Blue Parrot Extravaganza

"Watch this, Lis. You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half."
--Bart Simpson, from ep. "I Love Lisa"

There was no come in her betting. And that's "come" spelled c-u-m, and "betting" spelled b-e-d-d-i-n-g.
--Rick

Let's go one thing out of the way up front: thanks to Coach for tipping me off to this op-ed piece from the Sunday NYT on New York card clubs. None of what's discussed is really "new ground", but it's nice to see it get a little print from the mainstream media -- even if the author is a college history professor.

Moving along...

In a previous installment of this blog, a long time ago on a computer far away, I mentioned my rising levels of apathy regarding reading and writing about people's live play experiences. Analysis is great, and I think individual hand analysis (micro analysis, if you will) has always been one of my strengths. Macro analysis -- more overreaching poker concepts -- has been more fleeting for me. I do want to get back to more micro analysis, starting with some hands of 5/10 O8 that I played last week on Full Tilt at a table with Erik Seidel.

Until that happens, despite my professed apathy for such tales, I want to direct readers to Pauly's blog where he will no doubt soon post his latest poker recap of a night at The Blue Parrot. With Rick, Pauly and Swish all in town, and Ugarte making a return visit to The Blue Parrot after his previous exile, the stars were aligned for a memorable night. It delivered some classics, including:

* a dial-a-shot from Internet Celebrity AlCantHang, who spotted Pauly in ESPN's broadcast of the 2005 WSOP Event#2 that premiered last night;
* a few raunchy jokes, complete with self-molestation, from Julie (I really, really hope Pauly has a picture of this);
* Swish!;
* a king-high straight flush;
* the smallest roach in the world;
* Rick, who managed to pocket almost $300 in profit in a $100 buy-in dealer's choice game;
* the late night tilting of Ferrari when his AA was cracked by Om's Q2o on a board of 2-5-8-J-Q;

and many other sordid tales. To read all about them, hit the blog of our kind Doctor.