WSOP winner not happy about being busted
 

A poker champion cited on a misdemeanor gambling charge in a weekend raid on a clandestine casino said Tuesday that the police could have been more useful battling serious crime elsewhere.

Maciek "Michael" Gracz, 26, a World Series of Poker winner from Raleigh, said it was a waste of tax dollars for more than a dozen officers to spend about eight hours at the scene Saturday night and early Sunday.

bdawg knows Michael Gracz.... he (the latter) owned him (the former) in Australia last year.

Yeah, that was a disaster. Two big hands vs him - one hand i had 7s - i raised preflop and he called. Flop came K,2,x - two clubs (i had one i think). I bet into him kinda hard and he jacked it up. I folded and he showed me pocket 2s (for a set). A few hands later - i get AK. I raised preflop and he called. Flop came something like 10,2,10 - i forget the exact but it was a pair like that. I bet something like the size of the pot into it - he went through some big speech and blah-blah-blah and put me all-in. I folded (btw - i dont want a hand analysis on this - i have re-lived it enough and talked about it enough).

That whole day was a disaster (day 2). I kept getting good starting hands, i raise, one caller. I miss the flop, i cb into it - they raise me and i fold. And repeat.

sigh - australia was a long...long time ago. I wont even get into the fun i had tonight - TP got an ear-full via email. It wasnt pretty.