RGP 1999 Who was posting then?

Here is a holiday greeting from Steve Badger who pretty much
tells us who the major posters were back in 1999. Lee Munzer
also follows up with a good one.

Gary (...) Philips

1. Badger
Dec 21 1999, 2:00 am show options
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
From: "Badger" <stevebadger58NOS...@xxxxxxxxxxx> - Find messages by this
author
Date: 1999/12/21
Subject: Some Internet end of the year thanks...

" A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear."

To NewJane1, Pokerkat1, PSugarTess, Llew213, BethEven(rhymes with
seven),
and Diane from five-miles-north-of-Big-Suamico for some balance in the
boys
club

To Lee Munzer for... for... wait a minute... uhh...

To Mike Caro for this gem I haven't been able to use yet: "My wife
Phyllis
is a great gal."

To Steve BIA for his always thoughtful posts and California/Hollywood
Park
perspective.

To Steve BIA for his two contributions to the Widows & Orphans Fund at
HP
Omaha tournaments this year.

To Liveone and Sayles for being good guys.

To Topset for tolerating Liveone.

To Gary Carson, the sig king, for never fearing to feed me straight
lines.

To Tom McEvoy for he knows what.

To Dolly, Phil, Layne, Mark, Paul, John and others for dropping by once
in
awhile.

To Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield,
Emmylou
Harris, The Clash, The Sonics and dozens of others for making Omaha
bearable.

To Daniel NegreaNaNooNaNoo for reminding all that trying to be a better
poker player is a process to be proud of.

To Mike Paulle for being the biggest target in poker, and for the highly
compensated honor of being his press agent.

To John AD Cervanyk and Ashley for wearing the union label.

To current troika members Jaeger/Ed/Jeff for reminding me Sam Grizzle
isn't
the only mean spirit in poker.

To Jaeger, ROWDY, THEPRO, MrHeadsUpMy*** and the cowardly aolers for
reminding me of the relationship between anonymity and irresponsibility.

To Jim Geary for the CAPSLOCK tell laugh.

To Maverick for continuing to do whatever he is currently doing.

To Barbara Yoon for figuring stuff out.

To Tom Weideman for many (mostly) good things to talk about.

To Bill Chen for a definition of variance I will always have handy.

To Gary...Philips for the mucker's perspective.

To Rick Nebiolololo, Greg Raymer, Tom Haley, and all persons named
Feeney
for occasionally coming over from 2+2, particularly to annoy Carson.

To Iceman for a lot of good topics, and for Academy Award-winning Carson
irritation.

To Mason Malmuth for 44.

To Chuck Humphrey for some good sense, and for teaching me how to turn
the
Internet on.

To Mike Sexton for giving Chuck something to do.

To mredge, Omaha8Buff, Krmin and other Omahaites for a lot of
interesting
discussions.

To SteadyEdO for his voice from the desert.

To Al Gore for inventing the Internet.

To Gary/Abdul/Mason for a "Love Story" to rival the Al/Tipper one.

To Rounder and Big John Hartzell for freely sharing their advice and
their
showering tips.

To John Harkness for the movie critic's view on poker.

To TIGER123 for traveling all over hell and answering the rules
questions.

To the Biloxi/Tunica/SargeMarge folks for a poker perspective from
somewhere
I've never been.

To Lee Munzer for... uh, it's coming to me....

To David Sklansky for reminding me that though you may usually be right,
you
can be hopelessly wrong sometimes, and that before endorsing *** you
should
see that it works.

To Irish Mike for carrying the flag of that some-cards-up and
some-cards-down game.

To Wayne Cowey (I think it was) for teaching me about killfiles which
has
lead to me only reading two of Doug Grant's posts all year.

To Russ Fox for keeping me posted on how many times he sees a hand
overlooked in Stud8.

To Andrew Prock because always "it depends."

To Patri and AaMarkHays for being twin sons of different mothers.

To lurkers everywhere for no longer asking me "what's the deal with that
idiot, Maverick?"

To Jack Fox and Jim Meehan for proving all niceguy attorneys are exactly
the
same.

To YA Tittle, Noam Chomsky, Gram Parsons, Jimmy Cliff and the immortal
John
Eddie for sigs even better than Gary's.

And to Honus Wagner for being the only card-carrying Wobbly in major
league
baseball history.
--
Badger
"Happy Christmas, Yoko. Happy Christmas, John."

2. Lee Munzer
Dec 22 1999, 2:00 am show options
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
From: "Lee Munzer" <lucky...@xxxxxxx> - Find messages by this author
Date: 1999/12/22
Subject: Badger meets Liveone
in 1991, Badger, a former wealthy business executive, sees an ad in the
Wall
Street Journal for the world's fastest and most expensive car, the
limited
edition Turbo Ecstasy. It costs $1.1 million.

The mogul, donned in his casual and favorite Zebra shirt visits the
dealer
and writes a check for list price. Eager to play with his new toy,
Badger
peels out of the showroom.

At the first stop light, a younger, better looking man rides up next to
the
Ecstasy on an old Vespa. Without an invitation, the man sticks his head
in
the car and says, "I'm Liveone. That's quite a ride you got there ...
not to
mention your ridiculous shirt. How fast will the car go?"

"About 225," proudly responds the Badger.

"No way," says Liveone as he shuffles a deck of cards.

Just then, the light turns green and Badger decides to show his new,
better
looking friend what the car can do. He floors it, and within seconds the
car
is doing 225.

But strangely, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror . a dot that
seems
to be growing larger / closer, so he comes to an abrupt stop.

Whooooooooooosh, something goes flying by him.

"What the heck was that?" says the befuddled Badger. "What can go faster
than my Ecstasy?"

Suddenly, the same blur comes zooming back toward him, and whoooooosh,
passes right by. This time the Badger gets a better look ... Liveone on
the
Vespa!

"That just couldn't be," he says to himself.

Suddenly, he sees it again in his rear view mirror and wham! It smashes
into the back of the Ecstasy.

Badger leaps from his new car, and sure enough, it's Liveone on the
Vespa
that crashed into him.

"Are you okay?" asks Badger - fearing a lawsuit. Is there anything I can
do
for you?

"Yes, you idiot" replies Liveone, "Unhook my suspenders from your side
view
mirror."

Happy Holidays to all,
Lee
.

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