Bill Ricardi - Brave Little Toaster

So, um, hi!

I'm Bill Ricardi. I'm the guy who knows people in the world of poker, but it all seems to happen almost by accident.

For example: I'll get in on a free beta test for some guys, and it happens to be a bunch of pros launching a brand new poker site. My broker (up until very recently, I was a full time Realtor - part time as of this month) will be talking about her nephew, and it happens to be another pro. I'll be chatting with someone I met on the rec.gambling.poker newsgroup, and I find out that it's the secret identity of another pro.

So now you know why I'm here, and why I end up writing about poker. I was a pro for a year. Hardcore grinding, all 2/4 and 3/6 stuff, 50 hours a week or more, online and sometimes Bay 101 or Garden City. It paid the bills. These days I own a couple poker affiliate sites, I do interviews with the pros, and stuff like that. You'll see my work shortly on Wise Hand's new site.

Now to nip this one in the ass, let me explain what Brave Little Toaster means. There's a show on Sci Fi called BattleStar Galactica, and it's possibly the best show on TV right now. It's based on the old BSG show, but much more gritty and awesome. So they call the Cylons 'toasters', like we call lawyers 'shysters' (sorry Andy!).

But there's one Cylon who works with the humans, despite them treating her like crap. She has no world of her own anymore. She's off on her own, a Cylon without a country as it were. She's a Brave Little Toaster.

I've felt that way a lot in my life. An outsider even when I'm on the inside. Powerless even when in a powerful position. So yeah.

Hey! Sci-Fi! I have an awesome idea for a commercial to hype next season, call me! Damn producers, never returning my calls.

Oh, um, yeah. Welcome to my poker Blog!