tales from a secret life

There's a lengthy, over-romanticized, yet interesting article at SFGate.com about the life of an anonymous ex-poker player. Read it if you like reading stories about poker players that don't really contain any poker content.

Poker became a way for Doc to act out his fantasies of recklessness -- the kind he couldn't indulge in on the weekdays. One of his strategies was that he'd convince his fellow players he was crazy. He'd act erratically early in the game to befuddle them. He'd do two things at once, like reading a book while he was playing. Or he'd play without looking at his cards.

Ahhh... playing blind. A man after my own heart. If you're a new reader to l&cw and haven't read my playing blind post, I recommend it.

Nice job. I'm planning to come back here in the future. No proof of ideas: http://juliaainsworthnotes.blogspot.com/2005/10/opus-land.html , Small brain blog