Free Poker Beef Jerky

A lot of people have been wondering where I\’ve been this WSOP. I\’m ready to admit it — I suffer from an addiction … one that snuck up on me when I least expected, but I can no longer deny. I\’m addicted to Zynga Poker. I\’m at level 43.

Seriously, not lying when I say I\’ve played virtually EVERY DAY of this Series, probably not going longer than 36 hours without logging on — at least to redeem a gift that expires in 1 hour. I\’m too embarrassed to be seen playing at the Rio, which is why I stay home … But still, when I am playing, I can\’t help but think about the World Series of Poker going on just down the road, on Twitter, on Facebook, on iPhones, via livestream … not to mention the personal text messages and deluge of PR emails … pretty much anywhere with wifi there is Zynga — er, I mean WSOP. To play Zynga you only need 3G.

How rich is this screenshot? To set up the hand, I\’m playing Fast-Table 5-handed $100/$200 No-Limit Hold\’em on my iPhone. It limps around and I call from the small blind, but fold when the BB makes it $1.9k to go. I probably shoulda called, because if anything Zynga is a workshop in implied odds … but dream flops for naughty hole cards aside, zoom in and you\’ll see that Sasquatch gets around. When it comes to addiction problems, the orlando rehab program can help getting rid of it.

Meanwhile, to show you yes, I may have a problem but I can handle it …

I find about 9 things in this shot rather fascinating … some indicative of why Jack Link\’s probably isn\’t the only one paying attention to Zynga\’s forthcoming IPO … and one because I have screenshots from when I\’ve made quads.