Bedrock in point form....

With so much actual life getting in the way lately, I'll have to go with the point form version of a post today.

~ We got Fred out onto the golf course again. Damn near killed him but the smile on his face during and afterwards, was well worth the difficulties involved.

~ We're also dealing with the recent news that the words 'life' and 'chemo' will remain constantly intertwined, as far as Fred is concerned going forward.

~ As those that really know me are aware, I'm currently in negotiations to un-retire. An offer presented itself late last week that just may be too good to refuse, we'll have to see. I hope to know more by the end of the week.

~ I may not be 'writing' enough these days, but I am still reading those that are excellent at it! *hint, hint. You should too!

~ So very proud of YOU!

~ Just can't wait to spend some time with YOU!

~ If this kid[all important self link] could reach Mrs. JJOK, she'd get the biggest hug I think I've ever laid on anyone in my life.

~ While the children of the eastern USA may be doomed, I just think it's great!

~ If you really want to see me happy, show me a brudder with that shit eatin' grin!

~ Of course anytime I get to follow the exploits of two new Canadian kids, I'm going to have a grin on my own face for sure!

~ December gathering? ? ? ? Currently unknown. :(

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Just along for the ride are we....

I've always believed that nature itself is perhaps, the ultimate battlefield. This theory of course is due in no small part to us humans, as we take her for granted and use and abuse our privileges given. Hardly ever stopping to recognize the destruction we cause, until it's far too late as always. No move by mankind is insignificant either! The levelling of a 100,000 acre forest seems to have no less impact on the planet than say, letting hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil out into the open sea. Animals will die immediately of course, but some will suffer a slow and painful death in either of these situations. Activists trying to be good human souls will of course protest. "Save the animals" they'll bellow to all that would listen. Yes of course! We should all stop what we're doing to "save the animals."

Because we consider ourselves capable and yet far, FAR worse clever, we'll bore holes into this flying rock of ours until there's nowhere else to drill. We'll look up as well and quite knowingly, create a hole in a protective layer of atmosphere we've just recently discovered. All for the sake of convenience to our species in a variety of ways critical to our needs. Say from personal hygiene, to travel.

What makes this ironic for me is, these clever ones were brought up through an education system that preached nothing but the brilliance of Newton.

"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction."


Yet the drive for money driven by greed is cleverly disguised, as a quest for knowledge and necessity. Claimed to be for man kinds very survival on this earth. Perhaps they are very clever? They do seem to have the vast majority of idiots doing what they can to hold the dirt down to the ground, fooled into a common state of blase faire. Very clever indeed!

In just twelve short hours around these parts we've experienced;

An Earthquake.
A Tornado.
&
A Thunderstorm, that happened to drop 4 1/2 inches of rain in less than half an hour.

None of which for the record, is remotely natural to Bedrock.

Nostradamus effect my ass!
Unless of course, Nostradamus just happened to also be one of those clever people.

"Save the animals" indeed!
What I want to know is, who the hell is going to save humanity from all of the clever people?


My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Perhaps a good day....

I don't know what it is exactly, that has me looking so forward to a great day today.

Perhaps it was the subtle nuance of HOPE


and PROMISE


that greeted me as I first went outside.

Whatever the reason is, perhaps it just may be a pretty good day today.

A day where I may just have to un-retire, and find myself back amongst the lucky working stiffs.

I could certainly live with that!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Get 'er in on the river....

Father's Day I slept in until 8:00am.

I was only awake because of the shriek of delight that came from the office area downstairs.

"I was trying to decide how much he'd call, then he jammed me all-in on the river!"


*sigh
Just another day in the poker life of my Peb's!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Frantic Friday: The Pinky Edition.... (NSFW)

I've been put in a rather interesting situation this Frantic Friday kids! I've actually received a request for a little unique subject matter to discuss.

Last Frantic Friday I saw this in the comments,

"Wow. Did I mention Wow? As much as I love the bosom and rear areas, I'm really a sucker for the tummy region. Don't know if you takes requests (or if you've done that theme before), but consider this mine."
~PinkyStinky

Now I'm sure after all these Frantic Fridays 'O' love, everyone knows that I really try my best to keep every single reader as happy as I can. Well today will be no different!

Actually it's kind of funny, these Frantic Friday's have actually become a lot like the beach haven't they?


So Pinky, let's take a closer look at your subject shall we?

Now that you've crossed over Pinky you should always remember to be careful what you wish for from a Frantic Friday. Because honestly,


So we need to go on a search for the


do we?

It may not be so easy my friend! I mean, they don't always make themselves so easy to find.

Perhaps if I start by looking under the


or actually took the time to study up on the subject matter?

Any idea if there's any good


about the hot belly?

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get you all the goods you need to set your


off on tilt there Pinky, but I'll certainly do my best.

I do promise that I won't give up though!
Despite my talents normally being focused in other areas of


I'll see what I can come up with just for you.

In fact, the red rubble racer needs a good bath and I know just the spot to take it! While I'm there, I'll see if I can find a little sumpin' sumpin


I know it won't be so easy to find you a whole group of what you're looking for here but hey, you know what?

Sometimes


Besides


is when we men know what we want and go out looking for just that special thing, it's always best when


Ah yes, the female anatomy!


So there you go Pinky, you have my word that I'll do what I can for you. I don't like to settle at all you know but if I can't find exactly what you want, I'll certainly make sure I find you the


Hopefully it'll be good enough stuff to get you a little


for that someone special in your life!

Lord knows any good person should always make themselves available as a nice


for the one that they love!

Be good to each other everyone and as always, happy Frantic Friday!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

+360 chips, the online way....

Full Tilt Poker Game #21648001690:
Super Sat to the Double Deuce (167035269)
Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: samdog114 (1,790)
Seat 3: AvatarPerron (1,940)
Seat 5: BamBamCan (3,940)
Seat 6: Fabio622 (1,790)
Seat 8: marcard75 (4,040)
BamBamCan posts the small blind of 80
Fabio622 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamBamCan [Ts Td]
marcard75 raises to 320
samdog114 calls 320
AvatarPerron folds
BamBamCan calls 240
Fabio622 folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 7s Ac]
BamBamCan checks
marcard75 checks
samdog114 bets 320
BamBamCan raises to 2,080
marcard75 raises to 3,720, and is all in
samdog114 calls 1,150, and is all in
BamBamCan calls 1,540, and is all in
marcard75 shows [7d 7c]
samdog114 shows [Ah Ad]
BamBamCan shows [Ts Td]
Uncalled bet of 100 returned to marcard75
*** TURN *** [Tc 7s Ac] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 7s Ac 5h] [6c]
marcard75 shows three of a kind, Sevens
BamBamCan shows three of a kind, Tens
BamBamCan wins the side pot (4,300) with three of a kind, Tens
samdog114 shows three of a kind, Aces
samdog114 wins the main pot (5,530) with three of a kind, Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9,830 Main pot 5,530. Side pot 4,300. | Rake 0
Board: [Tc 7s Ac 5h 6c]
Seat 1: samdog114 showed [Ah Ad] and won (5,530) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: AvatarPerron (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: BamBamCan (small blind) showed [Ts Td] and won (4,300) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 6: Fabio622 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: marcard75 showed [7d 7c] and lost with three of a kind, Sevens



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Get off your McLovin butt....

When I checked in late last night, I saw only 30% of the expected names registered for tonight's game.


I KNOW we can do better than that!
It's for charity kids!

Go ahead, be a dead stack if you want but come on!
Let's get Oh Captain 100 players!

You can even be lazy and search for BamBamCan under the requests/find player tab on FullTilt to register, 'cause I'm already McIn.

Oh and if you actually play and all goes according to plan, (fingers crossed in all directions around here!) there may just be a surprise guest on the Buddy Dank Radio broadcast during the game.

Whomever could it be?
;)

Still need a good reason to play or at least buy in?
Perhaps if you check THIS STORY by Mrs. Lightning (bloggers always marry up!) out, you'll see what RMH did for one of our own and feel WAY better about the measly $10. Hell at only $10, it's a discounted mookiedank(?) anyhow right!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

#600....

Back in November of '07 I was pretty sure that starting something like a blog up, was probably going to be a minor project for a year at best. I'd just scribble down some crap and then do what I could with it, all to try and stay in touch with the invisible friends I'd been making over my first year of blogging with the TuckFard gang. I was convinced that the year or so of keeping this place together would just be needed to plan the next gathering, find the next game, or see what was going on in our little blog'o'sphere at the time. I'd write and I'd read but more importantly, this place would give me a chance to communicate with a group of folks I'd dearly come to count on for much laughter, some needed humility and once in a while, we'd surely get together and poker.

My how things have changed, having just realized that this is post #600 for me here in Bedrock.

SIX FRIGGIN' HUNDRED!

I will not pretend to have the proper dexterity of word to appropriately thank those of you that helped push me forward in this little endeavor of mine, but please ALWAYS know this.

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Frantic Friday: The BadBlood BUTT Bonus Edition (NSFW)....

Right off the bat, I feel the need to warn you all.

This Frantic Friday is definitely NOT for the weak at heart, or any of you rank


out there!

Frantic Friday's are some serious sport, so run away right now if you don't think you're up to the task!

Speaking of sport and amateurs,


For the record, it's not always easy picking a subject for a Frantic Friday you know!

So many of you out there, seem to believe that they should always be about the


of life.

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've been told that cleavage


I like it mind you, it's just not the end all to be all in my books.

My fellow BB, (that's BadBlood for those of you new to the game) and I have a slightly differant perspective on things.

We're all about a few other


in life.

So today I dedicate this Frantic Friday to my man BadBlood. He may be in Vegas without me right now but you know what? I'm still happy for the guy. It's just how I roll.

See kids the thing about your cleavage love is, you seem to forget one major factor.


Now that kind of cleavage makes this kid think


Because when I see a contestant for the


I basically think it


It's like the phrase "kissing ass."

I mean think about that kids,


What do you think when you run across a nice butt somewhere?

For BadBlood and I, it's always the same.


Well sometimes we do say what


but I think you get the idea.

So to keep my fellow BB as happy as can be, this weekend I'm going all out and heading


at the local races.

I heard that there are a lot of potential candidates out there so for me, that's where


to make my eyes happy.

Despite this Frantic Friday being mostly about my man BadBlood, I do feel the need to salute another good friend as well.

So


Now THAT's a SUPER genious in my books!

That's it for now kiddies, but I will leave you with one more little but important thought.

Always remember


Happy Frantic Friday kids.

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

The thing about riding Bareback....

Don't let the title fool you!
This IS NOT another Frantic Friday post!

That's going to have to wait until tomorrow.
But it WILL be worth the wait!
;)

No, this is about one of my usual staples for the bankroll.
The $5.50 H.O.R.S.E. games on FullTilt.

I play them quite a bit, mostly because as I said, they are pretty good for the bankroll on average. Typically they get about 200 or so runners and despite the limit poker involved, half the field is gone in the first 30 to 45 minutes. Some pretty TAGGY poker and a few good hands and the next thing you know, you can be in a commanding position on the leader board.

So last night I check in on my peeps in The Dankie(?) and hear on BDR, that a few of the folks are jumping into the HORSIE game about to run. Why not?

Now my strength in these things has always been the R.S.E. end of the game so naturally, I expected nothing less in the game last night. Obviously however, FullTilt had another plan for me instead.

Usually I can say I played pretty good and got lucky once in awhile, in keeping with the tradition of a mixed game format. You need to play well AND run good, in order to get anywhere in these things at all. Last night however, I ran like molasses.

A-A cracked in LH, natch!
A-A-2-3 double sooted quartered on the river in O8, sure!
Rolled up K-K-K in Razz, why not every second hand?
3-6-9 or 2-4-8 for every starting hand in STUD, seems reasonable.
Rolled up 5-5-5 and hit the quads on fifth street in S8? Only if I'm up against rolled up 6-6-6 that made the same quad hand on fifth street!

Variance is usually a little more 'patchy' when it comes to the mixed games for me but last night, well last night was just about as silly as it gets to be honest. I lasted to about 50th. place or so despite getting the crap run out of me all night long and my busto move? Just more of the same old, same old in the end.

Dealt (A-3)-4 and actually looking like a RAZZ starting hand, I get the 2 I needed dealt to me on fourth street. Now holding A-3-4-2 and several players interested in building the monster pot I need to get back in the game, my board runs out A-3-4-2-Q-Q-Q of course! So I get to see a player I have a gajillion notes on take the huge pot down, all while he's holding 3-6-7-J-8-10-10 and the two players check it down on 7th. street.

Of course the night wouldn't be perfect if I didn't see this in the chat right after!

wildo1: U/L mate gg
BamBamCan:[observer] nh gg
wildo1: thanks
wildo1: got lucky was chasing the str8
wildo1: thought we were on stud lol

Playing HORSE while riding bareback?
Let's just say it gets a little tuff on the balls.

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Get your McLovin' on....

Every once in awhile, our little community manages to actually do something pretty damn good. When most of us spend so much time in the grey area that naturally comes with degeneracy, it makes you feel awesome when something like this is about to happen. Because I certainly know when the cause is worth supporting, the cool kids will get behind it big time.

Some time ago, one of ours and his family needed a little help and a large portion of that help, came in the form of the Ronald McDonald House. During that time, another one of us got to see from the outside looking in, just how amazing the RMH really is and decided to try and garner the place some support.

So here's the plan.


~Go ahead! Gank the banner and post it at your place.
I DARE YOU!

With the ten's of thousands of dollars that FullTilt Poker and AlCantHang had just recently thrown our way, I fully expect this thing to hit at least 100 players, if not more!

Remember kids Poker Blogger charity, is the bestest kind!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

BBT5 ~ The Battle Royale....

Well THAT didn't quite go according to plan!

Sometimes merely playing poker just isn't quite good enough and yesterday, well it was just one of those days.

After showing two "Bammer's" early on, I took advantage of a pretty nice flop when VinNay was interested in seeing some cards.


Yeah I had TPTK but I think having the 9-3 out there, was just enough to scare Vin out of the pot.

VinNay then put me to the test a little later. After my early position raise, Vin jammed in on me and I had to make a decision with just a small pair.


I know, I know! I'm probably supposed to make the call there no matter what. I didn't though and you know what? It wouldn't be the last time I'd fold those cards.

Smokkee and I then got in to it on one hand. I actually wasn't that thrilled about holding my Asian-Jew here, but the price was right to see it all the way through.


Of course what kind of tournament report would this be, if I didn't insert at least one token "Bammer" shot for the win?


I had one major bluff hold up here against PinkyStinky, when I knew the only way I could win was to make a move.


After just chugging along for a bit, Fuel put me to the test with the 88 once again.


I guess I just wasn't ready to leave yet, so I folded them again.

Then I guess when I was finally ready to get off the table, I seriously over played my pocket pair.


"There's only two hands ahead of me." I said, as I jammed pre-flop.
Of course, I was up against one of them!

So I bust.


So that's it for my BBT5.

I managed to final table/in the money right on 30% of the games I played and thanks to AlCantHang and the fine folks at FullTilt Poker, I net a tidy little $562.00 profit for my efforts. Not exactly the cash I was hoping for when I dedicated myself to playing well in this thing, but far more than I probably deserved!

AlCantHang ~ You are the man!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....

Frantic Friday : The Ginger Edition (NSFW) ....

At the request of Tragedy, (and I'm quite certain to AlCantHang's delight!) today's Frantic Friday is all about the Redheads!

Lord knows I didn't stand a chance from a very, very young age. If you really think about it, this kids history is just jam packed with being surrounded by delicious and delightful Gingers.

I mean seriously, don't you think the look on my face in this old family pic,


kinda' says it all!

Hell, even the mother in law's a Ginger!


Even my old family stories were full of Gingers! Both Barney and Fred would take turns recalling the day some smoking hawt Redhead that passed through town for some show, took the time to make their day.




Yes from a very early age, I knew I was destined to fall in love with


So let's get right to it shall we?

Let's Frantic Friday all about the


and let's try to get it right.

If you know anything about me, you'll know I want to do right by you my dear readers. I just can't stand it


In my personal opinion, there's just something special about a


It's actually so bad that when I'm with one,


all I want to do is go back to bed!

;)

Now you know me! I love ALL types, shapes, varieties and sizes of women! It's just who I am and what I do. But to be honest when they come along as a


to me personally, life just


If that's a bad thing, I don't wanna be good!

Just the other day, Peb's and I had one of our very favourite Gingers stop by for a few drinks out back.

Our gal Ena's a totally awesome


that just loves to show off her


Now Ena is also the typical yet totally


and we all know what that means right?

NO!
Come on gang.

Redheads = Freckles.

I probably shouldn't do this but because you took the time to drop by my dear reader, I'll take the chance that Ena won't get too upset about these next two pics.

Besides Ena should be so proud of it all anyhow, because when it comes to a smokin'


with freckles,


Peb's and I took turns later in the afternoon and you know what?


Ah Redheads,


don't you?

You know what else I love about Redheads, besides how incredible they look


they also come in all kinds of Redheads.

Strawberry Blonde, brilliant red, fluorescent red and my personal favourite, the


Yes the worlds Redheads are delicious, delectable and one thing will always remain the same,


You just gotta' love that!

Have a great Frantic Friday everyone! Peb's and I are off to a pretty special event this weekend. Another of our buddies Celia, is having a very big day this Saturday. She's finally going to have her


I may have pics next week!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....