Not April fools hand

PokerStars Game #60148422443: Tournament #381063394, $20.00+$0.96 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (15/30) - 2011/04/01 2:12:47 ET

Table '381063394 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button

Seat 1: kappa hd (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: Valjini (1395 in chips) <---- Canadian

Seat 3: luckynice789 (1455 in chips)

Seat 4: RiCxor (1470 in chips) <---- Canadian

Seat 5: bayne_s (1500 in chips)

Seat 6: ICANTSNG (1500 in chips)

Seat 7: kalle8779 (1635 in chips)

Seat 8: iratenate (1470 in chips)

Seat 9: puhbaer (1500 in chips)

Seat 10: ok what ev (1575 in chips)

RiCxor: posts small blind 15

bayne_s: posts big blind 30

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [8s 9s]

ICANTSNG: folds

kalle8779: folds

iratenate: calls 30

puhbaer: folds

ok what ev: folds

kappa hd: folds

Valjini: raises 90 to 120

luckynice789: calls 120

RiCxor: folds

bayne_s: calls 90

iratenate: raises 270 to 390

Valjini: raises 1005 to 1395 and is all-in

luckynice789: folds

bayne_s: folds

iratenate: calls 1005

*** FLOP *** [6d Tc 7d]

*** TURN *** [6d Tc 7d] [Th]

*** RIVER *** [6d Tc 7d Th] [5h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

iratenate: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Tens)

Valjini: shows [Ts Jd] (three of a kind, Tens) <---- Canadian

Valjini collected 3045 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 3045 | Rake 0

Board [6d Tc 7d Th 5h]

Seat 1: kappa hd folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: Valjini showed [Ts Jd] and won (3045) with three of a kind, Tens

Seat 3: luckynice789 (button) folded before Flop

Seat 4: RiCxor (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 5: bayne_s (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 6: ICANTSNG folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: kalle8779 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: iratenate showed [Ah Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens

Seat 9: puhbaer folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 10: ok what ev folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Not going to lie at this point I am annoyed at the Canadian donkey

PokerStars Game #60148508856: Tournament #381063394, $20.00+$0.96 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2011/04/01 2:17:30 ET

Table '381063394 1' 10-max Seat #9 is the button

Seat 1: kappa hd (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: Valjini (3335 in chips)

Seat 3: luckynice789 (1225 in chips)

Seat 4: RiCxor (1455 in chips) <---- Canadian

Seat 5: bayne_s (1365 in chips)

Seat 6: ICANTSNG (1450 in chips)

Seat 7: kalle8779 (1635 in chips)

Seat 9: puhbaer (1500 in chips)

Seat 10: ok what ev (1535 in chips)

ok what ev: posts small blind 25

kappa hd: posts big blind 50

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [9d 9c]

Valjini: folds

luckynice789: folds

RiCxor: raises 100 to 150

bayne_s: calls 150

ICANTSNG: folds

kalle8779: folds

puhbaer: folds

ok what ev: folds

kappa hd: folds

*** FLOP *** [5d 3s 9h]

RiCxor: bets 250<---- Canadian so I think w00t he has presto

bayne_s: calls 250

*** TURN *** [5d 3s 9h] [9s]

RiCxor: bets 600<---- Canadian must be presto

bayne_s: calls 600

*** RIVER *** [5d 3s 9h 9s] [3h]

RiCxor: bets 455 and is all-in

bayne_s: calls 365 and is all-in

Uncalled bet (90) returned to RiCxor

*** SHOW DOWN ***

RiCxor: shows [Ad 6d] (two pair, Nines and Threes)<---- not presto just Canadian

bayne_s: shows [9d 9c] (four of a kind, Nines)

bayne_s collected 2805 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 2805 | Rake 0

Board [5d 3s 9h 9s 3h]

Seat 1: kappa hd (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 2: Valjini folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: luckynice789 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: RiCxor showed [Ad 6d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Threes

Seat 5: bayne_s showed [9d 9c] and won (2805) with four of a kind, Nines

Seat 6: ICANTSNG folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: kalle8779 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: puhbaer (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 10: ok what ev (small blind) folded before Flop

On monthly weight loss report front March was disappointing month only losing 2 pounds

I can play as well as Jo C too

After being 1st to lose a flip to Texar in Dank I decided to play a SNG on Stars.

PokerStars Game #60096045586: Tournament #380720517, $20.00+$0.96 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (15/30) - 2011/03/31 2:12:58 ET

Table '380720517 1' 10-max Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: magom1968 (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: SdJulia (1500 in chips)

Seat 3: PilaYourStac (1500 in chips)

Seat 4: JStephen (1500 in chips)

Seat 5: alde310 (1500 in chips)

Seat 6: jaysim19 (1500 in chips)

Seat 7: c_natsu (1500 in chips)

Seat 8: lakeman421 (1500 in chips)

Seat 9: Catchup666 (1500 in chips)

Seat 10: bayne_s (1500 in chips)

SdJulia: posts small blind 15

PilaYourStac: posts big blind 30

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Ac Ad]

JStephen: raises 60 to 90

alde310: folds

jaysim19: folds

c_natsu: folds

lakeman421: folds

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: raises 210 to 300

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: folds

PilaYourStac: folds

JStephen: calls 210

*** FLOP *** [Ah 2d Js]

JStephen: checks

bayne_s: bets 330

JStephen: calls 330

*** TURN *** [Ah 2d Js] [Kd]

JStephen: checks

bayne_s: bets 450

JStephen: raises 420 to 870 and is all-in

bayne_s: calls 420 and is all-in

*** RIVER *** [Ah 2d Js Kd] [5d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

JStephen: shows [Ks Jh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)

bayne_s: shows [Ac Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)

bayne_s collected 3045 from pot

JStephen finished the tournament in 10th place

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 3045 | Rake 0

Board [Ah 2d Js Kd 5d]

Seat 1: magom1968 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: SdJulia (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 3: PilaYourStac (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 4: JStephen showed [Ks Jh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks

Seat 5: alde310 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: jaysim19 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: c_natsu folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: lakeman421 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: Catchup666 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 10: bayne_s showed [Ac Ad] and won (3045) with three of a kind, Aces

Dealt to bayne_s [Qc 4h]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [As 2h]s

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [4d Jc]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [Kd 8s]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [Qc Jc]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [Ac 3s]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [2c 9s]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [8s 8c] Button

bayne_s: raises 100 to 150

magom1968: calls 125

SdJulia: raises 350 to 500

bayne_s: calls 350

magom1968: folds

*** FLOP *** [8h Qh 9d]

SdJulia: bets 250

bayne_s: raises 750 to 1000

SdJulia: calls 735 and is all-in

Uncalled bet (15) returned to bayne_s

*** TURN *** [8h Qh 9d] [Ah]

*** RIVER *** [8h Qh 9d Ah] [Jc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

SdJulia: shows [Qd Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)

bayne_s: shows [8s 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)

SdJulia collected 3120 from pot

Dealt to bayne_s [Kd Kh]

alde310: folds

jaysim19: folds

c_natsu: folds

lakeman421: folds

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: raises 100 to 150

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: folds

PilaYourStac: folds

Uncalled bet (100) returned to bayne_s

bayne_s collected 125 from pot

bayne_s: doesn't show hand

Dealt to bayne_s [7h 6h]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [Td Jh]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [9d 4s]

bayne_s: folds

Dealt to bayne_s [Ah As]

bayne_s: raises 120 to 180

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: folds

PilaYourStac: folds

alde310: folds

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: folds

Catchup666: calls 120

*** FLOP *** [Jh 5c 4h]

Catchup666: checks

bayne_s: bets 420

Catchup666: calls 420

*** TURN *** [Jh 5c 4h] [3s]

Catchup666: checks

bayne_s: bets 975 and is all-in

Catchup666: calls 975

*** RIVER *** [Jh 5c 4h 3s] [7s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Catchup666: shows [9c 9d] (a pair of Nines)

bayne_s: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)

bayne_s collected 3180 from pot

Dealt to bayne_s [8c 3s]

bayne_s: folds

Uncalled bet (120) returned to PilaYourStac

PilaYourStac collected 150 from pot

PilaYourStac: doesn't show hand

PilaYourStac said, "you get AA very often dont you bayne"

*** SUMMARY ***

blind 80

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [As Th]

SdJulia: folds

PilaYourStac: folds

alde310: folds

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: folds

bayne_s said, "but I also flop set under set a lot"

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: folds

Uncalled bet (40) returned to magom1968

magom1968 collected 120 from pot

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Kc Ks]

PilaYourStac: folds

bayne_s said, "I never run mediocre"

alde310: folds

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: raises 160 to 240

Catchup666: raises 5 to 245 and is all-in

bayne_s: raises 1835 to 2080

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: raises 1555 to 3635 and is all-in

lakeman421: folds

bayne_s: calls 990 and is all-in

Uncalled bet (565) returned to SdJulia

*** FLOP *** [5c As Jc]

PilaYourStac said, "wow"

*** TURN *** [5c As Jc] [3d]

*** RIVER *** [5c As Jc 3d] [Td]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

SdJulia: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens)

bayne_s: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)

bayne_s collected 5650 from side pot

Catchup666: shows [9s Ac] (a pair of Aces)

Catchup666 collected 1055 from main pot

big blind 80

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [6c Ah]

bayne_s said, "that was 2nd KK"

alde310: folds

PilaYourStac said, "killer"

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: folds

PilaYourStac said, "man"

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: folds

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: raises 160 to 240

PilaYourStac: folds

Uncalled bet (160) returned to SdJulia

SdJulia collected 200 from pot

SdJulia: doesn't show hand

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Kd Ks]

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: folds

PilaYourStac said, "bayne what cheat codes are you using"

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: raises 160 to 240

magom1968: folds

SdJulia: raises 435 to 675 and is all-in

PilaYourStac: folds

alde310: raises 2025 to 2700 and is all-in

bayne_s: calls 2460

*** FLOP *** [4d 2d 5c]

PilaYourStac said, "wow"

*** TURN *** [4d 2d 5c] [Jc]

*** RIVER *** [4d 2d 5c Jc] [6s]

PilaYourStac said, "WOW"

*** SHOW DOWN ***

alde310: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)

bayne_s: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)

bayne_s collected 4050 from side pot

SdJulia: shows [As Kc] (high card Ace)

bayne_s collected 2105 from main pot

alde310 finished the tournament in 7th place

SdJulia finished the tournament in 8th place

PokerStars Game #60096333169: Tournament #380720517, $20.00+$0.96 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (40/80) - 2011/03/31 2:27:40 ET

Table '380720517 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button

Seat 1: magom1968 (1330 in chips)

Seat 3: PilaYourStac (1035 in chips)

Seat 6: jaysim19 (1345 in chips)

Seat 8: lakeman421 (1150 in chips)

Seat 9: Catchup666 (1045 in chips)

Seat 10: bayne_s (9095 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Ah 9h]

magom1968: folds

PilaYourStac: raises 610 to 710 and is all-in

jaysim19: folds

lakeman421: folds

Catchup666: folds

bayne_s: calls 610

*** FLOP *** [Jc 7c 6c]

*** TURN *** [Jc 7c 6c] [3s]

*** RIVER *** [Jc 7c 6c 3s] [6s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

bayne_s: shows [Ah 9h] (a pair of Sixes)

PilaYourStac: shows [8c Kc] (a flush, King high)

PilaYourStac collected 1530 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 1530 | Rake 0

Board [Jc 7c 6c 3s 6s]

Seat 1: magom1968 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: PilaYourStac showed [8c Kc] and won (1530) with a flush, King high

Seat 6: jaysim19 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: lakeman421 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: Catchup666 (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 10: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Ah 9h] and lost with a pair of Sixes

PilaYourStac: shows [8d Ac] (three of a kind, Eights)

lakeman421: shows [3d 3c] (two pair, Eights and Threes)

PilaYourStac collected 2080 from pot

lakeman421 finished the tournament in 6th place

bayne_s wins the tournament and receives $76.54 - congratulations!

PilaYourStac finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $37.43.

jaysim19 finished the tournament in 3rd place and received $30.73.

magom1968 finished the tournament in 4th place and received $27.70.

Catchup666 finished the tournament in 5th place and received $27.60.

Donkey Island Tipping Point

I will miss the Mookie to attend Sharks v Flames. So wanted to play but one of managers surrendered his seat in the Suite so I must experience Hockey like the fat cats.

Everyone who watches Survivor regularly knows that the safest person tonight is Muchtim.

The sole remaining member of a team always gets to decide which pair to swing the power to of the 4 man team. It is strategy played out every season since the 1st when Susan and Kelly went to a 2-2 tie with Rudy and Richard.

The lesson is figure out who your best bud is and throw your other two team members out as other goes next challenge and then it is you, best bud and much fighting for that last immunity and choosing heads up opponent.

Clearly if you are looking at vote to win Josie gets thrown under the bus. But if it comes down to playing Heads Up poker for the win you toss SmBoatDrinks.

More Restful Sleep Ahead

I got home tilted from work but now I am very relaxed.

I think a little money should go to Japan and a little should go to craps.

Sleeping the sleep of the contented

I played some Rush PLO, at times it does seem to have the same skill level requirements to play as craps as some ridiculous hands occurred but in my last 3 hands of evening I went:

Full Tilt Poker Game #29065695771: Table Vroom (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 01:33:52 ET - 2011/03/16

Seat 1: bayne_s ($48.85)

Seat 2: mudda177 ($34.25)

Seat 3: RobertoSantiago ($34.30)

Seat 4: sabriel2014 ($358.25)

Seat 5: LonghornsNo1 ($378.70)

Seat 6: werneck22 ($94.55)

RobertoSantiago posts the small blind of $0.50

sabriel2014 posts the big blind of $1

The button is in seat #2

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [2s Ad 3h As]

LonghornsNo1 folds

werneck22 has 8 seconds left to act

werneck22 calls $1

bayne_s calls $1

mudda177 raises to $5.50

RobertoSantiago calls $5

sabriel2014 folds

werneck22 calls $4.50

bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act

bayne_s raises to $19 Bet size chosen so mudda177 could shove and I could still raise

mudda177 calls $13.50

RobertoSantiago raises to $34.30, and is all in

werneck22 calls $28.80

bayne_s raises to $48.85, and is all in

mudda177 calls $15.25, and is all in

werneck22 calls $14.55

bayne_s shows [2s Ad 3h As]

mudda177 shows [4d Td 5h Th]

RobertoSantiago shows [Kd Ks 7s Ah]

werneck22 shows [6s Jd 9s Js]

Not going to lie the rotator cuff may have suffered a slight injury from the fist pump.

Full Tilt Poker Game #29065713617: Table Vroom (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 01:35:12 ET - 2011/03/16

Seat 1: RobertoSantiago ($152.70)

Seat 2: bayne_s ($163.75)

Seat 3: guinor ($17.80)

Seat 4: kowt ($40.50)

Seat 5: LonghornsNo1 ($382.35)

Seat 6: BigBadDevil ($100)

RobertoSantiago posts the small blind of $0.50

bayne_s posts the big blind of $1

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [As Ad Th Jh]

guinor raises to $3.50

kowt calls $3.50

LonghornsNo1 has 15 seconds left to act

LonghornsNo1 calls $3.50

BigBadDevil folds

RobertoSantiago folds

bayne_s raises to $8 Bet size chosen so guinor could shove and I could still raise

guinor raises to $17.80, and is all in

kowt calls $14.30

LonghornsNo1 folds

bayne_s raises to $75.20

kowt has 15 seconds left to act

kowt calls $22.70, and is all in

bayne_s shows [As Ad Th Jh]

guinor shows [8c Ah Qh Qd]

kowt shows [Ac 7s 2c 8s]

Uncalled bet of $34.70 returned to bayne_s

*** FLOP *** [3d 9c 6s]

*** TURN *** [3d 9c 6s] [6d]

*** RIVER *** [3d 9c 6s 6d] [9d]

Decided to follow the George Costanza model and leave on a high note.

I sleep a lot better after win normally.

My Valentine's gift to wife was to do something about my snoring. Washington's Birthday weekend I was in a 'sleep study'. A fascinating process where 4 sensors were strapped to my legs, 3 to my chest, 6 more table to my face and 8 GLUED to my head. Nurse took ~45 minutes to get me all hooked up and used a heat gun to help the glue dry. Had a big rainbow ponytail of wires coming off the head.

My performance on test was spectacular as 2 hours into test they slapped mask like the one pictured on. I got my new CPAP last Thursday and my wife and daughter are sleeping a lot better.

Survivor

Apparently Goat needed immunity as they turned on the creator last night.

Gpjacobs, Maloney and I had 35-40 BBs when we agreed to chop.$1 rebuy is brutal just for how deep everyone is late and am not really sure why a 26 peep private tourney pays 3 when an 18 SNG pays 4. Kat was unfortunate victim and it felt like she was in for the most buyins.

My key hands of night were picking up AA in BB and having Mr How to fold KK not fold 99 and then winning flip at final table against Kat.

March 1 Weight

Warning there is a picture of feet again!

But not until bottom.

Goal for the year of 52 pounds still seems achievable but have finally figured out what "on pace" would mean.

A calorie deficit of 134750 works out to 449/day.

I found a chart that helps me examine impact of weight loss on calorie burn:

Activity (1-hour duration)	Weight of person and calories burned
	160 pounds (73 kilograms)	200 pounds (91 kilograms)	240 pounds (109 kilograms)

Walking, 3.5 mph

277

346

414

Thank god the chart seems linear so I will assume currently at 260 pounds I will burn 448 calories/hour and at 220 pounds I will 380 calories/hour. But for analysis purposes 410/hour should work as it would be burn over average weight if I reach goal.

Over the last 2 months (other than 2 weeks with calf injury) I walked 12 miles week to achieve calorie deficit of 5250/week so the walking portion of my week will drop from 1627 to 1435. Rest of activity should also consume 8% fewer calories at average weight which would still only be a shade over 400 calories/week hit on deficit.

I am comfortably on pace but long way to go.

Chess

Bayne Waffles

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 d6

Hate playing against Philidor so choose a rarely used line hoping to transpose.

3. c3

Waffles makes strange choice to move pawn twice in an opening

d5

4. exd5 Qxd5

Now we are into some strange Scandinavian like variant where I can't harass Queen.

5. d4 Nc6

6. dxe5 if you are going to give me pawn it would be rude to decline

6 ..... Qxd1

7. Kxd1 b6

one of waffles other games opponent is crushing him after fianchetto of bishop

8. Bg5 mainly want to bring out Knight without blocking bishop, Bf4 probably better

8 .... f6

9. exf6 trading off overextended pawn to get 2 isolated pawns on waffles kingside

9... gxf6

10. Bf4 diagram

Ne5 - terrible move, just surrenders material

11. Nxe5 fxe5

12. Bxe5 Bg4+

13. Ke1 - terrible move Kc2 so if Bf5 Bd3

Rd8 - terrible move o-o-o clears K from e8 allowing for bishop pin

14. Bb5+ - f3 then take the rook on h8

Kf7

15. Bc4+ - f3 followed by taking Rook on h8 or at least winning Bishop on g5

Kg6

16. f3 Nf6

17. Kf2 Bc5+

18. Kg3 h5

19. Bxf6 Kxf6

20. fxg4 hxg4

21. Rf1+ - WTF

take the stupid pawn on g4 and just grind out connected passed pawn

Kg5

22. h4+ Rxh4

23. Na3 Rd2

24. Rf5+ Kxf5

25. Kxh4 Rxg2

26. Rf1+ Bf2+ my punishment for not taking pawn

27. Rxf2+ Rxf2

28. Kg3 Rxb2

29. Nb5 a6

30. Nxc7 Kg5

31. Bb3 a5

32. c4 Rb1

33. Nd5 Rf1

34. Nxb6 Rf3+

35. Kg2 Kf4

I think because UI can win with knight + Bishop I can grind out win if I find a way to force rook for pawn exchange

36. Nd5+ Ke4

37. Ne7 g3

38. c5 Rf2+

39. Kxg3 Ke3 1-0

Kudos to Goat

I made an effort to get home in time to play the Mookie last night. 42 runners last night is a huge step to revitalizing blogger poker and the Survivor Poker has led to some awesome rants, some delusional smack talk, and a lot of chat and prop bets.

Also congrats to JamyHawk for being last Survivor (to quote Josie "Team Donkey may be stacked, but that's not because of YOU JamyHawk" for that I have to add you to blogroll.

Daytona

Growing up in south I should be a bigger fan of Nascar, but I outgrew my need to drive fast when I spun my Ford Escort on I-95 when a retread wrapped around one of my front tires.

Only race I've watched in last 20 years prior to yesterday was the last few laps of Dale Earnhardt's career 10 years ago. There was just nothing spectacular about the crash to indicate that he had died when it happened until you realize the idea of the car body flying all over the place is to absorb the momentum and peel away for the drivers safety.

Watching Trevor Bayne win made for a funny day watching the sports crawler during day whenever they announced Daytona results.

Weekend can't get here fast enough

I got a new task at work, have to be ready March 14 to begin testing. I am one of two HW engineers that will be heavily involved. Other dude has a pregnant wife with a March 13th due date.

Facebook really has changed the world, 1st Egypt then I learned of an Uncle's death yesterday from a cousin's Facebook status message. I tried to call mom immediately after but got no answer. She sent me an email 6 hours later letting me know of Scotty's passing. Death was unexpected but it shouldn't have been, he had a stroke a few years ago and was still drinking hard. I think the two tours in Vietnam haunted him until the end.

Running Props

By now most of us have read:

Part I

Part II

about the running 70 miles in 24 hours prop bet.

After January 2007 when I watch 4 poker players wagering who would duck last on tail section of rivercat passing under bridges it is easy for me to believe anything is possible when too much money and testosterone is involved.

Grange has opted to shred Haseeb for his role in jeopardizing Ashton's health. I have to admit my 1st reaction to part 1 was to find one of my co-workers to ask him if he could run 70 miles in 24 hours. His answer was "I ran 112 a few years ago". Dude is currently training for the "Deathride" but he is planning to do this on a tandem bike with his 9 year old son.

I have no idea what drives my co-worker to push himself but he does it with no wagers involved.

Ashton and Haseeb are in a community where no one gets out of a bet for free so once the wager is made they do find themselves stuck seeing it through. I think Haseeb wrote his post because he is evaluating the moral implications of what transpired. It will be interesting to see what happens next for Ashton and Haseeb.

Single Parenting

My wife went on a trip to LA returning during Super Bowl leaving me as a single parent (of sorts) for week. Other than an occasional rushed trip to school because someone missed the bus it really didn't seem that difficult.

I did have to prepare dish we brought along to Chako's Super Bowl gathering which featured a few genuine Cheeseheads and a Favre fan front running his way back into fold. Demon Child decided to wear her 49ers jersey to game which seemed strange to me but I decided to throw my Bucs jersey on as well to deflect any teasing. The wife and Demon are not the biggest sports fans in the world but daughter does like playing with puppy and wife got a restful nap during 2nd half. Decent game, it is nice that Super Bowls are not blowouts anymore (although I can speak from experience blowouts are better when you are a fan of team in lead).

I am not ashamed to admit I laughed out loud when this ad played:

Demon did not find ad nearly as funny but others in room may have appreciated.

I did ask daughter if she was going to issue a favorable report on Demon Daddy week. Her response was "Don't get your hopes up". Wife has noticed that although she has been back 3 days she has received no negative reports of the time so may not be so worried about how we will get along next trip.

Hopefully some day I will play poker again and have something worth writing about.

No feet

Sorry Scott can't show progress from wager in weight loss. Having right foot on scale is painful and left supporting most of the weight lead to wide fluctuations in measured weight.

I do have picture of injured calf at bottom of post so those who did not like view of feet should stop reading now.

Last two weeks I have been taking a break from poker, work has been kicking my ass and have had a bad mindset from not being able to exercise. Today at lunchtime my walking returned to a normal gait. There is still a little bit of pain at random intervals and it feels like it is a stabilizing action that causes pain when there is a slight turn to a stride.

I do have IronMan bonus to clear so poker should resume tonight.

Years past I have cleared $600 bonus before 10th of January but at the moment only $150 cleared.

May give up Rush PLO which at times is just a bunch of people playing flush bingo.

The yellow tint is not due to lighting.

Goal 52 Pace

This post started out to have a completely different theme. As of yesterday Morning I had lost 7 pounds this year but more significantly (to me) 40 pounds off my peak weight.

This is the 6th time I have lost 40 pounds while on a health kick but the 1st 3 times my starting weight was less than current weight. Being engineer I am trying to determine if I am really on pace to lose another 45 pounds by year end. When I started this quest in September my calorie burn on a day I walked was ~3700.

This week a walk home day looked like this:

Where Monday which only involves 1 mile walks to trolley stops looked like:

I was going to have to figure out a decaying calorie burn function and figure out if I was really on pace to lose 52 pounds because although I am ahead of 1 pound/week I can only assume my burn rate is also going to slowly drop another 300 calories/day at end.

Instead I will just complain about asshole who made me accelerate quickly and leap as he was not paying attention to pedestrians and missed by just a little bit but my calf has been in a knot since.

Yesterday I figured out I could walk but my gait was similar to chica in 4 inch heels that broke left heel, today I am down to 2 inch heels gait so I have hopes that some form of walking returns next week.

Edit: One of my co-workers visited to check on my injury. Bottom of calf is starting to turn purple. Since co-worker did Iron Man triathlon in 2003 with a broken clavicle I feel like a complete wimp.

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Bet Status unknown

In light of waffle's gloating:

sirfwalgman: i had suits and shit

sirfwalgman: i fucking rejammed him too

sirfwalgman: fucking idiots

sirfwalgman: OMFG

sirfwalgman: AAQ8

sirfwalgman: DS

sirfwalgman: vs 45T8

sirfwalgman: and fucking ahole calls 51$ pre

sirfwalgman: and fucking flops 558

sirfwalgman: and now I am almost broke

sirfwalgman: wtf

i mean are you fucking kidding me?

sirfwalgman: 30 bucks behind

sirfwalgman: and he fucking does that shit and Full tilt pays him off

sirfwalgman: fucking riddiculous

Bayne: $51

Bayne: are you playing cash?

sirfwalgman: ya

sirfwalgman: 51$ pre

sirfwalgman: and fucking 30 behind

Bayne: I am thinking you have lost ground

sirfwalgman: and he is calling with that shit?

i realllllyyyyy hate these people

sirfwalgman: KKK

sirfwalgman: and I lose

sirfwalgman: to a J89 rivered gutter straight

sirfwalgman: J8T6

sirfwalgman: 79K board

sirfwalgman: I have KKA6

sirfwalgman: 2 outer J river

Bayne: J8T6 v KK on K97 flop is a flip

Bayne: if he has flush draw he is fav

sirfwalgman: not 8T6

sirfwalgman: and no flush

just an OESD

Bayne: " J8T6

sirfwalgman: 79K board

sirfwalgman: I have KKA6"

sirfwalgman: FU

Bayne: it is what you typed

sirfwalgman: FU

I think he starts his quest fresh when he get's ad money later this week.

Long Frkn Week

12 days off then jumping cold turkey into 5 day work week has been brutal. Managers here are really pressing for us all to things debugged since we are "rested and refreshed".

Some of these same managers forgot to submit paperwork renewing contractors or extending co-ops so half the people I work with have no access to the internal network and it takes 2 days for paperwork to process and another 2 days for passwords to reset.

I also have to adjust to a whole new fresh group of co-ops helping out it the lab and somehow we ended up with group with similar names. So far I usually call one of them "Nautica" because that was shirt he was wearing 1st day, he seems resilient so far and rest of co-ops have decided this will be his nickname for time being.

Poker front has been a scuffle as I work to clear Iron Man bonus, I am +/- $10 of break even once I factor in rakeback and have ~$100 in uncredited bonus earned. Key as always is not to tilt off before bonus is cleared. No clearing bets as the points tard has retired from online poker.

Weight loss front I went from just prior to Thanksgiving to today at -10.4 pounds. Since wife was cooking christmas cookies a bit feels like a huge win. Nurse at doctor's office thought so too but she was concerned about my pulse, apparently there will always be some issue.

Happy New Years

2010 was a pretty good year:

On job front, I have job that I like.

On Dad front as Demon Child has been consistently doing better in school, is healthy and happy.

On husband front wife is driving and back to pre-seizure form.

On health front I would rate year as a positive as although I received diabetes diagnosis it was caught early, it seems treatable and I already feel better after losing a few pounds.

Poker was a loser for the year but it is recreation

I have given careful consideration to what I want to do for resolutions. I thought about setting a goal for running (5k, 10k or half marathon) or to ski with family this year. Realized I have used my weight as an excuse to not do a lot of things and it has caused most of health problems so this year there will be just one resolution on the list.

1. I will lose 52 pounds in 2011.

Not a resolution but I will collect bet from waffles when he does not net $10k in poker winnings.

Adding for Scott (but as an anti-homage to F-Train):

Back Home

The New Year's crowd started arriving in Lake Tahoe Tuesday. Average age in town dropped. Price to play in casino rose. It also started to snow, trip up in dry conditions 5 hours. Trip back with chain controls was 8 hours.

Temp in Tahoe when we were there was probably low 30s during day so returning to 43 degree Santa Clara does feel brutal, but lows in single digits next few days tell me we ran real well with weather.

Demon child had her ski lesson on the sunniest day which also saw 8 inches of fresh powder fall the night before. She got her confidence back with no falls (2 falls previous trip caused her to quit skiing after single run). She was excited and chatty about her lesson after and at dinner, wife enjoyed her day on the trails on snow shoes. They were both exhausted and turned in early.

I played a little call and chase poker in Harvey's poker room, I have no idea what kind of bet it must take to get take down a pot pre-flop as I saw people calling off stacks with 33-77 and QJs, I did not get many hands but did manage to be 5th caller to UTG raiser holding 99, 954 flop with 2 hearts got a lot of actionand took down a pot with top set against 2 flush chasers and 1 oesd when river 4 of hearts gave me boat to crush the two non-nut flushes.

I went up to room only to discover that wife a daughter were sleeping loudly, after hour of effort to sleep I gave up and got dressed and found craps table. It was amusing table as there were 3 young guys at my end of table who all rolled well but shared same quirk. None of them would take pass line odds when point was 4 or 10, Jason who was to my immediate left would also not bet odds on 5 or 9, he would bet full odds on 6 or 8. During roll where Ryan hit fire bet I asked dealer if I could place an odds bet for dealers behind Jason's pass bet 3rd time Ryan rolled for a 5. The other two youngsters were amused, dealers were more than happy but Jason thought that was too emasculating and finally placed odds bet (won 2 rolls later). Soon after my wife tracked me down, demon had told her "don't worry about daddy he is night owl". Since I had lot of green chips in front of me and it was obviously a fun table wife stuck around for a cup of hot tea, listened to Jason complain that I strong armed into betting more than he wanted and finally failed to cooler a craps table immediately. When dice came to me next I did pass and insist she wanted to pass as well and we let 3 young guys roll and wife and I headed back to room.

Last night in Tahoe I was forced to drop wife to 2nd worst shooter in rankings. A short asian woman standing 2 spots from stick managed to hit boxman with dice on 1st roll, had 3 rolls off table end and then managed to make boxman dodge another dice. Pit Boss had seen enough and issued warning "next roll on table or dice pass", she managed to roll craps or elven a few times making her dad some money on his horn bets before finally establishing point then out.

I set up X-Box and Kinect upon return and watched demon spend 30 minutes customizing her avatar to get it just right, it seemed so star trek next generation to wave hand to control things.