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http://www.thenation.com/article/36493/congressional-investigation-confirms-us-military-funds-afghan-warlords

Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords Security for key US military supply routes in Afghanistan is in the hands of a small group of powerful Afghan warlords who run a massive protection racket and may be paying off the Taliban, according to a Congressional report being released Tuesday. The report, an advance copy of which was obtained by The Nation, discloses that the Army has opened a criminal investigation into the payoffs, as an Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman confirmed this evening to the Associated Press.

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probably loves me little too much! Can't believe how many times I got sucked out on tonight...

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PokerStars Game #32378871246: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/09/03 0:20:52 MT [2009/09/03 2:20:52 ET]
Table Nemausa VI 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 2: chechedegre ($5 in chips)
Seat 3: nah_vseh ($5.70 in chips)
Seat 4: kjaay ($2.35 in chips)
Seat 6: abdegilmob ($7.14 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.01
chechedegre: posts big blind $0.02
MosJuve111: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
nah_vseh: folds
kjaay: folds
abdegilmob: raises $7.12 to $7.14 and is all-in
Hero: calls $7.13
chechedegre: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $14.30)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $14.30)

   

River (Pot : $14.30)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
abdegilmob: shows (two pair, Fours and Threes)
abdegilmob collected $13.60 from pot

Summary
Total pot $14.30 | Rake $0.70
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: chechedegre (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: nah_vseh folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: kjaay folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: abdegilmob (button) showed and won ($13.60) with two pair, Fours and Threes

PokerStars Game #32378893141: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/09/03 0:22:14 MT [2009/09/03 2:22:14 ET]
Table Nemausa VI 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($2 in chips)
Seat 2: chechedegre ($5.05 in chips)
Seat 3: nah_vseh ($5.68 in chips)
Seat 4: kjaay ($6.72 in chips)
Seat 6: abdegilmob ($8.60 in chips)
nah_vseh: posts small blind $0.01
kjaay: posts big blind $0.02
MosJuve111: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
abdegilmob: raises $8.58 to $8.60 and is all-in
Hero: calls $2 and is all-in
chechedegre: folds
nah_vseh: folds
kjaay: folds
Uncalled bet ($6.60) returned to abdegilmob

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $4.03)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $4.03)

   

River (Pot : $4.03)

   

Showdown
abdegilmob: shows (a pair of Nines)
Hero: shows (high card Ace)
abdegilmob collected $3.83 from pot

Summary
Total pot $4.03 | Rake $0.20
Board  
Seat 1: Hero showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: chechedegre (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: nah_vseh (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: kjaay (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: abdegilmob showed and won ($3.83) with a pair of Nines

PokerStars Game #32378979919: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/09/03 0:27:42 MT [2009/09/03 2:27:42 ET]
Table Nemausa VI 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($3.81 in chips)
Seat 2: chechedegre ($9.61 in chips)
Seat 3: nah_vseh ($5.64 in chips)
Seat 4: gangstino ($5.37 in chips)
Seat 5: MosJuve111 ($1 in chips)
Seat 6: abdegilmob ($0.87 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.01
chechedegre: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
nah_vseh: folds
gangstino: folds
MosJuve111: folds
abdegilmob: raises $0.85 to $0.87 and is all-in
Hero: calls $0.86
chechedegre: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1.76)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $1.76)

   

River (Pot : $1.76)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (three of a kind, Sevens)
abdegilmob: shows (a full house, Sevens full of Kings)
abdegilmob collected $1.71 from pot
Hero said, "lol"
Hero said, " haha"

Summary
Total pot $1.76 | Rake $0.05
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 2: chechedegre (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: nah_vseh folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: gangstino folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: MosJuve111 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: abdegilmob (button) showed and won ($1.71) with a full house, Sevens full of Kings

PokerStars Game #32378990614: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/09/03 0:28:23 MT [2009/09/03 2:28:23 ET]
Table Nemausa VI 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($2.94 in chips)
Seat 2: chechedegre ($9.59 in chips)
Seat 3: nah_vseh ($5.64 in chips)
Seat 4: gangstino ($5.37 in chips)
Seat 5: MosJuve111 ($1 in chips)
Seat 6: abdegilmob ($1.71 in chips)
chechedegre: posts small blind $0.01
nah_vseh: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
gangstino: raises $0.02 to $0.04
MosJuve111: folds
abdegilmob: raises $1.67 to $1.71 and is all-in
Hero: calls $1.71
chechedegre: folds
nah_vseh: folds
gangstino: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $3.49)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $3.49)

   

River (Pot : $3.49)

   

Showdown
abdegilmob: shows (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Hero: shows (a pair of Queens)
abdegilmob collected $3.34 from pot
Hero said, " HAHA"

Summary
Total pot $3.49 | Rake $0.15
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (button) showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: chechedegre (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: nah_vseh (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: gangstino folded before Flop
Seat 5: MosJuve111 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: abdegilmob showed and won ($3.34) with a straight, Seven to Jack

PokerStars Game #32379246602: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/09/03 0:45:18 MT [2009/09/03 2:45:18 ET]
Table Nemausa VI 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($9.79 in chips)
Seat 2: chechedegre ($15.47 in chips)
Seat 3: nah_vseh ($7.20 in chips)
Seat 4: lalinko ($4.95 in chips)
Seat 5: MosJuve111 ($1 in chips)
Seat 6: abdegilmob ($2.07 in chips)
abdegilmob: posts small blind $0.01
Hero: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
chechedegre: calls $0.02
nah_vseh: calls $0.02
lalinko: folds
MosJuve111: folds
abdegilmob: raises $2.05 to $2.07 and is all-in
Hero: calls $2.05
chechedegre: raises $13.40 to $15.47 and is all-in
nah_vseh: folds
Hero: calls $7.72 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5.68) returned to chechedegre

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $21.67)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $21.67)

   

River (Pot : $21.67)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
chechedegre: shows (three of a kind, Queens)
chechedegre collected $14.69 from side pot
abdegilmob: shows (a pair of Queens)
chechedegre collected $5.93 from main pot
Hero said, "wow"

Summary
Total pot $21.67 Main pot $5.93. Side pot $14.69. | Rake $1.05
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: chechedegre showed and won ($20.62) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: nah_vseh folded before Flop
Seat 4: lalinko folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: MosJuve111 (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: abdegilmob (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Queens

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I dunno if I am playing well or players at NL2 suck but it looks like I am winning. Hopefully it will last.

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wow, it's 5 am and I played poker for 7 hours. If it wasn't for the 15 minutes maintenance service interruption, I would still be playing.

Got sucked out a bunch, ahhh...welcome to poker world.

Night night!

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So, k2o4 tells me that I should fold Ace rag preflop in most situations. I feel differently... so wad u think?

Suppose I have A3, and I am on the small blind. (I am playing .01/.02). So logically I would think it is a good decision to limp here and call with .01 to see the flop.

k2o4 thinks I should either fold or raise preflop but never limp. My logic is if somebody has a pair or AK/AQ pre they will never fold to my raise, and I don't want to get into a huge pot, I just want to see the flop. 1 cent doesn't seem like a lot of money to see the flop. And if I did hit a small pair (ie the 3 hits) my hand is better than AK. So that's why I think I should call the blind.

So what do you think? Can someone mathematically explain to me why it's good or bad to limp Axo preflop. Or is this just a fish mentality?

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I just set up a PS account but did not know what picture to use for an avatar. Please post your suggestions!

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Ok, this is my first blog on LiquidPoker. I thought that it is appropriate that I create one as I start my poker journey. I know minimal about Poker, whatever I know about poker is from living with a poker player boyfriend (k2o4) and his nonstop rambling (and I don’t remember half of what he says because I wasn’t really listening but obviously pretending to listen). There are days when I show interest and really listen (i.e when I am in a good mood) and managed to find it rather interesting. Well, interesting enough to inspire me to learn to play.

For the longest time, I have been adverse to any sort of gambling, poker included. And I still stick by the belief that if you don’t know what you are doing – it is still gambling. I was introduced to Poker in September/October of 2006 when k2o4 moved to India to be with me. I was very skeptical at the beginning; he spent some time convincing me why poker is not gambling but rather a strategic game if known how to play. I grew up in a pretty conservative Tibetan culture where gambling is looked down upon. The only time you gamble is on Losar (Tibetan New Year). I don’t know if there is any other Tibetan online poker player here and I am probably the first Tibetan girl to blog here.

Anyways, cutting the blog short, in the last 3 years we have been together, he has managed to convince me otherwise. And it’s not because he brought home big bucks (it doesn’t harm to have extra cash to spend) but because of the better person playing Poker has made him.

If you think relationships are hard and girls vicious – try poker. It’s merciless as you all know. Poker as a game is less forgiving than any girlfriend you will ever have. You can’t even cheat emotionally in poker, if you do – you are fucked (in a bad way).

Poker in a way has been a therapy for k2o4, because a lot of the time the way you play poker and deal with its outcome is very parallel to how you deal with everything in real life. You have a bad day at poker and you tilt, become stupid, play worse and lose more money, the same case in real life - you have a bad day, you drink, fight with your girl friend and eventually break up in worse cases.

And if you learned to deal with coolers, suck outs and bad beats and have an emotional control over the situation – you are able to do the same in real life and I have first hand experience with k2o4. He is much more of a balanced guy because of poker.

Cutting the crap, basically I am going to learn how to play poker because of below reasons.

- Over the years, it has come to look fun to play.
- I am curious to see if I am good at it.
- Something that both k2o4 and I can share and talk about and this time, we will hopefully listen and hear each other out.
- Extra pocket money doesn’t hurt but I think there is a long way to go.

Pic of k2o4 and me
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