Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Local Poker Game Robbed...
I understand through the grapevine that there may have been an armed robbery of a local poker game. Details are somewhat sketchy and this post is not to solicit more information but to ask for those of you who are participating in local games to be very careful.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Top 8 "Stupid" Ways to Check Out
Eighth Place In Detroit , a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.
Seventh Place A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who 'totally zoned when he ran,' accidentally, jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily run.
Sixth Place While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Fifth Place Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
Fourth Place Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.
Third Place After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. Paramedics pronounced the robber dead at the scene. Crime sc ene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt.
HONORABLE MENTION Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable, lay near by. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham's foot was never located.
AND THE WINNER IS... Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderborn, Germany ) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves... 'Shit happens'.
THEY WALK AMOUNG US.... IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE FOR REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL.
Seventh Place A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who 'totally zoned when he ran,' accidentally, jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily run.
Sixth Place While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Fifth Place Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
Fourth Place Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.
Third Place After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. Paramedics pronounced the robber dead at the scene. Crime sc ene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt.
HONORABLE MENTION Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable, lay near by. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham's foot was never located.
AND THE WINNER IS... Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderborn, Germany ) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves... 'Shit happens'.
THEY WALK AMOUNG US.... IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE FOR REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Saturday Night Juice...
Well, it was a juicy night at the Juice's Saturday.... We had two guys cash out early for a lot... did I say a lot? It was a lot -AND- there was still plenty of chips on the table. Akash made a couple of big hands right as he was cashing out... In one, the flop was 4x, 3x, 3x and I thought that I was slow-playing my 3's full of 4's boat and checked in early position and nobody raised. The turn was a King and I lead out with a $100 bet and the Juice raised it to $400. Akash raised it to $1,000 and I couldn't believe it but I folded. They got all their chips in on the river - Akash had Kings full and the Juice showed 4's full.... Wow! And that sure brought home for me that old saying about it is better to win a small pot than to lose a big one... Because if the Juice bets the flop, I insta-call and Akash -probably- goes away and the Juice ends up with a scooper. I wouldn't have definitely called and my low draw was counterfeited on the river.
I do believe that the big hand of the night came very late. There were three of us feeling froggy....
I held:
The flop was:
From early position, Bart lead out with $150 into about $200 pot. Eli quickly called and I called with top 2 and a gut shot.
The turn was pretty sweet....
Bart lead out with a $400 bet and Eli raised it to $1000. I thought for a moment about slow-playing it, but decided to hopefully push out any King with a higher boat draw... I had Bart covered and Eli had about $20-$30 more my $5200 re-raise.
Bart made a great lay-down and quickly folded his 10's full of Kings boat and Eli struggled for several minutes trying to determine if his Kings full of 6's was any good, before he made the call. The river was a brick and I scooped one of the largest pots of the night and one of the biggest for me in quite some time.
The river:
So.. let the suck outs begin!
I do believe that the big hand of the night came very late. There were three of us feeling froggy....
I held:
The flop was:
From early position, Bart lead out with $150 into about $200 pot. Eli quickly called and I called with top 2 and a gut shot.
The turn was pretty sweet....
Bart lead out with a $400 bet and Eli raised it to $1000. I thought for a moment about slow-playing it, but decided to hopefully push out any King with a higher boat draw... I had Bart covered and Eli had about $20-$30 more my $5200 re-raise.
Bart made a great lay-down and quickly folded his 10's full of Kings boat and Eli struggled for several minutes trying to determine if his Kings full of 6's was any good, before he made the call. The river was a brick and I scooped one of the largest pots of the night and one of the biggest for me in quite some time.
The river:
So.. let the suck outs begin!
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