welcome to the poker tome.

dedicated to parting the veil since 09 June 2004.

the format is simple. you post an obscene display of fortune, for better or for worse. we the members of this proud body then decide whether your fate even qualifies (simple majority). if it does, we subjectively assign a value to your (mis)fortune, a number between negative 10 and positive 10. thus you can track your pokarma numerically. of course, a running total of zero represents balance and discipline. a high number represents a dangerous reliance on luck. a low number means you are an awful person.

keep in mind that to qualify, you have to have either 1.) a great hand that you play perfectly, and still lose to a 2.) crappy hand player maniacally or 3.) a even more fantastic hand played even more perfectly. or something along these lines. i believe we know them when we see them.

format:

title: your hand v. competing hand (relevant board cards)

for example. Q-7 v. Q-Q (7-7-Q-X-X)

or. Ad-A v. 2d-9d (Ks-Ac-4d-6d-10d)

then the circumstances: 'i bet four dollars with my aces preflop. feez called me. i flopped trips, bet five dollars, and feez called me again. i bet two dollars on both the turn and the river, and feez called me both times.'

then the votes. 'i vote yea and rate it -3.'
no matter how irrational... 'i vote nay. three diamonds after the flop is a great place to be!'
'i vote yea and rate it -2'

my pokarma is -2.5, where feez's blundering pokarma is +2.5.