Exciting times

This week I was able to stay over the girlfriends house and in the morning took NJ Transit to the 7 train to Flushing and then the Chinese Bus. Overall it’s like 6.5 hours from wake up to Foxwoods but more time with the girl and less time dealing with NYC trains late night is a very good thing. Her and I went to see Murder on the Orient Express which was lame. I was hoping for basically Clue on a train but certainly wasn’t that.

So as I headed up on the bus Bill Potts asked to buy his ounce of gold back. I kind of like having it because it retains value plus my safety deposit box is filled with stuff so it creates some space where cash would be. He then tried to trick me by pretending he was in AC rooming with my ex-GF but I was 85% sure he was lying and I ended up right. He is having(and the FUCKING MARIACHI BAND just started playing as I type I hope nobody gives them money) trouble at Mohegan Sun and splits the fox rooms with me. Looks like nobody gave them anything. Good. I got my 35 points and won the roulette coupon spin. Got the room. I then went to Tanger Outlets and got new pants. 40-32 relaxed fit worked out. I have 36 waist jeans that nearly cut off my ability to have children I think so can’t wear those now.

I started out with PLO. Smooth sailing. Double suited kings first hand. Raised and got callers. Flopped top set and won. Ended up winning 824 in that game. Ate food with Bill at the lounge. My mind goes blank at the time line but that was all I did that day in poker. I remember looking later to see if games were good but all I saw were grinders at NL and PLO so I went to bed. Good discipline. Next day I played some PLO and was stuck big but ended up only down 43. I then looked over at the plo8 and noticed Asian Danny was gone so I jumped in. There was one insane fish with a seat to his right open and even Bill jumped in and he isn’t a plo8 guy at all. I ended up winning 530 in that game and the fish left because I was beating him up too much lol. At lounge with Bill we ran into some regulars from plo8. It was a bit awkward because they feel Bill is god awful at plo8 and I know he’s a good player and does casino things well in general but there’s definitely an adjustment in this game. I also nearly lost 400 dollars in hundreds which bill picked up thank god.

After that I got into a 2-5 NL must move and won like 646. I got lucky because I ran my AA into AK who shoved on me and I held up. A huge fish went over to plo and I followed him after they tried to move me to a mediocre table. This was an insane gamble table. Smiley got very unlucky and lost tons. The fish got it in with 610QK double suited against 5 other all ins where his suits were dominated, pairs were beat, his straight possibility was all taken away etc. He basically needed trip Kings. No luck. AQ98 won because two eights hit. Fucking 4K pot! I couldn’t get anything going and lost 900. Then I went home. Heading back Monday/Tuesday because of thanksgiving

PLO is Warmer in the Winter?

What an exciting trip Foxwoods was this week. I was bored on the bus heading up so I watched the first episode of Anne with an “E” from Netflix. That option to download shows to watch offline is great. Fucking awesome show. By the time the trip ended I saw all 7 episodes. So I got off the bus and promptly lost my bus coupon roulette spin this week. No way I win 3 in a row. Impossible. Whatever. Foxwoods has recently fucked over the players because last month you were getting either 25, 50, or 100 every 10 days depending on your card and now they mail you this scratch off thing that  you need to be there for and scratch in front of them on the specific day and it’s like 10-30 bucks. So stupid. On mine this week I got 30 and I did 3 10 dollar JoB hands. 2 normal losers. One I get 789J clubs and a 9. I ditch the 9 and the card I get? 9. Obvious screw.

I played very briefly when I got there Wednesday night. I legit won a dollar. My ex was there and she has some drama with this guy player and it’s no good. Bad vices and he needs serious help. But she’s a good person and doesn’t want to ditch him. Anyway Bill Potts picked me up and we stayed at Mohegan for the night. I think I went to bed pretty much right away while Bill read some Banker, Professor, and Suicide Kid out loud. I legit got a bedtime story lol.

Next day Bill did his gambling and I watched. He got unlucky and didn’t do well. He runs like garbage a lot. After that Bill got a 300 dollar food comp and he generously let me buy a few things with it. Most came from Pastavita so I was set with food the next couple days. I also got some of the good maple syrup as a gift for the girlfriend. 15 dollar bottle. After that we went back to Foxwoods and I had the room this time and Bill stayed. He didn’t play just hung out a while and slept. I won a good chunk of money. I didn’t have a single losing session of 2-5 PLO and did overall well of 2-5 NL. Really great trip. One sad thing is I couldn’t destroy a guy who sometimes raised 40 in the dark preflop. Sometimes the fish swim away.

I spent Saturday  at Foxwoods this time because Lindsey Stirling was in the concert. She’s an amazing violinist, dancer, and even sang a bit. She’s the BEST. For proof on YouTube put in Shatter Me. Her concert was incredible and I could have watched it all day. After the concert I won like 2650 dollars between PLO and NL. Great trip and excited about returning Thursday. Oh and I purchased 1 oz of gold from Potts this trip and it’s my first time

Maybe PLO is my game?

I headed up to Foxwoods on Thursday morning after spending the night at the girlfriends house in Jersey. Usually if I visit her on wednesday I go home at night and then from there go to the casino in the morning, but I really wanted to watch the baseball game. They should call him Huge Garbage I think. I also went to movies a few times this week. Dr Marston and The Wonder Women, Marshall, and Goodbye Christopher Robin were all very good.

So I got up Thursday morning and she drove me to the train. NJ train to NYC, then the 7 train to Flushing for the Asian bus. Who needs a car? Not me. I won the matchplay roulette spin. I always bet red(I hate black, obv) and it’s been hot lately. So I tried to check in around 2pm and was told I couldn’t yet. Sounds like bullshit because why would they be full on a Wednesday night and not have  a room cleaned yet? My mistake was not going to the VIP spot this time because regular had no line. On the toilet I got the call it was available. After eating I saw what was available and I got into 2-5 PLO. I’ve been doing good with it online and gave it a try. I did very well. Hand of the trip was KKQ7 single suit flopping K82 with two clubs(not my suit) and was able to get my whole 1500 stack in on flop. I cheered for no club but the club came on the turn...the deuce of clubs. I was ok with that one. Massive hand and left soon after. I went back to the lounge because they had this chicken with “New Orleans Sauce” that I liked plus the NL games looked reg filled.

My friend Sam from poker texted me and asked if he could crash in the room and I said ok. Bill Potts picked me up(he’s a great driver, professional level even) and we hung at Mohegan. He taught me this card game called Koo or Coo or whatever and it’s pretty cool once you know the rules and the strength of all the cards. Later I was gonna watch Bill play BJ but I got exhausted. Somehow Bill beat  me back to the room and legit nearly ended my life by scaring me. I wish it was recorded.

Next day I took an Uber back to Foxwoods since Bill was sleeping. 18 dollars. Hurt my heart esp since Bill said he would have driven me. Friday was awful. Lost 550 in PLO...lost another 210 in 10-20 short handed ORE...then lost 700 in 2-5 NL. This insane Indian guy pushed me all in for 480 with 10-6 suited to my AA and he won. My flopped ace helped him. At this point I could have easily went to VP to get it back...or attempt to...but not that guy anymore. I just had pad Thai from Golden Dragon and went back to PLO. Won 807 and was proud of myself. The fish left and then I took a nap. Spending an extra day at Foxwoods next week because Nov 11 is the Lindsey Stirling concert and I can’t wait for that.