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It was just a joke!

Yesterday Evan told a joke at my expense, that had me dying laughing.  Dead panned and straight faced, he said "My mom is so nice, she'd give you the hair off her back."  LOL Sure I'm Italian, and if it weren't for hot wax, I'd be sporting a unibrow, but I DO NOT HAVE BACK HAIR.  It was just a funny...and I took it that way. But um.....my little joke about Lightning last week....the one where I posted a pic of a weirdo and said it was a picture of him.....I think I offended him.  It was only a joke and I am officially sorry. Someone EVIL whispered in my ear and said "I dare you to post this pic and say it's Lightbulb". I am not the type of person to turn down a dare.....so I did it.  And boy am I sorry I did.  Because of this Lightning resumed his "Josie Free Zone" on his blog...which means my comments are chucked...which also means I keep commenting and commenting wondering when I'll be allowed back in.  So mean!  I'

In case you didn't know....

I've got looks, confidence, and a seductive gaze that hides a cynical soul and a killer instinct. I am cold and unfeeling, emotionally-calloused, angry and vulnerable, and my wicked cruel streak is unforgettable. I am a hard-hearted opportunist who resorts to extreme measures to get my piece of the action. I can come-on like the fragile damsel in distress, but under my pretty "little Miss Innocent" act lurks a soulless siren. Or, I can come-on like a kitten, cuddling and toying with my prey before drawing blood; but behind my kittenish purr growls a man-eating lioness. I am no mere bad woman. Anyone can be bad. I am wickedness as high art, beauty carved out of arsenic. I'm a devil in stilettos and a skirt, a siren that uses sex to lure men to their doom. I have larceny in my heart, murder in my soul and a fortune in my eye. You've been warned. Josie Thank You Sassy, for letting me borrow a marvelous bit of prose.

What do I like almost as much as Poker?

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Jewelry! You will never evah see me without earrings and a necklace. I could post some pictures of me with big jewelry but I'm sure you've seen some of them before.  Besides, this post isn't about me. (I know, I know, I'm usually like "All eyes on Josie") Anyway back to jewelry and how I got a bunch of free necklaces........Yay me! I've been reading  I CAN'T HELP IT, IT'S JUST ME , a blog written by Tara.  She's a great writer and tells it like it is.  I like that in a person.  Anyway, she makes beaded jewelry and she wrote that if you told her something funny she'd send you a free necklace because she was trying to get rid of inventory to make room for new stuff. AWE. SOME. I sent her a story about Vegas baby!  Heh. And look at what she sent me! Pretty!  Wheee! Can you believe she sent me 6 frigging necklaces!  I <3 Tara.  Yes, I know there are only 5 shown here.  That's because I gave one to the receptionist in work

Lightning36......

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I just realized that I had another photo of Lightning from the WPBT that I forgot to post.  See below and please enjoy! Lightning baby! Isn't it a spitting image? I'm leaving work early for the next WBCOOP event.  I am tied for 5th place on the leader board and Mama wants to move up.  Unfortunately it's like 8 different games.. Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Limit HE Limit O8 Razz (my specialty) Limit Stud Limit Stud 8 NLHE (where I'll get my chips) PLO (where I frigging rocked) Seriously the weak links are Razz and 2-7 Triple D.  I've never even heard of the latter!  Do any of you play this game?  Imma gonna Google it and then win.  :) Wish me luck!  Lightning, I assume you'll be railing me?  Or would you rather I publish more pics of you?  lol Play smart. Josie

Another Facet

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All I've been posting about lately is poker, poker, poker.  Funny enough, I have a few readers that aren't interested in poker, yet they read my blog!  I shake my head in disbelief at the thought, but this post is for you, non-pokery reader...although it ends with poker baby, cuz it's all about poker. I'm also a bit artistic.  No....not like really artistic......more like crafty.  Anyway I have a few pics of my "art".  Wanna see?  Full Disclosure:  NO it's not real art , but it's all been made by the two little hands typing these words, so there's that .  A couple of months ago I had 2 players at the poker table that hardly ever play.  Maybe once a year.  Anyway, on this particular night the following factors were in place which resulted in art. 1.  Both people that never play were here on the same night. 2.  Sugar Bear has these bendy sticks that are moldable and adhere to anything called bendaroos. 3.  I was showing the bendaroos to

Which do you want first?

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The good news or the bad news? Let's start with the bad news.  I was out of WCOOP PLO8 Event #3 in approximately 6 minutes. First hand I played I hit a boat with no low on the board. 2 others jammed all in and I called.  One had a bigger boat and I was out. And then I remembered The Mookie.  I logged onto Full Tilt and I was in time for late registration.  Fun game...19 peeps.  I had Lightning, Wolfie, Joanne, Buddy and Miami Don at my table to name a few. Miami Don................... He seems to think that I get better cards than him!  He said that if he got my cards, he could win a WSP bracelet!  Just cuz i got AA and KK and QQ a few times.  I was playing with my ninja-like poker skills and knocked Miami Don out. :) And Gary out. :) Shelly was the bubble.  I don't remember if it was me that took her out, but I hope not!  Didn't realize who she was until afterwards.  Darn it! Down to 3.  I double up off of Fred (twoblackaces) when I raise with KQ and he jam

WCOOP Event #3 = HELLLLLLLLP!

 Tonight's event is a PLO8 event, which is a high low thingy.  A thingy I do not play. HELP! I am looking for tips, tricks or just plain ole guidelines on how to play hi/low limit omaha.  Anything you can provide would be greatly appreciated.  I'm assuming I should be playing hands that have both a high and a low possibility, right?  That's about all I know. But don't get me wrong, I'm not clueless about "low" games.  You may not have heard, but I once won a big razz game in Vegas.  My rule of thumb for that one was "keep calling and keep drinking".  Um, that strategy may not always work. :) Play smart. Josie

WBCOOP Event #2 a/k/a Thank God It's Holdem LIVE BLOGGING

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3 hours into event #2.  I have about 18k in chips and around 36th place out of 155.  153 are itm. I'll keep live updating every 20-30 minutes when something exciting happens. Thus far I had Bastin and Lightning at my table.  Alot of fun to play with some friendly faces.  Until I knocked one of the friendly faces out.  Sorry Bastin baby!!!!  Light was card dead and left the tourney  not too much later when he shoved with 8-7.  Ace rag called him.  I told you ace rag sux! While playing this event I was also playing spewday and replaced Heffmike as first loser.  Yep, I came in 2nd place.  My own damn fault.  I was playing against A DOG that kept raising my bb.  5th time in a row that he did it I shoved and he had a hand.  An ace high hand.  Bu-bye VJ.  Meh...small potatoes. I need to win this WBCOOP tourney.  Kinda liking my table....I will keep you updated. Oh and I'm having a martini.  :) 10:15ISH - I get AA and shortie before me jams all in.  I just call hoping to get

WBCOOP - BOOM

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Mama's on fire! I came in 3rd place in the first event of the WBCOOP!  Woot!  And get this.....it was PLO!  Waffles, thanks for teaching me the game.  I get it now! I got 3rd place! Getting third kinda sucked.  Check out the hand I bet the tourney on: I thought it was a beauty of a hand.  Preflop anyway. AKKQ double suited.  Nice right?  Poker Gods gave the villian quad 6s though.  Fucker.  Still.....I'm very proud of how this tournament was played.  Amazing playing for hours on end.  Trust me on this one. Can't wait for the next event.  It's holdem! Play smart. Josie

Did someone say POKER?

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I played alot of poker this weekend.  It didn't seem like alot at the time but I played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Es mucho, no? Let's start with Friday night.  Friday I was in the mood to play a big tourney.  Truth be told I was in the mood to WIN a big tourney, but you catch my drift.  I decided to play a satellite for the Fifty50.  I won my ticket 20 minutes prior to the Fifty50 starting.  Woot!  I doubled up early in the 50/50 and was doing great.  Till I risked my whole stack on a hand I like to call...........Ace Rag.  Fuck. I flopped top pair but didn't know I was up against big slick. All I can say is, IT WAS SOOTED. Between the satellite and the actual game, I put in over 3 hours of play, only to throw it away with one shitty hand.  I went to bed aggravated, but as I've said to Sugar Bear, it's okay if you learn from it. Saturday.... I played in a live tourney at L&BM, which btw is actually called The Playa's Club.  This was the last regul

You should be glad you don't live in Boston MA

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Because if you lived here, you'd need a hat like the one I was sporting for the commute this morning. America Runs On Dunkin Josie

I'm in work!

I made it in.  Someday it's going to be hot and sunny in Boston. As I was up uber early, and in the mood, I played a tourney on Full Tilt.  If I won, I was going to stay home.  Um, I'm here.  I played an $8 tourney with 52 peeps.  I played strong and smart.  I was pretending I was at Seabrook and it seemed to work.  When I play live I'm much more selective with my hands.  Online, not so much. Anyway, a couple of breaks later I was down to the final table with 6 itm.  I'd been a chip leader for a while but suffered 2 bad beats, having the best hand till the river.  Anyway I was out 8th when a guy in early position raised and I jammed all in (7k) with 6-6.  He called with king jack off, the jack off! lol jk.  Flop was 2-3-4.  Hope!  Turn was an 8. Exhilaration....Mama's doubling up!  K on th river.  Suck.  LOL But it was FUN! And it got me thinking.  When I went to Seabrook 2 or 3 times ago I was the bubble jamming with 6-6.  Perhaps I played a little too much l

I hate snow

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I also hate sidewalks in Boston that are never cleared properly and become sheets of ice.  Working in Boston is treacherous lately and as I write this, more snow is coming down.  It's Friday, but I now work 5 days a week and I am dreading the commute.  Here are some pics from last week's snow dumping. The photos were taken from my window and back door.  I stayed home from work that day, but it cost me a vacation day.  A vacation day that I could've used DURING THE SUMMER, at the beach. Gah! So now that I work Fridays, I'm going in.  There is no way I am using TWO vacation days on this crap.  Besides, I  just found out that if you make it into work during inclement weather, no matter how late you are, you get paid for the entire day.  So, I'll be showing up at some point. :) Brrrrrrrr....I hate hate hate the cold.  Hmmmm maybe I should use another vacation day......I dunno.  Sugar Bear's school is closed, as are Boston Public Schools. I'm on the

Happy Birthday Lightbulb!

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I often tease Lightning about his advancing years, but on his b-day I will give that a skip.  Instead.....seeing as it's his birthday, I figure there ought to be some presents coming his way. Present #1 Turns out Lightning's into cherry pie.  I hope that isn't a euphemism for something else! Present #2 Turns out Lightning is also a nerd!  He's really into daily planners too. Okay, so you're probably thinking " Josie, those aren't real presents ".  Perhaps you are right, although I did put time and thought into them, and really isn't that the best part of a present? What? You materialistic biatches do not agree?  Fine.  There is a real present soon to be delivered to the old guy. You may or may not know this but I am an expert cake baker/decorator but the old dude doesn't like cake!  Besides, delivery would be a problem. I do know of something he likes though.  Something he likes quite a bit, methinks.  And that's what I'll be

Grrrrrrr

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This isn't me, but when I get angry I get those lines between my eye brows. Sugar Bear says my 11 is showing. I'm in a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad mood.  Now when I say bad, what I mean is if you try to talk to me I might rip your mother fucking head off.  The problem is I don't know why!  Trust me, I'm usually very sweet. Boss is the same as he always is, yet today I'm a hair away from taking a pipe to his knees ala Nancy Kerrigan.  I'm eating lunch at my desk and he keeps asking me work questions, to which I reply "I'll check it out after lunch."  To which he retorts "Oh take another minute". I don't want another minute.  I want 30 minutes of peace and uninteruption. But like I said it ain't him, it's me.  Everyone and everything is pissing me off.  If I didn't have concrete proof otherwise I'd swear I had my period. New architect started yesterday.  I spent over a frigging hour with him yesterday with orientation and bla

Patrt 3 of 3...Why I went in the first place

Disclosure:  Not a pokery post While Sugar Bear was on school vacation after Christmas he told me he needed to buy xbox microsoft points because he wanted to "trade" them.  Huh?????  He said that he could trade microsoft points with some kid that he chatted with online.  Sugar trades the points and in return he gets "10th Prestige in Black Ops".  I'm not exactly sure what that meant but I thought it sounded sketchy.  I told him it was a bad idea because he didn't really know this kid. Evan assured me it was fine.  But still, I just bought him a shitload of Christmas gifts and was not about to spend another penny on whatever that is.  Evan begged me to let him buy them with his money. Hmmmmm Did I think it was a good idea?  No!  But it's his money that he saved up.  If he wanted to risk his own money, that's for him to decide.  Now mind you Evan saves every dime.  He keeps his wallet in a locked box, and of the rare occasion that he opens said

Part 2 of 3: The Spanish Inquisition

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So with my win I'm feeling pretty good about my play.  I have Monday off and there's a pricey deep stack event.  By pricey I mean $250 buyin.  But that's just too much of the money I just won even though it's tempting as I'm sure there's some nice cash associated with that.  I make a deal with myself.  I decide to play the Sunday 4pm $70 tourney and if I win, then I'll play the $250 tourney on Monday.  $70 buyin and 10k in chips, 35 peeps.  Plus there were about 6 big screen tvs surrounding me and they all have The Pats/Jets game on.  I thought that was a good thing.  Very quickly it became a bad thing.  The Jets outplayed The Pats from the first quarter on.  Poor Tom. Anyway, I'm playing away much the same as yesterday.  I'm building my stack slowly, playing precious few hands and watching my opponents with my head phones on.  My first big hand was The Spanish Inquisition.....The dangerous 6-3 sooted.  Ever read about it on CrAAKKer's blo

Winnar! Part 1 of 3

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I promised Sugar Bear that I'd make homemade white pizza and chicken cutlets for dinner Saturday night, but was thinking about hitting Seabrook for the 7pm tourney.  So dinner was gonna have to be early. He loved the white pizza, "Except for Nana's pizza, this is the best pizza I've ever had."   It's hard to go wrong with olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, a bit of a cream sauce and three different kinds of cheese.  It might've been too good cuz the bastard didn't eat his chicken.  :)  I got to Seabrook about 7:10 but was still in time for the first hand. Whew... 32 peeps.  $100 buyin, no rebuy, 9k in starting chips with 3 itm.  My goal was to be at 13K at the first break. I liked my table immediately.  I was in the 10 seat. Seats 7, 8 & 9 were in every hand.  At one point the guy in seat 9 turned to me and said "You don't play many hands do you?"   Not as many as you!  Seat 3 was uber aggressive and I got some chips from him when

Seabrook Tourney - I did it!!!

I have a long recap in me, but no time to write it just yet. I returned to the scene last night (Seabrook poker room) and threw my $100 back in.  This time I winned!  Kinda....... Many, many details to follow.  The most important one being "Mama's rich!" Play smart. Josie

Pats Trounce Jets

I can't WAIT for this Sunday at 4:15pm when The New England Patriots take on The New York Jets.  It's gonna be sooooo good. There aren't too many things in life you can really count on, but count on this.  Pats win.  Now that doesn't mean the jets are gonna roll over and die before they get started, like the last time they played The Pats , but they're still gonna lose.  Poor Frankie is gonna be crying in his lemonade Sunday night, while getting gloating texts from me.  :) The Pats have a combination of brains and heart.  Unbeatable.  Perhaps that's the winning combination for poker too. Play smart. Josie

Bayne of my existence and Canadians

Oh Bayne, Bayne, Bayne .......I cannot believe you Rick Roll'd me!  Messing with Mama's link love is below the belt.  Can you imagine my shock when I clicked on Very Josie on Bayne's side bar, only to be sent to "You've been Rick Rolled!".  LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Now fix my link pronto!  This certainly cannot be helping with my image of being a guy. Fix. It. ************************************************* Canadians.....they freak me out.  I suppose the biggest reason is because of the trauma I sustain on a daily basis by our Canadian receptionist.  Long time readers may remember my encounter with her at a bar at Christmas time.  Well this Christmas she upped her game.  I know better than to post the story so you're going to have to trust me when I tell you she's koo koo for cocoa puffs.  And then there was DB Cooper, the Canadian blogger who played The Very Josie and then promptly stopped blogging the next day.  Frigging freaky. (Full D

True Story

Have I ever told you that I loooooooove kids and babies?  Would I like to live with more than one of them?  No!  I'm too lazy and kids are alot of work.  I just like playing with them.  They bring me joy.  A few years ago someone in the office had a baby and when she emailed the pic to me, I put it up as my desktop background cuz like I said, I LOVE BABIES!  Since then, I've always kept someone's kid on my desktop.  Whenever someone stops by they always want to see whose cute kid is being featured.  Coworkers email me their kids pics regularly so I rotate.  It's always been kids for the last few years.  Whenever I see those innocent eyes it picks up my day. Until the group blogger photo... I replaced a cute little 2 yr old girl with Oh Captain's blogger pic and I got quite a few disgruntled comments from parents but the funniest came from a Senior Associate the other day.  This is a divorced guy with no kids and the best way to describe him is "metrosexua

Another one converted

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Sooooooo....I'm playing a $3 (90) peep game, cuz that's where I cash most.  We're down to the final table and I am playing AWESOME poker so every now and again Lucky Duck and Fricking Jew Boy  congratulate me on winning a hand with a gg or whatevah.  Finally one of the guys at the table that I'd been chatting with comments that I have fans at a $3 game.  So of course I give him the url to this blog so he can learn a thing or two about poker. Anyway about 5 minutes later we're chatting and he mentions something about did I have "jack ten" so he obv read the last post.  I then go on about the wonders of jack ten while someone at the table doubles up with that very hand. Well a few hands later my buddy raises and someone else jams all in.  Now we're at the FINAL table of a 90 peep tourney....he thinks about it and calls the all in preflop for all his chips with......yep JACK TEN. See below! Pocket Queens are no match for the mighty JT! This guy

The Mighty Jack Ten

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Boom!   Play smart. Josie