9:32 to go

9:32 to go...
an amazing last 9:32 had me on an emotional roller coaster!
Next Stop: Toronto
Some scary news today had me second guessing the whole trip...
In Response to Mark Kreidler
A writer for espn.com wrote a column recently about Al D'Amato and I don't think it was very good...
$2500 Short Handed NL Hold'em
I'm chipleader after day one...
Hitting a Groove
After taking a day off to rest, I head back to the poker room for a short session after attending a charity event in the afternoon...
Merry Christmas!
The way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if the phrase "Merry Christmas" becomes illegal...
Underground G-Vegas Game Robbed

Looks like I picked a good day to be in Vegas.

There are a lot of games in town. I only play in three rooms. One of them got robbed last night and in a way I'm really glad I didn't have to suffer. Some of my friends didn't fare as well.

From Eddie the Dealer's Blog entry:

I remember looking over and Queen was being held by her hair and a gun was held against the back of her head. From that point, all my fear was for her. She is a very sweet girl and always an absolute delight to have around the game. The piece of shit who was holding her was acting a bit maniacal. He was threatening to "blow her brains all over the floor". (full story)

My reaction to this has been about what you'd expect. I'll likely write more in the future. For now, I'm just going to be glad everybody is okay and plan to stick close to the house for a while.

And to all the G-Vegas regulars: be careful, folks.

There will be no Rematch
Playing Joe Cassidy limit hold'em heads up is akin to beating my head against the wall...
Dinner Break WPT Foxwoods
Total control and cruisin'...
My Father
March 21, 1996 was a rough day for the family...
Juanda strikes first blood
Through four events the best I could do thus far is an 11th place finish in the stud, good for no points and no money...
Live blogging the Otis Homegame

Good evening from the Otis homegame. We're trying another Up For Poker experiement tonight.....I'll liveblog the game while trying not to lose my ass. Luckily we're playing small stakes.

Oh, and the prop bets. Otis and theMark have $5 on who goes bust first. Otis took theMark...theMark took Me.

$10 with 4 to 1 odds.....Blood will lose to a 2-outer. Otis says he won't...Blood says he will. TheMark just bought half that action from Blood.

$1 per player into a pool for the first player to win, post-flop, with the hammer.

It's now 7:39PM....we're 6-handed...

Stina
TheMark
Shep Tiltstien
Otis
Blood
TheMark
G-Rob

More players coming...this blog is LIVE

7:41 Otit is here...and I won the first hand with TPTK against Mark. The prop bet taunting is firece.

Plus, I'm thinking of going from martinis to beer

7:47 TheMark and I have added another prop bet...I have the 3c and he has the 5d. We're betting flop, turn, river for increasing stakes

Mark just rebought to replenish his stack Already

7:51 PMOne propbet down. Otis just busted theMark on a AhQh6h flop. Otis re-raised all in after theMark led out. TheMark called with a gutty and a Kh. Otis had A pair of Q. Otis wins.

Mark rebuys AGAIN

7:54 I just flopped a 3c. Mark loses another prop bet. That one continues. I am now moving to red wine in lieu of beer. This will end badly.

7:59 Blood and I are now back to drinking Steins of mid-price petit sirah. Mine is a giant insulated Missouri Tigers mug. Blood is drinking a discovery island mug. He refuses to use the straw and lid.

8:04 another prop bet. From now on...any time we double someone up, we take shots of tequila. Luckily we're instituting this rule AFTER I jut doubled Shep up.

8:16Looks like a tequila shot a-coming. Otis is in the tank after the turn...Blood is all in. Board is Ac3s7c2s. Otis calls and mucks. Blood wins with JJ. Otis is enjoying tequila.

8:25 A stein is no way to drink wine. Jesus.

8:26 TheMark just won his first hand vs. Otit. It was a small hand. TheMark likes 'em small.

8:29 Rules change to the prop bet. Now Shep will drink tequila any time ANYONE ELSE drinks any tequila. Shep likes tequila.

8:32 TeamScottSmith is here. He's drinking a stein of Pinot out of a PokerStars stein. Shep just doubled Mark. He'll take a shot for that AND a shot because someone (in this case him) took a shot.

8:39 TeamScott just tried to win with the hammer on the turn. I'd like to thank TeamScott for those chips. Still, a good effort.

8:45Shep just mis-dealt for the 4th consecutive time. Blood had KK that time.

8:48TheMark just bluffed Blood off a winning hand. Now we're all singing "Your Vagina" to the tune of "Oh my darlin' Clementine"

8:54 I just doubled Shep...again. Overpair on flop vs..over over pair on flop. I drank tequila....so did Shep.

Plus, new rule, next person to misdeal slams a Bud Light.

8:58 Blood drinks tequila after doubling Team Scott. Now he's drooling while yelling, "HOW DO YOU CALL THAT????"

We're laughing at him.

9:02team Scott hits on river. I drink tequila

9:07--On a five minute break...first picture of the night, titled "Taking a picture so it will last longer."

9:12 Buckeye Timmy is here. He doesn't play poker but heard we were drinking and came over. He's now "official photographer"

9:16Stina just won her first pot. Mark, Blood and I are ALL DRINKING TEQUILA. That is, for the record, the first hand back from the break.

9:17Stina, excited about last hand, misdeals. She's slamming a Bud Light.

9:26 I'm now blind raising the straddle by 5x. We shall see. 5 calles. The Mark, Otis, Otit, and Blood.

I push on the flop.....because I flopped a set. Otis re-pushes.

Otis drinks tequila, WOW

9:29 Wolverine is here.

9:32 Otit just won his first hand

9:40 I'm drunk. Blood is drunker.

9:41 Otis and his wife are in some sort of fight over a dog. I hat etheir dog..it's a goddamn rat. Plus, we have a tequila showdown. Team Scott forces YET ANOTHER tequila shot. He has Mark crushed and Mark tried to get him to run it twice. It's a stupid question but it has Team Scott confused. He still declines and so...Mark drinks tequila. Mark rebuys with a thick wad of sequentially numbered bills. That makes the above picture really resonate don't it?

9:45 Otis has now shifted to tequila for no good goddamn reason

9:49 3-way all in with Wolverine, team Scott and Otis
Plus me and Blood make a side bet with Mark that his hand is good. Wolverine's set is good and Blood and I win. Scott and Otis meanwhile take sots of tequila.

9:51 You know, it's now occured to this live blogger that this has nothing to do with poker. I'm hammered. Blood and I are now into a bottle of Merlot. Each stein o' wine is a 1/2 bottle. For the record, the bottle of tequile is also 1/2 gone. For some reason Mrs. Blood is sitting on theMark's lap.

9:55 For some reason, Otis is now wearing sunglasses. Here's the exchange between Mr Blood and Mrs. Blood

Mr : Kris, wiil you go out to my car and get my sunglasses?

Mrs. No

Mr. Otis has some! (in whiny voice)

Mrs. So? $10 and I'll get them.

Mr. Pleeeeeeease? (in VERY whiny voice)

Blood is wearing sunglasses. They're the Bet Hold 'em glasses we picked up at the 2006 WSOP. We call them "Beth Oldem" glasses.

9:59 Now theMark is wearing sunglasses.

Plus, I've just lost a 25 to 1 sidebet with blood that theMark would ask to raise the stakes by 10. He just did so with a minute to spare. FUCK!

10:00 Stina just bluffed Otis off a big hand. She's good at it because Otis lusts after Stina, who it by the way, Mark's wife. Otis rebuys.....again.

10:08 Mark not only just won the hammer prop bet....BUT HE ALSO STACKED OTIS. PLUS HE JUST RAKED MY STACK. And i was outside at the time. Now we're counting chips..paying mark the prop..and Otis...is drinking tequila.

10:13 I got my chips back. Otis is TILTING like hell. GAME ON
By the way, now that the "official photog" is here. There are now SOME things that can't be blogged.

10:20 Wolverine is sober. He has a hell of an advantage. Everyone else is in TROUBLE.

10:25 Misdeal for the Wolverine. Things are looking up.

10:29 Otis makes a 7x raise UTG. Blood raises THAT another 5x. I push for about 3x THAT more. Blood calls. Blood drinks TEQUILA.

10:30 Next hand blood is all in against Stina. Blood now REFUSES to drink more tequila.

11:06 Otis us UTG, and pushes blind. Mark pushes blind. Otis can see his cards due to lack of blindness and calls....Blood also calls with sight. Otit has AJo Blood has AQo Mark has KJo and Otis has Q4H. Winner? Otis

Shots for a lot of people. This low stakes game is now very very very expensive for some.

11:11 Otis jumps the shark. Blood is now refusing to drink and wants to try and kill everyone at the table. The question is...can he take me AND mark? I say no. Blood says yes. This makes other people laugh.

11:13 Team Scott misdeals.

11:23 Stay tuned for THIS PICTURE. Blood and TeamScott just went outside and fought...errrr wrestled...whatever. Team Scott won.

Poker and Something More Important
I finally played some live action poker, but there was something else that happened last night that was life changing...


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