RIGGED!

Now I understand what all the hub-bub is about. Played online for a few hours early in the weekend and pretty much stayed steady, but then somewhere along the way, the weekend went to shit. In the course of an hour... every suited paint flopped the opposite color; pocket pairs missed completely; had KK run into AA twice; and then my own AA beat by a rivered 72o two-pair -- who in the world would play a hand like that??? :)

PokerChamps' qualifiers were few and far between over the weekend, but I took a shot at one and finished in 3rd of 25 (it paid out $0.11!). The wife played some and didn't fare any better, and now we're down to about $50 in the account. And their 10%-at-a-time deposit dole-out means we'll have an extra $10 at the end of the week, but we'll probably end up going through $500 more just to clear the other $90.

Woe, the sordid lure of online gambling. And to think, I could have been spending all that time in a noisy smoke-filled casino instead!