Category Archives: Montana Days – and Nights

The Growth of Pot-s

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Linda R. Geenen

Today I played in the Sunday Storm at PokerStars – guaranteed prize pool of $1Million and 200k for 1st place.  Yowzer!  See…I originally thought to title this ‘The Growth of Poker’ but then that would mean I’d have to go … Continue reading →

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I didn’t get lost…

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Linda R. Geenen

but I did get tired.  I actually didn’t post yesterday because Clearspine did and whoever posts last, their post hits PokerWorks’ main page.   I wanted readers to read him and hopefully leave a comment on his query on how to … Continue reading →

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Montana – some Desert Don

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Linda R. Geenen

I pulled out my two photo albums and leafed through them, stunned to find that I had a picture of Cap Walters, Desert Don, and a few others hiding in the pages that have been packed for such a long … Continue reading →

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The cast of characters in Montana

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

Realizing that many of these people are still alive and kicking and those that have passed on can’t come back to bite me in the ass, I will still relate the Montana Poker Tales to the best of my memory.  … Continue reading →

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Thinking back

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

Even after a few days of trying to think about the order of how things happened, where I started to recognize the fact that there was a game in the back room, it still eludes me. I’m sure there was … Continue reading →

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One step back

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

I feel the need to add a small glimpse of my history to the ongoing Oxford story. In order to appreciate my own insanity and addiction with poker, it might be easier to explain (without going into too much detail) … Continue reading →

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Get ready for the ride

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

I can’t remember putting my thumb out but somehow I was a hitchhiker in a world I knew nothing about and I managed to catch a ride with a busload of poker crazed lemmings heading for the coast. There’s something … Continue reading →

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The haze of history

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

At times my ability to recall events and even words spoken, is amazing. At other times I find it difficult to put things into any order and decipher when certain things happened. The time spent behind the Oxford bar seems … Continue reading →

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Despair

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

Today I went into Pahrump with my son.  He went to a couple of the casinos looking for work.  I sat down at a 5c keno machine for about an hour while I waited for him to fill out an … Continue reading →

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Behind the bar

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Linda R. Geenen

This bartending job was my first experience with people that had serious drinking problems and forced others to share their problems in public places. I had been a cocktail runner some years previous at the Elks Club in Sandpoint Idaho … Continue reading →

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