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  • Blog Number 116 – Shaq?! Is that Shaq?! Is that really you, Shaq?! – Tuesday December 24, 2025 – Hollywood, Florida.

    As I write this, I’m on a plane to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and I’m not afraid to tell you that I am wearing my matching black Adidas Tiro 24 Competition Sweatsuit that I bought in LA last month, with the complementing Adidas Tiro 24 Competition Windbreaker over it, and my shiny white hi-tops. Me! Me,…

    December 24, 2024

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  • Blog Number 115 – Black Friday Comes Early… And Black Saturday… And Black Sunday… And… – Monday November 25, 2024 – In flight LA-Toronto

    I’m writing this literally in flight on the Monday night redeye from LA to Toronto, but God knows when I’ll have the strength and time to post it. Let’s see if I can get through this painful rehashing of a lost weekend in as few words as possible. I truly doubt it. SATURDAY I could’ve…

    November 27, 2024

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  • Blog number 114 – It’s One Thing To Lose Your Shirt at the Poker Table – Saturday November 23, 2024 – Los Angeles, California

    Here I am at The Lovely Sort Of Commerce Casino (that’s the actual name), for a four-day stint at The WSOP Circuit Tournament. At the lovely sort of Front Desk the lovely sort of Rudy checks in a very, very tired me after a long plane ride and not so lovely cab ride. When I…

    November 23, 2024

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  • Blog number 113 – My America includes Clayton Fletcher (part two) – Tuesday November 19, 2024 – Toronto, Ontario

    No cheating. If you haven’t read PART ONE, you can’t read PART TWO. Some of my fellow Canadians have said to me “Virgil” they said “Aren’t you worried about going south of the border during this fraught and fractious time?”   I hesitate to get political in these pages but… the short answer is no.…

    November 19, 2024

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  • Blog Number 112 – My America Includes Clayton Fletcher (part one) – Monday November 18, 2024 – Toronto, Ontario

    I listen to podcasts. I walk to and from work every day. That’s how I keep my girlish figure, don’t you know! It’s 4.3 kilometers (about 3 miles) as the crow flies, but… you know… not a crow so… takes me a little less than an hour each way. And just like the mailman, neither…

    November 19, 2024

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  • Blog Number 111 – GRUMPY97 – Monday September 2, 2024 – Montreal, Quebec

    The epilogue. Or should I say epi-LONG. OK, let’s dispense with the poker because there’s not much to tell. I played in the $600 tournament on Sunday. It’s a silly tournament really because it’s a one-day tournament and it started at 4 PM so it’s basically a super turbo. It’s kamikaze poker. I won’t say…

    September 3, 2024

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  • Blog number 110 – (and again with the correct date this time. I’m tired…) Sunday September 1, 2024 – Montreal, Quebec

    Awww. I lost. I came in exactly 100th place out of 1450 entrants and cashed for exactly $4000.00 Canadian dollars. As usual, good result, but not as good as it could have been. Did I mention that this was a 2.2 million dollar prize pool and first place was worth 350K? That’s the prize I…

    September 1, 2024

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  • Blog Number 110 – Merde! Encore un echec! – Sunday August 1, 2024 – Montreal, Quebec.

    Awww. I lost. I came in exactly 100th place out of 1450 entrants and cashed for exactly $4000.00 Canadian dollars. As usual, good result, but not as good as it could have been. Did I mention that this was a 2.2 million dollar prize pool and first place was worth 350K? That’s the prize I…

    September 1, 2024

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  • Blog number 109 – Ray – (with the correct date) September 1, 2024 – Montreal, Quebec

    Wow. Where do I begin. I can’t believe I’m writing this blog right now. I so should be sleeping. I played poker for 15 and a half straight hours yesterday. I got home at 3:45 AM. And I’ve got to play day 2 at 11:00 AM today. And I’ve slept literally two hours. But first…

    September 1, 2024

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  • Blog Number 109 – Ray – Sunday September 1, 2024 – Montreal, Quebec

    Wow. Where do I begin. I can’t believe I’m writing this blog right now. I so should be sleeping. I played poker for 15 and a half straight hours yesterday. I got home at 3:45 AM. And I’ve got to play day 2 at 11:00 AM today. And I’ve slept literally two hours. But first…

    September 1, 2024

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