BY THE WAY
Mrs. Otis works for the KGB. Don't tell anyone you read it here, but tell everyone you heard it.
For strange play online, there's Tom Bayes' Weird Poker Festival, with a portal on a LiveJournal Blog to games that will be organized in other venues. Bayes thinks there are enough online gamblers to warrant a walk on the wild side, with poker variants that are little-known. HORSE, anyone?
Chris aka PokerGeek writes his hopefully-titled Chicks Dig Poker Geeks as a personal blog-cum-poker commentary. He captures a chat "7 hours before the first hand is dealt."
[14:48] Geek: i haven't lost yet this week...
[14:48] Rini: Well, then you're due to get your ass handed to you...
[14:48] Geek: i refuse to bow to variance...
[14:50] Rini: Varience doesn't ask that you bow to it. It just walks right up and kicks you in the balls. Then i[t] pisses on [you] while you lay there hunched over in pain.
[14:51] Geek: The first variance swing that tries to sneak up on me is getting shanked...
Giant poker table, courtesy Damn Funny Pictures.For readers who want serious poker chat, I recommend Ante Up!, where Tampa Bay Times editor Christopher Cosenza and "Bet On It" columnist Scott Long "discuss the finer points of poker and give advice on how to better your game." These guys definitely have the lingo down hard:
[Costanza] ...UTG bets something small like $300. We both call. The river is a Q! I got a boat and will be either chip leader or close. I bet $1,000 and the guy UTG folds. The other guy pushes me all-in, and remember, he called a $400 bet cold earlier and then called my reraise to $1,000. At this point I have to wonder if he's got KK or AA but I'm totally pot committed. I call. He turns over 2-5!!! He called $1,000 in chips with 2-5, when all he had was like $4,000 to start the hand!!
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