Poker and Baseball collide!

.......and this is the result.....some interesting things are happening out there. Most of them after 'Black Friday' and they are all bad. Jeez....I wonder where The U.S. Government could raise tons of revenue by regulating a burgeoning cash cow??

Mohegan Sun

OK...I went to the poker room at the 'Mo for the first time last Saturday. I only played for a combined time of about 2 and half hours though. It can be kind of tough to get down there while trying to entertain a bachelor and a small group of people. My old high school buddy is the best man for his younger brother who is sports betting psycho (In a good degenerate way for those who like sports betting) and a professional keno player if I ever saw one. I'm not kidding I've seen this kid play up to a 100.00 for one number on Keno. He obviously had a great time. There was none of the regular stripper HiJinks going on and I have to say....I'm a little disappointed by that. It's the first bachelor party I've ever been to that I didn't see big fake knockers. Somebody from the party went to Mohegan recently and scoped out a strip joint nearby but was a little skeeved out. I'll have to go to one when I get to Las Vegas this December....hmmmmmmm??? As soon as we checked into the hotel off site we took the shuttle over to the casino. I like the 'Mo....they had a band 'Saving Abel' playing in the Wolf's Den. I wasn't in a great spot for the show but we were hanging around the area and I forgot that they actually have a couple of great songs. It was a good band to gamble with in the background. I mean the last time I was there five years ago they had KC and the Sunshine band or something similar.

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I sent a text to a couple of bloggers who were going to be around or are there all the time. Rakefeeder stopped by right after I got to the poker room. His quote was "make sure you warn me when you decide to stop by and talk OK"? I wholeheartedly agreed because every time I see him at Foxwoods he goes on tilt. I'm not sure why....but I may just be 'The Cooler'. So like I said...I only played a combined 2.5 hours....I got there around 6:30 the first time then at 12:00 the second time time around. I was amazed I actually got served alcohol at 1:30 AM. This would NEVER happen at Foxwoods. I also like the poker room atmosphere. There were typical 1-2 NLHE players at both tables...just like Foxwoods....and that is a good thing! I sort of floundered around for the time I was there but I got paid on a flopped full house no less. I was in the BB and had K-3o. Somebody in early pos. raised a measly 4.00...and when 4 people called I figured I'd call. Kh-Kx-3h on the Flop. I checked of course. There was a 7 dollar bet from the original raiser. Another call....a fold and another call. I Called of course. A nice Ace hearts fell on the turn. I checked again By this time the somebody has a flush or an A. The original raiser got spooked and checked. The other guy in late position checked...that took me by surprise. a harmless rag fell on the river...not sure it was a 5x or something. The guy in early position checked again....the guy in late position made a bet of 30....I raised to 90 and the guy who bet obv. had a K...not sure what his kicker was but he was worried I had a better one. He called after a few minutes and was surprised when I showed K-3o. BB special! people yelled! The kid just mumbled something about King Jackoff...

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We were at Michael Jordan's steak house and basically all got those massive burgers. Man those were good. We also got some cash together and got the groom to be a huge burger the size of a hubcap. That guy from Man vs. Food would have had a tough time finishing that thing. There was too much drinking to take pictures of course. After a ton of bets the groom to be made a run at the burger but could only finish half. I don't know....but I'm sure that half came up later on in the night.....After the dinner we went for more degen. casino games like Roulette. I actually bet on Black each time or one of the three rows and I was raking in the chips. Some dude from the bachelor party dumped 150.00 on #23 because we just at Jordan's steak house. #23 obv. did not come up and 150.00 goes down the drain. I made 125.00 just betting black and the rows each time. I'm not a roulette guy but it seemed pretty good odds to me. The problem was at the end of the night....after leaving the poker room at 1:30AM. I met another guy from the bachelor party at the BlackJack table. There were about 3 hours of table play and 'Helen' the evil blackjack dealer proceeded to clean us out. I usually get away from the table but I was tired and just kept betting anyway. This is why I don't play blackjack hardly ever anymore. Evil Helen was cold as ice. The guy next to me and my buddy lost a cool 3 grand. I lost about 300....but then again I started the day with 300.00. I had a cigar in my pocket and lit that up at 4:30AM...BAD IDEA!!!

I can't wait to go to Foxwoods soon......

Headed to a certain Sunny place this weekend....

I'm headed to Mohegan Sun! For a bachelor party no less! I'm going to try to sneak in some poker but I'm thinking that the drunken degen games will have to suffice....

Saw a couple of UFO's on my porch!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!!

hmmmmmmmmmmm

I guess I'll believe this when I see it.....

That Finklestein....shit...kid....sonofabitch!!!!

Why that reference when referring to the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup Champions? Why the fuck not? It's the only thing I could think of to say after they won. It's been a long time since they have won a cup and as long as I could sit up my father plunked me down in front of the TV to watch the Bruins. I grew up listening to him swear at the TV...much like I have for past two months. Even though online poker has gone down in flames I haven't really missed it. I've been so busy with life and watching the Bruins I haven't cared much about poker. What am I going to do now? 

Scientific research at work

I guess i'll help out at work in the name of research!

Spreading the wealth?

Does this fall under the category of spreading the wealth? Distribution of Funds? Enjoy....

Hockey Heart Attack

The SAVE!!

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I need a break anyway......I think I have about 550 on Full Tilt and about 150 on Absolute....It would be nice to get it without any problems but I think the break from online poker is needed nonetheless. It could be worse....I could have left the 1,500.00 online before April 15th. I cashed out 950.00 recently though. Glad I at least did that. It is quite funny to reading about the fallout. I don't have ill will against anybody but if you dropped out of college or haven't started a career outside of online poker I feel bad for you. You flat out...should have seen something like this coming eventually.

Last weekend I kinda got antsy at home and made a quick trek to the poker room at Rockingham Park. I got knocked out of the 100.00 NLHE tourney by a card rack....Rigged!! Then I decided to jump into the 80.00 dollar turbo and came in 4th place for a little profit for the night. It was fun...Rockingham Park and Seabrook are going to be the only options for a while I guess. I don't have the links but there are quite a few bloggers on the case and reporting some great stuff when it comes to online poker legislation etc. Read my sidebar for that....no time to link...I have to work. I am also occupied with the Celtics, The Bruins and the RedSox so it isn't a bad time of year for this to happen...

The Weak-End

Well the title is about the weekend. There was a weak end to the weekend ya know? I played VeryJosie HU for 6 NLHE tourneys and 'lo and behold she comes out on top 4-2. Funny thing is I was in a 2-0 lead playing Josie while donkin' around in a 2 dollar rebuy-rush-Omaha 8 tard fest. I was talked into that by Wawfuls...the funny thing is that I was playing better HU while concentrating on the 2$RRO8 and the nightly 6 dollar Turbo KO. I got knocked out of the Turbo KO 20th....and the 2$RR08 tourney was fast furious. I did not make the money in that but my play HU was pretty damn good. It's hard to concentrate on anything while playing a Rush tourney. Moral of the story....when I was knocked out of the other MTT's and was only playing Josie HU I was probably thinking too much. I mean it's HU....Why over think things? I give Josie credit for latching on to my tendencies HU and figuring out my style (which I would classify as 1 third lag, 1 third tight, 1 third Donk). Either that or she disarmed my sorry ass with her trash talk...and my laughing at said trash talk. The easiest way to piss off Josie is a simple reply of "Whatever". She went ballistic! "Don't 'Whatever' me you bastid!"...LOL. I was laughing out loud when my wife told me quiet down....but I couldn't stop laughing. So next time I play a HU tourney I will be multi-tabling.....and not IM'ing or chatting. That will allow my gut instinct to take over which is probably key in the HU Tourneys.

The rest of the weekend actually had some more Poker involved with it! A lot more!  I played a tourney or five on Friday night. I final tabled the Daily Double B....and got knocked out of the Daily Double A in 666th place! Proof I am cursed no? So Lightning36 (btw...it would be a miracle if you BlackHawks defeated the Canucks again this year) ended up railing after taking down the twitter poker tourney...while I made my donktacular way to the final table. Everything was going my way that is until the final table started. Believe me...I'm not playing badly....I'm just playing badly at the final table. I don't have the luck at the final table but I will work with it and make a big score soon! I went out first at the FT with Ad-9d. I pushed under the gun...everybody folded....except the BB who woke up with JJ. Night over.

Saturday I went to Foxwoods on a whim. I met Rakefeeder...AKA Rob....mlotti...AKA Mike (of the famed and now defunct? HPT)....and some of their friends. I got there about an hour and a half early. So I swiped my Dream Card and went to meet Rob. I have detailed my cooler tendencies for Rob in the past. I joined a 1-2 NL table a few tables away from Rob just to avoid my coolery ways.  Every time I walk over to check on his progress he gets unbelievably cooler'd with bad beats. Everything from losing with Aces to doing crazy poker room belly flops!....Seriously. I actually bought into the 6 PM NLHE tourney. It has a buyin of 120.00 and you get 15,000 chips. I was surprised how fast the blinds went up and the antes kicked quickly as well. More on this later. I went downstairs to the poker room (the tourney was upstairs which is great...reminds me of playing in the poker upstairs...that was the best). I get in and go to a different table than Rob (no coolering from across the room). I sit down and fold for a few hands. Then I get 88 in the small blind. The guy under the gun bets 25! everybody folds...but he is betting just to push everybody out with an ace....probably AK. A flop of 8s-9s-Ac falls. I checked (I bought in for 120.00 the exact amount the tourney cost)...he bets 50.00 and I go all in...he calls and I expected As-Ks or something...he watched as the turn and river turned out blanks for him...he never turned over his hand. My guess was at least an ace so.....I doubled up with a 240.00 pot. So that nights tourney ended up being a free roll. The guy sitting to my right tripled up his stack with a set of Kings. The guy who was sitting in the seat that doubled my up also doubled up the set of Kings guy. That was a real bad seat. That all happened in a half hour and I made my way upstairs to the tourney room.

Now listen...if there is still a recession and out of control gas prices going on in New England...you wouldn't know it by walking through the doors at Foxwoods. It was insanely busy. I guess 199 or 200 people ended up registering for the tournament. They were still registering after the first break. There was pretty big overflow to the tourney tables here from Mohegan Sun. The NAPT was going on and there were a couple of people at my table that got knocked out of the main event. This is a 120.00$ buyin and they got knocked out of the NAPT ME for a 5,000.00$ buyin. OK....there were going to be some great players at the table...that was apparent. QQ in early position I raise to 3 BB's. I get re-raised...I call. I basically lost half my deep stack with QQ. Stupid...but the guy betting into me just seemed awkward. I should have known he had Aces. I battle back and recover to 12K in chips. 1st break happens and the antes kicked in soon after that. I'm not sure what level I guess it was at the 50-100 Blind level with 25 ante. I did not bother to check that but I should have....the blinds went up every 30 minutes so that was a nice tourney structure. The second break happened and the blinds were up again. I blinded down a little to 10 BB's. I pushed in late position with Kh-Qh and got called by a guy with pocket 7's. I river'd a K....to stay alive and double through. For a pretty slow structure and an aggressive table I couldn't play many hands. I didn't make to far after the 3rd break. I shoved K-Qo with less than 10 BB's and the same guy that doubled me earlier shoved after me with Ah-Jh. The board ran out and hit nobody so I was out. All in all a good weekend playing poker. I had fun but now I owe my wife big time. I wonder if she'll be OK with me going to Las Vegas for the WSOP and the Winter Classic......hmmmmmmmmmmm.

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