I considered all the options regarding stopping smoking, yanno the gum, patches etc. But yanno nothing beats being forced to spend a few days in a place full of older ex-smokers for giving your willpower all the encouragement it will ever need. Worked for me, I can’t say I don’t miss a puff now and then, but a quick memory flash-back and that urge disappears pretty damn quick lemme tell yah.

“Discord” LOL .. Nicely put. Well Lip I don’t know either, not sure it is an argument as I don’t have a clue what I should be arguing. I tried to clear it up one night in Paltalk but the servers were playing up and it proved impossible to discuss anything.

As I have no intention of installing a “flash chat” module of any kind I’ll have to pursue it through the blog and hope for answers or maybe through the PCS forum but if past history is anything to go by I expect the post/thread will get deleted as soon as it is seen as casting a possible bad light on a certain person.

Thank you all for your concerns and good wishes, but, keep yah fingers curled tight around your chippies folks don’t be fooled into think I’ll be a soft touch when I play ya’ll again.. Yanno that “itch/bite” returns so swiftly when I am playing against one of you lot..

Dog I recall that “begging” plea for us [the members] to NOT return to playing freerolls again. It came right after Rich “closed the league”..

This was actually a very confusing time for me, for when Rich posted he was closing up shop and the reasons why he was closing up shop, I went ahead and agreed with him.. In public here on the blog.

Only to be villified and attacked for doing so..In retrospect, I think I was supposed to do the opposite and plead and beg for him to continue with it all… I am going to cover this whole episode in my next Blog entry. But, be reassured your memory is as good as ever, here is a direct quote for you.

“Please, please don’t end up back playing free-rolls to fund your account.”

The irony of those final words, in light of the situation today, are not lost on me either.

So hugs and take the time to get well enough so i too can with a clear conscience kick your butt!

As for poker, I’ve been all over the board and can’t seem to stay on a winning run for very long so my accts have soared and shrank until I’m about where I always am, the old 2 to 7 buck sng’s. Now I’m not bitching, I’m having a great time with the skype crew cause someone is around every night and the poker and banter can’t be topped.

You have been missed cause everybody and their brother has been asking about ya, well, everybody in the skype sect that is. hehe

As for the SNG Challenge, I hated to see it end too, but with all the crap that happened before every game I understand why Gopher gave up the ghost. And with that over I will be moving on from the new forum.

As a matter of fact, the only reason I joined the “New Forum” was because some people were bitching and moaning that I was on a team and not a member of the forum. So I reluctantly joined under a name only a few people would recognize.

My reason for not joining the “New Forum” had nothing to do will the members, staff or Rich. I was quite happy playing the league/forum games and as all of you know, I played as often as anybody when time and commitments allowed. It all has to do with where the forum was heading back too.

We had a big shake up in the old forum about a year ago, over people wanting to move up in stakes and I must say I was glad to see all the members jumping out there and playing the bigger buyins and reporting back on their results.

So, a few members and staff made a big jump up to $20, $30 and even $50 but with poor results, it wasn’t long until they moved back down and are still playing the lowest level games.

I remember a post that was made in the old forum about moving up in stakes and the last few lines almost beggingly asked us not to end up back in freerolls. I took that to heart.

A few of us members had just started hanging out in Skype and we had some great nights of poker and camaraderie and along the way we became better poker players as a whole and we have enjoyed more than our share of payouts along the way. I’m glad to call all the skype sect my friends and I hope they feel the same way.

I’m glad to call Rich, the staff and all the members of the old forum my friends also, but I can’t stay with the new forum.

From the first time I visited the new forum to have a look around, I pretty much knew I wasn’t going to join. The look and feel was just not right for my eye, not to mention the poor spelling and numerous errors in grammar, I just felt I needed more.

I want a site that presents itself professionally and has valid original content. I can’t settle for less. Enough of the disconsolate and rancorish rants, enough of the spam and meaningless posts and enough of the freerolls from hell.

A good portion of the Skype Sect are Americans and can’t fund a thousand new sites, but we play along building our accounts, so why move to a new site.

I’m happy being on the outside now. I’ll find a place to hang out and hopefully add some new members to the skype sect along the way.

I’m looking forward to lots of poker and fun chatter in the next few months, so I hope to see all my friends at the tables. Til then …

See Ya on the Felt

I too, haven’t been playing too much. Like you, I have almost the same issue. 1. It’s summer, so if it is nice out, we go out on the boat and fish or just cruise around the lake. By the time I get back, all you guys on the other side of the pond are fast asleep. 2. I have been telling myself to try to quit drinking so much when I play on-line. I haven’t been too successful at that one. It just seems natural for me. Chain smoking and drinking…lol
I was on with Dog and Anne Marie on Tuesday and played 3 or 4 sng’s. Prior to that, I think the last time I played was at least a week ago.
Regarding the forum stuff. I almost wrote a post about it yesterday on my blog. I don’t know what is going on over there but to me, it is getting childish.
The SNG Challenge was fun but I side with Gopher on cancelling. When you can’t get a bunch of adults to make a commitment then honor it, it isn’t worth the effort.
I have seen Netty a little here and there and Lippy has been lurking but I haven’t run into him on Skype recently.

I am glad to see you are on the road to recovery. Hopefully, you will be back to 100% soon so we can play a game or 2 and I can kick your butt!