4 Locals

At my table and I haven't left yet. It's pretty possible only one can
beat 25NL online. I flopped 77 on A67 against 66 to double up foe what
feels like my first double up live in a year.

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Fanny Packs

If they are wearing one they are prolly British and here for the fight

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MGM

Just walked over here figures I could find some drunk Brits here for
the boxing match this weekend.

Yikes

I don't really keep up with all that much of the politics having to do with playing online but it seems some of the states are putting stuff into place. Kinda crazy cause MN and WI basically have the same "laws" concerning all of it and it may be getting worse.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) today announced that it has served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites. Online gambling is illegal in all U.S. states.

Written notice was served to AT&T Internet Services, San Antonio; Charter Communications, St. Louis; Comcast Cable, Moorestown, N.J.; Direct TV, Los Angeles; Dish Network, Englewood., Colo.; Embarq and Sprint/Nextel, both of Overland Park, Kan.; Frontier Communications, Stamford, Conn.; Qwest, Denver; Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, N.J.; and Wildblue Communications, Greenwood Village, Colo.

“We are putting site operators and Minnesota online gamblers on notice and in advance,” says John Willems, director of AGED. “Disruption of these sites’ cash flow will negatively impact their business models. State residents with online escrow accounts should be aware that access to their accounts may be jeopardized and their funds in peril.”

Believed the first attempt by a state to employ this federal statute to restrict access to online gambling sites, the letters cites U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1084, (d); notices were delivered Mon., April 27. Congress enacted the statute in 1961 in recognition of the need for states to control illegal gambling activities and granted authority for use of the statue to state law enforcement agencies.

Response from the notified ISPs is expected within two to three weeks, at which time issues of non-compliance will be referred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Acknowledging the effort as an initial sample, Willems anticipates the program expanding to address thousands of sites, depending on compliance. He notes that the required technology to restrict geographic access to particular sites is a relatively straightforward procedure on the part of service providers.

In the written notices, AGED also provided the sites’ telephone numbers and requested access to those numbers by Minnesotans to be prohibited. For more than two decades, telecoms have shut down telephone numbers at the request of law enforcement agencies when believed to be involved in illegal activities, such as sports book-making telephone numbers.

“In Minnesota, and for Minnesotans, the primary issues are legality, state self-governance and accountability,” says Willems. “In broader context, the long-running debate on online gambling continues to raise significant issues, including absence of policy and regulation, individual rights, societal impact, international fair-trade practices, and funding for criminal and terrorist organizations.”

5AM Wings

Smoking/Equity/Poker

So yesterday Brian and Ace came over around like 5pm. Brian didn't end up leaving until about 3AM and Ace an hour or two before that. I was playing in satellites for the WSOP most of the afternoon until like midnight for some reason and those were going fairly well. I ran pretty bad in as a whole but definitely played good in them. So I started to play 100NL again the other night as I'm just sick of the 50NL. I'm sick of playing a limit I've crushed before. I'm sick of the smaller bets/losses/profits. It's hard to take it all seriously when I'd continually be up or down $37 or something like that. Anyways....here's my graph from last night on my laptop obviously.


Now....The top line is "All In EV" while the lower bottom line is my overall profits. Basically the top line is my equity aka how good/bad I run when all of our money gets all in before the river. So....Last night was basically ridiculous. I was down like $450 in 800 hands when I basically should have been even. This line is probably what can be referred to the most when you hear people saying they're running bad or good if they actually understand. I guess running good can mean catching good cards but that doesn't matter so much when you put in so many hands and are a good player. I don't pay much attention to this line however because I pretty much like to live by "unlucky" and "it is what it is" and there's no reason to add another "line" into the equation to be pissed about when the line which means the most is still in the red regardless of how well you ran. I guess I'll start to include this other line in future graphs just to give some indication of how things are going along with the swings.

Graphs like that lead me to run to the gas station to get cigarettes.....my bad. I also pretty much did the opposite concerning live/online poker and kept at it online. I guess it's more of a challenge for me right now and I'd really like to breakthrough this streak and get to where I need to be.

I don't have anything going on this week so maybe I'll add in some live play although I might as well try and get as many hands in for the rest of the month since it's my biggest volume month ever and points are really starting to rack up.

Epicurean Affair/Stoneys/Golf/Poker

Yesterday Brian, his friend Mike, and I went golfing. It wasn't as hot as I thought it was going to be since we had one huge cloud over us the whole day but I did get a little burnt. It also was pretty windy and today I can just feel my face dried out from it. I shot a 93 which is really good considering the wind and all. I had one 9 on one of the last wholes which was a par 5 straight into the wind and it was ridiculous. Brian's friend Mike is the director of food and beverage at Four Seasons in LA and had an extra ticket to the Epicurean Affair that Brian and him were going to so I joined in the festivities. Umm....I'll just post a link to what it is.

http://www.nvrestaurants.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=5

It was pretty good....I basically ran around and ate whatever was placed in front of me. Lamb chops were probably the best thing I came across and I think I actually had 3 of them. It was a pretty good time but it didn't last half as long as I thought it was going to. We also didn't discover the third level of it until most of the stuff was closed down...although I was stuffed by time we got that far. I'd go again, I would never pay $150 for a ticket though.

After this we went to Stoney's which is pretty much a big western type of bar. It was the 3 of us and 2 girls that Mike worked with at the LA Four Seasons. I've been told about this place for awhile but we never actually had gone before. I'm pretty sure I discovered where all the regular people from Las Vegas go and hang out. I also saw more people line dancing at one time in my whole life. It's kind of weird cause I couldn't hear shit besides the next honky tonk song and my throats fucked up from screaming at Brian trying to have a conversation....not sure how it is earlier in the night.

I've been laying around all day since I took Brian and Mike back to Brians car since we cabbed it from honky tonk central last night. I decided to put some hands in online since I said I was taking the whole weekend off haha. Tomorrow I'm waking up halfway early to play in my VIP tournaments and Ace is planning on coming over at the same time to get in a bunch of hands so who knows maybe I'll keep trucking since it's the weekend and maybe I can get out of this dumb stretch like I started to tonight.....that's it for now.

6/5 Stars

Strawberry Shortcake for the win. Red Velvet close second at 5.5 Stars.

Bunnies

All over the golf course

Hooters/Poker....

I went to Hooters cause I wasn't up for anything in the house and figured it's the closest thing to me. Umm...first they asked me how old I was after I asked to put in a to go order at the bar?!? I mean.....really? I mean maybe I look like I'm just trying to go into the place to oogle at the girls but whatever. I ordered 10 mild wings and a mushroom swiss burger. I give this meal .7 stars out of 10. For some reason my wings were breaded and I'm pretty sure they were plain and the burger was pretty much overcooked.

Poker.....I'm ready to stick nails into my eyeballs. I can't wait for a heater and go on another run cause this is absolutely ridiculous. This weekend I have the weekend tournaments to play and I think that's about all I'm going to try and play online. It's a good thought but at the same time I know it's just a matter of time before things turn around which keeps me plugging away. I'm not sure I've ever had such a long stretch of breakeven poker. So....I may try to just sit in the casino for the next few days and not try to overcompensate there for how online play has been going but who knows. Here's my graph for today...It is what it is.

Soooo

I've played more hands of online poker in April than any other month I ever have in my whole entire life. This is pretty crazy considering I didn't really play the first 6 days all that much. The bad part of all of this is I'm running ridiculous breakeven. I'm pretty sure my laptop is rigged. I'm making like $8/hr on my laptop haha. I think I've started getting a little to....something. I'm leaking money in certain spots and I kind of want to blame it on doing so well before this stretch started to happened. I feel like I kind of went on auto pilot and figured that since I'm king of the castle they will just lay down and not give me problems. Well....that plan usually fails pretty quickly and it's becoming pretty evident I need to make a few adjustments. For one I should probably quit playing on my laptop. I think I need to pay more attention and maybe cut down on tables...so that's the plan. The good thing is I've made over $1k just in points alone which is why either way it's always a good thing to put the time in because it helps having that kick back when the normal part of my playing is going the greatest. Besides that I have this really bad itch to get back in the casinos and start putting in hours there. I think I just got caught up in playing online since it was going so well, so now maybe it's time for a break and built up the cashroll.

Ummmmm......Some randomness

1. Golfing on Thursday w/ Brian and his buddy that's driving in from LA. It's supposed to be 92 degrees I'm told. Hopefully everyone makes it through the round and noone faints in the desert.

2. I just paid my car insurance. My insurance went down like $140 due to turning 25. I paid it online and had to change my address through the site and it went down like another $60 I guess cause I moved out of the ghetto?!?

3. I'm finally not sore. We decided to pass on raquetball until we are finished with our golf outting so I'd be able to function.

4. I guess I don't have much.....I hope they cash my checks for taxes soon so I can situate my accounts and get my money straight.

5. That's it.....shit I'm boring I should go run around the strip and find some craziness.

4th Meal

Grindhouse 3.5

Dinner

First crock pot episode. Brian gives rave reviews.

Last Night/Break

Last night I stayed in all night after getting some groceries in the morning. There wasn't any promotion announced so who knows what the chatter was all about. Here's my graph from last night since I passed out. It was a fun time obviously.



Here's my graph from today so far....


I'm going to go walk over to the MGM and play for awhile. Just to get out of the house and I need to take out the trash. Gotta figure out away to find an updip somehow. I promise not to try and bluff any chicks this session. shesh

Loooong Day

So, Brian ended up coming over at 10PM Thursday night....I lost money. Brian and I finally went bowling for a little bit. We picked up some beer and came back to my house to keep grinding away................Ummm somehow 9-10AM rolled around and Ace came by to play.......Then 3PM rolled around and we went to Happy Hour.....Then we came home and I guess I passed out while they kept playing. I woke up at 7PM and Brian was still playing and was about to leave. I'm sore as hell right now from bowling I guess. I slept till like 9AM after I woke up at 11PM and watched some TV in bed. I may have indulged in a few to many high lifes but whatever at least they made me sleep good. I think today I'm going to be sitting around and resting. Like I said I'm pretty sore and don't feel like doing much. I'm going to start putting in hands. There's some chatter in the poker forums that there may be a double points coming up tonight so I'm pretty pumped about that. It'd be crazy if it was for a whole week again. Anyways......here's my graph from the time Brian stopped by until I eventually passed out.

Not Happy

I assume the pizza didn't change his luck. Lots of negative thoughts
and feelings spewing from the recliner.

5:47AM

A snack for Brian and I as we continue to figure out how to win money
online.

Sooo

Ummm.....Yeah so I had a whole thing typed and accidentally clicked on a link and it vanished. This pretty much sums up my last few days haha. Anyways....here's the short version.

1. Hit 90 golf balls....pretty windy out. I forgot you have to hit off mats unless you wanna pay $4 to hit off the grass. I don't like mats but I also don't like paying for the use of grass.

2. Went to Venetian. Got cute against a chick. Lost $198. I hate playing against chicks. I especially hate playing against ones that aren't nervous or timid. I hate when they act or even know what's going on. I got owned, I hit the top of her range, she encountered the bottom of mine haha.

3. Walked to Caesars. I found a good game but couldn't get into any of the action. I won $38.

4. Walked back to Venetian and picked up some dinner to bring home.

5. Brian came over and we're both playing online. I'm running bad. I don't want to complain about it, hopefully it just seems super bad due to expecting to win and never really running all that bad. Sticking it out at 50NL until I'm out of this funk. Hopefully it's done soon so I can get back to winning.....

6.

7. I think I'm going to go bowling. I haven't done that for awhile. Doesn't seem like a much better time to go do it then now.

Dinner

Chicken parmesean from Grand Lux at the Venetian. The best ever and
enough for 4 meals, can't beat it for being comped.

Nice Ring

Wouldn't mind telling her that her ring is ugly and she should get
some more money.

Men

The Master....what a creepy old Asian man. I've seen him do a farmer
blow underneath a poker table before.

Break Time

I can't win 2 hands in a row it seems like. I can feel 2 leaks floating around in the back of my mind. First I need to quit fucking around on paired boards and the other is fucking around with someone when they show aggression when I'm either stuck making a hero call or am crushed. I've been getting myself in a dumb spot where I get raised on the flop and call with an overpair and then call on the turn and fold to a shove on the river. I should be folding earlier or at least raise somewhere myself. It seems like after I have a good run for days/weeks in a row I get a little high on myself and start thinking there's no way I could possibly be beat. I gotta start folding in dumb spots a little more and feel good about it instead of being curious just cause of a little downswing shesh. It don't take much for me to make a hero call especially when I move down to 50NL but I gotta stop for obvious reasons.....Ummm a little session here. I never completely stacked someone for a whole stack while I got stacked twice. Once when they turned a gutter on AA52 w/ 34 vs my AQ and I got it in allin on 8910cc w/ 89dd against AJcc and lost.



Gonna head to the driving range to get out of the house for a bit and probably go play live and get off of Pokerstars for a bit.

4/15 Report

Not much to report...I was kind of out of it all day and was going to take the day off from playing. I didn't go to bed until like 7am after a dozen of high life's and a badass hash and eggs breakfast from Blueberry Hill. I couldn't really sleep and just was meh all day. I eventually landed on the couch and found myself playing online. I grinded 50NL for about 2k hands. I still kind of ran poopy as I shoved into AA and KK a few times. I think I'm going to grind back that $700 at 50NL and get this "run like shit" mode done a level down. It's never a bad thing to get some confidence back beating up players that are that much worse one level down.



No Brewer game today so I'm not sure what I'll do. I think I'm going to put in a 50NL session here and have a pot of coffee. I may go hole up in a few casinos and try to get some cash in my pocket. It feels good having no pressure to play online since my points are all in so I may spend a lot of time playing live this weekend. There's rumors of a double point week coming up on Stars in the near future. This is probably the most ridiculous time of the year for me playing online because I'll pretty much be sitting here drinking coffee all week. The problem is they never announce when its going to be until like minutes before it starts, I just hope it doesn't happen when I'm back home.

Vomit

Nothin to explain. Some spew.....not all that much. Some marginal spots against regulars due to dynamics and what not. Kick in the testicles. Kinda Gross. Can't wait to grind it back. Almost 12k points this month already when I only need 10k points. Going to try to keep up a pace in order to get 200k by end of the year for a free $2k at least.

This Guy

Look out he means serious business. I'm not sure if it's the shades
that intimidate me or the shiny black shirt with a fake vest that has
shinier martini glasses all over. 10 to 1 he has a lisp!??!

4/13 Report

I'm about to head to bed. I headed over to the MGM and booked a nice $285 win. It was pretty much the perfect session. I just picked off $100 stacks and it was just the most straightforward it can get. It's nice to be able to pay attention to the Brewer game on the TV more than the poker game that pays my rent. I left MGM and came home and made something to eat. I put in another session online and it went good. So.....all in all it was a really good day and I could come to enjoy more days like it. Tomorrow I'll clear my points for the month on Stars. It'll be the quickest I ever have gotten that out of the way plus the fact that I have only played in the last week for the most part. Here's the graph of the session I just finished up.



In 10 hours Brian and I are headed back to the raquetball court. I'm still sore from the last time but it's almost a good sore. Just feels like I've done something. A couple more days of this kicking my ass and I'll start working out. I haven't smoked for 3 days now so.....it is what it is.

Lunch Break

I'm going to eat lunch and walk over to MGM and play while the Brewer game is on. Some swings so far today. I jammed 99 into AA once....but I've also gotten people to call off w/ AK when I've had KK twice. KK also dodged 67cc on J45cc. I got check raised by villain 3 way and decided today isn't the day I feel like folding.

Anywho......

Clean Slate/Comfortable/Taxes/Motivated/Gambling/New Year/Hair Cut/Hourly/GrindHouse/Session Length/Ummmm

So I've had a lot of different crazy random things bouncing around in my head lately. I've been thinking a lot about everything and I think today's the day it all needs to be out because today is a clean slate.....soo..

1. Clean Slate - It may be Monday and in the middle of the month but today my taxes are in the mail. This is pretty much what's defined my New Year for the last few years. I don't get a bigger sense of relief then the day these are off in the mail and the checks are cut and out of the way. It's something that creeps in the back of my mind from the first time I realize it's a new year and it just kind of chills there until I get the checks made out. Some may say why not take care of it the first possible day.....well that sounds like a brilliant idea it's just not the way I operate. Also....think about the interest my money made the last 3 months...wiiii..maybe like $12. Another part of the clean slate is my haircut I got a week ago. Getting haircuts are probably the greatest part of my year besides getting my taxes out of the way so it's pretty much a good time right now.

2. Motivated - I've been thinking about the last few months I've been here and kind of realized I wasn't really putting forth much effort. I was finding a lot of time just to hang out on the couch or whatever. These days usually came from either having a really good day or a bad day. I have this sense of motivation and it feels good. I just feel like I re-realized I need to put in the time. I want to move up limits and what not and really get this shit going and there's only way to do that. I also get motivated each time I pay taxes because it usually results in me sending a chunk of money away. It's pretty much the worst part of my year in that regard. It's also motivating for me because I just want to get that money back as quick as possible and get back to where I was. I have this thing where I freak out if the total of all my money gets to a certain level. I've always had a "limit" to where if I fell below it, it pretty much means you need to get the fuck off the couch and make some money or you might as well go get a job. This "limit" isn't being broke....so no worries about that....and I'm not close to it so no worries there. Last year I dipped under it after paying taxes when I was in WI and it was a gross feeling. I was the least motivated I ever was while I lived in WI and the only thing that helped me get back to the grind was dipping under that level after paying taxes because I definitely didn't want to get stuck there working at some job. So...in summary....I feel motivated to get up and get shit done everyday.

3. Hourly/Graphs - I think some of the motivation has to do with realizing my hourly rate. I don't have this pegged exactly but I have a general idea of what it is. It's hard to have an exact since all my playing is across several computers and what not. I feel like when I post graphs especially losing ones they may be misinterpreted. Everyone needs to realizes there's good and bad days and then there will be realllly good and realllly bad days. None of it really phases me anymore...I mean sure losing $900 live at a $1/$2 game the other night made me feel like I got kicked in the crotch. It really don't affect me though. I think losing has more of an effect on me than winning does even after all this time because I've gotten to a place where I expect to win each and every time so when I walk out with 9 less $100 bills I feel pretty gross. At the same time walking out with 9 more $100 bills doesn't really do anything to me. I'm like cool a lot of my bills are paid....then I watch movies for a week haha. That's what needs to stop. I just don't want people thinking this or that whether I say I won or lost $x....cause that don't matter. I make $x an hour, that's what matters. So..I'm pretty motivated to keep looking at it like that and get up in put in the dam hours and not get comfortable.

4. Session Length - I'm not even sure how to talk about this. I have some grand master plan in my head where I need to start going to say Venetian for a bit and hopefully winning $X and then maybe going to HR and do the same and then maybe MGM and repeat it. Ace and I were talking about this and I think it'll work good for me. I think losing $900 the way I did the other night kind of makes me think this is a good idea too. Playing $1/$2 live....I'm not sure how to explain it. It should basically be like printing money. $1/$2 live is like the penny games online. I think I'm going to be trying to keep my sessions like maybe 3-4 hours. Go somewhere else...kind of refresh somewhere else. I'm pissed about the game the other night as far as sitting in it and playing BINGO. I was surrounded by dumb people and that sounds good in theory but...I couldn't do anything but try to make a hand and hope it was better than whatever shit they had. I wasn't in control of the game, I was sitting there feeling miserable. I realized how bad they were but there really was nothing I could do especially playing deep and it just adds variance which I don't need since I just wanna make some money and get out. So I think I'm going to be approaching live a bit differently and see how it goes. It felt good going to MGM for 2 hours and leaving +180. If I can do that and go to Venetian and do the same....don't matter to me. We will see..

5. Comfortable - Being comfortable is my biggest fault. It's both Ace's and mine biggest fault. We talked about this the other week and it's crazy how similar we look at this shit. Anytime I'm above said money "limit" I'm comfortable. This leads to me not putting in time or effort. I know I have my stuff taken care of and I don't need to stress about this or that. I don't know why I'm like this but I think that's a big part of what I want to change. If I'm doing this I might as well try to make the most of it and not be in the same situation year after year. You'd think Ace and I would motivate each other...I'm pretty sure over the years we've done the opposite and instead realized we both had good days within an hour so we'd play video games or drink beer and quit playing for the day. I have no idea if we could explain to anyone else but it seems perfectly normal to the both of us. So we try to change this by forming.....

6. GrindHouse - I guess this is the name of my place. Ace comes over with his lunch bucket and sits here for hours and grinds away. I guess it keeps us both playing and gets our hours in. It's hard for me to sit here and not play while he's sitting here bitching so I eventually realize I should probably start too. So far it's been really helpful in that I've played more hands in the last few weeks then I ever have ever in my whole entire life on this entire world. It's just nice having someone right there to answer questions or just to bitch about it. Once we get Brian over and all 3 of us are grinding who knows what'll happen.

7. Gambling - Since I moved here I haven't gambled for shit. I think I can point out every dollar I've gambled. It's actually pretty amazing and good. Besides my little sports bets that I'll never quit doing I've actually haven't gambled much. I think I lost $100 shooting dice when the guys from Ohio were out here. I lost $200 when I was drunk on NYEVE betting black. Well I think I was down more than that than got even than lost some back so whatever. The first time I lived out here I may have been playing dice/blackjack/baccarat a little to much. I used to love to gamble, somehow it's kind of worn off. I don't think I get the rush from it that normal people do anymore. I guess if the amounts were higher than losing $200 or something than yeah I may get something from it. I'm glad I'm smart enough to not wanna lose $xxxx just so I can feel the rush. I'd like to thank flipping virtual coins on the Internet for $xxxxx. I can't even begin to describe how fuckin crazy and out of control some of the shit I did online was but if it felt right I didn't hesitate to flip that last coin. I wish I could find some screenshots of those moments. I'm just glad I ran well because I probably wouldn't be where I'm at now if the next card wasn't higher than a 4 or lower than a King haha....

8. Ummm - No idea....this has all been bouncing around in my head. I had to get it out. Clean Slates......New Year.....Haircut....Motivated....I have this feeling of being in a good place and realizing I can do things a little better if I just don't get lazy. I just need to put the time in and do what I do.

Now I'm going to go to work........

MGM/Brewers

Would have just had Aces but the dealer flipped one over. Bet 45 on
Brewers at +125 and first pitch not so good.....

Sent from my iPhone

Games Are Good

Last night I put in like 2500 hands. I was up like $220 and ended up down the same. I felt pretty gross about it as the 2nd session was pretty much me overplaying in a marginal spot and then I found an idiot that had a horseshoe and I got KK vs AA for $150 against a regular. So I woke up half feeling like I needed a break, half feeling like I was due. I walked to MGM and put in 2 parlays and walked home since there were only 2 games that didn't look good. I came home and just grinded my ass off. So pumped right now. I also still have a live parlay ticket that pays out $630 for $5. I will hedge it on the Brewer game if things go the way I hope they do. Not sure how much to hedge it for though....always the hard thing.

Illegal

I saw this walking to the MGM before. Usually I don't pay all that
much attention the hooker cards, but as I was waiting to cross the
street this was laying there. This chick is a playboy playmate and I'm
pretty sure she didn't agree to be handed out all day on the strip as
a business card. I'd be looking to sue somebody.

Hard Rock Disaster

So I played at the HR from like 1045-515. I lost $900 and umm....yeah. I'm not really that upset since all of it came from big dumb pots.

1. KK vs A4 on J44cc....I lose
2. AJhh vs K10o on 1065hh....I check shoved this flop for $350ish after the raiser preflop bet $80 and got called $80. I lose.
3. 86 vs 97 on K865.....I lose
4. QQ vs AK...I win 300ish.
5. AJ vs AK...I win 100ish
6. K10ss vs 77 on K107hh......I lose lots.

So anyways there was a dumb kid that looked and reminded me of Spencer from MTV. I hated everything about this kid and I kept losing to him. The final hand listed I lost like $450 to him and it's just a cooler where I can do nothing about it but whatever. I didn't feel good about the game after some time because there was just to many idiots in the game and I had no control over it. I was in the game for $900 fairly quick from the first 2 hands listed. I basically had to start playing bingo when I got back to $600 and it really isn't how I like to play. The game was playing quite bigger than a normal $1/2 game and the bets on the flop and turn were getting obnoxious. Basically you make a hand and hope for the best....I didn't hope for much. I regret nothing I did last night as far as playing wise but I'm beginning to think playing long sessions and playing deep while having to play bingo isn't my forte. I'll make another post later about random stuff going on in my head.

I'm ridiculously sore today I just woke up at 3pm and am laying here all day/night, I know this already. I'm just gonna bomb away on the internet and watch the Brewer game. Let this $900 get out of my head throughout the day....blah. Oh....so for most of the night I sat next to Macy Gray. This was not something I wanted to do in my life but she was nice. It's amazing to me how many people don't think about randomly walking up and asking for autographs or pictures. One chick was dressed up in a decent shirt and had her sign it all over the back and it just doesn't make sense. Macy turned down a picture with one of the HR dealers but I couldn't quite hear the excuse as to why. She played for a long time and eventually just got up and left w/o saying anything. Drunk asses were reciting her lyrics and it made me feel bad for her.......onto the couch and the Brewer game.

Macy Gray

Plating poker at the Hard Rock.

Raquetball/Poker

I woke up at 11AM and went to some rec. center with Brian to play raquetball. I was winded by time we were done with the 8th point. We only played 2 games until we headed out. It felt good to be running around but I'm definitely out of shape. Hopefully over the next few weeks I start working out and keep at it.

I came home and played a session while I watched the Brewer game everything went pretty well. I took a nap after the Brewer game and just played another session. Pretty good day so far for only winning at showdown 45% of the time. I'm playing somewhat differently and I really like it. I'll address this one of these nights but for now I have nothing to complain about.



I'm going to eat a little something here and shower and head out to play live. I was planning on maybe going to Venetian/MGM/Hard Rock and trying to win like $200 at each. I may start that process another night as Ricks Cabaret(strip club) is holding a tournament at Hard Rock right now so the games are probably going to be pretty good. I was going to try to get to all 3 because of some thought I had the other day while I was playing but I'll address that soon too. Hopefully the night continues to go well.

4/9 Report

I just finished up for the day....First graph is from my first morning session on my desktop and the second one is from when Ace was over and the one that just finished. Kind of funny that both end with losses, both were pretty standard normal, just sucks being ready to shut it down for a break and then BINK! there goes $100. Time for a nap and I guess I get to wake up to go play raquetball.

MGM/Target

I finished up $162 after playing just over 2 hours. Pretty standard stuff all around and never really got into to big of pot, just made a few hands and bet enough for the idiots to call with their shit hands. I got them to turn Brewer game on the TV I was closest to again but that wasn't all to entertaining either. The last 2 nights I've probably missed an inning each night and it kinda irks me. I ask whoever looks to be the most competent and in charge to turn the game on as soon as I take my seat. This appears to be a huge hassle because they keep telling me when they have time or they need to make sure noone is watching whatever pointless shit is on currently. So while I miss the game I see them running around doing nothing and I've actually gone and asked the 2nd most competent person hoping they could indeed finish the job. Last night I even went into the sportsbook and asked what channel the game was on because the guy couldn't figure it out himself.

After I finished up I walked back and jumped straight into my car and headed to Target. I went over there and dropped $125. I pretty much got everything I said I needed earlier but I decided to get myself a crock pot too. I also got a bath rug for in front of my tub since my mom has told me to get one every other day since I moved into my new place. She has decided that her 25 year old son is not capable of getting in and out of the shower without slipping and cracking his head. I have not done this in 25 years but I figured I'd spend $12 and have that question removed from the daily questionaire. She also believes it'll make it more cozy and lessen the amount of echos. I have no fuckin idea.....

I just got done using the new Foreman for the first time. I think my old Hamilton Beach grill was far better, but that just may be me not wanting to stick money into Mr Foreman's pockets. I was kind of freaking out before because I tried starting the stove top to heat up some corn and potatoes and for some the burners wouldn't light. I had no idea what was going on but then I kind of got one to light and it went out. I then figured I needed to try it again after 3 minutes so I rinsed some dishes off and felt like the water wasn't getting warm?!? I figured I'd call manager in the morning to figure it out. I went and got the mail and figured maybe the time it took me to go downstairs would change everything and sure enough. Next time I tried everything lit up and then my water got hot in like seconds. Who the hell knows.....maybe I'm losing it.

I'm going to put in another session online while I lay on the couch here. I'll probably watch some Jay Leno and try to unwind before I try to pass out. Tomorrow Brian and I are playing raquetball at noon. We've talked about it for a bit and Brian went and reserved a court for us somewhere around his complex. I'm kind of nervous since I haven't done anything like this for awhile, but welcome the exercise as I'm going to start working out again. I'm pretty sure the activity will allow me to realize I haven't actually quit smoking. The day will be a success if I don't have a heart attack or puke on the court. I told Brian if I win he has to go to the Bellagio Buffet with me this weekend. This is a huge thing since Brian claims he hasn't been to a buffet in the 14 months he's lived here. I imagine Brian and I will cap off the raquetball session with some beer since the Brewers and Cubs play at 1PM. Hopefully I wake up early enough to go get in a parlay since there's 15 games.

Pool Boy

He apparently had a great time at the pool today. Guess pool parties
aren't the same in Sweden.

Repeat

Got 3k hands in online already today. Down like $200. Ace needed to go
run some errands so walked back to MGM foe Brewer game. Sit here for
awhile and probably run to Target and pick up some stuff. I want to
get another session in at least one more session online to get to 5k
points for the month. That's half of what I need to retain my status
on Stars, which is pretty good for only playing a few days so far or
re month.

Husband/wife combo......oh boy. She keeps saying she can get away with
so much cause she's a woman. I really hope she believes that she can
make me think she has AQ when she has 88, since that's one example
she's decided to let the table know about. Won't be long till I tell
her to quit talking about her home game and their 14g clay
chips......yawn.

4/8 Report

Yesterday I woke up around 10AM and wanted to get everything in my place squared away. I ran to Walmart and spent $125 stocking up the fridge with some food. I need to buy a Foreman type of grill so I can cook some shit since I'm not allowed to have a regular one on my porch. After that I came back and did all my laundry and the dishes and just picked up around here. I then finished the paperwork part of my taxes and just need to mail them in after I get some envelopes big enough which will be a chore for today. I walked over to MGM and put in an 8 team parlay which was dead after the first game on the ticket. I put in my first session online after that was taken care of and it was pretty boring for the most part.


(You can click on graph picture to make it bigger/clearer)

I ate some food and then walked back over to the MGM to watch the Brewer game and decided to play since it'd be dumb not to make some cash while enjoying the game. I played 5 hours and won $326 and walked back home at about 12:30AM. The game was pretty good in a my-opponents-don't-have-a-clue standpoint, but it seemed after a few hours I just wasn't going to be getting the action I wanted and there were almost to many idiots surrounding me to the point it turned into a game of bingo.

Just woke up about 10AM again. I got a pot of coffee brewing as I didn't sleep the greatest. I'll be putting in a session online and then may go pick up Foreman grill, envelopes, maybe a scale, and some white out to clear up my one oops on my taxes. Brewers play at 4PM and I'll probably head back to MGM to watch that unless its on my TV. Brian found out that they are giving a MLB Package preview on our cable but the game may be blacked out since they are playing SanFran. We will see what comes of this day.

Go Brewers!

Break/MGM/Brewers

Just got done playing online for a bit. Decided to walk to MGM for
second time today so I could watch the Brewers. Figured I should play
while watching just on case there are idiots around and sure enough.
Nothing like someone talking about what Doyle recommends to do while
playing so noone can catch on to what you are doing. Also wants to
call all the old ladies raises cause he just needs to make a straight
or flush and he beats her JJ+.

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Bar Louie

Pot Roast Sliders for late dinner and $3 Sam Adams.