Showing posts with label misc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misc. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012
Thursday, November 17, 2011
De'tente, or a rested development, or exile on no street.
Hey there boys and girls, I figured I'd try some mental regurgitation to fill these faded 'pages'.
I enjoyed chatting up JOOOOOAnada and Buddy last night. Too bad their heads up match was done, I would have had some fun slinging virtual cards with them. They did show me the live feed of their cute new little bundle Zane. Hansome little devil he is.
Instead I played play money tournaments until about 2 am this morning. Smart, I am not. I did multiply my play money bankroll several times, so at least there's some pride involved. Play money games at least appeared a little less of a fonkey fest than I remember.
I got asked to leave the poker group I was playing in monthly. Their excuse being that I was pushy and made too many suggestions on how to run the game better, oh and there might have been a little yelling match with one of the guys that runs the game that may have had something to do with it.
Here's an example of what pissed them off: There were 6 people left in the first tournament (this is June/July i think). I was the chipleader at the time when dude I mentioned above starts complaining that the blinds were wrong and the levels weren't moved fast enough. He was not in the game at the time. He suggested rather vociferously that we should immediately escalate the blinds to fix the problem. I argued that this was not fair to the people in the game, especially the short stacks. This went on for awhile until I began yelling back at him (mea culpa) that this would not be happening while I was at the table, and that its not everyone's fault at the table that someone can't use a damn timer.
Yeah, I can see where I'm totally wrong there can't you? Apparently my remarks were not appreciated on several occasions and that I 'take the game too seriously'. It obviously had nothing to do with the fact that I was completely crushing the game. At least they had the scruples to pay me off as I was several hundred bucks ahead of the next guy. They forfeited their chances at the year long 1st place prize which I wrapped up anyway with 2 more wins last month. I'm contemplating re-starting my neighborhood game in 2012, its just a pain to run it sometimes.
Kids and wife are healthy and happy. All the kids just had their birthdays, all three bdays are within 4 weeks of each other, which sure is fun right before Christmas. My son's only wish was to have as many of his friends as possible over to play football and basketball. His wish was granted and we entertained 26 kids. Luckily they didn't stay in the house much, but when they did they sure left one hell of a mess. Never again.
That's all for now, enjoy your Turkey day you hosers, be careful out there.
I enjoyed chatting up JOOOOOAnada and Buddy last night. Too bad their heads up match was done, I would have had some fun slinging virtual cards with them. They did show me the live feed of their cute new little bundle Zane. Hansome little devil he is.
Instead I played play money tournaments until about 2 am this morning. Smart, I am not. I did multiply my play money bankroll several times, so at least there's some pride involved. Play money games at least appeared a little less of a fonkey fest than I remember.
I got asked to leave the poker group I was playing in monthly. Their excuse being that I was pushy and made too many suggestions on how to run the game better, oh and there might have been a little yelling match with one of the guys that runs the game that may have had something to do with it.
Here's an example of what pissed them off: There were 6 people left in the first tournament (this is June/July i think). I was the chipleader at the time when dude I mentioned above starts complaining that the blinds were wrong and the levels weren't moved fast enough. He was not in the game at the time. He suggested rather vociferously that we should immediately escalate the blinds to fix the problem. I argued that this was not fair to the people in the game, especially the short stacks. This went on for awhile until I began yelling back at him (mea culpa) that this would not be happening while I was at the table, and that its not everyone's fault at the table that someone can't use a damn timer.
Yeah, I can see where I'm totally wrong there can't you? Apparently my remarks were not appreciated on several occasions and that I 'take the game too seriously'. It obviously had nothing to do with the fact that I was completely crushing the game. At least they had the scruples to pay me off as I was several hundred bucks ahead of the next guy. They forfeited their chances at the year long 1st place prize which I wrapped up anyway with 2 more wins last month. I'm contemplating re-starting my neighborhood game in 2012, its just a pain to run it sometimes.
Kids and wife are healthy and happy. All the kids just had their birthdays, all three bdays are within 4 weeks of each other, which sure is fun right before Christmas. My son's only wish was to have as many of his friends as possible over to play football and basketball. His wish was granted and we entertained 26 kids. Luckily they didn't stay in the house much, but when they did they sure left one hell of a mess. Never again.
That's all for now, enjoy your Turkey day you hosers, be careful out there.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Winner winner
Well I tell ya folks, despite the fact that online poker is dead (as well as blogs) I was able to get my fix in last night at my monthly home game.
I got really low in the first game, down to 5 BB when I landed pocket fives UTG and ended up making quads on the river. I tripled up then continued my dominance to a first place win. I got nice and toasted after my win and ended up chopping first in the second tourney.
I extended my lead in the series by a few hundred bucks, and that makes me feel great. I fully believe the absence of online poker has made me focus more and become a better player. SO a hearty fuck you to the DOJ, you can try and take away my hobby, but I shall prevail.
Who is John Galt?
I got really low in the first game, down to 5 BB when I landed pocket fives UTG and ended up making quads on the river. I tripled up then continued my dominance to a first place win. I got nice and toasted after my win and ended up chopping first in the second tourney.
I extended my lead in the series by a few hundred bucks, and that makes me feel great. I fully believe the absence of online poker has made me focus more and become a better player. SO a hearty fuck you to the DOJ, you can try and take away my hobby, but I shall prevail.
Who is John Galt?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Movin'
Had to go back to blogger, I was no longer monetizing the site and see no reason (other than the fact blogger sucks balls compared with Wordpress) to pay for site hosting. Hopefully all the redirects and such work, not that I post anything particularly meaningful or relavent any more...
Cheers kids, blogs are dead.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Pokeme
Anyone want to swap your PS for my FT? It's not as dirty as it sounds.
I can do any amount up to 500.
23skidoo are at gmail
I can do any amount up to 500.
23skidoo are at gmail
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
More parlay fun.
Last week gave me the bug, placing parlays makes watching all the games more fun, so in addition to my weekly Titans bet and a couple of NCAA bets I placed 4 more parlays, I hit on the least crazy one, yay!
5 Team Parlay127705295
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(401) Denver Broncos +6½ (-115) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
Denver Broncos 24
Atlanta Falcons 20
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(415) New Orleans Saints -6 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
New Orleans Saints 30
Kansas City Chiefs 20
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(420) Tampa Bay Buccaneers -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
Minnesota Vikings 13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(409) Tennessee Titans -3 (-105) Sun@4:15p
Final Scores
Tennessee Titans 24
Jacksonville Jaguars 14
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(429) Cleveland Browns +5 Mon@8:35p
Final Scores
Cleveland Browns 29
Buffalo Bills 27
Outcome:
Win
Risk US$ 5.00 to win US$ 122.18
So I got to actually stay up and watch what turned out to be a pretty exciting game last night. Go Browns!
I'm heading up to NY tomorrow and I'll hopefully get some work done in between the poker. ;)
5 Team Parlay127705295
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(401) Denver Broncos +6½ (-115) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
Denver Broncos 24
Atlanta Falcons 20
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(415) New Orleans Saints -6 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
New Orleans Saints 30
Kansas City Chiefs 20
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(420) Tampa Bay Buccaneers -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Final Scores
Minnesota Vikings 13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(409) Tennessee Titans -3 (-105) Sun@4:15p
Final Scores
Tennessee Titans 24
Jacksonville Jaguars 14
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
(429) Cleveland Browns +5 Mon@8:35p
Final Scores
Cleveland Browns 29
Buffalo Bills 27
Outcome:
Win
Risk US$ 5.00 to win US$ 122.18
So I got to actually stay up and watch what turned out to be a pretty exciting game last night. Go Browns!
I'm heading up to NY tomorrow and I'll hopefully get some work done in between the poker. ;)
Monday, November 10, 2008
in which we jinx ourselves.
I seldom write about my sports betting, mostly because I'm not a long term winner. I'll occasionally get the bug and throw out some bets and a crazy parlay or two in addition to the 2 NFL pick'em leagues and the college pick'em league I'm in.
This week I've already won some very close matchups with a blocked field goal helping the Crimson Tide to cover the 3.5. A one point Green Bay loss, that covered the 2 point spread. And a last second non-meaningful hail mary in the ATL/NO to go over 50.
Then I took all my bets and wrapped them up into a little parlay like so:
6 Team Parlay
Football - College Lines (Game) Point Spread
(167) Alabama -3½ (-115) Sat@3:30p
Competitor:(168) LSU
(213) Tennessee Titans -3 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(214) Chicago Bears
(234) Arizona Cardinals -9½ Mon@8:35p
Competitor:(233) San Francisco 49ers
(217) New Orleans Saints vs. (218) Atlanta Falcons Over 50 Sun@1:00p
(223) Green Bay Packers +2 Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(224) Minnesota Vikings
(235) Baltimore Ravens -1 Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(236) Houston Texans
This week I've already won some very close matchups with a blocked field goal helping the Crimson Tide to cover the 3.5. A one point Green Bay loss, that covered the 2 point spread. And a last second non-meaningful hail mary in the ATL/NO to go over 50.
Then I took all my bets and wrapped them up into a little parlay like so:
6 Team Parlay
Football - College Lines (Game) Point Spread
(167) Alabama -3½ (-115) Sat@3:30p
Competitor:(168) LSU
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
NFL - WEEK #10
(213) Tennessee Titans -3 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(214) Chicago Bears
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
NFL - WEEK #10
(234) Arizona Cardinals -9½ Mon@8:35p
Competitor:(233) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Total
NFL - WEEK #10
(217) New Orleans Saints vs. (218) Atlanta Falcons Over 50 Sun@1:00p
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
NFL - WEEK #10
(223) Green Bay Packers +2 Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(224) Minnesota Vikings
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Point Spread
NFL - WEEK #10
WRITE-IN GAME
(235) Baltimore Ravens -1 Sun@1:00p
Competitor:(236) Houston Texans
Risk US$ 5.00 to win US$ 237.43
So now I get to sweat a 10 point win for the Cardinals to hit a nice little sum of money. GO CARDS!
So now the thing that will kill me is that if I hadn't tried to reverse jinx myself, would I still have lost...
Friday, November 07, 2008
Where's waldo?
No only am I posting ever so infrequently, but I'm doing it on 2 sites...ugh.
Hopefully I'll be updating www.iam23skidoo.com more than this one, or at least the same.
Hopefully I'll be updating www.iam23skidoo.com more than this one, or at least the same.
building bridges to Obama
Here are the contents of an email I received from a good friend this afternoon:
In the spirit of putting America first, I have decided to reach out to the new Admin by re-naming my Black & White, neutered male freeloading cat of little accomplishment, Obama…..he was previously known as Beauregard.
For the record.
(I think it is only fitting that the picture shows him hard at work in the Oval Office (asleep) sitting on top of my wallet!!!!
I can not recall the last time I laughed so hard at an email.
In the spirit of putting America first, I have decided to reach out to the new Admin by re-naming my Black & White, neutered male freeloading cat of little accomplishment, Obama…..he was previously known as Beauregard.
For the record.
(I think it is only fitting that the picture shows him hard at work in the Oval Office (asleep) sitting on top of my wallet!!!!
I can not recall the last time I laughed so hard at an email.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Damn Waffles, Riggs, Kat etc...
How Fitting.
In case you don't already know, I am cross posting (for now) at http://www.iam23skidoo.com
You are The Wheel of Fortune
Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success
The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
I endorse this message
This may be the one and only political post you'll get from me. But when things begin to threaten my ability or potential ability to provide for my family then the gloves come off.
I strongly encourage you to wake up and pay attention, this country is falling into a socialist wreck and is a shell of its former self. I don't know much about economics, but I know that throwing bad money after worse money is generally a bad idea. I try to listen to people who are smarter than me in these instances. I'm a recent devotee of Dave Ramsey and although I disagree with his sometime totalitarian views I can not disagree that the man knows finance. So when he posted his Common Sense ideas for financial solvency in this country, I was compelled to follow his advice. I strongly encourage you to take a look and let your representative know that he will be out of a job if this bill passes. It's the only thing they care about.
I am cross-posting (albeit not very frequently these days) at www.iam23skidoo.com
I strongly encourage you to wake up and pay attention, this country is falling into a socialist wreck and is a shell of its former self. I don't know much about economics, but I know that throwing bad money after worse money is generally a bad idea. I try to listen to people who are smarter than me in these instances. I'm a recent devotee of Dave Ramsey and although I disagree with his sometime totalitarian views I can not disagree that the man knows finance. So when he posted his Common Sense ideas for financial solvency in this country, I was compelled to follow his advice. I strongly encourage you to take a look and let your representative know that he will be out of a job if this bill passes. It's the only thing they care about.
I am cross-posting (albeit not very frequently these days) at www.iam23skidoo.com
I approve of this message
This may be the one and only political post you'll get from me. But when things begin to threaten my ability or potential ability to provide for my family then the gloves come off.
I strongly encourage you to wake up and pay attention, this country is falling into a socialist wreck and is a shell of its former self. I don't know much about economics, but I know that throwing bad money after worse money is generally a bad idea. I try to listen to people who are smarter than me in these instances. I'm a recent devotee of Dave Ramsey and although I disagree with his sometime totalitarian views I can not disagree that the man knows finance. So when he posted his Common Sense ideas for financial solvency in this country, I was compelled to follow his advice. I strongly encourage you to take a look and let your representative know that he will be out of a job if this bill passes. It's the only thing they care about.
I strongly encourage you to wake up and pay attention, this country is falling into a socialist wreck and is a shell of its former self. I don't know much about economics, but I know that throwing bad money after worse money is generally a bad idea. I try to listen to people who are smarter than me in these instances. I'm a recent devotee of Dave Ramsey and although I disagree with his sometime totalitarian views I can not disagree that the man knows finance. So when he posted his Common Sense ideas for financial solvency in this country, I was compelled to follow his advice. I strongly encourage you to take a look and let your representative know that he will be out of a job if this bill passes. It's the only thing they care about.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Things I haven't blogged about.
Here's a non exhaustive list, cause I am just that lazy.
Enjoy your long weekend Americans, the rest of you BLOW!
- 10th Anniversary for the wife and I. GO US!
- Vacation to the Mountains.
- Kids go back to school.
- I r teh busy /Work Tilt
- My foot still hurts :(
- We got a fancy new TV for upstairs.
- We got a new car for the wife.
- We are good little consumers.
- I really want to win the lottery and check out.
Enjoy your long weekend Americans, the rest of you BLOW!
Friday, August 22, 2008
OK, so is IGGY in vegas this weekend?
LINKY
We are looking for height-challenged female(s) (as in midget, dwarf, munchkin, little person, just don't know the correct non-offensive terminology) to help run our fantasy football draft. We will be 10 males in a suite at the Mandalay Bay drafting for four hours on August 23th starting sometime in the late afternoon.
Your duties will be to make sure none of us run out of frosty beverages, to keep track of players taken on an oversized draft board (step stool included), and to wrestle under a glass table while either partially clothed or not clothed at all (this is why we would prefer more than one of you). Bonus points if you know something about football, know how to mix drinks, and enjoy making sure everyone is having a good time. We promise we will not degrade you by using your head for a coaster, nor will we expect any special favors as we value professionalism over anything.
Last year when I posted this ad we received an offer from a female who simply had no legs, which I determined to be cheating. So please, only true little people apply.
If interested, please respond by Friday. And don't worry about bringing anything as we will supply beverages, glass table, and rainbow with pot of gold.
Unfortunately we can not meet in Vegas for my fantasy football league. Join ANYWAY!
We are looking for height-challenged female(s) (as in midget, dwarf, munchkin, little person, just don't know the correct non-offensive terminology) to help run our fantasy football draft. We will be 10 males in a suite at the Mandalay Bay drafting for four hours on August 23th starting sometime in the late afternoon.
Your duties will be to make sure none of us run out of frosty beverages, to keep track of players taken on an oversized draft board (step stool included), and to wrestle under a glass table while either partially clothed or not clothed at all (this is why we would prefer more than one of you). Bonus points if you know something about football, know how to mix drinks, and enjoy making sure everyone is having a good time. We promise we will not degrade you by using your head for a coaster, nor will we expect any special favors as we value professionalism over anything.
Last year when I posted this ad we received an offer from a female who simply had no legs, which I determined to be cheating. So please, only true little people apply.
If interested, please respond by Friday. And don't worry about bringing anything as we will supply beverages, glass table, and rainbow with pot of gold.
Unfortunately we can not meet in Vegas for my fantasy football league. Join ANYWAY!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Weekend Wrapup
Hey there kiddles!
I haven't pumped one of these out in a while, so what the hell.
Friday night was my monthly game in the hood. I had a slight scare when I couldn't get into the clubhouse at first. Something was fishy with our 'awesome' new card key system and no one could get in. I called the wife, since she is on the board and she came up and tried to get into the hide-a-key, but that wasn't working either. Finally she had the bright idea of getting a key fob from the lifeguard and it worked flawlessly.
We got the $20 tourney started around 8:30 and played down to 2 players who split. Butch came down to show the n'hood donks how disciplined tight play can win. Even though my 56c sucked out on his KK when I was getting short.
We followed that up with a 1/1 $100 max rotation of OH/8 and NLH. I completely obliterated the table and ended +300 after dropping some cash in the donk wild card games that JewFro likes to play.
Saturday morning came early as the wife had to go take a test and I was working on about 5 hours of sleep and a 12 pack of beer. YAY. MasterP had a baseball tryout for the travel baseball team. His first at bat he got plunked in the left elbow, and that pretty much killed his tryout. He gutted through pitching (not well) for an inning and made it to bat for another try, in ovbious pain.
I'm not sure how these coaches evaluate 9-10 year old talent...I'm really glad I don't have to. regardless of weather he makes the travel team, he'll be signed up for Fall Ball. The kid has an insatiable thurst for playing any sports and to my great satisfaction he is a good ball player and loves watching it too.
We had the Olympics on for the a couple hours when we got home, and he is just amazed at all of it, its really cool to see him so jazzed about these sports. He has a deep appreciation for how good all these atheletes are and really wants to be the best athelete he can.
We spent the rest of the day at the pool as the neighborhood had a luau. There were no hula girls, no roast pig (or poi), and no damn pina colada's or anything. lame
The higlight of the festivities was the dunk tank woo hoo!
Saturday night we finished off by watching a movie at the baseball field. Its all for the kids, you know. We watched Nim's island, which was about cute and stupid enough to make me puke.
Sunday afternoon was spent watching more Olympics and going to spend all my poker winnings on school crap for the kids. They went back to school this AM, putting me back on the early schedule until June. Good times.
PS - Don't forget to sign up for the pickem and head to head leagues before the season starts. If I get more interest in the H2H league I can push back the draft if need be. It is currenlty set for 8/21 at 9:30 PM.
I haven't pumped one of these out in a while, so what the hell.
Friday night was my monthly game in the hood. I had a slight scare when I couldn't get into the clubhouse at first. Something was fishy with our 'awesome' new card key system and no one could get in. I called the wife, since she is on the board and she came up and tried to get into the hide-a-key, but that wasn't working either. Finally she had the bright idea of getting a key fob from the lifeguard and it worked flawlessly.
We got the $20 tourney started around 8:30 and played down to 2 players who split. Butch came down to show the n'hood donks how disciplined tight play can win. Even though my 56c sucked out on his KK when I was getting short.
We followed that up with a 1/1 $100 max rotation of OH/8 and NLH. I completely obliterated the table and ended +300 after dropping some cash in the donk wild card games that JewFro likes to play.
Saturday morning came early as the wife had to go take a test and I was working on about 5 hours of sleep and a 12 pack of beer. YAY. MasterP had a baseball tryout for the travel baseball team. His first at bat he got plunked in the left elbow, and that pretty much killed his tryout. He gutted through pitching (not well) for an inning and made it to bat for another try, in ovbious pain.
I'm not sure how these coaches evaluate 9-10 year old talent...I'm really glad I don't have to. regardless of weather he makes the travel team, he'll be signed up for Fall Ball. The kid has an insatiable thurst for playing any sports and to my great satisfaction he is a good ball player and loves watching it too.
We had the Olympics on for the a couple hours when we got home, and he is just amazed at all of it, its really cool to see him so jazzed about these sports. He has a deep appreciation for how good all these atheletes are and really wants to be the best athelete he can.
We spent the rest of the day at the pool as the neighborhood had a luau. There were no hula girls, no roast pig (or poi), and no damn pina colada's or anything. lame
The higlight of the festivities was the dunk tank woo hoo!
Saturday night we finished off by watching a movie at the baseball field. Its all for the kids, you know. We watched Nim's island, which was about cute and stupid enough to make me puke.
Sunday afternoon was spent watching more Olympics and going to spend all my poker winnings on school crap for the kids. They went back to school this AM, putting me back on the early schedule until June. Good times.
PS - Don't forget to sign up for the pickem and head to head leagues before the season starts. If I get more interest in the H2H league I can push back the draft if need be. It is currenlty set for 8/21 at 9:30 PM.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I'm feeling much betta now...I think I'll go for a walk.
The good news is that I'm not broken, although I won't be running the 40 anytime soon.
I have two BS injuries on my right leg. Turf toe and a Bone bruise. Yeah, both injuries make it a little difficult to walk, but the knee is feeling a little better already. The entire posterior side of my Tibia
is bleeding a bit with a micro fracture or two. Then all the awkward weight I'm putting on my foot travels through the metatarsal in which I have turf toe.
Sounds like a party eh? At least I don't require surgery. I should be back in bidness within 3 months.
I have two BS injuries on my right leg. Turf toe and a Bone bruise. Yeah, both injuries make it a little difficult to walk, but the knee is feeling a little better already. The entire posterior side of my Tibia
is bleeding a bit with a micro fracture or two. Then all the awkward weight I'm putting on my foot travels through the metatarsal in which I have turf toe.
Sounds like a party eh? At least I don't require surgery. I should be back in bidness within 3 months.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Full Disclosure
My brain will slowly start regurgitating memories from this weekend. It took me about as long to fly from Oklahoma as it did for Surf and Peaches to drive. YAY.
At least I didn't get stuck in Washington like poor little Kitty.
I am nursing a bit of a wound, the doctor says I most likely tore my ACL. I go to get an MRI tomorrow. For now, the meds are keeping my head even foggier than it was 3 days ago.
See you soon.
At least I didn't get stuck in Washington like poor little Kitty.
I am nursing a bit of a wound, the doctor says I most likely tore my ACL. I go to get an MRI tomorrow. For now, the meds are keeping my head even foggier than it was 3 days ago.
See you soon.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
3 days
What is it about 3?
Three Days,
one of my favorite songs.
3 Feet High and Rising, featuring The Magic Number is one of the best hip hop albums ever made. Ironically(?) De La Soul (3 words) featured 3 MC's.
Luck (usually bad) comes in 3's
Book of Threes.
We three Kings, 3 wise men, Number three, the holy trinity...
Famous people die in threes.. See Jim McKay, Tim Russert, George Carlin
Has anyone ever told you that lighting a third cigarette on one match is bad luck?
3rd time is a charm.
3 strikes and you are out.
Don't even get me started on 23....
In not 3 but 2 days I'll be meeting the Okie Vegas crew at the Airport. woooooot!
Three Days,
one of my favorite songs.
3 Feet High and Rising, featuring The Magic Number is one of the best hip hop albums ever made. Ironically(?) De La Soul (3 words) featured 3 MC's.
Luck (usually bad) comes in 3's
Book of Threes.
We three Kings, 3 wise men, Number three, the holy trinity...
Famous people die in threes.. See Jim McKay, Tim Russert, George Carlin
Has anyone ever told you that lighting a third cigarette on one match is bad luck?
3rd time is a charm.
3 strikes and you are out.
Don't even get me started on 23....
In not 3 but 2 days I'll be meeting the Okie Vegas crew at the Airport. woooooot!
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
I left my wallet in EL Segundo
Looky here.
I had to put my disappointment behind me for not being able to play poker at WSP. I hope everything is cool with Jamie. I know there's bit of added pressure to perform lately, I'm there too.
As fate would have it, I bumped into Alceste on my way back from lunch. Totally random. He happens to work in the Financial District and was out to get some soup. I mentioned that I had plans with HoP for dinner and invited him to come along.
Fast forward a few hours and I arrive at Baby Bo's. We settle in to the bar and Jordan suggests a pitcher of sangria. I'm totally cool with sangria even though I know the sugar is gonna give me a headache. But this is good stuff, not just red wine, sugar and fruit.
I should have been tipped off when it took about 5-10 minutes to make the pitcher, but I figured, hey its probably like 15 bucks or so. After another pitcher and a shot of Patron I call for the tab and our Bar bill was over a Frankin....DOH, that's New York for ya.
We three bloggers be chewed the fat and our food for a good solid hour or so. I was less than impressed with their mole, but it was tasty enough. We said our goodbyes around 8:45.
I decided to walk the 10 blocks in the direction of my hotel to see if I could find some free wi-fi and a beer. Jordan had mentioned the SKILLZ series at dinner and with all the card talk we had, I was jonesing.
My first option after walking the 10 damn blocks was my hotel. I prodded the front desk for a better internet connection but they were hopless. Wireles only and it BLEW. She mentioned a 'lounge' on the 10th floor so I figured it wouldnt hurt to check it out.
I walk into the 'lounge' and see a few tables, 2 computers and ... nothing. I guess my definition of a louge involves cigars, scotch and scantily clad female singers on a piano. Theirs did not.
I popped back out to the street and went across to Fitzgeralds. Colin was oh so helpful getting me logged in to their wireless and hooking me up with a beer. I settled down to a table near the wall, and more importantly an outlet.
I made it into the Skills tourney and also opened up Pokerstars, I had my gamboool on and played way too many O/8 hands to remember. I fluctuated between first and last then flamed out.
I played all over the place on PS, sticking with 'other games' HORSE and O/8.
I made a nice little double + with this hand:
PokerStars Game #18521285215: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/01 - 22:43:57 (ET)
Table 'Ortutay' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: 23skidoo ($300 in chips) BB
Seat 3: linraze ($411.30 in chips)
Seat 4: ppam ($450 in chips)
Seat 6: PlayingN4ked ($1143.10 in chips)
Seat 7: anky213 ($222 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [3c Jd Jc 3h]
PlayingN4ked: raises $21 to $27
anky213: calls $27
23skidoo: calls $21 This is my first or 2nd hand, notice my half stack buy in. I'm calling here for set and flush value.. Double paired and sooted is a pretty solid PLO hand, and its a fairly cheap call into a nice pot.
linraze: calls $27
ppam: calls $24
*** FLOP *** [3s 6s Tc] BINGO! Bottom set is GOLD. SO I make smallish bet to see where I'm at.
23skidoo: bets $42
linraze: calls $42
anky213: calls $42
*** TURN *** [3s 6s Tc] [Qd] Two callers is either really good or really bad. Though I'm pretty sure that TT is raising. I want to push the straight drawers out now.
anky213: checks
23skidoo: bets $231 and is all-in
linraze: folds
anky213: calls $153 and is all-in I'm honestly not very happy about this call UNTIL...
*** RIVER *** [3s 6s Tc Qd] [Td]BINGO!!!
anky213: shows [2s 5h Kh Ac] (HI: a pair of Tens) Yep, he's calling with 2 draws.
23skidoo: shows [3c Jd Jc 3h] (HI: a full house, Threes full of Tens)
23skidoo collected $570 from pot
Naturally I feel pretty good, but I bolt and find a Limit table to protect my new found cash. Here's a couple decent hands later on:
PokerStars Game #18522660158: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/01 - 23:59:23 (ET)
Table 'Sorga III' 6-max Seat #6 is the buttons
Seat 2: fpstahl ($132.50 in chips)
Seat 5: 23skidoo ($102 in chips)
Dealt to 23skidoo [9h Kd Ah 8d]
23skidoo: calls $3
Chasland: calls $3
fpstahl: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac Qd 9s]
fpstahl: bets $3
23skidoo: raises $3 to $6
Chasland: folds
fpstahl: raises $3 to $9
23skidoo: raises $3 to $12
fpstahl: calls $3 So after the 3rd raise, I'm supposed to fold right? oops.
*** TURN *** [Ac Qd 9s] [9d] BINGO
23skidoo: bets $6
fpstahl: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Ac Qd 9s 9d] [4h]
fpstahl: checks
23skidoo: bets $6
fpstahl: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
23skidoo: shows [9h Kd Ah 8d] (HI: a full house, Nines full of Aces)
23skidoo collected $56 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $58 | Rake $2
Board [Ac Qd 9s 9d 4h]
Seat 2: fpstahl (big blind) mucked [5h Qh Jd As]
PokerStars Game #18522847255: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/02 - 00:10:47 (ET)
Table 'Sorga III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Dealt to 23skidoo [3s Ah Kh Ac]
23skidoo: raises $3 to $6
ez monney: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [6d Jc Th]
ez monney: checks
23skidoo: bets $3
ez monney: calls $3
*** TURN *** [6d Jc Th] [9h]
ez monney: checks
23skidoo: bets $6
ez monney: raises $6 to $12
23skidoo: raises $6 to $18
__firehawk_ joins the table at seat #6
ez monney: raises $6 to $24 I'm supposed to fold here again.....Must be the beer talking.
Betting is capped
23skidoo: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [6d Jc Th 9h] [9s]
ez monney: bets $6
23skidoo: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ez monney: shows [5s Qh 3h Qs] (HI: two pair, Queens and Nines)Ha, I was actually a little scared.
23skidoo: shows [3s Ah Kh Ac] (HI: two pair, Aces and Nines)
ez monney is sitting out
23skidoo collected $76 from pot
Damn I run goot sometimes....
PokerStars Game #18523488383: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2008/07/02 - 00:52:24 (ET)
Table 'Kolga II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: 23skidoo ($425.40 in chips)
Seat 8: TRIPPLE_A75 ($174.80 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [Kc Ad]
TRIPPLE_A75: raises $12 to $16
23skidoo: calls $16
*** FLOP *** [Jd 3s 2s]
TRIPPLE_A75: bets $24
23skidoo: raises $60 to $84
TRIPPLE_A75: raises $74.80 to $158.80 and is all-in
23skidoo: calls $74.80
*** TURN *** [Jd 3s 2s] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 3s 2s 6d] [Ks]
TRIPPLE_A75: shows [9d 9s] (a pair of Nines)
23skidoo: shows [Kc Ad] (a pair of Kings)
23skidoo collected $352.60 from pot
'nuff said.
You guys have a safe and happy 4th of July!!
I had to put my disappointment behind me for not being able to play poker at WSP. I hope everything is cool with Jamie. I know there's bit of added pressure to perform lately, I'm there too.
As fate would have it, I bumped into Alceste on my way back from lunch. Totally random. He happens to work in the Financial District and was out to get some soup. I mentioned that I had plans with HoP for dinner and invited him to come along.
Fast forward a few hours and I arrive at Baby Bo's. We settle in to the bar and Jordan suggests a pitcher of sangria. I'm totally cool with sangria even though I know the sugar is gonna give me a headache. But this is good stuff, not just red wine, sugar and fruit.
I should have been tipped off when it took about 5-10 minutes to make the pitcher, but I figured, hey its probably like 15 bucks or so. After another pitcher and a shot of Patron I call for the tab and our Bar bill was over a Frankin....DOH, that's New York for ya.
We three bloggers be chewed the fat and our food for a good solid hour or so. I was less than impressed with their mole, but it was tasty enough. We said our goodbyes around 8:45.
I decided to walk the 10 blocks in the direction of my hotel to see if I could find some free wi-fi and a beer. Jordan had mentioned the SKILLZ series at dinner and with all the card talk we had, I was jonesing.
My first option after walking the 10 damn blocks was my hotel. I prodded the front desk for a better internet connection but they were hopless. Wireles only and it BLEW. She mentioned a 'lounge' on the 10th floor so I figured it wouldnt hurt to check it out.
I walk into the 'lounge' and see a few tables, 2 computers and ... nothing. I guess my definition of a louge involves cigars, scotch and scantily clad female singers on a piano. Theirs did not.
I popped back out to the street and went across to Fitzgeralds. Colin was oh so helpful getting me logged in to their wireless and hooking me up with a beer. I settled down to a table near the wall, and more importantly an outlet.
I made it into the Skills tourney and also opened up Pokerstars, I had my gamboool on and played way too many O/8 hands to remember. I fluctuated between first and last then flamed out.
I played all over the place on PS, sticking with 'other games' HORSE and O/8.
I made a nice little double + with this hand:
PokerStars Game #18521285215: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/01 - 22:43:57 (ET)
Table 'Ortutay' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: 23skidoo ($300 in chips) BB
Seat 3: linraze ($411.30 in chips)
Seat 4: ppam ($450 in chips)
Seat 6: PlayingN4ked ($1143.10 in chips)
Seat 7: anky213 ($222 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [3c Jd Jc 3h]
PlayingN4ked: raises $21 to $27
anky213: calls $27
23skidoo: calls $21 This is my first or 2nd hand, notice my half stack buy in. I'm calling here for set and flush value.. Double paired and sooted is a pretty solid PLO hand, and its a fairly cheap call into a nice pot.
linraze: calls $27
ppam: calls $24
*** FLOP *** [3s 6s Tc] BINGO! Bottom set is GOLD. SO I make smallish bet to see where I'm at.
23skidoo: bets $42
linraze: calls $42
anky213: calls $42
*** TURN *** [3s 6s Tc] [Qd] Two callers is either really good or really bad. Though I'm pretty sure that TT is raising. I want to push the straight drawers out now.
anky213: checks
23skidoo: bets $231 and is all-in
linraze: folds
anky213: calls $153 and is all-in I'm honestly not very happy about this call UNTIL...
*** RIVER *** [3s 6s Tc Qd] [Td]BINGO!!!
anky213: shows [2s 5h Kh Ac] (HI: a pair of Tens) Yep, he's calling with 2 draws.
23skidoo: shows [3c Jd Jc 3h] (HI: a full house, Threes full of Tens)
23skidoo collected $570 from pot
Naturally I feel pretty good, but I bolt and find a Limit table to protect my new found cash. Here's a couple decent hands later on:
PokerStars Game #18522660158: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/01 - 23:59:23 (ET)
Table 'Sorga III' 6-max Seat #6 is the buttons
Seat 2: fpstahl ($132.50 in chips)
Seat 5: 23skidoo ($102 in chips)
Dealt to 23skidoo [9h Kd Ah 8d]
23skidoo: calls $3
Chasland: calls $3
fpstahl: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac Qd 9s]
fpstahl: bets $3
23skidoo: raises $3 to $6
Chasland: folds
fpstahl: raises $3 to $9
23skidoo: raises $3 to $12
fpstahl: calls $3 So after the 3rd raise, I'm supposed to fold right? oops.
*** TURN *** [Ac Qd 9s] [9d] BINGO
23skidoo: bets $6
fpstahl: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Ac Qd 9s 9d] [4h]
fpstahl: checks
23skidoo: bets $6
fpstahl: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
23skidoo: shows [9h Kd Ah 8d] (HI: a full house, Nines full of Aces)
23skidoo collected $56 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $58 | Rake $2
Board [Ac Qd 9s 9d 4h]
Seat 2: fpstahl (big blind) mucked [5h Qh Jd As]
PokerStars Game #18522847255: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/07/02 - 00:10:47 (ET)
Table 'Sorga III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Dealt to 23skidoo [3s Ah Kh Ac]
23skidoo: raises $3 to $6
ez monney: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [6d Jc Th]
ez monney: checks
23skidoo: bets $3
ez monney: calls $3
*** TURN *** [6d Jc Th] [9h]
ez monney: checks
23skidoo: bets $6
ez monney: raises $6 to $12
23skidoo: raises $6 to $18
__firehawk_ joins the table at seat #6
ez monney: raises $6 to $24 I'm supposed to fold here again.....Must be the beer talking.
Betting is capped
23skidoo: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [6d Jc Th 9h] [9s]
ez monney: bets $6
23skidoo: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ez monney: shows [5s Qh 3h Qs] (HI: two pair, Queens and Nines)Ha, I was actually a little scared.
23skidoo: shows [3s Ah Kh Ac] (HI: two pair, Aces and Nines)
ez monney is sitting out
23skidoo collected $76 from pot
Damn I run goot sometimes....
PokerStars Game #18523488383: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2008/07/02 - 00:52:24 (ET)
Table 'Kolga II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: 23skidoo ($425.40 in chips)
Seat 8: TRIPPLE_A75 ($174.80 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 23skidoo [Kc Ad]
TRIPPLE_A75: raises $12 to $16
23skidoo: calls $16
*** FLOP *** [Jd 3s 2s]
TRIPPLE_A75: bets $24
23skidoo: raises $60 to $84
TRIPPLE_A75: raises $74.80 to $158.80 and is all-in
23skidoo: calls $74.80
*** TURN *** [Jd 3s 2s] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 3s 2s 6d] [Ks]
TRIPPLE_A75: shows [9d 9s] (a pair of Nines)
23skidoo: shows [Kc Ad] (a pair of Kings)
23skidoo collected $352.60 from pot
'nuff said.
You guys have a safe and happy 4th of July!!
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