Sunday, October 09, 2005

Mommy, Wow! I'm a Big Kid Now


It was a week of firsts, most notably, my first phone interview (stay tuned for details on that) and my first hold 'em tournament in a casino. Actually, I won a three-hour high-hand limit tournament at the Luxor when I first started playing a couple years ago, but that doesn't count because it was limit.

The tourney I played recently at Bay 101 was a real tournament with a real buy-in and I really lost my ass. I placed in the top half. Even though I didn't play like a complete idiot, there were a few times when I should have thought more about the hands I was calling the big blind with and been better prepared for a raise or possible all-in. By the time I had to move tables, my chip count was high and I was getting decent hands so I came in swinging. Not a good idea. I need more practice with live games. Playing online so much has obviously warped my brain.

Other than a major ass-beating, I also enjoyed some quality time in San Francisco this weekend. My companion and I stumbled upon a National Day celebration in Chinatown after a mid-afternoon lunch, and I took some pictures (still looking for a good image display program).



Comments:
great...thanks for the photos...

a grand reminder how much i love to take showers...i will be slapping some hippies, thanks for the idea! :)

check out flickr for your photos.

I go almost weekly to a local casino and play in their weekly $10k guarantee tournament. I think I've been about 7 or 8 times and each time I get better, but live players are much different from internet players for sure. I think part of that is due to the internet having more new players. Casino players are the same dudes that have played everyday for the past 20 years. Some have started to recognize me and I guess I'm getting "street cred" when I play now. They don't see me as dead money anymore, at least not as much. (oh yeah, still haven't placed, but I'm going today in about 3 hours)

Where are the photos of the famous bath houses? Come on platkat, it's Monday we need to see some random nudity.

san fransisco sucks. don't tell my cousin I said that.

Mountain View, CA? do you work for Google? (If so, pleeeease get me a job there!)


and blackpeopleloveus.com, lol... funnays.

Geez, EVERYBODY is playing Hold 'Em now, what the heck?

Remember to use more patience in the live game then on the internet and you'll do fine.

you know who I hate? the suicide girls.

"hey, here's a porn site pretending to be "art" but really offering nothing more than a bunch of fat rockabilly chicks showing their gineys, great!"

You might want to try www.kodakgallery.com for your photos.

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