tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314174642024-03-07T19:25:00.574-05:00At Least They Were SuitedJust a few trials and tribulations in the life of a washed up poker player."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-35831769153061329982012-06-13T22:24:00.000-04:002012-06-13T22:24:56.896-04:0043rd Annual WSOP PackageI plan on heading out to Vegas on the 3rd of July and staying through the 9th to hopefully play the Main Event if things go well. I've put together a package to hopefully make enough to buy a seat into the Main and I'm looking for some backing on the events I have planned. The Main Event is not part of this package but you will have an option to buy shares of the Main Event if I make enough to play in it. Those that know me know I'm honest, responsible, I'm not into partying, drinking etc. when I go out there it is to play poker and win and that's what I will be focusing on. If you don't know me and would like some references feel free to email me. The total cost of the events listed below is $2650.00 plus a small markup of 1.132 or a little over 10% to help with some travel expenses, food, etc. The package I have put together looks like this:<br />
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Thursday July 5th Event #59B - $1000.00<br />
Mega Satellite to Main Event* - $550.00<br />
Mega Satellite to Main Event* - $550.00
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Mega Satellite to Main Event* - $550.00
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*I will spread the satellites out across my trip playing one on the 4th and the rest after Event #59 I will show proof of buy in for all events via pictures on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FiveFingerz">@FiveFing</a><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FiveFingerz">erz</a><br />
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Total cost of package is $2650.00 x 1.132 mark up = $3000.00<br />
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Here is a <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aio060mHKYf1dHNCX2lneVFVd3puRGFIelJfMkVUQ3c">link to the spreadsheet</a> I will be selling in increments of 1% = $30.00 / 5% = $150.00 / 10% = $300 etc.<br />
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I will be selling between 50%-65% of my play in this package. I will accept paypal, cash, check, bank transfer. All payments must be received prior to July 2nd 2012. Or in person in Vegas before I play my first event.<br />
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I will be playing all three satellites regardless of cashing in the first one or two, in the event I make enough to play in the the Main Event anyone who invested in this package will have the option to buy shares of my Main Event buy in with no markup or have profits returned to you. (*Disclaimer*) Also if there are any taxes due you will receive a 1099 and will be responsible for paying the tax on your portion of winnings.<br />
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If you are interested or have any questions please feel free to email me - fivefingerz at gmail dot com. Or send me a DM on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FiveFingerz">@FiveFing</a><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FiveFingerz">erz</a><br />
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Thanks for taking a look and/or investing in me."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-52839496236877684822011-04-19T02:58:00.003-04:002011-04-19T03:41:38.789-04:00My ummm Annual post.... with hopefully more to come!Wow wtf you blink and a year goes by like it wasn't even there. I guess thats what getting older does to you, that and everything starts sagging. Well for those that still may catch these when I post. I took some time off from poker, kinda had to. Good investment went bad, bad relationship got worse and the next thing you know you find yourself looking back wondering where time went like I am now with this blog. Finding it hard to believe its been almost a year since I made a post and almost 5 years since I started this thing.<br /><br />From now on if I post it probably wont be about poker, I am still playing though. More on a recreational basis and there's a slim possibility I'm taking baby steps back to playing full time again. I mean with the crack down on on-line poker and our freedoms being taken away from us little by little and all, there might be an influx of good games in the B&M's again. Soooo you might see me back around here and there.<br /><br />If I post it will be about real life stuff. Like sustainable living, and other stuff like waking up the people of this country that's slowly going down the tubes. People are just so caught up now days that no one realizes what this country was built on anymore. People forget that this country was built on Freedom, the right to be FREE, The GOD given right to be FREE! And not be held down by some tyrannical monarchy or dictatorship, but people take a look at what we have created or at what we have let happen. Its turning into what our forefathers were running away from, but lordy its a trillion times worse. And where are we going to run to?? Wake up People and stand up for your God given right as an American citizen to be free, speak freely and most importantly think freely.<br /><br />Ok thats my patriotic speech for the week hope it helped. If you all want to get educated on some other real issues check out <a href="http://www.taofear.com/">Dr. Pauly's Tao of Fear</a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-46412166070538238572010-05-08T19:54:00.006-04:002010-05-08T21:14:28.388-04:00L.A. via La.A little over 17 hours, 1100 miles, and a time zone change we arrived in N.O. La. We covered 7 states and we shaved a hour of our est. time not to shabby. To check out our route <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Bowie,+MD&daddr=New+Orleans,+LA&hl=en&geocode=FTkyUwIdgHFs-ylJ8QbCjeq3iTFVbq5KSSK3yg%3BFbI5yQEd5KGh-illghGyVKQghjG00yJe6FsG2w&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.847644,79.013672&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=5">click here</a> <br /><br />Why you ask did you come to New Orleans? Aren't you going to Los Angeles, CA.? Yea well turns out there's a <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tourney/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=758">WSOP circuit event</a> at harrah's New Orleans and we've never been here before. Its pretty cool down here minus the hurricane damage that looms on the out skirts of the city, oh and then there's that nasty lil oil spill they are still trying to clean up. One thing that hit me when we came into the city was the great smell in the air of cajun food cookin' yum!<br /><br />Not much to see here kids move along, most of the trip was rather uneventful, just long and green. Well Chattanooga, TN. was nice, we didn't stop there but out of all the places along the way it seemed the nicest just the way it was laid out and situated in little valley in the mountains. I took a few pictures once we go further south and the sun came up and hopefully I will have more to show on the next leg of our trip. Here's some of the pics I took coming into New Orleans. Until tomorrow, remember follow us on twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/FiveFingerz">@FiveFingerz</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/OnAFoldDraw">@OnaFoldDraw</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/rpuleojr">Facebook</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TF5NYyW_vvr8vDpC9HdzS3PbsngjNaC8ZByzE4ZuXyslGPi2dPl91TQTkbG2nDB2dZSrb04-YZ-ZC5ozLBiDDZVyhzkTQvX9DXWx0SX83Q_zYT6cY7MxmOlwtO8tvx3HHtxR/s1600/IMG00013-20100508-1240.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TF5NYyW_vvr8vDpC9HdzS3PbsngjNaC8ZByzE4ZuXyslGPi2dPl91TQTkbG2nDB2dZSrb04-YZ-ZC5ozLBiDDZVyhzkTQvX9DXWx0SX83Q_zYT6cY7MxmOlwtO8tvx3HHtxR/s400/IMG00013-20100508-1240.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469070183701433410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-X4d1HpWS9MGmWDmXPfr3OBQ1Jgrkz-msY7KkDdS5hzNx2Qi7ntgd8rQ3LqSZvH2vsTvrJvsnJjoVzpBgNZqWhEolAFrVY_8DaVbe4L2y9iAVw-5jqGwrHzrrYVNofCCVxtu/s1600/IMG00011-20100508-1237.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoP8ffp1Yf3xlFfQdFcuk5-SAxSNvBjrJaZ_d6rjoofsDR_obKsI8INFZXlpb-pN6eRqg2BGFGaUDCRvZXkq0helkgEux8Y34NryPuZWr7l-wL79m_ghE9EkUViG8FqlDzD7N/s400/IMG00015-20100508-1242.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469070795456171410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMyrrN3thT3prbrOTiYgZThfXN4bVDGWjHubBf_7EOI8iJuqM4eqM6qHMoUJNDVDp8qlVHj5lsx2i2dduLQxtdJa-_4vbindNugUpDOetBasr9Ys06vqe5zq0tlIEzg-CXLDt/s1600/IMG00014-20100508-1240.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMyrrN3thT3prbrOTiYgZThfXN4bVDGWjHubBf_7EOI8iJuqM4eqM6qHMoUJNDVDp8qlVHj5lsx2i2dduLQxtdJa-_4vbindNugUpDOetBasr9Ys06vqe5zq0tlIEzg-CXLDt/s400/IMG00014-20100508-1240.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469070785484385474" /></a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-39598330481635216572010-05-07T04:28:00.003-04:002010-05-07T05:49:15.494-04:00Road Trip, Heading WestWow been a long time since I wrote in this thing, almost a year. Well this is a good time to knock the dust off and start over. A few months ago <a href="http://twitter.com/OnAFoldDraw">@OnAFoldDraw</a> said he was moving to L.A., a few weeks ago he asked if I wanted to take a road trip cross country with him to make the move, umm hell yea. Plus he owes me a trip cross country, I was bumped in lieu of a blonde with boobies on his last venture across the great wide open LOL. Cant say I blame him.<br /><br />I've never driven cross country before, can't say I'm looking forward to ride because I've done my fair share of traveling (driving) up and down the east coast. Flying is much easier and will be how I'm getting home for sure. But I've always wanted to drive cross country mostly for the experience and to see what else is out there in this country we live in. Although I've been told its a whole lotta nothin' I'm still looking forward to seeing it. I've never been west of the Mississippi so it will be nice to add a notch to my travel belt, well a few notches. <br /><br />If you are out that way or along the way be sure to hit me up, also look for me <a href="http://twitter.com/CommerceCasino">@CommerceCasino</a> sometime on/after Thursday May 13th.<br /><br />I will be updating this thing daily from the road, so be sure to check in daily. You can also follow along on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/FiveFingerz">@Fivefingerz</a> & <a href="http://twitter.com/OnAFoldDraw">@OnAfoldDraw</a> for up to the minute updates and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/rpuleojr">Facebook</a> for the pictures."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-11555235029625874162009-07-25T06:47:00.003-04:002009-07-25T07:21:05.419-04:00Where'd you goNowhere unfortunately, had a whole bunch of plans for the summer but none of them materialized due the fact of all the work I have been putting in to this damn house. Don't get me wrong its a beautiful farm house on 85 acres built in 1903 as per the tax records for MD, but I believe part of the house is a bit older. I am only renting it but worked out a sweet deal with the landlord who is greatly appreciative to have me there after some bad luck with previous tenants. I'd love to buy the place but am not really in a position to do so right now but we'll see maybe in a few years I'll make him an offer. <br /><br />One of my traits, and I don't know if its a good or bad thing, is that when it comes to doing work I have to do it right and if its not right when I take it apart I have to take it apart more and make it right. Ever seen <a href="http://www.makeitright.ca/makeitright/index.php">Holmes on Homes</a> a TV show on the HGTV channel and some other channels related to home improvement, well that's me LOL and some times I wonder why I love to do this kind of work. The few weeks worth of work I intended on doing turned into a few months worth of work because of all band aids over top of band aids that had been put on things by prior tenants and contractors. So I pretty much had to take the whole kitchen/bath/laundry area apart on the 1st floor and start over. Oh what a long strange trip its been.<br /><br />I've taken pictures all the way through from start to finish and really wish I had the time to let you guys follow my progress as I was working. But putting in 12+ hours a day, not every day but close to it and trying to juggle family life and my everyday chores there just wasn't time sit down and upload pictures and write along the way. I will however be posting all the pictures at once so you can see start to finish and see where I disappeared to for the past few months. <br /><br />I'm getting back on track though back to the regular grind and I have some things planned in the the next two months one of them being Borgata's poker open in Sept. which I plan on attending and will possibly be selling a portion of my action. I'm a lil rusty so I'll be heading up to AC for a week in August to get some practice in before hand haha and to relax for a week away from everything. Oh and I'm playing <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Saturdays w/ Dr.Pauly</a> $10 PLO today at 4:20 pm on poker stars if you want to join us just the follow his link for all the info."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-57762760144300884732009-06-20T00:26:00.004-04:002009-06-20T01:02:21.851-04:00Wow been a minuteWell its been a few months since I have posted on here, I've been busy working on my house and time has just flown by. I was planning on going out to Vegas for a few weeks but just got caught up and now its almost July. I still might make it out there, I have been playing some steps on <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=PSP8532">PokerStars</a>but just haven't been able to get 100% focused on it. Hopefully I'll be done with the house and all moved in in the next few weeks and I'll be able to get back to the normal grind here. Until then hopefully I'll be able to at least get up yo A.C. and play a satellite for the summer open but even that's looking like its not going to happen bleh.... oh well."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-23315209058204707312009-02-11T04:13:00.007-05:002009-02-11T04:30:29.598-05:00Hits from the bongI'm on hiatus, I guess, taking some time off to catch up on things and no its not bong hits. I guess most of you have seen Michael Phelps in the news lately, I saw the clip below on <a href="http://wickedchopspoker.blogs.com/">Wicked Chops</a> and figured I'd make a post about it cause it was so funny. The kid is 23 years old and he just won 12 gold medals let him live a little jeesh, I mean you let comcast inject him with that silver goo whats a little ganja gonna do to him. Really though who do you want your kid striving to be like the pot smoking swimmer who sets world records and wins gold medals or a steroid crazed athlete that shoots himself in groin.<br /><center><br /><object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/ImUM5f4oSi-x2pp18eRU8w"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/ImUM5f4oSi-x2pp18eRU8w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="296"></embed></object><br /></center>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-888716027686081682009-02-02T01:49:00.005-05:002009-02-02T02:17:06.799-05:00Truckin' to Argentina and a rigged Super BowlIf the 4 or 5 people that read my blog don't already read <a href="http://mcgtruckin.blogspot.com/">Truckin'</a> you should be. Its a collection of random short stories put out every few weeks or so and it's a great read for a good chuckle. This issue <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Dr.Pauly</a> graces us with two stories as well as a guest appearance from <a href="http://www.jonnyvincent.com/">Johnny Vincent</a>, who writes some of the funniest stuff I have ever read. So if you are sitting at work on Monday morning staring at your computer screen wondering how the Steelers blew a 13 point lead in the 4th quarter and couldn't cover the spread, go read <a href="http://mcgtruckin.blogspot.com/">Truckin'</a>. Or maybe you are sitting there wondering how they scored 23 points in the last 7 minutes of the 4th quarter to cost you the over under, when they had only scored 27 points in the 53 minutes prior, Rigged. In either case go read <a href="http://mcgtruckin.blogspot.com/">Truckin'</a> it will cheer ya up and its not rigged."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-65785572950191086532009-01-23T17:00:00.002-05:002009-01-23T17:43:35.254-05:00Borgata Winter OpenWell never got around to posting my post-trip report from the PCA but I soon shall I suppose, if you want to see some pics from the trip <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FiveFingerz/PCABahamas200902?feat=directlink">click here pics from PCA</a><br /><br />In the meantime I am presently seated in front of my laptop at Harrah's Waterfront Tower in AC thinking about last night and all I can do is shake my head. I came up yesterday with the usual group and Kenny who decided to grace us with his presence which is always fun. You see I came up for one reason, that reason to attempt to satellite into the <a href="http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=3000&Category_2=3500&Category_3=3510&SchedulePageID=5102D377-E3D4-240A-27FBF7012E9A4AA6">BWO's main event.</a> And coming off the PCA I feel like I am really playing some great poker and I am very confident with my play right now which is a big plus going into this thing. <br /><br />Well last night I gave the survivor tourney a shot $300+$40 buy in, 8K in chips 25min blinds, top 10% get a $3000 freeroll into the main event. Well you get $3K cash but I would use that to play the ME of course. Not a great structure for the survivor but for a Satellite its so so. Well I played great, was winning races when I had to, taking pots down without much resistance and had accumulated about 105,000 in chips by the 3rd break approx. level 11. We were down to about 40ish players out of 247, top 24 get the 3K 25th gets 2K and some change. Well this story doesn't have a happy ending we get down to 27 players and a guy makes the stupidest play I have ever seen. There's a guy all in pre-flop and two others see a flop of 778 one guy checks bonehead shoves all in with A6 (A high essentially) other guy folds, all in guy has AK and triples up of course. The guy who folded would have rivered a pair and knocked out the all in player had bonehead not shoved the flop and I of course would have locked my seat up to the ME. But of course poker is brutal and painful as is life and I get to bubble the survivor and walk away with zero! <br /><br />Pretty much I was put in a position where I could of tried to fold my way into the money for a seat and it should make for some interesting discussion. I had about 70K in chips the blinds were 5K/10K with a 1K ante and there were about 4 people at my table that had similar short stacks. A guy in MP shoves for about 55K I wake up to KK and re-shove long story short he has A10 and spikes an A and I ended up lasting 3 more hands before I get the BB and go out in 26th (24 places get 3K 25th gets 2K and change.) What can I do there I know a lot of people say fold and honestly I proably could have but had I folded and ended up getting blinded out before someone busted I would be kicking myself. If I win the KK hand I can just sit back and wait comfortably. I dunno it sucks but it is what is and I am not angry at myself for the play there. <br /><br />On a positive I played great and it just added to my confidence level and that makes me feel a lot more comfortable while I am playing. I'm going to give one more satellite a shot tomorrow sometime so pray to the poker gods for me. On a negative note I have a new nemesis that I must over come that being the hand that is A10, that hand is haunting me, it made me short in the PCA, then showed up again to knock me out of the PCA and has now followed me back to the States to knock me out of my satellite yesterday. DAMN YOU A10!!!!!!!"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-86619096388547709822009-01-05T15:45:00.009-05:002009-01-05T17:46:08.422-05:00The Madness beginsDay 1A started to day I went in and checked things out for a little while and its crazy. So many familiar faces, I took a bunch of pics with my phone but half of them didn't come out which made me a bit angry but ahh well what can you do. I have some pics from today I will post but most of the ones from inside the tourney area were all blurred for some reason. <br /><br />Let me just tell you the atmosphere down here is awesome and there are rumors floating around about extending the PCA next year to a few weeks and making it kinda like a mini WSOP. And if I had the choice to come here or go to the WSOP I'm coming here even it if is just for a week. Everything here is relaxed and everyone here is laid back and friendly. If you get tired of playing poker or take a bad beat you get up go for a walk, take a stroll through one of the 2 under water aquariums, go for a walk on the beach, grab a bite to eat or grab a drink pool or beach side, or just take a seat anywhere here and enjoy the fantastic weather and scenery.<br /><br />Last night I had the oppertunity to hang out with <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Pauly</a>, <a href="http://www.rapideyereality.com/">Otis</a>, and a bunch of the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/">Pokerstars</a>,<a href="http://www.pokernews.com/">PokerNews</a>, and <a href="http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-news">PokerListings</a> reporters, and what a fun group of folks to hang out with. We ended up drinking the bar out of Kalik and making it through last call 3 times, LOL yes they called last call 3 times. We didn't want to leave so they just let us stay till about 2:30 or so when we called it a night. Just wanted to give them shout out though cause they do a hell of a job and with out them we wouldn't have anything worth reading on the intrawebs.<br /><br />Remember follow along on the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/">Pokerstars blog,</a> or<a href="http://www.eptlive.com"> www.eptlive.com</a> or any of the other sources out there like <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/">PokerNews</a> or <a href="http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-news">PokerListings</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Oh Look <a href="http://ehondaspokerchronicles.blogspot.com/">E</a> and Keon made it down after all</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z4dC8BjgLNRwNGw_0__snAyKDOnzCK6f4gaggZFLaSC_f0oA1aMOhICsYxTP1lGBfaZR_gn5kSLmbv_VzTlXBLQeOJsvgzCjhJe6oVgZmWrQJ8-yzTX8WKw_qOEWZBypuGwA/s1600-h/SSPX0040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z4dC8BjgLNRwNGw_0__snAyKDOnzCK6f4gaggZFLaSC_f0oA1aMOhICsYxTP1lGBfaZR_gn5kSLmbv_VzTlXBLQeOJsvgzCjhJe6oVgZmWrQJ8-yzTX8WKw_qOEWZBypuGwA/s400/SSPX0040.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287941261492826066" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Remember this from Sunday</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI3BOMdp7wozVSYVHPdJXvvDN3MJwdsrMd40BpfiujDBJvQeQ7m0cTy-tJ9lQnAsvEVW0J2W17_S1PsueW-J9LrAu4ZalCg-xP3koI57uDaARt6TgXduDCcO03cUwkktZDVMM/s1600-h/Calm+b4+the+storm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI3BOMdp7wozVSYVHPdJXvvDN3MJwdsrMd40BpfiujDBJvQeQ7m0cTy-tJ9lQnAsvEVW0J2W17_S1PsueW-J9LrAu4ZalCg-xP3koI57uDaARt6TgXduDCcO03cUwkktZDVMM/s400/Calm+b4+the+storm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287936335672565714" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Now it looks like this</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWapBlP5M6PbcI4QpHa18Y54z440GwxHS35u8bcRIXx8-bPG7Yhux7R-BZe-SrA0D1d3JSoyn6e48WQJkbiNSrclGLAYld3u7H6D9mDEXNhB6YUl-dIkXMYWPAtA7V6AS4PNNQ/s1600-h/SSPX0047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWapBlP5M6PbcI4QpHa18Y54z440GwxHS35u8bcRIXx8-bPG7Yhux7R-BZe-SrA0D1d3JSoyn6e48WQJkbiNSrclGLAYld3u7H6D9mDEXNhB6YUl-dIkXMYWPAtA7V6AS4PNNQ/s400/SSPX0047.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287935599395542546" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Dennis Phillips in the red hat</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J4bdBUe7s8QiuuVZuvl90Jvoy3zL5t2X4uFIKBLdqAZ4TxhgVMlQCbGK8wuSwVAj_SFwF2x9lyCd0eDU4RhSC64PdOGvV09wRv8r5WlqcVl0j4JLx7lKKINaD0wd7HtoIJWf/s1600-h/SSPX0048.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J4bdBUe7s8QiuuVZuvl90Jvoy3zL5t2X4uFIKBLdqAZ4TxhgVMlQCbGK8wuSwVAj_SFwF2x9lyCd0eDU4RhSC64PdOGvV09wRv8r5WlqcVl0j4JLx7lKKINaD0wd7HtoIJWf/s400/SSPX0048.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287936344971234482" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Marcel Luske in sunglasses</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgRlBLFWXdlFOl7yLZxedVA0vpqDRDMoBmzUK-5SUlBY7kaAQXiPg1FZ6dexkl_mj_Wb_OcnqJM-Gm4T66U7iYtZx56PXoz48jiwEnYpnGQyms0LBgZnfcFzOJOKNhLbfL3q5/s1600-h/SSPX0050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgRlBLFWXdlFOl7yLZxedVA0vpqDRDMoBmzUK-5SUlBY7kaAQXiPg1FZ6dexkl_mj_Wb_OcnqJM-Gm4T66U7iYtZx56PXoz48jiwEnYpnGQyms0LBgZnfcFzOJOKNhLbfL3q5/s400/SSPX0050.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287940720260964434" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Chad Brown lil blurry he's in the brown shirt</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq10QFcWDlCur9E5z9lCCYsq33AH1iYd8adtD95bHbDh80SXlUDSZgYnvmO3ZnMP8pCjB8D9lIi99yv0s-veAYctKKm2irgajJ1IT80-kdxfJcC_R8bQluR0dmMiAoChOubiX/s1600-h/SSPX0053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq10QFcWDlCur9E5z9lCCYsq33AH1iYd8adtD95bHbDh80SXlUDSZgYnvmO3ZnMP8pCjB8D9lIi99yv0s-veAYctKKm2irgajJ1IT80-kdxfJcC_R8bQluR0dmMiAoChOubiX/s400/SSPX0053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287939881395294834" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Humberto Brenes....I think</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy3kaAP30vSo5j7JAdVo4sas5m_vJmRr8qoL6oIy6MK4EUXiZK8113sor7D8EKJddiEgjaRwQYHAvzrWfarN17ieVAnUa5U8LBns90gUybBzP3reuz6LvQBnkwKg5SZFswJIZ/s1600-h/SSPX0035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy3kaAP30vSo5j7JAdVo4sas5m_vJmRr8qoL6oIy6MK4EUXiZK8113sor7D8EKJddiEgjaRwQYHAvzrWfarN17ieVAnUa5U8LBns90gUybBzP3reuz6LvQBnkwKg5SZFswJIZ/s400/SSPX0035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287943500671043138" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Beach view of Atlantis</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsIC2pwejDYLZ8MWKWYOo9KViZPmg20oeNIL9LCkOxzcH_yOildYMJbjxFnFtxVlmFM6cpx9KFN8LOoujAzeDhWrVZ_TAPyKAzDOfgA3WXdT3hJQo4AEPKxVupMKqegdvmeAw/s1600-h/SSPX0032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsIC2pwejDYLZ8MWKWYOo9KViZPmg20oeNIL9LCkOxzcH_yOildYMJbjxFnFtxVlmFM6cpx9KFN8LOoujAzeDhWrVZ_TAPyKAzDOfgA3WXdT3hJQo4AEPKxVupMKqegdvmeAw/s400/SSPX0032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287936342048669602" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bling</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJXOotlhd1KdT2Fk4yJrD_hOGU8kvxf808I5JtjZmZjoGzpd8h0mHExr1rlWRjISX9H-e0KwGkq9whSvRuOnRGb1upnudrVTqle572sZFi6h6uj2gyFyq2lTuck1d4zvpGkIP/s1600-h/SSPX0056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJXOotlhd1KdT2Fk4yJrD_hOGU8kvxf808I5JtjZmZjoGzpd8h0mHExr1rlWRjISX9H-e0KwGkq9whSvRuOnRGb1upnudrVTqle572sZFi6h6uj2gyFyq2lTuck1d4zvpGkIP/s400/SSPX0056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287936351938785330" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MNjGE56CEY-Z-GspKMkSTAV30EetOEUV_sFKcZ_6uab8_0WfQxarQ-NvqD5q1jNkAuh5o5UhFK6jyW3ZqWhV4Ubmb_7qOhmo2sJbmzjYkp7pF_twv0v3uT77m7CYqRaBqXwj/s1600-h/SSPX0057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MNjGE56CEY-Z-GspKMkSTAV30EetOEUV_sFKcZ_6uab8_0WfQxarQ-NvqD5q1jNkAuh5o5UhFK6jyW3ZqWhV4Ubmb_7qOhmo2sJbmzjYkp7pF_twv0v3uT77m7CYqRaBqXwj/s400/SSPX0057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287936349072010018" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Misc</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPH0Ftp6Yu7AW_BO-vlW0C9P3mEYv57acmHNhSseXGIUOIGjab8PB9pqXA5Tx8ZDJbcPRSIAL78a7iO_SYTFyjzCoBfLyf2dZSoGFiuQqXuXu1R9cqqQMnGEK-uv5UwPCAlLB/s1600-h/SSPX0044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPH0Ftp6Yu7AW_BO-vlW0C9P3mEYv57acmHNhSseXGIUOIGjab8PB9pqXA5Tx8ZDJbcPRSIAL78a7iO_SYTFyjzCoBfLyf2dZSoGFiuQqXuXu1R9cqqQMnGEK-uv5UwPCAlLB/s400/SSPX0044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287943509106352994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRPN6F7tRMpXZlU3yjuKncU-wXKV5ibuV6riHGNIPNwP88e2azvhua5wWvwwLyhfY0eZfIsAf2GkSgLf9BsUyPySc5QGxu4AXvDsRfHYIcUNfrqWE8Ds8oSSKkCBQeGkPApWO/s1600-h/SSPX0042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRPN6F7tRMpXZlU3yjuKncU-wXKV5ibuV6riHGNIPNwP88e2azvhua5wWvwwLyhfY0eZfIsAf2GkSgLf9BsUyPySc5QGxu4AXvDsRfHYIcUNfrqWE8Ds8oSSKkCBQeGkPApWO/s400/SSPX0042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287943503923369058" /></a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-31684370893855351872009-01-04T16:21:00.007-05:002009-01-04T18:20:18.121-05:00Arival, Views and KalikWell had a nice flight, arrived in just under 2 hours, which is about 30mins ahead of schedule. Had a great driver, Sophia, she was also the owner of the car service/limo company I used to pick us up. She was very friendly and courteous and a big help scheduling things for me since I waited till the last minute. If you ever come here and need transportation I highly recommend <a href="http://bahamaslimousine.com/">Nassau Limo Service.</a> I Have a sweet room with a great view and the weather is awesome! Heres some pics<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Room views</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMSB6rPSfpPSik66WiEKUy4tgTooo_8IyIf7sfXMacd6MBC2VU_SucLbxSdYfR-0RCIby2Ww3DiVefjmvyu0zYrwg-b1WEP94aJNJgS1tew4-to2-nFdKNJQu9DdAiMPAV2Yh/s1600-h/Rm+view+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMSB6rPSfpPSik66WiEKUy4tgTooo_8IyIf7sfXMacd6MBC2VU_SucLbxSdYfR-0RCIby2Ww3DiVefjmvyu0zYrwg-b1WEP94aJNJgS1tew4-to2-nFdKNJQu9DdAiMPAV2Yh/s400/Rm+view+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287556932761574706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0b0Ye-nhRs89Lgd8dgKAJAgXekwLzQITVnzEsS22nnDIFE7Hv9XMFj2KcX_ai7o8yBFaRsyxuP2wMOBsmYiFzEfhkmKGVykNUrLZSEJ0URTsOewx_OBloB3hhD9YL3irfzPXV/s1600-h/Rm+view+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0b0Ye-nhRs89Lgd8dgKAJAgXekwLzQITVnzEsS22nnDIFE7Hv9XMFj2KcX_ai7o8yBFaRsyxuP2wMOBsmYiFzEfhkmKGVykNUrLZSEJ0URTsOewx_OBloB3hhD9YL3irfzPXV/s400/Rm+view+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287556929619987250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZOWESe037oqxJTfWMsD9GvnYMJB0PGi8DSiI2ivhDCE2f4RxyRt5tcQqbI7I0pBE8g2gTWCfK6aSnY2EmR4ze6kjKrqNQ6DcJUNrWnXuRkOUVkxCwtcFbX-9CB1gL2B_4ZM7/s1600-h/Rm+view+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZOWESe037oqxJTfWMsD9GvnYMJB0PGi8DSiI2ivhDCE2f4RxyRt5tcQqbI7I0pBE8g2gTWCfK6aSnY2EmR4ze6kjKrqNQ6DcJUNrWnXuRkOUVkxCwtcFbX-9CB1gL2B_4ZM7/s400/Rm+view+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287556928117938882" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MMMM BEER!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF7S0mj7N4Z7xuPODtgv8B4Ul5IPZy5HBqJrLBgbaBZmNbeplLckfrRvnAG8z0EZhaRiFW2oYo_G8ULwuh4_aj9UUALiAJ4uUf6L5SBzIjtYmSudq-BB57xzdILgpnhAIGbkJ/s1600-h/Yum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF7S0mj7N4Z7xuPODtgv8B4Ul5IPZy5HBqJrLBgbaBZmNbeplLckfrRvnAG8z0EZhaRiFW2oYo_G8ULwuh4_aj9UUALiAJ4uUf6L5SBzIjtYmSudq-BB57xzdILgpnhAIGbkJ/s400/Yum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287557324759313890" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Calm Before the storm</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzv_4i_9Lu4wgZzIpigqKbE9pa-wL0QYNWfEiJ5qHAO8PUUM2u-KUeR02l1mlJwO17VK1n7D3_t5-0FZubqHLyHsIuIENEYDE12VyO-Pq2gLqBcevyQuR25fnbyq4qdHC1UDg/s1600-h/PCA2009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzv_4i_9Lu4wgZzIpigqKbE9pa-wL0QYNWfEiJ5qHAO8PUUM2u-KUeR02l1mlJwO17VK1n7D3_t5-0FZubqHLyHsIuIENEYDE12VyO-Pq2gLqBcevyQuR25fnbyq4qdHC1UDg/s400/PCA2009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287555541356987266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WpxPMGfRSVUZgzHB4wnKtIvy0cdShtP8Bkiqb08F_rqO6D2RESitJF5c-3EBGR3Zij8gfJcPLPvRLR5Yo4omLQ2FvVYQ5TivSHg4StfSO5uRDusFE0kl0aQK4EVjyeFqbDES/s1600-h/Calm+b4+the+storm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WpxPMGfRSVUZgzHB4wnKtIvy0cdShtP8Bkiqb08F_rqO6D2RESitJF5c-3EBGR3Zij8gfJcPLPvRLR5Yo4omLQ2FvVYQ5TivSHg4StfSO5uRDusFE0kl0aQK4EVjyeFqbDES/s400/Calm+b4+the+storm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287555555700474370" /></a><br /><br />Sunset over the city<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq04DvID3oD7s22lsH8Lsv3HKCzqq5hE3oE0ARotTwX_fvbl3wR_CZH-iocnHFKC1qxq0kEXQFA5COTJg_lxS9z9DwbcHOt78wU7hZUM0wo70EKYUWjtFvfBWorZuuVRAp7s7/s1600-h/Sunset+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq04DvID3oD7s22lsH8Lsv3HKCzqq5hE3oE0ARotTwX_fvbl3wR_CZH-iocnHFKC1qxq0kEXQFA5COTJg_lxS9z9DwbcHOt78wU7hZUM0wo70EKYUWjtFvfBWorZuuVRAp7s7/s400/Sunset+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287581978480466642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmltCfe7DVNq952Vr-mY8U-RFh8XrtWxGreGVXSDLjK7IrU-30iLSl7SLLnpaFD-om8mNHfiyOw2ZLKy7dgOszh3RQiEO2KwcwZrUC2kbgRUmMhP9Xa8K6zZ90uiklQai3GqB/s1600-h/Sunset+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmltCfe7DVNq952Vr-mY8U-RFh8XrtWxGreGVXSDLjK7IrU-30iLSl7SLLnpaFD-om8mNHfiyOw2ZLKy7dgOszh3RQiEO2KwcwZrUC2kbgRUmMhP9Xa8K6zZ90uiklQai3GqB/s400/Sunset+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287581976639146930" /></a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-43993320682834539582009-01-03T00:12:00.003-05:002009-01-03T01:19:17.047-05:00Help Jeff outI don't know him personally but I know some of you donks that read this are from upstate New York and might have heard about this. Wow what a blower and we think we have it bad when we ship rent on our last buy in. If you can't help him out least pass the word on.<br /><br />This came from Pauly over at the <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Tao of Poker</a>.<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />By <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Pauly</a><br />New York City<br /><br />I never met Jeff, but he's one of VinNay's friends. He caught a bad beat recently and could use some help.<br /><br />Here's the skinny from <a href="http://www.runner-runner-rebuy.com/2008/12/calling_out_the_bloggers.html">VinNay</a>...<br /><br /> A friend of mine, Jeff, has had an unfortunate Christmas. His home was destroyed by a fire on christmas morning and declared a total loss. Fortunately, he was not home at the time and no one was hurt, but he did lose his cat Maurice, along with all of his possessions. The fire was started in his tenants apartment, and quickly spread throughout the house. To make matters worse, he was just laid off from his long time manufacturing job.<br /><br /> Jeff is a home game poker player, and reader of many of your blogs. He is a RPG'er, and beer drinker. He is a hard-working fucker who has battled dyslexia his whole life. He's a toker, and he only has one ball. He’s a flyers fan (I guess I can forgive him for that). He’s one of the most generous people I know. And he needs some help.<br /><br /> We have set up a site to help raise some money for him to help get him back on his feet. If you can give that would be great, but please do me a favor and link up the site for me.<br /><br /> <a href="http://helpjeffout.blogspot.com/">http://helpjeffout.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Improve your karma. Spread the word and help out if you can. Thanks for your time and best of luck to Jeff.</span></span>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-68474460464294146712008-12-30T23:02:00.004-05:002008-12-31T19:06:41.543-05:00On My Way to the PCAWell after some deliberation I have decided to go ahead and sell a portion of my action in the PCA Main Event. The buy in is $9700.00 + $300.00 for a total of $10,000.00. I will be selling shares of my action in 1% increments and up, so 1% = $100.00 and if I cash and you bought 1% you would get your $100.00 back plus 1% of my profits. My profits of course are any anything above the buy-in amount. I have put a cap at only selling 50% of my action, probably won't get that many but just in case I want to make it known. Also since this is such a large buy in tournament in the event I cash for a large sum you will be responsible for paying the taxes on your portion of winnings and I will have an accountant to handle any such payouts, just so everything is handled professionally and there are no disagreements. <br /><br />If you are interested I will take <a href="https://www.paypal.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">PayPal</span></a> transfers and cash and will be available everyday until Sunday when I leave. In the event you can't get up with me by then as long as I have a PayPal transfer by 11:00am on Tues Jan 6th 2009 you will be good. If you are interested or have any questions shoot me an e-mail at fivefingerz(at)gmail(dot)com or give a me a call or text. If you want to paypal me my email for paypal is rpuleojr(at)yahoo(dot)com<br /><br />I will be leaving for the Bahamas on Sunday January 4th 2009 my flight leaves out of National at 8:30am and I will be there for a week. I start the tournament on day1B which is Tuesday January 6th 2009. You can view the player lists if you have <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=PSP8532">PokerStars software</a> and go to the lobby/events/PCA/qualifers my screen is Fivefigerz and I am listed under day1B. You can also follow all the action live on <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.pokerstars.tv/pokerstars/channels/38502.html">eptlive.com</a></span> or from the <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com///"><span style="font-weight:bold;">PokerStars Blog</span></a> which Pauly from the <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Tao of Poker</a> will be writing for.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=10118859"><img src="http://www.pokerstars.com/bnrs/current/416x50.gif"/></a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-54789446299076278382008-11-17T20:01:00.002-05:002008-11-17T20:34:45.403-05:00Just a quick updateBeen kinda busy so I haven't been around to update lately so I just wanted to add a few quick updates. For those of you that like a lil competition our good friend Wayne has has revived the <a href="http://mddonkfest.blogspot.com/">Poker League</a> we all used to know and love on MD-poker. If you are interested in playing check out the link for the <a href="http://mddonkfest.blogspot.com/">MD Donkfest Poker League </a>,I guess that would be the MDDPL LOL, and come join us every Tuesday for the $5 NL Tourneys on <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=10118859">PokerStars</a> If you are looking for some money to buy on there let me know I should be able to accommodate you with a transfer. So what are you waiting for go sign up and join us on Tuesday nights for some Donktastic fun. <center> <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=10118859"><br /><img src="http://www.pokerstars.com/bnrs/current/120x60.gif" /><br /></a> </center><br /><br />Also <a href="http://onafolddraw.blogspot.com/">Trevor</a> the poker player formly known as El Shipo, rumor has it he made is first $1 since his little debacle in Vegas, has been kind enough to start a new <a href="http://forums.degenizens.com/YaBB.pl">forum</a> for all us degenerates. <a href="http://forums.degenizens.com">Forums.degenizens.com</a> is taking the place of that other place we all used to frequent that is no more. Its a lil bland right now but give it time and it should shape up like a hooker on Friday night. Now go join and get back in on all the local degeneracy.<br /><br />One last note you all know I won a seat to the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/caribbean-adventure/?source=10118859">PCA</a> in January which is a $10K event, last years winner took home a cool $2,000,000 USD. I'm thinking of selling shares of myself somewhere in the 0.50% - 1.0% range if you think you might be interested let me know I'll post up the details soon."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-50439250056098628662008-10-18T10:37:00.005-04:002008-11-17T20:38:06.070-05:00PCA - PokerStars Caribbean AdventureWell I haven't posted in awhile, truth is I haven't had much to post about. I have been kinda taking it easy and catching up on my day to day stuff and that stuff is definitely not fun to write about let alone read about, so I have been slackin in the blog dept.<br /><br />A few weeks ago I put a lil money on PokerStars and have been playing the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/caribbean-adventure/qualify/?source=10118859">PCA Steps.</a> The Steps are single table tournament satellites or sit n' go's in a step format that if you make it all the way to step 6 and win you go to the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/caribbean-adventure/?source=10118859">PCA</a> all expenses paid . They start at step 1 which you can buy into for $7.50 and go to step 6 which is a $2100.00 buy in. Place in the top two places and go to the next step, 3rd or 4th get another chance at that step, 5th or 6th in step 2 or higher and go back one step and try again. So its not to hard to make it to the top 6 if you can dodge some bullets and play good, making it to the top 2 is tough cause these sit n' go's are turbos so the blinds increase every 5 mins.<br /><br />Well I bought into step 2 which was $27.00 and placed in the top 2 all the way to step 5 where I placed in 3rd and had to retry that step and then placed in the top 2 my very next try. So I had made it to step 6 the final step where 1st gets the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/caribbean-adventure/?source=10118859">PCA prize package</a> + $1000.00 2nd gets $2100.00 and 3rd gets $1600. I wasn't sure if I wanted to play it right away or wait a few days to play it. I had been playing well all night so I decided to go ahead and play it right away, so I went ahead and registered. The structure in this one is a bit better T$3000 and 10 minute blinds.<br /><br />I got a lil short early on when I limped from the button with only the small and big blinds left to act, I should of raised just to steal but opted to limp instead, big mistake. SB folds BB calls flop comes 586 rainbow, I froppa da nutz. BB checks, I bet 30 he raises to 120, I just call and start to have a really bad feeling about this hand. Turn is a 10 and BB leads out 270 and I just call, only cause my gut is telling me this hand is not going to end well and I don't want to loose any more then I have to. I know if the board pairs I could be in trouble and wouldn't ya know it a 8 comes off on the river. BB leads out for 750 and I call when I know I should fold and he of course has 85 off suit for the rivered boat <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338080">(see full hand history here).</a> I'm pretty sure if I had re-raised him on the flop or raised the turn all the money would have gone in before the river and since I had a bad feeling I opted to just play it safe/weak and call him down after the flop.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I loose another hand with 88 when I raised and c-bet the the KQ6 flop and had to fold when the caller raised me all in. Down to T$1350 now uggh! I raise a few pots from LP and pick up a few pots and start the gradual incline back up to T$1540 and I pick up 77 and put in a small raise to 500 SB min raises to 1000 and I move in. He has AJ need I say more the flop comes 10 high I turn a set and I double up plus some. <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338126">(full hand history)</a>. I'm sitting with T$3280 now and get dealt 10 10 on the button and put in a raise to 900, the same guy from earlier shoves again putting me all in and I call he has AJ again, need I say more? AJ never wins LOL <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338174">(full HH<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>)</a> At this point I have T$6410 and I'm just like wow! I'm winning races, something I'm not used too and can't believe I have this many chips so I just hunker down and play my best game.<br /></div><br />I get 33 UTG and raise to 900, blinds are 150/300 with 25 ante, MP guy goes all in for 1020 more, I call he's got 77, I go yuck and can't watch cause I hate doubling up the short stack. I look back in time to see a pretty 6 fall on the river that makes me a straight and take in a nice 4K pot <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338200">(full HH)</a> sitting with T$8840 now 6 players left. I ran that up to around T$10K at one point back down to 5K and back up to a lil over 8K and the blinds were getting vicious wen we finally got down to 5 players. At this point I played the toughest part of the tournament, this was the tightest and toughest table I ever played and it seemed like it took forever for us to loose the next player which we do and we are down to 4. After that the next guy went out about 4 hands later and I'm in the money and in the running for 1st and PCA package.<br /><br />Not too much more to talk about, 5 hands later we are down to the final 3 when the button shoves all in and I'm in the BB with Aces.....oops <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338238">(full HH) </a>Aces are way goot and we are down to two. We are heads up and about even in chips and I take a small chip lead, we played about 8 more hands and I'm in the BB for 800, he completes his SB, 400, to 800 and we see a flop. Flop comes out 8d5h7c I lead out for 1600, SB raises to 4200 and I call. Turn is a 10h now I'm open ended with a flush draw so I shove putting the SB all in and he calls and boy do I need some assistance and boy do I get it when a pretty Jh falls on the river. <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3338268">(full HH)</a> I take down step 6 and prize package worth $14,300 which includes a trip to the Bahamas to play in the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/caribbean-adventure/?source=10118859">PCA</a> at the <a href="http://www.atlantis.com/">Atlantis resort</a>, the $10K buy in to the main event at the PCA, and $1K in cash."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-63596079957684870862008-09-11T05:53:00.002-04:002008-09-11T07:17:40.595-04:00Up Up and awayFinally a good freaking day, hey it only took me a week. Boy does patience and trying to play good for week pay off and so does not playing 1/2 while you are waiting for a 2/5 seat.<br /><br />Slept in, woke up around 3:30pm had a message from a nice couple I met last week and have been kinda hanging out with since then telling me there was some good 2/5 games over at the Taj. So I got my ass up and going, hopped in the shower and headed over to the "House of Dirty Chips" otherwise known as the Taj. Got on the list for the 2/5 games and headed up to grab a bite to eat. Ended up losing my spot on the list, so I put it back on again and again once more cause I went out for a smoke and missed my spot again oh well beats playing 1/2 and shipping it right.<br /><br />Finally they open up a new table and I grab $300, cause I love to short buy on a fresh 2/5 table. Don't ask me why and don't tell why I should buy in for the max when everyone else does cause I'm not listening and I don't know why I like to do it, I guess I like to be behind LOL. I'm just superstitious I guess and it usually pays off.<br /><br />We are like 5 handed for a few minutes but the table quickly fills and a few hands in I pick up 77 in LP super aggro guy to my right makes it 20 to go I call as do 2 or 3 others and we see a flop. Flop comes 689 rainbow, checks around to super aggro kid who bets 60, I min-raise his ass cause I read it as a c-bet and he min re-raises me, so I just push for about 125 more and he calls. Turn brings the 5 ding ding ding and the river a red Ace and I table my hand and double up. Don't have a clue what he had, he said nice hand and mucked his and I took it down.<br /><br />Little while later I picked up KcQc in MP and call a $20 preflop raise from the ATM (my new definition of ATM >Asian with a Ton of Money) in the one seat as do 3 others. Wow this guy in the one seat was in the game for like 2K in less then and hour. Older Asian gent who rarely folds and love to call raises. Well flop comes out QsAc3c checks to me and I got the ATM behind me in the one seat so I lead out 45, ATM makes it 150 guy to my right who was a tool at best goes in the tank and folds. I smooth call the 105 raise and watch a pretty lil club fall on the turn, so I check cause I know Mr. ATM is gonna shove and guess what he does for about $250. Well I guess I'll call since I have the nuts and this hand played out perfectly LOL. I think I might be dodging an A or Q on the river but that might be giving him to much credit. I make it out alive and table my winner and scoop another nice pot.<br /><br />Played another few pots and ended up calling it quits around 1am up a few bucks over $800. Headed out to smoke a cig and decided to stick $40 in a dollar slot and end up making another $100 woops. You guys should just stake me on slot machines, you really should, hahaha.<br /><br />Anyway call it a night say goodbye to my friends and head back over to Harrahs and decide to play some $15 Black Jack and drink a beer to relax and I'm only a few points away from my Platinum card. Decide to sit at a fresh table cause all the other ones had a bunch of drunk and rowdy guido's sitting at them and I just wanted to chill. So I pull up a chair and pull out 5 Benji's and sit down. I get hit in the head with 8 decks and start pressing my bets a bit and am quickly up $200 and some change. I tell myself if I get back down to just greens which is my profit I'll get up, well I go on another nice lil run and get up when the table fills up and this guy keeps staying on 15 when the dealer is showing a 7 8 9 or 10 which is a must hit. I accidentally pick up another $300 overall, its nice to get up from the Black Jack table with a purple and 3 black chips woo hoo!<br /><br />Its been a good day, but I am still about ready to go home. As I am sitting in my room watching the sunrise over a nice bay view, oh and watching the coast guard helicopter circle around the bay. Along with the half a dozen search and rescue boats circle about in the water most likely searching for someone who probably jumped off the bridge that goes across the bay right outside Harrahs. I really wonder how people do this every day, all this degeneracy and drunkenness, people with hopes of hitting it big only to loose there last $100 or $20 to the jaws of the viscious slot machine, its rough to not be pulled under into the dark side of this crazy place when you have been here for so long. It can be a nice place and I have met some really nice people up here but lordy I sure don't think I could live here.<br /><br />Well I am heading to bed at 7am so tune in tomorrow where I'll try to sum up my trip and get ready to go home."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-90337173218239426392008-09-10T05:41:00.003-04:002008-09-10T07:10:29.048-04:00No height requirment for this roller coaster ride.Same old same old up one second down the next then back up again. Kinda getting used to it, its definitely making me play my "A" game cause I sure as shit ain't getting lucky. I checked out of the Borgata today and headed over to Harrahs to finish out my tour. I'm about done with the tourneys, I'm just too burned out and can't handle them anymore. I think I have played about 10, 6 MTT events and 2 STT and cashed in two STT, rough to say the least. I'll be back for some more tourneys though just need a break, it was definitely a learning experience.<br /><br />Don't forget to follow <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Pauly</a> on the <a href="http://borgatapoker.blogspot.com/">Borgata Poker blog</a> if you want to keep up on the action. Pauly was nice enough to give me a shout out in his blog yesterday, I guess thats my 15 minutes of fame...LOL. Definitely noticed a spike in traffic, thanks homie. It has inspired me to Blog a lil more, now that I know someone actually might be reading it haha.<br /><br />Well got to Harrahs and got checked in then headed down to the poker room which was very busy. Hopped into a 1/2 NL game while I was waiting for a 2/5 NL seat, bad idea shipped a couple hundo waiting for my seat. No more of that, I'll just wait next time. Finally got a seat to the 2/5 NL and was happy to see two of the good people I played with on Friday, which meant it should be an enjoyable game.<br /><br />I grinded out a few hours and finally flopped a monster, pre flop raise to $20 with 4 or 5 callers and I'm in on the button with Kh7h. Flop all hearts, EP leads out $45 one call two call three call and it gets to me, Damn it can't slow play this, guess I'm just gonna have to take it down here, I'm all in for $395. Initial bettor calls for less , 2nd caller calls for a lil less and the 3rd caller goes in the tank, but the dealer decides to stick the turn out prematurely, GREEEAAAT! Floor comes over sorts things out and the 3rd person folds. River comes out as it would have if the dealer didn't screw up, turn goes back in the stub, stub gets shuffled and out comes the card that was supposed to be the turn. I'm fairly sure I have the best hand and table my flopped flush and scoop a huge pot.<br /><br />One guy had the Ah, the second caller actually and I knew this which is why I was sweating the screw up by the dealer. If a freaking heart rolls off cause of the dealers screw up I flip the f'ing table over and get banned from Harrahs for life. But it didn't and all is good. Sitting on about 800 and am now the big stack.<br /><br />Few more hours go by I pick up a few pots and this hand comes up. I'm in the SB and and have a good feel for the players at the table. The saying is if you can't spot the donkey at the table then you are the donkey, well what if you can't spot the good players at the table then whats that mean? Yeah it was that kind of table. Anyway button raises to $20 as he usually does on the button I call from the SB with KQ, BB calls as does one other. Flop comes 9d Kc 7d BB leads out for $75 folds around to me I say "what you have AK" BB says "No less" so I bump it up to $150 he just smooth calls. Turn brings the 10c and the BB ships it in for about $400 and I am confused but very confident I have the best hand so I call. River is the 3d and the great player in the BB tables 2d5d for a rivered flush. Welcome aboard the Ricky Bobby ride please keep you hands and feet inside at all times and secure all loose articles, and oh yes hold on!<br /><br />Sitting with a lil under $200 and some how run it up to a lil under $800 in the next few hours and cash out when the table starts to get a lil rowdy and the dumbass floor lady Angie and I have a severe disagreement. It got rowdy enough between myself and one other player that security decided to come over in hurry followed by the dumbass floor lady.<br /><br />It went something like this, UTG and UTG+1 are buddies well UTG has about $150 in reds and a bunch of blacks and greens. UTG says to his buddy let me just stick these reds in and we can go to the bar so his buddy says just stick them in and I'll call and we can check it down. Well only problem is theres 7 people left to act and myself (i'm in the 10 seat they are in the 9 and 8 seats) and the dealer are the only ones that heard them. Well the kid in LP wakes up with a hand and wants to know what the hell is going on and I look at the dealer and tell him that the kid has a right to know whats going on cause what the other two are doing is borderline collusion. Well UTG guy doesnt't like what I said and starts getting real shitty with me yelling at me and such. I don't take well to that and tell him he needs to relax, a rather heated argument pursues security comes over in a hurry and here comes the floor. The dealer tells the floor what happens but leaves out the part where they said "and we'll check it down". I chime in and add that small but important detail and the floor lady tells me I shouldn't even be talking cause I wasn't involved in the hand and I go off on her rack up my chips and call the supervisor over. Supervisor agrees with me says I'm absolutely correct and the two friends shouldn't be doing that and its the DEALERS job to control his table. I tell the dumbass floor bitch to start looking for a new job and I cash out.<br /><br />Welcome to the Ricky Bobby show tune in tomorrow for the next episode........"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-25349991954023239332008-09-08T04:50:00.002-04:002008-09-08T05:45:00.097-04:00The PlaygroundWhy the playground? Cause I feel like I'm on a frickin' see saw thats why. I'm still in AC and I'm not broke so I guess thats a positive, wait let me rephrase that, I know thats a positive. I took Saturday off, well from poker anyway. Played a lil blackjack did ok, it helps when you are at a table that knows what they are doing too. Hung out with Tracie for the day on Saturday and Sunday morning since she came up for the weekend. Then Sunday afternoon I decided to hit the tables again and get back to the grind.<br /><br />Started with a $100+20 SnG that the Borgata Open is running. I did well ended up chopping with a guy since we were about even in chips. Decided to play another one and played two hands badly and paid the price. Then decided to go play 2/5 NL where I played about 2 hands and shipped $700, both times flopped 2 pair against a set and shipped it both times. After that I was done with cash games so I headed over to the $25 Blackjack table and went on a nice lil run back up and made a couple hundo back. So headed back upstairs to play another SnG.<br /><br />This time I decided to play a $250+30 where I met some very nice ladies that are regulars on the WPT circuit one of them being <a href="http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/nancy-tyner/27687/player-profile.asp">Nancy Todd Tyner</a> who some of you may have just seen on the televised <a href="http://www.bluffmagazine.com/Tournaments/event/2008-6th-Annual-Five-Star-World-Poker-Classic-April-13-2008-Event-11-WPT-Ladies-No-Limit-Championship-423-5134.html">WPT champioship</a> playing the not so nice Vanessa Selbst heads up and Nancy ended up winning. I did well in the SnG I picked up KK in LP on the button when UTG moved all in Nancy moved all in and I called which put me all in . The guy that moved all in had 44 Nancy had AQ and spiked an A on the flop, I got lucky for once and spiked a K on the river and tripled up. Ended up going down to 3 people left after Nancy got knocked out when she moved all in with a decent hand K9s I think, she got called by the donk on the BB who could of folded but wanted to be a hero with K8 off and spiked three 8's. We played another round and and it was down to the donk, another wonderful lady named Jennifer, and myself and we decided to do a 3 way chop for $800. So I ended up breaking about even on the night.<br /><br />Let me just tell you <a href="http://www.nancytodd.com/">Nancy</a>, Jennifer and the other lady were some of the nicest people I have played with in a long time. We had a few laughs about Nancy's little spat with Vannesa Selbst, anyone who saw the televised show will know what I'm talking about. She also gave us a few laughs about some things that happened behind the scenes that no one gets to see on TV. And Nancy even bought me a beer and sat around and BS'd with us after she busted out. What great bunch of ladies and great poker players too, I really hope I have the pleasure of playing with them again.<br /><br />Well anyway its been a lot of ups and downs for me but thats fine with me because I really think I am playing some decent poker. I have gotten myself into tournament mode so I think thats what I am going to stick with for the rest of the trip. Might play some 1/2 NL and a lil more Blackjack in my spare time if I feel up to it. I'll try to keep everyone posted on a daily basis."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-69986252206412434362008-09-06T16:22:00.004-04:002008-09-06T16:54:13.187-04:00Not to much to talk aboutThe 1K event didn't go so well , I played decent had about 12K in chips after the first break which was right around average. Come back from the the break, 2nd hand back I pick up AdJd in LP I raise it to 450 (blinds 75/150) SB calls as do 2 others, flop Ah8d9d. It gets checked around to me I bet 1K SB calls everyone else folds. Turn brings a 10c, SB checks I bet 2.5K he raises to 5K I call. River brings the 7h SB throws in the rest of his chips which has me covered and I call he tables JQ off for a turned gut shot straight and my J high straight is no good.<br /><br />I think I played well, but these large field tourneys are tough and you really have to run good, dodge the donkey bullshit and get there on your big draws to cash in these tourneys. Unfortunately I had none of those things going for me over the past two days. Don't know if I'm gonna stay up here for the rest of the week or go home for a few days to lick my wounds, guess I'll figure that out tomorrow.<br /><br />Thank you to all those who supported me, sorry I couldn't come through, hopefully I'll have some better luck in December when I come up for the <a href="http://www.harrahs.com/images/non_image_assets/RCM8-407_WSOP_Rack_Card.pdf">WSOP at Harrah's.</a><br /><br />And just a reminder Pauly from the <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">Tao of Poker</a> is up here covering the Borgata Open if you want to keep up on whats going on be sure to check out the <a href="http://borgatapoker.blogspot.com/">Borgata Open blog.</a>"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-88760050392821422422008-09-04T13:04:00.004-04:002008-09-04T13:36:16.039-04:00I run real goot!Well not a lot to say, I just busted out with AK suited. I hovered around the starting 8K in chips for the first level. Played fairly tight cause the table I was at was in check call mode. I flopped a set once and rivered a boat but couldn't get the maximum, cause the board pairing card on the river was a fourth club and the other guy didn't have any. I flopped a straight in a 3 way pot and had to lay it down when a guy obviously turned a flush only thing is the third guy in the pot hit a higher flush, yes I check raised it to the moon on the flop didn't matter though. Got moved to another table shortly there after with about 5Kish in chips guy to my right has about 20K+ in chips and is playing a lot of hands. I'm in the SB and pickup AKs Mid position raises to 350 big stack on my right makes 600, blinds are getting ready to go up to 200-400 which leaves me with an M of less then 10 so I mush for a lil over 5K. It folds back to the big stack and he goes in the tank and says he's gonna call, so he does with A5 of clubs vs. my AK of spades flop is two clubs and of course the deuce of clubs on the river, thanks Kenny.<br /><br />On a side note the dealers are the worst dealers I have ever seen and the players aren't much better. Either way I'm keeping my cool not tilting and just chilling getting ready for tomorrow, might play the $200 survivor tourney at 3pm, I'm cashing in one of these damn tourneys.<br /><br />Also met Pauly from <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/">The Tao of Poker</a>, real nice guy had a long chat with him prior to todays event. He's also writing for the <a href="http://borgatapoker.blogspot.com/">Borgata Poker Blog</a> keeping things updated in his usual way. Both are good reads and also good for a few laughs, take a look at them if you haven't already. He gave me a shout out in the Borgata Blog unfortunately I couldn't come through. Tomorrow is another day, I'll keep ya posted later on the rest of my day."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-35676993485703931212008-09-04T09:43:00.001-04:002008-09-04T09:43:15.353-04:00Getting ready to start my 1st event the 500+60 I'll try to keep this thing updated via my cell if i can"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-27197890314295020482008-08-06T07:40:00.003-04:002008-08-06T08:04:02.320-04:00Borgata Open September 3rd-18th 2008I'm heading up to play in the<a href="http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=3000&Category_2=3500&Category_3=3510&SchedulePageID=4619BC25-D23E-D55A-C7ADCAC4DB9042ED"> Borgata Open</a> on Tuesday Sept. 2nd 2008 and if all goes well I will be there thru Sunday Sept. 14th. I plan on playing most of the NL Events if I can and I am looking for some investors, backers, gamblers what ever you would like to be called, to buy part of my action. If anyone would like to buy a piece of any of the tournaments I plan on playing in or stake me for 100% in any of them please let me know.<br /><br />What I would like to do to keep it simple is this, if you would like to buy a share I will sell shares of which ever tournament you chose in increments of 10% up to 50% of my total buy in on a 1:1 ratio. So if you bought 50% of my action in the $500+$60 NL event you would give me $280 and if I cashed for say $2000 you would earn $1000 (your intial investment of $280 + $720 in winnings). Fairly straight forward I think.<br /><br />If you would like to back me 100% in any of the Tournaments I have listed below please contact me and we can work something out.<br /><br />Heres a link to all the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=3000&Category_2=3500&Category_3=3510&SchedulePageID=4619BC25-D23E-D55A-C7ADCAC4DB9042ED">Borgata Open Events</a></span><a href="http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=3000&Category_2=3500&Category_3=3510&SchedulePageID=4619BC25-D23E-D55A-C7ADCAC4DB9042ED">.</a><br /><br />I plan on playing in the following events:<br /><br />Wed. 9/3 $300+$50 NL event<br /><br />Thurs. 9/4 $500+$60 NL event<br /><br />Friday 9/5 $1000+$90 NL event<br /><br />Mon. 9/8 $400+$50 NL event<br /><br />Tues. 9/9 $500+$60 NL event<br /><br />Thurs. 9/11 $500+$60 NL event<br /><br />I would like to play in the $2500+$150 NL event on Wed. 9/10 and the $1500+$100 NL event on Saturday 9/5 but that all depends on the outcome of the previous days events. These are actually the events that I would like to get backed for and possibly the $1000+$90 on Friday 9/5.<br /><br />If you decide you would like to buy some shares you can contact me via <a href="mailto:fivefingerz@gmail.com">email</a>, <a href="aim:GoIM?ScreenName=FiveFingrz">text</a>, phone, leave a comment here or via <a href="http://www.md-poker.com/pmsend.asp?toMemId=402">PM on MD-Poker</a>. My contact info as far as email and text/IM go are listed on the top right of my blog or just click on the links. Well I have been looking forward to this for a few months now and even if you don't wanna throw some loot my way hit me up if you are going to be up there for any of the tournaments. Thanks!"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-20309312938085583962008-06-22T21:16:00.005-04:002008-06-23T01:14:13.394-04:00Prop Bets, Hookers, and Getting Unstuck oh no!Went to AC this week with Keon, we left got up there on Weds morning and spent the day at the Borgata with Eric. I had a nice day crushing the 1/2NL there and then decided to go ship most of my winnings and then some on table games, when I ran into Jesse Y and his boy Ryan. Woo hoo! Actually the first part of the table games went well, well enough to eat some great food at Homestead steakhouse at the 'Gata. It was the second session that went bad, should of quit after dinner and went to bed like I said I was gioing to do. Played the 400+50 event on Thurs and had some bad hands which I won't discuss 'cause I don't like telling my bad beat stories on here. Went out after the first break, boo!<br /><br />Later on Thursday afternoon headed over to Harrah's to get my room and check in, Harrah's is a really nice place and I enjoy staying there if you get a chance to stay there I recommend it. I had to split up my rooms between harrah's and showboat on Thurs and Fri cause I waited till the last minute to make reservations, it worked out well though.<br /><br />Poker didn't go to well on Thurs so I took a minimum loss of $140 for the day and Keon and I decided it was time to do some drinking so we headed over to the Exhibition Bar at Harrah's. Eric joined us to drink a few beers and then we starting wondering around making stupid prop bets, which I lost most of. One of which was how many hookers are sitting at the bar at 3am on a Thurs night. The over under was 4 I said under, Keon says over. We make it half way around the bar and the count is at 6 wow I loose. Who'da thunk it at harrah's of all places maybe they were having a meeting, cause of all the times I've been in that bar at that time I've never seen that many I thought my bet was a lock. I should of known better to make a bet about hookers with Mr. Craigslist.<br /><br />Ok well its been quite an entertaining trip so far I'm having lots of fun and its going to continue. So we decide to play some table games, Eric is stuck a couple hundo and says he wants to get unstuck playing table games....ummm ok. Lets play BJ so we all sit down at the BJ table things are going ok and then things go terribly wrong. Dealer showing a 6, a break card, I have J5 for 15, Eric has 10 10 for 20 and Keon has split Aces. I stay Eric asks me what he should do I tell him stay you never split tens plus the dealer has a break card. He's says well I think I should split them, I say wow what the hell did you ask me for then. Eric goes on to pull another 10 and split that also, ends up pulling six 10 cards out and pretty much ruins the shoe, Keon split his aces and would have had two 21's had Eric not been a dumbass but instead gets two low cards and the dealer of course hits 21 in three cards. Nice Job sir!<br /><br />Ok I decide I've had enough after that hand, besides the shoe was good until then I can't stand to loose anymore and I'm about even. I get up and go play the stupid game that is Texas Hold 'Em Bonus. I'm sitting there up a lil bit and Keon and Eric tell me Eric is going to the Roulette table to get even since Eric has devised a foolproof way to get unstuck playing Roulette and explains it to me. I hand Keon a lighter and say here use this instead, Keon says whats this for good luck, I say no he looks at me confused until I light the lighter and he says ohhhhh! hahaha. Well they go over the Roulette table and Eric sticks $400 on black, comes up red, so he puts $800 on black, comes up red, then he puts $1600 on black, guess what hits? You got it red, then guess what he does? He puts $3200 on black, at this point he can not make another bet cause the table max is $5000 and the floor person is kinda looking at him like he's a little crazy and maybe not the brightest kid in the world. Well he hits black and wins $6400. I've done some not so bright things and gotten lucky but this kid needs to go play the lottery.<br /><br />They come back to my table and slam $6K on the table like he just won that much. I kinda look at him confused and they explain the story to me and I say oh ok so you just risked $6K to win $400 nice hit fish. And they tell me I'm a degenerate at table games......Hahaha ok! On a side note I finished my Texas Hold 'Em Bonus session up a couple of hundo after catching several Bonus hands and I rolled out.<br /><br />So on to Friday we move ourselves over to the Showboat for a nice comped Friday night room and get checked in. We relax a lil bit and go grab some food, Showboat not the greatest place to eat by the way. Food was ok it filled our bellies so we weren't complaining.<br /><br />Later on that night I decide to play a small tourney at the Showboat just to chill and get back in the swing of things. Keon heads over to the Taj and Eric went to Caesars I think. I bust out of the tourney and head over to the Taj to find Keon and there he is playing 1/2 NL and theres a seat open right next to him. He tells me I should sit, so I do cause the table is full of old guys that have no clue. We have an older gent to Keons right and an Israeli guy who speaks broken english to my left, they both are listening to Keon and I talking nonsense and ask you guys friends or you just meet, I say oh we met at the Gay Parade, you should of seen the looks...... The old guy taps Keon on the shoulder and says hey is your buddy really a fruitcake, hahaha and the Israeli guy asks me you guys really "the gays" for a second time I say no I was joking, and reply why are you so interested and why do you keep asking me that. They figured out that we were just joking around and having a good time so they joined in until I ran them off, Sorry Keon.<br /><br />Ok on to some poker, so this table is really soft and I manage to run over it sitting on a lil over $500 at one point. The Israeli guy likes to jam pots with pot sized bets and I get in a hand with him when I'm the BB and I raise to $11 and he immidiately makes it $35 folds back around to me maybe one caller I can't recall. I say to him I think I know what you have and call. I put him JJ AK or possibly 10 10. Flop comes 6s7s8d I say wow that was an unfortunate flop for you and I check he fires out $75 I insta move all in. He says how much, now earlier in the night he says my hand was shaking when I made a bet so he knew I had a 7 when there were two 7's on the board, he was wrong. This leads up to how I count my chips out for him, I stick my chips out there and count them out purposely violently shaking my hand. I have about $225, $150 more to call, He folds, racks up the $200 he has left and leaves, woops. I had As9s in case you all were wondering.<br /><br />I chase off a few more fish and a few more sit down Keon says I made the loosest guy at the table in the 1 seat saran wrap his chips, which Keon says is an understatement. This guy was playing every hand all the way to the river was sitting on about $400ish. I see a flop with the rest of the table pretty much the norm on the night. Flop was 8 high checked to me I lead out and get called several ways. turn is a 10, I lead out again for $15 one seat makes it $30 ok so you have 10 8 I call river is a Q ding ding ding and I move all in for about $125 and the one seat insta calls and slams down 10 8, no good sir i have Q8 bring that pot over here. Needless to say the guy doesn't play to loose after that hand.<br /><br />I do well after that hand untill I do what I have done so well in a few sessions over the past few weeks, twice in the past few days. I get in into a pot with the only person at the table who has almost as many chips as me. I play QQ horribly on the turn after a J high flop which I led out on $25 and got called 5 ways. Needless to say I put the guy at risk for his whole stack and he almost folded, I think, till I opened my big mouth and about 5 mins later he called with a flopped set of 4's, what the hell was he waiting for, guess he was playing with his rent money or judging by the size of his wife it might have been her money. I'd be scared to loose her money too!<br /><br />I'm a little upset now and Eric comes over to the table says he's going to play 2/5 I think thats a good idea cause I'm stuck and thats a good way to get even. I go get on the list and get seated at Eric's table which is unfortunate. I sit with $400 add on for $100 a lil while later and am sitting with about $600ish and get into a hand with the older Asian gent that called me down earlier when I raised from the button, just to see my hand , I had trip dueces with Q2. sets up this hand nicely, I raise to $20 from LP Asian guy makes it $175 to go folds around to me, one guy left to act between myself and old Asian guy. OAG (old asian guy) says I have $198 left I say ok well I'm all in guy in between us folds, OAG says you have Q2 again I say no he says you let me keep my dollar on my cards I say sure he calls and says you have Aces I say nope KK and show him. He waits till the river, actually a few seconds after the river to slow roll his flopped set of 9's and say ship it I say nice hand and get up with about $250 and some change, cause I'm heated and don't want to ship it.<br /><br />About 30 mins later I text Eric and ask him to tell me when a seat opens cause I want to get my money back from OAG. He tells me OAG shipped it all back, well thats good my moneys still on the table and I don't have to worry about battling with someone I'm gunning for cause that never works out. I go back to get in the 2/5 NL game and have to get on the list, I somehow manage get the same seat back at the same table wow cool. Erics still there and the table has changed a litlle bit, much stronger now with some deepstacks I'll have to change my game up. I buy in for $500 and take a seat, things go very well and up to about $700 and I'm playing my "A" game by far.<br /><br />I get into a hand with Eric where he raises from MP and I call along with one other, flop A75 it gets checked around turn is a 9 checked to me I bet $60 and I take it down with pocket 8's which I didn't have to show. Well Eric thinks I'm screwing around and doesn't like the fact that I called his raise and took the pot down with a bet on the turn. Keon and I are outside and Eric comes out and says to me i'm lucky he didn't call cause made a pair on the flop, I said you didn't have an ace so I obviously had the best hand. He says yea ok keep doing that and I'm going to stack you. Oh ok you want to do battle now sir? Let me get out my horsey, jousting pole and armor, I tell him I will take him to school he does not back down and disagrees. Cool this will be fun I love a challenge, its all fun and games to me a lil friendly rivalry.<br /><br />A litlle while later Eric gets into a huge hand with this guy and puts him all in on the turn, the guy calls river rolls off and Eric just throws his hand down in front of him as to muck his cards and says to the guy you win. The dealer never takes his cards, the other guy also throws his cards in and the dealer doesn't touch his cards either but is getting ready to push the pot to the other guy when Eric says what did you have and the guy turns over 10 8 for 10 high a busted OESD. Eric reaches out turns his hand over and says i have the same hand. I say to the dealer those hands are live and its a split pot. He says Eric folded I say you never mucked the cards and Eric tabled his own hand which was clearly retrievable. Everyone at the table disagrees the floor is called over but the dunbass dealer has already pushed the pot to the other guy. I explain the situation to the floor and everyones at the tables says yea but he folded so he calls over the floor supervisor. Eric and the dealer explain what happened and the supervisor declares both hands live and to split the pot. Ship it back buddy, dealer splits up the guys chips which was easy cause he was all in, guy has the chips all stacked up and everything. He gets all pissy and throws all the chips back in the middle. Whatever it was a good ruling by the floor and and error on the dealers part. Dealer should have mucked the hands like he was supposed to.<br /><br />Moving on later in the night/morning I have about $1K in front still playing gooooot and Eric has about $500ish and raises from EP to $20 after a limper and it folds around to me on the button I call. SB, BB, and limper fold flop comes out KJ4 two spades Eric bets $20 into a $55ish pot I just call. Turn is a 10c Eric leads out $50 into roughly a $100 pot and I make it $175 to go he just smooth calls at this point I have no clue what he has but I'm thinking either TPTK or top two. River is a red 6 I think It really doesn't matter, Eric checks to me and I bet $200 I tell him to fold AK is no good and top two are no good, he gives me a speech about how he doesn't think he can fold and he can't put me on a hand. Then tries to figure out what I have and says how it would be pretty messed up if I called his $20 flop bet with AQ......umm ok. I tell him to fold I have him beat he says he can't and calls.<br /><br />I table my hand and say I have the nuts AQ turned broadway. He tables pocket 4's for a flopped set, wow looks like you were trying to trap me and it didn't work out so well. He gets up tells me how dirty I did him and how at least he doesn't try to take his friends money. Guy in the 10 seat says you want me to get your buddy a tissue. I look over at Keon, whos sitting at the table behind us and say I just stacked Eric, I thought it was kinda funny since he said he was gonna get me earlier, and Keon and I both have a chuckle. I mean its all fun Eric's my boy and we've all done it to each other, but Eric really takes it to the next level here.<br /><br />A little while later Keon and I get up and decide to call it a night I mean its only 7am and I have about $1.4K in front so its time to go before I get tired and sloppy and ship it all back. So we are heading back to the room and bump into E who was getting some shut eye in our room with Billy since they had just came up for the night. E said what happened to Eric I think he left I heard him come in a grab his suitcase and roll out. Keon texts him and Eric says he just needed to go for a walk so he asks him if wants to grab some breakfast that I was treating. Eric says he lied he was on a bus heading home....wow really. E says damn man you made the poor kid leave AC I ain't never seen that happen before. I'm real sorry I hurt his feelings but damn its poker and he wanted to battle, I mean if you can't take getting stacked by your friends how you gonna handle getting stacked by a complete stranger.<br /><br />All in all it was one of the best trips to AC I have ever had. I had a lot of fun even though I ended the trip in the red, and I look forward to a summer filled with more trips like this. Oh yea and Keon decided to tell E and I how he likes the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_massage">lingham massage</a>. Nice hit sir!"Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-71542867055556698872008-06-18T00:26:00.002-04:002008-06-18T00:51:46.681-04:00Heading back to ACHeading back to AC to play in the <a href="http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?Category_1=3000&Category_2=3500&Category_3=3510&SchedulePageID=F74F1704-97F5-CACB-4198912130A2F1E2">Borgata Poker Open</a>, went up last week and played in a couple events. I didn't do to well cause I wasn't really in tournament mode mainly because I haven't played any large field tournaments recently. I have been mostly focusing on my cash game play lately, so over the past few days I have been brushing up on my tourney skills and hopefully it will pay off.<br /><br />Since I have been playing a lot of tourneys lately and plan on playing a lot more, I have made a decision that if I cash in any of the large field events I will donate a percentage of my winnings to Breast Cancer Research and awareness on behalf of my mom mainly. She recently overcame breast cancer but without the research and development of new drugs and procedures she most definitely would not be here with us today. I haven't decided who I will donate to yet, I'm going to talk that over with mom first and let the choice be hers. As far as the percentage it will probably be in the 5% - 10% range of my winnings.<br /><br />On a end note I'm watching this movie called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422783/">Music Within</a> its based on a true story and its a great movie, I highly recommend you watch it when you get a chance."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31417464.post-55959510781388912492008-06-16T03:34:00.003-04:002008-06-16T04:07:46.789-04:00Can't play the WSOP events, but want to.Well if you can't play any of the WSOP events, either cause you don't have the loot or can't get out Vegas I have a solution. My buddy <a href="http://onafolddraw.blogspot.com/">Travis</a> is looking for backers for event #38 the $2ooo Pot Limit Hold'em event, if you'd like to live vicariously through him check out his <a href="http://onafolddraw.googlepages.com/">backer page here,</a> he's selling shares for as little as $2.08 per share. If you buy some shares just leave a comment telling him Ricky Bobby sent ya, yes its a shameless plug for the tell a friend bonus.<br /><br />I hope he does well he missed cashing in event #13 $1500 NL Hold'em only by a few spots. He got it all in with AA vs. 10 10 and the guy four flushed him, so gross. Well check out <a href="http://onafolddraw.googlepages.com/">his page</a> even if you can't buy any shares. Theres also an <a href="http://onafolddraw-update.blogspot.com/">update page</a> if you want to follow along while he's playing the event, he posts to the blog through his cell phone to keep everyone up to par with live updates. Pretty neat what you can do with technology in this day and age."Ricky"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01079270028976493884noreply@blogger.com0