End of an Era

Easiest promotion ever:





I was reading company Corporate computer use policy:

"You must not use computer equipment, under any circumstances, to engage in online gaming. Even sites accessible without a download are prohibited. "

I finally have to learn how the other half lives.

Hat tip to MiamiDon for sending the video above. I could almost smell the fear in the message.

I will have to set dvr for game Thursday, this working and west coast living has it's downside. Demon child went right to heart of matter last night when I told family about job: "You are going to have to talk on job, bwahahaha" . I talk more than Waffles, but not a lot more during previous workdays unless I was leading a specification or design review.

I did confirm I am 1st U.S. citizen at job, may have to learn to appreciate hockey. Luckily now that games are broadcast in Hi-Def it is watchable on TV

Brian Westbrook is smarter than Hines Ward

But Villanova vs UGa told you that already. I had Westbrook on a fantasy football roster when he slid down at 2 rather than scoring which iced a game for the Eagles and for my fantasy opponent. Hines not so bright in waning seconds of regulation but coin flip bailed Ward out of sleepless night in overtime.

Georgia Tech started their game against Clemson like it was going to be a woodshed game. But realistically they had 3 big plays and not much execution until the last 2 drives.

I interviewed with a company 3 times in July, they did keep me informed that they had not made a decision and there was lots of vacationing in August. Do Canadians get European levels of vacation? I met local business manager and CEO for breakfast, ended up with a flight to Ottawa to meet co-workers early next week. I will still be based in Santa Clara and most of my work will be on West Coast plus Arizona. I did not check to see if I ever have to go to Nevada but it would seem to be part of territory.

I have the best friends

An email received today:

Dear good friend,

Good day, how are you today? I am writing to inform you that I have
paid the fee for your Cheque Draft. And I went to the bank to confirm
if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Ahmed Zafa
the Director of Financial Trust Bank told me that before the cheque
will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $1,500,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to
cash payment to avoid loosing this Funds. However, all the necessary
arrangement of delivering the $1,500,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS
in cash was made with GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY here in Cotonou
Benin Republic,

It is so nice that my friend managed to cash a check payable to me before it expired.
As I was typing this blog post I received a 2nd email it contained above text plus:

Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Financial Trust Bank Cotonou has to
package the sum of $1,500,000.00 USD in cash for me. Then he also
agreed to help me to register the Consignment with GLOBAL TRUST
COURIER COMPANY. Infact I thank God very much for all the movement I
made, every thing goes normally. As for our agreement with the Global Trust Courier Company they
promised that your consignment will leave this Country on Monday next
week, But the Director of the GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY said that
they need your contacts information’s to able them meet up with you
immediately the Diplomat Agent arrived to your Country. Please write a
letter of application to the given address below.

ATTN: Mr.Terry Cool
TEl: 00229 98540624
EMAIL :( removed)
Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country withYour BOX .This is what they need from you.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3. YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4. YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
5. A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE

Please make sure you send this needed information to theDirector General of Global Trust Courier Company Mr.Terry Cool with
the address given to you Note. The Global Trust courier company doesn’t know the contents of
the Box. I registered it as a BOX of an Africa cloth. They don't know
it contents money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t
let them know that is money that is in that Box, Again do let them to
find out the box contain cash for i simply register it as an African
Cloth ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

You can even call theDirector of Global Trust Courier company with this line: 00229 98540624 ( email removed )
Thanks and Remain Blessed.

Alhaji Barka

This explains so much. After 1st email I was concerned that bank had cashed my check for someone else. (I like Fuel misplace $1.5M all the time). 2nd email clarified a lot of things as I can now get my money back.

Still I am left wondering.

1) Was sending 2 emails intentional or was this a bad cut and paste on 1st attempt?

2) How many people really fall for this each year?

3) Would Waffles break even if he responded to 100 of these emails?

Feeling old

Demon child started high school. She decided to take German because one of the neighbors encouraged it and is one of the German teachers at DC's school and would be willing to help. This weekend she had a homework assignment to translate several sentences.

She was really struggling with 1 word in 4th sentence so I looked up "isst" and learned it meant "eat". Daughter was suspicous of how I could be so sure until she quickly manuevered to see screen and saw I was on "secret web-site". She immediately wanted url and I acting under wife's instructions refused to provide. Teacher had instructed not to use web as there were sites that would translate whole paragraphs. (Yes secret web site will). Daughter went on full blown monkey tilt that I did not provide resource to help with her education.

I went with "wife told me not to reveal, but if she says it is okay when she gets back I will share" defense. In interim daughter did revisit 4 times for final 2 sentences for me to look up words in "secret web site". "Attraktiv" would have to confirm that daughter goes to site too easily.

Tomorrow we go old school and get daughter a German to English book at Borders. Wife did not approve reveal of site. I give daughter 2 weeks until she finds site.

Friday I got 2 phone calls from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Due to the death of Ted Kennedy they are at 59 which is not filibuster proof and they wanted me to contribute $500 to the cause of next years Senate elections.

My 1st response was "Shouldn't you have the common decency to let Senator Kennedy be buried before invoking his name for fundraising?"

I ignored most of prepared script from phone drone the asked.

"I was employed during entire Bush administration and have been unemployed pretty much entire Obama administration so what benefit do I get from more Democratic control?"

After a few more minutes of partisan droning I agreed to donate 5% of my next paycheck and hung up.

10 minutes later she called back, apparently when entering my 'pledge' in the computer system she encountered an error and needed to know exact dollar amount.

I replied "5% of $0 is $0 you stupid cunt if you call back before I get a job I will donate to the Republicans".

My 1st time voting was in the 1980 Massachusetts primary and I registered as a Democrat to vote against Ted because I thought it was wrong for him to challenge the incumbent President of his own party. But it still strikes me as completely tacky to use the death of the remaining Kennedy brother as a fund raising tool.

RIP Ted

Ready for some Football?

Hat tip to John Saunders on ESPN's Sports Reporters for informing me that dedicated dog owning Eagle's Fans can buy the Michael Vick dog jersey.

Demon child starts High School in morning, suddenly I feel old, she is anxious about change. I realized when I took her to orientation that this is only 3rd different school she has enrolled at.

I managed to go to 4 elementary schools, 2 Jr. Highs and 2 High Schools. My goal was not to moved the daughter around as much as my parents moved me. I made a lot of acquaintances but after each move was less likely to develop any close friendships.

Job search is still going slowly but it seems like there are more jobs being advertised.

Nothing much happening on online poker front as I really haven't felt like I was in good mindset, may settle for Silver on FullTilt this month.

Today's Comments

No poker:

I am watching NBC's Today Show as I wait to depart for flight, todays stories and my take.

1) Paula Abdul turned down 30% raise because she wanted 500% raise. I feel her pain in this economy.

2) Snakes, balding, nudity: Which causes you most anxiety? I have to go with snakes and that's just a matter of whether they are poisonous or not.

3) Guide dogs very cool.

Last night wife went on tilt. She saw 2 guys show up in apartment complex (our rent is in $2k range/month). Get out of car, one goes to Asian chicas apartment in adjacent building, other one goes to asian chicas apartment downstairs. Hour later one of the guys is just hanging around on sidewalk, other guy eventually joins him and they leave. A little later another car shows up/ repeat.

Hopefully while I am out of town wife won't get in trouble with someone's pimp.

12th inning, score is 2-2

and the Ray's announcers are still whining about a play from the 8th inning.

Worst part is they acknowledged in the 9th that the umpires made the correct call after it was clarified that it was not a judgment call on where runners were when ball was declared dead. The local ground rules for Rays called for runners position to be set by where they were when ball left 1st player to fields hand. Ball got lodged in an equipment bag in RAYS bullpen and was declared dead.

12th inning Kevin Kennedy is still whining about the "controversial call" and the rule has to be changed.

Being in Bay area I still hear about the "tuck rule", that has not changed, we'll see if Rays make changes to their ground rules but if you have an open bullpen shit happens.

A new record

Today the vaunted Aggression Through Calling that Sunday's on PokerStars brings hit levels that I had not previously encountered.

I exited Turbo Takedown when A8s on CO called my MP raise and rivered flush.

I exited O8 sat with KQJT ds in BB, CO raised 3459 pre, 4 bet me KT6 rainbow flop, 4 bet 3 on turn and proceeded to catch river 3s after 4th bet on turn put me all in.

I played 3 step 2s to WCOOP,

bvb QQ lost to T7, he called off half his chips pre, other half on 996 flop.

Open jammed JJ UTG for 6 BBs, Q6s called from button and rivered Q.

Open Jammed AQs from UTG, CO called 5 BBs with KQo and flopped K.

If someone sees me playing on pokerstars in August remind me of the stupidity please!

Dear bayne_s,
You have requested to partake in PokerStars Responsible Gaming
Self-Exclusion. Your exclusion period will start once you exit all
tables.
Your ability to make deposits and participate in any PokerStars
gaming activity has now been closed for 7 days. You will be able to
regain access after 2009/08/02 23:51 ET.

I have the 1st week under control.

My previous annoyance self exclusion period record was 24 hours.

Not ready to be a 'Poker Pro'

Got a little frustrated late in the evening when on a 2/4 capped PLO table someone called off half a cap pre with QJ88 against my AAQJ ds and was rewarded with a 558 flop (where I had flush draw). If I stick half my stack or cap in pre rest has to go in on almost any flop and that one did not look bad.

When player who hit his QJ88 ran before his next BB I responded by buying in for $300 at $3/$6 because if I spewed it I would still finish the day up. I slowly spewed while trying to get a read on the table and had a lot of flop whiffs when these two hands came up.



http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/multihands.php/id/7901

I hated the turn 8 on the 1st hand. But was happy to get flush draw and gutty draw on flop.

Loved and hated the turn 6 on 2nd hand. Player 4 was a Swede so he has gamble that his top set is good even when he is holding 2 of his redraw cards as well. Adrenaline rush from flopped straight holding postponed my going to sleep a good hour.

I could have bet the flop for a small pot but I hate getting freerolled and I had no redraw. Turn gave me a nut flush redraw so at that point we can see if I am against another flopped straight.

w00t Friday

Not that Friday's mean anything to the unemployed when school is out.

Demon child's BFF came over today, luckily they stayed near pool all day so I had no opportunity to embarass child. I was warned repeatedly of punishment that would come my way should I even think about embarassing. I did make cajun chicken fingers for lunch which BFF liked. The demon child not a big fan of spicy.

Had a call from a recruiter today, saddly response was 'We don't have any openings for people with your skill set right now'. She did also say they were told to take vacations in July if they could as they expected hiring to pick up in August/September.

But I forgot, Friday means payday:

Cleared my IronMan Bonus:

Player ID: bayne_s
Date and Time: 2009-07-10 15:41:27
Transfer Number: xxxxxxx
Amount: 600.00
Status: APPROVED

Full Tilt Poker has made you a payment. The funds are now available in your account.Thank you for playing at Full Tilt Poker.

And got rakeback:

This is an automated message sent from Full Tilt Poker.
Affiliate Username: PalsTransfer
Player ID: bayne_s
Date and Time: 2009-07-10 11:35:57
Transfer Number: xxxxxxx
Amount: 384.68
Status: APPROVED

This affiliate transfer has been approved. The funds transferred arenow available in your account.Thank you for partnering with Full Tilt Poker.

Best part is this time cleared bonus mainly playing PLO at a +2.5 BB/100 clip.

A small disappointment

I received my latest unemployment check from California today.

Not going to lie.

I was really looking forward to getting an IOU.

Wife is a little annoyed with me over this. As I read the form I noticed "THE ATTACHED CHECK INCLUDES A FEDERAL STIMULUS PAYMENT." I guess California couldn't take federal dollars and send an IOU.

I am not too happy with FullTilt's latest software upgrade either, I am not having a lot of luck seeing last hands and was having connection issues today. Since I don't have a points bet with the Points Tard I will just take a walk.

$5 Tournies Suck

Full Tilt Poker Game #13261278487: Early Double - A (98112171), Table 149 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:37:22 ET - 2009/07/07
Seat 1: sevenmarch (16,623)
Seat 2: anton268 (12,204)
Seat 3: bayne_s (12,630)
Seat 4: GR82BNCO (6,202)
Seat 6: Panache305 (4,767)
Seat 7: plmstone (5,655)
Seat 8: Airpika (20,944)
Seat 9: OttoRehagel (52,599)
sevenmarch antes 75
anton268 antes 75
bayne_s antes 75
GR82BNCO antes 75
Panache305 antes 75
plmstone antes 75
Airpika antes 75
OttoRehagel antes 75
anton268 posts the small blind of 300
bayne_s posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [9h 6c]
GR82BNCO calls 600
Panache305 has 15 seconds left to act
Panache305 folds
plmstone folds
Airpika folds
OttoRehagel folds
sevenmarch folds
anton268 calls 300
bayne_s checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 8h Ts]
anton268 checks
bayne_s bets 2,400
GR82BNCO has 15 seconds left to act
GR82BNCO folds
anton268 raises to 11,529, and is all in
speedracer136 sits down
speedracer136 adds 3,900
bayne_s calls 9,129
anton268 shows [9c Td]
bayne_s shows [9h 6c]
*** TURN *** [7c 8h Ts] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [7c 8h Ts 8d] [8c]
anton268 shows a full house, Eights full of Tens
bayne_s shows a straight, Ten high
anton268 wins the pot (25,458) with a full house, Eights full of Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25,458 Rake 0
Board: [7c 8h Ts 8d 8c]
Seat 1: sevenmarch (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: anton268 (small blind) showed [9c Td] and won (25,458) with a full house, Eights full of Tens
Seat 3: bayne_s (big blind) showed [9h 6c] and lost with a straight, Ten high
Seat 4: GR82BNCO folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Panache305 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: plmstone folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Airpika folded before the Flop
Seat 9: OttoRehagel folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #13259337327: Early Double - B (98112426), Table 38 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:52:49 ET - 2009/07/07
Seat 1: IGetMugger (2,460)
Seat 2: Shadow1999 (2,650)
Seat 3: Starskie86 (6,685)
Seat 4: KayToo (6,170)
Seat 5: Corona8309 (4,110)
Seat 6: BTOFDC (2,170)
Seat 7: PNJs_dad (1,245)
Seat 8: soxnationx45 (4,350)
Seat 9: bayne_s (1,280)
Corona8309 posts the small blind of 30
BTOFDC posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ac As]
PNJs_dad folds
soxnationx45 folds
bayne_s raises to 150
IGetMugger raises to 540
Shadow1999 folds
Starskie86 folds
KayToo folds
Corona8309 folds
BTOFDC folds
bayne_s calls 390
*** FLOP *** [7c 7d Td]
bayne_s checks
IGetMugger bets 780
bayne_s calls 740, and is all in
IGetMugger shows [Ah Qd]
bayne_s shows [Ac As]
Uncalled bet of 40 returned to IGetMugger
*** TURN *** [7c 7d Td] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [7c 7d Td 9d] [6d]
IGetMugger shows a flush, Queen high
bayne_s shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
IGetMugger wins the pot (2,650) with a flush, Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,650 Rake 0
Board: [7c 7d Td 9d 6d]
Seat 1: IGetMugger showed [Ah Qd] and won (2,650) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: Shadow1999 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Starskie86 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: KayToo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Corona8309 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: BTOFDC (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: PNJs_dad didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: soxnationx45 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: bayne_s showed [Ac As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens

It really didn't matter how I played hand in B. Anyone retarded enough to reraise AQo over an Early position raiser is not folding to a jam pre-flop. Top pair + oesd probably should always be calling jam in A. I will have to check to see if fulltilt has added worst beats in double prize manana.

I do not have a Points Problem!

This post was complete bullshit.

As I go to sleep before posting I have cleared 8500 points.

I blame MPelley4, renoir7 and HMS_Broadsword for most of it, MPelley tilted the crap out of a 1/2 Cap PLO table playing any 4 cards 4 a pot raise with a pot c-bet every hand and laid quite a few beats. There was a method to his madness as I do believe he tightened up later in evening and got paid off exiting table with $800+ after his final buy in of $160. I can't tell you his exact net on evening as he was also at tables playing more calmly on other occasions. I also exited for $800+ on my initial $100 buy in.

I decided to play all 6 daily doubles after having every eurodonk who hjammed a gutshot on turn hit today in PLO. Managed the double cash in the early doubles, a double bust in 30-40 range in the Big doubles and missed out on a double cash in original double when another ambitous Aussie called off all his chips with a J9s from MP and cracked my JJ which I jammed UTG in A.

In B, I managed to pull a goat and a smokkee jamming A rag into a better Ace to not win.

Considering that these were stacks when Final Table started:

Seat 1: bayne_s (128,659)

Seat 2: brianw26 (86,400)

Seat 3: jbirdcudahy (291,648)

Seat 4: steveysee (385,540)

Seat 5: andinista (505,026)

Seat 6: gildabeansjp (287,783)

Seat 7: jellycz (71,317)

Seat 8: curtkaniff (275,210)

Seat 9: Strul (244,417)

and we were 3 handed before I ever got above 250k I should be happy with 2nd but jelly had fewer chips than me and won. I just never got much closer than 2.4:1 in chips heads up.

Another IronMan Bonus to clear

This time no prop bet with the points tard.
1) Enabling his strange points addiction when he does not get rakeback while humorous for me in the past makes me feel somehow complicit with evil FullTilt marketing.
2) It was not a challenge before.
3) No bet makes it easier not to play if running bad or playing bad.
4) I have more time for poker without silly job pressures.

Goal will be to achieve a lei surly 500 point a day pace. If I achieve the 12k points by the 24th I may push on to 15k for the chance for entry to cardrunners poker camp in South Beach.

The big news locally is California is going to be sending out IOUs for it's bills. Expectation is next envelope from unemployment office will contain IOU instead of check.

One problem is we have bloated retirement system for state employees. I am not sure anyone retired from state goverment should draw a pension greater than the Governor's salary, we have at least 10 retirees doing that. We also have 5115 retirees drawing more than $100k/year including at least 3000 teachers. I may have to figure out how to get certified as a teacher, it is an important job, school lets out in time for WSOP, and I could travel latter part of summer.

I am okay with teachers getting paid while they are teaching, just don't quite understand how pension can be so large. Problem is structure is set up at 2.4-3% of salary for each year worked and eligibilty at age 50, with no cap on percentage. I could get job now, work 17 years and draw 50% of salary for live.

Seems like a good plan.

Comedy on a Saturday Night

Hero alered me to a table he was on. You don't see stack sizes like these every day on a $25 buy in table.



Link to whole session is here:
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/multihands.php/id/7562

There is 1 spectacular $5k+ pot

Got to be Proactive

Four years ago we flew east for a niece's wedding, a moment from the week that stuck with me is the in-laws opened a phone bill. They were probably last people in America that went for the cheapest basic service where you paid for local calls after using x minutes. They got hit with a few hundred dollar charge for local service since younger niece apparently averaged 50+ hours/week on phone (they also had AOL dialup).

Today demon daughter and her BFF were sending a flurry of text messages. Daughter was laughing as she could not keep up pace.

I quickly called Sprint and changed my calling plan to include unlimited texting. Sprint must be freaked about the I-Phone because they offered me $140 credit to extend contract on 2 phones that had reached end of agreement 2 years.

I still not have heard from company I interviewed with 2 1/2 weeks ago but I still had a better day than Michael Jackson. I doubt anyone will have a bigger gap between professional and personal success than the 'King of Pop'.



I was at 'Confetti' in north Atlanta during original airing of Motown 25, undoubtably originally for cheap Happy Hour. (Being a junior at a Tech school odds were better to leave campus). Dance floor suddenly froze about 3:44 into clip when we all wondered wtf did we just see when Michael moonwalked. Even though I was more of a fan of Rush, Styx, AC/DC and VanHalen had to recognize Michael was King of Music in 80s.

R.I.P.

Living Large comes to an end

The week in Vegas came to an end. Met up with lightning at Paris before visiting 2 of my favorite craps spots, Planet Hollywood and Casino Royale (took beatings) and the met up with wife and daughter for dinner as it seemed like I would earn points spending last night with them.

As we were walking away from dinner I made a comment about daughter giving me traditional kiss on the cheek for Father's Day in morning. Daughter had traditional "don't even think about it, not going to happen" response while wife had a look of panic and sent me off by myself as she had "souvenir shopping" to do.

I got to $10 craps table closest to poker room and discovered facing cafe rolling craps is a fine way to spend Saturday night in Las Vegas. Apparently XS (the pool side nightclub) is quite popular as 10:00 pm arrived and there was a parade of people walking by towards XS. I hung out with Steve, John and SteveO who were 3 20 somethings who grew up in Jersey and worked in Manhattan and may have decided to ditch the line and hang out at my end of craps table.

Being the old married guy I am I probably would not have noticed that quite a few attractive women were walking by nor would I have noticed the 3 ladies (and possibly 3 guys) playing at the adjacent table. They were a blonde in somewhat sheer red dress wearing a red thong, a brunette wearing a differently cut but same material dress with black thong and a blonde wearing a sheer black dress with black thong. I cannot remember on past vacation trips seeing woman dressed in this manner.

Between the sights and commentary of the Jersey boys I was barely paying attention to the dice as player at other end of table managed to hit at least 4 points and quite a few numbers. The dealers also had to nudge me a few times on my turn to get the dice thrown. During my turn a dude walked up to table, bought in for $5000 and started making dark side bets. He made $400 lay bets on the 4 and 10 which I quickly wiped out but he rallied with a single don't come bet.

Jersey boy John picked up the dice and after setting point of 10, quickly rolled a 5 (raised my place bet to $15), a 5 (raised my bet to $25), a 5 (raised my bet to $35), a 5 (raised my bet to $50), a 5 (raised my bet to $75), a 5 (raised my bet to $125), a 5 (raised my bet to $200).

Darkside better bet don't pass then don't come and decided to keep increasing his bets until he was left with the original $400 don't pass on the 10 and wiped out his $5k battling the trend.

At this point I decided to throw a $25 bet out for the shooter and only one of the Jersey Steves placed his own bet. The dudes were funny but they didn't bet worth a shit, only backed up odds at 1x, bet an occaisonal field and maybe bet a number but never put house money to use.

Jersey John pounded a lot of numbers but only got one more 9 before crapping out.

After dice passed I noticed the chicas at next table were gone and none of the Jersey boys had noticed the exit as the focus on the FIVE had taken over.

Table remained hot for a few more orbits but no one managed to just pound a number on future rolls.

The big fashion question remains when did sheer become the thing????

Overall the Palazzo was the hotel of choice but the casino ambiance and craps was better at Wynn. The O8 game at Wynn was also incredible as I think a minimum of 5 people saw every flop and 4 people saw the turn on a K94 all spade flop where I folded the bare A of spades on flop because after the 3-bet I did not believe I had fold equity to bluff.

Live PLO tournies

I played Venetian Big Stack PLO.

One of the 6000 Full Tilt Red letter pros was also at my table and had a monster stack by hitting flops and knocking people out.

The russian to my right was a bluffing/spewing machine.

Crasians don't fold AA on flop in tournies. Early (50/100 blinds) he could not fold AA34 on 689 flop. Against me he could not fold AA25 on T94 flop and my QJT9 went down in flames with turn 7 and river 4. God bless those willing to go broke with unimproved AA in PLO except when they suck out. We both had ~30k behind so I was more than willing to commit 1800 pre with ds QJT9.

1st impression Palazzo > Wynn.

Palazzo

I post this from my Palazzo Suite. It is 20 steps to the door from the desk. There are 3 TVs and the drapes have a remote control.

Wife and kid may never agree to stay at Rio again. (Harrahs was banished as option long ago).

Venetian O8 deep stack 1st hand I looked at cards one at a time as they were dealt.

9

9

9

Intellectual curiosity forced me to look at 4th despite knowing I was already folding. It was a 3.

I was at a great table where 4-6 people saw a limped pot pre and 3 players at table would bet low only hands and they would also draw to lows with 2 cards 9+ on flop.

Sadly I got abused with A46 on 235 flop when the admittedly better A234 starting hand rivered a boat to take me from 3/4 to 1/4 after we capped the flop and turn.

Rest of tourney was slow bleed where half of my hands were face, 9, and 2 cards between 3 and 6.

Wife and daughter are already poolside and seeing phantom later.

Tasing the elderly

My apologies in advance to ScottMc or JJOK if this is your mom.

I have seen this twice on the today show this morning. Matt Lauer seemed to take position that he does not know what alternative choice the offier was left with. Erin Burnett (guest hosting) and my wife were of opinion that she should never have been tased.

At times in my past I have worked briefly as a bouncer and know that restraining the belligerent without inflicting any injury is very difficult. Don't think the taser was right choice but don't know that he could have handcuffed her with no risk of injuring her or having her manage to move into traffic.

Live Poker Suckage Night

During rebuy period had QQ and stole blinds.
Had JJ, 3 callers and flop was AKQ rainbow.
Had J6o 4 straight hands, Q6o then J3.

When Rebuy priod ended I did Addon and rebuy to achieve same chip level that double rebuy + add brings for those that bust last hand.

Finally chipped up when KK > KTs.
Next hand limp called a button raise with 98s, flop is 765 rainbow, action is check, check bet, jam. I naturally call. Jammer shows his 8, I say nothing to the tournament director. Button calls ( he is shortest of us by 4k chips), he has KK. Turn K, river 7.

I raise AA UTG get rr by UTG + 1, everyone folds to me, I jam he has AA, we chop.

Moved to other table monster stack to immediate left, rest of table short. SB open shoves for 3.5 BB, I have A rag and call. He turns over KT and shouts "hold" although I have 16 if playing blackjack am under belief that I am ahead. I flop flush draw and gutter, he rivers T and berates me for making a bad call and getting what I deserved. I exit next hand with 2 pair against flush and 1.5 BB ATC call from SB.

I get on 101 N, car handles funny. In 1st break of night flat tire is on right side.

Scissors jacks suck. 3rd attempt car gets enough height to remove tire. Car rolls during removal attempt. Brake was set WTF. I am screwed tire is partially off, jack is at 45 degree angle.

30 minutes and $85 later tow truck brings real jack and spare is replaced.

Dr. C's wife has made a brilliant decision not to go along for live poker.

As I type this I notice 3 knuckles are scraped from my tire changing efforts.

Twitter

"Tweets are for birds, not for grown men." - Michael Wilbon, PTI, June 3, 2009

Truer words have not been spoken!

Life Tilt

Chad popped up in IM recently requesting that I teach him how to roach in a tournament. I was around 40 of 41 in $5k (36 paid) and finally took a bad beat to finish 11th. Sadly despite being able to consistently roach well into money and occaisonally win from a small stacked position I can't explain how I pick my spots. I of course tried to use occaison to pick Chad's brain on how to run deep for big money.

Sadly I learned people skillz.

Frustrated in my job search I again contacted a company I applied with 2 weeks ago. From job description it is a job I did 10 years ago but using communication standards I have designed equipment for recently. My cover letter (email) read:

"I applied before, you have not responded and sadly I am a perfect fit for the opening described. I used to do the same job for the competitor that always kicked your ass in sales

I am beginning to understand what led to you losing out competitively.

Thank you for considering me for HW Design position you have posted on web-site,

Bayne"

Seat 1: Leetoeleona (2,560), is sitting out
Seat 2: X_BOZZY_X (2,450), is sitting out
Seat 3: bayne_s (3,440)
Seat 4: Imnotafish (8,294)
Seat 5: baadman88 (2,460), is sitting out
Seat 6: effalumper (10,912)
Seat 7: EastonBill (2,515), is sitting out
Seat 8: cowboy1667 (11,956)
Seat 9: TooOld2Fold (383)
effalumper posts the small blind of 40
EastonBill posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qs Th Qc As]
cowboy1667 calls 80TooOld2
Fold calls 80Leetoeleona folds
X_BOZZY_X foldsbayne_s calls 80
Imnotafish raises to 520
he is from Finland and went to felt earlier with 599K 1 suit 3 hands previous
baadman88 folds
effalumper folds
EastonBill folds
cowboy1667 calls 440
TooOld2Fold folds
bayne_s raises to 2,280
Imnotafish raises to 7,560
cowboy1667 folds
bayne_s calls 1,160, and is all in
Imnotafish shows [2s 9d 6h 7s]
bayne_s shows [Qs Th Qc As]
Uncalled bet of 4,120 returned to Imnotafish
*** TURN *** [Qd Td 7c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Td 7c 7d] [7h]
Imnotafish shows four of a kind, Sevens
bayne_s shows a full house, Queens full of SevensImnotafish wins the pot (7,600) with four of a kind, Sevens

13 hands later the incorrectly named Imnotafish exited MSOP.

I was not stalking but did not close window quickly.

Another Day, Another Suckout

BBT4 ended pretty much the way I ran in BBT2-BBT4.

Some donkey shoves A-rag and cracks KK when rag trips or some donkey shoves A-rag to crack my AK when his rag hits.

God bless the A-rag jizz in their pants shovers, until they are rewarded.

/end of waffles channeling.

Thursday Wisdom

Demon Child had her wisdom teeth removed today by Dr. Beech.

You show up in waiting room 30 minutes early, get the intial drugs to sedate in waiting room and hang out with the parents of the child currently undergoing removal. When done they have parents pull car to door near side exit "so it is a shorter walk" but I have to believe secondary reason is so no one waiting for procedure sees patient who has swollen cheeks upon exit.

He seems to be a minimalist when it comes to anesthesia as kid was alert and at her normal levels of ornery without being in any pain for 1st 7 hours (and counting) after removal. She is napping a lot today as she did not get that much sleep last night and is stuck drinking her calories today.

Overall I am quite pleased with Dr. Beech and would recommend.

In $5k PLO I exited flopping top set and 2nd flush draw. Got all in on flop but you can't make a flush draw fold and it got there.

Twodimes Math says:
http://twodimes.net/h/?z=6408642
pokenum -o ad 2d 2c 3c - kd td qh th -- tc 9d 7d
Omaha Hi: 820 enumerated boards containing Tc 9d 7d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
3c 2c Ad 2d 219 26.71 601 73.29 0 0.00 0.267
Kd Td Qh Th 601 73.29 219 26.71 0 0.00 0.733

EuroMath says "I have nut flush draw"
I do wonder if he also goes to felt on a club flush draw?

Most retarded part of the hand is A223 was UTG in PLO (high only) and limped than called BB pot raise.

Bluffing in PLO

The most common bluff in PLO is the "bare Ace" bluff.

I have a few suggested rules for it's implementation:
1) Do not try in games below $100 buy in.
2) Do not run bluff into Euro who seems to raise any double suited (this means most Euros).
3) You can't spell Canadian or Calling Station without the "Ca" do not bluff most canadians.
4) Never bluff an Aussie or Kiwi

FullTiltPoker Game #12362499917: Table Amulet (6 max) - $1/$2 - $80 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:28:01 ET - 2009/05/22
Seat 1: lq22 ($229.20)
Seat 2: ajmanscu ($364)
Seat 3: tendhar ($102.15)
Seat 4: princessmeow ($177.90)
Seat 5: bayne_s ($90.80)
Seat 6: GoldFinger008 ($279.20)
bayne_s posts the small blind of $1
GoldFinger008 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ad As Js 9s]
lq22 calls $2
ajmanscu folds
tendhar folds
princessmeow calls $2
bayne_s calls $1
GoldFinger008 raises to $6
lq22 calls $4
princessmeow calls $4
bayne_s calls $4

I could raise but GoldFinger never folds to reraise so I would be stuck playing OOP against 4 and I do have 3 spades.

*** FLOP *** [4c 6c 7c]
bayne_s checks
GoldFinger008 checks
lq22 checks
princessmeow checks
*** TURN *** [4c 6c 7c] [Kd]
bayne_s checks
GoldFinger008 bets $20
lq22 calls $20
princessmeow calls $20
bayne_s folds
*** RIVER *** [4c 6c 7c Kd] [Jh]
GoldFinger008 bets $54, and is capped
lq22 folds
princessmeow calls $54, and is capped
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GoldFinger008 shows [Ah Ac 4d 9h] a pair of Aces
princessmeow shows [8c 9c 5c 8h] a straight flush, Eight high
princessmeow wins the pot ($189) with a straight flush, Eight high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $192 Rake $3
Board: [4c 6c 7c Kd Jh]
Seat 1: lq22 folded on the River
Seat 2: ajmanscu didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: tendhar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: princessmeow (button) showed [8c 9c 5c 8h] and won ($189) with a straight flush, Eight high
Seat 5: bayne_s (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: GoldFinger008 (big blind) showed [Ah Ac 4d 9h] and lost with a pair of Aces

5) Straight flushes never fold, and they don't even look like donkeys.

Bad RNG night

I hate when the RNG turns.

PokerStars Game #28440603174: Omaha Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2009/05/21 2:03:57 ET
Table 'Philomela IV' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Gekko22 ($36 in chips)
Seat 2: Raisor ($197 in chips)
Seat 3: vivir9 ($217.35 in chips)
Seat 4: bayne_s ($185.90 in chips)
Seat 6: agabi ($443.10 in chips)
Seat 7: the beast ($362.30 in chips)
Seat 9: AttyBubba ($509.25 in chips)
arpchi will be allowed to play after the button
agabi: posts small blind $1
the beast: posts big blind $2
fzoohtt: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Th As Ah Td]
AttyBubba: folds
Gekko22: folds
Raisor: folds
vivir9: raises $5 to $7
bayne_s: raises $13 to $20
agabi: folds
the beast: folds
vivir9: raises $43 to $63
bayne_s: raises $122.90 to $185.90 and is all-in
vivir9: calls $122.90
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d Qs]
*** TURN *** [4d 5d Qs] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d Qs Ks] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vivir9: shows [Ad 9h 7d Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
bayne_s: mucks hand
vivir9 collected $371.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $374.80 Rake $3
Board [4d 5d Qs Ks Kd]
Seat 1: Gekko22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Raisor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: vivir9 showed [Ad 9h 7d Ac] and won ($371.80) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: bayne_s (button) mucked [Th As Ah Td]
Seat 6: agabi (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: the beast (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: AttyBubba folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was doing okay in the Mookie until sellthekids started hitting A-rag like it owed him money.

Key of course to hitting Ace rag is to shove it or call it quickly because you really believe you are ahead. I have tried to adjust my game to believe but sadly I can not overcome the knowledge that face cards outrank napkins.

PLO 6 Max on stars

Congrats to LJ for TOC seat win in skillz!

I hate that on stars cards don't show in cash when all in until river is dealt!!

I have been transitioning my PLO game from full ring to 6 max and it boggles my mind how many people will commit their stacks with hands that would be good in hold 'em but I would have never commited stack with in PLO last year.

The double suited donks are everywhere too.

POKERSTARS GAME #28401767261: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2009/05/20 0:34:48 ET
Table 'Ellicott' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: buzz ($234.75 in chips)
Seat 2: bayne_s ($194 in chips)
Seat 3: brooklyn pie ($387.60 in chips)
Seat 4: ryanbluf ($491.50 in chips)
Seat 5: andr3w321 ($559 in chips)
Seat 6: bigcoop23 ($629.60 in chips)
brooklyn pie: posts small blind $2
ryanbluf: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah Jh 3d Kd]

I watched 1st 2 stinger Pwning PLO videos via trulyfreepokertraining.

andr3w321: folds
bigcoop23: raises $8 to $12
buzz: calls $12
bayne_s: calls $12
brooklyn pie: calls $10
ryanbluf: raises $60 to $72
bigcoop23: calls $60
buzz: calls $60
bayne_s: calls $60

crap $240 in the pot already don't want to call but with these odds

brooklyn pie: calls $60
*** FLOP *** [2s Qd 4d]
brooklyn pie: checks
ryanbluf: checks
bigcoop23: bets $357
buzz: folds
bayne_s: calls $122 and is all-in

I have note on bigcoop23 about non nut flushes and I have 11 outs against naked set

brooklyn pie: folds
ryanbluf: folds
Uncalled bet ($235) returned to bigcoop23
*** TURN *** [2s Qd 4d] [4h]
fawk
*** RIVER *** [2s Qd 4d 4h] [7h]
fawk
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigcoop23: shows [6h Jd 5h 9d] (a pair of Fours)
bayne_s: shows [Ah Jh 3d Kd] (a pair of Fours - Ace kicker)
bayne_s collected $601 from pot

w00t

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $604 Rake $3
Board [2s Qd 4d 4h 7h]
Seat 1: buzz folded on the Flop
Seat 2: bayne_s (button) showed [Ah Jh 3d Kd] and won ($601) with a pair of Fours
Seat 3: brooklyn pie (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ryanbluf (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: andr3w321 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bigcoop23 showed [6h Jd 5h 9d] and lost with a pair of Fours

OMG table was tilted after this one

PLO mini-FTOPS

Full Tilt Poker Game #12258028408: MiniFTOPS Event #23 (84244559), Table 55 - 80/160 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 17:49:43 ET - 2009/05/16

Seat 1: Lee Watkinson (19,314)

Seat 2: mozgoved82 (12,660)

Seat 3: SF_rigged (6,350)

Seat 4: GoldRivr (25,648)

Seat 5: bayne_s (21,944)

Seat 6: Tailduster (455), is sitting out

Seat 7: Doctor_45_Chris (11,804)

Seat 8: dreamland517 (16,576)

Seat 9: rascalguy (4,995)

rascalguy posts the small blind of 80

Lee Watkinson posts the big blind of 160

The button is in seat #8

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [6s 5h 7s 4c]

mozgoved82 calls 160

SF_rigged folds

GoldRivr folds

bayne_s calls 160

Tailduster folds

Doctor_45_Chris calls 160

dreamland517 folds

rascalguy calls 80

Lee Watkinson checks

*** FLOP ***

[Ts 5c 4s]

rascalguy checks

Lee Watkinson has 15 seconds left to act

Lee Watkinson bets 800

mozgoved82 has 15 seconds left to act

mozgoved82 folds

bayne_s Has a decision to make

I could be ahead or Lee might have a wrap draw or Lee might have a TPTK + nut flush draw type hand. I have him covered and I like T-shirts.

Plus it is $10.

bayne_s raises to 1,600

Min raise is such a donkey move

Doctor_45_Chris folds

rascalguy folds

Lee Watkinson has 15 seconds left to act

Lee Watkinson raises to 5,600

I decide this means set so I will flip a coin for sport.

bayne_s raises to 17,600

Lee Watkinson raises to 19,154, and is all in

bayne_s calls 1,554

Lee Watkinson shows [3c Td Tc Qh]

bayne_s shows [6s 5h 7s 4c]

*** TURN ***

[Ts 5c 4s] [8s]

*** RIVER ***

[Ts 5c 4s 8s] [Kh]

Lee Watkinson shows three of a kind, Tens

bayne_s shows a flush, Ten high

bayne_s wins the pot (39,108) with a flush, Ten high

Lee Watkinson stands up

At bubble I busted with QJTT to big stack that had been punishing bubble.

I played hand slowly to scrape into cash

but his AQJ6 called my jam of 886 flop and of course rivered an Ace so I got a bottom cash.

RIP Dragon Slayer

Good Game demon child.

Each Survivor season daughter chooses her pick to root for leaving me to select one of the others. DC chose Taj and I quickly narrowed field to JT or coach. Despite my southern roots I felt compelled to pick Coach due to the huge potential to tilt daughter.

Most of the show I would whisper 'dragon slayer" just to trigger an outburst, I have never tilted anyone (yes I mean anyone!) at a poker table to the extent I tilted daughter. Wife was at a neighbor's during 1st scream and rushed home to see if we were under attack.

When Stephen betrayed the Dragon Slayer a 5 minute gloat followed.

It is just sad our game ended one episode sooner than it had to.

The Mechanics of a Seat Sale

1.) Agree to deal terms.
2.) Person taking money sits out.
3.) Person taking seat raises to steal blinds until person taking money is all in with either blind.
4.) Win seat or go to step 2

That is all.

Good Fences make Good Neighbors

Unfortunately apartments only have exterior fence and safety fence around the pool area.

We have neighbor who claims to have Arizona house, a beach house in Huntington beach and a manor in England. If true she is quite bitter about living in an apartment now or is just by her nature unpleasant.

Yesterday while I was playing PLO8 min FTOPs my wife was using common area office and computer when neighbor entered to use 2nd computer along with her young son. The boy decided to turn the fan off and my wife asked if he could turn it back on as she was a little warm.

I am sure she asked pleasantly but does occaisonally have a whiny tone in her voice. The bitter mom reacted and said "you don't own this place, we want fan off", "never speak to my son like that again you are beneath us" and "your daughter is a little monster take care of her before speaking to someone else's child" and really got in wife's space. Apartment assistant manager had overheard confrontation and did pull wife aside and made sure she was okay and asked her to write a letter of complaint and coached her on points to highlight to send to apartment manager. Wife was still trembling and very visibly upset when she got to apartment.

Important note:
Bayne <----- oblivious engineer who rarely notices emotions.

I did put down computer and grabbed my shoes to confront this woman but wife insisted I do nothing.

I soon tilted out of mini-FTOPS and went to common area since I knew my wife had headed back there to print letter. On my way I did pass a little boy and a short woman but having never met the woman did not say anything. When I got to common area assitant manager spotted me first and alerted wife I had arrived. Wife told me she had just left so I asked if it was that "troll of a woman in gray top". They confirmed identity, wife told me again she was okay and requested again I do nothing so I came back to apartment. Wfie was relieved when she returned to find me in apartment.

Wife was supposed to have a metting with the apartment manager's boss (manager is in Hawaii) to talk about incident. Boss man had also left message for troll, identified himself and left number but had not mentioned exact purpose of call. Troll got pissed that he had called her phone went to office and was yelling. What we heard 2nd hand was "I pay rent you work for me", "never call me again" and "learn your place".

My wife's meeting was deemed no longer required everything said in letter was credible.

Troll was already planning to move out in June, there will be a party for residents when it happens as she has pissed off many of the other neighbors as well.
I

Ship the Pop Bets

FullTilt has a ton of promotions going along with FTOPS and mini-FTOPS so far I have managed to qualify for 8 of the $1k pirze fund freerolls. 4 of which are the Roach skill tournies.

I managed to roach to level 10 in 5 tournies by event 11 so all those who placed this bet which must have been at 1:5 odds can party like it's 1999.

I finally booked my June WSOP trip.

I will be in Las Vegas June14-21, targeted event is $2500 PLO. I was not quite sure how I was going to convimce the wife that going to Las Vegas while unemployed was a good idea but the Venetian sent me an email offer that included 2 Phantom of Opera Tix and 4 free nights. Today Wynn was kind enough to send an offer for 3 nights + some free slot play.

Wife has wanted to stay in both of these properties instead of the Harrah's properties she usually sees.

I have a Wynn card but play was restricted to some a couple of hours of Video poker on a 99.9% return Jacks or Better machine to qualify for brunch buffet and made $75 on that.

Times must be bad in Las Vegas.

I heart mini FTOPS

Had this brief conversation at 3rd break (apologies for unauthorised quote):

me: I made another break
would be nice if I had chips
lj: shoooooooove

I had ~ 8 BBs

3 hours later I lost a blind vs. blind flip with 66 vs AK when we were both top 20 stacks.

Leen Machine took 4th for $11k, I exited 44th.

I had KK hold up 4 times in tourney including one spot where I had to fade 13 river outs and had 2 big blind v blind suckouts to make the money, thought it was my day. If my pp had been any bigger pp other than KK I would have won flip.

I do like getting to have almost the excitement of big FTOPS at 1/10 the dent in bankroll

A Dark Day

I was saddened to learn yesterday that Manny Ramirez is having difficulty ovulating and was forced to seek a medical solution. There is no chance I could write a better piece on the matter than Jayson Stark or Bill Simmons. Jayson captures the outrage I feel and Bill captures the pain.

W00t Jason Bay!

If you are Theo Epstein are you heading to Vegas for hookers and blow to celebrate today?

I stayed up way too late last night watching the cash game on Poker after Dark and an epic battle on a 6-Max PLO table (I lost $50 over span of 188 hands)

In this corner from Ireland KKfisher





and in this corner machingunian from the USA who may be most aggro PLO player I have ever seen.







Machingunian raised 41 of 90 hands, I chose to maintain my normal style and fold a lot and try to pick spots. Biggest leak for me in battle was failing to protect hands on turn but am not sure that machingunian was not feeling "god switch" and may have actually saved myself money. The couple of times I looked up what felt like a river bluff I ran into the nuts that were backdoor draws.

KKfisher tried to go toe to toe in the center of ring and it was just not pretty watching buy in after buyin disappear with me not collecting.

Happy CInco de Mayo

This was move I really liked as response. His rook can't move, I just have to make sure if he plays Qxc5 that I can find a way to move queen with check so I can capture queen.

Living in Northern Mexico (until US stole to get the gold) the Cinco de Mayo celebrations are big. I could trolley to downtown and join the celebration but Today Show just did a story where Margarita's have 900 calories. Not sure I want to spend 7 hours in gym to work off a buzz.

Besides skillz is PLO tonight.

Gratuitous Link Pimp

My former co-worker Sam has started his walkabout. He and his wife Lisa quit their jobs, rented out their house and have embarked on an around the world tour that will include driving around his homeland's (Australia) perimeter.

He has created a web site to dump pictures and chronicle the sights.

http://www.ourwalkabout.com/

Chivalry Not Well Received

Saw a story on the Today Show this morning about an 11 foot alligator taking up residence on a Tampa woman's front porch. Demon child was not amused when I said "ladies 1st" as we got to front door to go to school. Wife's reaction was "you wouldn't do that to my baby". DC was also not amused when I held garage door for her. Kid was smiling but was looking forward to me having to go home and "take my punishment like a man".

Last night I was looking at chess position below:





I thought I was looking for a way to pull out a draw because my expectation was that opponent has to play Rd5.

Happily I found a response that leads to victory.

Today's Chess Quiz question is what is move I found???

JacKing off at the tables

This one directly cost me the most money:

Full Tilt Poker Game #11946011003: $42 + $3 Sit & Go (Super Turbo) (89509555), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:56:55 ET - 2009/04/30
Seat 1: justfloppin (1,035)
Seat 3: bayne_s (1,075)
Seat 7: Gitch Gear (590)
justfloppin posts the small blind of 50
bayne_s posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ks As]
Gitch Gear has 15 seconds left to act
Gitch Gear raises to 590, and is all in
justfloppin calls 540
bayne_s raises to 1,075, and is all in
justfloppin calls 445, and is all in
bayne_s shows [Ks As]
Gitch Gear shows [Ah Jd]
justfloppin shows [Jh Kd]
Uncalled bet of 40 returned to bayne_s
*** FLOP *** [8h 8d 2c]
*** TURN *** [8h 8d 2c] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [8h 8d 2c 2h] [Js]
bayne_s shows two pair, Eights and Twos
justfloppin shows two pair, Jacks and Eights
justfloppin wins the side pot (890) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Gitch Gear shows two pair, Jacks and Eights
Gitch Gear wins the main pot (1,770) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,660 Main pot 1,770. Side pot 890. Rake 0
Board: [8h 8d 2c 2h Js]
Seat 1: justfloppin (small blind) showed [Jh Kd] and won (890) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 3: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Ks As] and lost with two pair, Eights and Twos
Seat 7: Gitch Gear showed [Ah Jd] and won (1,770) with two pair, Jacks and Eights

Fawking river 2 outer but whole hand was played in a standard manner for super turbo.

2nd one was just stupidity.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11944092918: The Mookie (88685086), Table 8 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:11:57 ET - 2009/04/30
Seat 2: coolfool2000 (3,977)
Seat 3: pvanharibo (8,492)
Seat 5: lightning36 (5,364)
Seat 6: TuscaloosaJohn (11,915)
Seat 7: bayne_s (6,618)
Seat 9: drome (22,875)
coolfool2000 antes 50
pvanharibo antes 50
lightning36 antes 50
TuscaloosaJohn antes 50
bayne_s antes 50
drome antes 50
bayne_s posts the small blind of 200
drome posts the big blind of 400
lightning36: dqb
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah Ks]
coolfool2000 folds
TuscaloosaJohn: gg
pvanharibo: wow, overkill much
wwonka69 (Observer): gg
TuscaloosaJohn: yes
Bone_Daddy84 (Observer): come on, that last 2 was just rude
pvanharibo has 15 seconds left to act
pvanharibo raises to 1,050
lightning36 folds
coolfool2000: wow nice
TuscaloosaJohn folds
bayne_s raises to 6,568, and is all in
drome folds
pvanharibo calls 5,518
bayne_s shows [Ah Ks]
pvanharibo shows [Kh Jh]
*** FLOP *** [6s Qh Jd]
*** TURN *** [6s Qh Jd] [Kd]
lightning36: Now I understand how to play a hand like that ...
*** RIVER *** [6s Qh Jd Kd] [6d]
bayne_s shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
pvanharibo shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
pvanharibo wins the pot (13,836) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
TuscaloosaJohn: gg, stupid call/beat
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,836 Rake 0
Board: [6s Qh Jd Kd 6d]
Seat 2: coolfool2000 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: pvanharibo showed [Kh Jh] and won (13,836) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 5: lightning36 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: TuscaloosaJohn (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: bayne_s (small blind) showed [Ah Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 9: drome (big blind) folded before the Flop

Later drome was the lucky winner of the "Chip up when LJ aggro-calls Sweepstakes".

Also congratulations to Al for taking down the Mookie!

Been Playing the Hammer

http://ogre22.mybrute.com/

I am relatively pleased with My Brute's performance but I wish he would pick up the hammer every fight (and hang onto it).

I was less pleased with my performance in Skillz.

I may have limited experience playing Stud8 and am left with constant feeling that I am so close to having a good Omaha 8/b hand, but there is no fucking reason for me to think I can run over pushmokey and get him to fold in any game. His pair of 6s were ahead on 3rd and 6s up were ahead on 4th. I thought I had folded enough door Aces to achieve split As credibility. Lucko believed (or bricked), thinking push would fold is a major leak.

Running Like Crap

Got stacked 3 times in PLO cash yesterday:

Top set + straight on rainbow flop, lost to top 2 pair and side pot to straight, when both went runner runner flush.

Top set lost to top 2 pair + gutshots twice where both times 2 of a suit were on flop.

I also lost numerous 70/30s.

Ran only child bad in the Brit blogger game when I ran TT into AK and AA and failed to fold TT against a better hand and also failed to suck out.

Seat 1: Joanne1111 (4,955)
Seat 2: muhctim (3,320)
Seat 3: cloud71 (4,115)
Seat 4: lightning36 (3,445)
Seat 5: Julkeus (3,550)
Seat 6: bayne_s (9,900)
Seat 7: columbo (4,345)
Seat 8: Astin (20,950)
Seat 9: pushmonkey72 (8,420)
everyone antes 50
muhctim posts the small blind of 200
cloud71 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Tc Td]
lightning36 folds
Julkeus folds
bayne_s raises to 1,100
columbo folds
Astin folds
pushmonkey72 folds
Joanne1111 raises to 4,905, and is all in
muhctim calls 3,070, and is all in
cloud71 folds
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act

This was my dilemma:
I am absolutely convinced Joanne has AK or AQ, muhctim I am sure is JJ+ or AK (later play convinces me I gave too much credit) which means I am calling less than 1970 to win 8k as probably 4.5:1 dog but calling another 1635 as 55% fav

bayne_s calls 3,805
Joanne1111 shows [As Kc]
muhctim shows [Ah Ad]
bayne_s shows [Tc Td]

turns out I am 65% for side pot and 19% for main. Mathematically expected value of call is !4100 chips so in cash I have to call. If I win I have chip stack that is Astin sized but from chip utility standpoint fold probably better.

*** FLOP *** [9c Kd 2h]
*** TURN *** [9c Kd 2h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [9c Kd 2h 4s] [9h]
Joanne1111 shows two pair, Kings and Nines
bayne_s shows two pair, Tens and Nines
Joanne1111 wins the side pot (3,270) with two pair, Kings and Nines
muhctim shows two pair, Aces and Nines
muhctim wins the main pot (10,660) with two pair, Aces and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,930 Main pot 10,660. Side pot 3,270. Rake 0
Board: [9c Kd 2h 4s 9h]
Seat 1: Joanne1111 (button) showed [As Kc] and won (3,270) with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 2: muhctim (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (10,660) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 3: cloud71 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: lightning36 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Julkeus folded before the Flop
Seat 6: bayne_s showed [Tc Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 7: columbo folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Astin folded before the Flop
Seat 9: pushmonkey72 folded before the Flop

Worst part about hands like this is I get distracted subsequent hands wondering was math correct?? Was it right chip utility decision??

Riverchasers is next.

Injustice at the Mookie

At the Mookie this week 83 runners sat down and played down to 8. Since there was no October 8 promotion preparing everyone for this scenario the BCS decided Pauly was the winner.

Pauly was kind enough to provide me the data I was curious about:
When a tournament is cancelled after it reaches the money, according to tournament rule 31.3:

* All remaining players will have their tournament fee of $1.00 refunded and be awarded with the next guaranteed payout of the tournament, $33.20.

* The remaining prize pool will be divided and distributed according to chip count - (Remaining Prize Pool)*(Your Chip Count)/(Total Chips in Play) = Your Share of Remaining Prize Pool.

In your case, this means $551.95*104891/249000=$232.40
Tournament Fee Refunded: $1.00+ Next Guaranteed Payout: $33.20+ Your Share of Remaining Prize Pool: $232.40
Total Amount Credited to Your Account: $266.60

I looked at Tilt's tourney payout page and saw that for 83 runners 1st should get 32%.

.32*83*$10 = $265.60

So WTF is it right that Pauly gets more than 1st Place Money?????????

As someone who has rightfully earned a reputation as a roach, and had strangers call me a roach, I think it is unfortunate to be denied a chance to win a tournament on felt (real or virtual) while you still have chips. But don't think there is a better way to award TOC seat.

Now everyone go give Hoy a hug so he'll feel better.

A cameo blog post

My exercise program took a hit last week when I wore a pair of socks that were a little big and managed to get massive blisters on both heels. I tried to drain, bandage and wear 2 pairs of socks but result on Wednesday was a blister within a blister on left heel. Since Wednesday I have only worn shoes the 4 hours I was at a job interview.

Yesterday I got ITM in the $4k KO PLO only to exit with top set against bottom set on flop due to runner runner straight. Hold and I am top 4 stack instead net $1.22. Since I have been running bad at poker I opted to apply what I have learned about Mafia Wars to start a new id and use an optimised strategy







The Don above was created during skillz last week. I bragged to waffles that I had certainly found an exploit.

To quote Waffles:
"due you need to get a job"
"dude"
"lol"

Some Graphs

I am playing less poker during my work hiatus but still trying to get 200 points a day on fulltilt to make IronMan and collect 900 medals at end of month.

Yesterday was one of my better days:

I would still like to get the 1st and 2nd numbers up and hate having 3rd be the biggest number, but getting only 2 bubbles was good vs. 10 cashes.

Skillz saw me get off to a good start but eventually bleed down until I ran into Kat's nut/nut hand. I was 2nd nut low, top 2 pair heads up.

I did run good vs. the wife:

I did squats and legs Monday before I bought the bug so next day work outs are always light since I need to heal (or am in pain).

Wife is pissed because she did her normal workout routine and thought she was burning off more calories than bugg showed. She is out of house early and probably walking at faster pace than yesterday.

Riverchasers/PPI summary

Missed flop with little pp.

Missed flop with little pp.

Missed flop with AK.

Missed flop with AK.

Finally hit a flop with AK, but get rivered when Rakefeeder's QQ rivers a Queen. (We were all in pre-flop and Rake has to go to Iraq so I think I am still running better).

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Wife has been asking for a bodybugg to monitor her workouts. Apartment gym is nice and convenient but it is lacking when I want to work out the legs or use a bench press.

I traveled 200 yards past Bay 100 to go to 24 Hour Fitness. It is nicer gym than the converted ancient warehouse I used to visit in Petaluma but sadly this one is a "Super Sport" so they want more money. May happen but there are a couple of other locations nearby that should let me use my cheap old membership. But they did have Bodybugg on sale so I bought a couple since I am a techno-geek.

Wife was not home when I returned so I proceeded to load the bugg software on computer and set it up, she managed to return just as I was popping it back in the band to put on my arm.

Conversation that ensued:

Wife: "What is that?"
Bayne: "My Bodybugg"
Wife: "you knew I wanted one and got one for yourself" lots of ranting
Bayne: Tries to interupt futilely
Wife: two more minutes of rant
Bayne: Tries to interupt futilely
Wife: another minute of rant then thankfully she needs to catch breath
Bayne: "Yours is on couch in bag"

Hopefully later we will both be strapped up and be able to tell who puts more effort into nooky.

Another typical Day on Full Tilt

Played cheap PLO early, trying to use real bankroll managment.

FullTiltPoker Game #11521979316: Table Chartered - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 13:41:11 ET - 2009/04/05
Seat 1: matterhorn1 ($50)
Seat 2: JOEYPIPES ($12)
Seat 3: Parantainen ($75.60)
Seat 4: bayne_s ($69.95)
Seat 5: mannondale ($33.70)
Seat 6: KEYONE7 ($13.35)
Seat 7: luckyman71 ($20.65)
Seat 8: Aitvarai ($50)
Seat 9: Mr Thomas Hill ($17.65)
Mr Thomas Hill posts the small blind of $0.25
matterhorn1 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah 9d 8h 7s]
JOEYPIPES calls $0.50
Parantainen raises to $2.25
bayne_s calls $2.25
mannondale folds
KEYONE7 calls $2.25
luckyman71 folds
Aitvarai calls $2.25
Mr Thomas Hill folds
matterhorn1 adds $0.50
matterhorn1 folds
JOEYPIPES calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [4d 7d 9s]
JOEYPIPES checks
Parantainen checks
bayne_s checks
KEYONE7 bets $6
Aitvarai calls $6
JOEYPIPES has 15 seconds left to act
JOEYPIPES folds
Parantainen folds
bayne_s calls $6

I choose to call looking for non diamond turn

*** TURN *** [4d 7d 9s] [7h]
bayne_s checks
KEYONE7 checks
Parantainen stands up
Aitvarai bets $15
EJDUS15 adds $20
bayne_s raises to $45
KEYONE7 folds
Aitvarai calls $26.75, and is all in
bayne_s shows [Ah 9d 8h 7s]
Aitvarai shows [7c Ad Qc 6d]
Uncalled bet of $3.25 returned to bayne_s
*** RIVER *** [4d 7d 9s 7h] [Qh]

Fawk, 220 BB pot lost on river 3 outer

bayne_s shows a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Aitvarai shows a full house, Sevens full of Queens
Aitvarai wins the pot ($110.50) with a full house, Sevens full of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $113.50 Rake $3
Board: [4d 7d 9s 7h Qh]
Seat 1: matterhorn1 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: JOEYPIPES folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Parantainen folded on the Flop
Seat 4: bayne_s showed [Ah 9d 8h 7s] and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 5: mannondale didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: KEYONE7 folded on the Turn
Seat 7: luckyman71 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Aitvarai (button) showed [7c Ad Qc 6d] and won ($110.50) with a full house, Sevens full of Queens
Seat 9: Mr Thomas Hill (small blind) folded before the Flop

Was not going to play Goat's tourney, push monkeys + donktards + donkey beats have been happening for 2 weeks in NL HE.

Full Tilt p0ker Game #11530312771: Bad Bankroll Management Trny (82348312),
Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:33:13 ET - 2009/04/05
Seat 1: jeciimd (5,690)
Seat 3: Shabazz Jenkins (5,040)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (5,220)
Seat 5: BuddyDank (6,590)
Seat 7: Julius_Goat (1,995)
Seat 8: twoblackaces (4,685)
Seat 9: bayne_s (5,780)
jeciimd posts the small blind of 30
Shabazz Jenkins posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [4c 4h]
PirateLawyer raises to 160
BuddyDank folds
Julius_Goat folds
twoblackaces calls 160
bayne_s calls 160

of course I call it's possible I have overpair

jeciimd folds
Shabazz Jenkins folds
*** FLOP ***
[Ts 6s 4d]
PirateLawyer bets 240
twoblackaces folds
bayne_s raises to 680

there are 2 spades on flop and even though it is early in a superstack am pretty confident that if Pirate Donktard has pair he's not going anywhere

PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act

w00t I know when timer starts he has top pair or an overpair, please don't be internet delay
PirateLawyer raises to 1,620

the fish are biting

bayne_s raises to 5,430
PirateLawyer calls 3,440, and is all in
bayne_s shows [4c 4h]
PirateLawyer shows [6d Td]

I have to admit at this point I am shocked that Pirate Donktard raises suited 3 gappers under the gun. I mean wtf you can't ever flop not straight?

Uncalled bet of 370 returned to bayne_s
*** TURN ***
[Ts 6s 4d] [6h]

Fawk, what a fawking joke the RNG has provided one of 4 cards rewarding two donkey plays in the same hand!

*** RIVER ***
[Ts 6s 4d 6h] [Jc]
bayne_s shows a full house, Fours full of Sixes
PirateLawyer shows a full house, Sixes full of Tens
PirateLawyer wins the pot (10,690) with a full house, Sixes full of Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,690 Rake 0Board: [Ts 6s 4d 6h Jc]

Later jec fell victim to similar donktardedness when 95s called a re-raise pre and was rewarded with 99 flop to crack AA.

Thanks for staking LJ, I warned you that I have been taking the worst beats from donktards playing like complete idiots and being rewarded.

Maybe next time.

:)

Late Pimp

Julius Goat as always is your host.

If you want to back me transfer $55 to bayne_s prior to start, since I am running so bad on fulltilt lately I will offer 60% plus makeup.

How do the pros handle this??

4 weeks ago when I finished 3rd in Turbo Fiddy I cashed out 1/3 of prize.

This is an automated message sent from Full Tilt Poker.
Your Player ID: bayne_s
Date and Time: 2009-03-07 17:11:54
Transfer Number: 02F96DCE
Payment Method: Check
Amount: $750.00
Status: APPROVED
Your withdrawal has been approved.
Funds transferred by ewallet should be available in your account
immediately. Bank transfer withdrawals may take up to 10 - 15
business days to be credited to your bank account.
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method and destination. Checks sent to the Continental US should
arrive within 15 business days via regular mail. International
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Thank you for playing at Full Tilt Poker

I still haven't gotten the check. I emailed cashier @ and support@ and as usual with FullTiltPoker "support" have gotten no response. If I was dependent on timely check delivery to pay expenses I would just be screwed.

Nothing else close to poker related to follow:

Went to Open House at Santa Clara High School Thursday night. My baby starts high school in fall. Daughter has a choice of bus stops in morning the close one at 6:30 or the far one at 7:15. The two stops are 2 miles apart and daughter is already trying to set expectation that I will give her ride to later (and more distant bus stop).

In afternoon she has no choice and gets to walk the mile and 3/4s home crossing 10 lanes of Montague Expressway with one of the quickest walk lane/width ratios in world.











High School does have it's own swimming pool and a tradition of good swimming, water polo and synchronized swimming teams.

When I got home I had to open up baby picture album again.

The Plan

When I first moved to California the goals were:

1) Make enough money at a start-up to provide a cushion for lulls in employment.
2) Have wife get a job to provide benefits.
3) Transition to working as a contract engineer (or temporary employee).

Four years ago I went through another company shutdown, had a mortgage but got 8 weeks severance and took the 1st job I was offered. I had played basketball and fantasy football with new boss, 50 of my co-workers were also going to Tellabs, my commute was only going to increase by a mile, it really was a no-brainer to take job because there were really only 3 companies hiring in Petaluma at time.

Working at Tellabs was very frustrating and I did not last a year. I liked all my bosses on a personal level. Tellabs had only recently acquired AFC so there were a lot of integration pains. At this point less than 10 of the 50 remain so it was not just me that could not cope.

The Sam Adams commercial says it all: "Enjoy what you are doing and you'll never work another day in your life".

Shockingly during my 1st month of unemployment my online poker play decreased. I remembered an old post (maybe 2 blog's ago) where Chad talked about playing poker all day had gotten him fat and out of shape. Would hate for that to happen to me.

It is a sad statement of American fitness that I am not obese enough to compete on The Biggest Loser but have decided to follow their lead and focus on getting fit during this period of unemployment. Right now given a choice I would rather lose 50 pounds by June than find a job.

Yesterday rather than going to apartment gym I went to 24 Hour fitness where there are leg press machines and squat racks. Yesterday legs were too hot for long pants and there is still a nice burn today. But it feels good.

Now I will head out for my walk and spend time contemplating what kind of job I really want next. Lot of parameters to work through with regards to company size/age, full-time or contractor, or even design vs. applications engineering.

All I am sure of in job search is I would not turn down Google.

Question of the Day?

Why would someone title their blog: How to Fold KK when they can't fold A-rag?

Full Tilt Poker Game #11337656066: The Mookie (84313722), Table 9 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:48:53 ET - 2009/03/26
Seat 1: corron10 (5,479)
Seat 2: Shabazz Jenkins (17,277)
Seat 3: jamyhawk (43,741)
Seat 4: Breeze81 (18,773)
Seat 5: Troublecat (15,105)
Seat 7: BuddyDank (24,760)
Seat 8: bayne_s (8,812)
Seat 9: pvanharibo (8,528)
corron10 antes 125
Shabazz Jenkins antes 125
jamyhawk antes 125
Breeze81 antes 125
Troublecat antes 125
BuddyDank antes 125
bayne_s antes 125
pvanharibo antes 125
Shabazz Jenkins posts the small blind of 500
jamyhawk posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Js Jh]
Breeze81 folds
Troublecat folds
BuddyDank folds
bayne_s raises to 8,687, and is all in
pvanharibo folds
corron10 folds
Shabazz Jenkins folds
jamyhawk calls 7,687
bayne_s shows [Js Jh]
jamyhawk shows [Ah Jd]
*** FLOP *** [2c As 3d]
*** TURN *** [2c As 3d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [2c As 3d 6s] [Kh]
bayne_s shows a pair of Jacks
jamyhawk shows a pair of Aces
jamyhawk wins the pot (18,874) with a pair of Aces
bayne_s stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,874 Rake 0
Board: [2c As 3d 6s Kh]
Seat 1: corron10 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Shabazz Jenkins (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jamyhawk (big blind) showed [Ah Jd] and won (18,874) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: Breeze81 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Troublecat folded before the Flop
Seat 7: BuddyDank folded before the Flop
Seat 8: bayne_s showed [Js Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 9: pvanharibo folded before the Flop

Admittedly I was short of chips on this one but before table closed I saw Jamy call a BuddyDank reraise with A5 and have his play rewarded with a 55 flop to crack Buddy's AA. WTF do you think Buddy's re-raise range is?

At least I saw poker kharma at work when jamyhawk overplayed AJo into AQo and fail to luck out at Final Table. Congrats on 4th.

Brit Blogger Retardness

Last weekend I played Brit Blogger Game Heads Up, lost and chatted with Pvan later and she shared her bad beat from Brit Blogger Game. I was not HU with Pvan.

Her solution to prevent this was to search on where she was registered.

Thanks Pvan.

Real question for Al is Why the Fuck are there two tournaments with the same name running at the same fucking time?

Special Olympics

“Let me win but if I can not win let me be brave in the attempt,” is the motto of the Special Olympics.

Since Hoy issued the challenge I thought I would answer it in my own way.

129 is a pretty bad bowling score but would we rather have a leader that admits to being bad at something trivial or a leader that shoots 38 under par in his 1st round of golf?

Special Olympics comment was a candid reflexive commentary on how nice the crowd was for cheering his 129. If he chose he could point out how it was in line with the motto for the bravery of the attempt and talking about it in public.

Goverment has clearly taken position that if Americans are no longer willing to go into debt to finance economy we will do it for them and make future generations of Americans pay off debt. Carter tried to convince Americans that sacrifices had to be made for greater good, but he only served one term and no one else running for office has dared to repeat message since.

Temporary Unpaid Leave Ends

I was running well in Mookie, had built up a decent stack. Stupid gmail popped up:

Team,

Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in getting (Public Company #1) or (Public Company #2) to move forward with a bid.

I would like to invite everyone to (my start-up) for one last meeting at 10am pdt Thurs. I know this is last minute, but I hope you can all attend. I have some important information about potential employers, so I would like a chance to share that with you. We will set up the conference bridge -- please use the ID: xxxxxxxx.

As much as I hate to ask this, I need to have you bring in your laptops, blackberries, and building access cards.

I'm sorry that I don't have better news. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

CEO

Result was not completely unexpected but it was a distraction. I let Smokkee's AQ run down my 99 on turn and game fell apart soon after.

Congrats Smokkee on win.