http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/ QuietLion's poker blog Thu, 28 May 2009 04:01:43 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/402 I'll be tweeting as quietlion. My first event will likely be the $10k mixed tournament on June 4. -- Posted By Richard to Lion Tales at 5/27/2009 09:00:00 PM Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:22:54 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/401 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/401 They say you can tell a Chinese restaurant is good if there are Chinese people eating there. Me, I thought the Michelin star hanging on the wall at Wing Lei Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:14:43 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/400 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/400 Last time I flew to the City was Sept. 21, 2001 – ten days after 911. But since I was flying east anyway for the wedding of Matt “HOSS_TBF” Hawrilenko in Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:46:24 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/399 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/399 I had images of scientists rushing Einstein's dying brain to freezer storage, saving his wisdom for future generations who, they hoped, would have the Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:36:51 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/398 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/398 People keep asking why I came to Vegas. The World Series combines so many things I hate: slow, boring games; bad food; long hours; and losing six out of seven Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:50 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/397 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/397 The only way to beat Vegas is to hit and run. That’s why I never moved here. If you spend too much time in Sin City it grinds you down, wears you out, and Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:30:29 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/396 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/396 After chipping up my starting 10k to 17,000, I busted out of the $5000 mixed Hold 'Em event shorly after the dinner break. Sandwiched between Ted Forrest and Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:47:32 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/395 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/395 Although I've been playing far fewer poker tournaments than in the past, having decided they interfere too much with dinner, I'm now in Vegas to play a few Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:51:47 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/394 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/394 My friends are often surprised when I tell them my #1 political issue is repealing (drug) prohibition. Since they know I don't do anything stronger than Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:06:51 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/393 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/393 80% Mike Gravel78% Dennis Kucinich73% Barack Obama71% Chris Dodd69% Bill Richardson68% Hillary Clinton68% John Edwards66% Joe Biden40% Ron Paul40% Rudy Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:21:21 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/392 Once the Harrah's bigwigs finally figured out I wasn't some kind of criminal mastermind I was free to play at the 2007 World Series of Poker and even get a Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:38:03 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/391 I just finished my seventh event of the 2007 WSOP, the $3000 limit Hold 'Em. I made the money but then ran out of luck and cashed in 21st place for $7761. At Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:50:34 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/390 I played my first event since Harrah's lifted the ban, the $5000 Limit Hold 'Em championship. Despite having Andrew Prock on my left and Ted "I have a Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:58:36 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/389 Thanks to the quiet diplomacy of WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and to many of my fellow poker players vouching for my character, Harrah’s has decided to Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:26:28 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales/message/388 In an overreaction of thermonuclear proportions to my recent good luck, Harrah’s has barred me from playing in the World Series of Poker, and in fact from