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Brian Hastings : Poker Blog School started up last week and I've been a really good student so far despite the frigid weather. Walking to class in 5 degree weather isn't the most fun thing in the world, but I've been really motivated for some reason. I think it's because I really like my classes and professors this semester. I'm basically done with required courses and now have the freedom to choose between lots of things, so that helps. Also, my professors are for the most part all good lecturers who are really passionate about their subject material, which is nice and refreshing and certainly hasn't always been the case in my classes, some are just in it for the research. I'm taking Economic Development, Experiments and Games (econ course that deals with game theory), History of Rock and Roll, and Intro to Social Psychology. Honestly, the only class I haven't really gotten into yet has been Rock and Roll, and only because we're still at the roots stage listening to stuff from the 1930s and '40s, although I've even liked a few of these songs. I'm really pumped to be learning about stuff that I actually want to learn about and I think it's going to be a good semester academically.
Fitness-wise I've been doing pretty well. I've been lifting 3x every week, doing a solid amount of cardio, and (mostly) eating well. I've cooked dinner 3 times so far this semester and 2 have turned out great, for the other I tried cooking steaks for the first time on a skillet on top of the stove and they came out rare when I was going for medium rare-medium, fine by me but not for the others whom I cooked for. I blame the damn meat thermometer for taking too long to warm up. I'll get 'em next time. Also, I played my first intramural basketball game last night. We were supposed to have 8 players or so on our team but a few couldn't make it and we wound up with just 5. This meant I had to play two full 20 minute halves (continuous clock, but still) with just one 30 second timeout allowed per half. Also, the team we played was made up of all varsity baseball players, ran 10 deep, and decided to full court press us and make us tired. Well it certainly worked, I can't remember the last time I was so exhausted. I thought I was going to throw up when I tried to drink water after I got home. Fortunately that didn't happen. Hopefully we get more players next week and I learn how to shoot on the weirdo rims they have.
I've watched pretty much every game of the NFL playoffs but have been doing a poor job picking games. I did think NO and Indy would be playing in the big game, but I picked NO and NYJ to cover last week and neither happened. Oh well, fun sweats. Plus I'm gonna make up for it this Sunday. Go Colts! (and 7,7!)
I've been playing less poker since school started, but still a fair amount. Results have been up and down, I had a nice PLO session the other day winning about 370k at 200/400 but I've had a few losing sessions as well. Won 26 big bets at Stud 8 playing 1k/2k OE the other day, that made me happy. Nosebleed PLO has started to run a bit lately, if that continues I hope to play and beat these games. We'll see.
The final part of my new PLO series comes out tomorrow. I know there were some audio issues with the first 2, but I made some adjustments this time and it should be better. The series is at 1/2 6max and I think it's a good watch for low-midstakes PLO players who are looking for ways to exploit regulars and just define their edge.
Feb 3, 10 11:20:15
for cooking steaks on a stove u just need to sear the meat on all sides then finish it in the over. get a cast iron pan or one that can handle the oven. how long in the oven depends on what type of steak ur cooking. filets are obv much thicker than a ny strip so just google whatever kind of steak ur looking to cook for some ideas of times and temps and how rare/well u want it.
Feb 4, 10 23:52:58
luckhappens is on the right track. for cooking steaks indoors, you MUST use a cast iron skillet. turn your oven up as hot as it'll go (hopefully 500+) and let your skillet sit in there until it's blazing hot. remove from oven using double hot pads, put it on the stove (again on high), and sear each steak for 2min/side. put the skillet back in the oven to reheat after every two steaks.
after searing, toss 'em in a glass pan and let them cook in the oven for about 5-6min depending on how you like your steak.
yields really great results if you do it right and causes tons of steam to shoot up everywhere. invite some girls over, they'll be really impressed.
Feb 11, 10 00:25:34
Didn't you want to do engineering when you got to Cornell? Did you give up on that?
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