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The Pokerbird

The Pokerbird

http://pokerbird.blogspot.com/

A blog about birding, listing and wild bird identification in Britain, Australia and America; with a sideline on my strategy for online tournament Texas HoldEm poker.

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  • Australian Roads & Shopping

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 14:20 in australia, world travel

    You know those roadside warning signs? Low-flying aircraft. Slippery when wet. Old people – always bent double; I’m not going to be like that, surely? Wild animals. And in Australia, kangaroos. They get their own special sign. And you know how yo...

  • It\'s Really Happened

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 03:57 in blog

    As I hinted in my last post, the Pokerbird has completed his transformation into Andy Gibb, which is what he was all along. This blog will continue to hold occasional poker thoughts but the bulk of my "stuff" will be on the new one. ⇒...

  • Approaching the Ultimate Limits?

    Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 10:27 in blog, environment

    Modern analysis of a generation-old book about population, production, consumption and pollution seems to show that its nightmare scenario is winning the race to be the most accurate. Prepare for meltdown somwhere around 2050. Thankfully I should be ...

  • Semi-Bluff Reraising: A Winning Poker Play?

    Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 14:45 in poker strategy, tournament poker, texas holdem poker

    For fun, I've incorporated strict suited connectors (down to 54s) to my starting repertoire, which has increased the flops giving me four to a flush or straight. I have no problem semi-bluff betting them when I’m first to act, even if I've been suc...

  • Common Scoters, Bittell

    Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 13:39 in worcestershire, british birds

    My Worcestershire list moves on for the third time this month after the earlier great white egret and mandarin ducks. It takes unusual visitors to notch it up and these were sea ducks about as for inland as they could get. A mixture of fifteen female...

  • Do Ya Feel Lucky?

    Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 08:36 in environment, philosophy, ontology, movie-making

    Well, do ya, punk? Clint’s immortal line in Dirty Harry could stand for our attitude to climate change. Asking if global warming is true or not is futile. Who knows? That question is a sideshow and begs the real question, which runs akin to Pascal'...

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