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	<title>Why Do I Play Poker? &#187; Why Do I Play Poker?</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&#8217;t fight back.
Thirty years later the sense of shame for never fighting back is still palpable. Actually, it&#8217;s embarrassing and haunting. The only comfort I have in these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gung Ho or Don&#8217;t Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t have ambivalence when you play poker.  You are either gungho rock out with your cock out, or don&#8217;t play. Poker players sense weakness.  If you display any softness, they WILL eat your balls. Trust me, it hurts.
Sometimes my family schedule opens up on a night when I am completely tired. It [...]]]></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.Â Â Still 5 foot 3? You can put your NBA dreams to rest. Still playing pony league in your 20s? Probably won&#8217;t go to the MLB. Fail your medical boards for the 5th time? Surgery career out the door. Don&#8217;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&#8217;ve been subtlety lobbying to get into.
This is a group of the cool dad&#8217;s from my son&#8217;s pre-school. I casually let them know I play poker, and then patiently wait to be invited into the inner circle. It&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s home game on a random Wednesday night, I think to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replay Hand &#8211; Curse and Blessing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Man, you should play online. If you don&#8217;t play like a dick, you can win some cash. I turned $50 into $1500.&#8221; This is my uncle talking. He&#8217;s a retired hippy from the 60s. Now he&#8217;s a tattooed poker player who tells everyone at the casino that his nephew, that&#8217;s me, likes to pack fudge. [...]]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[I was eager to accept when I received an invite to my neighbor&#8217;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>It&#8217;s Christmastime All Year Long</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple times a month, I make it to the Bicycle, Commerce or Hollywood Park casino. Okay, it&#8217;s once a week. Sometimes twice. But I wish it were more. On those days, there is a little extra skip in my step. Â I smile a bit wider.Â Of course, the day couldn&#8217;t go any slower. When 7:30pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win big tonight, Honey!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those words are the kiss of death to me. Â I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever heard them and actually won.
The part that sucks the most is my wife is so earnest when she says them. Â She&#8217;s actually rooting for me. Â She wants me to win. Yet, that&#8217;s all it takes for me to know I&#8217;m fucked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucking Stanley</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/fucking-stanley-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;C&#8217;mon Stanley, show your hand! You bet, I called, you show.&#8221; There&#8217;s a big sigh. Â A shrug. Â Another sigh. A very long pause. Â &#8221;C&#8217;mon is my straight good?&#8221; I ask impatiently. Â  Stanley gives yet another sigh and turns over the nuts.
He&#8217;s slow rolling again.
&#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s slowrolling?&#8221; He asks coyly. Â &#8221;I&#8217;m sorry, Dude.&#8221; Â  Yeah, [...]]]></description>
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