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Jul – Learn Poker

“It’s A People Game Played with Cards”

04 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

It’s July!  Angela and I have officially made it to the halfway mark on this Gals With Goals craziness.  Before I get all mushy and start sharing feelings that lose your interest, I’ll just say this blog rocks my world.  The amount of people who read this thing makes me feel happy and squirmy.  So Read more

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10 Ways to Spot a Liar in Poker (or real life)

08 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

July 4:  After I spent the morning watching a video of a guy on a boardwalk, which I assume is in Florida somewhere, interview Americans and ask what we’re celebrating on the 4th of July with most answering “independence” and all (except the one man visiting from another country) failed to answer correctly when he Read more

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You Do Not Have Any Friends Online

13 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

July 9:  I rewatch some YouTube videos from last week to make sure I haven’t forgotten everything I’ve learned in 9 days.  I set a goal to get out some real cards this week before I head to Vegas.  I’m starting to doubt if I can do this without feeling stupid in Vegas. July 10:  Read more

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Next Stop: Las Vegas

15 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

July 14:  I leave for Vegas tomorrow!  Ah!  I stayed at work until 6:30pm wrapping up some things.  You know, that pre-vacation routine you do where you try to work ahead and get so caught up on emails that you end up too exhausted to pack for the vacation by the time you get home.  Read more

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$20,206.27

20 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

If you’re just reading this blog for the first time…my friend Angela and I do a new goal every month and blog about it every few days.  This month, my goal was to learn how to play poker and play in a Vegas casino.  This is how the events unfolded… July 15:  Vegas day!  My Read more

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Don’t Move to Washington If You Play Online Poker

26 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

July 20:  The Monday after Vegas.  I had the day off work and spent most of my time writing my last blog post and eating my “last bad food splurge” of a cinnamon role (the city’s best cinnamon role, says me!) at Fox in the Snow cafe before resuming my healthy eating and real life Read more

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10 Things I’ve Learned From Playing Poker

30 JulyBrooke Ignet Hocker

I spent the 31 days in July learning to play poker and playing in a Vegas casino.  Here’s what I’ve learned along the way for anyone looking to learn the game…. Poker Isn’t Hard – I thought poker would be so hard to learn.  I think I had some random high school run-ins with euchre Read more

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Meet Angela

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Angela Heck Mueller

Angela is a professional flautist and music educator living in Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys cooking and traveling with her husband, Joe, as well as spending quality time with their two cats, Mo and Stanzi.

Meet Brooke

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Brooke Ignet Hocker

Brooke spends her days working in the corporate world in downtown Columbus, and spends her nights and weekends working out and practicing yoga. She enjoys writing, trying new restaurants, and shaming Angela for her cat obsession.

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