Just a Normal Update

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jan 29, 2010 in General | 1 comment

I felt like blogging but there's no specific topic I have in mind so this will be a "general rambling" type of entry.  Sometimes it's nice just to post what I am thinking about!

New Site Done!

Maybe I am on to something here setting up custom WordPress themes for poker players.  I set up my second one for good friend Brian (aka BW07507), and I scored a killer domain name for him too.  Check his site out at CrushingOnlinePoker.com which just launched this week.  If you are interested in hiring me to do something similar for you, just contact me through my contact page.

LOST Season 6

If you know me personally you know I'm as big a LOST fan as there is out there.  My wife and I watched the last few episodes of Season 5 (which I loved) to get ourselves psyched for Season 6 which premieres on Tuesday night.  I've avoided any and all spoilers, but from my understanding both ABC and the producers of the show have not released any images or information.  I think for this last season of my favorite all time show ever I'll post my thoughts after each episode and share my personal crack theories.

For Season 6, I don't know what they are expected to do, but I think it's going to go along the lines of:

• The first few episodes will be all "flashbacks" meaning that the bomb DID work and did do a reset.  Oceanic 815 never crashed and our Losties lived their lives as normal.  That means we need to find out what happened to them between 2004-2008 of the series' timeline.
• At some point a third of the way through we'll understand what this whole "bigger picture conflict" is about with Jacob and Mr Man in Black Shirt and how it involves our Losties (it has to be along the lines of Free Will vs a Strict Destiny)
• We then "catch up" with our cast in 2010.  The problem is that they don't remember their lives as rewritten by the reset ... they only remember what they lived through.  This makes them realize they need each other, yadda yadda, and that they are involved in something bigger.
• Enter giant conflict and resolutions.
• End show, fade to white.

A Couple of Big Poker Projects

I'm in charge of two big poker projects for two different websites.  Unfortunately I am just building up things here as a teaser and won't even tell you what sites these projects are for.  The good news is that one of these projects will probably be up and live next week so stay tuned.

My Take on Zachvac's Prop Bet

Zachvac is an old friend of mine going back to my very first days of online poker.  He's a bright young kid with a great poker mind who I really enjoyed spending time with in Las Vegas as well as when he lived in La Jolla and I would go visit.  Like all young kids he's done some things I've not agreed with (the whole Huck Felmuth debacle and what he put Deb through ... she's such a nice lady) but if those are the worst things he's done then he's a saint compared to me when I was his age!

Anyways, Zach has taken on the latest ridiculous proposition bet for the online world.  His plan is to profit $15,000 in 31 days playing strictly 100nl ($0.50-$1 tables) on Full Tilt Poker (max of 16 regular tables and a stipulation in place for Rush Poker).  Basically if Zach wins at his normal win-rate it'll take about 220,000 hands of poker.  If he wins at 1.5 BB/100 it will take a half-million hands.  He's taken a ton of action getting 3:1 odds so if he actually pulls this off he'll have the bankroll to tackle the mid-stakes games.  The whole thing is a tiny bit crazy but I'll be following this one very closely.