The Dreaded Disconnect
March 30th, 2009
Gambling and playing online poker on the internet has some different risk factors to think about. One of those, which you might take for granted, is your internet connection.
When you are playing casino games or poker online, the only thing more frustrating than taking a bad beat is losing your internet connection. You know the feeling…when you start to wonder why the hand is taking so long. Then you notice the time clock is not counting down on your opponent whose action it is. You hastily open up a webpage and notice it won’t load. Crap, you’ve disconnected.
Most times, a player is allotted a pretty large amount of time on a disconnect; Maybe a minute or two. It’s enough time to click your wifi off and on again, or run a quick power cycle on your modem and router. Sometimes though, you’re screwed. Your internet dropped, your neighbor’s networks are all password protected.
I’ve had this happen a lot of times, and the worst is when I’m in a super turbo tourney on cake. These short-handed sit and go’s have 2 minute blind levels, and missing a minute or two could cost you a lot in blinds and antes. I’ve emailed support about this and they said that their server was not an issue and that that is the risk I am taking when playing a super turbo. Years ago I was in a big tourney on Full Tilt and their server crashed. We were in the money, but just barely. I was losing my mind, and could not log back onto the site. The next morning, I had an extra hundred bucks or so. They ended up paying players out in the rank they were in.
My friend was playing a $60 turbo 6-handed sit and go the other day. He lost connection preflop with AK suited, and got back in time to see that he would have flopped the nut flush draw. He also found out he would have missed the draw and felt consoled by the fact that he saved money. He ended up taking 2nd in tourney, which he might not have if he was connected for the AK hand. But he might also have won an uncontested pot with a continuation bet, who knows. Something that is important to think about, if you are a serious online poker player, is having a backup internet connection, like a telephone land line. In times of technological woe, you might be able to snail through a few hands as opposed to missing them completely.
Booth Seating Please
February 5th, 2009
Going out to a restaurant to eat is fun especially when you go and dine with a group of people that you really like. The conversation over a delicious meal is a great pleasure in life. There is something that restaurants need more of, and that is booth seating. Sometimes you will go out to a restaurant and see booths and tables. It appears that the people in the booths are more comfortable and having a better time. This is not always the case, but the booth gives a much cozier feel to the dining experience.
Next time that you plan a meal and call for reservations, ask for a reservation in a booth. If you don’t request it then they will not know that that is what you want. Making reservations is always a great idea because it takes out the guess work while dining out. The waiting for an open table can turn a night that is supposed to be great fun to a night of a growling stomach and being real anxious to get a booth. There are many times that if you did not make a reservation and the hostess goes to seat you at a table, just ask her if you can go to the booth. More often then not she will take you over to the booth. As with any fun and delicious meal, try not to eat too much and keep your portions sizes healthy, the supplement acceletrim can help your hunger down. When they bring out the dessert menu, order one for the table and have a bite or two instead of having a whole dessert to yourself. The table will enjoy the sharing aspect of this.
Retirement Party Jokes
July 5th, 2008
Retirement is that people working in a company for a long time will put a full stop to their job in their age of 60. At that time a farewell celebration called “Retirement Party” will be conducted and in the party many jokes will be passed by all the staffs working in the company. During the party the retiree may get emotional to cool him many funny jokes can be directed by all the staff members. All the co-workers leak out their jokes in their speeches.
The jokes can be consisting of many varieties like humor jokes and the old age jokes and so on. The company workers can start individually by telling some jokes like, two peoples X and Y are conversing X asking to Y that how old are you? Y replies that he is 80 and he asks to X what does he feels? X says that he is a baby because he has no teeth and hair at present. And other jokes like “A teacher teaches the lessons to the students and asks what you understood from my teaching? The students replied we have to arrange a good tuition class!” Definitely these jokes would make you relax and enjoy the comfort of your friends and environment