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Last summer, I won sixty cents in a free poker tournament at PKR.com. I planned on playing until I lost it all, but PKR.com decided not to take U.S. players for real-money games when Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. I cashed out and asked my readers what I should do with my sixty-cent check. One suggested I try to trade it for something better. So here I am, trying turn my sixty-cent check into a World Series of Poker Main Event entry through a series of trades. And while my plan may seem ridiculous, it's no more ridiculous than the UIGEA.Currently available
Limited edition Super Bowl XXXVI football signed by former New England Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri. Trade includes certificate of authenticity, and also includes autographed picture of Patriots' safety Rodney Harrison. Want more information? Go to the trade post. Want to make an offer? Shoot me an e-mail at . Want to know how I got this far? Go to the trading history.
ARCHIVESOctober 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007RECENT POSTSClassic Craig's List I'm not the only one writing about Sixty Cent Main... Still looking ... The ball is here! Now let's get to trading ... Picks for the next three Picks for the next three matches All favorites on the weekend Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the next two days I'm taking West Indies in the first Super Eight ma... Just who is it that signed this ball? Conversation...TRADING HISTORY A Sixty Cent Check, traded for ...  500 Poker Chips, traded for ... A Signed Basketball, traded for ... Two pieces of a house Jimi Hendrix lived in, traded for ... A limited edition Super Bowl XXXVI football signed by Adam Vinatieri |
I love NorwoodI moved to Norwood, Mass., last summer. It's a great little town about 40 minutes southwest of Boston -- far enough from the city to feel like I have some space, yet close enough to catch a train in to watch a game at Fenway.Norwood also has a great little weekly paper called the Norwood Bulletin, and Matt Cook wrote about my quest to trade my way from a sixty cent check to a seat in the World Series of Poker. I really enjoyed the story. But just to clear up one detail, so I don't have to spend thousands of dollars putting my wonderful son through therapy during his teenage years, I'm perfectly happy to give up what used to be a weekly poker game to spend more time with him! On a completely unrelated note, the ICC Cricket World Championship is tomorrow, and I'm picking Australia at 2/5 to win. They've been so dominant the entire tournament, it's hard to pick against them. |
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