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	<title>Why Do I Play Poker? &#187; Home Game</title>
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	<description>Getting Better. Even if it means reading a book.</description>
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		<title>Poker Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In elementary school I got beat up everyday by Jarett Moore. We were about the same size, but for some reason when he picked on me, I wouldn’t fight back.
Thirty years later the sense of shame for never fighting back is still palpable. Actually, it’s embarrassing and haunting. The only comfort I have in these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes I need a break from Dockers and fat free salad dressing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man can not be sustained on good, wholesome family life alone.  Or, at least, I can’t.  On a regular basis I like to head to my local casino, Hollywood Park.  It’s not just for the poker either. The place is a real melting pot and I get to rub elbows with people from walks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker is a dream maker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in your life, you have to let go of some of your childhood dreams.  Still 5 foot 3? You can put your NBA dreams to rest. Still playing pony league in your 20s? Probably won’t go to the MLB. Fail your medical boards for the 5th time? Surgery career out the door. Don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Host Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally get an invite to the home game I’ve been subtlety lobbying to get into.
This is a group of the cool dad’s from my son’s pre-school. I casually let them know I play poker, and then patiently wait to be invited into the inner circle. It’s like dodgeball in elementary school.  I desperately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin Ballroom or Pass the Trash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been married for 10 years, have 2 kids and almost no time to myself.  If you count my internet porn babes as company, then I do in fact have no time to myself.  When I get a call to join a neighbor’s home game on a random Wednesday night, I think to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s a little uncomfortable, but I definitely like it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes.  It’s a golden horsehoe up my ass joke.  It was that good of a night. It was the night of nights.  The kind of night that can make you forget bad beats happen to you. Ever.
This was the type of night that can make a poker junkie for life. I could chase this dragon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Am I here to make friends, or money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[flush]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was eager to accept when I received an invite to my neighbor’s home game. The last few months have been all about changing diapers and feeding formula to my 6 month old at all hours of the night,  I need a night out. The buy-in is $60 and I figure a night of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucking Stanley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“C’mon Stanley, show your hand! You bet, I called, you show.” There’s a big sigh.  A shrug.  Another sigh. A very long pause.  “C’mon is my straight good?” I ask impatiently.   Stanley gives yet another sigh and turns over the nuts.
He’s slow rolling again.
“Oh, that’s slowrolling?” He asks coyly.  “I’m sorry, Dude.”   Yeah, [...]]]></description>
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