Trip Report
by Buckshot-B
BEWARE! This post is abnormally LONG so either print it and read it later so
your eyes don't melt from the radiation the monitor emits or read it in
parts. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the post as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Hello RGP.
I haven't written to this forum in a long while because I really haven't had
much to say. It also didn't help that Deja.com was bought out by Google so
my preferred form of reading this group was not available for a long time.
It is Monday and I have much to say about the ATLARGE event over the
weekend. This will definitely be a lengthy trip report so please sit back,
make some popcorn, open a bottle of suds and enjoy the reading.
I didn't do so well in the tournaments but that wasn't a big deal. I did,
however, have a great time meeting all the RGP folks and attaching a face
with a moniker. Just to run down a list of the notables that I met. Jazbo,
Tiger, Dangerous Dan, AlwaysAware, Jacksup, Rebuy, Sippy, Dave!, JT, Cactus
Kev (who I didn't know was a guy I used to play with on Tuesday nights), a
guy named Stevie (he won a 7-Stud tournament at the WPO, I think) Escargot
Beth (I don't know if that's her posting name but that's how we were
introduced), Nolan, Action Bob, Brad and Raydon. There were others that I
met that I either already knew or didn't know their names.
So where do I begin? If you want to go from the beginning then I guess that
would be Thursday night when I arrived with my friend PSU72. He stayed at
the Trop while I stayed out on the pike. I think next time I'll make
reservations at the Trop. It was a pain in the ass to wait for the shuttle
to pick me up and the cab fare was $12 one-way. Anyway, I digress. There's a
7pm Hold'em limit tournament on Thursdays for a small buy-in so I decide to
get a little practice in before the events over the weekend. I have some
time to kill since we arrived and checked-in by 5:30pm so I get on the
waitlist for $10-$20 Stud and play $5-$10 Stud while I'm waiting. To make a
long story short, I think I was stuck $200 in the $5-$10 game and $300 in
the $10-$20 game before I even hit the tournament. Don't ask me how and don'
t ask me why. It just happened. I don't recall anything that jumped out at
me in particular other than I was stuck. The tournament went pretty well
until I had a few suckouts right after the color-up break. I probably went
out in that tournament at 55th or thereabouts. After the tournament was over
I picked the $10-$20 Hold'em game to sit until I was too tired to play. I
didn't make any headway so it was basically a push until I left at about
3am. Highlight of the night: Playing heads up with Val, $10-$20 Hold'em and
only losing one small bet. If anyone who's reading this knows Val then you'
ll know what an accomplishment I made. We played only ½ hour and it was a
ton of fun. From what I understand he made his way to the pink chips game
after we played and
Friday morning I met my friend at the Trop at approx. 12ish and we went to
the cardroom. There were no games going so I put myself on the $10-$20 Hold'
em list while I played $10-$20 Stud. The Trop holds a Friday $100+$15 limit
Hold'em tournament at 4pm. I won in January so I, of course, am hoping that
I make the final table again. My dreams were cut short when I flopped a set
of 7's and my opponent goes runner-runner Broadway on me and the same
opponent spikes a King on the turn to kill my pocket Ladies cold. The worse
thing about that hand was he raised with KQo UTG then I re-raised. Everyone
folds and he calls to see a flop of Ten high rainbow. He checks, I bet and
he calls. When the King hits the turn I know it hits him. He makes this
story that the pot was too big to fold and if I didn't re-raise he would
have folded on the flop. Whatever. From what I understand he was doing very
well so good for him. I was also at the table with Nolan and Jacksup, both
of which are from my neck of the woods and both great people. It turns out
that they've asked me about my home game but haven't been able to make the
trip. Hopefully they will be able to make the trip once in a while. Anyway,
I bust out one or two hands later and I'm going to the Taj for some action.
I jump on the Taj $10-$20 Hold'em list and don't wait too long before I'm
sitting down with the tourists and regulars. The table starts to break and
it's still fairly early so I head to an open seat in the $15-$30 game. The
were a couple of memorable events. This one guy on my left who seemed to
play every pot that I played and always sucked out on me on the river. It
was quite frustrating and causing me to play worse. He was on my left so I
couldn't shake him. I eventually got a seat change. This time it was the new
guy on my left that decided to play every pot I played. I'm totally on tilt
by this point and I'm getting tired but see red Aces UTG. I make a raise and
the guy on my left (GOL) and the BB are the only callers. The flop is Kc 3s
Ac. The BB bets, I raise, the GOL calls and the BB folds. The turn is a
blank, I bet and GOL calls. The river is the 3c and I check the flush. GOL
bets and I feel myself boiling. I angrily say, "Nice way to crack a set, but
I'll call anyway to keep you honest." I hear the dealer, through the fog of
what is my TILT, say, "Full house." I look at the board again and am
stunned. I then reflect back to the flop. "Didn't I say to myself, Self,
wouldn't it be nice if the 3 of clubs hit?" I think out loud that I must be
too tired to play if I miss the full house and glance down at my watch to
see 5am staring back at me. I call a cab and hit the bed by 6am. I ended up
being stuck $500 for the evening.
Saturday I make it to the Trop at about 12ish-1ish and the joint is jumping.
The ATLARGE tournament is going to start soon (2pm) and all the hopefuls are
here. I sit at $10-$20 Stud while I wait until the tourney starts. When 2pm
rolls around I meet with Tiger and he gives me an envelope with my name tag
and receipt. I try and calm myself down with little bits of advice and go to
my table. I'm sitting on the left of Jazbo but don't recognize the others at
the table. Jazbo and I talk from time to time and mix it up in one pot but
that was about the extent of that table. Our table broke fairly early and I
find myself sitting with Cactus Kev (the guy I mentioned above). I was the
chip leader at my table before it broke and was close to him being the chip
leader at this table. I get a little action here and there and make my
mistake to Kev when I have pocket Tens and he's holding Cowboys. He made a
raise of T200 and I came over the top for T400. I think he wants to make an
all-in re-raise but does something wrong and its approximately T400 more.
The flop is small and he puts me all-in. I don't believe that I have enough
to survive with the blinds being 50-100 so I make the crying call and pray
for a Ten. It doesn't make the board and I'm the 22nd person gone. Not a
very strong showing for Buckshot-B in the tournaments and, to tell you the
truth, not a very good weekend all around. But they say that poker is a
strange game where fortunes can change with the turn of a card. I take it
they didn't have me in mind specifically but it was certainly something to
ponder when I made my first attempt at Pot Limit Hold'em.
Before I get into the Pot Limit game I went to Hooters and ate with my
friend who also went out of the tournament with pocket Tens. Blatant male
non sequitur to follow. Will everyone agree that most of the women in NJ are
gorgeous, but all have big noses? Or maybe it's just the ones in Hooters? I
don't know, maybe it's just me? End of blatant male non sequitur. We discuss
poker a bit and how we went out of the tournament. I was very disappointed
in the way that I went out. I knew he had an overpair to mine and yet I didn
't fold. It was just plain dumb poker on my part and as all the books say,
"If you think your hand can't win then make the fold." I should not have
called the re-raise by him and I still would have been in a good place with
about T800 in chips. Cest Lavie.
I watch my alma mater beat Georgia State. After a few beers I go back
upstairs and see if I can make a difference in my attitude and play better
poker. I put my name on the $10-$20 Hold'em list and find my friend and
sweat him for a little while. There's a pink chip game going and I notice
that there's a lot of commotion at one table with one seat open next to the
pink chip game. I make my way over there and see that it's a $1-$2 Pot Limit
Hold'em game and everyone is talking about rules and the such. Carbonara is
looking at the game and it looks as if he wants to play. I ask him if he's
going to sit and he says, "I don't know." There isn't anyone else that looks
as if they want to play so I ask him if he doesn't want the seat if I can
sit. He says no problem and I find myself in my first Pot Limit Hold'em
game.
I don't know what to say about Pot Limit Hold'em. I can say that it is a
totally different mentality than limit games, but you already knew that. I
can say that I was a little bit jumpy, but you probably already knew that
too, especially if you watched me play the game. So let's skip all the bull
and get on with the game. I only had $700 left of the money that I brought
with me. I kept $200 in my pocket and placed $500 in play. I let myself know
that the $500 was all I was going to wager and if I lost it all, so be it.
Needless to say the game was good, REAL good. I never had to worry about
losing the money on the table because I never lost a pot. Let me repeat that
because it sounds like a lie even as I see it being typed. I NEVER lost a
pot. If I was in the pot to the river I raked the chips. Every time. I think
the best thing about not losing a single pot was I was always in the lead
and never sucked out on anyone. I have many, many stories so I'll just got
through them one at a time. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I
enjoyed playing and I hope to convey the same excitement as I felt while I
was playing.
Here's the table seat by seat:
#1 Asian guy by the name of Chucky(?). Apparently unlimited BR and loves
action. This guy made the game enjoyable.
#2 Dangerous Dan. Good player. Very personable.
#3 Greek guy. Peppered hair, pleasant guy. He gave me a couple of tips on
playing Pot Limit.
#4 ME! A great guy with a brilliant smile and verve. Wonderful to talk to
#5 JT. Investment banker. We talked throughout the night. According to him,
he's overpaid and enjoys his job but it's very monotonous. I take it that he
plays poker to break that monotony. He also gave me some Pot Limit tips.
#6 Corky. I've seen him at the Trop before so I take it he's a regular. I
remember playing with him in the first No-Limit tourney I entered at the
Trop. If you look in the archives you'll see the hand I'm talking about. He
had AQ in the SB and I had pocket Queens in middle position. The flop was
AQx. Need I say anymore? The main thing I remember about him is that night
is he dropped $600 on one hand and had to rebuy. After that loss he was
acting a little whiny and just generally irritable. There was a rule that
you didn't have to post if you didn't abuse it and after Corky lost that pot
he had a problem with that rule so we had to post thereafter. When he left
the game we changed the ruling back.
#7 Tony P. Clothing store owner and Trop regular. He also made the game
good.
#8 Brad. RGPer and good guy. Kinda looks like Billy Idol but only better
looking. LOL.
#9 Guy named Stephen. Did very, very well at the table. He made some good
hands and one amazing call. I'll get into that later. He's also good guy.
#10 Ralph. He was the ATLARGE Stud winner last year and plays Pot Limit at
the Sands on Friday nights.
That was the lineup when the table opened. There was no dispute that Stephen
in seat #9 and myself did the best out of everyone that night. I took my
buyin and left $2000 up for the night. I played a few hands very poorly but
played some hands pretty well. I made only one tough call but that wasn't
until Sunday morning. Anyway, the first hand that I played was the 3rd hand
dealt in the game. I was in the BB and had AQo. There were a few players
limping so it was relatively small. When the action got to #1 he raised and
made it $10 to go. I think the button and SB called and I called. There were
a few other callers. The flop is AKT rainbow. It gets checked around to #1
and he bets the pot. It's folded to me and I call then it's heads-up. The
turn is a blank and I check again. #1 bets and I call. We check the brick
that hits on the river and I beat his pocket Jacks. After the hand was over
I tell myself that I'm such a woman and want to know if my husband plays the
game. Being as it was my first ever Pot Limit hand I didn't know what to
expect. I didn't want to lose to a straight just in case. I was willing to
make the calls but I wasn't willing to put in any bets until I was more
comfortable with how the game is played and how the players played. I'm sure
that this type of play is detrimental to survival in Pot Limit. It didn't
take me long to catch on to the game. I noticed that raising big pairs early
didn't do much for limiting the field. I also noticed that I naturally
wanted to play connectors, suited connectors, Ax suited and small pairs
because it was so cheap to see a flop. Position did play a big part in the
game but I wasn't afraid to limp UTG with something like 8s9s. A couple of
times I raised hands like 7s8s on the button after the field limped. I guess
I'll have to get some material on the game and study. I'm sure that stack
size and image plays a big part in the game but I never seemed to have any
issues along those lines. Like I said earlier, I did not lose a pot at
showdown all night. I tried not to put myself in a bad place and tried to
pick my spots carefully.
As the night wore on I played more and more hands. I played a number of
pairs that won when I bet the pot on the flop. I had pocket 7's once on a
Jack high board and everyone folded when I bet. I must have flopped what
felt like ten sets. I had pocket Kings about five times and won most of
them. There were a few hands that I had I want to talk more about because I
thought they were either exciting or fun or complex or all of the above. If
you'd like to comment of how I played the hand or comment on my thoughts on
a particular hand then please do so. I would enjoy the criticism.
Hands of the night:
I'm on the button with AJo and the table is mostly limping. Our friend in #1
raises the pot to $5 and everyone calls. There's about $40 in the pot when
we see the flop. The flop is KQx rainbow. It is checked to #1 who bets the
pot, #2 and I call. I figured that calling the $40 was worth it if a Ten
hits the turn. No one could be on a flush draw and if anyone had flopped a
set they would have bet it out knowing that #1 would protect their hand with
a re-raise. It was normal for #1 to make that kind of play. Most of the time
he did it just to make the pot big in case he did hit his hand. Everyone up
to #1 folded. The Tc hits the turn and I'm about to piss my pants. #1 is
first to act and immediately fires about a pot sized bet. I think it was
$100. Dangerous Dan (#3) is next to act and calls the bet after thinking for
a little bit. When I raised the pot, I think it put me all-in (I had about
$900). There is much deliberation before #1 decides to call and #3 folds. I'
m hoping nothing hits the end that would have us split the pot. I was happy
to see the 2d hit the river. #1 turns his hand over and shows AQ. That was
the first and only time that I was all-in a pot. It was the most incredible
adrenaline rush that I have ever experienced. Well, skydiving is a pretty
f-ing intense rush too so I guess it was along those lines. If you've never
been skydiving I suggest that you give it a whirl. It's better than sex and
lasts longer. LOL. As I said before, #1 made the game. I think he put $5,000
into the table before he finally left.
Somewhere before this hand #6, Corky, has left to get something to eat and
another buy takes his place. By this time there is a must move table feeing
this one. How sweet is that? The only thing that I can remember about this
guy is that he glasses were tinted yellow.
I have pocket Aces UTG and make a little raise of $5. I know its not going
to knock anyone out of the pot but I figured to build a pot nicely then
bring the hammer down on the flop. There are a few callers so the pot opens
at $40. The flop is AK5 rainbow. Sweet! I figure if I bet it will be folded
around since my image has been fairly good. Unless someone caught two pair I
wasn't going to get any action. I think about checking in the hopes that
someone will bet it out. Certainly a free card can't hurt me but the more I
thought about it the more I felt betting the pot was better. I didn't think
I was going to trap anyone here since the board looked as if it hit my hand
and checking wasn't going to fool anyone. So I decide to bet the pot. The #6
yellow tinted glasses man raises! Everyone folds to me and I'm just elated.
I can't think of anything except spout a smart assed comment under my
breath. I say, "I must be in trouble." I know it was an asinine thing to say
but it just escaped me. I re-raised the pot and the amount just about
covered him so he raised all-in. I showed my Aces and he says he can't win
unless he goes runner-runner. A deuce hits the turn and he gets up and
leaves. I mutter an apology about the hand and he pays no mind.
There is new blood about this time. #8 leaves to eat at the banquet; #1 is
busted so we get a couple more people into the game. #5 also leaves because
he's playing in the Stud tournament so he wants to catch some good sleep for
the event. Right before #1 gets busted out this hand goes down as the most
amazing hand of the evening. I'm on the button with Ac6c. There are a couple
of limpers but the people involved are #9 and #1. The flop comes down
5h5d6d. Everyone checks to #1 and he bets. I take a good look at him and my
first instinct is to raise, but then I talk myself out of it in case he has
the 5. I say to him, "I know you have the 5 but I'll just call you anyway."
Everyone folds to #9 who also calls. There's about $150 in the pot on the
turn. The Qs comes off and I'm left wishing it was a 6 or an Ace or I made a
raise on the flop. #9 checks and #1 bets the pot. I've got no choice but to
fold now. I didn't really believe that he had a 5 but I figured he must have
a face card at least and I wasn't about to put anymore in with another
person to act behind me. I make the fold and #9 calls. Well, between the two
of them I know I was beat. The river is a 4 and #9 checks and #1 bets the
pot one last time. It's a $300 bet to #9 and he says what I've been saying
all night when I called #1 down on a hand, "Just to keep you honest I'll
call." It turns out that #1 was on a total bluff with KTo and #9 called
pairing the 4 on the end with 4c7c. It was most definitely the biggest call
of the night. We must have talked about that hand every chance we got. I don
't think that I'll ever forget that hand for as long as I live. Stephen, #9,
had the biggest brass iron balls hands down.
Corky comes back into the game for a little bit and we tussle together in a
hand. I am UTG with Cowboys and make the bet $5. Tony P., who was sitting in
#7, has since moved directly on my left and calls. Corky has replaced #3 and
is sitting on my right. There is $40 in the pot on the flop. The flop is
Ks9s6d. I bet out the pot and Tony P. calls. It is folded around to Corky
who also calls. I figure they are both on flush draws or maybe a weak King.
I think real hard that I want to see the 6s hit the turn so their hands will
be made. Much to my chagrin the 8s hits the turn. I'm not sure what the best
play is here. If I bet it out and Tony P. raises I have to figure I'm
looking at a flush and I have 10 outs. I think Tony has me covered so it's a
matter of whether or not I believe they have the flush. I've played Tony in
the $10-$20 game so I can read him pretty well. I've never played in a ring
game with Corky so I'm not able put a read on him just yet. I do "feel" that
he's not the type of guy to part with his money with nothing. I decide to
check the turn and hope that Tony doesn't bet so I can see that the river
makes me full house. Tony does make a bet. He bets only $100 like he's tryin
g to get everyone to call. I don't think he has the flush, but I do but him
on two pair. The $100 bet doesn't scare me and I start to push my stack in
the middle. Suddenly I hear this voice on my right. "Re-raise all in
dealer." Corky has just moved almost $400 into the pot. Now what the hell
did I get wedged in-between? Are there two flushes? I think real long and
real hard about the hand. I start to muck my top set and say, "This is the
biggest laydown I will have made all night." I push the cards to #1 and
Dangerous Dan takes a peek at the hand too. #1 just about goes bananas when
Tony folds. #1 shouts how he'd put his entire business up to call the hand.
I don't know. Maybe I did do a stupid thing by folding but I just couldn't
call. It's not like limit Hold'em where it's only going to cost a big bet of
$20 or $40. This was $400 and if I was wrong I was going to put a big dent
in my stacks. Not only this but Tony still needed to act. If he comes over
the top of me then I'm really screwed. There's no way I can call another
raise. I think I made the right decision but we'll never know since we didn'
t get to see the river and Corky doesn't divulge his hands. I'm not pressed
about the fold although it would have been nice to see if I would have made
the house or not. What would you have done?
I don't think there were other memorable hands that night except when I had
flopped a set of Kings and a guy named Alan, who apparently played Pot Limit
at Resorts back in the day, flopped a set of 9's.
That was about the extent of Saturday's game. AlwaysAware, Dave!, Sippy and
some other RGPer had sat down after the guy in #1 left so it soon became a
RGP event. I'm sure Sippy was very happy to see pocket Kings in his very
first hand but the thrill was quickly diminished when his friend pushed him
all-in with Aces. Welcome to the game!
Sunday morning. Feeling refreshed and fancy-free I notice that the Pot Limit
game is still going. There are mostly new faces but there are a couple of
RGPers playing. This is when I met Chuck who's a pro tournament player. I
chat with him for a bit about being a pro player and mention I'd like to
take some time off to travel with him and see what it's like to live that
life. I said that I would write a book and use his life as the fulcrum
character that drives the epic. He gave a jolly laugh and said that you have
to love poker to do what he does and cannot be affected by half the stuff
that happens to you "out there". The main thing I notice about him is his
demeanor. His countenance isn't creased from worries or etched by anxiety.
He is a guy that's happy to be healthy and playing cards. He tells me a John
Bonetti story that's a classic and I hope to use it someday. At the final
table in the USPC and John limps UTG with pocket Aces. One other guy pushes
all-in with pocket Kings and John eagerly calls. The man with the Kings
declares what he's holding and asks John what his cards are. John quickly
retorts, "I have an overpair." Is that classic or what?
I sit in the #10 seat and the couple of people that I recognize are
AlwaysAware and JT. The ATLARGE Stud tournament is about to start so
AlwaysAware has to leave the game to play Stud. Well, to make a long story
short (too late) I lost my first Pot Limit pot. Let's break down the
details. I have pocket Aces on the button. There are a few players in the
pot so I give it a raise. The pot is $40. The flop is Js5d2d and everyone
checks to me I bet the pot and the SB gives it raise to $80 everyone folds
to me and I come over the top for $200. He thinks for a minute and I'm
hoping that I didn't make a mistake. There is the possibility that he's got
a set and if he plays back I think to myself that I have to fold. He calls
and it's heads-up. A diamond hits the turn and we both check. Now I figure
he probably has two pair or a set and he wants to be but he hesitates on the
diamond seeing the flush and decides to check. There's no way I'm going to
bet and I'm praying for a miracle Ace. A blank hits the river and he bets
$40. How can I not call that? He shows 52o for the flopped two pair. I hear
him talking with Raydon about how he thought I might have had a set of
Jacks. I dropped one of my Aces on the table before I muck the hand. Damn!
It didn't cost me that much and I had a sneaking suspicion that I was beat,
but damn, I didn't want to lose to 52o. During that same session I had 52o
in a walked BB and flopped two pair only to lose to a straight on the river.
52o is the bane of my existence. Those were the only two pots that I lost
that day.
I don't need to get into the hands that I played Sunday except one that I
made a major bluff with. I have Presto on the button and the same guy that
had the 52o is in the pot. I'm pretty sure it was heads up and there might
have been a raise pre-flop. I'm sure there was a raise and I think I was the
one who made it. Anyway, the flop is 9d9hJd and it is checked to me so I bet
the pot. It is folded to the 52o guy and he check raises me. I get out of my
seat and do some complaining and I come back to the table and call. I look
at him as the turn is the 8h. He makes a pot sized bet and I stare at him
and say, "You've got the 9 don't you?" He comes back, "Yes, I'll be honest I
have a 9." I start to stack my chips like I'm going to call and say, "Well,
I guess we'll see who has the bigger kicker. Raise the pot." He thinks as I
put my chips and cash up which I think amounts to $345. He mucks and Raydon
says, "He had pocket Jacks or something." Then he looks at me and asks what
I had. I reply, "I didn't have pocket Jacks."
After a while Rebuy comes to the table and asks for a seat change button. I
offer to give him my seat which he politely accepts. Honestly, the only
reason I wanted to give my seat is so I can sit on left. This will backfire
on me because he plays the first 2 hands that he's dealt and wins at least
$600. I start laughing and tell him he has to pay me a small commission for
me giving him that seat. Then he starts laughing. Yeah, like he's going to
give me a nickel. LOL.
Lastly, I make a really, really bad call with Kc5c against Raydon. We're in
a family pot together and the flop is 3K7 rainbow. I give it a check and it'
s checked around. I figure my King might be good so I bet the pot which is
about $80(?) when the 2s hits the turn. It is folded to Raydon and he raises
the pot. Everyone folds to me and I'm stuck thinking he might have 2 pair
but my guts are telling me that he's making a play. I deliberate for a
little while and finally make the call. I know it's not the best play to
make but I just couldn't put him on two pair. I thought that maybe he had a
7 and if I hit a 5 on the river I would be really, really happy. The 8s hits
the river and we both check. He shows the exact same hand that I have except
he's offsuit. It was said to be the second amazing call of the game, the
first being the 4c7c the night before. Raydon extends his hand to me and
gives it a shake and says nice call. I know it was bad poker but like I've
said before I'm not too familiar with the mechanics of the game. The only
thing that I had going for me in that hand was that I was almost 100% sure
that he was making a play for the pot and I was almost 100% sure I wasn't
going to lose. I didn't think we were going to chop but I wasn't going to
complain.
I guess that's about all I have to say. I guess that's also about enough,
eh? I won a grand playing Sunday so the weekend was good for me. I wish I
had done a little better in the tournaments, but there's always next year.
I don't know if Props and Slops are a tradition on RGP but I like them so I'
m going use them. It isn't like you're going to stop reading this super long
report now, are you?
PROPS:
PSU72 for driving to AC and back.
Carbonara and Jacksup (Matt Matros) for being a great guys and talking me
into the Pot Limit game.
Escargot Beth for the hug when we first met.
Nolan for being the reason that the phrase "Oh, you're NOT going to like
this.." swept the cardroom.
Doing the wave at the first NL tournament table to loosen everyone up. heh.
Pot Limit Hold'em.
Seat #1 Chucky(?)
JT and the Greek for giving me that little bit of advice that helped me to
calm down.
Jazbo and Tiger for making ATLARGE such a big success.
Pink Chip game.
Aii-Yah!
T.K. for running the tournaments perfectly.
Stephen and Brad for telling me laying down the set of Kings was a good
play.
Ralph for all the great Resort Pot Limit stories.
Having Cowboys about 5 times and losing only once with them.
Flopping about 124289832765947 sets.
Not losing a single pot Saturday night.
Hooters.
Hooters waitresses.
Tropicana.
Having the nuts and someone else raising the pot. He-he.
Dennis and Chris for making the final table in the ATLARGE 7-Stud
Tournament.
Chopping a pot with Raydon.
Chuck the Tournament Pro player.
Hooters waitresses.
Maryland making the Sweet 16.
and of course Presto!
SLOPS:
52o
Corky for being a dweeb when he lost that pot and then asking how much money
was in front of me when it was clear that I had him more than covered.
Me not seeing the perfect card hitting the river and almost mucking a full
house.
The two fights that erupted at the Trop before the NL tournament.
Me making that call with Kc5c. I should have played the hand better.
Cactus Kev for having a big chip lead and still busting out early.
Well, that's about it fellow RGPers. I hope everyone had just as much fun as
I did. There wasn't a single RGPer that I met that wasn't a pleasure to
meet. Take care everyone and I'll see you next year or sooner.
~stephen
aka Buckshot-B
