Daniel - Poker Journal
I have some wishes for Michael Vick and others
19 Aug 2007
I haven’t been this mad in a pretty long time, but I just can’t even look at Michael Vick’s face without wishing him severe pain and misery. Thoughts of having these killer dogs that he was involved with breeding and fighting, rip his arms and legs to shreds. He deserves it. He seriously deserves to suffer.
Watching this HBO Real Sports episode about dog fighting just makes me so sick to my stomach. Maybe because I’m a dog owner, or maybe just because I hate seeing cruelty. The people involved in the dog fighting industry are among the scum of the earth. If you are one of those people reading this, that means you.
I know revenge isn’t the answer, but I’m human and my first instinct is that I want to see Vick receive the same type of punishment that he put these defenseless dogs through. I can’t even fathom why, or how any human could do something like that?
Then again, it’s totally in line with our history. In the old days, women were seen as less important than men, and since men had the “power” many women suffered. They still do of course in many parts of the world.
Then you have racism. Blacks were considered “lesser” people and used like horses and dogs as slaves. Racism in the world has come a long way in my opinion, but it’s still a problem along with sexism.
One thing that’s rarely talked about, though, is speciesism. Humans can be really nasty. Just because we “can” we often take advantage of, and abuse power in very inhumane ways.. Sick people get their rocks off by bullying people or hurting others that they are physically stronger then. What goes around comes around, though, and when guys like Michael Vick are brought to justice I see it as a small victory for the meek. I just hope the NFL banishes him from the league and that he gets oodles of jail time.
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I haven’t played any poker recently, but late tonight I’ll be flying to Los Angeles to shoot a couple days of footage for an educational product I’m working on. It should be fun as I’ll have a lot of my buddies out there to help out and I think what we are doing is going to completely change the way poker is learned.
Straight from LA I’ll be flying to Manila, Philippines for the launch of a new poker tour, the Asian Pacific Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars. I’ve never been to any Asian country and that has be a little anxious actually. I have no idea what to expect at all. From there, I’m heading to Barcelona for the first spot on the EPT tour. I’ll also be staying there a few extra days for the World Cup of Poker, a unique event created by PokerStars that pits country against country in an Olympic style event. Costa Rica have already won the World Cup twice, but with Canada qualifying, I’m hoping that I can help bring the Cup to Canada, eh.
From there I’m scheduled to fly directly to London for the WSOP Europe, but I’m considering canceling that trip entirely. Then, I’m supposed to fly back to London for their EPT event, but I’m probably going to cancel that too. Why? Well, because I want to golf!
I golfed everyday recently and the last two rounds I shot were my worst rounds in ages, but I was hitting the ball much, much better. I changed a few things with my swing and am now much longer and more consistently hitting the ball flush. It’s not all that strange that my scores are going up but I’m getting better, I think that’ll happen until I figure out how far I’m hitting clubs now.
Golf is not the only reason I’m planning on canceling some trips, the main reason I’ve decided to do that is because it’s just too much. Also, I really need to spend more time on that educational project, my hockey pool, fantasy football, etc. I also want to start playing a bit more online and trying to become a winning player. Focus is a major problem for me online, and also, not being able to see my opponents is a significant disadvantage for me.
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On another note, today is my two year wedding anniversary. All those that bet the over can now safely collect J
