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Weekend Plans
Posted on June 29, 2003 by Ching under Life, Movies, Poker.
I just learned that you get Ultimate Points (redeemable towards Ultimate Prizes) just for playing on Ultimate Bet. Of course, you earn more points for playing in the real money tables but Brian and I can’t afford that so we just play in the play chip tables. You get bonus points for playing in tournaments and everything. I don’t care if it’s just one Ultimate Point per hour of play. I’m just happy that not only am I getting fun and entertainment value out of sitting my ass in front of the computer for hours on end, I also get to earn points towards prizes.
The only depressing thing is that, after making a few calculations, I’ve determined that in order to earn enough Ultimate Points for the prize that I’m working towards (the Tahiti cruise and Bora Bora stay worth $2,000,000 Ultimate Points) I’d have to play in the play chip tables fulltime for the rest of my natural life. Unless of course I start playing in the real money tables and start earning bonus points. Brian’s already put his foot down on that one!
We didn’t get much done today. We were supposed to clean house before going to the movies (we just went to see CA2: Full Throttle at the new Warren Theater downtown) but Brian and I ended up watching Junkyard Wars instead. After that Brian decided to play poke on UB (and he said that I can’t whine about it because I’m the one who got him hooked to begin with) and before either of us knew it, we barely had enough time to shower and meet Andy, Ashley, Misty and Sarah.
Before leaving, we said to ourselves that we would clean house when we returned from the movie but that didn’t happen either. UB struck again. Brian’s actually still playing as I’m typing this entry. Hey, at least he’s earning points (hopefully towards that trip I want but I think he will hold out for the Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle). It’s just a shame that we aren’t able to combine our points together so we can get the points we need faster.
By the way, the Kansas Powerball was up to $135 million after no one won the drawing on Wednesday so Brian and I decided to take a chance on it. We spent four bucks. He got to pick numbers for one and I got to pick numbers for one and we got two quickpicks. I ended up nailing the Powerball number on the one that I chose numbers for so I got $3 out of that one. Not too bad. I wish we could have won the jackpot but, at least we have three bucks towards more lottery tickets for a shot at $165 million (if no one wins again). No whammies! Â
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Online Poker
Posted on June 3, 2003 by Ching under Poker.
The first time Brian tried online poker he didn’t like it. He said he didn’t have a clue what he was doing. So we decided to sit together and play as one person. Actually, he played and I was his advisor. He’d ask me, “Do I call, fold, raise?” It made me feel good, being the beginner that I am, to be able to show someone how to play (it’s not like he had much of a choice, we’re the only two people living here). I’d give him silly suggestions like, wait at least five to ten seconds before you raise or don’t raise too much money or too quickly so they don’t think you have a really good hand and they’ll stay in.. Or don’t think about it too long before you call because they’ll know you have a crappier hand than they do.. Or if this guy (someone who we’ve observed never bluffs) bets high just fold because he probably has a really good hand. It’s silly but you can kind of tell what type of hand they have based on the way they play and react. As for me, I’m just glad that it’s online and not in person because even though I can control how quickly or slowly I click on the button I’m not able to control my many facial expressions that, for sure, give me away. 
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