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....

Poker at Mohegan Sun?

I guess this would have to be considered poker at Mohegan Sun.....oh yeah...I forgot....GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
















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