Monthly Archives: September 2004

Poker

Grubby made me a liar

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I said I was giving up the online poker, but then Poker Grub came along with this crazy reload bonus for Empire:

Bonus update: Empire has a phenomenal reload bonus of 100 percent up to $500 using the bonus code MATCHBONUSEP. You’ll have 30 days to work off 2500 raked hands (only 5x). I suspect this is a mistake, so I don’t anticipate it working very much longer. Take it while you can! Once it’s sitting in your account, they’ll honor it.

I couldn’t resist. I IGM-PAY’d an e-check and now I’m $500 poorer and my bankroll is $500 bigger. My God, what have I done?!

Fun Stuff

Vox Pop!

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Back in the day (circa 1999), we used to go to this Britpop club called Popsuperstar. Its best incarnation was Sunday nights in West Hollywood at the Firehouse. It was a big space with smoking areas front and back. We went nearly every week and came home drenched with sweat (not pretty). At some point we stopped going–I think it was a combination of a change in venue and the fact that EM was going to become ER and was too busy to go. At any rate, Popsuperstar disappeared from the club lists and hasn’t been seen since. Since then, we’ve tried Bang!, Underground, Hang the DJs, and some of the other established/startup Brit/New Wave/Indie type places and have mostly come away dissatisfied.

Endtroducing…

There were signs this might be good: West Hollywood, Sunday night, sample setlist, and the graphic used to advertise opening night (above).

The place was great. We were there from just after opening to just after closing, grooving to the Charlatans, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blur, The Strokes, St. Etienne, Pulp, The Cure, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Suede, The Stone Roses, New Order, and much, much more. Drinks were pretty cheap, too: Bushmills for five fifty, draft beers for less than five. Unfortunately, I think our group was really the only people there, and that doesn’t bode well for Vox Pop. But we’re going to try to enjoy it while it’s still with us.

Poker

Poker Nerd’s Guide to playing SNGs

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I don’t read that many poker blogs, to tell you the truth. But thankfully I read Iggy’s today, where he posted a bit of someone else’s post that linked to Poker Nerd’s guide to winning SNGs. I’ve been playing the two table SNGs at Pacific, and mostly my results have been dictated by holding and catching good cards. However, I will have to give the guide some careful study so I can place higher more consistently.

And in case you saw this linked somewhere else way back in July and are wondering why I’ve posted the link so late in the game, I just want to be able to find it more easily later. That’s part of the rationale for this blog. I never really use the IE favorites list. Something about it just doesn’t work for me.

Poker

Omaha 8

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Had the pleasure of playing Omaha tonight with someone who knew this blog. Wow, I’m famous.

blogreader >> Glyphic do u have a blog – Studio Glyphic??
glyphic >> um… sure, yeah
glyphic >> that’s what i get for using names over and over
blogreader >> u don’t seem to certain
glyphic >> no just surprised to be found out
blogreader >> Have Iggy change your URL
blogreader >> it goes to your stats page
glyphic >> Hmm.
glyphic >> that bastard
glyphic >> jk
glyphic >> thanks for the heads up
blogreader >> did u play in the blogger tourney??
glyphic >> nah… i didn’t check iggy’s blog for a while and then missed the deadline.
blogreader >> too bad it was funnext time
glyphic >> yeah… you a blogger?
blogreader >> nah reader
glyphic >> yeah, i don’t know what i think about people reading my blog. it’s pretty lame. 😉
blogreader >> Well … why put it out there??
glyphic >> originally so i could stop sending political emails to my friends. heh.
blogreader >> lol
glyphic >> then poker invaded my life
glyphic >> hmm… looks like iggy removed me altogether
blogreader >> Oh,
glyphic >> I’ll have to send him mail. I think I still have his email from the time I asked him how much party paid him to shill
glyphic >> He was mad, but I was actually interested in the affiliate fee structure
blogreader >> if you cant find it let me know, blogreader@hmail.com
blogreader >> I’ve got it somewhere
glyphic >> Nah, I found it.
blogreader >> cool

At some point I found myself with 2277 double suited and played it. Won the high with quad sevens.

glyphic >> does this count as a double hammer?
blogreader >> lol
blogreader >> sure

I think there should be a double hammer challenge, though it should really be 2277 rainbow. Omaha 8’s a nutty game. I keep trying to get the weekly game to play it, but they steadfastly refuse. Wimps.