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Correction

Correction

Wow, do I feel stupid. In the interest of my integrity, I must confess a mistake and set the record straight. In my posting regarding my first year as a poker player, I said:

While I have run the bankroll up into five figures, I keep it in the game in hopes of moving up levels.

This is wrong. The correct version should read (emphasis mine):

While I have run the bankroll up into four figures, I keep it in the game in hopes of moving up levels.

Original posting has been corrected. Thanks Maudie for pointing it out even though she didn’t mean to. You have no idea how many times I went over that trying to make sure everything was right and sounded coherent and I still missed that. Sorry, I feel really stupid. Any blogger who has played with me probably even wonders how I did that well :)

I also neglected to mention Penguin. We’ve had many a great conversation, but he disappeared for a while, but now is back. It was one of those “out of sight, out of mind” things. Sorry, and I look forward to many more conversations.

Poker

With the exception of a drunken night playing 50/1 a couple weeks ago, I seem to have terrible luck playing with other bloggers. Tuesday night I sat at a Crypto 1/2 table to clear the William Hill monthly bonus and I see a familiar name, or at least I thought it was. Yep, I get an IM later from Sean saying that was indeed him sitting 4 seats over. I’m sure he enjoyed watching me piss away something like 15BB. I lost track, but I at least hope he got some of it.

I played in a Stars SNG tonight to get a feel for the tourney structure and such in preparation for Thursday’s Iggy tourney. The good news is that I got second, which was pretty good. I was short stacked most of the time (gee, that’s a shock), but fought my way back and busted two people along the way. Heads up (I was outchipped 2:1) my AK lost to K9. Well, that’s poker.

See ya Thursday night!

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8 Responses to “Correction”

  1. Leroy says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 5:45 am

    Even so, it’s still a respectable accomplishment!

  2. Chris Halverson says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 5:47 am

    Hehe, ya, thanks. I just figured since I made a big deal about my trials and tribulations that I should make the correction.

    Thanks.

  3. Leroy says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 5:51 am

    or win yourself into the 5 figures really fast and pretend it was never any different! :)

  4. Maudie says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 7:10 am

    4 figures is still impressive - I’ve yet to see it - lol. Keep up the good work, Mr. H!

  5. SirFWALGMan says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 9:15 am

    See ya tonight Chris! If I last that long. Damn NL! Winning Poker on Empire/Party is an accomplishment in itself! Keep up the good work.

  6. Drac says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 11:50 am

    I was a little nervous about having you back in our game when I read that 5 figure comment. You a hustler, Halverson?

  7. Chris Halverson says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 11:54 am

    Drac: Haha, ya, I decided to snow job you guys by having the most rebuys across a two tourney setting. I’m just setting it up for the 30th when I’m going to take Al’s car as payment at the end of the game. I’ll sell it and then have my 5 figures :)

  8. glyphic says:
    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 1:02 pm

    Yeah, when I read that “5 figure” bit, I thought, “Man, Halverson’s got crazy expectations.” I also thought, “Man, Halverson must have a HUGE hand history.”

    But four figures is still way more than what I’ve made. Call me tilty and slap me silly.

    Hey, people, I’m dead money anyway, but if we can get another 18 signups for the Pokerstars tourney, more people get paid! Sign up now.

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