August 7th, 2008
Well this is fun. Look who should be off the board – Paul, Stoudemire, Bryant, and James. At this point in the draft, you’re left a load of question marks. Will KG still have the drive? Is the Matrix healthy and still a top notch fantasy guy without a top PG? Will age and the Olympics catch up with Dirk? Arenas and Brand are coming off of big injuries – how will they come back? Butler was great without Arenas – then he got injured again: what now? Chris Bosh has a new frontcourt mate – how will he react? Baron Davis and Marcus Camby – new team, new pace, can they play 80 games at a high level again? Yao Ming – what’s up with that? Josh Smith doesn’t have a deal yet – will he be fat and happy or in contract year mode? Richardson had a hell of a last half of 07-08 – with more Bobcat healthy bodies, is he still the focal point of the offense? Is this the year Iverson finally breaks down? Duncan and Nash were great in 04, do they still have it for 09? And is Danny Granger ready to be a top notch star in Indiana? There. Including the four already taken, that is 20 people who could be the top 20 players of your draft. At pick #5 in the first round, you’ll have to take two of these players, plus have 14 picks in between picks. The number 2 guy for your team that you want may be off the board. This can make the #5 pick in your draft the hardest one this year. Good luck, brother.
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"RPA emergency nurse Cate Cunningham said nurses felt "disillusionment and disgust"."When we heard at Thursday's branch meeting our fighting fund money was being used to sponsor a women's football team we were speechless. Then on Friday, news filtered through that it was Brett Holmes's daughter's team," she said. "I can't tell you how angry and upset we all are. This has never been reported to members."Mrs Cunningham said the branch meeting had been held to address the union's willingness to fritter away valuable workplace entitlements in exchange for a "pissant pay increase" of 7.8 per cent over two years."We were all sitting there, wondering how on earth our union could have left us in such a mess then it was casually mentioned a women's football team had been kitted out with cash deducted from our own wages," she said.The sponsorship was approved at the association's council meeting on November 29. The successful motion read: "The NSWNA contributes $5000 in sponsorship to the Hills District (Female) Football Club for the 2008 year from the Nurse Power Fund.
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"RPA emergency nurse Cate Cunningham said nurses felt "disillusionment and disgust"."When we heard at Thursday's branch meeting our fighting fund money was being used to sponsor a women's football team we were speechless. Then on Friday, news filtered through that it was Brett Holmes's daughter's team," she said. "I can't tell you how angry and upset we all are. This has never been reported to members."Mrs Cunningham said the branch meeting had been held to address the union's willingness to fritter away valuable workplace entitlements in exchange for a "pissant pay increase" of 7.8 per cent over two years."We were all sitting there, wondering how on earth our union could have left us in such a mess then it was casually mentioned a women's football team had been kitted out with cash deducted from our own wages," she said.The sponsorship was approved at the association's council meeting on November 29. The successful motion read: "The NSWNA contributes $5000 in sponsorship to the Hills District (Female) Football Club for the 2008 year from the Nurse Power Fund.
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When hockey players first start off in the NHL theyre pulled in many different directions since theyre making all this money and have no idea that the kind of friends theyre dealing with are people that are not the kind of people you want around. This goes into the kind of women who end up trapping a lot of hockey players and many of them are addressed as Puck Bunnies these are what you call hockeys term for groupies. Many pro athletes are the prime target of these kinds of females who are more interested in them for the financial and sexual aspect. Many of the athletes who are married or dating are with women who started off as groupies. Most of them are young girls 18-25 and most of them are not really educated because women who are educated would not settle for the role of a side dish.
These kinds of women will hang out near the locker room or try to get seats on the ground floor so theyre accessible to the players. Most of the time these women are just looking for something to brag about. Many of them discuss their sexual escapades with professional athletes as if its some kind of game to them. Some of those games include getting pregnant by the players and then attempting to latch on to them by demanding child support and maintenance because to them a couple grand or more a month is more than what most normal women who are not involved with someone famous gets for child support.
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The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced revisions to the Rules of Golf, placing new restrictions on the cross sectional area and edge sharpness of golf club grooves. The revisions are designed to restore the challenge of playing shots to the green from the rough by reducing backspin on those shots. The initial focus of the new rules will be competitions involving highly skilled professional golfers and will have little impact on the play of most golfers.
The rules control the cross sectional area of grooves on all clubs, with the exception of drivers and putters, and limit groove edge sharpness on clubs with lofts equal to or greater than 25 degrees (generally a standard 5-iron and above).
The rules apply to clubs manufactured after January 1, 2010, the same year that the USGA will enforce the new regulations through a condition of competition for the U.S. Open, U.S. Womens Open and U.S. Senior Open and each of their qualifying events. All USGA amateur championships will apply the new regulations through the condition of competition, after January 1, 2014.
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The rules control the cross sectional area of grooves on all clubs, with the exception of drivers and putters, and limit groove edge sharpness on clubs with lofts equal to or greater than 25 degrees (generally a standard 5-iron and above).
The rules apply to clubs manufactured after January 1, 2010, the same year that the USGA will enforce the new regulations through a condition of competition for the U.S. Open, U.S. Womens Open and U.S. Senior Open and each of their qualifying events. All USGA amateur championships will apply the new regulations through the condition of competition, after January 1, 2014.
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Making big hands and playing premium starting cards arent the only way of winning in poker. If they were then the game wouldnt be half as much fun and wouldnt be surrounded by as much mystique and legend as it is.
Although bluffing is an important part of poker many players overestimate its strength, making the mistake of bluffing too often and at the wrong time. The key ingredient to successful bluffing is information. You need to know the people youre up against, the situation youre in and have an awareness of your own table image.
These three pieces of information can be summed up quickly like this; if youre up against a poor player who calls with anything then youre wasting your time bluffing. If they have hit anything then youre going to get called. Learn it now and remember it forever - you CANNOT bluff a calling station!
Dependent upon the situation youre in you should always consider whether a bluff actually has any chance of succeeding. If its a single-table tournament and youre trying to bluff a player with just a few chips left then youre probably not going to be successful. In tournament play desperate players will often call with their last few chips and you should always bear that in mind. By all means, put them on the spot for all of their chips if you can easily afford it, but if you dont have all that many chips yourself then bluffing in those sort of situations can be very dangerous.
Your own table image is something that is often not considered by players when theyre playing at a table. If you are someone who has been playing very tight for many hands then your bluff has a much better chance of succeeding. Opposing players will suspect that youve finally got a hand and will show more respect to your bet.
However, if youve been betting and raising a lot, and especially if youve been caught trying other bluffs, then youre much more likely to get a call or a re-raise when you attempt your latest bluff. Just as you notice the pattern of behaviour of other players at the table, they are as likely to notice yours.
Information also comes in the form of the cards you can see on the table. If there is a possible flush or three or four cards to a straight then youve got to decide whether the players youre up against have made that straight or flush or whether theyll believe that you have those hands yourself. Their patterns of betting will hopefully have given you the clues you need to make your big decision.
What you really need to do is to pick your moments well, before you bluff, and after you feel youve got at least some idea of what your opponents are likely to do. Observe other players and their pattern of behaviour and notice if theyre unlikely to bet unless theyve got a good hand. When timid players check your chances of successfully bluffing them out of the pot are so much greater.
If youre close to reaching the pay-out structure of a single or multi-table tournament then its usually the case that players tighten up in an effort to make it into the money, and this can be a great time to bluff and steal pots. Again though, you should always be aware of the players youve got at your table and how theyre likely to respond if you try to bully them.
In poker you have the stone-cold bluff and the semi-bluff. The stone cold bluff is where you try to win the pot with no hand at all of your own. This is the most dangerous move of all and needs to be executed perfectly, especially in No Limit games, or Pot Limit games where the pot has grown substantially. If you get this move wrong then youre probably going to lose a lot of chips and possibly even look a little bit stupid.
The semi-bluff is usually the better way to go. This can be defined as making an attempt to win the pot when you dont have a made hand, but do possess one which could improve with the addition of another card, even if it is a long shot to hit for you.
An example of a semi-bluff can be shown here. Say you have A-10 and the flop comes down J-9-8. You have nothing better than ace high at that moment but if you do try a bluff and are called then you still have the chance to hit a queen or 7 for your straight and also an ace to give you the top pair. Even if youre called by a better hand you still have a chance to make a stronger hand yourself.
The advantage of the semi-bluff over the stone-cold bluff is that you have two ways to win with it. The stone cold bluff can only win if your opponents fold. However, the semi-bluff can win if they either fold or you hit the cards you need to make your hand!
Bluffing in poker is an art-form but it is generally harder to bluff online than it is in a bricks and mortar casino. You have less tells to go with as it is usually much harder to read your opponents through a PC screen.
However, if you practice enough and always remember the golden rules of information and timing then bluffing can be a very profitable exercise indeed.
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Although bluffing is an important part of poker many players overestimate its strength, making the mistake of bluffing too often and at the wrong time. The key ingredient to successful bluffing is information. You need to know the people youre up against, the situation youre in and have an awareness of your own table image.
These three pieces of information can be summed up quickly like this; if youre up against a poor player who calls with anything then youre wasting your time bluffing. If they have hit anything then youre going to get called. Learn it now and remember it forever - you CANNOT bluff a calling station!
Dependent upon the situation youre in you should always consider whether a bluff actually has any chance of succeeding. If its a single-table tournament and youre trying to bluff a player with just a few chips left then youre probably not going to be successful. In tournament play desperate players will often call with their last few chips and you should always bear that in mind. By all means, put them on the spot for all of their chips if you can easily afford it, but if you dont have all that many chips yourself then bluffing in those sort of situations can be very dangerous.
Your own table image is something that is often not considered by players when theyre playing at a table. If you are someone who has been playing very tight for many hands then your bluff has a much better chance of succeeding. Opposing players will suspect that youve finally got a hand and will show more respect to your bet.
However, if youve been betting and raising a lot, and especially if youve been caught trying other bluffs, then youre much more likely to get a call or a re-raise when you attempt your latest bluff. Just as you notice the pattern of behaviour of other players at the table, they are as likely to notice yours.
Information also comes in the form of the cards you can see on the table. If there is a possible flush or three or four cards to a straight then youve got to decide whether the players youre up against have made that straight or flush or whether theyll believe that you have those hands yourself. Their patterns of betting will hopefully have given you the clues you need to make your big decision.
What you really need to do is to pick your moments well, before you bluff, and after you feel youve got at least some idea of what your opponents are likely to do. Observe other players and their pattern of behaviour and notice if theyre unlikely to bet unless theyve got a good hand. When timid players check your chances of successfully bluffing them out of the pot are so much greater.
If youre close to reaching the pay-out structure of a single or multi-table tournament then its usually the case that players tighten up in an effort to make it into the money, and this can be a great time to bluff and steal pots. Again though, you should always be aware of the players youve got at your table and how theyre likely to respond if you try to bully them.
In poker you have the stone-cold bluff and the semi-bluff. The stone cold bluff is where you try to win the pot with no hand at all of your own. This is the most dangerous move of all and needs to be executed perfectly, especially in No Limit games, or Pot Limit games where the pot has grown substantially. If you get this move wrong then youre probably going to lose a lot of chips and possibly even look a little bit stupid.
The semi-bluff is usually the better way to go. This can be defined as making an attempt to win the pot when you dont have a made hand, but do possess one which could improve with the addition of another card, even if it is a long shot to hit for you.
An example of a semi-bluff can be shown here. Say you have A-10 and the flop comes down J-9-8. You have nothing better than ace high at that moment but if you do try a bluff and are called then you still have the chance to hit a queen or 7 for your straight and also an ace to give you the top pair. Even if youre called by a better hand you still have a chance to make a stronger hand yourself.
The advantage of the semi-bluff over the stone-cold bluff is that you have two ways to win with it. The stone cold bluff can only win if your opponents fold. However, the semi-bluff can win if they either fold or you hit the cards you need to make your hand!
Bluffing in poker is an art-form but it is generally harder to bluff online than it is in a bricks and mortar casino. You have less tells to go with as it is usually much harder to read your opponents through a PC screen.
However, if you practice enough and always remember the golden rules of information and timing then bluffing can be a very profitable exercise indeed.
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