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Hey folks,

I'm sorry it's been a while since I've posted. I'm in the midst of an extremely busy stretch right now; one that I hope should clear itself a little in the next week or two. Still, there's something going on right now that I feel like I should address briefly here.

I've been banned from 2+2 and people seem to be displeased about it, which is gratifying. I want to thank everyone who's come to my defense in this issue. That said, while I'm not prepared to delve into the minutia yet (I'm going to post something more thorough on Monday), I need to address a post Mason Malmuth just made.

In that post, Mason wrote the following:

"Furthermore, in a private conversation with Gary Wise a couple of weeks ago, we tried to make this point clear to him as well, but he refused to listen to what we said and thus our conversation did not last very long."

This is the latest in a string of outright lies told by Mason. He attempted no such thing. The only conversation he and I have had lately came the night that Mark Newhouse appeared on Wise Hand Poker Radio. Mark had been banned that day as a part of Mason's I-tried-to-exploit-Brandi-and-it-blew-up-in-my-face purge, so to inspire interest in the show I had the banner trumpeting him as a guest changed to include 'The recently banned' in front of his name.

Half an hour before the show, I received a call from Mark. He informed me that he'd just spoken to mason, that the ban had been lifted and that mason had asked that Mark pass a message on to me. That message was "If he in any way does anything to harm me or my company, he will feel the full wrath of 2+2." Considering David Sklansky, a part of the company, had less than a week before been revealed to have threatened physical harm to Brandi Hawbaker (with acid??), I took the threat as a serious one to both my livelihood and physical being. I also considered delivering the message through a friend to be a remarkably cowardly act. I was pissed.

I called Mason up and identified myself. His first words were "Let me make something very clear..." at which point I cut him off, yelling angrily until he hung up the phone. Neither I nor Newhouse had any affiliation with neverwinpoker.com at the time. For that matter, I'd never so much as posted there. The chances that conversation was going to relate specifically to neverwinpoker were less than good.

Mason's practiced a lot of hypocrisy throughout the last few days, and I've tried to stay quiet and hope a more civil resolution could be reached. I see now that he's going to continue to lie in an attempt at damage control; fortunately, it seems that every time he does so, he pours kerosene on the fire. I'll address the rest and the bigger issues involved in a few days when I have a more level head and fewer looming deadlines. Take care,

Gary Wise
www.wisehandpoker.com

PS: I should add here, the most ludicrous aspect of Mason's message to me was that if he'd ever listened to my show, he'd know it's as far from inflammatory as any on the air. His reputation would have been safe from me in taking any action except the one he did.

I have not been playing as much Poker this past week as I had been. I played last Tuesday in the $255.00 buy in event at the Hustler's Spring fever series.

In level 4 after building my stack up to 7500 chips by playing small pots and being aggressive in position, I finally got a pocket pair of 9's in the cutoff position.

The blinds were 300-150 and I raised to 1200 chips. I had been tight all night and the only other show down i had was AA vs KQ with a K on the flop. I only won about 1200 chips because the blinds were only 50-25 at the time.The rest of my chips came from being very creative.

I was called by the big blind and the flop came out 4h-9c-8h. I hit my set and I bet 1500 chips and the BB went all in. An aggressive player who had just come to the table about 10 minutes prior. I have played with him in the past and he is one of those players who hates giving up his blinds,no matter how big or small they are at the time.

I figured he was either open ended had a flush draw or was just down right Bluffing, because he went ALL-IN for about 5900 chips more. So I called and he had QJ of hearts. Well he didn't hit his flush as the 4c came on the turn but the 10c came on the river to give him a straight and I was on my way home again scratching my head and wondering what it's going to take for me to be able to win some races.

Anyway I took my loss graciously and did not let it discourage me as it use too. I logged onto Full Tilt and played a 54 person SNG for 26.00 and won $472.00..

The Stars and Stripes series started at the Bicycle Casino last night with a $100.00 buy in event. I stayed at home because we are having a party Saturday for my Son-In-Law who just returned from Iraq yesterday. Good news since President Bush stopped all troops from leaving Iraq until after August 1st, additionally it is my Wife's birthday Monday, so we are going to celebrate her 41st also.

I was going to Vegas on Tuesday to play the Venetian Deepstack Event but that may have to wait a week, so my next event will be Wednesday's $225.00 buy in at the Stars and Stripes. Hopefully it will not have 615 players as they had last night. I am sure Ron Kramer and Denny Williams had their hands full last night.

The rest away will be good and eventually I will start winning these races,I am sure of it.

Don't forget if you have any questions or stories e-mail me at krwisehand@sbcglobal.net.">pkrwisehand@sbcglobal.net.

Take care all...Be safe

By now all of you know I have been in Law Enforcement for over 20 years. One can only imagine the tragedies and destruction I have witnessed through some of the most turbulent years in Los Angeles history.

I had my 52nd birthday last week and I think I am becoming like a bottle of wine,finer with old age. Certain things that never used to bother me, such as a sentimental movie or touching stories seem to give me a little knot in my throat.

As I have said before many times I have been blessed with so much in my life and now that I have the Two sets of twins I know, I definitely am.

In todays Los Angeles Times there is an article written by Randy Pausch who is a College Professor who was forced to retire due to pancreatic cancer and the diagnosis of only about 3 months to live.

Randy is married to the love of his life and together they have 3 children under the age of 6 years. As Randy prepared to give his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University where he taught Computer Science,his 6 year old son told him to tell his students, "Please tell them about having fun,because that's what I'll remember you for"

Randy had a realization as I did many years ago, each of us must make a decision whether to be the fun loving "Tigger" the laughable wonderful Tiger from Winnie the Pooh or to be Eeyore,the sad-sack unmotivated Donkey from the same Winnie the Pooh stories.

In bold letters in the article Randy said, " I KNOW I AM DYING, SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL MY CHILDREN"

LET KIDS BE THEMSELVES:::::

I want my kids to become what they want to become and not try and figure out what I wanted them to become! I also want them to feel as if I am there with them no matter what path they choose.

MAKE TIME FOR WHAT MATTERS:::::

Time is all you have, and you may find one day you have less than you think!

LOOK FOR THE BEST IN EVERYBODY:::::

If you wait long enough people will surprise and impress you.When your frustrated with people,when your angry with people,it may be because you have not given them enough time. In the end people will show you their good side,just keep waiting it will come out.

These three things I have practiced for years, and more so since the twins were born. For those of you who know me out of Law Enforcement might still wonder how a cop with 20 plus years is not a hard nose S.O. B.

It's like a Poker game,you have to put on your Poker face when you go to work and there are many times you have to be aggressive and many times you have to bluff in my line of work.

Reading articles about people like Randy who was given only 3 months to live last September and is still with us today, should give us all the will to become better in any thing we do in our lives and to be thankful for each and everyday that comes and goes.

You have heard the words more than once I am sure, "Live each and everyday as your last" I always have and always will and I thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to talk with you, sit at a Poker table with you, or just hang out.

God Bless Randy Pausch and his family .....Take Care

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