Random Thoughts 2007-08-05
* Neteller fully repaid its US customers. This means $94 million was
just infused into poker players' wallets. Where will all this money
go? Clearly, strip clubs will see a record quarter. Mp3 player sales
will likely skyrocket as well. * I wonder how that chimp ended up
finishing in last year's WSOP. Seriously, do you know how he did? If
you do, please email me at TwoGun@5tx7z.hosts.cx. If he placed higher
than me, I think I might just have to kill myself. online poker 468x60
* If they can teach a chimp to play hold'em, how difficult would it be
to train my dog to play 7-card stud hi-lo? If I can get him to beat
the $.50-$1 games, how unethical would it be to make him four table
for eight hours before he gets his food. Would it be ethical if it was
just four hours? * Phil Hellmuth already has written books, created
poker videos, endorsed an energy drink, endorsed a poker chip set, and
created a mobile phone video game. How will he sell out next? I think
there are a lot of opportunities still out there: Phil Hellmuth
playing cards, Phil Hellmuth sun glasses, and Phil Hellmuth watches to
just name a few. * Jerry Yang promised God a cut of his action if he
won the WSOP Main Event. What's the going rate for divine intervention
at the WSOP these days? 10%? 15%? Seems like a fair enough deal to me.
What you've got to watch out for is when God starts getting greedy
enough to ask for 25%. That's where I drew the line back in my bingo
days. * I wonder why no one ever turns off the lights in a poker room,
steals a bunch of people's chips, and then turns the lights back on
real fast? Seems like +EV to me. Plus you know some lady in the corner
of the room would gasp and start screaming "MY CHIPS!!! MY CHIPS!!!"
and that'd just be kinda funny. * Is ZeeJustin working on cloning
himself now that he plays live tournaments? * Do Europeans know that
American brick-and-mortar cardrooms cap the rake at $4 instead of €10-
€20? Nevermind, maybe I've said too much already. * Posting antes in
live tournaments is really annoying. What they should have is a little
monkey that hops around the table collecting everyone's antes, putting
them in the middle of the pot, and then sitting on the shoulder of the
player on the dealer button. We could call him Ante Monkey, and he'd
wear a little suit with a top hat and we'd all feed him crackers as
payment.