yeah, okay, that went well.

[rmd]

i took second place! (out of 307) in the poker tournament.

i'm exceedingly pleased. i started the day in 3rd chip position and was up and down and up and down and ended up making second, so i guess that worked out pretty well.

read a write-up of some major hands of the final table here

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

YAY! happy dance!

[johnromkey.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[mangosteen]

BOOYAH!

[penk.livejournal.com]

GO YOU!

[hanseth.livejournal.com]

You're so awesome! Congratulations!

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

w00t! go you!

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

wow!

[whipartist.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

yay! congrats!

[waysofseeing.livejournal.com]

*bows before the poker goddess*

*resolves never to get out a deck of cards in rmd's presence*

[rmd.livejournal.com]

*resolves never to get out a deck of cards in rmd's presence*

i promise to be a poorly-playing donkey of a player in all small-stakes home games.

heck, on a bad day, i'll be a poorly-playing donkey of a player in any game. :-)

[mangosteen]

heck, on a bad day, i'll be a poorly-playing donkey of a player in any game. :-)

So, in your opinion, what is the difference between a fish and a donkey, in the context of poker?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

So, in your opinion, what is the difference between a fish and a donkey, in the context of poker?

the term donkey is more hip. or at least newer.

in usage, "donkey" is often used in a way that implies stupid while "fish" is often used in a way that means ignorant. also, i've seen "donk" used as a verb while i haven't seem "fish" used like that. (context: "yeah, the two of us got a little drunk and found a nice passive game and totally donked it up, straddling and then reraising with trash but we kept sucking out until a couple of the other players went totally on tilt.")

fishy is used as an adjective while donkey-ish or donkish isn't, in my experience.

[muffyjo]

Congratulations! That's wonderful news. Woo hoo! (Lots of happy noises here)

[kjc.livejournal.com]

I am SO damned impressed, woman.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I, like KJC, am mightily impressed.

What does this do for your career winnings total? :)

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[xthread.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

[qbaz.livejournal.com]

Totally and utterly cool. You rule.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Totally and utterly cool. You rule.

thanks!

and yet i am too stupid to fix spanning tree here.

fucking spanning tree. my god i hate it. i suppose it's better than the alternative, but man. it befuddles me.

[frotz.livejournal.com]

I would totally rather play poker than deal with our spanning tree vlan crappiness. Share the hate! And the love!

[babasyzygy.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!! And regis continues to rule...

[jiapa.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Dinner on Regis! ;-)

Seriously, I am wicked impressed! Congratulations!

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

Regis ROcks! Regis ROCKS! :)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! Woohooo!!

[corivax.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's impressive! Congratulations.

[llachglin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. It was cool going to the tournament site and seeing your picture at #2.

[bookly.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! Awesome. :)