Laak beats computer. World rests.
It was a hard-fought game, but man just edged it over machine in what was billed as the "First Man-Machine Poker Championship." Phil Laak, also known as the Unabomber, and Ali Eslani battled it out against Polaris, a software program, for a purse of $50,000. Click for a closer view all the details.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not-strip/unabomber-beats-polaris-in-worlds-first-man-v-machine-poker-game-282676.php
Poker Source Online
one year later...
So, one year later I check back into the poker blogging community. It's a shame that I've take this long off, and now that poker in the US is a bit more difficult (online at least), I can't say that I'll have tons to post about. In any case....
Poker Source Online
Casino Bonus fun - Free $200 to wager with at 888.com
I found out about this on the
PSO forums a few minutes ago, and is working like a charm.
888.com aka
Casino-on-Net is offering a 100% signup bonus up to $200 that will immediately be deposited into your account.
Sign up
here (even if you've had a pacific poker account, you can still do this).
Click on the banner for 100% up to $200
Deposit $200
Play ONE hand of blackjack for $1
Withdraw you $199 back to your credit card or Neteller account.
Wait 5-7 days to make sure that your Neteller deposit has cleared.
Log back into
888.com and you'll have $200 in your account.
Now, the caveat is that you CANNOT withdraw that $200 until you've wagered 20x or 50x (depending on how you deposit money) of that bonus....
BUT
You can withdraw any amount you win over $200.
So if you wager $50 on blackjack, and win.... You can withdraw that $50 into Neteller and still have the $200 left in your account to wager with.
If you want to read up about it, check out this post at PSO : http://www.pokersourceonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17745&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I'd appreciate you signing up
through me should you do so.
Thanks and good luck!
Junk Snail Mail
So I've been getting a lot of junk mail at work these days, and have decided to fight back a bit.
Yesterday, I got 5 credit card offers from the same company, all addressed to different people. So I took each offer, shredded the application, and stuffed the shredded application back into the "return envelope". It wasn't pretty as there was tons of shreds hanging out of the envelope, but the great thing is that the credit card company has to pay for these letters because they have pre-authorized it with the return envelope.
The great thing is that they'll have no clue who it's coming from.
I hate all junk mail, but via the internet and the post office.
