Actor Out of Work

This video's even better than this song.

Who Says...

...our generation is distracted, over stimulated, we need constant stimulation, uh, multiple, back to tumblr.

If You're Wondering Why I'm So Obsessed with Leonard Cohen...

Am I Just Getting Old...

...or, are jokes like this still funny?

'Cause I'm still laughing.

Easy Come, Easy, Um, Go?

No sooner did I finish tweeting about yesterday's $250 downswing (I made it back!) than I saw this amazing hand online...

Here's the hand history...

LarsLuzak posts the small blind of $500

durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000

LarsLuzak raises to $3,000

durrrr raises to $9,000

LarsLuzak raises to $26,000

durrrr raises to $78,000

LarsLuzak raises to $179,148.50, and is all in

durrrr calls $47,499, and is all in

LarsLuzak shows [Kc Ac]

durrrr shows [8s 4s]

Uncalled bet of $53,649.50 returned to LarsLuzak

*** FLOP *** [2s As Ts]

*** TURN *** [2s As Ts] [4h]

*** RIVER *** [2s As Ts 4h] [Td]

LarsLuzak shows two pair, Aces and Tens

durrrr shows a flush, Ace high

durrrr wins the pot ($250,997.50) with a flush, Ace high

LarsLuzak is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $250,998 

It's pretty ill that durrrr called with that hand, no?  That he allowed and encouraged the confrontation to escalate to that degree?  But, that's his game, I guess.  Who am I to argue?  Right now, durrrr is on top. Just today, I watched Phil Helmuth call him the greatest player under 30 on national TV.  Of course, this was after Helmuth pwned him in a heads-up match.

But, I feel the same way about durrr as I do about all young ultra-LAG players... He's got talent, sure, but he's also gotta be running well.  I mean, you can't always win with with your crappy 8s4s, can you?  In fact, you can only win (exactly) 37% of the time (against a suited AK). And, that's the kinda math that's probably not gonna work out so hot in the long run.

Till then, though... It's fun to watch. But I'll continue to worship the safe, sane, smart, solid folks - Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Doyle Brunson, and Chau Giang in the oldtimer bracket, and my fave, Annette_15, in the little league. 

BTW: This was a huge pot but not the not the biggest I've seen.  That dubious honor goes to David Benyamine - a fantastic but clearly addicted player - who won $550K from a player whose name I didn't recognize. 

Response to Rep. Virginia Foxx's Comments on the Death of Matthew Shepard

If you haven't seen her original comments, please check them out before watching the response, below.