NDPT #11, Blogger spam issue update, Wheeling and cheerleading too

Here's the latest announcement for the next NDPT Poker Tournament from Jr:

Tourney # 11 is scheduled for August 9 (Saturday) at 7:00. R.S.V.P. Now!!!
It will be interesting to see where the points fall after this tourney. Remember, only the top 10 finishes are counted.
20 - person cap
$25 Total
$20 1,000 chips
$5 All-in (Bounty) chip

Hope to see you all there!
Thanks,
Jr.

P.S. - Second tourney tentatively scheduled for the weekend of August 23rd. Will be either Saturday (at my house) or Sunday afternoon (at the Eagles). There will be no cap if we have it at the Eagles.

Interesting P.S. there too! The Eagles has as of late "inquired" as to our interest in bringing our little poker game "back" to the club. I remember a time when we weren't so welcome. What a difference a new set of officers and a little over a year makes... But that's ancient history now. I'll be happy to return, we'll just see how it all plays out.

In other news I'll make mention of a couple of posts that came from Blogger. I recently made note of the fact that a couple of my favorite bloggers AlCantHang and DrPauly had been identified by Blogger as spammers and their respective blogs were interfered with. That injustice has been recognized and corrected according to the following posts which appeared in the Blogger Buzz...

"Spam Fridays
August 1, 2008 — While we wish that every post on this blog could be about cool features or other Blogger news, sometimes we have to step in and admit a mistake.
We've noticed that a number of users have had their blogs mistakenly marked as spam, and wanted to sound off real quick to let you know that, despite it being Friday afternoon, we are working hard to sort this out. So to those folks who have received an email saying that your blog has been classified as spam and can't post right now, we offer our sincere apologies for the trouble.
We hope to have this resolved shortly, and appreciate your patience as we work through the kinks.
— Brett "

"You Are Not Spam
August 2, 2008 — You knew that already, and now we do too. We have now restored all accounts that were mistakenly marked as spam yesterday. (See: Spam Fridays)
We want to offer our sincerest apologies to affected bloggers and their readers. We’ve tracked down the problem to a bug in our data processing code that locked blogs even when our algorithms concluded they were not spam. We are adding additional monitoring and process checks to ensure that bugs of this magnitude are caught before they can affect your data.
At Blogger, we strongly believe that you own and should control your posts and other data. We understand that you trust us to store and serve your blog, and incidents like this one are a betrayal of that trust. In the spirit of ensuring that you always have access to your data, we have been working on importing and exporting tools to make it easier to back up your posts. If you'd like a sneak peek at the Import / Export tool, you can try it out on Blogger in Draft.
Our restoration today was of all blogs that were mistakenly marked as spam due to Friday's bug. Because spam fighting inherently runs the risk of false positives, your blog may have been mis-classified as spam for other reasons. If you are still unable to post to your blog today you can request a review by clicking Request Unlock Review on your Dashboard.
— Siobhan"

That's good news and I'm glad it's been worked out.

Also, something I meant to mention in my last post related to the impromptu trip to Wheeling on Saturday. Chris finally realized that when I referred to one of my favorite people who worked the Wheeling Island Poker Room, that it was Diane "the dealer" and NOT Diane "the room supervisor." There's no comparison. Diane the dealer is great, and always has a smile on her face and can dish it out as easy as take it. She's great to have at a table! I only wished I'd been able to play at her table longer. Incidentally, she's sporting a new hairstyle. Regarding the other Diane... well let's just leave it at that, mmmkay?

My "little girl" just left for cheer leading tryouts. She's nervous, worried, wants it to be over, and all that; but she's worked really hard for this and that's all she can do. She's just gotta get out there and do it, and leave it all out there on the floor! Good luck baby girl!!!

Regards,

cheer_dad

Free Pauly and Al too!

I came across a post over at change100's blog http://potcommitted.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-pauly.html that reports that Google is up to no good again. Not long ago, the search engine giant started booting/excluding from searches a variety of the bloggers that I read daily (if not more often.) Now, Blogger is getting in on the act too, since they are owned by Google. Specifically the http://taopoker.blogspot.com/ and http://alcanthang.blogspot.com/ blogs are in some sort of exile as their sites have been determined by Blogger to be spam sites. Puleeeeezzzzze! So, I'm following suit here and posting up the link above to get the word out to the handful of readers that I have. Hope Pauly and Al both get it worked out really soon.

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP Event #1 winner Nenad Medic, and other topics

Congratulations to WSOP Event #1 Nenad Medic! A cool $794,112 for your time and effort. Read all about it over at http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006561.php courtesy of Dr. Pauly, including as always great pictures from "flipchip."

Oh and Big Red your poker boy-toy Patrik Antonius brought home a lucky 7th place finish for a not-too-shabby $124,080 cashout. Does that move him up in the Top-10 list of guys you'd leave me for? Is he above Kenny Chesney now or what? : )

Event #2 continues on today... and Events #3 and #4 will get under way as well.
Be sure to stay on top of all the action out on PokerNews.com's Live Reporting, and particularly Event #4 that SHAMUS of http://hardboiledpoker.blogspot.com will be covering.

Also, thanks to JR for hosting the NDPT Tournament this past weekend, despite the fact that he helped send me to the rail. He just posted up the point standings which I'll update to the Google Docs page shortly, and I don't mind only being in 2nd place in the points race, but WTF, did it have to be All-In Allman! I mean HONESTLY!!!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for June 14th (and in all likelihood June 28th as well) for the next NDPT gathering. Cards in the air at 7:00pm, the place this time... Casa de cheer_dad. See you then.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Regarding Pauly's (Tao of Poker) trip report

WOW! I just finished reading http://taopoker.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html#1980884272596353642 Pauly's (Tao of Poker) trip report, which covered the WPBT (World Poker Bloggers Tournament) Holiday Gathering. I'm exhausted! I feel like I just played all 9 hours of the tournament that he so perfectly recapped. But it wasn't just that, but the "procedure" that he elaborated on, including the extended coverage of the Rhino. I am in awe! Oh...and Grubby you rule, too.

This is what trip reporting should be. I have new heights (or depths) for which to strive. Those aspirations include not only better blogging and trip reporting, but also depravity!

Thanks Pauly, for doing it RIGHT!

Regards,

cheer_dad