At least I have a new good luck charm…a friend of mine brought it over from Ireland…it’s Finnegan the king of the leprechauns…lol…and as there was no pot of gold included, I guess it’s waiting for me at the tables in 08…Here he is sitting on my laptop

Anyway…hope you all had a blast celebrating the arrival of the new year…and to quote Mike Sexton “May all your cards be live and your pots be monsters”…

Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Perry Friedman or Mikey the Monkey

My thoughts on this proposal:

Well, I don’t have a clue what they are thinking putting a monkey into the Main Event, although many people have already called this year’s WSOP a zoo, so it might be not that far out after all. That said, I don’t have a clue about what the monkey is capable of either, so it’s really hard to say…so I’m moving on to a comedy prediction…:

I. Phil Hellmuth will have a strong run in this year’s Main Event. One thing is for sure though: he will blowup sooner or later (I’m guessing later this time), but it inevitable – the super-donkeys-worst-players-ever-tilt is upon him for sure, especially due to the donkey/pro ratio which should be huge this year.

II. Negreanu: I hope he goes deep, I like to watch him. I guess it all depends on the run of cards in the end (remember last year where he got sucked out on time and time again and couldn’t make a hand in return when he was drawing?)..

III. Perry Friedman: Hmm…maybe his faces he paints on his hands sometimes can give me a clue :p

IV. Chris Ferguson: Jesus will do well, too. I don’t see him going ultra-deep though

V. Da Chimp: He will spend most of the time in the later stages of day 1 on the rail for dropping a p&p-bomb – yes that’s a poo&pee-bomb: after starting out pretty well by sucking out on some donkeys, it’s going to be his time to get sucked out on. After getting sucked out on, he’ll turn on the inner aggression monkey and crap all over the table…this will earn him a 2h penalty, which will be enough to almost blind him out. Shortly after that he’s going to be all-in with da bananas (77) and double up, which in turn will lead to yet another railtime as the “happy monkey dance” isn’t allowed on the dealer’s head…this time the penalty is only 1h, but it’ll be enough to blind him out…

So my last-longer guess is:

1. Friedman

2. Phil Hellmuth

3. Da Chimpster

4. Chris Ferguson

5. Daniel Negreanu

Anyone willing to put a banana split on that?

“When playing poker, try to minimize your losses and maximize your profits”
Now that’s a tip right there, why didn’t I think of that before myself?!

What made me chuckle? Scenario: I lose almost all my chips (50 left) when my A10s runs into AJo, held by the player on my immediate left. We’re down to three handed…so I had to give it a shot…well…I go ahead and win 7 hands in a row…and I’m back at over 1.500 chips, but still short stacked. I’m on the button and I look down at Ah10h…hmm….okay…here I go…player on my immediate left calls again…wtf?….he shows? Yup, you’ve guessed it…AJo…can you believe that? …and then, as if that wasn’t enough, he flops trip Jacks…turn and river 1010…lol…boat over boat…what a nice way to go

Screenshot of that hand, presented by the phrase “The deck has no memory, or has it?”:

Alrighty…I’m outta here…time to start reading “Killer Poker Online” (see current reading on the left), which was delivered today

2. Playing at another table was Howard “The Professor” Lederer and one guy talks to him like he’s one of his buddies: “Hey Howie, I respect you more than the other pros, as you’re answering our questions and all” — “Hey Howie”?! Wtf?! I guess the same dude would be pissing his pants and would be all “Errm Mr. Lederer…errm…can I PLEASE have your autograph…errm…maybe?!” if he met him in public…the internet and internet poker is such a great place sometimes