{"id":1571,"date":"2005-07-25T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-26T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2005-07-25T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-26T02:17:00","slug":"in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag\/","title":{"rendered":"In light of the dark, a moment to brag&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t like to brag. All through high school, I discovered that when ever I bragged about something I&#8217;d either lose that something or something bad would happen.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, here&#8217;s some good things that have happened:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I snagged opening night tickets (orchestra, even) for Avenue Q in Las Vegas.\n<\/li>\n<li>I won my unemployment appeal and have now been getting back unemployment\n<\/li>\n<li>My poker game online keeps improving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Concerning that last one&#8230; I&#8217;ve been playing &#8220;Sit and Go&#8221; tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>Basically 10 people sit down at a table, everyone throws in their X (+ 10%X), they play until only one person has all the chips. For 10 players the standard pay-outs are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>50% 10*x\n<\/li>\n<li>30% 10*x\n<\/li>\n<li>20% 10*x<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;d been playing $5. What this would mean is that there&#8217;d be $50 in the prize pool and the last three places would win: $10, $15, and $25.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of days ago, I tried a $30 game.  The prizes were (as one would imagine):<br \/>\n$60, $90, and $150<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, when I won the last hand, I was blown away. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.net\/images\/win30sng.jpg\">This link leads to my happy proof of victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do I up it more?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1571\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1571\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-1571\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/in-light-of-the-dark-a-moment-to-brag\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t like to brag. All through high school, I discovered that when ever I bragged about something I&#8217;d either lose that something or something bad would happen. That being said, here&#8217;s some good things that have happened: I snagged opening night tickets (orchestra, even) for Avenue Q in Las Vegas. 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