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Old 12-05-2022, 03:32 AM   #46
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all hat, no cattle.....

ok poker fans we are back in atlantic city where the november rain has given way to a cold and windy, albeit sunny day as the calendar flips over to december.

estrella and i take our time waking up but eventually shake off the cobwebs and head down the famous boardwalk towards the tropicana. we like to walk but today it's a depressing walk with only a handful of vacationers greatly outnumbered by the panhandlers, ne'er do wells, and the latest abomination to pollute this poor man's paradise..... the timeshare peddlers.

i think back, and not that far back, to how great this stretch of boardwalk once was. players could hit a brand new poker room at revel (now ocean). showboat had a nice little room right up against the boardwalk. now it's not even a casino. taj mahal was once the king of the east and the site of famous rounders scenes. now it's given way to pokerless hard rock. bally's and caesars both had rooms. they then built a joint "world series of poker" themed room in the wild west section that connects the properties. historic action photos of greats like bobby baldwin, stu ungar, doyle, and others decorated the walls. today estrella and i gaze sadly at a room that is basically gutted and littered with cardboard boxes.

down at tropicana we pass a man wearing a world poker tour hat.

but he's not going to find any action at the trop.

signs tell us that while "boogie nights" disco remains open behind the construction, the poker room remains closed....now supposedly to december 9th. there are doubts that it will ever reopen.

heading back up the boardwalk i point out two ne'er do wells as we duck down st james towards the (cash only) irish pub.

"keep an eye on those two when we leave the pub," i caution estrella who calls the gentlemen some kind of spanish seafood.

inside the pub is decorated like a hallmark christmas town and seems a million miles away from the dreariness of the boardwalk...instead of just a couple first downs.

outside the icy winds have blown the ne'er do wells, timeshare peddlers, and most of the panhandlers into isolation.

it's just me, estrella, and the ghosts of the game.

thank you for reading.

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Old 12-05-2022, 08:17 PM   #47
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Hi proximity!

You should see CT now. About 6 weeks ago the last of 5 new dealers started. The end result is a lot less waiting to get on a table, much less "freezing" of the waiting list in an effort to close down tables, and significantly larger player-funded high hand / promotional opportunities. Not that I ever plan to to get near it, but the poker room is now open to 6 AM (Was 4 AM) on Friday and Saturday nights. I've only had a single $200 High Hand in the past 2 months, but starting in October, and in addition to the the High Hands, they have been offering a rakeback for hours played during the month. For the top 50 players, 50 hours gets you $50, 75 hours gets you $125, and 100 hours gets one $250. I have been crazy enough to reach the 100+ hour plateau in Oct. and Nov., and I am off to a good start for Dec. October I had 127+ hours, which is way too stressing, and probably contrary to achieving one's best results. (The top guy had 170+ hours!).

I have also been on a good run the past 30+ days and I am narrowing the gap between regular poker results and High Hands / promotions. Unless disaster hits, I should finish a small amount on the plus side. It would be great to get the regular poker results (without HH/promotions) back to at least zero, but with about 3 weeks left in the year, the probability of that happening is about zero. My latest success in this area could be having more casual players playing and hoping to hit a High Hand.

BTW, I noticed few newer DeckMate shufflers on some of the tables, and was told they came from the closed Penn National room.

Maybe someday I will see you and your gf estrella at CT, albeit it would be a long drive for you. At least is is good to see you doing some texas holdem these days.
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Old 12-13-2022, 10:37 PM   #48
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Hi proximity!

You should see CT now. About 6 weeks ago the last of 5 new dealers started. The end result is a lot less waiting to get on a table, much less "freezing" of the waiting list in an effort to close down tables, and significantly larger player-funded high hand / promotional opportunities. Not that I ever plan to to get near it, but the poker room is now open to 6 AM (Was 4 AM) on Friday and Saturday nights. I've only had a single $200 High Hand in the past 2 months, but starting in October, and in addition to the the High Hands, they have been offering a rakeback for hours played during the month. For the top 50 players, 50 hours gets you $50, 75 hours gets you $125, and 100 hours gets one $250. I have been crazy enough to reach the 100+ hour plateau in Oct. and Nov., and I am off to a good start for Dec. October I had 127+ hours, which is way too stressing, and probably contrary to achieving one's best results. (The top guy had 170+ hours!).

I have also been on a good run the past 30+ days and I am narrowing the gap between regular poker results and High Hands / promotions. Unless disaster hits, I should finish a small amount on the plus side. It would be great to get the regular poker results (without HH/promotions) back to at least zero, but with about 3 weeks left in the year, the probability of that happening is about zero. My latest success in this area could be having more casual players playing and hoping to hit a High Hand.

BTW, I noticed few newer DeckMate shufflers on some of the tables, and was told they came from the closed Penn National room.

Maybe someday I will see you and your gf estrella at CT, albeit it would be a long drive for you. At least is is good to see you doing some texas holdem these days.

great to hear that it seems like ct is moving in a positive direction!

i really enjoy the drive to ct but just have not had much time. i was able to attend classic night a few months back but didn't play any poker.

hopefully you are continuing your winning streak?
let us know if things get interesting!!
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Old 12-13-2022, 11:01 PM   #49
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agony of de feet.....

ok poker fans we are back in dreary atlantic city for one final day of gambling action!

we check out of ocean and start heading down the boardwalk towards tropicana again. we usually make this walk several times a trip but this time estrella's feet start to hurt and my own left heel is a little sore as well. i ask estrella if she wants to soak our feet at one of the many boardwalk massage places but she declines and says lets put that money through some machines at caesars!

we put the money through the machines at caesars but in a recurring theme of the trip the machines don't give much back. so we limp back out through caesars and the ghost town they call the wild west with a tumbleweed blowing through the shuttered poker room and the historic wsop photos on the walls looking a little sadder than before.

on the way out of town we hit harrah's. estrella actually finds a couple winning machines but the marina tides quickly turn and she again suffers defeat. over in the poker room it's mostly rags with the blinds coming around quickly in this 3/6 limit game. one hand i flop a set of buffaloes and get action on a jack high flop. when a second jack hits the turn though the villain bows out and the rags return. with time running out i wave the white flag down $85.

as always, thank you for reading!

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Old 12-15-2022, 10:02 AM   #50
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high stakes poker productions investigates itself....

.....and finds robbi jade lew is innocent!!

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...183343014.html

wonder if she's been working on her game?
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Old 05-09-2023, 04:06 AM   #51
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just another day at the office for nik airball....

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personally i don't believe robbi could outplay aunt hortense from the old horseshoe baltimore games.....but what do i know?

it's their world and i... just barely..... exist in it.

they have colorful names (beanz, rip, nik airball....) that sound like they came right out of goodfellas while talking like they just stumbled out of the local crips meeting. ya know what i mean?

they're young and popular and seemingly have more money to throw around casinos than archie karas.

and generous. oh so generous.

they can lend tens and hundreds of thousands to people they barely know or even just met! no references or background check!! some peasant steals $15,000 from them? it's all good, bro!!

it's all good bro, but ain't all easy bro.

some of them have successful careers, ya know what i mean?

rip works for jake paul(!!!) while nik airball sounds like a tennis shoe, but is really....wait for it.... an investment banker with a lifestyle that makes the wolf of wallstreet look like ward cleaver in comparison. beanz? i don't know how he earns a buck but i do know that thousands and thousands of dollars flow freely from hand to hand while i dare not peak at my own pathetic biden era roth.

robbi jade looks like she got lost at the casino on the way home from a star trek audition but actually has a successful pharmaceutical career (!!) while being married to a wealthy so cal lawyer? is it dilanesp? i'm not telling!

what, btw, do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

if you made it this far.... thank you for reading!!
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2023/...over-43505.htm

well after a series of losses, some greater than what many (non-pa members) people earn in a decade, "investment banker" nik airball has done it again, quickly dropping $1,029,700 in a heads up grudge match against noted poker coach/trainer matt berkey.

is it time for the "industry" to find a new coked up slob to "grow the game?"

or is there more air left in this tank?
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I don't know how about you, but I enjoy playing online poker in the evenings. When I say online poker, I mean only live poker because I believe that some online casinos are making their own game. So I play only on joker123 apk, it's my trusted platform.

Last night, I was chilling on my sofa, playing poker, and it was a usual game with some poor hands and combinations. When it came to my last hand, I just observed from the river that I needed only the ace for a royal flush, so I made a symbolic raise to see if someone had something good in their hands. The only person that wanted to play with me raised 1000$, I've been thinking a lot, but I told myself that I am living only once and called. When I saw the last card on the table that was my ace, I started to run in front of my tv. Risked with 1000$ and took away 2300$! Btw, the first royal flush that I had ever had.
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I don't know how about you, but I enjoy playing online poker in the evenings. When I say online poker, I mean only live poker because I believe that some online casinos are making their own game. So I play only on joker123 apk, it's my trusted platform.

Last night, I was chilling on my sofa, playing poker, and it was a usual game with some poor hands and combinations. When it came to my last hand, I just observed from the river that I needed only the ace for a royal flush, so I made a symbolic raise to see if someone had something good in their hands. The only person that wanted to play with me raised 1000$, I've been thinking a lot, but I told myself that I am living only once and called. When I saw the last card on the table that was my ace, I started to run in front of my tv. Risked with 1000$ and took away 2300$! Btw, the first royal flush that I had ever had.
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Play-money?

he/she/they probably beat nik airball lol.

i noticed bitcoin opened real low this morning and figured someone needed a stake.
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