Re: fashion query
 

Chris "Jesus"Ferguson

http://media.cardplayer.com/image/c/...WSOP_EV55_.jpg

Phil "the Unabomber Laak"

http://www.pokerjunkie.com/gfx/profi...-2004-WSOP.jpg

Phil "the Poker Brat" Hellmuth

http://www.acatholicskin.com/Pics/genhellmuth.JPG

Re: fashion query
 

if i had your build I'd wear a Darth Vadar helmet and a sock, nothing more.

Re: fashion query
 

If this is a serious question, I think you should emulate either Johnny Chan or Scotty Nguyen. If this is not a serious question, I think you should just go as a douche.

Re: Torre
 

What I read this afternoon -- and I can't recall where -- is that the book is by a journalist who interviewed Torre and many others, and that things in the book that others said are being attributed to Torre.

Actual Fashion Question
 

I've noticed that a couple pairs of sterling silver cufflinks (that I haven't worn in years) have tarnished. What's the best way to clean them? Plain old silver polish from the supermarket?

Actual Travel Question
 

For anyone who has been to Vegas recently, how are the rooms at the Palms? I'm in need of a vacation, and room rates in Vegas have taken a nosedive. As I'm no longer a GA, money is a factor, so I won't be getting a suite at the Wynn.

As for dress at the poker table, if the event is at an actual poker room, skip the hooded sweatshirt. Some card rooms don't like the hoodie and sunglasses look as their security cameras become near useless if the player comes in with the hood up. Phil Laak gets a break at the tables because (a) he's a pro, so everyone knows him already, (b) the hoodie is more of a gimmick now, (c) even when he does don the hood, it's usually after he's gone all-in, and (d) he used his Irish charm to pull Jennifer Tilly.

http://www.peacegames.org/uploadImag...er%20Tilly.jpg

P.S. Don't emulate Phil Helmuth or Scotty Nguyen in dress or in manner at the poker table. Phil's a notorious cad at the tables, though his book Play Poker Like The Pros would be worth a read before the tourney. Scotty Nguyen got drunk at an event last year and behaved like a boor in a televised match.

P.P.S. If you don't already own a cowboy hat, don't even think of wearing one at a poker table.

Re: Actual Fashion Question
 

Sure. I also have a polishing cloth, which I believe builds in a little polish and you can use that to "buff" the links. May not work on heavy tarnish . . . I use it every few weeks and it keeps them shiny.

Re: Actual Fashion Question
 

Yes, then use a buffing cloth to keep them clean....

Re: Actual Fashion Question
 

a butler

Re: Actual Fashion Question
 

Got an email from Tiffany and Co. that they are doing free silver cleanings from 2/1 to 2/14. If they are badly tarnished, it wouldn't hurt to have them professionally cleaned.

Re: Torre
 

Did you read the Olney article I posted?

TM

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

Kind of crappy, in my limited experience with that hotel. Also, they have possibly the worst food options of any hotel you'd consider staying in. Some decent higher-end restaurants, but if you want something quick and decent you're out of luck -- Panda Express and McDs is the level of your options.

OTOH, the casino is great. Not too huge, and the slot machines are well-separated from the tables, and not kept on a very high volume, so you can play table games without feeling like you are sitting in a pinball-machine.

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

I'd recheck the Wynn and even the Encore again if you're planning to go--I know that even midweek they were having some $159 specials, which would be a pretty amazing deal for those properties. You gotta figure that the other hotels would be even cheaper. Nothing's as cheap as free though, so go find yourself several casino hosts this trip, be nice, give the casino some action and then get all your future trips for "free", which probably won't be free, but at least you can say your room and meals were free.

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

We've been staying at Planet Hollywood lately (used to be the Aladdin). It took them a couple of years to get the renovations done, but I've been happy with the rooms, restaurants, etc. Also, in case it matters (it does to me), it is a Starwood property. We'll be there this weekend... Go Cards!

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

The Mirage just renovated their entire hotel, and they're offering $45/night weeknights and $75/night weekends through June if you're a member of the MGM/Mirage Players Club. Just sign up.

Otherwise, I and some other people I know like TheHotel or the Mandalay itself. Of course, it's better to go to the Mandalay when the pool area is open . . . .

ETA: And yeah, some friends just stayed at the Wynn for under $200/night.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Does it include custom-made, squeek-free beds, and unlimited Kleenex, two-ply (baby)?

Re: fashion query
 

The top one might work. I have a beard now. Literally, not figuratively. Although TM's suggestion still resonates most.

Re: fashion query
 

1. Of course its a serious question. I am mostly misunderstood as not being dead pan serious. All. of. the. time. Its how the corner office rolls.

2. I don't know those people so much, but I googled them in image mode. What's the look....Vegas casual with either a hat or mirrored glasses?

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

It's a private charity event at a rented space, not a poker room.

I don't need to emulate any notorious cads....I'm caddish enough.

I don't own a cowboy hat.......I would like a top hat per TMs post.
Thoughts?

eta: does anyone know if Jennifer Tilly is available this weekend? She would be a nice accessory......in a not intended to be an objectified sort of way......

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

She's available but not interested. She just quit poker.

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

Damn! Talk about bad timing......

Re: Actual Travel Question
 

Timing is everything, I guess.

Veggie Love
 

PETA's super bowl ad got banned. Here it is: http://www.faniq.com/blog/Video-PETA...NBC-Blog-18435

Re: Veggie Love
 

Yesterday's meat bikini post probably serves as a persuasive rebuttal to PETA's posit, but, the ad is a nice visual diversion from the petty details of corner office to do items.

Re: Veggie Love
 

Here's another - http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...e-sellers.aspx (spending on porn, booze, and gambling down in recession).

Re: Veggie Love
 

Don't look at me.......I'm still holding up my end.

Re: Veggie Love
 

too much free porn?

Re: Veggie Love
 

What? Where? Does this mean I can finally stop patronizing Ye Olde Porn Shoppe?

Re: Torre
 

I thought I had but it must have been someone else. If Torre put his name on the book,* it's hard for him to walk away from what's in the book, even if -- and this seems more than plausible -- Verducci did the reporting and wrote the parts based on what he heard, and Torre didn't bother to read them.

Not that there's any reason to think this happened here, but a family member was listed as the co-author on a book for which he wrote the forward or some such thing. Very strange. He got the publisher to pulp all their stock, or so they said, but copies keep showing up at used book stores.

* eta: And he did:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...PL._SS500_.jpg

Re: Torre
 

And that's really the point. Unless he specifically specifies in the book what can be attributed to him, he's on the hook for the whole thing. Both of them are. They both knew what would sell books and they went for it. Add to that the fact that I believe Torre actually thinks Cashman betrayed him (and he probably did) and that ARod is a primadonna and all the other stuff he wrote and he has not a leg to stand on when people criticize him the same way he criticized Wells and other players who aired insider team dynamics.

Either way, I think he's still insane for demanding the payday he did for managing the media. Because the guy is simply a lump as a tactical manager.

TM

401k choices
 

I suggested that my employer add the following investment options to my 401k

1. Mega millions quick picks

2. Pull tabs

3. "Win for life" scratch offs.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

We've talked here before about escape plans from our metropolitan area on that day, which we know is coming, when the aliens attack.

In the meantime, it looks like the Texans here need to construct immediate plans for the zombies.

Re: 401k choices
 

It's tempting to go with the perceived "safe" option in troubled economic times, but people should avoid radical changes to their retirement portfolio mix and long term strategy.

I myself was tempted to cash out my Fidelity funds and buy a six pack of domestic beer (ok, five pack), but I didn't panic and will stick with a balanced assortment of equities, bond funds, old comic books and deposit bottles.

My portfolio is actually a little too heavily weighted toward the bottles right now. I'm thinking of a move into McDonald's Monopoly game pieces when they start doing that again.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

If you bring cured meats and cheeses, I might have room for you and your family in my armageddon compound.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Only in the especial Playa's Corner Suite. Ask Penske.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Indeed.

But off-line/pm or hit me up on my skyye net pager. I can't publish the details of that Suite on a public web site that the assorted little people, proles and general hoi polloi might see.

Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 

Your discretion is appreciated.

That's how we roll in the oh-9.

Much respect.

Word.

It's the end of the world as we know it
 

If you were Larry Tribe, wouldn't it be more fun to be the Larry Tribe Professor of Law?

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Re: It's the end of the world as we know it
 

I just always loved the guy. Co-incidentally, Flinty just endowed a janitor position at Florida Coastal.

Re: It's the end of the world as we know it
 

That's a nice gesture. Why not when he dies?