http://jennifershahade.com/site The personal website of Jennifer Shahade. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:40:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I qualified for a Satellite tomorrow into the EPT Ladies Monte Carlo event. I almost won on my first try, got heads-up with a 2x chip lead but we were very deep and I eventually lost the battle. In heads-up it can be hard to tell if you're getting ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/03/06/ladies-poker-tournaments-are-awesome/ It's SuperBowl Sunday, so to feel like I'm a civilized American, I have to gamble a little richer than usual. So I'm liveblogging the Pokerstars Sunday Million, a tournament which I haven't played in a quite a while, back when the players were so much worse than they are now ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/02/07/pokerstars-superbowl-sunday-million/ Woke up to a beautiful blizzard. Got frostbitten creating these videos. Enjoy! Also see the chess series on my Chess Life Online blog, and the video art project that started my love affair with hooping. Coincidentally, wind is the soundtrack of hula-chess. http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/02/06/snow-hooping-for-the-winter-olympics/ 4:51- OUT :( Had KK all in vs. 66 and JJ. Jacks hit a heart flush. Anyway, it was fun blogging and playing simultaneously. Maybe I'll try it more often! 4:20- Doubled up...but not through skill, but someone else's lack thereof :) 4:11-Often already in shipping mode when re-raising. ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/01/31/pokerstars-wbcoop-main-event-live-blog/ 4:34: Lost a race with 88 v. ATo and I'm out. Not much to say though ofc villain's call was horrendous. Boohoo, better luck to me tomorrow! Tougher hand was this one. Please vote on my correct play on the river: 4:15- Doubled up with 22 vs. A7s, lucky me! ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/01/30/pokerstars-wbcoop-saturday-prelim-live-blogging/ I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.Registration code: 793376 Wish me luck!! http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/01/21/i-will-play-in-pokerstars-blogger-poker-championship/ A golden rule of homeownership, right next to "no keg parties" is "don't let a film crew into your house." I learned the lesson the hard way when filming my latest video art project with DimMak Films. After five minutes of production, a doorknob broke. For the next 14 hours, ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/01/20/a-golden-rule-of-homeownership/ Pokerstars is the only poker site I play on and recommend to friends, because of their generous and consistent sponsorship of the US Chess League. Pokerstars customer support is also legendary, which was emphasized to me recently when I wrote the following letter, politely complaining about mandatory spa packages and ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2010/01/12/pokerstars/ For the third year in a row, I spent a beautiful Jewish Christmas in Atlantic City. Piles of snow iced the beach and by the time we left, it was washed away by the rain. Every morning we ate greasy breakfasts at the hotel diner and ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2009/12/27/atlantic-city-christmas-with-snow/ Fake wind blew out my dyed and straightened red hair. My eyes were smokier than they've ever been as the photographer told me, "God wanted your hair to be curly." Indeed, a lot of artifice went into my new website banner, but what did you expect, a drowsy everyday ... http://jennifershahade.com/site/2009/12/19/chess-beauty-queens-revisited/