NORTH SD COUNTY

I drove moms to Pauma today since she loves the $.05 machines down there. I began to wonder if she would have just as much playing these machines if she owned one. Is it the thrill of winning money and gaining it from luck or is it just the actual act of winning that one gets their blood pumping?

It's an easy question to answer for me because I can relate it to poker. Lots of people usually start playing poker for fun and when you move online, you usually start by playing for play money. Then you start to accumulate play money and at some point, you begin to wonder what the point is. So you deposit some money in your account and start to play for real. The interesting thing is that even if you're playing for pennies, it's still real money and it's enough to get you nervous.

I suppose part of the fun for moms is just getting out of the house and doing something different. Unfortunately for me, my live poker bankroll was too low to feel comfortable playing 3-6 limit with kill. I think my roll needs to be close to $1k to play comfortably without the nagging feeling that I could go broke with just one hand. So I spent the day just walking around, watching some poker and going to the car to watch some videos I put on Jared's PSP.