Trip Report
by ADB Big Boy
Thanks once again to Goldie for working to hard to put this weekend
together. You make it seem easy and I am sure it is not very easy.
The Taj once again was a excellent host site and I think they do a good
job of handling the group. Poker Stars also has been a great support to
our group and I thank them. Additionally they sent Jeff, and it is
always great to see Jeff.
I also need to thank all of you who played in the tournaments for making
sure I did not have to waste too much time in those events. Gosh knows
getting back to the lively games at the Taj was much better than having
to hang around a tournament until the bubble. I stayed until just after
the break in NLHE outlasting about 25 people, but it was in stud where I
managed to outlast only a single sole. After winning two years ago I
had to work hard to get out that fast.
On the other hand I did not have a losing session in live action over
the weekend except for playing triple draw lowball in the suite. I lost
$21 at the triple draw game, but easily made more back at 3 card poker
later in the night.
I had a great moment in the Pink game with ATM Chick on Fri when he
whined about not being able to win and said he should just give us his
money. Chick then proceeded to throw his wallet out on the table and
without missing a beat I said " I will cash that in for you sir" and
tossed him 5 pink chips while snatching his noticeably lighter wallet.
I proceeded to have some good 10/20 sessions over the weekend. I
managed to get home up about $800 after absorbing about $500 in dinning
costs over the weekend. I guess that is the price one pays for dinning
with Timmy, but it was good company.
The Hospitality suite was a wonderful place to have a cigar and I
enjoyed catching up with friends there.
I thought the smoker was great this year. It seemed like just the right
number of people with a pleasant combo of new and old friends. It is
also a huge plus to be able to actually smoke at the smoker.
I look forward to next year.
ADB Bigboy
Bruce
