Chris Ferguson NBC Heads Up Champion 2008

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/2008/03/373_nbc_headsup_championship_23

I won't even try to cover it better than the rest of my fellow poker bloggers, but suffice it to say that Chris Ferguson was crowned NBC Heads Up Champion for 2008, after besting Andy Bloch. Check out Michael Craig's post, for the final showdown report! Congratulations Chris on the win!

On another note, I'm nearly finished with Michael Craig's book The Professor, The Banker, and The Suicide King. I'll put together a review as soon as I'm done and post it to the blog. But for now, suffice it to say what a great read. The story itself is incredibly engaging... but the real credit goes to Mr. Craig for exceptional storytelling. More later, when I pull my thoughts together.

Regards,

cheer_dad

I dunno...

Beats me how it happened, but while killing time last night waiting for my daughter and her friend to finish up at the Skating Rink, I fired up a couple of freerolls at PokerStars, that I'd remembered signing up for a couple of days ago. I'd stumbled upon them while looking for a strategy article the other day. Some tie in to Daniel Negraneau, or something. Play with him in the Bahamas, or Paradise, or some such idiocy. I had to leave and despite having a respectable stack in the one, when I returned I was down to pocket change, and got it all in for one last hand, but lost to a worse hand, which drew out on me. Oh well. But I'd kinda forgotten about the other tourney that I just left for it's own dismal failure after that. This morning when I log on to check my email though, I've got a congratulatory email from PokerStars for finishing in the money...Now brace yourself for the amount... $1.00! Which brings my PokerStars account up to a grand total of, now let me figure it, carry the 4, times the square root of an imaginary number and that gives us, well huh friggin' $1.00!!! But hey, isn't this exactly how Chris Ferguson started out his low stakes odyssey a while back, in an effort to go from nothing to $10,000? Just watch and learn ye nay-sayers! Scoff if you will. With these 100 pennies I shall build a bankroll over which you'll all drool! What...it could happen! Then, while updating all my poker clients today, I accidentally seated myself over at Poker Rewards in a .10/.20 NLHE game. And before I could stop it, I was posted and dealt! Friggin' shortcuts anyway. Long story short thought, before the blinds circled back around to me again, I ended up with an extra $1.44 for my short lived efforts. Beware the Q-10os, for once it paid. So, I logged out, and called the unintentioned move a WIN! Well that's enough patting myself on the back for these paltry sums. See you next time.

Regards,

cheer_dad