Lost both games of poker tonight, though not due to any truly regrettable plays on my part. My pair of sixes got cracked by a rivered flush after B. called my all-in with A3 suited. Surprisingly, I am not that burned up about it. A. asked me to stay behind "for fifteen minutes" to discuss our upcoming Boy Bünd projects and went on a drunken rant ( Read more... )

Radiohead's Let Down was fittingly iShuffled during the long drive home from poker last night.

After L.'s last minute cancellation, we used the small group size (only four players) to justify three games instead of our usual two. Despite playing (in my opinion) extremely well in the first two, I lost all three, coming in second twice, last ( Read more... )

I am still obsessing over last night's poker losses. This makes seven games in a row that I have lost (basically all seven in which I participated). I have finished in the top three in less than half of those (three games). I know luck is always going to be a factor but this is ridiculous. Did my fellow players get that much better or do I have ( Read more... )