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The weekend from poker players on Twitter was dominated by Doyle Brunson’s latest fun and games. “The Godfather of Poker” decided to start a Twitter conversation with his followers regarding the “World’s Shortest Books.” After throwing out some of his own personal ideas (“Shortest books…“Meat” by Daniel Negreanu” and “Shortest book…“How Not To Arouse Men” by Amanda Leatherman”), Doyle then opened up the floodgates to his Twitterpeeps.

The suggestions from Brunson’s followers ran the gamut from jabs at fellow poker players (“World’s Shortest Books: How to be ugly, by @liv_boeree” and “Worlds shortest book “How To Win At Cash Games” by Jean Robert Bellande” were two of the funnier ones) to picks on other sports figures (“Shortest book….GOLF my Way by Charles Barkley,” “World’s Shortest Book: “Baby Names,” By George Foreman”). Politics and celebrities even got into the mix (“Worlds shortest book: “How to maintain your innocence” by Jenna Jameson,” “Worlds shortest books: Logic by The Congress”) in a Twitterthread that ran hundreds of Tweets long.

“Getting hundreds of different versions of Worlds Shortest Books,” Doyle tweeted as he dispersed through retweet his favorites. “I’m picking out the ones I think are funny.” Apparently some didn’t like Brunson’s fun weekend activity as he tweeted, “I’ve lost over 300 followers since I started shortest books. Sorry, and I won’t be mad if you unfollow me.” By the end of it all, however, Doyle was left in hysterics from the efforts of his followers, tweeting, “I can’t take it any longer. My side is hurting from all the laughing. Maybe more tomorrow!”

Over the weekend, November Niner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi finally returned home after his triumphant turn at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Instead of taking a plane, however, Mizrachi loaded up his clan – including wife Lily and their three children – to drive across the United States back to Florida!

After stops in Louisiana and Mississippi, Michael tweeted early on Monday morning, “Good morning all! Almost home from this long 6 day journey!! It’s been fun.can’t wait to see my dog Lucky. Haven’t seen him in 2 months.” The Mizrachis finally arrived for a well deserved rest on Monday, prompting Michael to exclaim on Twitter, “Welcome to Miami! Home sweet Home! Journey finally over!”

Television seemed to be a tremendous diversion for many poker players on Twitter, and it seems the movie network HBO – and its critically acclaimed dramas – was must see viewing for many. “Catching up on Entourage,” tweeted Daniel Negreanu. “Maybe you should too!” Michele Lewis, on the other hand, settled in for another HBO drama. “Missed first showing of #trueblood because I was putting my daughter to bed,” Lewis tweeted to her followers. “Now I have to stay up late to see Eric’s six pack. It would be a good idea if @TrueBloodHBO had a win-a-date-with-Eric contest,” Michele chirped. She then released her inner cougar when she tweeted, “Even better idea if I won.”

Scott Ian took some time from the road to catch up with his favorite program, AMC’s “Mad Men.” “Mad Men season 4 premier tonight. Draper goes Patrick Bateman,” Ian tweeted. While he dived into the 1960s advertising world, Amanda Leatherman stoked her mind with the Animal Planet’s “Whale Wars.” “While I watch Whale Wars, I wonder why I eat any animals at all,” Leatherman chirped. “Now I want to be an anti-whaling activist and I still wanna save the elephants in Thailand. If I had unlimited money this would be my job.”

On the lighter side of Poker In Twitter, Marcel Luske offered some advice for his followers: “Just making up yr mind of what it is u want from life would help a lot 2 get there, dont u think?” Thuy Doan had a rather unappealing occurrence at the tables: “I told a player we are all straddling and he said that’s a good innuendo. Then I wanted to barf and go play online instead of live.” Finally, Joe Reitman made note of his achievements over the weekend in Las Vegas: “Vegas? Check…Tao? Check…Blush? Check… Surrender? Check…Rhino? Check…Bad lap dance? Check…See sun come up? Check… Return to Palms? Check…Propositioned by hooker? Check…Now sleep!”

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