Finally got the finances counted

I won 1957 in 2-5 NL over 16 hours and lost 892 over 11 hours and 45 minutes in 2-5 plo8. I’m taking a break, potentially a life long break, from plo8. Too many shoulder shrug aggressive decisions  in that game. If you want to win you need to make them pay for their draw. Or you bet your draw and hopefully they fold or you hit. Problem is the big draw goes against the made hand way too much. It’s  happened to me a lot this trip, lost quite a few times. But a few interesting things happened:

An old lady folded 25 pre with 45 suited and would have won 40k in the bad beat. Obv it’s a good fold but hopefully now she makes that call every time. Good for the game.

My friend Elise got into an incident with another(well known) poker player. It was her turn to show(first), and she didn’t. The guy was pretty aggressive talking to her and she wasn’t having it. She told him to shut up  and he said Fuck You, Sweetheart and that wasn’t exactly a term of endearment in her view lol. They both stayed at the table but I told her he does coke big time so you can’t expect rational conversation.

Counted up my roll. Total assets combined of gold and cash is about 40k. Not bad. I hope to really increase that soon by just playing hold em. But don’t get this twisted, I’m the best player in that plo8 lineup . I’m the only one who’s actually brave. That’s pretty crucial in poker, knowing who is brave enough to do certain moves. I mean that can also be stupidity but still. 

You fat piece of shit!

Now that my Penguins have been eliminated I can go back to my usual casino routine. Some might see this as a good thing, but I assuredly do not. I love my team and all the friends I’ve made at the Penguin Bar. Next year will be better, hopefully. Foxwoods started out pretty badly. Somehow with a free bus ticket, 30 in slot, and 30 in match I still came out a 30 dollar loser. Lost all 3 10 dollar hands of VP plus the roulette spin. I guess it’s not that hard but still. After settling into the room I played 2-5. I actually got hands. Like AA and AK etc that held up plus I won a lot on. Soon this insane(and very pretty) woman joined the game. She was giving 10, 15, 25, 50(!) dollar tips to the dealers and waitresses. She lost a little bit to me because, shock of shocks, she was terrible. Unfortunately I was at a must move and my next table was garbage so I decided to sleep. She was on a break and didn’t have much left anyway. Over an hour I won 616. I wish I could maintain that lol

I got into PLO8 the next day and was probably my unluckiest session ever. Lost with a set vs a flush draw with backdoor low that turned into a straight. Lost with TPTK and weak diamonds and backdoor nut low vs no pair and nut diamonds(but he had 3 of them) and backdoor nut low with a 5. Lost with A4103 vs AAKQ on a 1083 board after the board ran out J9. Finally took a break after my AQ4x was in a 3 way all in pot against mystery cards and AA. No raise pre btw. Flop AQ4. Bricked out so I assume mystery cards were wheel draws. After taking a 1669 loss in 4 hours I had to take a break. Fat piece of shit was the one who put the last 3 hands on me. He’s a new player so he must be feeling great about the game.

The last interesting part of the trip was 2-5 Crazy Pineapple. It’s a thrilling game. The weird part is that the field attracts players you don’t want to face in NL, but it’s like the party game so they play a little bit loose. I did win 377 over 5.5 hours and I’d like for it to go again sometime this trip. Oh and my “casino wife” Charlene came this trip and that’s always great. She tries to get me to become a better tipper but that’s just not gonna happen. I won 138 in minor sessions btw so only a 568 loss.

Sands is so terrible

Bill Potts gave me a call last week while I was at Foxwoods and asked me to help him with something at the Sands in PA. Obviously I can’t get into specifics, but I got a nice bit of money for the work. I hate that place though. I took the early bus from the NY Port Authority and the ride was actually smooth. Outlets etc, but then the good times ended. There was a glitch in the system where you get the 45 in slot play but couldn’t actually use it(and it costs 38 to get on, not exactly an Asian grinder bus). My ID is cracked in two and they gave me shit about it being fake. I have like 4 weeks of playoff beard on my face and they still think I’m under 21. I was let in though. After helping Bill, I tried to get my 45 in slot since the VP machine said I had 0. It doesn’t work on video roulette or video poker. Foxwoods allows you to use bus slot play on 9:6 VP while the best Sands can muster is 8:5 VP that doesn’t work. I ended up winning 80 dollars playing though. I also don’t like how the security looks at everyone like they’re a criminal. I had a wristband that signified I was over 30(must be a PA thing, got the same shit in Rivers when I went to Pittsburgh) and STILL got stopped and escorted to the bus. Luckily I was leaving anyway.

The Foxwoods trip before that was alright. I won 354 playing plo8 over 12 hours. The super relevant thing is how I got into an argument about showing hands. Big fat predator guy David Duke(not the KKK guy I assume) is under some weird impression that I’m a thief since I don’t alert the table if someone won a hand and the dealer and player don’t notice. The absolute trump statement to this is “not my hand, not my business”. I don’t give a shit if it’s tabled hand I’m not gonna say a word. Unless you’re my friend, then I might cough or something.

I’m heading to Foxwoods now. My boss let me take a sick day. I fucked up though. I forgot that I had a reservation for both yesterday and today, separated. I fucked up the days so hopefully they don’t give me the fee.

I guess calling for Capital Fan death is fine!

I mean these fuckers were happy with Tom Wilson basically trying to kill people with headshots. I guess when you call for people to die you gotta be specific. Plus I never said I would do it. Disease would work. I heard Poker Grump got TBC arrested because he alluded to murder and suicide. What I don’t understand is why didn’t PG give Tony a call? I understand the logic of being cautious with stuff but call him. Weird.

So as you know, I’m my fathers lottery for the pick 3 numbers in NYC. He plays 3 a day on 213 and 1 a day on 333, but both day and night drawings. He actually hit the 213 on Monday. 1500 dollar hit to the pocket. Even with a 50% house edge sometimes you gotta pay out. I’m probably down 1k in it but that’s why you gotta stay well rolled.