Archive for February 2006
Day Three: Raking the pink pots
Tropicana $7.50/$15 "pink chip" gameOur game of choice on this trip was the pink chip game at the Trop. The Tropicana poker room has printed up special pink chips that are worth $2.50 each. The game is limit hold’em, stakes are $7.50/$15. Because $7.50 is a mere three pink chips, people tend to bet without…
Read MoreDay Two: Putting myself out of tournaments and loving it
Most of what I did on day two was hit some tournaments. Here’s the writeup. Caeser’s Poker Palace $80+$15 No limit hold’emI played the 3pm poker tournament on Friday. I played it well until right after the first break I pushed a kid around who had limped into the pot under the gun. I was…
Read MoreThe short bits to liven up your Friday
One of my friends (yes, a lesbian) im’ed me the other day about my post about lesbian gang signs: [17:16] Her: anytime you need a crash course in lesbian gang signs[17:16] Her: you let me know![17:18] shabbirjsafdar: Are there some?[17:19] Her: of course![17:19] shabbirjsafdar: I saw this woman give a crude gesture that had a…
Read MoreDay One: Atlantic City
6 Weeks Ago T-42 days It’s my dream. Sarah needed to go see her elder grandmother and she gave me a pass to go play poker in Atlantic City for 3 days. I’ve logged enough time in the Tropicana poker room under my Poker Card that I now can call and get a room…
Read MoreWhen you’re catching cards, you’re a brilliant poker player…
I was playing poker the other night at a short handed table for about 4 hours and had a great time. Someone I hadn’t played with for literally years invited me over and it was just him and one other guy, both of them decent players. My edge in such a game was very slight,…
Read MoreWell known people showing off the hand signal which represents Satan
I was hunting for "lesbian gang signs" on Google the other morning. I was bored, and had a few hours to kill before my plane and didn’t want to wake up any of the actual lesbians I knew to ask. When I couldn’t find any, I just searched on "gang signs" and found this collection…
Read MoreRisk of Robbery Raising Stakes Of Poker Nights
The robberies on these games started a few months ago, right after it started to become normal to have Fairfax County bust the games themselves. I find it ironic that the District of Columbia regards private poker games as legal. I’ve got to look into that. 
In the meantime, you’ll see me in Atlantic…
World Series Of Poker, $1,000 No Limit Hold’em
So I’ve been planning a trip to the World Series Of Poker this year. Not because I think I can win an event, since I’m way outclassed. I’m treating it more like Poker Fantasy Camp. I’m going to pay a bunch of money to play with really good professionals and learn something while getting my…
Read MoreBaseball grumbling about the free stadium
The city’s CFO examined the spending cap the DC Council passed on the stadium legislation and says he thinks it won’t be a problem for raising the necessary money to build the new stadium for the Nationals. This is something we agreed to as a part of the deal to get Major League Baseball. However…
Read MoreMano a mano at the card table
Over the weekend I got to play a decent amount of online poker. I played a 180 person sit n’ go and placed 24th, which wasn’t bad. I imploded at the end, trying to bluff a better player. Shouldn’t have done that. I also played several 2 person matches, also known as "heads up" matches. …
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