Anastasia in Poker

WSOP 2006

Anastasia — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:10:18 +0000

As you all know, WSOP 2006 is about to start any minute and I am intended to follow it quite closely this year. I’ve been waiting for it for the past 3 weeks, reading the rules, schedules and a couple of behind the scenes interviews.

As it goes, a watched pot never boils, and I was really watching my pot. However, once an event you’ve been waiting for starts there’s practically no way to hold it back. It gains speed and you hardly even notice it till it’s all gone.

I did not want that to happen to me while I was waiting for WSOP. That is exactly my brand new countdown counter is for. Installed a couple of days ago, it used to show how many days, hours and even minutes are left till the WSOP. Now the counter is showing the time of the next event and how many days are left the main event.

Actually, I am even hoping to get a free DVD with 2005 WSOP recorded if this blog returns visitors to the authors of the counter… I hope I can still win it.

The Smiley

Anastasia — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:20:12 +0000

Hurray! I am back… It’s been quite a while and a busy time, but now I am again ready to blog and share what is hot and what is not around me.
I decided to devote this post to my favourite Smiley face as I just managed to find out the exact date when it was used for the first time - 19th September 1982. Isn’t that amazing?
The funny part, however, is that in Japan they use their own version of smilies which are really cute, something like ^-^. Looks very Japanese to me

Poker and Life

Anastasia — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:34:05 +0000

At the moment I’m not sure what is more complicated - Poker or Life?
One part of me screams - are you stupid? of course life!
Another part of me has doubts.
This month I played online texas holdem almost in all poker rooms I found. Some of them I liked, some of them seemed to me not interesting. The point is that more I play more I understand that I know nothing about poker.
There are a lot of books about this game, a lot of movies, etc. And I really respect people who know at least half of all theory.

Spring is in the air

Anastasia — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:19:48 +0000

Today is the first day of spring!
Finally the calendar winter is gone and now we just have to wait untill weather will realise that it’s spring allready and it’s time to be worm.
Birds are singing, snow is melting and mood becomes better

Poker beginner

Anastasia — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:56:42 +0000

Few days ago I finally(!!!) went out to play some poker (offline one)!
It was usual NL Texas Holdem. But one thing was really unusual - first time in my life I saw an offline fish. He was sitting with his “supersystem2″ at the table, and I was waiting the whole evening when he will put his glases on and start to have consultation with it. What was really funny - he was dealing exactly like tagged fish in PokerRoom!

Page Rank update.

Anastasia — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:18:09 +0000

Well low activity of webmasters is ending - it’s PR update coming. Actually it lasts allready for a few days, but anyway, finally it began!
I’ve been waiting for it from the end of January, and, as a matter of fact, not only me.
All of us already get used to see different PageRank numbers on different datacenters, but now it really changes! Before today there were only old PR numbers and PR zero for new sites. Today it looks like new PR can be seen for young sites. For example, anastasia-in-poker.com is going to be PR4 which makes me happy

Happy Valentines Day!

Anastasia — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:12:23 +0000

Happy Valentines Day everyone!
I love this day for it’s atmosphere, for valentine cards online and offline, for flowers, even for new viruses =)

Waiting for Page Rank update

Anastasia — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:54:16 +0000

SEO activity is allmost frozen, a lot of webmasters do not exchange links at the moment. They are waiting for Page Rank update.
A lot of deals are suspended, and it feels like you are waiting for a flight but it’s delayed and it’s annoying you.

Poker experiment

Anastasia — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:10:34 +0000

The idea behind this whole thing is that someone starting from scratch will be coached into becoming a winning poker player. This person will be instructed real-time, and anyone can monitor his progress. To me, sounds great.

Online Poker Experiment

Gambling Law - Legal Gambling

Anastasia — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:49:25 +0000

In general, gambling is illegal in most states. There are varying levels and degrees to which it is illegal, and of course many states will have exceptions to the law. In short though, gambling is not something that most state governments take a favorable view on. With that said, lets take a look at some of the accepted, exempt, forms of gambling that exist in most states.

For most folks who live in the Untied States, the following forms of gambling are either legal in their state or the laws against them are not aggressively enforced:
• Social gambling (home games)
• Lotteries
• Charitable raffles
• Bingo
• Betting on horse or dog races

Some of the key factors in determining whether a form of gambling is legal or not is based issues such as:
• Is the game one of skill or chance? Games of skill will generally be given more leniency than games of chance.
• Are all gamblers on equal footing? If there are no house odds and no house income, the gambling is more likely to be legal.
• How high are the stakes? Penny-ante games are going to be more likely to be legal than $100,000 stakes.
• Where does the gambling take place? Gambling in your own private home will be more likely to be legal than gambling in a public place like a lodge or VFW hall.

Most states, whether gambling is legal or not, will stubbornly adhere to the rule that gamblers must be 21 or over.