Wishes of Luck Appreciated!

lightfungus · #1 06-26-06, 11:09 AM

Yeah, the one on Indian Bend, Casino Arizona. I have been told that is the best one, so I haven't ventured out. Dude, we like live an hour apart in GA, and then you have family out here. Small world.

thrash1294 · #2 06-26-06, 12:06 PM

Yea thats the one. Its the best of several there.And I live in Jasper.

lightfungus · #3 06-27-06, 11:24 AM

Sooo, I had a poor night at the old casino last night. I wasn't getting much to work with, and my concentration wasn't the most spectacular. So I was down a hundred or two, with about ten minutes left until I needed to leave and get some sleep, when two players enter a hand that would subsequently lose me my remaining $300 sitting in front of me. Now, keep in mind I wasn't even in this hand, but it would do its damage nonetheless.

The flop comes AKQ, of which the suits are not important, and there is a frenzy of betting. Now both of these players have been tighter than a nun's poopshoot, so you know there is some crazy cardage in their holes (teehee). After the smoke settles, the turn coughs up another ace. Now, the younger kid who I have seen playing there a lot, and who seems to be pretty successful, gets pretty frustrated with that turn. We get a fist to the table and everything. Now the other joe, goes allin for like a fifth of the pot, which has to be called, and is with disgust from the younger gun. They flip, and out flies AK for the young guns competition. At this point I am feeling sorry for him and feeling entertained at the same time. Then, from the depths of the viscious river that we all know so intimately, rises that %2.27 fourth queen.

*Whooping and hollering commences*

We have qualified for the bad beat jackpot. Oh, happy day I think, now the floor will come over and find some nit picky reason to kill it. After some debate, they give it to us. Now, I get excited!

The qualifying hand is Aces full of tens and both players hole cards have to play. The jackpot was $42500 at that point, another 5 minutes and it would have dropped 15k, or so we were told. After signing a W9 and letting them scan my license and everything, I recieved a little stack of chips to the tune of $1,518.00 and my W9. Needless to say I couldn't play poker worthy of a donkey, and lost my remaining chips while we were waiting for our money. The loser of the hand won %50, $21250, the winner $10625, and the rest of the table, 7 of us, split the remaining %25. All in all, it kept me from having a decent sized losing night, and after the tipping of the dealer, I walked away a man that couldn't complain about being unlucky anymore and with $970 more dollars than I entered with. I hope you don't mind if I add that to my roll.

Current roll: $3,207

lightfungus · #4 06-28-06, 01:05 AM

Couldn't get myself to go today. Was worn out, I'll make it an extended session tomorrow immediately after work.

Talking Poker · #5 06-28-06, 12:43 PM

Sweet jackpot story!

lightfungus · #6 06-29-06, 03:12 PM

6 hours last night, -$172. I don't think I will make it tonight either, as I have errands and crap to run. But I think I am prepared to face the masses in Vegas this weekend. Hopefully the roll will be $1.2k heavier, that's the goal.

Current roll: $3035

P.S. Found my self whooping again as I thought we had hit the bad beat AGAIN. Players ended up all in preflop, Aces vs Queens, flop comes AQA...sooo close!

lightfungus · #7 06-30-06, 02:22 PM

I looked up the WSOP schedule for this weekend and it seems there is a $2,000 NL event going on starting saturday, so I will get to go check that out. Also, I have been looking around at possible tournaments and wondering if I should play in one. Hopefully this weeked will turn out to be profitable, but I at least want to break even with my expenses. Anyway, look for a big trip report next week sometime.

*Waits for shouts of 'May the cards be with you!' and 'Don't suck, asshole'*