The SBP Archives - Your less than frequent dose of SBP!

The ol SBP is inspiring others to do their own blogs and of course, they asked me to spread the word so here they are:

www.johnnyproxy.blogspot.com

John tells us: "I'm angry, generally"

And Nirmala, fresh from her new life as a, uh, non-lead singer of a music group, has joined blogger as well:

www.missimperial.blogspot.com

If you have extra minutes you need to kill while at work, blogs are a great place to do it.

Other thoughts: My co-worker friend Derek almost won a seat at the World Poker Tour being held in Niagara Falls at the end of this month. I would have attended this freeroll tournament held by Labatt's over at Liam Maguire's this past Saturday, but like an idiot I completely forgot. There were two rounds of 48 people each, and Derek was heads up in the final round against the eventual winner. They were very close in stack size, so it was anyone's game. Derek was dealt 9-7 offsuit and called the big blind, who checked. The flop was 9-8-3. The big blind decided to go all-in and Derek immediately called with his top pair and was pleased to see the player was holding only 10-3. But, since it's poker, the turn was a 10 giving him two pair, and to rub salt in the wound, another 10 hit the river to make a boat and Derek was done. He was so close...and now all he has is a visor, a t-shirt and some cheesy hand-held game for his efforts. A bad beat to remember for a lifetime...