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    • Brilliant essay. Many many thanks for putting what many of us go through so eloquently into words.

      3 weeks ago by Rann

      in Running Bad

    • I also go to poker to change my mood.

      1 month ago by Designer Sunglasses

      in Upping The Game

    • I highly recommend the book "Boardwalk of Dreams" by Bryant Simon. It's an illuminating social history of Atlantic City.

      9 months ago by Chris Hiester

      in Filthy Dirty

    • that is a fantastically vivid trip report. it conjures up some awkward memories of idiiotically long sessions for me. having a bad run (like your AA hand but repeated over and over with different...

      11 months ago by moreno

      in Filthy Dirty

    • You really do have a knack for painting a picture. I could imagine the scene vividly. sorry about the ugly beat. I would blame it on DK. Fucker does that to me all the time. Always has to do his...

      11 months ago by aceten

      in Filthy Dirty

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Started by jawngee · 11 months ago

I wish I could take a bath in Purell™.  I’m standing on the end of a two day session of filthy dirt in the mecca of degenerates- Atlantic City - and still trying to make sense of it all.

We’re on the Atlantic City Expressway when the AC skyline comes to view over the horizon.  Half [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • See-ming Lee

    11 months ago

    Who knew that poker playing can inspire such fantastic story telling.
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  • iflyhigh

    11 months ago

    Thanks :)
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  • Wes

    11 months ago

    The Taj room is full of people like that. I've never had a pleasant experience there. The dealers have no control and the players are jackasses.

    In that situation, of course you can't fold AA. You're 77% to chop, 2% to win pre-flop. And even though your reads were dead-on, you can't defend a hand against an idiot. Poker is a game of logic and luck, and people like Thug Donkey don't have the logic part. Chalk it up, and know you played it right. It will bear out.
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  • iflyhigh

    11 months ago

    Absolutely. I would make the same move again, but I am satisfied with the fact I knew I was in a fucked situation. I love those moments of pure clarity.
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  • aceten

    11 months ago

    You really do have a knack for painting a picture. I could imagine the scene vividly. sorry about the ugly beat. I would blame it on DK. Fucker does that to me all the time. Always has to do his own thing. Why can't he just show a little solidarity, you know? :) If he had just left the table when you were ready, you'd be laughin'.

    Eh, it's always that "one more hand" that does it to you, but the only thing is it's not always a bad result. Sometimes it's that fantastic result, the hand of the night. That's why poker's a fucking addicting rush.
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  • moreno

    11 months ago

    that is a fantastically vivid trip report. it conjures up some awkward memories of idiiotically long sessions for me.
    having a bad run (like your AA hand but repeated over and over with different characters and different high value hands in seemingly great spots) when you already know you've stayed too long is especially grueling. because the anger is ultimately aimed at yourself, and you wonder if you'll ever completely learn how to leave when you're up. if you are in fact just gambling, enacting some harried impulse, and not PLAYING poker. having even one out of 10 sessions turn into a bleary eyed marathon is too much. for me the ugliness of the situation seems enough to want to avoid it at all costs in the future, it is ususally bad for the bankroll, but the problem is i can actually stay up and focused for a longass time, until it's suddenly too late and i fall off the cliff. easy to avoid in theory... anyway the thug donk brings up some new ideas for shirts.... NICE HAND SIR... maybe with a nice A 2, or 8 10 below, or I SOLD MY MOM FOR A FLUSH DRAW, YOU'R / I'M DRAWING DEAD, I DON'T CHOP, OUTS ARE FOR SISSIES.... all from recent observations. also it's amazing you were so dead on about the BBs' AA, because
    in that kind of game i see so many people, especially in the "late" am, push with KK or even QQ there, not really thinking about your hand, just being happy to finally see a hand themselves and throwing out some aggro. but you are right to see the bright spot-- having that moment of clarity in a hectic environment is a good sign. enduring some hideously shitty loss with a sense of humor seems to be the key. again.. easy in theory
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  • Chris Hiester

    9 months ago

    I highly recommend the book "Boardwalk of Dreams" by Bryant Simon. It's an illuminating social history of Atlantic City.
    reply

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