I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

[peterbirks]

An odd evening last night. I played a short amount of 3/6 on Party, but even there the games seem unremittingly tight in my early evening. So I quite, nine dollars up, (even that feels good on Party at the moment!) and got round to tidying up the front room, putting the dining room table back where it should be, but where it hasn't been, for a year or so. Made a chilli con carne. Hoovered! Did all those things ordinary people do who don't play online poker.

Then I relaxed in the front room and fired up the laptop. Went to Ultimate. Shock! no 25c-50c game! So I sat down in the 10c-25c, and then got the bright idea of starting my own 25c-50c game. That gets you 25% more UB points.

We thus had the farce of me playing short-handed omaha, at which I have no clue, against people whom I quickly realized were even more clueless than me. $30 in profit before the game filled up, and another $20 ground out over the next 90 minutes, without any spectacular pots or spectacular hands. Very pleasing.

Comments

Comparative advantage

[simong-uk.livejournal.com]

Pete,
I wrote a Gutshot article a while back about hoovering and the like:

http://www.gutshot.com/articles/192.html

You should have stayed online another couple of hours and won a bit more to pay for mrs mop and a takeaway con carne from the local restaurant.

Unless you particularly like putting that pinny on???

Re: Comparative advantage

[peterbirks.livejournal.com]

Yes, I read this piece, Simon. It has a bit of the Adam Smith about it. More efficient? Undoubtedly. A better way to live one's life? I suspect not. The problem with division of labour is that you end up with a society where absolutely no-one has any common ground. The Thatcher dream comes true. There would be no such thing as society.

So, no, I don't particularly enjoy hoovering. But (as you can see from the fact I mentioned it), there is a slight sense of achievement when I actually get it done! It's also physical exercise (of a sort) and fulfils the "caring for the nest" syndrome. I don't much like ironing, either, but how else am I going to get to watch TV, or play in rubbish tournaments where the hourly rate doesn't merit any concentration whatsoever?

You should try it, Simon. It's food for the soul.

Re: Comparative advantage

[simong-uk.livejournal.com]

I certainly didn't set out to re-write An Enquiry into the Wealth of Nations or whatever it was Smith got up to!
I'm also not sure what my soul needs either -but I'm willing to make a pretty big bet it's not hoovering or ironing!!!

BTW - I have just been sent another $100/night offer from the venetian, probably valid for around the time you are going. Is this of interest to you?

Re: The Venetian

[peterbirks.livejournal.com]

Yes, please send. I will have become the first person ever to go from the upper class reception lounge to the entrance hall of the Boardwalk. That's for the week 4th to 10th (expensive week - Rodeo time I think). So what about 11th to 15th or something like that?

Details welcome.

Pete

My general point on the poker thing was really that I guess that I could pay someone to do all the things which I don't like doing/am no good at, but I get more pleasure out of looking at my carefully stripped and sanded and varnished doors because I know that it was me wot done it. I think that playing 100 hours a month is quite enough, so looking for ways to play more might be unwise. Hoovering and ironing are good excuses for me to get up from the table.

PJ