Random Notes
I went to Vegas for a bunch of meetings Sunday-Tuesday, and actually got in some poker. I played in the $200 at Binions, and was happy to get busted in a traditional way (guy flopped a set on me) rather than all the 3 outer, runner/runner junk I have been enduring lately.
But, I digress. I have a few notes/observations for you....in no particular order.
- I saw a guy get kicked out of a tournament. I have seen people take multiple penalties to the point where it was clear their stack wouldn't survive the penalties, but I have never seen a guy actually kicked out. The dork in question was having his birthday. So, he wanted to play in a tournament, and drink some Crown. So....he brought....a bottle of Crown (a fifth? One of the ones shaped like a crown. It was big) and proceeded to drink the entire thing in the first hour of the tournament. Here's the funny thing....he was crushing his table, and had a ton of chips. So, the madness starts about mid hour two, when he is assessed two 10 minute penalties for the F-Bomb.
He returns, and is pretty much being an ass. The (seven months pregnant) TD was being as patient as she could, but she had to give him 20 more for a couple more F-Bombs. I couldn't believe the guy was still standing, as he might have weighed 150 soaking wet. Finally, mercifully...a security guy came in, and dragged him out by his heels, and his stack was blinded off.
- Also saw Mike Paulle at Binions, who told me he was 'officially retired'. Mike always got a bad rap in the tournament reporting circle, but I actually find him charming in his own way, and I never had a problem with him. ps - THANK GOD I am retired from covering tournaments. There is a kind of low you hit in your life that can only be achieved when you are in your mid thirties, its 3:10 in the morning, and you are watching a bunch of rocks split stud/8 pots over and over. There is no other low quite like it. Pauly put it best in one of his late night posts at some tournament.
"This is finally over, and I my impending suicide is avoided at the last minute." Something like that....but he hit the nail on the head.
- Speaking of Pauly, I will again be a bounty in this Saturday's 'Saturday's with Dr Pauly' tournament at Poker Stars. Bust me, and you will get $20, and a shiny PokerNews.com T-shirt. You know its bad times when the girlfriend is # 5 on the Pauly leaderboard, and you are #60. Don't think I haven't been hearing about that.
I might point out that last week I got busted when my opponent (who had sevens) busted my Aces by flopping Quad Damage in my rectum for the win. For those of you not into poker....suffice it to say....not good.
- I went to a taping of Poker Superstars III in Las Vegas. I got to sit with the current World Champion, Mr Hachem, who coudn't have been nicer. He was there with two of his sons (I assume), and was nice, and well spoken.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but here are a few key things that stood out. Chan had Aces two hands out of three, and flopped trips on one, and Quad Damage in Carlos' rectooom (that's Spanish) on the other. The line of the day was when someone asked Chan when he started wearing Full Tilt (which he was wearing for the show), and his reponse was "As soon as the check cleared' - classic.
- My favorite view in Las Vegas is from the tower at Mix. Mix is on the 64th floor of Mandalay Bay, and the windows run so long, you can almost get a 180 panorama of Vegas. Foundation Room at House of (everything but) Blues has a better perspective, as it looks straight down the Strip, but it is such a small patio, that I will take Mix anytime.
I know there were a couple other funny stories, but they escape me now. I will add on if I remember.
But, I digress. I have a few notes/observations for you....in no particular order.
- I saw a guy get kicked out of a tournament. I have seen people take multiple penalties to the point where it was clear their stack wouldn't survive the penalties, but I have never seen a guy actually kicked out. The dork in question was having his birthday. So, he wanted to play in a tournament, and drink some Crown. So....he brought....a bottle of Crown (a fifth? One of the ones shaped like a crown. It was big) and proceeded to drink the entire thing in the first hour of the tournament. Here's the funny thing....he was crushing his table, and had a ton of chips. So, the madness starts about mid hour two, when he is assessed two 10 minute penalties for the F-Bomb.
He returns, and is pretty much being an ass. The (seven months pregnant) TD was being as patient as she could, but she had to give him 20 more for a couple more F-Bombs. I couldn't believe the guy was still standing, as he might have weighed 150 soaking wet. Finally, mercifully...a security guy came in, and dragged him out by his heels, and his stack was blinded off.
- Also saw Mike Paulle at Binions, who told me he was 'officially retired'. Mike always got a bad rap in the tournament reporting circle, but I actually find him charming in his own way, and I never had a problem with him. ps - THANK GOD I am retired from covering tournaments. There is a kind of low you hit in your life that can only be achieved when you are in your mid thirties, its 3:10 in the morning, and you are watching a bunch of rocks split stud/8 pots over and over. There is no other low quite like it. Pauly put it best in one of his late night posts at some tournament.
"This is finally over, and I my impending suicide is avoided at the last minute." Something like that....but he hit the nail on the head.
- Speaking of Pauly, I will again be a bounty in this Saturday's 'Saturday's with Dr Pauly' tournament at Poker Stars. Bust me, and you will get $20, and a shiny PokerNews.com T-shirt. You know its bad times when the girlfriend is # 5 on the Pauly leaderboard, and you are #60. Don't think I haven't been hearing about that.
I might point out that last week I got busted when my opponent (who had sevens) busted my Aces by flopping Quad Damage in my rectum for the win. For those of you not into poker....suffice it to say....not good.
- I went to a taping of Poker Superstars III in Las Vegas. I got to sit with the current World Champion, Mr Hachem, who coudn't have been nicer. He was there with two of his sons (I assume), and was nice, and well spoken.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but here are a few key things that stood out. Chan had Aces two hands out of three, and flopped trips on one, and Quad Damage in Carlos' rectooom (that's Spanish) on the other. The line of the day was when someone asked Chan when he started wearing Full Tilt (which he was wearing for the show), and his reponse was "As soon as the check cleared' - classic.
- My favorite view in Las Vegas is from the tower at Mix. Mix is on the 64th floor of Mandalay Bay, and the windows run so long, you can almost get a 180 panorama of Vegas. Foundation Room at House of (everything but) Blues has a better perspective, as it looks straight down the Strip, but it is such a small patio, that I will take Mix anytime.
I know there were a couple other funny stories, but they escape me now. I will add on if I remember.
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