True. Sad, but true.

Joker, your post was fantastical.

i once made the mistake of loaning out more than half my poker bankroll to some degen named chris d.c.

and that if I loaned him any, I'd be accused of "colluding to rathole."

I think I can count on one hand the number of people I would "lend money to". I would imagine everyone of them would know that they could too.

"Once"

That guy was so shiny, if he had gone outside he might have gotten picked up and taken away by a small family of crows! I think he also had some sort of Ed Hardy get up... and flipped his hair everytime he walked by my table. I was hypnotized... now I guess you know why you couldn't find me later that night... I just couldn't resist his charm and all that mention of a Lamborghini!

P.S. I expect a warm welcome for my long awaited and long overdue post!

I went to the Joel McHale show Friday nite (of The Soup). Decent show, some funny stories about his real life interactions with losers who "star" on other E shows.

One of his best lines about Ed Hardy and Affliction shirts, he called them "Douche-Capes".

Who the **** are YOU is it Joyce ARE YOU JOYCE WTF DID YOU HAVE

Trifecta last night. I 2-bet preflop with pocket aces, bad player attempts to isolate me and 3-bets, everybody else clears out, I just call since it's heads up and no reason to give away the strength of my hand just yet. Flop comes T high rainbow, and I check raise. Turn is a King and I check raise again! River is A, and I b/3b. AK no good sir!

Um, not quite the warm welcome I was expecting.. but no, I am not Joyce. I'm not sure who Joyce is... or what she had... but point her out and I'll be glad to go over and ask her what she had... and then come back and tell you.

Wacky if I'm that guy with AK I just cry because 1) he didn't lose any more bets than he should have, 2) you should never be allowed to get dealt aces, and 3) I know I would have to read about it on 2p2

It's apropos that Ed Hardy gear was recently discussed, as I now have a question about it.

Basically, can anyone tell me what the hell Ed Hardy gear is supposed to signify, or what its purpose is? At first, I'd see people on here mention that a particular Villain was wearing Ed Hardy gear, and I'd say "eh, I guess that's just a clothing line, probably an expensive one." Then I started noticing the clothing itself in cardrooms, and nowhere else. Of course, I don't get out much, and I live in the Philly burbs. From what I've seen at the Borg, where the three most well-represented states are PA, NJ, and NY, you can't live in a state like Pennsylvania and wear Ed Hardy gear, as you're not nearly cool enough (this is not to say that I dislike people from NJ and NY, just that those states have the occasional urban douchebag whereas the people that bother me in PA are the occasional backwards rednecks). I also get the sense that if you even use the word "cool" you're not cool enough, as you have yet to transcend the 1990's understanding of whatever it is that makes a particular person so fantastic that the rest of us are just supposed to envy them. After seeing the gear, I read about it and understand that Ed Hardy is a real guy, and that the clothing features his tattoo art. Based on this, perhaps you could just say that wearing the gear "is like wearing a tattoo, and you can put it all over your body without it being permanent or totally attaching yourself to the 'tattoo culture.' " But seriously, it seems like Ed Hardy products are just a more casual version of Louis Vutton products in that the only way you know it's fashionable is because the gear has proclaimed itself as such by having its name emblazoned on the product in huge letters, and because you have to pay a markup of 10 times the ordinary retail price of any similar product without such a name on it. Is wearing it just a way of saying, "I'm young, fashionable, and have money to light on fire. You wish you were me." ? Someone please enlighten me, and if I'm wrong, please disabuse me of my general distaste for these products and the social attitudes that have inspired the line's success.

actually, I believe it's your question that is apropos. but I could be wrong. I also believe you've already answered it.

also, tommy angelo's book has gotten me very good at just quietly mucking hands like PJ's AK A84AQ hand at showdown, even though every once in awhile I have this giant, barely suppressible urge to show everyone at the table how unlucky I am and how much I deserve everyone's sympathy. usually when that happens I can still muck but have to work on the quietly part.

i am young and fashionable and have also been known to basically light money on fire when it comes to clothing... but IMO ed hardy's clothing line is atrocious.... its ugly and looks ridiculous... and when I see people wearing his cloths i think.... boy you look stupid....

but i have been known to make a bad 3 bet for $120 so i can only surmise that the 2 can somewhat be comparable... except for $120 these morons got a Tshirt...

lol who are you?

playlikeagirl -- excellent start to your posting, coming out of 2-year lurkerville, but due to your specificity, now all the Commerce regs like Cardo and Sailboats are screaming like mad for you to reveal your identity right away. I wonder if they're surprised that 2+2 doesn't require screen names to be your exact first and last name, with an avatar that is your actual photo. Perhaps they also run up to Batman when they first meet him and say "come on who are you, take that mask and cape off please."

hah... well i think i figured it out now. Thx for the help PJ

i know ed hardy is by christian audigier. the same guy who made von dutch which also sucked but not quite as outstandingly. if they're someone, ed perhaps, else's tattoo designs, that is news to me. vegas has got to be hardy capitol, usa.

i just made very spicy lamb and potato indian curry. secret ingredient is peanut butter.

What part of "douche-cape" did you not understand?

LOL, fair enough. I was thinking maybe something more needed to be said, but I suppose not.

The Wikipedia article said that Ed Hardy is a tattoo artist who licensed his designs to Audigier to be made into a clothing line. And LOL about outstandingly sucking.

Obv. you should ask him in he won the braclet at the WSOP.

I don't get it. I raise some crap featuring the Kh in the CO and the BB calls. He is ******ed but not super ******ed. Flop comes 1082 all hearts. He c/c the flop and donsk the 9x on the turn and ends up winning with black 93o. Fair enough. Quite standard.

A orbit or two later, I raise some crap in the CO. He thinks and open folds the A10o. Whatttt?

Bring some manana!