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Trey Anastasio - Acoustic/Electric Videos

Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 Tournament Women

I shot a ton of video of Trey Anastasio's Acoustic & Electric performances at the Palace Theater on Saturday Night. Saratoga Springs musician Tony Markellis has been a long time member of Trey's touring band aka TAB Classic.

Check out the videos on You Tube under Irongirl99. Be sure you see the re synced version of TAB performing the Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood". The previous night Trey covered Outkast's Hey Yeah.

I just noticed my prior post count was 420. These days I'm 420 friendly but haven't smoked in years. I joke that my retirement job will be moving back to Colorado to become a grower. I got a mean green thumb.

And big congrats to fellow poker blogger/pro Shane Schleger (and fellow New Yorker) who recently was named to Pokerstars Team Online. I've never met Shane but we have some mutual friends/acquaintances. I've followed his career thru the ups and downs for years and glad to see his hard work pay off.

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GUNG HAY FAT CHOY

Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 Tournament Women



Happy Chinese New Year - The Year of the Rabbit.

This poster is actually hanging in my house. I'm pretty sure I purchased it at the old Psychedelic Solution located in NYC's Greenwich Village. It's by artists VEGETABLE & ERICKA and was done in 1987 to commemorate the Grateful Dead Shows held at San Franciso Civic Center January 28-30th 1987.

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY - Live long and prosper.

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Dr Pauly and the 2011 WSOP Schedule

Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2011 Tournament Women

Dr Pauly best known for his Tao of Poker, Tao of Pauly, Tao of Fear and Coventry Music Blogs as well as a contributor to Bluff Magazine and author of Lost Vegas Book just did a guest post for the Poker From the Rail Blog:

Please check out his fine contribution here:

Dr Pauly and the 2011 WSOP Schedule

Full Tilt Poker will once again be offering satellites to win your way into the 2011 WSOP you can download Full Tilt Poker by clicking on the link to the right.

And if you haven't read Lost Vegas Book yet it is now available on Kindle, Nook, and from Amazon.com and Lulu.com

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New England Forecast 2/1/11

Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 Tournament Women



This is pretty funny, I'm an outlier on this map about 45 minutes west of Pittsfield just north of Albany. Think we already have about 6" on the ground from this storm in Southern Saratoga County, with another 12" expected tomorrow. This is on top of the snow already on the ground.

Thank goodness I telecommute.

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PokerStars WBCOOP - 2011

Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 Tournament Women

I'm a little late in finding out about the 2011 WBCOOP. For some reason didn't get an email about Events at Pokerstars on this.


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2011 - IG's Odyssey

Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 Tournament Women

During 2010 I posted vary little on this blog. My Irongirl Blog started back in 2005 chronicling my low limit grinding as a poker forum rat playing freerolls and low limit MTT tourneys. I played very little poker in 2010. I think I can count 4 times I played live last year. Last new years day and over 4th of july at the APL, last April during the NAPT over at Mohegan Sun where I ran deep but missed a cash by a few spots in the ladies event. And during October of this year I played a charity tourney for the Mockingbird Foundation which is a Phish related Charity. There were a few years where I played poker every day. I banged out lots of hands, read lots of books, forum threads, poker strategy articles etc. I lived and breathed poker. I played online, joined a league, frequented underground card rooms and although i didnt burn out, poker eventually lost its grip on me.

I had expected to play more poker in 2010 largely because i would be turning the big 50 and would be eligible for seniors events. But a bunch of my favorite bands returned to touring and Furthur, Phish, Max Creek and my new favorite band the McLovins found me attending a ton of concerts and music festivals and my head behind a video camera instead of a pile of poker chips. I also resumed exercising in 2010 and although i didnt run, I did take (and still am taking) a cardio dance/hip hop class 2-3 times a week which saw me lose a few pounds over the year.

I saw Phish 10 times in 2010 in three States, Furthur (former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh) 5 times in two states, the McLovins about 5 times in two states and Max Creek about 5 times in three states and I also saw 7 Walkers and the Rhythm Devils (the other two original surviving grateful dead members offshoot bands). I even tried to go see a Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm's studio but got shut out when My Morning Jacket was announced as opening act.

I started a Facebook page up largely at the urging of my friend Carol who is the Manager of the McLovins and the mom of Jake the drummer. We happen to be co-workers but in different offices. So Facebook was a way for us to keep in touch because we arent supposed to use company email/instant messaging for personal business. Because of Facebook, I rekindled tons of old friendships in 2011 and made a whole bunch of new ones and in this day of social media its easier to keep in touch with people. It was also kind of cool when I got introduced as Irongirl people would know me from my music videos or posts on Coventry Music rather then my online poker handle.

I rang in the new year with Change100, Dr Pauly and Benjo in New York City. Pauly is like a kid brother to me so that makes, Change my sister-in-law. Even though I am closer in age to her parents then she is to me we still have an awesome time together. Shared loves of music, Broadway shows, shopping, cooking etc easily bridges generation gaps. One of my favorite memories will be looking at Change and both of us doing Jazz hands to end certain Phish songs. We were doing the Jazz hands well before we knew Phish would be performing their song MeatStick and turning it into a Broadway show complete with chorus line and dancers. I always get asked why I didn't write about my adventures on Phish tour with Pauly and its largely because I value the private time I get to spend with him and Change so I just keep it off limits. And thats all I will say about that.

Now I just need to get over the mild Wook flu I have which is a hazard of tour and which I think all of us came down with post YEMSG. Im not sure the Wookies started it because some non-Phisheads also got sick with similiar symptoms at the same time.

I reckon and hope, I will play more poker in 2011 then i did in 2010 and i reckon I will see more shows.

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Merry Christmas

Date: Sat, Dec 25, 2010 Tournament Women



The fat man wishes you a very Jerry Merry Christmas to you and yours. May there be Phish and Furthur tickets in your stockings. May the day be filled with joyous noise however you choose to celebrate it.

Ive met a ton of people and made lots of new friends this year on the Phish and Mclovins scenes and rekindled old friendships from my Grateful Dead and Max Creek days including some very special people I had lost touch with. Some of you cross over into both worlds. Some of you no longer are able to get out there. For those of you that can't Im glad I can keep you in the loop via my videos, blog posts, phone calls, emails and texts.

I'll be ringing in the New Years in New York City with some of the Coventry Music crew. And cant wait to see a lot of the phish twibe in the Big Apple.

I apologize for the lack of regular blog posts. I had a busy run of concerts during the month of October. I came back from Phish's Atlantic City run over Halloween to find my cat Rags, had gone blind. He was the neighborhood stray/tom cat that someone either abandoned or abused who showed up in my neigborhood sometime in early 2008. Not knowing his real story and if he belonged to anyone. I didnt begin feeding him till Xmas of 2008 when I found him hanging around a neighbors porch and huddled under a chair with a tarp on it. It took me a couple of months before I could even pet him. I had had him neutered in October of 2009. By November 2009 he would finally stay behind a closed door. It took me a good 10 months to redomesticate him and get him to trust people and it took a lot of love, food and kindness

After a trip to the emergency clinic, after driving home 5.5 hours from Atlantic City with a stop in Riverdale, NY and a follow-up visit to my vet, He was diagnosed with diabetes, regained some of his vision and was doing good with his twice daily insulin injections. At the end of November he began to lose the use of three of his legs and by the first weekend in December he wasnt really eating like he used to and try as me might he couldnt make the three steps to his litter tray from his bed. Although I didnt run the tests, the vet and I were pretty sure he had cancer of some sort that was effecting his central nervous system, as he had lost a ton of muscle tone over the last month. I made the humane decision to put him down as his prognosis was bleak. He was my good Karma kitty as I put a lot of time into making him loved his last year with me.


Here's to a wonderful happy healthy 2011

Namaste.

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Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia

Date: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 Tournament Women

Just back from Gathering of the Vibes. Saw two of the 4 days of music. Went into the trip completely exhausted and bailed early yesterday about 6 PM. I went back to my hotel room and slept for 10 hours. Kim & Connor left after our diner breakfast Saturday morning so I attended Saturday solo. We connected with Mom and Dad of drumlovin, on Friday afternoon as well as Jake (drumlovin) and Jason (basslovin). I caught their awesome set yesterday and marched with a few other McLovin fans with a TOKYO TEA sign getting people over to the Green Vibes Stage. They opened with Dancing in the streets and closed with Men at Work's "Down Under". Sandwiched in between were a bunch of songs from their new CD Good Catch. I caught the first few songs of their set, ran over to catch a few of Max Creeks over on the main stage, then back to McLovins for the end of their set and back to Max Creek for their finale. Why they booked the two bands overlapping is beyond me.

Zach Deputy led it all off Saturday on the main stage with his one man show of funk and blues and knocked me out of my shoes. I was chipper then but midway thru Assembly of Dust I was ready to sit down. I actually took a cat nap under a tree in the shade during Galactic. I wanted to get down to some good Nawlins funk featuring Cyrus Neville on vocals but was too tired. I decided to call it a day, went home showered got some good mexican food and crashed.

Im A ok after the sleep. I was stressed out worrying about a neighbors cat who was shut inside a condo with no air conditioning on some very hot days. Workmen from our property manager had to enter the condo because of a leak and asked me to go in because I am on the board. The downstairs condo had water coming into it from what was feared to be a busted hot water heater. It turned out it was the air conditioning leaking. So the guys turned it off. I knew they had a cat but we found the cat with barely any water and only dog food. The teenage girl who lives their with her mother took off with the two dogs at least a week prior leaving the cat behind. The cat box had not been changed in what looked to be two weeks and the mother was away on vacation. The story gets more involved then that and will be continued after I have a little chat with the mom of the teenager. The kitty itself was in good shape and i had to tell the guys not to call animal control on the tenant. They tagged the door about the unauthorized entry and maintenance emergency and I planned on calling Animal control if no one returned to the condo by Sunday when I got back. My eyes at the condo who was cat sitting for me texted me that people returned Saturday and the board President had a chat with the teen but not the mom.

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #57 - The Main Event (10K NLH) World Championship

Date: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 Tournament Women

The grand finale is upon us. 4 Day 1's followed by two day 2's and harmonic convergence on Day 3. I have two friends currently slugging it out in the satellite room trying to earn their seats. Snake5970 aka Ray failed to qualify online for only the second time in 6 years. The first two years (2005-2006) Ray qualified on PokerStars in the double or triple shootouts, then Ultimate Bet in 2007 (for like $33 bucks in December in some promo UB was running back then) then a missed year in 2008 and last year on Full Tilt in the final mega-seat giveaway. He failed to qualify again this year. Rich aka Silo (Ray's brother) has never played the Main Event. I received a text from Ray last night to the effect of "Cooler after Fing Cooler, Christ". Heck when you have Greg Raymer committing all his chips on Top Pair and a flush draw in the early levels of the Main Event to chip up, what do you expect in satellite play when people are antsy to qualify.

Which brings me to my horses for the Main Event, My Stable of 15. I included Greg Raymer as historically he has done pretty well making at least Day 2. Not this year. My stable is now at 14.

A Player Eugene Katchalov - playing Day 1C - thru to day 2A - thru to day 3 with $59300 - busted after dinner break on day 3.

A PlayerDan Kelly played day 1B - safely made it thru to day 2B - busted day 2B

A PlayerPhil Ivey - playing day 1D - made it thru do day 2 w/29k just below starting stack. Busted day 2B 1st level

A PlayerDavid "Bakes" Baker - played day 1B made it thru to day 2 w/below starting stack of 30K - busted day 2B

A Player Scotty Nguyen - playing day 1C made it thru to day 2A with just above starting stack - thru to day 3 with $67800 - thru to day 4 - thru to day 5 with $632,000 - busted one of last hands of day 5 $48,847

B PlayerPhil Hellmuth - Playing day 1C after his grand entrance in MMA attire - Busted day 1C

B PlayerCarlos Mortensen - playing day 1C - thru to day 2A with only 25k- busted day 2A

B Player David Williams - playing Day 1C - thru to day 2A easily - thru to day 3 with $65700 busted day 3

B Player John Juanda - played day 1D - busted day 1D

B Player Daniel Negreanu - playing Day 1C - thru to day 2A - made day 3 shortstacked $27900 - busted day 3

C PlayerMike Matusow - played day 1A - busted day 1A - never reported on by PokerNews as to how he busted.

C Player Jason Mercier -playing day 1D - made it thru to day 2B - Thru to day 3 - thru to day 4 - thru to day 5 w/$398,000 - busted day 5 finished 463rd for $27519

C PlayerGreg Raymer busted out day 1A

C Player Vitaly Lunkin - played 1A safely thru to day 2A on Friday - thru to day 3 with $134,400 - thru to day 4 - thru to day 5 $130,000 - busted day 5 $41967

C Player Prahlad Friedman - playing day 1D - made it thru to day 2B - thru to day 3 after a crazy/controversial hand - busted day 3

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Wsop Fantasy - Event #55 ($10,000) Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #55 ($10,000) Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (3 day)

A Player Vitaly Lunkin - is playing - made day 2
A Player Robert Mizrachi - is playing
A Player Josh Arieh - is playing
A Player Jason Mercier - is playing - made day 2
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
B Player Richard Ashby - is playing
B Player David Williams - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Phil "omgclayaiken" Galfond - is playing
B Player Phil Hellmuth - is playing - made day 2
C Player Nenad Medic - is playing - made day 2
C Player Erick Lindgren - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2
C Player Eric Liu - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Robert Williamson III - is playing - made day 2
C Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #53 -$1,500) Limit Hold'em Shootout

Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #53 ($1,500) Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day)


A Player Tom Schneider - is playing
A Player Ylon Schwartz - is playing
A Player Terrence "not Johnny" Chan - is playing - made final table
A Player Nikolay Evdakov
A Player Chris Ferguson - did not start - playing 25k 6-max nl
B Player Jeff Shulman
B Player Andy Black -did not start - playing 25k 6-max nl
B Player William Chen - is playing
B Player Michael Craig
B Player Phil Gordon
C Player Annand (Victor) Ramdin - is playing
C Player Eli Elezra
C Player Eric Froehlich - is playing
C Player Kirill Gerasimov
C Player Svetlana Gromenkova - is playing

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Wsop Fantasy - Event #52 -$25k No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed

Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed


A Player Phil Hellmuth - dns per wsop entrants list
A Player John Juanda - is playing - made day 2 -busted on money bubble day 2
A Player Justin Bonomo - is playing - made day 2 - made day 3 busted 18th $58699
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2-KK cracked by AK of Bryn Kenney
A Player Mike Matusow - dns per wsop entrants list
B Player Isaac Haxton - is playing - made day 2 - made day 3- busted in 9th for $104,651
B Player Barry Greenstein - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2
B Player Eugene Katchalov - is playing - made day 2 - made day 3
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing per entrants list busted day 1
B Player Daniel Negreanu - is playing - made day 2 - made day 3-finished 11th ($77,569)
C Player Vanessa Rousso - is playing - made day 2
C Player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - is playing
C Player Sorel Mizzi - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2
C Player Scotty Nguyen - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Erik Seidel - is playing - made day 2


Only The Grinder(Michael Mizrachi) busted on day 1 of all my horses who actually took to the felt. Sorrel Mizzi first to bust on day 2.

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #51- ($3,000) Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em

Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Tournament Women

($3,000) Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player Nikolay Evdakov - dns per wsop.com entrants list
A Player Praz Bansi - is playing
A Player Issac "westmenloAA" Baron - is playing
A Player Vanessa Rousso - is playing - busted day 1
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Tony "bond18" Dunst - is playing
B Player Kathy Liebert - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
B Player Jeffery Lisandro - dns per wsop.com entrants list
B Player Tom "durrrr" Dwan - is playing
C Player Roy Winston - dns per wsop.com entrants list
C Player Eric "Rizen" Lynch - dns per wsop.com entrants list
C Player Joanne "JJ" Liu - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Antonio Esfandiari - is playing - busted day1
C Player Isaac Haxton - dns per wsop.com entrants list

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LOST VEGAS - By Paul "Dr Pauly" McGuire Is Here

Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Tournament Women

Buy a copy or two!!



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