowly reverse a 5000 to 4000 chip lead I had into a 5500 to 3500 chip lead he had.
I then stupidly called down a lower two pair as his K-rag was higher than my K-rag. The only major mistake I think I made this night. I did lose all the rag races but one in this same stretch – reducing me to a 9 to 1 chip dog.
On hand #196, I go all in with 54 and get called with Sev’s 99. I runner – runner to hit the straight. Time to roll now!!!
Hand #209, I (go all-in with A7 when an A falls on the flop. Sev has A6. Good for me. A 6 falls on the turn. Bad for me. A 7 on the river! Good for me. Whew!
Maybe a comeback is possible.I’m only down 5000 to 4000 again. Maybe I can beat this tough guy that has slapped me around for quite awhile now heads up.
Uhhhh, no. Hand #211 has us go all-in. I (2nd) have 88 and Sev has AJ. He makes the straight on the river. Congrats Sev4TSev.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Artic Blast
4th – Boother
4th – 1stout
5th - Nahanni
Friday, June 08, 2007
Neteller Announces Return of Funds
The Neteller PLC group today announced a plan to return all monies owed to United States residents. As we reported this weekend the 75 day time-line that Neteller announced back in March of this year expired on June 4th.
Neteller had claimed that over $55 million dollars were seized by the DOJ after the arrests of two Neteller founders.
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The expected date for this to begin is July 13th, 2007. Neteller explained that further information regarding customers funds will be communicated to them via email, through our website and through a press release once the date for implementation of the Distribution Plan is finalized.
Full article here.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Nahanni Wins Back to Back NPP Internet Tourneys! - Takes Tourney #22
It was deja vue all over again for me. But I am getting ahead of the story. Ten showed up for the game – including a new player – 1stout! Welcome Todd.
We started with two tables so I missed out on how Momo (10th) exited on hand #61.
On hand #72, Matchy (9th) took the bad beat of the night – thanks to me. I raised with JJ and got called. The flop of T98 looked promising for me so I bet. When Matchy re-raised a large amount, I am not going to lie - I put him on AA, KK or QQ. So I should have folded.
Matchy had AA! I thought I was close to a coin flip, but I was actually a 61% – 38% under dog if I called. I honestly thought I was better than that, maybe 52-48, and I had him covered. My math was off and I gambled – hitting a 7 on the turn for the straight.
On hand #79 Sev4TSev (8th) and Nahanni hooked up in a hand. The flop of [QKA] got all the money in and Sev4TSev’s AJ could not overtake Nahanni’s KQ.
On hand #82, a short-stacked ArticBlast (7th) got his two pair all-in out-kicked by 1stout.
On hand #89, 1stout (6th) was gone as his AT could not overtake Boother’s 88.
At the break: Nahanni 4600, Nik Faldo 3600, Beerhog 3500, Rownder 1700, and Boother 1600.
On hand #94, Rownder (5th) gets pot committed and goes all in with A6 and a board of [8Q363]. But Nahanni has K8 to take him out.
On hand #102, Boother (4th) gets all-in with Q8 against Beerhog’s A8 and he doesn’t catch up.
I take the chip lead when I hit a flush on the turn and Nahanni bets into it. I return the favor later and then some. Nahanni was now in 3rd.
Hand #114 was a butt kicker. Especially since I laid down JJ to Nahanni’s monster bet the hand before with a K on the flop. Nahanni had AA, Beerhog 66 and I had TT.
I raised and was re-raised again by Nahanni naturally. And when Beerhog called, I dumped. Wise move as it turned out – although it didn’t stop the inevitable. This hand crippled Beerhog and gave Nahanni the chip lead.
I took Beerhog (3rd) out with AT against his A3 on hand #125.
I won hand #130 when my TT held on against Nahanni’s 88. That got us back to even. But hand #135 hurt as Nahanni’s flush beat my two pair.
She had 9000 to my 6000 at this point.
The final hand had me (2nd) hit the two pair on the flop right into Nahanni’s trip deuces. I had 76 and the flop came down [2c7c2s]. I got all-in afraid of the over-pair or flush running me down, but I was already cooked.
That is two wins in a row for Nahanni. Very impressive against this group of players!
1st – Nahanni
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Beerhog
4th – Boother
5th – Rownder
6th – 1stout
7th – ArticBlast
8th – Sev4TSev
9th – Matchy
10th - Momo
We started with two tables so I missed out on how Momo (10th) exited on hand #61.
On hand #72, Matchy (9th) took the bad beat of the night – thanks to me. I raised with JJ and got called. The flop of T98 looked promising for me so I bet. When Matchy re-raised a large amount, I am not going to lie - I put him on AA, KK or QQ. So I should have folded.
Matchy had AA! I thought I was close to a coin flip, but I was actually a 61% – 38% under dog if I called. I honestly thought I was better than that, maybe 52-48, and I had him covered. My math was off and I gambled – hitting a 7 on the turn for the straight.
On hand #79 Sev4TSev (8th) and Nahanni hooked up in a hand. The flop of [QKA] got all the money in and Sev4TSev’s AJ could not overtake Nahanni’s KQ.
On hand #82, a short-stacked ArticBlast (7th) got his two pair all-in out-kicked by 1stout.
On hand #89, 1stout (6th) was gone as his AT could not overtake Boother’s 88.
At the break: Nahanni 4600, Nik Faldo 3600, Beerhog 3500, Rownder 1700, and Boother 1600.
On hand #94, Rownder (5th) gets pot committed and goes all in with A6 and a board of [8Q363]. But Nahanni has K8 to take him out.
On hand #102, Boother (4th) gets all-in with Q8 against Beerhog’s A8 and he doesn’t catch up.
I take the chip lead when I hit a flush on the turn and Nahanni bets into it. I return the favor later and then some. Nahanni was now in 3rd.
Hand #114 was a butt kicker. Especially since I laid down JJ to Nahanni’s monster bet the hand before with a K on the flop. Nahanni had AA, Beerhog 66 and I had TT.
I raised and was re-raised again by Nahanni naturally. And when Beerhog called, I dumped. Wise move as it turned out – although it didn’t stop the inevitable. This hand crippled Beerhog and gave Nahanni the chip lead.
I took Beerhog (3rd) out with AT against his A3 on hand #125.
I won hand #130 when my TT held on against Nahanni’s 88. That got us back to even. But hand #135 hurt as Nahanni’s flush beat my two pair.
She had 9000 to my 6000 at this point.
The final hand had me (2nd) hit the two pair on the flop right into Nahanni’s trip deuces. I had 76 and the flop came down [2c7c2s]. I got all-in afraid of the over-pair or flush running me down, but I was already cooked.
That is two wins in a row for Nahanni. Very impressive against this group of players!
1st – Nahanni
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Beerhog
4th – Boother
5th – Rownder
6th – 1stout
7th – ArticBlast
8th – Sev4TSev
9th – Matchy
10th - Momo
Sunday, June 03, 2007
4Putt Golf Open Cancelled
Well, maybe next year.
The Wall retired from poker and did not want to be tempted at the Soaring Eagle Casino.
Beerhog was the replacement, but with 3 golf trips already planned, he decided to stay married and not fill in.
Thai Food was thinking about it, but he don't like chasing the little white ball for free - let alone pay for it and spend five hours of good poker table time on the course.
I of course got my annual golf trip injury extra early as I severely sprained my ankle in a golf cart incident. Mental note: Keep feet in cart when driving next to brick pavers that will twist your foot 180 degrees from the direction the knee is pointing.
4Putt himself wants to go but the demands of his job are monsterous right now.
Herbavor did not respond to my email as to his status.
Anyway, I got the reservations cancelled and we will try again next year or maybe a fall weekend trip.
The Wall retired from poker and did not want to be tempted at the Soaring Eagle Casino.
Beerhog was the replacement, but with 3 golf trips already planned, he decided to stay married and not fill in.
Thai Food was thinking about it, but he don't like chasing the little white ball for free - let alone pay for it and spend five hours of good poker table time on the course.
I of course got my annual golf trip injury extra early as I severely sprained my ankle in a golf cart incident. Mental note: Keep feet in cart when driving next to brick pavers that will twist your foot 180 degrees from the direction the knee is pointing.
4Putt himself wants to go but the demands of his job are monsterous right now.
Herbavor did not respond to my email as to his status.
Anyway, I got the reservations cancelled and we will try again next year or maybe a fall weekend trip.
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