I've been playing almost exclusively at The Bike for the past few months after having been a loyal Diamond Jim's patron. The reasons include that it's a little closer, the rake is just a bit less, the food is better and it's free, the games are better, and I can't think of the other reasons ( Read more... )

After two losing sessions this week, one at Diamond Jim's and one at the Bike for a total of around $800, I headed to the Bike Saturday afternoon to lick my wounds and change things up a bit. I was having a pretty good session at what I would consider a fairly loose and passive table. There were 5 stacks over $1k at the table, which is unusual ( Read more... )

Had a cancer surgery on Monday - it was outpatient, but did require a plastic surgeon to close up the site due to the size.

I saw the surgeon today, and heard the wonderful words "Your margins are clear and the adjacent biopsy was negative, I'm done with you".

Since my last round of surgeries, I've gotten back into casino pocker slowly, playing mainly at Diamond Jim's in Rosamond (small tournies, $200 NL games) and have managed to build a bankroll of just over $7k in 3 months ( Read more... )

Last Friday, Hollywood Park had a $300 + 25 E-O tournament (half Stud 8, half Omaha 8). I hadn't played anything other than dailies for a long time, so I thought I'd give it a shot. There were around 80something players, most of them recognizable from my years of playing tourneys in LA, maeaning that most of them were decent players, some very ( Read more... )

Playing $200 3/5 NL Sunday v the regular lineup at DJ's casino. It's near the end of an 8 hour session, and I had managed to get unstuck. I'm in the SB with JQh. UTG, decent but not real good player, open raises for $50. It's called in 4 places back to me, and I decided to take the $250 free money and raise to $150 total. To my surprise, UTG ( Read more... )

77% John McCain
67% Mitt Romney
65% Mike Huckabee
60% Rudy Giuliani
60% Hillary Clinton
59% Barack Obama
59% Chris Dodd
57% Fred Thompson
56% John Edwards
53% Joe Biden
53% Bill Richardson
47% Tom Tancredo
39% Ron Paul
38% Dennis Kucinich
36% Mike Gravel

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching QuizAgain, McCain comes out first every time I fill out one of these. ( Read more... )

I had a pretty good NL session Thursday. I played for over 8 hours, and cashed out with a win of over $2k, despite losing a $1200 pot that I should have gotten away from ( Read more... )

After the 4-way chop last Sunday, I went out to Diamond Jim's to defend my 1/4 title this Sunday. The tournament was $100 + $20 with no re-buys, but it's the once a month version where during the first 4 levels, a busted player can buy back in for $100. We had a total of 4 tables, and something like 9 buy backs for a prize pool of around $4500 ( Read more... )

Tuesday night I played in the $200NL game for 6 hours. I got better than average cards, and had my worst session in a couple of years, dropping around $800. Friday night, more of the same, but the loss was $500 this time. $1300 over two sessions is a new record loss for me ( Read more... )