I played at the Rio last night. When I was directed to a table, the only seat open was #2, so I took it. Good thing. It was so advantageous that in retrospect I'm astonished that nobody else there moved to it when it became available.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Let's count the mistakes
Posted by Rakewell at 4:57 PM 6 comments
Labels: card protector, drunks, rio, rules
Miscellaneous links
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Labels: news
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Out of court
Jury duty ended for me yesterday. Case submitted to jury at about 4:30 pm. I was designated as an alternate, and none of the regular jurors had been absent, so I was not to be included in deliberations unless one of them had some emergency and couldn't finish participation in the deliberations. They decided to go home and start fresh in the morning.
Posted by Rakewell at 3:18 PM 4 comments
Labels: me
How did I not make this list?
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/189/thats-what-she-said/top-10-hottest-guys-poker-1121453/
Posted by Rakewell at 3:06 PM 1 comments
Four royal flushes in one hand
A story from TBC's blog, here.
an interesting thing in the eldorado [in Reno] the other morning, and a dealer ended up getting fired. i wasnt at the table but i could hear em on the other table. (i was in the NL game before it broke for the morning tourney, and this was at the STUD table.) seems while the players (all 4 of them) were taking a break, the dealer thought it would be funny to setup the deck to give all 4 the royal flush. essentially no one would be getting hurt, and all get back their money. now everything was going according to plan, and suddenly one old man was screaming how he had a royal flush and wanted his money. the other players told him they ALL had the royal, and i dont know if he was senile, or didnt believe them, but he insisted the floor call gaming, and it seems he eventually got paid and the dealer got fired. i know it seems hard to believe but if u come here u will find out its true. lots of witnesses even dealers at other casinos know about it.
Posted by Rakewell at 1:50 AM 1 comments
Labels: dealers, jackpots, other blogs
Monday, October 31, 2011
On trial
I had to report for jury duty this morning. I thought that most likely I would be dismissed and life would go on, but I ended up being empaneled. So life kind of goes on hold for the next several days.
Posted by Rakewell at 8:19 PM 1 comments
Labels: me
Poker gems, #442
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Posted by Rakewell at 8:18 PM 0 comments
Labels: gems
Verbal is binding. Or not.
Late last night I was playing at the Golden Nugget with two friends. Poker Lawyer was on my left, Jen across the table. (The ladies love me, ya know. P.L. even dropped trou for me before she left town. OK, it was via Twitter, but it still counts.)
cash game rules vary, I can guarantee you I am charging him something to get him to stop this angle, probably size of turn bet.in tournaments the @PokerTDA has added a rule for conditional statements so we have latitude to make him call your whole bet.
47: Conditional StatementsConditional statements regarding future action are strongly discouraged; they may be binding and/or subject to penalty. Example: “if – then” statements such as "If you bet, then I will raise”.
Posted by Rakewell at 12:08 AM 5 comments
Labels: golden nugget, rules