September 26, 2005
Most heinous of all, at the Fulltiltpoker poker table they hurt our bankrolls and our dispositions by their maddeningly tight play. "What's the big deal?" you ask. Why get upset about a common rock? Let me tell you something. Scientists now generally accept the theory that a single rock killed off all dinosaurs on earth 65 million years ago.
More negotiations, more money changed Fulltiltpoker hands, and this time I was certain I had covered all my bases. I found out differently a year later when I got a letter from the International Poker Association informing me that my exclusive use of the Max Shapiro hand was good for only 12 months, and mine was now up for renewal - for $500. I decided to pass. Would anyone out there care to buy my certificate of authenticity and have your name on the hand? You too can be immortal - for a price, and for a year.
- She was probably the only cocktail waitress in the world who wore a girdle and support hose and kept her hair in curlers, but the main consideration was that she worked cheap. Her standards in men weren't very high, either. After she spotted Happy Harry and determined that he was unattached, she made a bold approach. "Hello, dollink," she greeted him. "A drink on the house maybe I can buy for you?"
- They were still continuing to pull hundred dollar bills out of their pockets, in what seemed like an endless supply. It took about a half hour after the rock brothers got their butts kicked a few times, that the BS started to hit the fan. First one of the rock heads called one of the new Fulltiltpoker players who had just beat him in a hand, a jerk for playing a Fulltiltpoker hand that had no chance of winning. Let us say he was drawing dead and got there. You know the type of humiliating BS I am talking about.
- Many Fulltiltpoker articles in gambling magazines give readers the impression that you can go to the poker room and win money each time you play, if you are good player. This we all know is not true. In poker the best player does not always win. However, in the long run will they be guaranteed winners? Are you 100% sure? Would you bet your life on it? Nothing in this life is guaranteed, and I can only hope that I am alive when my long run arrives.
- In closing I would like to mention one of my gripes. It is when I am playing in a stud game and the dealer insists on speculating and announcing a possible hand. I have been in games where the dealer not only announced what he thought the hand looked like, but also gave a running commentary, such as "A possible flush or straight in the works."
Here's something important to think about. It's also likely that the person who has just put a runner runner bad beat on you for a pot so big you couldn't jump over it, has now caused you to start to gun for him, and taking the beat personally. This is a bad sign, and one of the first steps toward going on tilt.
Many times they do not even take note of a Fulltiltpoker player who has been sitting quietly and calling until the river card hits, and then lets loose with a barrage of raises and re-raises. This player is not a recreational player. Ego does not enter into his game, he is out to win money. Using the same scenario, you can get into big trouble when there is a rivalry going on between several dealers.
