I was raised by a father who played semi professionally, meaning he won a lot more than he lost and played on a regular basis throughout most of my childhood. Dad's biggest push was a holistic approach to the game. It wasn't about the hole cards. It was more than the flop. It was the statistics and all the possible futures which could be achieved by the next turn of the card. He called it the big picture and in many ways, it is something that I do not do when I play poker but I do utilize in the...

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I am using this to vent, bitch, moan and complain. I love my job- working as the lead assistant the department chair as well as with various department of safety and federal agencies. For the past few weeks, we have been identifying victims of dehydration in the Central Texas landscape. Most of them are undocumented immigrants but occasionally we find a hiker. I came here to give families closure. I want to do something to make the world a better place. Now I just want to rage.

Yesterday,...

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I've been thinking about starting my own blog. I have a journal that I have to write in (actually two) for my dissertation. One thing that we are taught as candidates for our PhD is that we must record and analyze everything in a holistic method. Our other journal is to reflect our personal responses to our work.

I think I want to make this my personal and professional journey as a poker player. Even though I have been playing for the majority of my life, there is still so much to...

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