The sins associated with playing cards are nothing new. The Synod of 1404 forbade card-playing by the clergy and in 1423 Saint Bernard called for the faithful to go home, get their playing cards and burn them right in the public square outside of Saint Peter's in the Vatican.
I wonder if that ruling against clergy playing cards has ever been rescinded? Personally I can't ever recall seeing a priest at a poker table. And now I really want a version of Dogs Playing Cards but with priests instead.
The sins associated with playing cards are nothing new. The Synod of 1404 forbade card-playing by the clergy and in 1423 Saint Bernard called for the faithful to go home, get their playing cards and burn them right in the public square outside of Saint Peter's in the Vatican.
I wonder if that ruling against clergy playing cards has ever been rescinded? Personally I can't ever recall seeing a priest at a poker table. And now I really want a version of Dogs Playing Cards but with priests instead.
Combine the craziness for Sports Talk Radio and Poker on TV. Here's the format:
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- 10 Famous Movie Lines You're Probably Misquoting
- Anthony Holden, author of Big Deal, passes aged 76. Just added his book to the list.
- An egregious example why civil forfeiture is wrong
- Could fixing the Patriots offense include benching Mac Jones? The question all of New England seems to be asking.
The sins associated with playing cards are nothing new. The Synod of 1404 forbade card-playing by the clergy and in 1423 Saint Bernard called for the faithful to go home, get their playing cards and burn them right in the public square outside of Saint Peter's in the Vatican.
Poker legend Doyle Brunson has passed away at 89 years of age. Doyle was a pioneer in poker and Brunson and his son Todd are the only father/son duo to have both won World Series of Poker bracelets.
Have a feeling many people will be playing 10-duece the next week or so in his honor. Time to break out Super System II to brush up on the poker wisdom Doyle bequeathed us. Can't wait to read all the great Texas Dolly stories that get told over the next few weeks.
He was one of a kind. There will not be another.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Florida man wins women's poker tournament. "It does speak loudly to the insanity that's playing out on a wider scale."
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Kurt Vonnegut's letter to school children just a few months before his death.
- Elon Musk reveals "secret" Twitter labels still causing shadowbans on conservatives. Guessing Elon has a crack team going through the code line by line.
- My personal favorite version of America the Beautiful
- Gabe Kaplan to retire as High Stakes Poker commentator. What a versatile guy. Standup comedian, TV star, expert poker player, and perhaps the best poker commentator ever. Also was a heck of a pick-up basketball player when younger.
I wonder if that ruling against clergy playing cards has ever been rescinded? Personally I can't ever recall seeing a priest at a poker table. And now I really want a version of Dogs Playing Cards but with priests instead.
"The house money effect is a theory used to explain the tendency of investors to take greater risk when reinvesting profit earned through investing than they would when investing their savings or wages."
Can attest that this is 100% true. When playing poker with my buddies - if I'm up I often go into ATC (any two cards) mode. I know it's technically bad poker but it also makes me unpredictable. For me it adds an extra level of enjoyment maybe because of the risk of playing bad hands (including "the hammer" - 7-2 off-suit).
It would be interesting to look back on some of those grinders who became online poker millionaires and how they are doing financially today. It should also be noted that the federal government ended the online poker boom through legislation known as Black Friday in the poker world. Could there be a Black Friday coming in the crypto world? And are people prepared for it?
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Did you ever start reading a book and suddenly realize, "Wait I've read this before." Just had that experience with James Ellroy's LA Confidential. Only once the book was in my hands did I realize I had already read it (remembered reading The Black Dahlia but forgot I read this one too)... Porn Stache Donald Trump would be a good name for a lesbian Gordon Lightfoot cover band... Once I got a hundred pages into a biography of Jack Dempsey before realizing I had already that book... Not sure about you but I find myself actively avoiding any news or articles about Afghanistan because they are just making me sad and upset. It's a mental health thing. My condolences to anyone who served there or who had family members who did. This must be an extremely bitter pill to swallow... Having said that I feel I must comment on people noting that Joe Biden saying "the buck stops here" during his Afghanistan speech doesn't mean what he thinks it means. Most people get this wrong. As Truman meant it - it is a poker term meaning the dealer's "buck" (aka puck) stops here. That meant it was Truman's turn to pick a game (aka strategy or policy) and he wasn't going to shy away from that responsibility and pass the deal. Sadly the way Biden is going if he does pick a game I'm afraid it will be "Crazy Eights" while all the other world leaders are playing poker...
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Have we found proof of life on Venus?
- I've posted about this poker cheating scandal before. I'm glad it's getting wider attention.
- Naval Ravikant: The Path to Peace is Truth
- Some interesting points on the pandemic. From a surprising source.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing.
- This was cool - Dave Grohl is the best!
- This is why the UFC is gaining fans while other sports are shedding them in droves
- LHC creates matter from light
- An example of why Mike Sexton was so important to poker
- The Washington Post used to be upheld as one of the examples of journalism at its best. Now they are an agenda driven bunch of hacks which their treatment of Clay Travis is just the latest example of. They've completely thrown away their integrity and for what?
- Heh Heh
- Is sunscreen bad for you? I've cut way back on my use of sunscreen for many of the reasons raised in the article.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Legendary poker player and announcer Mike Sexton has passed away. Sexton was roundly regarded as one of the nicest persons in poker.
- Still amazed that the Peace Deal between Sebia and Kosovo isn't a bigger story.
- The first successfully cloned endangered Przewalski's horse was born at the San Diego Zoo. For many this brings thoughts of Jurassic Park, others wonder about bringing back the passenger pigeon. Me? I wonder about using this method to clone Ted Williams.
- NFL, NFLPA announce a 1-hour special on social justice to be aired on NBC. Imagine the ratings for this will be great (sarcasm off). Am curious if they will have commercials because any advertisers are bound to face some backlash.
- Reminder it was just 3-years ago the NBA was mandating that all players and coaches stand for the anthem. They understood the damage it could do to TV ratings and revenue.
