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Poker hand analysis, Part II - No Limit Texas Hold’em
By Jeff Gore
Yesterday you met poker expert Jeff Gore and read his introductory piece about poker hand analysis. Join me in welcoming Jeff’s first column where he delves deeply into one poker hand from start to finish. - Doni
This No Limit Texas Hold’em hand comes from a bright young medical resident who primarily plays $20-$30 online tournaments While I would generally classify this player as an advanced intermediate (he has a respectable 20 percent ROIover 900 tournaments), this particular hand was played rather poorly. However, it is a perfect example of the many nuances that lead to the poker cliché, “A minute to learn, a lifetime to master.”
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Cold WarBy Steve Brewer
One of the drawbacks of working at home is you can’t call in sick.
First of all, there’s no one to call. You’re it. Unless you want to inform your family that you’re ill and, believe me, they already know. (Especially if you’re a guy and tend to whine a lot.)
Secondly, there’s no such thing as a day off to be sick when you’re the parent-housekeeper-chauffeur-cook-gardener-and-chief-bottle-washer.
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The
Conceptual
Cook:
A little bit of this,
a little bit of that
Best deal in San Francisco: In the Tenderloin, on Larkin Street, between Turk and Eddy is a little hole-in-the-wall called Saigon Sandwich. I’d been meaning to go there for some time now and finally made good on my intentions.
I parked one block over, on Hyde Street. Four rather non-descript and somewhat inebriated gentlemen greeted me on the sidewalk. While I was busily…
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they're here! finally a year after planting, my poetically tragic white oleanders have bloomed.
a little moment of botanical purity at the foot of a burgeoning summer....
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Redding city manager weighs in on $6.7 million auction-rate bond termination fees
Friday we shared this national financial story from Bloomberg.com in which Redding, and many other cities and organizations, were mentioned as victims of the auction-rate bond market’s meltdown:
“… Redding, California, expects to pay Citigroup $6.7 million to close out a swap on $67.3 million of auction-rate bonds it sold, said Tom Graves, financial manager of the city’s electric system, the recipient…
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Poker: Hand analysis, Part I
By Jeff Gore
I must be very old since I’ve known Jeff Gore since he was a baby, yet here he is, a brilliant young mechanical engineering student who happens to be a poker expert. He’s also a terrific guy, a great contributor to Food for Thought forums and the son of my good friends, Jim and Darcie Gore (Food for Thought co-founders.) This is Jeff’s first of what I hope will be many…
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Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Exhibit runs May 24- mid Sept.
Admission:
Adults (13 - 64) $23
Member Adults $16
Seniors (65+) $19
Children (4-12) $19
Member Senior/Child $13
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
More info: http://www.turtlebay.org/
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“Bodies Revealed is a wonderful opportunity for residents of the North State community to see a presentation that has amazed and inspired…
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