I never got to talk about JasonS's Guest Blog post from a week ago.  TBH, I'm not that crazy about his play, but considering he won more money than if he played the hand "standardly," I guess that speaks for itself.  The reason being is that he basically never has a K in his hand (other than maybe the nuts) once he checks the flop.  And it's not like I'm "normally" one of those crazy aggro guys who starts spewing once the PFR checks (eh hem...).  He has no "likely" kings in his range and I have all the kings in my range that I would normally defend (a tricky AK that I didn't 3bet (not likely vs Jason tho), KQ, KJ, KTs, etc) that I would play the same way along with most JJ and some 66.  So basically when he raises the turn, he's going to be superpolarized.  My defending range from the BB vs a MP3 is not particularly wide - easily less than 1/2 as wide as his opening range and Ks make up a decent percentage of that.  So my strong hand percentage >>> his strong hang percentage.  While he (and the board) has blockers to many of my Kings, I 3bet so rarely postflop that the percentage of times I actually have a K in my hand is probably > the frequency with which I 3bet the turn.  On the river, I think I should have shoved the river (repping KJ, JJ, 66, KQ), but I thought I had decent showdown value because I didn't think he had a K - maybe a weirdly played J, but most likely nothing.  So when he makes the river bet, I thought he was trying to get thin value with a weird J (and possibly nothing because his line is so bizarre) and I had a choice between a call or a small raise.  I felt like I could fold out a "J" and opted to rep a strong part of my range.  Of course it never occurred to me that he could have QQ, and thus blockers to most of the Ks I would raise the river with.  FWIW, I am probably *the* reg most likely to check the river (either to check-call or check-raise) with a good hand, so the "he checked the river so he can't have a strong hand" doesn't necessarily apply to me.

It was probably one of the more interesting hands I played this month.  He's a good player, who I play with on a pretty regular basis.  He also started coaching.  He had this "pool" story in the lifefish blog, and it reminded me of a funny story:
 

Not sure if I mentioned this, but I have very healthy sweat glands.  I don't know a single person who sweats as much as I do.  People claim to "sweat" a lot, but when I sweat, it literally RAINS on me.  G is a chip off the old block.  So one time, we took him to Dutch Wonderland (a kid's amusement park in Pennsylvania), and we were waiting in line on a warm summer day for the flume ride.  A bunch of camp kids get on line and one of them asks us how we liked the ride.  I had to tell him we hadn't been on the ride yet...  the little kid thought that we had been on the ride because both G and I were covered in sweat!

Rapot Ketuker

Ni cerita waktu gue masih SMA,waktu kelas 1.Kebetulan waktu itu udah mau liburan semester 1,jadi sekolah lagi rame ada classmeeting.Di situ gue liat temen gue lagi sibuk nyusun rapot2,anak-anak kelas gue kan.Pas gue tanya si katanya di suruh walikelas.     

Terus berapa hari kemudian ngambil rapot kan tuh,waktu itu emak gue yang ngambil rapotnya,emang dari dulu emak gue kan yang slalu ngambil rapot gue.Udah gitu,udah kan rapot di ambil,pas emak gue pulang,langsung dah tuh gue liat nilai nilainya,waktu gue liat sampul depannya,gue kaget kan, kok namanya beda.Udah jelas kan itu bukan rapot gw.Terus gue tanya sama emak gue,emak gue juga nggak tau kalo tuh rapot udah ketuker,lagian kata emak gue,waktu sebelum di ambil,pasti kan walikelas jelasin dulu tentang nilai atau kehadiran gue,gataunya tuh walikelas juga gak tau kalo tuh rapot bukan punya gue.Kata dia si emang itu gara-gara salah dia,cz dia nyuruh temen-temen gue itu buat beresin rapotnya,akhirnya dia cuma bisa minta maaf.Nah disitu gue baru inget,yang waktu classmeeting itu berarti disitu tempat ketukernya rapot gue.

Rapot gue ketuker sama temen gue yang nama depannya sama,tapi nama panjangnya beda. Yaudah akhirnya nunggu 2 minggu lagi sampe masuk sekolah.Pas udah 2 minggu,penasaran gue ilang buat liat tuh rapot,bukan karna nilainya jelek tapi kan udah ilang aja penasarannya.Lagian juga nilainya biasa aja,nggak ada yang istimewa.Sebelumnya nggak pernah si gue kayak gini,kalo diinget-inget lagi si lucu juga,campur konyol.

Tahukah anda ?

1.Berdasarkan survei yang telah dilakukan warna yang paling disukai oleh semua orang adalah biru.Wanita 35% dan Pria 57%.Orang-orang yang menyukai warna biru menganggap biru adalah warna yang menenangkan.

2.Mungkin semua orang sudah mengetahui koala,tapi taukah anda kalau nama koala berasal dari bahasa Aborigin  yang artinya “no drink”? nama ini mungkin sangat tepat karena koala sangat jarang minum air dan ia menghabiskan 18-20 jam untuk tidur di pepohonan.

3.Jerapah,hewan yang terkenal dengan leher panjangnya itu,ternyata memiliki jumlah tulang yang sama dengan manusia pada bagian leher.

4.Thanksgiving yang dirayakan di Amerika Serikat pertama kali dirayakan pada tanggal 4 Desember 1619.

5.Kopi,minuman yang saat ini sangat digemari oleh berbagai kalangan,baik tua maupun muda ini ditanam pertama disuatu daerah di Hawai bernama Kona.

6.Tatum O’neal adalah seorang penerima piala oscar termuda yang pernah tercatat.Saat menerima piala itu ia berusia 10 tahun,148 hari pada tanggal 2 April 1972.Dia mendapatkan piala itu karena perannya di film “Paper Moon”.

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Kesasar . . . . . .

Waktu itu gue masih SMP, persisnya SMP kelas 2.Seperti biasa tiap hari minggu pagi guru olahraga gue nyuruh lari di peldrum yang ada di Rawamangun,ya gak tiap minggu juga si. Kebetulan kan waktu itu minggu,jadi gue di suruh kesono.Terus berangkat kan gw minggu paginya  bareng temen-temen gue,gue naek bis patas kesono.Abis kita sampe,gw nyari guru olahraga gw itu,minta karcis buat masuk ke dalemnya,gak ada karcis ga bisa masuk.Udah gitu, udah kan gue lari,berapa puteran gitu,lupa.Karena gue  lari duluan, terus gue bisa langsung balik, yaudah gue ajak aja temen gue balik, gue balik cuma berdua doang sama temen gw itu,cz yang laen belom pada selese larinya.Pas lagi nunggu bis,temen gue itu ngajak naek  bis Transjakarta,akrabnya si busway.Gue si nggak mau awalnya tapi temen gue itu maksa,katanya biar kita tau(bener juga si kata dia).Yaudah akhirnya gue mau naek tuh busway.Terus kita beli karcisnya, naeklah kita.Awal-awal si gak ada yang aneh tapi pas agak lama,gw liat kita kok udah ada di Jakarta Pusat,padahal rumah kita kan di Jakarta Timur.Yaudah dengan sedikit panik,karena duit gw tinggal dikit, gue nanya ke temen gue itu sekarang kita lagi dimana, kirain gw dia tau kita lagi dimana,eh dia malah gatau  juga.Dengan kata lain kita kesasar. Terus,di halte berikutnya kita turun. Buat sampe ke rumah lagi,akhirnya kita nanya sama orang,dia bilang kita harus naek angkot  lsgi 2x.Yaudah pas angkot itu lewat kita  langsung naek itu dan nerusin angkot selanjutnya.Akhirnya kita sampe dirumah masing-masing,dengan . . . . . . . . . . .  . .. alhamdulillah dengan selamat

Akhirnya gw tau sekarang dari peldrum kerumah gue itu harus naek busway 2x,cz transit dulu.Tapi gapapalah,pertama kali nyobain,malah kesasar.Namanya juga pengalaman,kalo ga nyoba ga bakal tau. . . . . .

Nyemplung kali . . . . .

Ini cerita bukan tentang gue,tapi temen gue.Dah  lama banget  si tapi gue masi inget.Waktu itu gue masih SD,gak tau umur berapa dan kelas berapa,yang  jelas waktu itu gue masih SD.Waktu itu gue lagi maen  biasa sama temen gw di depan rumah,biasalah(namanya juga bocah).Terus gatau yang usul duluan siapa,kita pengen nyari buah ceri(nama Indonesianya karsen)kita nyebutnya ceri,( ya namanya juga bocah ).Kebetulan gajauh dari rumah ada tuh pohonnya,tinggi,buahnya banyak, tapi pas banget di pinggir kali.Yaudah kita langsung aja kesitu.Disono si buahnya banyak, tapi tinggi-tinggi semua,eh pas diliat ada tuh yang menor(mateng)gue nyebutnya gitu yaa(namanya juga bocah).Eh temen gw  mau ngambil tuh ceri,agak takut juga kan bawahnya kali.Terus dia naik kan ke tembok,(deket situ ada tembok pendek juga)tapi tuh tembok dah agak rapuh.Waktu dah pengen dapet,eh tiba-tiba temboknya longsor ke bawah dan otomatis temen gue itu nyemplung ke kali,tangannya berdarah kena beling.Agak sedikit ketawa,terus gw tolongin kan dia naek,untungnya tuh kali ga lagi banjir jadi ga dalem dalem amat.Yaudah akhirnya kita pulang dah,dengan temen gw yang bajunya kotor gara gara lumpur kali(yaaa namanya juga bocah).

CUACA YANG NGGAK JELAS

Akhir-akhir ini cuaca makin nggak jelas.Kadang kalo  lagi panas,panas banget seharian.Tapi kalo udah ujan,dari pagi nggak berhenti-berhenti,kaya tadi pagi.Dari pagi sampe sore ujan terus,ga deres si ujannya cuma gerimis doang,tapi awet.

Apalagi  yang tadi  harusnya libur,malah kuliah,bukan karena ada kelas,tapi ngisi krs.Cuaca yang kagak jelas kayak gini si bukan cuma baru-baru ini aja,tahun sebelumnya juga sama kayak gini.

Barusan gue denger berita si,ini karena sekarang Indonesia masuk musim pancaroba,masa peralihan gitu.Tapi yang lebih bahayanya lagi,katanya ini dampak dari pemanasan global,yang makin kesini makin terasa efeknya.

Ya salah satu dampaknya ya tadi,cuaca makin gak jelas.Musim panas jadi makin panjang,atau sebaliknya.Salah satu solusinya  yang juga lagi gencar digerakkin,yaitu go green juga kayanya belom maksimal.Yah itu si menurut gue,apa mungkin elo semua emang udah nyoba ngatasin global warming ini dengan cara yang gampang kayak tanem pohon disekitar rumah,atau buang sampah ditempatnya,who knows ?

Artis Hollywood Pakai Batik

Ternyata tidak hanya orang Indonesia saja yang memakai batik.Jessica Alba,artis  Hollywood yang terkenal lewat perannya di Fantastic Four sebagai Susan Storm ini juga memakai batik.Ia mengenakan batik dalam sebuah acara red carpet perusahaan mobil terkenal dunia.
 

Dalam acara itu,batik yang ia pakai ia padupadankan dengan sepatu boots tinggi.Ia sangat cantik tampil dengan batik bermotif parang rusak khas Yogyakarta tersebut.
 

Kita patut bangga karena dunia memang mengakui keindahan dari batik,pakaian khas dari Indonesia ini.Apalagi dipakai oleh artis sekelas Hollywood.Dikabarkan tidak hanya Jessica Alba saja yang memakai batik,Lindsay Lohan,Paris Hilton dan juga penyanyi yang pernah menggelar konsernya di Jakarta,John Legend pun memakai batik.

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And our number 1 choice for online professional poker players wanting to raise a family is...

1) Dallas, Texas:   It's funny we decided on the northern/western Dallas suburbs because about a year ago, GrandMelon was complaining on 2+2 that he was bored out of his mind in Dallas.  But the schools are pretty good and the houses are dirt cheap.  There are over 40K homes for sale around Dallas, many of them less than a decade old.  Think about that - FORTY THOUSAND homes.  You can get a relatively new 4,000 sq ft home for a little over $300K (probably averages $400K).  I was shocked that the houses seemed reasonably well-built - all stone exteriors, nice wood floors, etc.  The houses were kind of chintzy with the kitchen appliances, but I guess not everyone gets *that* into cooking.

Half the fish counter

The food scene there seems pretty good and reasonably priced.  Relatively safe, pretty well-educated, and decent ethnic mix (depending on the neighborhood).  And the Korean supermarket there was the best I've ever seen.  They must've had like 20 different kinds of WHOLE fish neatly displayed on ice.  I practically wet my pants when I saw that.  Thank god for the Depends.

And some of the strip malls were some of the nicest and biggest I've seen.  The size of some of the bookstores was probably close to half a Manhattan bock.  I'm a pretty big guy, but the sheer size of the city made me feel like a midget.  So maybe I don't have to lose any more weight.

The main drawback is that it gets brutally hot in the summer.  Mrs. Fly and D will be happy with that, but G and I are sweat machines (later post).  It was almost 80 degress in the winter and I was sweating. But fortunately, I don't plan on being home in the summer (since we'll be traveling), so we'll only be around to enjoy the nicest weather of the year.

It's going to suck being a Giants fan and having to go into Texas Stadium.  But the plus is that I'll get to see one game every year.  And the Yankees should be coming to town once a year.  The Texas Motor Speedway is there, as well as pro basketball, hockey and soccer.  It's not like I go to that many live sporting events anyway.  And let's not forget the Six Flags theme park and the new LegoLand that's about to open.  And I can just taste the fried butter at the Texas state fair.  Yum..  (Seriously tho, that sounds pretty gross)

Oh, and as a bonus, the Winstar World Casino is a little over an hour away, and they supposedly have a decent poker room.  Not sure about the rake tho.  I'm mostly interested in MTTs tho, since I'm going to need some live practice for when I finally show up at a WSOP.  It actually looks like a *real* casino.  Next month, they have Air Supply, Jay Leno, Kool & the Gang with Morris Day and the Time, Tommy James & the Shondells, Duran Duran, Jason Aldean (Who/What TF is this dude?!?), and Harry Connick, Jr.  Not a bad line-up for an old geezer like me.  And Choctaw Casino (smaller) is 1.5 hours away and seems to offer some WSOP satellites.  God bless those Indians.

At this point, we haven't decided between the Southlake / Colleyville area in the west, or the Plano / Frisco / McKinney / Allen area in the northeast.  The Dallas-Fort Worth airport is on the west, so outdoor noise could be problem.  It seems there's a battery recycling plant in Frisco that may have a lead problem, so if we go that way, I'm going to have to be super-choosy about location.  But all in all, the air quality is *STILL* 2x to 50x as clean as the NYC suburbs, and we currently live like 10 minutes from a regional airport now, so it's not like we'll be that much worse off.  I later found out that CNNMoney did their own analysis and decided three of the Dallas suburbs were in their Top 25 places to live - McKinney (#5), Allen (#16) and Rowlett (#24).

I'm 95+% sure we're moving to Dallas later this year.  Stay tuned...

Buah Berduri Si Pembunuh Kanker

Sirsak,semua orang pasti sudah mengenal atau bahkan sudah mencicipi buah yang satu ini.Buah ini tergolong mudah ditemui,karena banyak terdapat di pasar swalayan ataupun dijumpai sudah dalam bentuk jus,jus sirsak.Tapi tahukah anda bahwa buah yang memiliki rasa asam manis ini memiliki khasiat yang luar biasa ?    
                                      
Buah ini dipercaya memiliki kemampuan melawan berbagai jenis parasit,menurunkan tekanan darah tinggi,depresi dan stress.Tapi khasiat yang paling menakjubkan dari buah yang satu ini adalah kemampuannya melawan sel kanker.Selama ini kita mengenal kemoterapi adalah pegobatan yang palig banyak digunakan oleh penderita kanker,namun pengobatan ini memiliki banyak efek samping,yaitu membuat rambut rontok,mual dll.Selain itu dalam penyambuhannya kemoterapi tidak hanya mematikan sel kanker tetapi juga sel baik bukan kanker.Hal ini sangat berbeda dengan sirsak sebagai pengobatan,sirsak mematikan sel kanker tanpa mematikan sel baik.

Selain itu menkonsumsi sirsak dapat melindungi sistem kekebalan tubuh sedangkan kemoterapi tidak.Khasiat lainnya pasien akan merasa lebih kuat karena sirsak meningkatkan energidan juga membantumempercepat penyembuhan.Tidak hanya itu suku Indian di Amerika Selatan juga menggunakan daun,akar,biji dan kulit kayunya sebagai obat untuk menyembuhkan berbagai macam penyakit seperti reumatik,masalah liver,jantung dan juga asma.
 

Kita juga sangat dianjurkan menkonsumsi sirsak untuk pencegahan.Bagi yang tidak suka dimakan langsung, bisa di jus.Pengobatan menggnakan buah  sirsak ini,tidak rugi bila mencobanya karena sirsak adalah bahan alami sebagai obat,apalagi tidak mengakibatkan efek samping.

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VALKYRIE

Valkyrie adalah sejenis makhluk peri wanita yang mengabdi pada Dewa Odin,yaitu sang raja langit.Tugas dari valkyrie itu sendiri adalah menentukan siapa yang akan menjadi pemenang saat terjadi perang ataupun pertempuran besar dan memilih para pejuang paling kuat dan berani diantara mereka yang telah gugur(“chooser of the slain”)dimana para pejuang dan berani itu akan menjadi milik freyja atau mistress of the slain(valfreyja) dan ditempatkan di suatu tempat yang bernama Fokvangr. Tidak semua pejuang menjadi milik freyja,tapi yang sebagian lagi menjadi prajurit Odin yang diberi nama Einherjar dan dimasukan ke tempat yang bernama Valhalla.Dalam cerita,Odin dibantu oleh tentara yang membantunya dalam peperangan besar di akhir zaman bernama Ragnarok.Valkyrie disebut-sebut memiliki wajah yang cantik,tidak hanya itu ia juga digambarkan membawa pedang,tameng,dan menaiki seekor kuda bersayap.Dalam cerita dari bangsa yang berbeda,valkyrie  memiliki banyak nama tetapi pada intinya mereka sama dalam menggambarkan peri wanita cantik tersebut.Dalam komik,valkyrie adalah seorang dewa wanita yang sangat mahir dalam berperang dan memiliki kekuatan yang besar.Tetapi dalam cerita kuno,tidak ada yang menyebutkan bahwa valkyrie memiliki kekuatan besar.Yang ada hanya,sudah pasti valkyrie itu mempunyai kekuatan untuk menentukan siapa yang akan menjadi pemenang dan siapa yang akan  mati dalam peperangan atau pertempuran yang pada zaman dahulu sangat sering terjadi,yang pada dasarnya tujuan mereka berperang adalah sama yaitu ingin memperluas daerah kekuasaan mereka.

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TUGAS 2K(KAMIS KE2)

1.    Apa yang saudara ketahui tentang Efisiensi?

Jawab:

Efisiensi adalah Perbandingan terbaik atau rasionalitas antara hasil yang diperoleh (output) dengan kegiatan yang dilakukan dalam penggunaan sumber-sumber & waktu (input).

2.    Ada Syarat-syarat dalam pencapaian efesiensi, sebutkan dan jelaskan syarat-syarat yag di maksud!

Jawab:

-     Berhasil guna (efektif)

Kegiatan telah dilaksanakan dengan tepat dalam arti target tercapai sesuai waktu yang ditetapkan tanpa mengabaikan kualitas

-      Ekonomis

Dalam usaha pencapaian efektif maka biaya, tenaga kerja, material, peralatan, waktu, ruangan dan lain-lain telah digunakan dengan tepat sesuai dengan perencanaan sehingga tidak terjadi pemborosan, penyelewengan dan korupsi

-      Pelaksanaan kerja dapat dipertanggungjawabkan

Untuk membuktikan bahwa dalam pelaksanaan kerja benar-benar di buat se objektif mungkin, mencerminkan fakta sesusungguhnya, dengan membuat report-report sebagai bukti pengeluaran pengeluaran yang telah dilakukan.

-      Pembagian kerja yang nyata

Dalam pembagian kerja harus didasarkan pada kemampuan masing-masing individu yaitu benar-benar berdasarkan beban kerja, ukuran kemampuan kerja dan waktu yang tersedia

-      Rasionalitas wewenang dan tanggung jawab

Antara wewenang dan tanggung jawab harus terjadi keseimbangan, jangan sampai wewenang lebih besar atau sebaliknya

-      Prosedur kerja yang praktis

Untuk menegaskan bahwa O&M merupakan kegiatan praktis, maka target efektif dan ekonomis, pelaksanaan kerja dapat dipertanggungjawabkan serta pelayanan kerja yang memuaskanharuslah merupakan kegiatan-kegiatan operasional yang dapat dilaksanakan dengan lancer dan tidak hanya berhenti sebagai konsep-konsep teoritis di atas kertas saja O&M menunjukan kegiatan ilmiah dan praktis yang urutan tahap demi tahap mencerminkan asal pekerjaan, kemana akan diteruskan dan kapan selesainya.

3.    Bagaimana cara-cara untuk Meningkatkan efesiensi?

Jawab:

    - Pelaksanaan fungsi manajemen dengan tepat

     - Pemanfaatan sumber-sumber dengan tepat pula
-Pelaksanaan fungsi-fungsi organisasi sebagai alat mencapai tujuan

     -Pengarahan & Dinamika organisasi untuk pengembangan & kemajuan   yang  berkesinambungan.

4.    Sebutkan Kegiatan-kegiatan yang termasuk ruang lingkup atau scope dalam O&M!

Jawab:

-Anailisis organisasi

-Komunikasi dalam organisasi

-Tata kerja, prosedur dan system kerja

-Pentingnya filling

-Penyimpanan data & dokumen

-Formulir

-Pendayagunaan mesin kantor & peralatan

-Penyusunan tata ruang & perencanaannya

-Penulisan laporan

-Penyusunan buku pedoman kerja

-Penyusunan Anggaran belanja

-Analisis kepegawaian

5.    Menurut saudara apa yang telah di lakukan perusahaan NOKIA di Indonesia efektif atau belum dalam menghadapi persaingan dengan brand local dan brand-brand terkenal seperti Sony Ericsson Samsung, LG, Iphone, Blackberry? Jelaskan pendapat saudara!

Jawab :

Menurut saya sudah sangat efektif,karena nokia memang sejak dulu banyak yang menggunakan.Tetapi seiring perkembangan zaman dan teknologi saat ini yang paling diminati adalah Blackberry dan Iphone.Meskipun begitu nokia juga mampu bersaing,dan masih tetap diminati oleh masyarakat.

[GUEST POST:  One of my readers, Brian Woods, happens to be a CPA, so how timely is this post for all us Americans?  And he also had a blog on my blog links]

When Doublefly and I originally traded e-mails about writing one of his “guest” entries, I originally thought I would write about transitioning away from NLHE cash games and into mixed games.  I am primarily a mass-tabling PL/NL O8 player at the lower levels (mostly $50-$200).  My transition away from NLHE evolved for one primary reason: I am arguably the worst on-line cash NLHE player on the interwebz.  That crazy two card game most of you play is both mind-numbingly boring and impossible for me to beat.  So I moved to PLO initially and ultimately to PL/NL O8 where I grind out paltry winnings on a monthly basis; though I am owed A LOT of money by Mr. David Sklansky.   

However, after thinking about it I decided to go in another direction entirely.  You see in the real world I am a CPA.  I own my own practice and we are primarily a tax shop for individuals and small businesses.  I handle the tax work for a handful of poker players in addition to other clients.  Over and over on the forums I see horrible advice and misconceptions about taxes (US) as it relates to poker winnings (poker and gambling winnings are used interchangeably in this post).  Hopefully this blog post will dispel some of those myths while not putting you to sleep. 

So without further ado here are the Top 5 misconceptions about taxes on poker winnings:

1. I broke even (lost) for the year so I don’t need to report my winnings-This is probably the most commonly repeated error I hear.  The reality is that if you have one session where you won $1 you have winnings and you need to report.   A win can come on-line, in a live cardroom, a home game or even an illegal private club.
2. I didn’t cash out my on-line winnings so I don’t need to report-Uhhhhhhh yes you do.  In the US we use the “constructive receipt” doctrine to determine if an item of income is includible.  Simply put if the funds (winnings) are received by a taxpayer without substantial limitations on access to those funds, constructive receipt has occurred and the winnings are taxable income.  Thus, if you deposit $215 one Sunday afternoon in December and ship the Sunday Million that evening for $250k that $250k is now taxable income whether you cash it all out or wait until the following January.
3. The IRS doesn’t even know I won-Yes we live in a country that requires voluntary compliance with it’s taxing system.  Having said that the IRS can be a bit of a pain in the rear if you underreport your income.  Here are a few people the IRS had to give a little spanking to:

4. I can just go to the track and collect losing tickets-Well, of course you can do this.  I mean what is a little fraud between you and the IRS?
5. On-line poker is illegal so I can’t pay taxes on an illegal enterprises-Well first, smarter people than I still conclude that on-line poker is not federally illegal (I realize it is in certain states).  But even if it were illegal you would still be required to report that income and pay taxes despite the illegality of the income source!

Once these myths are wiped from your brain your next question will likely be “OK now I understand those issues but how exactly do I fill out these forms?”  Well there is one very important question to answer when determining how to present your return.

Continued next week...

So we ended up visiting:

3) Ponte Vedra, FL:  It's a big golfing community (since TPC Sawgrass is there), and it's very close to Jacksonville (which is an okay city).  The beaches are nearby, and Amelia Island and St. Augustine are both within an hour drive.  But it just didn't have anything that said to us "move here now!"  The restaurants there seemed somewhat meh (later post) and there didn't seem to be a great place to get any Korean food or groceries.  So we pretty much nixed it when we went to the next town...

2) Melbourne, FL:  The schools in the entire county (Brevard) are pretty good - all the way up to Cape Canaveral.  What annoyed the hell out of me is that they have two magnet schools that are extremely good, but it's a completely random lottery for the thousands of kids who meet the minimum standard.  Like WTF happened to a meritocracy?  So it's harder to get into than Harvard.  F.U.  The two biggest draws were the proximity to the beaches (which are nicer than the beaches in Ponte Vedra) and of course, the 1 hour drive to Orlando.  Sadly, we have the only kid in the U.S. who thinks Disney World is lame.  But hey!  There's also Universal Studios, Sea World and a boat-load of water parks, restaurants, and entertainment options, including cruises.  And there's even a poker room (altho I don't know what the stakes are - probably small).  Sadly, the restaurants and entertainment options in Brevard County are pretty meh.  Some of the gated communities are nice, but oddly the areas near the beach are kind of run-down looking .  I think in about 30 years, the whole area might become more upscale (like their southern counterparts), but I might be dead by then.

Anyway, for me, Brevard County was a close second, but the boss (Mrs. Fly) had a strong preference for...

Continued Sunday because I have a Saturday Guest Post (no more cliff-hangers - I swear!!!)...

BTW, if any of you guys that I know from 2+2 or the blog want to do a guest post, let me know.

There was a great website called NeighborhoodScout.com that lets you look at the entire country by various factors.  So I punched in "best public schools" for starters and looked at the various states.  While comparing test scores isn't the end-all way to determine if a school "good," this was a decent starting point.  Each state has it's own requirements as to what an "acceptable" level of education is.  What I liked about the NeighborhoodScout site was they attempted to calibrate the differing state requirements.  Another good site for schools is GreatSchools.org, but this site does more of an in-state rating (so a "10" in AL isn't the same as a "10" in CA) - not as useful when trying to compare states.

This starting filter let me get rid of a whole bunch of the warmer states that I would have assumed would have been full of rednecks anyway.  :-)  I pretty much used a 75% rating as a screen.  Again, not perfect, but I needed to narrow my search somehow.  FWIW, my current area got a 93.  So it let me concentrate on looking at a few southern states that seemed interesting to me.  And those states were California, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Texas.  As much as Mrs. Fly and I love Nevada, we had to cross it off (maybe later post).

California started off being my number one choice, but I couldn't find a house I "liked" for under a million, and it was probably going to be closer to two.  Um...  might as well just stay here.  And then you get taxed up the yin-yang, and being Asian it's going to be difficult getting into one of the top few dozen colleges from there (since there are a bajillion other smart Asians there).  Later post on my expectations for my kids' college.

Virgina was my second choice, since my in-laws live there and it's a pretty nice place to live.  But we couldn't find an area we liked.  Ditto for North Carolina.  Which left us with three cities in two states, which coincidentally were ZERO STATE TAX states.

Sorry again Raw Force, but it looks like my time is up for today...

So I started this thread a few months ago, and most of the reasonable responses were Florida and Texas, because of the zero income taxes.  Anyway, I thought I would do some of my own analysis.  So here is what I am looking for (and some of the reasons I'm moving):

1)  Good public schools.  I went to public school and had a great experience (it was a nerdy high school, so I fit right in!).  I've never really liked the private school kids at my college, and I just like the idea of my kids going to school with a wide variety of other kids.  Also, I'm a cheap ass (as you already know).  Anyway, I can't move to an area where the schools suck.

2)  "Inexpensive" house.  It sucks ass owning a multi-million dollar home and still paying for it.  In most parts of the country, you can get a brand new 4000+ sq foot home for under $500K.  Actually, we found one for $300K.  I don't know... maybe we splurge and get the 6000 sq ft house for $700K, but it's still like a quarter of the cost of a comparable house in my area.  As previously mentioned, I really don't need to be in this part of the country.  My future career choice is going to allow me to take the entire summer off and take the family to an awesome place for 2-3 months...  RVing, Europe, Asia, Latin America, etc.  (later post)  Much easier to do when you have a lower cost base.

3)  Access to better food.  Even tho we live in a suburb of NYC, the food around here is shockingly meh.  I just can't get excited to eat out, except for maybe at the meh sushi place 25 minutes away(!) because Mrs. Fly doesn't make sushi...  hey!  wait a sec...  So we just end up going to the same handful of restaurants.

4)  Low crime.  Pretty much speaks for itself - the fewer people I need to send to "the chair," the better.  It's going to be tough to beat my current area, but there are plenty of safe places to live.

5)  Nice weather.  I used to LOOOVE the cold (mostly because I sweat a lot).  When I was in college, I like to go for runs in subzero weather in shorts and a sweatshirt.  It just made me feel alive!  Now that I'm an old man, the cold sucks.  We got like 3 feet of snow this winter and my skin is feeling absurdly dry all the time.  So *that's* why I keep the bottle of lotion next to my computer.  Eh hem.  Also sucks to have a $1000 heating bill in the winter because Mrs. Fly and D have like zero body fat and they need the house at 74 degrees.

So our top 3 choices were...

TUGAS 2S (SENIN KEDUA)

1.    Untuk mencapai efisiensi haruslah dipenuhi syarat-syarat atau ukuran-ukuran seperti dibawah ini, kecuali:

a.    Pelaksanaan kerja yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan

b.    Pembagian kerja yang nyata

c.    Responsif dalam rencana

d.    Prosedur kerja yang praktis

2.    Kegiatan dilaksanakn dengan tepat, Target tercapai sesuai dengan waktu yang telah ditetapkan tetapi mutu dari hasil kerja juga harus diperhatikan, hal tersebut merupakan syarat ukuran efisiensi:

a.    Ekonomis

b.    Efektif

c.    Produktif

d.    Responsif

3.    Disebut sebagai Bapak Manajemen Ilmiah:

a.    Adam Smith                      

b.    Max Weber

c.  Frederick W.Taylor

d.    Henry Fayol

4.    Teori Organisasi yang menganggap bahwa organisasi sebagai mesin sementara manusia adalah onderdil yang setiap saat dapat dipasang dan diganti:                

a.    Pra Klasik                         

b.    Neo Klasik

c.    Klasik                          

d.    Modern

5.    Salah satu aliran dalam teori klasik:

a.    Manajemen ilmiah              

b.    Tradisional

c.    Tingkah Laku                    

d.    Teori Mesin

6.    Pendekatan organisasi yang mengumpamakan organisasi bagaikan kumpulan toet piano dan masing-masing punya spesialisasi, jika dikoordinasi maka akan tercipta nada indah:

a.    Teori Pendekatan Sistem     

b.    Teori Tingkah Laku

c.    Teori Hubungan Manusiawi  

d.    Teori Mesin

7.    Ahli Ekonomi yang berpaham Birokrasi:

a.    Henry Fayol                       

b.    Allen Reilly

c.    Frederick W. Taylor            

d.    Max Weber

8.    Teori Klasik kadang pula disebut dengan:

a.    Teori Tradisional                 

b.    Teori Ortodoks

c.    Teori Tingkah Laku                      

d.    Teori Terbelakang

9.    Organisasi bukanlah sistem tertutup yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan yang stabil melainkan berada dalam kondisi global, dan jika tetap ingin bertahan hidup maka harus beradaptasi dengan lingkunganya, ini pendekatan dari:

a.    Pra Klasik                         

b.    Neo Klasik

c.    Klasik                               

d.    Modern

10. Dalam Teori Organisasi Modern disebutkan bahwa kerja suatu organisasi:

a.    Kompleks                                   

b.    Multilevel

c.    Dinamis                                     

d.    Semua jawaban benar

I'm back from my 10 days off.  Today's blog post will be delayed a few hours.

***

A few hours later...

So I see that no one liked me "suited" Hand History pictures.  Tough crowd...

No weekly graph this week, since I played zero hands, LDO.

Well, so many things to say, but I guess I'll start off with the big news that we've been talking about for over 6 months...

We are seriously considering moving.  Southern Connecticut is fine if I plan on going back to work, but since I plan on being a rakeback pro the rest of my life, the arguments for staying here aren't as strong.  We briefly considered moving abroad, but the meager tax benefits wasn't really worth the hassle.  So during G's 10 day winter break, we went and toured three potential areas.  The three areas of the US that I think would be good for people who want to raise a family and play poker for a living. (later post)

I have 7 days to lose like 7 pounds.  Sure, my wrestler buddy from college will say "LOL?  You have 7 days?  I can do that in 12 hours."  But I'm trying not to go too crazy.  But I think I may have to start a low carb diet or something to at least make a run at it.

HANDS - C'MON MAN EDITION

The last in my flatting 4bet series, villain was a 12/8/5.3 reg.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($441.50)
MP2 ($402)
MP3 ($1097.20)
Hero (CO) ($408)
Button ($1012)
SB ($474.60)
BB ($412)
UTG ($430)
UTG+1 ($1218.80)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8, 10
5 folds, Hero bets $10, Button raises to $36, 2 folds, Hero raises to $90, Button calls $54
[I think the best 4bet bluff hands are those with a blocker, but I like mixing it up once in a while with suited cards or pocket pairs.]

Flop: ($186) A, A, 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $90, Button raises to $922 (All-In), Hero calls $228 (All-In)
[I generally bet a little over half pot, but I figure he either has an A or he doesn't.  And unless I bet like $50 I'm going to be priced in, so whatever.]

Turn: ($822) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($822) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $822 | Rake: $3
Main pot: $822 between Hero and Button, won by Hero

Results:
Button had J, J (two pair, Aces and Jacks).
Hero had 8, 10 (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $819

The dude could have just taken my $90 pre, but he decided he needed to get all fancy pants on me and let me see a flop with a playable hand.  Thanks for the monies!

Seriously tho, I can see the merits of calling, needing only 29% equity and being IP, but I think I prefer shoving.  Call me a simpleton.

HUMOR 

Since you guys seem to enjoy defecation humor, here's a comprehensive list of different types of shits.  My favorites are:

THE CROWD PLEASER - A shit is so intriguing in size and/or appearance that you have to show it to someone before flushing.

THE GROANER - A shit so huge it cannot exit without vocal assistance.

THE FLOATER - Characterized by its floatability, this shit has been known to resurface after many flushings.

THE PEEK-A-BOO SHIT - Now you see it, now you don't. This shit is playing games with you. Requires patience and muscle control.

THE "I THINK I'M GIVING BIRTH THROUGH MY ASSHOLE" SHIT - Similar to the Lincoln Log and The Spinal Tap Shits. The shape and size of the turd resembles a tall boy beer can. Vacuous air space remains in the rectum for some time afterwards.

THE "WHAT THE HELL DIED IN HERE?" SHIT - Also sometimes known as The Toxic Dump. Of course, you don't warn anyone of the poisonous bathroom odor. Instead, you stand innocently near the door and enjoy the show as they run out gagging and gasping for air.

THE "I JUST KNOW THERE'S A TURD STILL DANGLING THERE" SHIT - You sit there patiently, waiting for the last cling-on to fall because if you wipe now, it's just going to smear all over the place.

TUGAS 1K(KAMIS PERTAMA

1.Apa yang saudara ketahui tentang Manajemen?

Jawab :

Proses dari kegiatan seorang manajer bagaimana mengambil keputusan yang terbaik  melalui kerjasama dengan orang lain tanpa mengabaikan sumber-sumber yang tersedia untuk pencapaian tujuan

      2 Sebutkan dan Jelaskan Fungsi-fungsi Manajemen?

Jawab :

 Ø  Planning  (perencanaan):     

Berpikir, menduga, menentukan prioritas, kegiatan bersifat non fisik diperlukan dalam rangka mengarahkan tujuan dan sasaran organisasi

 Ø  Organizing (pengorganisasian):

Proses penyusunan pembagian kerja ke dalam unit kerja dan fungsinya, penempatan orang yang tepat agar pelaksanaan pembagian kerja sesuai dengan perencanaan, dalam penempatan orang atau staf diharapkan objektif

 Ø  Motivating (motivasi):

·         Membina, mendorong semangat dan kerelaan kerja para pegawai, memberikan rangsangan baik bersifat rohaniah atau jasmaniah. Rohaniah: Kenaikan pangkat, Pendidikan dan pengembangan karir, pemberian cuti, penambahan pengalaman, penelenggaraan human relation dengan tepat Jasmaniah: Sistem Upah gaji yang menggairahkan, pemberian tunjangan, distribusi sandang pangan, penyediaan fasilitas rumah, kendaraan dan jaminan pemeliharaan kesehatan

Ø  Controlling (pengendalian):

Mengadakan pengawasan, penyempurnaan, evaluasi agar tujuan sesuai dengan perencanaan yang telah ditetapkan, mengetahui sampai sejauh mana pekerjaan dijalankan, seberapa besar sumber dimanfaatkan setelah diketahui kemudian dapat dikoreksi, apa yang harus dilakukan selanjutnya

  3 Sebutkan Faktor-faktor produksi (sumber-sumber) Organisasi & Metode:

Jawab :

> Manusia atau Tenaga Kerja (Man/Man Power)

> Uang atau Biaya (Money)

> Bahan-bahan atau Material (Materials)

> Mesin dan Peralatan (Mechines & Equipment)

Sumber-sumber diatas menurut George R Terry disebut 6M(the six M’s in management) dengan menambah 2 sumber lagi:

> Tata kerja (Methods)

> Pasar (Market)

4.Apakah Manajemen, Organisasi serta Metode mempunyai kaitan dan hubungan, jelaskan menurut pendapat saudara!

Jawab :

          Menurut saya manajemen adalah suatu kegiatan  perencanaan untuk melakukan suatu pekerjaan,agar pekerjaan yang dilakukan dapat  dengan baik dan memiliki hasil yang maksimal.

Begitu juga dalam  organisasi,organisasi yang baik harus juga memiliki perencanaan/manajemennya yang baik dalam segala hal yang akan dilakukan.

Dan dari semua pekerjaan yang akan dilakukan,harus menggunakan metode yang tepat,agar memiliki hasil yang maksimal dan memuaskan.

Jadi ketiganya jelas saling berkaitan satu sama lain