I just want to be the guy that makes the graphics for the nightly news.



--Chris Falco

Is now protecting my room, therefore I can sleep easy, for if I happen to lose anything, he'll be sure to roll it up!

--Chris Falco "serial rasterbator"

I agree with regan, plus, what's up with people posting non hiptop pics?

I mean divinity was nice enough to set up www.htpr0n.com for this, so please post it there. And use a decent camera!

Or just post pictures of pussy.....cats

--Chris Falco "I play volleyball WITH grandma" www.chicago2600.net/battery/grandma.gif

I was watching the sneak preview of the PPT (profesional poker tour) and Greg Raymer picked up 55. Known to the online poker world as Presto.

Greg even said "presto" at the world series of poker in 2004 when he held the hand.

The text on the screen had some made up origin for the term presto, here is the real history of presto.

The following text was taken from Pokermagazine.com, however, the same story is told throughout poker groups on usenet. -----


Pocket 5s had some obvious, but uninspired, nicknames (the speed limit, double nickels) before it was gifted with the magical moniker "Presto." It started with cards/probability expert Abdul Jalib posting some math problems on the newsgroup rec.gambling. (His excellent essays on Hold 'em are collected here.) Jalib frequently would skip a few steps that he considered unnecessary to mention when describing a complex calculation. A fellow poster named Steve Jacobs would write, "Presto!" to show where the rigorous logical steps should be, as if "magic" had occurred instead. One weekend Jalib and Jacobs happened to be in Vegas at the same time, along with another newsgroup poster named Frank Irwin. Irwin pointed out Jalib to Jacobs, and so Jacobs sat down at the blackjack table where Jalib was playing. Each time someone at the table got blackjack, Jacobs shouted out Presto! Eventually Jalib figured out his tablemate wasn't just a loudmouth tourist. The story was recounted on the newsgroup, and suddenly the rec.gambling blackjack players were calling "Presto!" when they hit a blackjack (along with the countersign "Irwin!" in honor of the man who served as catalyst). When the rec.gambling newsgroup split off a poker branch, the Hold 'em players wanted to carry the Presto name with them. But there was no consensus about which hand should get the honor: Pocket aces seemed an obvious choice (or ace-king thru ace-ten, each of which make blackjack), but many of those hands already had well-established nicknames. There were several threads on the newsgroup detailing big wins with pocket fives, and there was a groundswell of support that this hand should win the designation. Jalib himself posted about a big win with 55, and later Steve Jacobs anointed pocket fives with the nickname, and the new Presto was born. ------

So there is the truth, not some urban legend about a club at 55 victoria street that no one seems to have any proof about.

The tiltboys (www.tiltboys.com) Also get a lot of credit for spreading the presto knowledge around.


Also, I will state that playing 55 strong does reap large pots. I flopped quad 5's in a no limit game in Sept 2005 the day after this picture was taken.

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--Chris Falco "Play presto for the 'implied tilt odds', always"


--Chris Falco




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I hate larry the cable guy as much as the next guy. Well, anyone who completed middle school.

So when I started seeing commercials for his movie "Health Inspector" I nearly vomited several times.

Anyways, during a clip for the movie I saw that the actor that played Biff in the back to the future movies has a role, it's good to see that guy getting work these days. Even if it means the rest of us have to deal with this racist, homophobic, actor (it's an act people, his real name isn't Larry, it's Dan Whitney).

--Chris Falco "I'm going to see Snakes on a Plane"

My favorite equation.

--Chris Falco

I found these in my kitchen today.

Square Bagels!


--Chris Falco "don't be oppressed by the tyranny of round!"



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Hope 6 is right around the corner, and I found my old h2k2 badge and 5th hope (2004) armband.

Can't wait for july!

--Chris Falco "homeland security color level set to "opps I crapped my pants"

Best breakfast ever. Was up all night playing poker, navy commander, then more poker.

(2)Pudding cups, (1) package of graham crackers (1) large glass of 2% milk

1.) Open pudding cups and graham cracker 2.) Break crackers into quarters 3) dunk crackers into pudding 4) consume 5) wash down with milk

Note. Leave the milk alone, only use chocolate milk after noon, otherwise you risk a choco-OD.

--Chris Falco "I play 72o to the river"

Dreaming, cause her fur and whiskers are twitching in her sleep

--Chris Falco




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