Sigh. So, yes, we have rescinded our fangs and are no longer chomping on the meaty neck of our favorite poker player Josh Arieh, but we would be remiss in mentioning that since our silence, we’ve also missed his birthday. Josh has had some very outstanding posts in our absence:

Read More » Josh Arieh: Turned 31 and We Missed It

From another cranky reader upset over the death of Cinnabon:
Look here, you faggots, either you continue bashing that asstool Josh Arierusudxj;fs!**@ or I remove your bookmark from my toolbar.
THANKS!
Dan

Our fledgling readership or our dignity? Sigh.
Previously: Josh Arieh: R.I.P Cinnabon [Oddjack]
That’s Mr. Puss Bag to You [Oddjack]

Read More » Josh Arieh: More Cinnabon Revolt

Yesterday, we said goodbye to Cinnabon and today we get flamed by an irate reader who apparently liked being hit over the head with the same joke 55 times. Or he really hates Josh Arieh. Tough call:
i can’t believe you’re not going to make fun of Josh
Arieh any more. Is there are reason for this? […]

Read More » That’s Mr. Puss Bag to You

Today is a sad day for us at Oddjack as we bid farewell to our merciless heckling of Josh Arieh, aka Cinnabon, forever and ever. No longer will we be scrutinizing his confounding blog, his pastry face and his over-sized ego. We had no mission. We had no reason to pummel him with junior high insults other than the fact that it was fun for us and an annoyance to many. We’ve been told that perhaps this is not the best way to endear ourselves to people. Lesson learned–partially. If you’d like to enjoy Oddjack’s Josh Arieh bashing, well, there are magical web archives and a glorious search menu for you to troll through. We wish Josh well and we will never forget him and we thank him for his patronage. Adieu, Cinnabon.

Read More » Josh Arieh: R.I.P Cinnabon

Because, sometimes, we just like to do things for the sake of doing them.

Read More » Josh Arieh’s Cinnabon Wikipedia Moment

Josh Arieh has awakened from his pastry-induced slumber and given us a great entry today on his blog about watching himself in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament on the ESPN’s World Series of Poker. He reminisces about last year’s outing by wormy Norman Chad as poker’s new King Twat, questions the generous amount of coverage to Chris Ferguson, and then, in what surely must’ve been a Jesus toast-like epiphany, he considers how he comes off on television:

Anyway…. I have come to realize that being an asshole on TV is much more entertaining. Maybe Phil Hellmuth was on to something when he thought of being a baby….. Where do I go from here??? I dont know… I’m not sure what to do… people say that its always easiest and more entertaining to just be yourself….

Read More » Josh Arieh: Promises More Cinnabon Tantrums on TV

Okay, we get it. Josh Arieh is upset over the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. He started his poker career in Biloxi. He has friends there. We feel bad. However, this is just a little bit over-the-top and unnecessary coming from anybody:

Check out what my boys at Bodog.com are doing. Guys do me a favor, email them and let them know how cool it would be if I could personally present the check to whatever charity they send it to. Biloxi is where my poker career began and it holds a spot in my heart. Watching the destruction sent chills downd my spine. It would really mean a lot to me to be able to go down there and deliver the check myself.

Eh, means well? Sure. That just seems like it’s something you’re asked to do and you willingly accept as opposed to lobby for. So, don’t e-mail. Bodog knows who Josh is.

Read More » Josh Arieh: Earnestness to the Point of Nausea

Amazingly, Josh Arieh has stuck to his commitment to provide live updates from the Tunica tournament and is actually doing a fine job keeping us abreast of how he’s doing. We can only hope that he offers more scintilating exchanges with amateur players such as this. As always the (sic) is universal:

after the break when everyone gets back to the table, the guy immediately to my left asks me "who won that last pot?" Oh man, he had to be joking…. i reply "WHAT?" ,he says "did you win the last pot?", im steamin now, "Dude, it doesnt take a rocket scientist figure out that I didnt win the pot, I have like 6 chips sitting here and that pot had 20k in it…. you figure it out"… I felt kinda bad for jumpin on the guy, but damn, i had hte second biggest stack at the table before the hand, now my stack is almost the smallest at the table….Oh well

Read More » Josh Arieh: Tunica Gets a Taste of Cinnabon’s Wrath

After well over a week of watching roadkill-eating yokels knocking out victories in Tunica’s WSOP Circuit Event, poker reporter Jason Kirk must be as thrilled as we are to finally have a few pros showing up to try and take down the Main Event’s $572k top prize.
“The list of players who began reads like a […]

Read More » Not WSOP 2005 - Tunica’s Main Event Kicks Off

Yes, once again we have another suffered through another long restive from our poker blogging superstar Josh Arieh as he decompresses at home, on the golf course and at the numerous pastry shops in HOTlanta. But he apologizes, so we can almost forgive him. ALMOST. What is patently unforgivable is Mr. Arieh’s use of air quotes when confronted by a crank on the golf course accusing puffy pants of building a lifestyle on illegitimate income:

The guy introduces himself(i dont remember his name, if i did i would expose his ass)… pulls out a club from my bag and acts as if he is adressing a ball. This guy, i guess he was in his mid 40’s says "Soooo, did your illegitimate income buy you these?" SAY WHAT???? I said "excuse me?", he says "yea, did you buy these with your gambling

Read More » Josh Arieh: Tee Box Rankling Causes Cinnabon Stir