Texas Calculatem and Poker Office Blog

World War III has ended. It was a war of attrition. Both sides pretty much ran out of things to say. Oh well.

However, WW IV could be taking off on Kenny's Tai Chi blog. Despite being a Tai Chi blog, I was pointed in its direction by Juice a few weeks ago. The topic of Poker occasionally appears there as it's owner, Kenny, is one of the regular Bloggerment participants (is he poker munkey?). Anyway, Kenny's Tai Chi teacher, Joanna, made a criticism of the evils of gambling, and Rottie has therefore decided to enter the fray. Click here to watch the battle commence.

In terms of Poker, I still haven't done much in the last week. I missed the bloggerment on Sunday, and will probably miss the one tomorrow as well. I tried some limit Poker at Pacific but didn't win/lose anything due to my short length of time at the table. I'm not sure what the atmosphere will be like anyway, after WWIII.

Regarding the markets, last week was exceptionally quiet, following the triple witching of the previous week. Eurostoxx volumes were abnormally low. However, there was a big decline at 5.30pm GMT on Friday, as US equities became jittery on subprime loan and oil price fears. Normally I'd clean up on such anomolies. Gamblers, losing self-control and filled with fear, oversell the futures, and intermarket relationships temporarily break down. However, the blip occured so quickly that my computer couldn't keep up, and I therefore entered at non-optimal levels. Oh well. What can you do?