My six year old daughter will sometimes watch me play online poker. She gets a kick out of seeing me scream at the screen when a bad beat happens. She thinks its just a computer game and cannot understand what the big deal is all about. The agony of being ahead and being drawn against by donkeys is not something you can explain to a six year old kid. So I just told her that if I win, then I get some free money.
One day, she came up with an idea. She asked me to rub her tummy for good luck. I don't know where she got this crazy idea. Maybe from a TV show somewhere. So now everytime she's there and I'm facing an all in call, I rub her tummy for luck. After the cards are dealt, I raise my hand and give her a big smile.
Does it actually work ?
Heheh .... if variance and bad luck can be beaten by rubbing a six year old girl's tummy. Then I can probably copyright the idea and get rich overnight.
But it makes her giggle and laugh and feel proud about herself ..... and it prevents me from using swear words in front of her .... and that in my book is what rubbing the tummy is all about.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Cleared my Bonus
Finally cleared my initial deposit bonus over at Pokerstars last night. This was after playing approximately 170 games of $6.50 turbos. My average ROI during this period was around 14% and this was good enough to enable me to triple up my small Pokerstars bankroll.
This bonus clearing was done over a span of I think 2 months playing on and off. Good thing pokerstars had a pretty generous clearing time as I was out of town a couple of times and was not able to play as much as I wanted.
At least that's done. I know my poker blog has been non-existent lately and I am sad to say that this situation will not change anytime soon as my work and some family activities will keep me extremely busy until January.
Only thing I can say is I will start playing MTTs again as I stopped this while trying to clear the bonus. I'll try to post regular poker updates soon. Thanks for standing by.
This bonus clearing was done over a span of I think 2 months playing on and off. Good thing pokerstars had a pretty generous clearing time as I was out of town a couple of times and was not able to play as much as I wanted.
At least that's done. I know my poker blog has been non-existent lately and I am sad to say that this situation will not change anytime soon as my work and some family activities will keep me extremely busy until January.
Only thing I can say is I will start playing MTTs again as I stopped this while trying to clear the bonus. I'll try to post regular poker updates soon. Thanks for standing by.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Eulogy
I was again out of town this past week, but not for any seminar, meeting or business activity.
My father in law passed away last November 2 and I accompanied my wife to their province for the wake and the funeral. It was a somber experience, made more so by the fact that my father in law was one of the most generous and nicest man I knew.
He was 64 years old and one could say that it was already his second chance at life having suffered a stroke 15 years ago. This left him in a coma but he eventually recovered to the amazement of his doctors.
The kind of person you are and the kind of life you lived is reflected during your death. Hundreds of people crowded into the small chapel every night to pay their last respects. The funeral march to the cemetery was longer than anything I've seen in Manila. Everyone from the mayor to the children of the workers were there. In some ways, I think he touched all of their lives by his kindheartedness.
This post is my salute to the kind of man he was. May you rest in peace.
My father in law passed away last November 2 and I accompanied my wife to their province for the wake and the funeral. It was a somber experience, made more so by the fact that my father in law was one of the most generous and nicest man I knew.
He was 64 years old and one could say that it was already his second chance at life having suffered a stroke 15 years ago. This left him in a coma but he eventually recovered to the amazement of his doctors.
The kind of person you are and the kind of life you lived is reflected during your death. Hundreds of people crowded into the small chapel every night to pay their last respects. The funeral march to the cemetery was longer than anything I've seen in Manila. Everyone from the mayor to the children of the workers were there. In some ways, I think he touched all of their lives by his kindheartedness.
This post is my salute to the kind of man he was. May you rest in peace.
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