I Love Barry Greenstein: Part 2

In which Barry Greenstein uses internet nerd chat terminology in a $300/$600 no limit ring game.

Background information:
LOL = laugh out loud
Donkey = bad poker player
Tournament poker = a place where donkeys often succeed despite their horrible play, due to the large amount of short-term variance inherent in the structure.
mashup the above to get: lol donkaments
Confused? Read on...

The 2+2 forums are the most popular poker forums online. Over the past few years they've really sprawled, to the point that there's so much content there one could never read it all. Along with such a big community comes inside jokes. One of the most popular currently is lol donkaments, which is shorthand for saying, essentially, that tournaments are dumb. It's a way to laugh off bad beats and put down successful tournament players.

Key information: the essence of lol donkaments is that in tourny play super-aggressive, semi-suicidal play is the norm. Perhaps pushing with top pair second kicker after your opponent showed aggression on the flop?

Finally, there's this. Barry is an occasional poster on 2+2. At a recent WPT event, a 2+2'er offered him $10,000 to utter the magic words on television. In the following clip, you will see Greenstein make a tourny donk move, and then say it. It's clearly the greatest moment in 2+2, and possibly in poker nerd, history.

Will Smith is Not Going: Circa 1994

like omg!

What do you mean you want to cut his hair?

Just look at the kid!




If you agree with me, please comment here and plead with her to save Seamus' luscious locks. If you disagree, do so privately. I'm not tryin' to hear that, yo.

Happy aniversary, Sid and Nene!

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Originally uploaded by mwfeldman.

I'm a retard and don't know exactly when the anniversary is...but it's just about now.

So happy one year, dudes.

Barry Greenstein is Incredible

Really a sick hand. Also of note, two plus two poster Brian Townsend shushing WSOPME winner Jamie Gold when Gold talks during the key moment of the hand.

The Uncertain Nature of Obama's Blackness

Discussed here on Colbert:



and here on SNL:

Dude. Is There Anyplace Near By That's Just Like a Mini-Mall?

Jen and Elliot Come to Visit

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Originally uploaded by mwfeldman.

Now tell me you don't want to see the rest of these pictures. I dare you.

link to set

Terrified Whitey!

Poor poor Joe Biden! He took the fall for all of us whities that are afraid to talk to black folk for fear we'll be attacked for our well-meaning compliments. No wonder that one white guy doesn't have black friends. No wonder...