Just go Limp

Finally, a cash in a blogger game. It’s been a while since a 2^nd Chance Mookie win for me a few months back. Thanks to Don for hosting a monster lineup of players in the Big Game (screw you NFL). I was able to chip up early even though I was holding a crying baby for the first thirty minutes and held onto second place as we consolidated to one table. I blinked and Waffles disappeared along with his big stack (you should see what happens when I twitch my nose) and the Surly Poker Gnome had everyone at the table covered by a wide margin with my stack being double of third place. I proceeded to play completely passively and folded into the money where I was rewarded for my weak play by receiving cards that were so awful they can only be described as fractional numbers ( I actually had a pair of 1/3s twice but didn’t think they could be good). I was down to about 2/3 Smokkee’s stack when I made a raise with Q9. He pushed and I called hoping my Q was live against Ax or a smaller pair. Of course he had QJ and I was out in third. The Gnome still had a stack of chips so heavy the virtual table was listing and was able to pull out a win. Congratulations to the winners.

There should be another heavy hitter lineup at the Hoy tonight. He is keeping a running tally of the money this year and I am nowhere on it. My buddy Bartonfa played for the first time two weeks ago and won the whole thing so I know its not a Southern thing. My goal is to NOT place a single time this year. Reverse psychology is better than a reverse Hoy, right?

I still feel as though I am behind in these Blogger games as I spent so much time AWAY from them in 2006 due to the lovely third child in less than four years syndrome. Late in 2006, I realized there was a whole new group of writers putting out some incredible stuff just as another group was bemoaning the death of the genre. These "new" guys are speaking a secret language sometimes. When someone mentions a thought about how Fuel always plays that hand in a particular way or "there goes smokkee again," I really don't have any idea what they are talking about. Hopefully, I will be able to spend a lot more time on the blogger tables this year and figure out the code. I need to learn another language. I also need to get over any self-consciousness and play the damn game.

As for basketball, I was the leader of the Up for Sports bracket for one shining moment yesterday. Texas proceeded to dash my dreams. I was picking them as they have the best player in the country and was hoping for a Pervis Ellison or Carmelo Anthony type performance from Durant. In the imaginary wager department though, I went 20-13 over the weekend so I’ve got that going for me.

Bayne was the Big Pirate Bounty Winner last week and should be getting this cheesy bit of apparel this week. Be sure to wear it to Church Sunday. It's part of the deal. Tonight's Pirate hunter will get something or other. The yard work continues and I found some Adventure People my brother and I lost in 1980. It should be bacteria free as soon as I let in sit in bleach for a week.