David Malan. Beginner's Introduction - Texas Holdem Poker. So you're new to Texas Holdem poker? Not a problem. Texas Holdem poker is by far the best game for a beginner to learn. Other poker games like Omaha or 7 card stud need a higher understanding of calculating odds and card counting. Texas Holdem can be learned in a few minutes and you can be playing fairly well with a few hours of practice. However, in order to learn the game you must play and you must play fairly often.
Online poker rooms offer a wide variety of play money tables where beginners may practice for free until they are ready to move up to the fun at real money tables. A Texas Hold'em poker game goes as follows: Depending on the limit and betting structure, players will place out blinds and antes so there is an initial amount to get things started. Once you understand the game's basic structure, you can play Texas hold 'em and even some of its variants.
The Encyclopedia Of Scams - home. Jack London on What It Takes To Be Successful. Editor’s note: We’ve recently been researching the life of Jack London for a future post(s), and came across this bit of advice he gave to writers — which really applies to those in any vocation in life.
From “Getting Into Print,” 1903By Jack London Don’t dash off a six-thousand-word story before breakfast. Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will none the less get something that looks remarkably like it. Study the tricks of the writers who have arrived. See that your pores are open and your digestion is good.
Art of Manliness. Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Life Skills in 31 Days — Series Wrap-Up. Happy September first!
Yesterday we completed the series we ran every day last month: Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Basic Life Skills in 31 Days. The goal of the series was simple: to help young men heading out on their own for the first time learn some of the very basic life skills they would need to succeed at living independently. To this end, each day last month we published one article on a variety of basic life skills from personal finance to home-ec know-how. While we couldn’t have possibly covered every single skill a young man will need to know to successfully live on his own, I really believe we covered nearly all of the important essentials. If you’re a man who’s been living on his own for a long time now, I hope the articles provided an interesting and helpful refresher on skills that we truly use our whole lives through (and all need reminders on from time to time), and maybe even imparted some tips you had never learned before.
DIY: Essential Tools for your Toolbox. Your girlfriend needs help putting some furniture together.
Your wife asks you to install a ceiling fan. Your kid needs her bike fixed. Of course you have the tools to take on these jobs, right? For many younger men these days, owning a well equipped toolbox is something that only their dads do. How to Shuffle Cards: An Illustrated Guide. How to Get a Drink at a Busy Bar. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from AoM’s resident bartender, Mike Hagan.
Mr. Hagan has previously written on classic cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. Drunk Fella: “Hey Chief! Chief!” My co-worker: “If that guy calls me ‘Chief’ one more time, I’m cutting him off.” As I write this, I’m sitting at my bar, just off of work on a Friday night. “Chief!” What Drunk Fella doesn’t know is that he is being ignored on purpose. When Mr. Hygiene and Grooming Routines for Men. I know.
I know. You’re probably thinking, “Does Brett think all young men are a bunch of uncouth ignoramuses who need an article reminding them to practice basic hygiene?” No. No, I don’t. But from my own personal experience and observing the lives of young men heading out on their own for the first time, I do know that keeping up with regular hygiene practices falls to the wayside for many young gents. How to Be a Hobo.
Source: Life Am I the only boy who secretly dreamed of becoming a hobo?
Riding the rails, traveling across the country, and carrying everything you own on your back has a romance that appeals to every man’s desire to wander. In a 1937 issue of Esquiremagazine, an anonymous writer penned an article called “The Bum Handbook.” Unlike most bums, he had chosen his vagabond lifestyle. And he was tired of seeing the sub-par job most other bums were doing. Although much has changed since the 1930′s, if you by chance find yourself a hobo during this Great Recession or desire to become a bum by choice, perhaps you can learn some tips from hobos of old.
Keep yourself clean. Stay away from the cities. Avoid intermediaries. Travel by highway and not be rail.Automobiles provide slower travel but the rails have more serious disadvantages, not only the filthy and bumpy riding of the freight cars but also in danger. Speak forthrightly. Do not use hyperbole. How to Make Small Talk.