Sleep With the Fishes, Dine on the Whales

It's the End of the World as we know it... I feel fine? You? You feel fine? Okay, little break from poker as people are saying the rapture is coming. I'll go out on a limb and say it's not, but if it does I won't be here for it. Fingers crossed. Anyway, a little link dump for your enjoyment. First off it's a rapture prank, that I think they "victim" was in on and it's merely an attempted viral video to spread the word... so to speak. Seems a devilish move either way though no? If the Rapture is really coming tomorrow, you need a mixed tape for the event write? Somehow that R.E.M. song, you know the one I reference at the top of this post, didn't make this list: http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/top-10-pop-songs-about-the-end-of-the-world-5xy You know this isn't the first time we've been told the world is going to end. Everybody forget about the Y2k shutdown? Here's some other failed End of the world prognostications: http://www.ranker.co...

Anytime you play Texas Hold'em poker you got to make big calls if you are going to be a winner in the session or go deep in the tournament. In the previous post, I was deliberating whether or not to make one. The worst is where you make a great call and then it turns into poker bad beat with a bad follow-up card but here there were no more cards to come. His 1500 bet didn’t make sense. I knew he had watched me find folds before so this screamed steal. I looked for tells (that’s too specific really as I more accurately tried to get a feel for his confidence as it’s not like there is a checklist I go through... even if maybe there should be). There is a less than reliable tell where the player tries to appear casual under pressure. It’s a subtle thing, but it's tricky because it’s one a lot of players will actually honestly display, or not hide, when they do have a hand. It’s not the easiest thing to look for. So you have to decide are they acting or are they really comfo...