Ultimate SPAM Filter

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Lately the SPAM coming through to my work email address has dropped off considerably. Well…today while troubleshooting a problem with my email I found out that I was blocking all email from the svsu.edu domain. Nearly 400 messages had been blocked so far…whoops!

Play Your Own Game

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Yesterday I was browsing around the 2+2 forums, reading all kinds of advice. From a few threads that I read, it looked like I wasn’t playing enough hands from early position. I’ve been following the preflop recommendations from SSH for playing on a tight table (3-5 people to the flop on average) and things have been going really well. But what the 2+2 people were saying is that you should be playing hands like AhXh in early position. Hmmm, maybe I’m missing out on some extra wins by not playing some of these hands up front.

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Attitude on the Felt

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I’ve been thinking recently about a player’s attitude at the poker table. Obviously some styles work better for some than others and each person displays their own attitude. I say “display” because a lot of people might be putting on this attitude simply for the poker table; just another bluff if you will. But does any one particular attitude work better than others?

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NCAA Basketball Top 25

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ESPN.com has 4 ACC teams ranked in their preseason top 10 and Duke in the next group at #14. Think the ACC doesn’t dominate college basketball? Think again.

I was disappointed when Luol Deng went pro and one of the top high school players in the country decided to pass up Duke for the NBA, but they still have a good nucleus of talent. J.J. Redick is one of the top shooters in the nation, if not the best. “The landlord” Shelden Williams matured into one of the premier big men in the country last year. Daniel Ewing is a great scorer and good shooter when he finds the touch. Sean Dockery and Shavlik Randolph are the two question marks on their starting five. They have the potential to be great players, but time will tell. Randolph made some great improvements last year so I think he’ll be fine. Dockery is a force on defense as a great on the ball defender.

I’ll bet that Duke sneaks into the top 5 at least once during the season. Dick Vitale even has the Blue Devils ranked #9 in his preseason top 30. It’ll be tough in the ACC for any team to remain at the top though. North Carolina, Wake Forest, and Georgia Tech all have some great talent, with Georgia Tech really showing it during March Madness last year. Maryland returns a team that won the ACC tournament last year and with Gary Williams at the helm they can’t be forgotten in this mix.

I’m getting chills just thinking about the season! Is it really a month away?

October Sucks

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October has to be the worst month of the year. At least in Michigan it is. It’s raining every fucking day. The sun never comes out. It’s always cloudy. Mornings are foggy. There are leaves blowing around everywhere.

All of this puts people in a bad mood, including me. Most of the time I don’t even feel like leaving the house, except to buy food and supplies. I guess I could look at the bright side…it gives me time to work on my poker skills.