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01-25-2006, 11:51 AM
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This week's topic was: Your Poker & Your Spouse.
Entry #1
My wife and I live in Summerside PEI, Canada. We both play a lot of poker - and I mean a lot of poker. One night I was watching her play on Hollywood Poker and told her she sucks only because it gets her cranky and I love to start a fight. She ended up winning that freeroll. From then on I learned for to make sure I tell her she is going to lose or she sucks and maybe she will win me more money.
I do have to say though, my wife is way better than me at poker, but she will never be the Monkey. I am and will always be the main monkey at the tables - a whipped monkey at that, but still the monkey. So remember all you out there that even though the nickname on here is MinusMonkey, if I am winning it’s the woman playing and when I lose and chat it’s me.
Good luck to you all at the tables. Enjoy life, enjoy coffee and enjoy Hollywood Poker - the only place to play, chat and have fun.
~MinusMonkey
Entry #2
My screen name is ginger_nut70, but my husband calls me poker nut! I play online poker all day and all night. I immigrated to Canada from Australia and have been here for a year and still have no work permit. Having nothing to do all day, I quickly discovered the joy of online poker playing. My husband sits on the couch and makes faces at me and laughs his head off while I hurl abuse at the screen during game play!
But I have the best incentive to get him off the couch: A final table. Whenever I make a final table my husband never fails to get off his butt to cheer me on. He goes from saying, “You are a poker nut” to “Get ‘em baby! Stick it to ‘em!”. Looks like our marriage will improve in proportion to my game! You have been warned fellow players!
~ginger_nut70
Entry #3
I play a lot of different games and at a lot of different places. I have a Monday night Omaha hi-lo home game, a weekly rotating home Hold 'em tournament and I play at the local casinos.
One thing I noticed is, I hear a lot of this: “I gotta go. My wife will be mad if I stay.” Or, “I can't play, my wife will get mad.”
When people ask me what my wife says, I get to respond with something like this:
She says, “Don't let the stack get to small, because you'll get called when you make a move.”
Or, “Don't to forget to tell me about some of the exciting hands you play.”
So, as far as poker and my spouse, I'm one of the lucky ones - in the spouse department anyway.
~flausey
Next week's topic: Poker Pet Peeves.
Whoever's entry gets the most votes wins a tournament ticket that can be used for the Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational or the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic.
If you are interested in submitting an entry for next week's Write to Win, simply scroll down to the bottom of this post to read next week's topic and then e-mail your entry to hollay@hollywoodpoker.com by Tuesday of the next week.
This week's topic was: Your Poker & Your Spouse.
Entry #1
My wife and I live in Summerside PEI, Canada. We both play a lot of poker - and I mean a lot of poker. One night I was watching her play on Hollywood Poker and told her she sucks only because it gets her cranky and I love to start a fight. She ended up winning that freeroll. From then on I learned for to make sure I tell her she is going to lose or she sucks and maybe she will win me more money.
I do have to say though, my wife is way better than me at poker, but she will never be the Monkey. I am and will always be the main monkey at the tables - a whipped monkey at that, but still the monkey. So remember all you out there that even though the nickname on here is MinusMonkey, if I am winning it’s the woman playing and when I lose and chat it’s me.
Good luck to you all at the tables. Enjoy life, enjoy coffee and enjoy Hollywood Poker - the only place to play, chat and have fun.
~MinusMonkey
Entry #2
My screen name is ginger_nut70, but my husband calls me poker nut! I play online poker all day and all night. I immigrated to Canada from Australia and have been here for a year and still have no work permit. Having nothing to do all day, I quickly discovered the joy of online poker playing. My husband sits on the couch and makes faces at me and laughs his head off while I hurl abuse at the screen during game play!
But I have the best incentive to get him off the couch: A final table. Whenever I make a final table my husband never fails to get off his butt to cheer me on. He goes from saying, “You are a poker nut” to “Get ‘em baby! Stick it to ‘em!”. Looks like our marriage will improve in proportion to my game! You have been warned fellow players!
~ginger_nut70
Entry #3
I play a lot of different games and at a lot of different places. I have a Monday night Omaha hi-lo home game, a weekly rotating home Hold 'em tournament and I play at the local casinos.
One thing I noticed is, I hear a lot of this: “I gotta go. My wife will be mad if I stay.” Or, “I can't play, my wife will get mad.”
When people ask me what my wife says, I get to respond with something like this:
She says, “Don't let the stack get to small, because you'll get called when you make a move.”
Or, “Don't to forget to tell me about some of the exciting hands you play.”
So, as far as poker and my spouse, I'm one of the lucky ones - in the spouse department anyway.
~flausey
Next week's topic: Poker Pet Peeves.