Aaron - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a pro poker player on the tournament circuit. You can find me in a casino, in a bar, or on my computer. Check out cardplayer.com to see me (and others) talk about how good I am at poker.

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Anyone who knows who Kurt Vonnegut is.

Music:

Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, God Forbid, Himsa, CKY, NIN, Tool, Manson, Ministry, American Head Charge, Pantera, Pixies, Nirvana, Static-X, Faith No More, AFI, Chimaira, In Flames, Unearth, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Sage Francis.

Movies:

Swingers, Made, CKY 1-4, Clerks, Mallrats, Glengerry Glenross, Bad Santa, Half Baked, Old School, PCU, Scarface, Goodfellas, Friday the 13th, Bowling for Columbine, LIE

Television:

Fresh Prince, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclaired, Fear Factor, Real World, Road Rules, South Park, Sportscenter, Sports Night, That 70s Show, Family Guy, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Studio 60

Books:

Anything by Vonnegut, Klosterman, old school King.

Heroes:

Luke: "Could you give me a psychological portrait of pro poker players?"Bryan: "ADD. Everyone's report card said, 'Smart but talked during class.' Class clown. Always had a problem with authority. It all leads to poker. Never wanted to work for the man. Always thought you were smarter than everyone else. Usually had a small gambling problem at some point which led to the pokr table, a gambling solution."

My Blog

New blog

Lampshadeonhead.blogspot.comIt's a thing.
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:26:00 PST

Today in commerical crap...

I just realized that that song thats playing in every commercial on TV is the new Papa Roach song. Nice sell out, fellas. I didn't realize that they had released new music since last decad...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:00 PST

To everyone that is going to see the Borat movie...

...please don't be That Guy. Yes, we all enjoyed the movie. Yes, we all remember those funny lines. You don't need to repeat them for weeks after. I know that you think you are...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:22:00 PST

Why popular opinion sucks in '06

Just a fun fun fact that depresses me to no end:This week, Cradle of Filth had their highest peak ever on the Billboard album charts with their new disc (Thornography...go get it) at #66. Last w...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:37:00 PST

Getting unlucky by getting lucky

First off, let me say that this isn't a whine or a "why me". It's mearly an interesting statisitcal occurance that should make you think twice about the concept of luck and varience.I just playe...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:44:00 PST

3 things

1. I found a local bar close to the house that has one of those online jukeboxes, only instead of the normal online library to choose from this one has (at least from first glance) a pretty large libr...
Posted by Aaron on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:31:00 PST

Pool

So we move into the new house. Nice place, blah blah blah. It comes with a pool table. Now, I've played pool as much as anyone, in bars or at my uncles house when he and my aunt were...
Posted by Aaron on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:44:00 PST

2 albums everyone in the world should check out

"A healthy distrust" by Sage Francis (although the "Makeshift Patriot EP is better, Healthy Distrust is more easily accessable) and "Framed in blood - The very blessed of the 69 Eyes" by The 69 Eyes.&...
Posted by Aaron on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:23:00 PST

"I'LL BEAT YOUR ASS IN A SKIRT ON THE STREETS OF GLASGOW"

So in my attempt to curb my amazing tilt during the biggest online series of poker tournaments this couple of weeks, I've been going through my library of concert DVDs and stumbled apon the Lamb of Go...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:24:00 PST

Me > Atkins

Saw someone today that I hadn't seen in a few months (before the WSOP) who told me I looked like I had dropped a decent amount of weight. So there you have it folks, the secret to weight loss is...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:59:00 PST