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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&#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>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. Â Or, at least, I can&#8217;t. Â On a regular basis I like to head to my local casino, Hollywood Park. Â It&#8217;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.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>It&#8217;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. Â It&#8217;s a golden horsehoe up my ass joke. Â It was that good of a night. It was the night of nights. Â 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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		<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>Fucking Stanley</title>
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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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