Chris Halverson’s Blog

That’s right, and don’t forget it… (Thanks to Easycure)

Due to my company deciding to do a software audit, and due to the fact that I don’t feel the need to play at 12 different poker sites per month, I went about cashing out and uninstalling sites. Holy cow, I had a lot of sites installed on this here work computer. Of course, they’re only worried about things like Microsoft licenses and such and don’t really care about “free” software (my company is pretty flexible in the sense that it really is basically my computer to install what I want or need).

See, despite being a Professional Poker Player (TM) and being able to afford my own laptop, I use my work laptop to play poker on because I’m cheap like that. I bring it home every night under the auspices that I could work from home if needed. Of course, I think I last did actual work at home back in July or so, but that’s beside the point. Plus, I’m a developer so I got them to get me a super juicy one (you need more memory and the 1900×1200 display to do Java development, right?). I thought I had got the better video card, but evidently they only got me the 32MB one which makes playing some things more difficult.

Anyway, I figured having money stashed around at sites I’m not playing at is just, well, kind of dumb. I may was well bring it all back and store it in an offshore site that offers me no protection, right?

Of course, half of those sites are Crypto sites, which means using your PIN to cash out. All was fine until I got to Interpoker. Uh oh. No PIN. Well, I had one recorded, but the number “99999″ should have been a tipoff that it was just a placeholder in my passwords file. Therefore the healthy balance I have sitting there will be there for a couple more weeks until some guy in Gibraltar sends it to me. Joy!

I’m not cashing out to my bank yet. You never know, I may get the urge to play a lot again and may need a roll. I’ll keep money at Stars, Party and a bit at Full Tilt, but everything else is cashed out. Having it all in Neteller gives me a lot of flexibility, so I’ll just keep it there until I figure out what I really want to do with it. All I know is that unless I go on a SirWaffle-esque spree or unless there’s a mutiny in Gibraltar or Malta or wherever, that it will still be there when I need it. If I bring it “home”, lord only knows what stupid things I’d do with it

My sub-menu of poker sites is now remarkably short. Kind of strange. It’s like giving up old friends in a way. Of course, some of them, say any Crypto site, are like the lazy friend who comes over, crashes on your couch, drinks your beer, eats your food and generally takes up space while raising your stress level the whole time. Then again, maybe they won’t be missed…

Oh, I’ve watched a couple episodes of Full Tilt’s Learn From the Pros. I’ll give it a review in a bit. Short version: Pretty good with the exception of having Chris Rose.

Phrase of the day: Skol Vikings!!!

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