Rounders

Nick Momrik1 Comment

Rounders (Collector's Edition)One of my favorite movies of all time. I figured I should watch the greatest poker movie in history before I hit up the casinos on my trip to San Diego next week.

Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Malkovich all play important parts in this film. It’s a story of a New York poker player who loses it all for a dream and works to get it back when he gets into trouble for an old friend. If you like to play poker or do a little gambling, you can’t go wrong with this movie. I could go on forever talking about Rounders, but I’m going to keep it short and let you watch it yourself. Pay attention, because there are a lot of great quotes in this movie.

I give it an A+.

Man's Weakness

Nick Momrik4 Comments

While watching The Hulk today, I realized something. All of the superheroes that I can think of share a common weakness…a woman!

  • Bruce Banner (The Hulk) – Betty Ross
  • Peter Parker (Spider-Man) – Mary Jane Watson
  • Matt Murdock (Daredevil) – Elektra Natchios
  • Clark Kent (Superman) – Lois Lane

The more I thought about it, all men share that common weakness…we just need to find the right woman.

The Hulk

Nick Momrik3 Comments

The HulkI finally got around to watching the DVD. It’s the first time I’ve seen this movie since the week it was released in the theaters. Just like any other great movie, it gets better each time you watch it.

Is this movie just another comic book character brought to the bigscreen? No way! The Hulk brought the comic book feeling to motion picture. You really have the see the movie to understand, but let me try to explain…Many times throughout the film, cut sequences are used to display different angles of a scene, just like you might see in a comic book. It was really a great idea and worked tremendously well.

The way they produced the transformation of Bruce Banner into the Hulk is also a sight to see. It has that special comic book feel to it. The computer annimation that was done to bring the Hulk to life was amazing. I can’t pick out a single scene where I noticed that something physical wasn’t actually in the shot, interacting with the environment. Stan Lee also makes a brief appearance in the film, which he has done in Spiderman, Daredevil, and others in this line.

I give it an A-.

Ocean's Eleven

Nick Momrik5 Comments

Ocean's Eleven (Widescreen Edition)I watched this movie yesterday and forgot to write a review. I’ve seen the movie once or twice in the theater and countless other times on DVD, so that alone should tell you I think it’s a great movie.

What more could you ask for? Eleven guys (all with different talents) team up to rob a Las Vegas casino. It’s a great plan that runs into a few bumps in the road. Just when you think you have it all figured out, a final twist is thrown as you. “Wow!” is about all you can say when it happens. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts and many others make it a great cast for a movie.

If you haven’t seen this movie…what are you waiting for? I give it an A.

Basketball Exam

Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Why are so many kids jumping straight from high school to the NBA these days? Is it because they are that good? For a few, yes, but for most, it is because they are too dumb to be able to be able to pass college classes and maintain their eligibility.

Today the University of Georgia released documents relating to NCAA rules violations by their basketball program. Assistant basketball coach Jim Harrick Jr. taught a Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball class in 2001. Many athletes (including some of his players) took the class. It’s not surprising that everyone in the class received an A when you read some of the following questions from the only exam that was given for the class:

How many players are allowed to play at one time on any one team in a regulation game?

How many halves are in a college basketball game?

How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?

In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?

ESPN

All of these questions were multiple choice! Things like this make me love the Duke basketball program more and more. Duke is one of the toughest schools in the nation, but year after year, great players graduate. It’s a true testament of the kind of person that Coach Mike Krzyzewski is. He recruits good people that have basketball talent, unlike other schools who recruit basketball players and then cheat to get by the rules.

Some Kind Of Flu

Nick Momrik2 Comments

I started coming down with something on Monday night. I could feel my throat getting a little scratchy and the stuffiness was starting. Tuesday at work I felt like shit all day long, but managed to get through it. When I got home I went straight to bed for about 2 hours. I felt a little bit better, but still went to sleep at 11:00 last night.

Today when I woke up it was worse. Stuffed up even more and something is going on in the back of my throat. I called in sick to work and went back to sleep. Ended up crawling out of bed around 9:30 this morning and felt pretty good…I thought. I answered a few emails, had some cereal, and watched a little TV. After moving around the house for a bit, I started to feel really weak, so I dicided a shower should help.

Soon after, I began working on my brother’s computer and then it hit me. I’m not sure if it was all the dust flying around my room or the fact that I had to move his computer from the floor to my bed several times. I started to feel like I might pass out, so I took a little break. After I was done, I watched a movie and got a bite to eat. Back to bed after the movie for about an hour and a half. I just got up not too long ago and steel feel like ass.

I hate being sick!

Mike Caro University

Nick MomrikLeave a comment

I just finished watching a poker seminar video by Mike Caro University. Very good stuff! I think I’m going to start visiting his site for some good reading material.

During the seminar he gave a lot of good advice. Most of which I’ve never thought about, but made complete sense after hearing it. Following is one of the greatest pieces of information that a poker player needs to understand and learn:

You’re not getting paid to win pots; you’re getting paid to make good decisions.

Mike Caro

What a simple concept, but such a hard one for most people to grasp. In poker, you don’t make money by winning a lot of pots. If you win a lot of plots, it usually means that you are playing a lot of hands. When you play a lot of hands, there are a lot of pots that you do not win. Over time, you will lose money playing like this.

You get paid off (make money) in poker by making good decisions. These good decisions will win pots and over a period of time, you will make money. Making good decisions can be the hardest part of poker, because our natural instincts attempt to take over when we think we might be able to win, but the odds for us are bad. You really need to train the way you think while playing poker, because if your mind isn’t focused, you’ll make bad decisions, which ends up costing you money.