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Well, this week is certainly very turbulent for Blom. He wins one day and then loses all of it (and more) the next. The size of those pots sounds terrifying to me! Some of them were worth more than what I make in two or three years!

Is there anything people would particularly avoid when cleaning their chips? For example, have you ever tried cleaning them with a chemical, which ended up discolouring or otherwise damaging your chips? Did it damage them badly or was it barely noticeable? Did the chemical work with only some...

Do you have children at all? How old are they? Do they play poker too? Did you encourage them or did they just become interested spontaneously? If they are a bit younger, do you intend to teach them how to play? Or are you going to let them discover it for themselves?

Actually, I am not looking for anything in particular. Anything anyone found helpful for any kind of game at all would be interesting. I was just looking for general ideas and things to read about. If it is not a kind of game I play regularly, it would do no harm to read it. If someone posts it...

Well, if it is true, then it is pretty shameful. If they were just running a normal, commerical gambling company then it would be no one's business what happened to the profits really. However, to encourage people to spend by claiming that the money will go to charity is really low.

Do you get poker tips online at all? From what websites? Or have you read a helpful book recently? I was just hoping to set up a thread where we can share helpful titles and links. Feel free to share your own tips, strategies and ideas in this thread.

Congratulations to him. That said, the title is a little misleading: I thought it meant he won $1 million in a single game rather than in several different ones. I suppose there is nothing to necessarily imply that so that might just be the way I choose to read things rather than anything else...

Hmm, well, although I have no idea exactly which laws would apply, they should at least pay back the money. They evidently obtained it dishonestly, which must be a crime somehow. Otherwise, I could start finding and exploiting bugs in other things and become a multi-millionaire overnight without...

In my opinion, it is fairly healthy. They are about to open up to huge, new markets with the online industry. With online gambling, many people who would never even consider setting foot in a casino (for whatever reason) suddenly have the opportunity to do so. I am sure many people would love to...

Which e-mail service is your main account with? Is there any reason for it? Do you actually like it or are you just sticking with it because "it's the address everyone has"? Personally, I use Gmail: it does everything I need it to so I am content with it.

What do you work as? How long have you been working there? Do you enjoy your job? Is it what you hope to be doing a few years from now? I work in an office in the hospitality industry. It is not very exciting but it is OK. I hope to go to work somewhere else at some stage though. How about you...

They have an idea to find someone for everyone nowadays! Common interests are always a great way to meet someone. I suppose if it helps bring people together then it can only be a good thing.

Unfortunately I have no idea what would be on Game of Thrones next. I do not own a television! The main reason for this is that if I want to watch anything, I can just watch it on the internet. Also, I have no space for a separate television.

Ahh, I see. That makes a lot more sense. And they wonder why my time management is so bad...

That sounds like an amusing game. Do tell the story! Did you throw away a lot or just a few?

Have you ever thrown any chips away? Why did you do it? Did you buy replacements? Was it a difficult decision at all or were they not really worth much anyway? I have never had to throw any away luckily. They have never been extensively damaged or anything like that.

Well, that certainly sounds like a fun day! :p I cannot imagine spending ten hours in total on something like that. I would probably keep stopping and it would end up taking me a month to do! That said, my time management is fairly horrific.

Yikes! I have a slight suspicion that they do not want to pay up simply because it is such a large sum. They probably were hoping he would just give up and they would not have to pay out. It looks like that was not a good plan if that was the case!

Do you have any pets? How long have you had them? How did you get them? We used to have dogs and a cat but they all passed away. Do your pets interrupt or interact with your poker at all? Feel free to generally discuss anything even vaguely pet related in this thread.

Unfortunately there are nothing but chain stores in the area I live. They are presumably the ones who drove anyone else out of business. I normally order online. It eliminates the possibility of mistakes caused by mishearing, misunderstanding and so on. It also means I can dawdle and change my...