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To: Tommaso who wrote (101952)	6/16/2005 9:19:20 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

I checked out Streetdice.com. More stocks, but most are penny and foreign. However, they have a good newswire for gambling stories.

To: Tommaso who wrote (101952)	6/20/2005 10:53:01 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I entered another Freeroll tournament this weekend. I finished 12th out of 549, which sounds great except for two factors: 1. 360 of the entries were no shows, so I was really playing against less than 200 people. 2. My payoff was $7.50. Much less than the last one where I made $62.50. I finished 6th in that one, but would have made the same amount had I finished 12th or even 15th. Still, I like the fact I made it down to the top 12 in successive tournaments with over 100 entries. One guy, "Bunzafire," led the tournament almost from minute one. Then he went up against another big stack. Bunz had pocket kings and the other guy drew out a straight on him. He was left with chump change and went out on the next big blind. I was short stacked going into the final 30 and couldn't hit a big pot. Finally, the blind levels forced me to go all in with a decent hand that got out-drawn. I still haven't earned my final $70 in bonus on LondonPoker. I've gotta be within spitting distance. I wish all these sites had to print your point totals. They have sophisticated software, so why not?