Sunday, July 08, 2007

Just talked to Wild Bill...

He is in another super to get in on the final day of the Main Event, 1D tomorrow. He was on the third level of play and he had about $5000 up from the $3000 that he started with. He will give more detail when he gets back on all the shenanigans they got into.

I do know that he has got in the money 3 times so far on his trip. Mostly in the daily tourneys they have at the casinos. He did win 1st in the one last night. If I am not mistaken, I think it was a $60 buy in at the Treasure Island. He picked up $540.00 for first...his entry into the Main Event super he is playing in right now.

I went to Boomtown looking for a game Friday night, but there could not put together a NL game? I mean, I got there at 5pm, and waited around to 9pm, but nothing materialized. I am told that usually they do get a NL game going on weekends. I wanted a change of pace, and decided to play some 1-5 stud to pass the time. I am a firm believer that you will need to be a practitioner of all the games of poker to be a true "Poker Player". Bill and I both played in the $300 stud tournament they had at this years circuit event in New Orleans. It reminded of the old days years ago when all I played was stud and was just being exposed to hold-em...hell...I can remember when the 4-8 hold-em game was the "Big Game" at the Treasure Chest casino in Kenner years ago. I can remember driving 2 hours to play stud years ago a place called Bayou Caddy's on the Mississippi Gulf Coast...Wow...That was a while ago. The parking lot of Caddy's is still there on the first Mississippi exit coming from Louisiana.

"That's edelweiss. It grows in the mountains, above the treeline. Which means he climbed up there to get it. Supposed to be the mark of a true soldier" Ron Livingston's character Nixon in "Band of Brothers"

3 comments:

underdog4067 said...

Hey Gene. I just came accross your blog online. I am an aspiring poker player myself. Sounds like you and Will Bill are some respectable players. Hope to hear more from you soon.

Bad Beet said...

Anyone here play Tonk? Thats a real mans game. Im looking to get a game up. Beets also likes 5 card stud and Dominoes. yall want some?

C.S. said...

Thanks, Gene, in my three moneys it went like this 1. Equal 3 way chop I was the short stack and bb blind was now at about a 1/3 of our chips so it was a literal crapshoot 2. next night at a 2 a.m.er it was an equal 2 way chop, I was a slight chip leader but dog tired as I had been the whole tournament, thought about that one a bit but took it anyway even though I felt I could outplay my opponent in my sleep (and I might have to) and he just saw me eliminate third place with an Ace high call on the river after a board of bricks missed his 7-2 offsuit (yeah, I'll talk abou that one) that would have crippled me if my gut wasn't right so I probably should have played that out, and 3. the last one I chopped with a guy I befriended but I basically only gave him 25% of the difference between first and second if he agreed to handle both our dealer tips. He made a marginal profit on that deal and tipped enough that I didn't have to come over the top if he was a cheapskate. Course every coin flip went my way in those little ones that didn't matter and none did in the satellites for the ME.