Preflop

Although I am certainly the least qualified among us to begin a poker blog, I am most definitely the most bored (being stuck in the last tired hours of my night desk job), and we all know that that is often the deciding factor when it comes to these things.  We are approximately one week from the beginning of this universally deigned "odd" venture, and I, for one, am feeling giddiness I haven't known since my first two decades of "firsts".  This whole thing started with a common desire to escape some of the mindless restrictions placed on our trade in this country, as well as just a general desire to be outside these borders.  But how awkward would it be to move to a foreign place with strangers?  Furthermore, too much red tape for immediate comfort and no passport yet.  So, being the thoroughly logical folks that we are, we decided to form a jumping off point.  Training wheels.  See if the four of us can live together in the true mean of this country -- the Midwest -- and make some serious cash in the process. 

As far as poker goes, the skill ranges from me, the novice, to a poker coach who has been playing successfully for years.  It's hard to tell who will benefit the most from this arrangement, but I know that I can't imagine anyone of my experience level being as lucky as having three moneymakers helping to accelerate my game.  We will be covering every level from the 25NL (that would be me of course) to the 400NL as this begins.  Hold 'em is the game, but all forms of poker will make appearances from time to time.

Although introduced as a "poker blog" and the implication that all posts will be strictly about poker, the intent is to provide a space for us all to write about the experience of living and playing this game together.  Hopefully we can provide some insight into a fairly uncharted territory, or at least just have an outlet to document these first steps.