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Reddick at 01:05, 7 July 2009

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Reddick: Created page with ''''Dot.Net''' is the poker nickname for Marc McNabb. ==Origin== left "Slo-Mo" is Mike McCall's poker nickname, and is also part of his …'

2009-07-07T00:57:32Z

Created page with ''''Dot.Net''' is the poker nickname for Marc McNabb. ==Origin== thumb|100px|Dot.Net|left "Slo-Mo" is Mike McCall's poker nickname, and is also part of his …'

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'''Dot.Net''' is the poker nickname for Marc McNabb.

==Origin==
[[Image:dotnet.jpg|thumb|100px|Dot.Net|left]]

"Slo-Mo" is Mike McCall's poker nickname, and is also part of his Big 8 nickname from his time with the drumline of the Florida State University Marching Chiefs. (Yes, the drumline is called Big 8, but that's another story for another time.) Each member of Big 8 was given a unique name, usually something to at least "sort of" exemplify the person. For instance, one of the members, a guy named Trent Robinson, was a "Ken" looking guy (of Ken & Barbie fame) - a good looking guy who always seemed to attract the females. This prompted the old members to assign him the name of "Biff Limelight".

Mike McCall had an easy-going way of doing things, rarely seeming to be in a hurry. As such, he was given the name of "Slo-Mo Slugtrail". He shortened it for poker purposes, but still uses the full name for many of his fantasy sports team names.

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	Marc adopted the nickname, '''Dot.Net''' almost right away.		Marc adopted the nickname, '''Dot.Net''' almost right away.
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		+	==Notable Poker Achievements==
		+	* Marc is the winningest player at the annual [[Jon Reddick Birthday Poker Invitationals]], having taken a first place in 2006, and chopped for first in 2009

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 Marc, a very talented and successful poker player, received the name "Dot.Net" from an off-handed remark made at a [[Killearn Poker Tour]] event.
-Firstly, it's important to understand that commercial poker websites are not legally permitted to advertise if they allow online gambling.  The way this is circumvented is for the advertisements to direct viewers to the ".net" domain which is always free to play and does not allow gambling, but is loaded with advertisements for the ".com" domain for the same site.  This is very common (pokerstars.net/pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.net/fulltiltpoker.com, partypoker.net/partypoker.com).  As such, the ".net" site is "not really playing poker" site, while the ".com" one is the real site that allows playing for cash.
+Firstly, it's important to understand that commercial poker websites are not legally permitted to advertise if they allow online gambling.  The way this is circumvented is for the advertisements to direct viewers to the ".net" domain which is always free to play and does not allow gambling, but is loaded with advertisements for the ".com" domain for the same site.  This is very common (pokerstars.net/pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.net/fulltiltpoker.com, partypoker.net/partypoker.com).  As such, the ".net" site is the "not really playing poker" site, while the ".com" one is the real site that allows playing for cash.
 So on this evening, a two-table tournament was starting and as standard, the computer randomly seated the players.  Marc was seated at a table with predominately inexperienced players, and [[Mr. Poker|Jon]] jokingly razzed that Marc's table must be the "dot-net" table while the one he as at was the "dot-com."  The irony, of course, is that Marc was by far a more experienced and successful poker player than Jon, and that irony was not lost on Marc.

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-"Slo-Mo" is Mike McCall's poker nickname, and is also part of his Big 8 nickname from his time with the drumline of the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.  (Yes, the drumline is called Big 8, but that's another story for another time.)  Each member of Big 8 was given a unique name, usually something to at least "sort of" exemplify the person.  For instance, one of the members, a guy named Trent Robinson, was a "Ken" looking guy (of Ken & Barbie fame) - a good looking guy who always seemed to attract the females.  This prompted the old members to assign him the name of "Biff Limelight".
+Marc, a very talented and successful poker player, received the name "Dot.Net" from an off-handed remark made at a [[Killearn Poker Tour]] event.
-Mike McCall had an easy-going way of doing things, rarely seeming to be in a hurry.  As such, he was given the name of "Slo-Mo Slugtrail".  He shortened it for poker purposes, but still uses the full name for many of his fantasy sports team names.
+Firstly, it's important to understand that commercial poker websites are not legally permitted to advertise if they allow online gambling.  The way this is circumvented is for the advertisements to direct viewers to the ".net" domain which is always free to play and does not allow gambling, but is loaded with advertisements for the ".com" domain for the same site.  This is very common (pokerstars.net/pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.net/fulltiltpoker.com, partypoker.net/partypoker.com).  As such, the ".net" site is "not really playing poker" site, while the ".com" one is the real site that allows playing for cash.
 [[Category:Poker Nicknames]]