OT: Online poker...

[A Moose in Love]

Anyone here play online poker? I do. I play micro limit so my profits aren't that great, but I used to make a small profit. How? By grinding it out. Playing very few hands and playing only premium starting hands. I'm talking Texas Hold-Em poker. It's a very boring way to play, and even though I make a few shekels here and there, it's not very satisfying. You? I started to play looser, but now I'm losing. It is however more fun to play loose. Playing tight and winning is more of a drag than paying loose and losing.

[Christ...@deathtochristianity.pl]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:02:12 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
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>Anyone here play online poker? I do. I play micro limit so my profits aren't that great, but I used to make a small profit. How? By grinding it out. Playing very few hands and playing only premium starting hands. I'm talking Texas Hold-Em poker. It's a very boring way to play, and even though I make a few shekels here and there, it's not very satisfying. You? I started to play looser, but now I'm losing. It is however more fun to play loose. Playing tight and winning is more of a drag than paying loose and losing.

yes I play quite often on poker stars. That is actually the best I
have found. Although in the USA you can not play for money on poker
stars (real money I mean.)

I have actually been as high as over a billion dollars

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[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 3:02:15 PM UTC-5, A Moose in Love wrote:
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> Anyone here play online poker? I do.
>

I play Mahjong Titans.

[Ophelia]

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Did you cook or prep any food in between those games?

[songbird]

A Moose in Love wrote:
> Anyone here play online poker? I do. I play micro limit so my profits aren't that great, but I used to make a small profit. How? By grinding it out. Playing very few hands and playing only premium starting hands. I'm talking Texas Hold-Em poker. It's a very boring way to play, and even though I make a few shekels here and there, it's not very satisfying. You? I started to play looser, but now I'm losing. It is however more fun to play loose. Playing tight and winning is more of a drag than paying loose and losing.

years ago i was into it, but then they tightened the
transferring of money so i quit.

luckily a month before i had gotten most of my funds
out and only had $25.00 left in the account. i let a
friend of mine play it out.

i played an average small stakes game and had a
rakeback plan so once a month i'd get a few extra $
which i'd use to play tournaments. i did well in
enough of those that i cashed more than i paid so
after a few years of fun i made a few hundred.

i don't regret it, but i'm glad i got out of it.
such a waste of time. grinding for a few good
hands. not for me any more.


songbird

[A Moose in Love]

I play on poker stars as well. There are lots of games there. My claim to fame was playing my first freeroll. At that time there were 6,000 entrants. I came in first that tournament. At the end it was just a guy from Winnipeg and me. I just couldn't help winning. I played the way you're not supposed to play. Tight and passive. I let other people bet, and I'd just call with premium hands. It worked, although I've never been able to duplicate that result.

[A Moose in Love]

Sometimes.

[Ophelia]

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Good:) What kind of things?

[A Moose in Love]

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 4:54:57 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
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> On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 5:05:05 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> > "A Moose in Love" wrote in message
> > news:d30c0d6c-72a8-464e...@googlegroups.com...
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> > Anyone here play online poker? I do. I play micro limit so my profits
> > aren't that great, but I used to make a small profit. How? By grinding
> > it
> > out. Playing very few hands and playing only premium starting hands. I'm
> > talking Texas Hold-Em poker. It's a very boring way to play, and even
> > though I make a few shekels here and there, it's not very satisfying.
> > You?
> > I started to play looser, but now I'm losing. It is however more fun to
> > play loose. Playing tight and winning is more of a drag than paying loose
> > and losing.
> >
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> > Did you cook or prep any food in between those games?
>
> Sometimes.
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> Good:) What kind of things?

The usual Ophelia. That means whatever I have on hand and whatever I feel like eating. You're probably thinking that I would make something special between games. That's not necessarily the case. Anything from a grilled cheese sandwich, to pizza, to a stew etc.

[Bruce]

Kein Bockwurst mit Senf und Sauerkraut? Und dann ein Kinderluxusbonbon
mit Handgriff?

[A Moose in Love]

Your German is better than mine, so I'll reply in English. I'm fairly fluent in my dialect, but not so much in book German.
I eat very little Bockwurst or any kind of sausage. I prefer instead to eat a cut of meat.

OK, I'll give it a try. Ich essen sehr venig wurst ueberhaupt Bockwurst. Ich essen lieber einen Stueck Fleisch.

OK. I'll give it a shot. Ich essen kein

[Bruce]

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 04:16:45 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love

It may not be grammatically perfect, but neither is my German and
you're quite understandable :)

[Ophelia]

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Well at least you make stew:))

[A Moose in Love]

I tend to keep cooking simple. The most complicated thing I've made is on the level of a Beef Wellington. And that wasn't at home, it was at work. Beef Wellington is not really complicated, but it's very tasty. We used goose liver pate' to spread over the filet mignon that was seared first. I never made the pate', or the puff pastry. That was the Garde Manger and the Pastry Chef respectively. I was a lowly 1st Assistant Cook.

[Ophelia]

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Being an assistant cook you must have learned many good dishes. Did you
ever make it for yourself?

[A Moose in Love]

I did roasts, sauces, soups, all from scratch. I'v never made beef wellington, but I have made duck with orange sauce; I have a good orange sauce recipe if you're interested. It's a bit more complicated than usual, the usual sauce made with orange marmalade. You need to make a demi-glace etc. but the demi-glace can be cheated.

[Ophelia]

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Your recipe (as well as the cheats) will be very welcome:))

You should make them for yourself too!!

[A Moose in Love]

OK. It's a long recipe for duck l'orange. I've only made it a few times; the first time was back in the '70's. The cookbook used is World Culinary Olympics Medal Winning Recipes from the culinary olympics 1972.

1 large 5 or so lb. duck.
1 onion cut up.
1 small carrot iced.
1/2 cup sherry.

Sauce:
rind and juice of 1 orange
rind and juice of 1/2 lemon
1 1/2 cup demi glace (you can find a recipe for this on line; or use God forbid, use a can of canned consome'.
2 Tbsp wine vinegar
1 tsp. red currant jelly; I have used other fruit jelly; apricot jam...
1 Tbsp. butter cut up

Put giblets of duck in bottom of roaster. Add onion carrot and sherry.
Season duck with salt and pepper inside of cavity. Place rind of grated orange inside of cavity.
Put duck on rack over giblets.
Prick skin with fork.
Roast at 350F abouty 2.5 hours.
Prick duck skin once or twice during roasting.

Prepare sauce
Cut fruit rind of orange and lemon into strips; no white stuff there.
Blanch for about 15 seconds and drain.
Juice orange and lemon.
When duck is done, remove from pan and let rest.
Pour demi glace(or some such)into pan and cook over medium heat scraping bottom for the good bits.
Strain into a saucepan.
Mix 2 Tbsp. sugar and the vinegar in a small saucepan.
Boil until you have a golden syrup.
Pour into demi glace sauce.
Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes or so.
Add orange and lemon juices, jelly(jam).
Add butter stirring quickly.
When sauce is smooth, add 2 Tbsp. orange liquor; I have used Grand Marnier.
Season and add blanched rinds.
Cut duck into pieces and pour sauce over meat.
Add orange wedges.

This sounds complicated. It's really not. It just has many steps.
btw, when using canned consomme' instead of demi glace, thicken the consomme' to your liking with a roux. butter and flour preferred. Don't make it too thick. About 1 Tbsp. of roux per cup of consomme' Max.

[A Moose in Love]

btw, you can make a really decent orange sauce without all the fuss above. Try orange marmalade with lots of peels in there, some apricot jam, some orange juice, and maybe some orange liquor. The recipe above was entered for an Olympic contest and is pretty daunting for people who don't want over complification. Try flambeing the orange liquor in there. I've never done that, for a duck sauce, but I've done it for crepe's suzette. Not sure of the spelling. You can make different sweet sauces for duck. A black cherry sauce would be good. etc.

[Ophelia]

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Thanks! I have saved that note along with the recipe:)

[Ophelia]

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Thanks very much, Max:) I have saved it and when I have more time, I
reckon I will give it a go:))

[A Moose in Love]

Ophelia. My name's not Max. I was referring to the previous sentence when I said to use about 1 TBSP of roux when thickening the consomme. I meant maximum of 1 TBSP.
But if you like it thicker...

[Ophelia]

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LOL sorry:))