Ironman of Poker 3: Poker Learnings of Vegas

Grange95 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:18 pm

A few more unofficial and unsanctioned photos:

Pledge Bonnie (rockin' the ISU hat) @ the Sahara final table

Santa (in full Internet punk attire) @ the Sahara final table, next to his good bud Geezer

Pledge Bonnie, Pledge Barbie, JB, Santa, & Daniel-san @ the Sahara

Grange95 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:22 pm

djpeteski wrote:

I would hope that any self respecting iowa type person could withstand the half ass tackle of a guy who has no idea what football really is.

Three points: a) my complete lack of self-respect is my key to winning at poker and a necessary skill for competing in the Ironman of Poker, ii) I'm a Nebraska native, and we have apparently decided to be football wimps the past 5 years, and 3) don't forget, the English may think "football" means "soccer", but they are still world champs at hooliganism.

Karapet · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:44 am

djpeteski wrote:

I would hope that any self respecting iowa type person could withstand the half ass tackle of a guy who has no idea what football really is.

Firstly FOOTball is a game played with a ball and FEET. Secondly we play a REAL man's game called rugby. No crash helmets or body armour!!

Grange95 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:13 am

Karapet wrote:

Firstly FOOTball is a game played with a ball and FEET. Secondly we play a REAL man's game called rugby. No crash helmets or body armour!!

See! I was assaulted by a RUGBY player! I didn't stand a chance!

Damn Brits ...

StrayBullet · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:24 am **Posts:** 2075

Looking forward to catching up on these

StrayBullet · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:24 am **Posts:** 2075

Another awesome report!!!

Bluegrass Poker · **Joined:** Mon May 14, 2007 6:33 am **Posts:** 230

Great read. Looking forward to the whole thing.

djpeteski · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:17 am

Karapet wrote:

djpeteski wrote:

I would hope that any self respecting iowa type person could withstand the half ass tackle of a guy who has no idea what football really is.

Firstly FOOTball is a game played with a ball and FEET. Secondly we play a REAL man's game called rugby. No crash helmets or body armour!!

Ken,

If you took any half ass high school football team, gave em 3 weeks to learn rugby, they could complete for the world cup of rugby.

Pete "your buddy from the IP over superbowl weekend"

Poca · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:45 am **Posts:** 130

Quote:

If you took any half ass high school football team, gave em 3 weeks to learn rugby, they could complete for the world cup of rugby.

uhmmm I think NOT
first off - rugby do not have a separate team for defense, they do all the work themselves, which means they don't get to rest after a couple of downs and go on the field fresh
The 'bigger' guys in rugby - the forwards - have to stay with the game, i.e running the field up and down for a whole game = 45 min a side.
let's not even start with the padding and helmets.

I'm not saying footbal players can't be great rugby players, I'm saying that a 'great' footballer will not necessarily make a great rugby player. There are too many differences between the games.

Bluegrass Poker · **Joined:** Mon May 14, 2007 6:33 am **Posts:** 230

blue3715 wrote:

This was chock full of inside jokes and such that I didn't really get it.

Probably a laugher on your private blog amongst your friends, but not really interesting here.

I wholeheareted disagree. I thought it was great and can't wait for part 3.

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