Re: RGP 1999 Who was posting then?

I guess RazzO wasn't posting yet?


"Gary Philips" <lvdlrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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