| Goodbye Live Journal. |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|11:26 am] |
Well, it's been fun. But alas, I'm finding less and less time to blog about life stuff.
In my continuing effort to be more professional, find a job, and make something of my life, I am finally doing something productive with my domain.
My new blog can be found at scottro.com. Feel free to comment, critique, debate, praise . . . whatever. Just don't be childish.
I will be reading LJ from time to time as I can, but in all likelihood, this is my last post.
Good bye. |
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| FARGO 2009 Results |
[Oct. 3rd, 2009|04:20 pm] |
Posted on behalf of Tracy Becker.
Thank you all to the participants of FARGO 2009. Without you, FARGO
truly would not happen. I had a wonderful weekend, as I hope all of you
did as well.
The results of the events are as follows:
FIHUPT10
32 entrants
1 Mike Haddad Jr. 875
2 Matt Vining 600
3 Mike Miller 400
4 Rick Becker 325
5 Stevan Goldman 250
5 Todd Bergmann 250
5 Paul Chakoian 250
5 Mike Haddad Sr. 250
Pairs
35 Pairs (70 total)
1 Alan Stuart 429
1 Mike Klein 429
2 Tina Gonzalez 429
2 Barry Kornspan 429
3 Jim Rogers 429
3 Helen Rogers 429
4 Rocco Scavetta 429
4 Larry Khirallah 429
5 Ashley Adams 429
5 Brian Hackett 429
6 Claude Carlson 250
6 Stephen Rosenblatt 250
7 Len Greenberg 250
7 Peter Segal 250
8 Frank Sordi 250
8 Matt Ivester 250
9 Don Hemstock 250
9 Anne Barylick 250
10 Joyce Ciotti 250
10 Bob Lauria 250
NLHE
84 entrants
1 Sally Rogers 2573
2 Candy Koepke 1589
3 Tracy Becker 978
4 Noah Daiell 704
5 Todd Bergmann 587
6 Bob Lauria 489
7 Brian Hackett 399
8 Tom Bessoir 306
9 David (DJ) Coates 224
10 Joe Morrissette 199
11 Chris O'Connor 100
HORSE
47 entrants
1 Bill Keenan 1314
2 Dave Tahajian 1000
3 Ming Lee 638
4 Stephen Rosenblatt 547
5 Charles (Chic) Natkins 456
6 Joe Morrissette 364
7 Joyce Ciotti 120
8 Ron Lyons 120 |
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| cover of the day |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|04:41 pm] |
Yeah, it's Disturbed. but this is one of the best covers I've heard in a long time.
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More, disturbed is very true to the original.
For comparison, here's the original masterpiece by Faith No more.
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| Adblocker Plus |
[Aug. 31st, 2009|05:24 pm] |
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Thanks to you guys for recommending this extension. It rocks! |
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| More cash back for online shopping. |
[Aug. 28th, 2009|02:00 pm] |
In my best efforts to make some extra money, as well as save my friends money on shopping, I have found another source for cash back.
(For those who can't see the banner, here is the link.)
It's just like CashBaq.com, but it has better rebates at many of the stores.
Several of my friends have already signed up and used CashBaq. Hime tells me that had he known about it a few months ago, he would have received over $500 in rebates from Dell. It's worth a look anyway.
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| The cost of RAM |
[Aug. 22nd, 2009|06:44 pm] |
I recall when RAM was $50/MB. I still can't believe that figure when I look at what I have today.
My son's computer is a crawler with only 512 MB. To double that back in the day I remember, it would cost roughly $25, 600.
My computer has 4 GB RAM. Yesteryear's price for that? Are you ready? $204,800. Holy crap.
Does anyone know of a chart or graph online that tracks the average cost of RAM per year? I think it would be a fun exercise. |
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| Profit baby! |
[Aug. 21st, 2009|03:19 am] |
Today I played eighty $3.40 Turbo SNGs.
I made . . . wait for it . . . $1.
At this pace, I'll be able to stop worrying about finding a job and become a professional SNG grinder in no time. |
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| Window stacking made easy? **UPDATED** |
[Aug. 18th, 2009|09:53 am] |
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**UPDATE**
Friend of mine from the BARGE list directed me to a very small, simple and free app called Sizer. It works perfectly. I now have a 16-table stack and a 20-table stack defined. I'll do more later.
As a side note, you can't open more than 20 tables on Stars at one time if you're just observing without playing.
(cross-posted to the BARGE list0
Does anyone know of an app (preferably free) that I can use to easily stack identical-sized windows directly on top of each other (without dragging and dropping and trying to eyeball it)?
Yeah, I'm talking about poker tables if you must know, and so far I can't find any quick and precise method of stacking tables, so I thought I'd go the route of a basic Windows question.
Any input is appreciated. |
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| Finding an auto part online |
[Aug. 14th, 2009|08:45 pm] |
I'm looking for a shifter indicator for a 2004 Olds alero (2.4L, not that it matters as the part is the same).
I'd like to find an original in new or very lightly used condition, or possibly an after market version that's not too flashy. Black or dark gray is the color I have now.
I've been scouring the parts places online and I've come up completely empty except for one used one that didn't look so good.
Aside from going to a junkyard and paying too much, does anyone know of a good source online?
Thanks in advance. |
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| Rakeback is g00t! |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|01:23 pm] |
Friend of mine sent me his referral link to Cashbaq. Basically, it's a rakeback site for shopping online. Most of the places I've done business with in the past are listed. They have over 2,700 online stores.
I think it's worth a look.
So you should sign up so I can get free money. Thank you. |
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| OMFG! |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|01:23 am] |
Tonight, I am happier than I've been for several years.
Tonight, not that anyone cares really, I played the best darts of my life, and came back from an almost impossible situation to win a tournament against the best player around and his excellent partner. It was a one man show. I know that sounds like a brag, and maybe it is, but dammit, I was indestructible tonight.
Moments like this have been rare in my life, and I am enjoying it to the fullest. I just with my wife would have been there to see it. I wish she was awake when I got home so I could tell her about it.
I can't really go into details because it would bore my non dart-playing friends. But tonight, I was a god.
One time, baby. One time. |
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| A knock-knock Joke |
[Jul. 26th, 2009|02:15 am] |
Me: Knock-knock
Little B: Who's there?
Me: I have no idea.
Little B: I have no idea who?
Me: Exactly.
He howled with laughter.
God I love my son. |
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| Typo! |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|06:41 pm] |
In the book, "Sit 'n Go Strategy" by Collin Moshman (a 2+2 publication, known for their bad writing and typos), there is a glaring typo that I just couldn't pass up reporting.
On the back cover, it states, "This text, written by sit 'n go expert Collin Moshman, is the first poker start-egy* book devoted exclusively to these tournaments."
*The sentence breaks on this word, thus the hyphen. And wouldn't this make it that much easier to spot?
I know Russ and I had typos, etc. in our books. Even after editing each part 10+ times, they still happen. But on the back cover? Really?
Still, it's a very good book so far. the writing is sub-par at best, but there is a wealth of information in there. |
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| the new cliche |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|06:44 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | poker | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | ornery | ] |
Courtesy of my friend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pimpofpoker.
"They're dropping like players in a PokerStars freeroll!" |
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| Even my family. |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|07:31 pm] |
My wife is making fun of my "Elmo shoes" thanks to my blog friends. Sigh.
Little B just called them "Elmolicious". |
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| From nothing to something. |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|12:50 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | darts, poker | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Seether | ] |
Starting with about 7,500 FPPs and absolutely no cash, I now have $211 in my Stars account. It's not that difficult. Here's the formula (courtesy of Oscar, who found a thread on 2+2 of a guy who did the same with stunning success):
Play the turbo satellites to the weekly 1/4 million. they are 70 FPPs, winner take all (an $11 entry). Unregister from the tournament and accumulate T$11. Repeat until you are out of FPPs. Take the T$ you made and play SNGs, starting at a low level. I'm currently playing sets of 4 of the $3.40 Turbo single-table SNGs.
I've done remarkably well so far, earning an ROI of 73.16% according to PokerTracker (V2, which still works just fine). these SNGs seem to me so much easier than the higher ones. Instead of moving up in limits too soon, I'm going to start playing 8 at a time I think. That's what I'm used to. We'll see how it goes.
Oh, and for those wondering, although I've failed to keep accurate records, I'm well over $150 in profit in dart tournaments so far this summer season. Woohoo! |
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| Little B says. |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|02:38 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | darts | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | sore | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Warrant | ] |
This is pretty funny if you know darts.
Me: So, what game are we gonna play?
Little B: 501. Because 502 takes way too long! |
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