In all, police arrested 39 employees and confiscated $100,000.

Yeah right, only $100K. I'll bet there was a hell of a lot more than a lousy hundred grand laying around.

"Honey, I have a new retirement plan. And you know that pool the kids have been asking for? Well tell 'em daddy's gonna buy 'em one in da spring!"

I'm certainly not saying all cops are corrupt. Their not all saints either.

Ace, if you're still playing then Harrington on Hold'em is a must-read.

Also, go hit the 2plus2 forums at twoplustwo.com. I've been playing NL Hold'em SNGs online for the past 5 months and the advice there has helped my game tremendously.

Yea, it is odd that Dave @ Wherever and Perple Adendum always seem to be about three days ahead of the rest of us.

Warden,

Thanks, I have Harrington on Hold 'Em. I can't say that I'm a good enough player that the advice there has helped me too much.

Heyyyy, I thought we dropped this whole "old" thing months ago?

Don't get me started again, pal.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

What are you talking about? You just did it again like two weeks ago.

Everyone around here is on eggshells about the "It's old" thing. Poor Dr. Reo Symes had to pre-emptively say "This is old, it comes from a January article" to start off his great piece on the Dreamliner.

You know how people try to think up intimidating screen names for online play like 'URMYBANK"? I played last night and sat next to "Losecannon". Turned out to be an appropriate name.

Do they serve Oreos because Teddy KGB ate them in Rounders? Gaiety . . .

Two weeks ago? Really? Huh. I'm sorry if I did that, it wasn't my intent. It was just the black-tar heroin talking. That, and the massive despondency suffered after the cancellation of Arrested Development.

Which, to be honest, I rarely watched, but you were just so gosh darn enthusiastic for the show, I always felt a twinge guilty for not joining your crusade.

I'm over that now, thanks to methadone.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Best online po ker handle I've seen = IEATCRAYONS

Missed my chance to make millions

You also missed your chance to lose tens of millions.

Everyone around here is on eggshells about the "It's old" thing.

Dave's ruthless taunting has paralyzed the blogosphere.

You know how people try to think up intimidating screen names for online play like 'URMYBANK"? I played last night and sat next to "Losecannon". Turned out to be an appropriate name.

I was playing on Party P0ker the other night while sitting next to someone named sukmybalz.

That place is amazing. I usually ignore all the chatter and concentrate on my game, but one day some fucknut came in and told some lame Bush joke and then started spouting off about Iraq.

I got into with him a bit, then just decided that the best thing to do would be to win the tournament. I mocked him mercilessly when he got knocked out 6th. He was so worked up that he stuck around for the rest of the game typing stupid crap in the comments like, "Don't lose. That would be so Republican of you."

Too bad for him that I won. It was the most satisfying single table tournament I've ever played. Iraq/Halliburton/2000 election whatever....I just took your money because you play like a bitch, lefty. Come back and see me any time.

I heard a comedian or something somewhere say that gambling is a tax on people for being bad at math. (Statistics, specifically.)

Sandy - Depends on the game. The key thing about po ker is that you play against other people, not the house. The house just collects a transaction fee for each hand. If you are a better player, you are taxing your opponents for their lack of knowledge/drinking/emotional immaturity/etc.

Thats in the long run. On any given night the volatility introduced by the randomness of the cards can let a bad player win. Thats good though, because it allows people to delude themselves in to thinking they are good. They'll keep playing poorly and give it all back + some.

I think it was the lottery - a tax on people who cant do math