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Originally Posted by joe_seboks_luck
I was reading rec.gambling.poker when this place was first established. I kind of ignored 2+2 for a long time, because it seemed like an attempt to moderate the conversation, and at that time, I was just enjoying the conversation as it was unmoderated -- what with Russ G. accusing everyone and his wife of cheating, and Kid Poker (still a kid at the time) getting drunk and tearing a strip off everyone and his wife.
At some point though, Usenet just became unusable and I came over here, genuinely grateful for the moderation. When I initially arrived, the place seemed to be dominated by those Eastern Europeans -- one of them had a daughter who was flirting with Sklansky, another had been banned because he was arguing with Sklansky over theory. There was some discussion about them starting a bot ring in some god-forsaken place -- but the names and the name of the place all escape me for the moment -- Alzheimers setting in, obviously.
But I really got addicted to the place duting the Brandi Hawbaker/Colonel Tom/Newhizzle debacle. After that kicked off I couldn't drag myself away.
Ha, I had a similar experience except for the Eastern Europeans, flirting with Sklansky, etc, I missed that stuff unfortunately
Wish there was a way to pull up all those old posts from rec.poker, it would be a fascinating reread
