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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

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The Power of Negative Thinking

Started by jawngee · 1 year ago

I should have known that writing an article about sliding into the gutter was a signal that today in Atlantic City was going to be a total wreck.

In some ways it actually worked out well for me - if you look beyond the $800 hit to my bankroll - because it put me right in [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Wes

    1 year ago

    Haha. Pritesh.

    I'm not sure that $20/flop at 2/5 is really out of hand. I mean, I'm used to standard 1/2 preflop raises being 10-15 in live games, so any preflop raise at 2/5 should be to 20 or more. Yes, it's annoying when one guy is constantly raising preflop with anything, but it's not a terrible spot to be in, and, like you said, sometimes it just takes stepping back from being annoyed and realizing that it's a good spot to make some money if you just play it right.
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  • jgmassify

    1 year ago

    Yeah, the raise isn't out of hand, it's a standard sized raise. It's the constant barrage of them that's annoying. But you're right, I totally let myself get sucked into his action when I should have pulled myself back and let him run his course.
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  • Dong Khee

    1 year ago

    Fuck the Borgata.
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  • jgmassify

    1 year ago

    I'm hitting a game here in the city tonight.

    But I most certainly have been looking at apartments in vegas. For what I spend at the MGM, I can get a 4 bedroom house with a fucking hot tub.
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  • Dong Khee

    1 year ago

    Get a condo near the strip.
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  • Wes

    1 year ago

    Yeah, house rentals in Vegas are dirt-cheap.

    I feel out of the loop as far as games here in the city go. I've been hitting Riverside Club here and there, but it's a royal bitch to get to and from, plus they don't often have a ton of action. I've taken some time off to correct some...mechanical issues...and now I'm ready to really get going.
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  • Dong Khee

    1 year ago

    Your description of the degenerate reminded me of another great (but sad) degenerate story... I once played at a table with a guy drinking, pushing all his chips in recklessly, unable to socialize unless it was to berate someone for sucking out or talking too much. He was mumbling to himself the whole time. Finally, he admitted he had been playing straight for the past month after his wife died. He said he tried to commit suicide but failed. He babbled on and on about how he wanted to die and was sunk for 100k over the last month.

    It was terrible. I could tell some of the other players were looking at him like he was the biggest fish. Meanwhile, I didn't want to send him tilting to the wrong end of a pistol barrel. It was a real moral dilemma. I actually told him he should go home, that poker wasn't going to bring his wife back. Don't know if it had any effect on him but I got up and never saw him at that poker room again.
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  • Rich

    1 year ago

    Nice post. Yep, i'm hitting A.C.(WITH GPS) again on Thursday June 26th after my court date(for the speeding ticket). Let me know who's up for it!
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  • dimarco

    1 year ago

    Rich, I have a little experience w/ tickets on the way to AC.
    Got caught once w/ suspended license, no registration, no insurance.
    fun.
    If you are headed to court in Galloway-- enjoy. Bring a camera, a pad.
    You'll see more cracks hos is Fila suits and toothless wifebeater domestic abusers
    than you have in a while. Hopefully uyou'll be a little further up the coast.
    Having done that trip w/ u before... I'm really surprised you were speeding...
    at such low speeds. good luck
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  • Rich

    1 year ago

    Whew! http://www.carinsurance.com/kb/content15135.aspx
    Weird, i got 6 letters in the mail from lawyers looking to represent me next week!
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