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Pud's Poker Progress

I've been fully immersing myself in the 2009 World Series of Poker these past few weeks, either reading or writing about it or even both. To say I am jealous of everyone out there is an understatement to say the... Read more

Over the past few days I've managed to stuff my fat face with curry, drink a load of booze and play some poker. All of which combined lead to a happy Pudding!... Read more

Tags: Curry, Intruders, Remy Martin, Small sample size, Turbo MTTs

I've been really busy this week filling my little head with as much World Series of Poker news as I can and as a result I have been wanting to play a load of tournaments, but with me running bad... Read more

We all know the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover" and if you don't then I honestly think that there must be something wrong with you. Today I judged and was judged so thought I'd fire off a... Read more

Tags: Diabetes, Misconceptions, Pride & Prejudice

The World Series of Poker is more than halfway through and I have been reading plenty of blogs and stories that have made me insanely jealous of the guy and gals out there. I really need to get my act... Read more

As some of you will know, I was in court yesterday to try and sort out a few issue regarding contact with Pud Jr. I really wasn't looking forward to it to say the least as I didn't know what... Read more

Tags: All-in preflop, CAFCASS, Heads-up cash, Parental Responsibility

Fold preflop. That's what I should do with big pocket pairs and other premium hands as it seems all I do lately is have them cracked. Obviously I know that is not the case but sometimes it really feels like... Read more

Tags: Free Million Dollar Game, MTT, Premium hands, Red Faction

I've been a little bit down in the dumps this week but thankfully I have read some brilliant blogs that have cheered me right up. Some are serious, others humorous but all of them are worth reading over your dinner... Read more

So far in June I have played on my Xbox 360 more than I have played poker and as a result it is no surprise my bankroll has stayed around the same amount. I don't know why but I am... Read more

Tags: Grinding SNG, Prize Fighter, Rakeback, Reload bonus

What a beautiful week this one has been weather wise, an absolute scorcher that has resulted in yours truly slightly burning his head and now sporting a fine example of a Farmer's Tan. When the sun is cracking the flags... Read more

When my dad uttered those words every son or daughter hears at some point in their life, I thought to myself, "yeah, whatever, you silly old sod" and got on with my day. He was of course telling me that... Read more

Mrs P has kept me busy these past couple of days after demanding that I finish painting the bedroom by the weekend. Thankfully all that is left to do is a coat on the woodwork and then the ceiling then... Read more

Tags: Bankroll building, HUSNG.com, ROI, RyPac13

On Saturday Pudding Parents had baby Pudding over to sleep so Mrs P and I were looking forward to a relaxing night in and a long 10-12 hours sleep. However, since I run bad at life this wouldn't happen, not... Read more

Tags: Bargain wine, Broken bed, Farmyard fun, HUSNG

It's poker blog round-up time once again, meaning another week has flown by and the weekend is almost upon us. This week's summary actually contains little in the way of poker content in the posts I'll mention but they are... Read more

When I was just 17 years young I had a reading from a clairvoyant who my parents had used previously and highly recommended. At the time I thought a lot of what she told me was way off but when... Read more

Tags: Birthday messages, HUSNG, Psychic reading, Running hot

Over the past week I have been feeling down in the dumps and a little sorry for myself. I can't 100% put my finger on anything specific but I think I need to make some drastic changes if I am... Read more

Tags: Building for the future, HUSNG, Open University, Sustainable ROI

It's Friday once again which not only means it is the weekend where most of you lucky buggers get 48 hours off from the world, but it also means it is poker blog round-up time. When I write this round-up... Read more

Whilst I have lacked quantity in my play so far this week, I've certainly made up for it in quality and I am progressing nicely. Playing $5.25 HUSNG is never going to make anybody rich but if I continue in... Read more

Tags: HUSNG, Profit from poker, Running good, Swimming

For some reason, unknown to me, most events and happenings around the world do not seem to affect me. I don't know why it is but I seem to be desensitized to most things reported in the media or depicted... Read more

Tags: Blood Diamonds, HUSNG, non-turbo format, Rakeback

It's been a long and tiresome week in the Pudding household but today is Friday, which doesn't just mean it is almost the weekend, it also means it is time for the weekly poker blog round-up.... Read more

Ask any of the big name pros if they have ever gone bust on their way to the top and the majority will answer with a resounding yes. In that case, it looks like my quest for poker greatness has... Read more

Tags: Big losses, Blackjack, HSP, HUSNG, Peter Eastgate, Rebuilding a bankroll

I am sorry if I am starting to sound like a stuck record but my God how quick this week has passed! I think it is because I am so jacked up on caffeine at the moment that everything is... Read more

I've not played much poker over the past couple of days, well not whilst I have been awake anyway! A couple of nights ago I had a really strange dream and I have no idea where it came from!... Read more

Tags: Curry, Daniel Negreanu, HU Cash, HUSNG, Strange dreams

Over the past week I have hardly sat down at my PC and played poker. To be honest I just couldn't be bothered. I go through phases where I really want to play a ton and then others where I... Read more

Tags: Collin Moshman, HUSNG, Mass multitabling, ROI, Video games

I cannot believe it is Friday once again, time is flying by so quickly it is not funny. I actually thought this week would drag, especially as I seem to be awake for 20 hour spells of late but no,... Read more

Hello and welcome back to my little piece of the internet! It's Friday which means it is blog round-up time once again and this week we have people running well, people running bad and people running bad because they ran... Read more

Could somebody please leave a comment and let me know what this sleep is that normal, childless people talk about? Jesus I am tired right now and it's only been a week since Baby Pud entered the world!... Read more

Tags: Cash games, Downswing, Heads up, HUSNG, Night feeds

As you would expect, it has been pandemonium in the Pudding household this week, with the arrival of Baby Pud on Monday morning throwing our normal routines straight out of the window. BTW, what is this sleep I hear people... Read more

I am officially a daddy again after Mrs P gave birth to Baby Pudding, who weighed a whopping 9lb 2oz, at 1042 on Monday morning after a seven hour labour!... Read more

Tags: Fatherhood, New baby, Sleeping problems, Social networking

The madness of "year end" should now be over for most workers as today marks the start of the new financial year. Companies will have fresh budgets and goals and poker players should be no different.... Read more

Tags: Clarkatroid, Keeping records, Poker Icons, Tracking software

It's that time of week again folks when I try to round-up a few of the more interesting blog posts of the past week. The blog posts at the end of / start of a new month have a common... Read more

Over the past week or so I have been very excited at the prospect of putting my new found bankroll to good use by moving up in stakes and potentially winning a decent sum of money. However, yesterday my excitement... Read more

Tags: cash games, fixed limit, poker mindset, poker psychology

After my recent MTT success, I fully expected for my luck to dry up for at least a few weeks but it seems that the Poker Gods (amen) had words with their mates, the Gambling Gods (amen) and let me... Read more

Tags: 21, Bankroll, Blackjack, Cash games, Grand National, Horse racing

The past seven days have been very busy for me this week, what with me taking down tournaments left right and centre and signing contract for training sites and poker rooms.... Read more

During an MSN conversation last week with the editor of the Betfair Poker site, Dave Allan, I realised I had been blogging on Betfair for over a year! Jeez, how time flies!... Read more

Tags: Happy Birthday, Strategy articles, Win a tournament, Year of blogging

I've not been around the blogs as much as I usually do this past week as I am currently recovering from a bout of man-flu that almost finished me off! Female readers will think I have only had a common... Read more

Since my last post I have continued to play tournaments and have seen both the positive and negative side of variance. I played my 100th $3.25 45 man game on Saturday dinner time as I didn't get to see Pud... Read more

Tags: Biggest cash, Final Table, MTT, Sick call

This week's blog round up contains a trip report, a singing Annette Obrestad, the thoughts of an MTT pro, some serious grinding of SnG and pooing behind a bush next the motorway! Let's get started!... Read more

I ended my last blog entry by saying "Let's hope the heater I am due to even things out takes place when I take a shot at a big MTT." Whilst that has not happened entirely, I do seem to... Read more

Tags: Bankroll management, MTTSNG, Positive variance, Win rate

My daily routine sees me read literally dozens of blogs and several forums and a common theme in posts and entries is the dreaded variance in poker. My first instinct when I see someone writing about being hit by variance... Read more

Tags: Bankroll management, EV, SnG, Twitter, Variance in poker

I've been extremely busy with life stuff this past week so have not been around the blogs as much as I would have liked to, but I have still had time to dig out some bloggers for you that are... Read more

A lot of people advocate tightening up if you have just been caught bluffing but I don't always heed to this advice. After all, if you've just been caught with your hands in the cookie jar, you're not going to... Read more

After part one ran on for far too long, I have decided to trim this entry down so that it actually contains some poker!... Read more

There is a little-known fact that when choosing a partner in life, men are attracted subconsciously to woman who have characteristics of their mother and females to males who resemble their father.... Read more

After all the recent talk of live poker on the Betfair site, I was itching to go play at any casino and feel the cards and chips between my fingers.... Read more

Over the past couple of months, my love for poker has dwindled away, but after an amazing poker-filled weekend, my love for poker has returned and has a renewed vigour.... Read more

Tags: Devilfish, Gutshot Draw, Live Poker, Poker Bounty, Suck out

Like a lot of poker players I have a dream. A dream that one day I will be able to be able to support myself financially by playing this wonderful game we call poker.... Read more

For those of you who read this, let me apologise for the lack of updates recently. I am usually one of the more prolific of the Betfair bloggers but I have not been myself for a few weeks now and... Read more

Tags: Clean bill of health, HUSNG, MTT, Payout bubble, Staking

Unless you are extremely rich or incredibly stupid, then you will be more than aware that the entire planet is in a complete, financial mess. Banks are being bailed out by governments, dole queues are expanding by the minute and... Read more

I am Yorkshire Pudding and I am a small stakes poker player. They say the first step to recovering from anything is to admit there is a problem to begin with. My problem has been trying to run before I... Read more

Tags: HUD, Making reads, Reviewing your play, Table dynamics

It seems like the recent cold-snap that has gripped the UK has had an effect on bloggers as there have been a severe lack of updates on all fronts. Even some of the more prolific writers seem to have taken... Read more

Howdy y'all! With the majority of us in England snowed in, I thought I would give you a little post to make you smile on this freezing Monday morning... Read more

Tags: Going out, Text messages, Too much to drink

It's that time of the week again when we take a little journey around the blogosphere and report back on anything unusual, funny, sad or even vaguely interesting! A bit of a mixed bag today, so grab your passport and... Read more

For the past week I seem to have lost focus in all directions and have been feeling pretty low. Do not ask my why as I cannot pinpoint a particular reason why I should be feeling down but I have... Read more

Tags: Double or nothing, Feeling low, Turbo HUSNG, Vandalism Team Betfair

The blogosphere has been relatively quiet this past week, with a lot of the big names hanging out at various events around the world and the rest of us mere mortals cutting down on our posting volume, which usually means... Read more

Tags: clarkatroid, doyle brunson, greekstein, hairy gymnast, poker round-up

Poker can be a cruel beast at times and over the past couple of days I am living proof of that statement. Believe it or not but I am still playing HUSNG almost three weeks after I said I was... Read more

Tags: Equity, Frustrating, HUSNG, Losing as a favourite, Positive ROI

For the next few weeks at least, I have been asked if I can give an insight into some of the non-Betfair blogs out there. I am a self-professed blog geek, reading at least 15-20 per day and commenting on... Read more

I have had a really nice weekend so thought I would round it off with a quick blog entry, here on my little piece of the internet. Things got under way on Friday when Sister Pud, her husband-to-be, Mrs P... Read more

Tags: Curry, Diabetes, HUSNG, Nintendo Wii, Pud Jr

Whilst the majority of us mere mortals are struggling to come to terms with the start of a global recession, there are a privileged few who seem to have money to burn in these testing times.... Read more

Tags: 22 forum, cash bet, durrr, tom dwan

Back in the late 1990's, there were many billboards around my home town of Leeds that bared the face of French footballer, Eric Cantona and the slogan, "1966 was a great year for English football. Eric was born." If there... Read more

Tags: David Sklansky, deception, making the right decisions, poker concepts, poker theory

It may come as a shock to some but I have fallen behind on my HUSNG challenge, LOL! I did start playing before the New Year and managed to log over 60 games before deciding to start afresh in 2009,... Read more

Tags: Connection problems, Flush draws, HUSNG, Losing flips, Poor start

Did you all have a good Christmas? I hope so as the Pudding family had a really enjoyable time, even if it was a long, exhausting day! Things got under way at 0500 in the morning when Step-Pud woke up... Read more

Tags: Christmas, Happy New Year, HUSNG, Keyboard Warriors

Since my last post I have set the wheels in motion for a karma increased by giving Leeds General Infirmary my old PlayStation 2 and the games I had with it. In a strange twist of fate, I ended up... Read more

Tags: HUSnG, Making poker plans, New Year Resolutions

Over the weekend I was sat wondering what I could write in some articles this week, when I decided to make some notes on the various poker related charities. As a poker player, I am aware that to the non-playing... Read more

Tags: Giving blood, PlayStation, Poker charity, Poker profits

After a couple of month of running like what can only be described as dog shit, I am pleased to report that I am now on some sort of heater, running hotter than the sun and loving playing poker!... Read more

Tags: Bloggers, HU Cash, HUSNG, No-limit Holdem, Resigning

I have had the bright idea to write this blog entry at 0330 in the morning after Step Pud woke up screaming at 0230 as he is scared of the dark and the landing light decided to die last night,... Read more

Tags: 6-max, logging volume, NL cash

You may be wondering why the title of this post mentions the little sod with wings and a bow and arrow when I am with Mrs P, well do not worry, everything is fine on that front but thanks in... Read more

Tags: Connie Francis, Dancing Duck, Fixed Limit, Stupid Cupid

Since my last post, I have been on the wrong end of some life variance once again and I have been feeling a little bit sorry for myself if I am honest.... Read more

Tags: All-in with AA, Cash games, short handed, Vandalism, Victor Meldrew

I will begin by apologising for the severe lack of updates to my little blog this month, I am usually one of the more prolific bloggers on the Betfair site but this is only my second post this month. Bad... Read more

Tags: Baby boy, Blue Man Group, Editor, HUSNG, Poker articles

Any of you who have read any of my old blogs or know me personally, will know that I have spent a lot of time in the pub trade over the years and think of the pub as my home... Read more

Tags: Final Table, Landlord, MTT, Public house

I hope you are all sitting down to read this as I have a one-off bit of information for you! Yorkshire Pudding has actually finished a challenge for once, shock horror! In my last post I said I wanted to... Read more

Tags: Cash games, HUSnG, Karma, Traffic warden

After being woken up at 0400 by a Step Pud that would only go back to sleep in my bed and who then spent the next three hours doing a great Spinning Dervish impression, forcing me onto the bed frame... Read more

It is common knowledge that the key to becoming a winning player at the crazy game we call Texas Hold'em is volume, and plenty of it. After all, there are 1,362 possible starting hand combinations (169 if you are not... Read more

Tags: Cracking bullets, Logging volume, Winning at poker

After doubling my bankroll within the first week of October, I have hardly played any poker. Why? I am not sure to be honest! Last month I simply could not stop playing even though I was losing heavily but this... Read more

Tags: Amatay, Baby Pud, bankroll, Half Life 2, Sky TV

A couple of months ago I wrote an article for Betfair's WSOP site about the chip and a chair story involving Jack 'Tree Top' Strauss. Anyone who is interested in poker will know the aphorism and on Wednesday night, I... Read more

Tags: Betfair rebuy tournament, Betfair SnG, chatbox abuse

To say it was an awful month at the tables is an understatement, it was an absolute shocker! After a fantastic August, I had plans on September being following in the same vein and me being bankrolled for NL50 in... Read more

Tags: Baby Pud, bankroll management, burnleymik, chris moorman, moorman1, NL50, WSOP Europe, WSOPE

My horrific run has continued over the past few days and my bankroll has been severely depleted, I am nowhere near busto but I have dropped around half of my bankroll and it stings. I have made a few poor... Read more

Tags: baby Pud, bankroll, wsope, wsope europe

My very first entry (more...), here on this blog touched on how much I hate public transport and the lack of freedom I have had due to not owning a car. Well, it has taken six months but Pud is... Read more

Tags: changing style, new car, NL10, wsope, wsope blogs

There is a saying I poker that goes along the lines of "Fixed limit Hold'em is a science, whilst No-limit is an art form." Having played a ton of both I can confirm this to be true.... Read more

Tags: Fixed Limit, No Limit, Poker

You may recall that I had been staked for three of the $55 WSOPE (more...) qualifiers on Betfair and that I had played one with no success. Well, over the past couple of days I have played a further three... Read more

Tags: bubble play, satellites, wsop europe, wsope

I played the first of my three $55 WSOP Europe (more...) satellites last night and despite not winning a seat to the super satellite on September 7 (more...), I left with a ton of confidence. (writes Yorkshire Pud)... Read more

Tags: wsop europe, wsope, wsope satellites, wsope super sunday

Over the past week or so, I have felt a little depressed and have been very negative in everything I have done. Why? I do not know to be honest but it seems to have passed on now thankfully. I... Read more

Tags: betfair poker, mtt, paypal poker, wsope qualifiers

This post should be a bit of a mixed bag today, with some poker, life and silly things in it! For some unknown reason, I am in a good mood today, maybe it is because the sun is shining outside,... Read more

Tags: WSOPE Qualifier, YorkyPuds

It has been five days since my last post (more...) mainly because I just have not been in the right frame of mind to write anything, never mind anything remotely related to poker!... Read more

Tags: fathers rights, freerolls, pud jnr, wsope, wsope satellites

I am becoming ever frustrated with myself lately, as I simply cannot seem to concentrate on poker at all. I have logged a few sessions of 2-4 tables and although I have felt more in control and made some good... Read more

Tags: micro donk, poker burnout, rossi poker, wsope

If you want to make some money at poker, come and find my tables and I will gladly donate to you! I am not talking about chip dumping or anything like that, but if you sit down with me, it... Read more

Tags: cash poker, chip reese, logging a ton of volume, multi-tabling

When baby Pud makes an appearance towards the back end of March, my available poker playing time will be drastically reduced. In addition, as I will not be able to commit a set period of time to play, I have... Read more

Tags: cash games, grinding, mulitiple table, wsope

My previous post (more...) started by telling you that I will be making some lifestyle changes but I never actually said why I had decided to take this action. Well now, I can tell you that I have been pondering... Read more

Tags: HUSnG

I have been re-evaluating a few things in my life recently and I have decided that it is time to make some changes. I have some goals, ambitions and dreams that I am yet to even start to try to... Read more

Tags: 6-max cash games, healthy living, man boobs, pot limit omaha

Although I am not obliged to, I have put my full bankroll onto the Betfair Poker site. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, it is easier for me to do a full write up of the games I play.... Read more

Tags: Betfair Poker, MTT, playing on Betfair Poker

I have hardly played any poker for the past week as I have been suffering with some sort of virus that has knocked the stuffing out of me. What started as a runny nose and a bit of a head... Read more

Tags: GUKPT, Manflu, wsope, wsope satellites

It is nice to see that the Poker Gods (amen) have not forgotten me whilst I was away for a week and are still providing me with glorious bad beats and cooler situations to raise my blood pressure!... Read more

Tags: andrew teng, HUSnG, MTT, poker gods, Tufat23

About a week ago I was sat on the sofa, fingers at the ready (writes Yorkshire Pud), about to start an article for the Betfair WSOPE site when my laptop decided to go and die on me!... Read more

Tags: bankroll, broken laptop, HUD, player notes, raise the river forum, RTR, wsope site

Anyone who knows me from the poker world (writes Yorkshire Pud) will tell you I am a sucker for starting challenges then binning them after a week or so. I mentioned in my last entry that I had started a... Read more

Tags: betfair tournaments, Deep Stack, mtt, prop bets

Although I was in the middle of a run of 13 tournaments without cashing, I decided to offer some of the members on Raise The River some action on a prop bet I made. I took $150 of action that... Read more

Tags: betfair freeroll, mtt, prop bets, wsope

I am currently going through a torrid time at the tables, having failed to cash in the last 13 tournaments I have entered! It seems no matter what I do, I simply cannot win. If I have a pair then... Read more

Tags: Annette Obrestad, MTT, unlucky at poker

Sorry for the lack of updates but I have had a ton of life stuff going on so I have not hit the tables or had the inclination to write anything at all. However, I have played a few tournaments... Read more

Tags: mtt, multi table tournaments, No-Limit Texas Hold'em, Type 1 diabetes

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to grind the cash games until the end of the year and then make the switch to MTT's but this has now changed. I spoke to a friend during the... Read more

Tags: cash games, EV, mtt, mtt express

I've still hardly played any poker in the first five days of June mainly because I have been far too busy with life stuff, but I am around $50 to the good so I can't really complain. With the WSOP... Read more

Tags: Las Vegas, MTT, poker challenges, world series of poker, wsop

I don't know what is going on but I have seriously lost my mojo! No matter what I do I just can't seem to win! I think one problem has been that I've not stuck to one specific discipline and... Read more

Tags: all-in preflop, blogs, cash games, mtt, multi table tournaments, prop bets

Anyone who knows me knows that I change my mind about what I want to play with alarming regularity. In the past I have set myself silly little challenges that I have kicked to the kerb as soon as the... Read more

Tags: Alex Martin, avoid tilt, HU cash games, HUSnG, micro-stakes, poker challenges

It wasn't Betfair pro bloggers Annette or Sorel who lasted longest in the Bluff Europe Magazine Freeroll 2008 but their more prolific colleague Yorkshire Pud.... Read more

Tags: annette_15, freeroll, poker bloggers, sorel mizzi

I've not played a great deal over the past couple of days as Mrs P and I were dog-sitting for her mum whilst she had a weekend away in sunny Blackpool. I did take my trusty laptop but I couldn't... Read more

Tags: Betfair freeroll, hand histories, HUSnG, NL10 full ring, Omaha hi/low, poker laptop problems, Poker Tracker

Sorry for the lack of updates (writes Yorkshire Pud) but I have been uber busy over the past few days. I have actually written a piece about a typical poker table but I'm hoping to get that posted on another... Read more

Tags: hand histories, NL20, self-employed

I've been reading a ton of blogs (writes Yorkshire Pud) over the past week and one thing that became apparent was the amount of people who had a poor month at the tables during April, myself included, and that they... Read more

Tags: all-in situations, multiple tables, NL25, TPTK

I said in my last post that I was going to cut my hair as a sacrifice to the Poker Gods (amen) and for once it seems to have paid off! Since shaving my barnet I have cashed in a... Read more

Tags: mtt, multi table tournaments, multiple tables, NL10, Paypal, Southport

I will be glad to see April leave us as it has been a very rocky and frustrating time indeed. In one of my earlier posts I mentioned that sometimes no matter how perfectly you play poker you can still... Read more

Tags: variance

As a poker player, writes Yorkshire Pudding, I look to gain any edge I can over my opponents as any advantage you have over the people you are playing against will, in the long term, yield profits for you. Most... Read more

Tags: delayed bet, delayed check, poker tells, quick bet, quick check

Since my last post I have added another digit to my age (writes Yorkshire Pud) and I'm now the ripe old age of 27! Do I feel any different? In short, no. Not at all. If I think about it... Read more

Tags: birthday drinking, breaking even at poker, Pot-limit Omaha Hi

I thought I'd give a little update to how things are going in the life of Yorkshire Pudding! I've still not found a job per se but I have sent my CV to dozens of people and I'm registered with... Read more

Tags: Omaha hi/low

I ended my last post hoping for a nice score in a tournament (writes Yorkshire Pud) but unfortunately it never materialised and I ended up dropping around $70 in MTTs ranging from $1 to $4. A mixture of running bad... Read more

Tags: mtt, multi table tournaments, No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Since my last post it's been a case of so near yet so far with regards to my tournament playing having not cashed in my last six games and I'm break even for the month (writes Yorkshire Pudding). On Tuesday... Read more

Tags: hand replayers, mtt, multi table tournaments

There are two fundamental styles when it comes to playing poker, that of the Tight-Aggressive (TAG) and that of the Loose-Aggressive (LAG). Both styles have their own positive points and obviously their own negative points. Most of the books available... Read more

Tags: LAG, loose aggressive, TAG, tight aggressive

I was going to post this entry yesterday but I thought people may have taken it as an April Fool's prank. (writes Yorkshire Pudding) Yesterday I lost my job. No joke, it's entirely true, I no longer have a job... Read more

Tags: HUSnG

If, like me, you have played poker for a couple of years and are a naturally observant person, you will have noticed that many situations you find yourself in at the poker tables, both online and live, will mirror situations... Read more

Tags: bankroll management, bluffing, variance

Ever since my (non-poker related) bankruptcy two and a half years ago, I've never had a car of my own and I've either had to rely on borrowing a friend's car or use the pile of cack that is public... Read more