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            <title>Ka-ching!</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sitting down in seat four, I decided to wait until the button passed so that gave me time to size up the player. It was a typical crowd for a $3/$6 limit table on a Saturday night and included retirees, blue collar workers and while collar workers and college students. It also included a guy who seemed like he was homeless, what with his smell and the condition of his clothes. But he had chips and I only noticed the odor when I passed him. Now that I was at the other side of the table it wasn't a big deal, but I did feel sorry for the people that were a little closer to him.&nbsp; There weren't any particularly big or small stacks, so that suggested that there wasn't too much craziness.&nbsp; Or maybe it was a new table and people hadn't diverged yet.<br />]]></description>
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            <title>Change tables or go home...</title>
            <description>In my previous posts you&apos;ve seen me put some thought into the hands and the descriptions, but it isn&apos;t always like that. Sometimes I get home and can&apos;t be bothered with things like adverbs, adjectives and even complete sentences, but instead just copy my notes over from my phone. This is one of those times. </description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>One word: Ugh.</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This night wasn't very much fun for a variety of reason. First of all, the cards weren't great. Even the ones I threw away wouldn't have made for a winning hand after looking at the board. I also had a couple yahoos at my table that felt compelled to talk about everything, including the board and the cards in their hand. Other little things didn't help either: the fellows on both sides of me insisted on having trays of food next to them which crowded the table, people would leave the table for a fairly long time and would have to be called back...but maybe I'm just trying to come up with excuses for why I lost nearly $150, when in fact I lost money because I was off. Of course I should have considered a table change but the part of me was thinking that a good poker player should be able to overcome these obstacles and this was good practice. But since I was playing at a casino with dozens of tables nearby, there was no reason why I shouldn't have tried to find a table that was less irritating to my psyche. After all, I'm here to have fun and bring home a little extra money.<br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Jason Kastner Poker Biography</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jason Kastner lives in Pasadena California and has been seriously playing poker at card rooms and casinos, <a href="http://www.getminted.com/">online casinos</a>, and in home games for over a decade. A skilled amateur in Texas Hold'em, he also plays some Omaha and HORSE just to mix it up. He holds a doctorate in applied mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, but thinks that his (usually) rational behavior and his observational abilities are what really keep his bankroll positive.<br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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