Coming Home

I'm headed home tonight. I ended the week even. It has been rough for me. I had one good day where I was up about $600 and the rest of it has been a struggle. I had two days of bad bad beats that got me back down. Gail and i went out on front street last night and won $236 in 20 minutes on the crap table. It was fun and Gail was really excited as she has always wanted to learn craps. I made a little this morning on craps and then got rivered at the poker table to give it back so I figure I'll pack up and check out. It has been a blast. Counting Girl has made a beleiver out of more than one person. She is the Rio Assassin now and was up another $100 and something this morning so she went to the spa. I'm headed home to put all of her winnings in the bank. See ya soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ceasars Black Widow and the Wicked Witch of the Nugget

Too terrible to post about. 2 days of bad beats and I'm about worn out. Just a few minutes ago I get my aces cracked by 95 after a raise. I flop trip threes to see a straight run out after the flop runner runner. And then my AK get beat by runner runner diamonds to send me to the room. UGGGGG. Stop the pain!!!!!!!!!!!!! Counting Girl is still winning. I'm glad someone is.

Rodeo night and Ceasars Bounty

The PBR was awesome. I got some hats and stuff and then we headed to the Hard Rock where we saw Daniel Negraneu. He is one of my favorite players and he was all over the place. We're headed to Ceasars for the Bounty tournament and I'll have an update later on.

One Outer and his enemies

Man have I got into it with some people. Imagine that, you wouldn't ever think that I get into it with people. I'm at the 1/2 today for our morning session and I immediately get into a hand with a guy from Hawaii. He has a wad of money in his pocket, probably around $20,000. No shit, I saw him pull it out before the game and peel off $500 and sit down at my table. I get pocket 10's and he has pre flop raised to $22, his standard bet. We are now playing a 1/2/22 table. He looks at me and I say "shit, with all that money in your pocket that extra $85 isn't shit to you. He says so you want some action huh and but of course you know I do. He calls and I say you have A what? and he turn over AQ. He doesn't hit and I double up. We rock along and I drop some money gathering info on people. Along comes the hand!!!!!!!!! Pre flop raise to $22, call, call call. Soooooooooonnnnnnnn!!! You know I like this situration. I have K4 spades. FRIGGIN CALL BABY!!!!!!!!!!! Flops out J 10 8 with two spades. First guy with the big stack goes all in for $200, next guy calls with $200 and the next guy calls with about $100. SSSSSSSOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! Robert are we talking pot odds and earned value here son. I think so, so I'm all in. First all in guy has Q9 of spades, he has flopped the straight with the flush draw. He is a punk ass kid from Vegas and we end up in a pissing match with me telling him he needs to change out his Chicago Bear hat cause it is bad luck. Next guy has AA, oh my. But neither one is a spade. The last guy had a straight draw. He was dead in the water. I immediately yelled at Gail to holler for 1 spade and she came running over and started yelling spade, spade spade and rubbing my back. SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN, 2 of spades. YIP YIP YIPIE KIE YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! The punk ass kid from Vegas starts squealing and we get into it. He is saying stuff and I'm talking back to him. We go at it and he says you'll be talking about that hand from now on. I tell him taking your money is nothing to brag about, cause your easy and you have a bad hat. Not my fault. Oh shit it is on brother. We go at it for a while and things settle down finally. He says your the kind of tourist we like picking on and I tell him I am a tourist "HERE" and I enjoy picking on the locals. We are up quite a bit for the week and you need to keep on bringing your ass back down here to the Nugget. In fact at this point, Counting Girl and I are up $2,100.
The rodeo is tonight at 6pm. We are headed out in a few. Hopefully I can keep my ass out of trouble tonight but I doubt it. Updates to come.

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Halloweenie in Vegas!

Man, where to start. It's been a blast. I was getting my ass beat to death at first. Just bad beats and no cards and the works while Counting Girl was killin em. It finally turned around and I went off for $700 yesterday between the poker table and craps. We finally got a good run at the craps table and I won around $200 and Counting Girl won about $100. Back at the poker table at the Nugget I was hitting a few hands and downing the Blue Mountains. Of course I got into a verbal sparing match with a guy from Washington state. He started in about Tech beating Texas and there is nothing I can't stand more than Tech. Soooooooooooooo, we went after it. It degenerated into all kinds of stuff and me telling him "I'll bet you $20 on the game and give you 15 points". He looked kinda stunned but said that he liked a guy that put his money where his mouth was. I told him those infamous words from Winstar, " If you sit there long enough I'll get all the money you have!" He said you don't have long enough to get all the money I have and I laughed and it ended up him coming over and shaking my hand and said that he would see me after the drag races at the Nugget. Damn I hope Texas beats Tech bad. Friggin Blue Mountains. It was halloween and when we were going to the cashier I heard a lady of the night, whore, ho, madamm, piece of ass, whatever tell this guy she was arm in arm with that for $100 she would do everything. Well I'm not sure what everything was but if it included her standing on her head I'm there!
Ok, the poker action is great. Lots of tourists but some good players also. It doesn't take long to figure out who the locals are. They are quite intrigued with us and Counting Girl really has them stumped. They tried everything to get at her and it hasn't worked. At Binions they were planning stratergery on her at my end of the table and it was a good time to leave as she was up $341. They didn't know we were together until I got up and told her it was time to leave.
The check in was something else. I pulled the $20 inbetween the license and credit card trick and it worked. The girl at the counter said " oh my goodness" when I gave it to her and asked for an upgrade. She didn't give the $20 back so I figured it was on. She said the only way she could do it for 5 days is have someone as handicapped. I told her my wife had a bad leg. When Gail walked up I said to her "how is your bad leg" and winked at her. She said it is terrible today. We got the upgrade and it has been a blast. I got into it with a dealer named Pau. She is a tough 26 year old. We were really going at it and she was calling Tony Romo, Tony Homo. It degenerated into her getting relieved and when she walked off she said she was going to get on the PA and say that Kurt likes it in the ass. I said what, where the hell did that come from. As she was walking off she started hollering that Kurt likes it in the ass from across the casino. Shit, that girl is tough. I looked the new dealer and she said "what do you expect, your in Vegas". Damn, tough town. I saw Pau yesterday and we said hi, she is fun, we have a good time together as long as she stays away from my ass!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rio Assasin strikes again

Too late to update right now but it was a wild day. We are up $1,200 today. Things got better for me, especially when my 5,6 boat beat a straight and flush. It was sweet! I have a ton of stories but it will have to wait. Another poker marathon tomorrow and the rodeo.

Rio Assasain

Counting Girl is killin them here in Vegas. She started out at the Rio and got on em for $600 after it was all said and done. Then I arrive and we head to the Nugget. The place is packed for the PBR (pro bull riding). Counting Girl got on em again and is up about $1,000. I've had my ass beat every which way and almost made the final table of the 7pm tournament. Oh well, at least there is tomorrow. I have some great stories already, one is from check in when I tried the $20 tip to get upgraded to a better room Well, no shit it works. We are in a great room and the elevator comes out right at the casino. Front street in hoping as the kickoff party is tonight and the street was packed. They had the bull draft tonight and all of the riders are here. It is a great time. Have another report tomorrow sometime. We do the PBR on Saturday and I'm really looking forward to it.

Almost Cracked Aces

GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Saw Merlotgirl and Shamrock at Choctaw this evening and was telling them about my hand last week. Merlot said I should blog my hand from the other day. I guess I should explain Geronimo. I've always been an action junkie, adrenalin freak, gambler you name it from a young age. My brother or sister wouldn't never go off of the high dive at the pool and I always would. I was probably 4 when I would take off running and jump off and scream Geronimo on the way down. My grandmother would go with us every now and then and she would look at my mother like she was crazy for letting me do it. She was used to it I guess and it's been that way ever since. Breaking bones in the rodeo doing the wild horse race and steer wrestlin and walking on it for 2 days before seeing a doctor. It was broken in 3 places. Busting into dope houses, fighting inmates, and fighting growing up is just part of it. Ask my brother, mother, wife or friends. I've always been into something. Maybe this explains some of my play.
I've always said there are Gamblers and then there are poker players. I'm a gambler. But as my wife puts it, a calculated gambler. I've done well at the cash tables over the summer and so has Gail. But, at times I run into that urge and some "gross" hands can happen.
I'm known as Jack 4 at Cocktaw for that hand that the dealer called gross. Last week I had one that sent a guy out the door cussing, and boy do I love that. I have to say it was a great play on my part and a terrible one on his.
To set the stage it is cracked aces day. You get $100 if your pocket aces get cracked. I'm up $140 in the early stages of my cash game for a total of $240. I get my aces. Dude raises to $7 total at a 1/2 table. A couple of calls and I call and we end up with 5 callers. I think, shit this isn't good. This hand is going to cost me more than $100, not worth getting my aces cracked. The last guy has $24 left and he goes all in. The dude to my right calls and he has about $210 left. I'm thinking I have to go all in or risk a big hand and losing my money on a donk call. Pot odds with my call might get everybody in the hand. ALL IN! I push in $240 hoping the only player left is the $24 all in. All the others fold and the dude with $210 left jumps up out of his seat and he starts whinning. He's like "what the hell did u do that for". I just sit there. He rambles on and says, "you wouldn't do that with aces"! Oh contrair silly rabbit I would. I don't know what this guy was thinking but he looks at me and says that infamous words. ALL IN!!!!!!!! Geron a freakin mo! He lays over pocket kings and I turn over my aces. I then flop and ace and he starts his march out the door, cussin and fussin. The guys at the table can't figure it out and I tell them I didn't want another call. If the all in for $24 beats me I get $100 for getting cracked. I don't normally give poker lessons at the table but damn, come on guys think about it for a minute. Anyhoo, headed to Vegas on Thursday, Gail is already there. I'll hopefully have an update Friday.

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October Choctaw

Some Choctaw info for October,including the Big Stack.
Featured Promotion
Fall Harvest Blackjack Tournaments with Free-Roll Play-Off
Thursdays & Saturdays, 2pm - 8pm Playoff - Saturday, November 1st
Buy-in is $60, plus discount replay. Top scorers each session play head-to-head to determine the top three daily winners. First place takes $500, second place pockets $250 and third place wins $125. The top qualifiers of each day's tournament will also advance to the $40,000 Free-Roll Playoff on November 1st. Ask the floorman if you qualify for a VIP discount.
Poker Promotions
$30,000 Big Stack No-Limit Hold'em Tournament
Saturday, October 11th
How will you stack up in this big battle for big cash – up to $30,000! Action is limited to the first 100 players who register, so don’t wait. Purchase your seats up to one week in advance. Buy–in is $300 + $30. Registration begins at 9:30am on the day of the tournament. Tournament play starts at 11am. Prize pool based on number of players.
End on a High Note
End–of–the–Month No–Limit Hold’em Tournament - Up to a $20,00 Prize Pool!
Saturday, October 25th
Is money tight at the end of the month? Not when you hang with us. We’re gonna make someone’s life a lot easier with a cool stack of crisp green stuff. This end–of–the–month tournament is limited to the first 100 players, so make sure you purchase your seats in advance starting at the first of each month. Registration begins at 9:30am with tournament play kicking of at 11am. Buy–in is $200 +$25. Prize pool based on number of players.
Daily Shootout
No–Limit Hold'em Tournaments
Monday – Thursday, 2pm & 7pm
Take aim for cash in these quick–draw contests for cash. Buy–in to this fast paced action is just $50 + $10, and is limited to the first 70 registered shooters. Earn up to $600 in bonus chips by playing live tables up to three hours before each tournament.Daily cash prizes paid, plus the top two qualifying guns from each tournament advance to the guaranteed $10K Monthly Free–Roll No–Limit Hold’em Tournament. All players qualify for a wild card entry to the Free–Roll each time they participate.
TGIF Bounty No–Limit Hold’em Tournament
Every Friday, 7pm
Start the weekend with some extra cash and a whole lot of fun. Pocket a $20 bounty for each player you knock out of the action. Prize pool based on the number of players in each tournament, and the last players standing will take home the cash prizes. Buy–in is $100 + $15 and limited to the first 70 players who register. Earn up to $600 in bonus chips when you play a cash game up to 3 hours before the tournament. Registration begins at 4pm, and tournament play starts at 7pm.
Fun & Games
Game Day Tailgate Party & Splash Pots
Every Saturday & Sunday, Noon – 9pm
We know how to throw one heck of a tailgate party. So join the fun! Snack on free dogs and burgers, enjoy a great game, and grab your share of the splash pots we’ll be throwing down throughout the day.
Being Cracked Ain’t So Bad
Aces Cracked Wins a Rack
Every Monday –Thursday, All Day
We’re showing our poker players a little extra love during the dog days of summer. Players losing the pot while holding pocket aces will win a rack of chips worth $100. Now, that should take the sting out of losing!
$ummer $izzlers
Every Saturday & Sunday, 2am – 2pm
You deserve a little extra cash, and we’re gonna make sure you get it. Show us a four of a kind (deuces thru Aces) and we’ll give you a $200 bonus. A straight flush gets $500, and a royal flush pays a cool $1000. Each hand only paid once per day. Both players' hole cards must play.

***See floorman for details on all poker promotions.***
Blackjack Promotions
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.So Do Guys.
Ladies’ Night Mondays, 6pm – 9pm Men's Night Wednesdays, 6pm – 9pm
When it comes to dishing out the fun – we’re all about equality. That’s why you’ll receive $25 in match play coupons for the blackjack tables when you register at the promotions both – ladies on Mondays and men on Wednesdays.
Hot Seat, Hot Cash
Weekly Hot Seat Drawings Every Monday & Wednesday
Twice an hour between 6pm and 9pm, one lucky player could find themselves in the hot seat when one chair is randomly drawn from among all the open blackjack tables. The winner will score a cash bonus.

Choctaw Twins
Every Sunday, All Day
Automatically win every time the first two cards of any hand you are dealt are a suited pair of tens, Jacks, Queens or Kings!
Back to Back Blackjack
Every Friday, All Day
Players receive a $25 bonus for two blackjacks in a row, and a $100 bonus for three blackjacks in a row!
Trips and Trips Plus
Every Tuesday, All Day
When the first three cards dealt to your hand are the same (7's or lower), Trips pays five times the bet - bonus up to $250! When the first four cards dealt to your hand are the same (5's or lower), Trips Plus pays ten times the bet - bonus up to $500!
***See floorman for details on all blackjack promotions.***
Calendar
Mondays
Aces Cracked Wins a Rack!
Shootout No–Limit Hold’em Tournaments, 2pm & 7pm
Blackjack Hot Seat Drawings, 6pm – 9pm
Tuesdays
Aces Cracked Wins a Rack!
Shootout No–Limit Hold’em Tournaments, 2pm & 7pm
Trips and Trips Plus
Wednesdays
Aces Cracked Wins a Rack!
Shootout No–Limit Hold’em Tournaments, 2pm & 7pm
Blackjack Hot Seat Drawings, 6pm – 9pm
Thursdays
Fall Harvest Blackjack Tournament, 2pm*
Aces Cracked Wins a Rack!
Shootout No–Limit Hold’em Tournaments, 2pm & 7pm
Fridays
TGIF Bounty No Limit Hold’em Tournaments, 7pm
Back to Back Blackjack
Saturdays
Fall Harvest Blackjack Tournament, 2pm
$ummer $izzlers, 2am – 2pm
Game Day Tailgate Party and Splash Pots, Noon – 9pm
Sundays
$ummer $izzlers, 2am – 2pm
Game Day Tailgate Party and Splash Pots, Noon – 9pm
Choctaw Twins
*No Fall Harvest Blackjack Tournament on Thursday, October 30th

I love AA, Counting Girl Continues to ravage Choctaw

We arrive at Choctaw Casino after I took Counting Girl to the land to check my traps. The other day I was messing around at the creek and noticed a Bur Oak tree that was huge on the creek. Counting Girl has been wanting a Bur Oak for a long time but I didn't want one in the yard because the acorns are so big. Well after checking the trap I drove by the Oak and showed her that she has her very own Bur Oak, not only that there are a number of them and they are beautiful. She teared up and it was a lot of fun watching her call her mom to tell her that she had her very own Bur Oak tree.
We're not at Choctaw 15 minutes before I get AA. I do my usual $7 dollar raise and this is the best way on a 1/2 table to hit a big hand. I get 5 callers, YES! Flop is J 3 5 rainbow, good one for me and I bet $50 to take it down. Fold, fold, ALL IN!!!!!!! Shit, the guy only has $58 total, and another guy only calls the $58. The guy in seat 7 has a huge stack and I've played him before so I know he has something but I figure he is more speculating that anything. BUT, at this point I realize he has made a great call because I can only call the $58, I can't raise because the small stack hasn't completed a raise. I give a smile and now I know I'm playing poker. I love playing against good players where you have to mix it up. NOW WE'RE PLAYING POKER BABY AND I LOVE IT!!!!!!! So I call and wait for the turn card. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
A of spades on the turn, I've tripped up and now I'm sure I have them beat but there is two spades on the board. All in and the number seven seat calls. I figure the first kid for a set and not to sure about seat 7. I'm hollering in my head to pair the board and there it is. 5h hits the board and it has paired and I have the boat. First kid turn over pocket 3's and he flopped a set and boat on the river. Seat 7 has 3 5 and hit the boat on the river. I have the bigger boat. Yes sir, triple up the first 15 minutes.
I spend the rest of the night pissing away a couple of bucks at a time. Counting girl finally gets on a roll and she is up $300 so we cash out another $400 for the night and end up $713 dollars for the weekend. Not a bad haul considering we were grinding all weekend. Till next time.

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Counting Girl humbles the Poker Pro's

Seems like all of my posts lately are about Counting Girl and her success. So, I think I'm going to be her personal body guard, sex toy, toe nail trimmer painter, masseuse and driver.
We headed to Choctaw for the Bounty tournament Friday night, but this was a different night. It was a special bounty tournament with quite a few pro's brought in. The list included Amir Vahedi, Kenna James, T J Cloutier, Kido Pham, Young Phan, Warren Karp, Tom McEvoy and Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh (actress). There are a number of millionaires on that list. We played a while before the tourney to get our bonus chips and I took down $54 and Counting Girl was somewhat a head. Tournament time gets here and the room is a buzz. It was a fun time except that I was totally card dead. Nothing, nada, got pocket Kings and immediately it flops an ace. Guy bets big, I fold and he has AK. Lord have mercy. I lasted to 4 tables as we started with 128 players and then headed back to the cash game. I keep checking on Counting Girl and she is doing pretty well. Pro's start falling, Jenna James is the first one out and Counting Girl puts out 3 guys in one hand for $60 dollars in Bounties.
Two tables remain, Counting Girl in good position to cash. The talk of chop starts and one guy won't do it. Some kid starts raising hell and pisses everybody off so no one wants to chop now.
Counting Girl goes out in 14th place. A great showing for such a big tournament full of millionaire poker pros. She is playing awfully good now days. She puts enough people out to pay her buy in and is not happy but she did well.
I finish up at the cash table with another $65 up. I was up and down all night but made enough to pay my $115 buy in. So it was all good.
Counting Girl has been up and down at cash, but gets on a semi roll and hits the boys for another $300. Of course what's next on the agenda, SHOPPING!!!!!!!!! Counting Girl is out with her mom this morning and buys me a ear and nose trimmer. Very nice gift but I think there is a possible clue to this gift. So I immediately went and trimmed my ears and nose.
Next up, trimming my nuts to see if the trimmer is also a ball trimmer. This should be quite interesting and if you hear a loud shriek come from inside my house..............Well, lets just say it is me and the ball trimmer is hung up, or Gail just caught me trimming my nuts!!!!!!!!!!! Later kiddies, we're headed back again this evening. After I check my snare at the land.
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Counting Girl goes off!!

So I was busy yesterday and had to work a deal late, so Counting Girl takes a break from work and hits the Choctaw. She calls me and she has cashed out $250. YES, she has stuck to our game plan and cashed out and went back to work. I'm working my gig so she goes back after work. She is there quite a while and calls me about 1am and says she has cashed out again for $287. A pretty good night. We are headed back in a few minutes. I have another gig tonight so we'll just do about 6 hours.

Update. Counting Girl and I went back this afternoon. I started on the 1/2 and just could not get a break. I went down about $200 and it was time for a change. I went to the 4/8 limit and the table was ripe. I got back to even and was glad to get there. Counting Girl continued her winning ways and was up $80 at the 1/2/5 so we decided to leave. We'll go back tomorrow so another update to come.

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Peter Puppets

Details to follow...................................

Winstar $1,000 weekend!!!!!!

Counting Girl had her ladies tournament Saturday night, so this was a good opportunity for some of the guys to head to Winstar. The big Red River Roundup or whatever it is called now is Sunday so we figured the action would be good. We weren't wrong.
The poker room was full, we got there about 1pm and little did we know we would have a 15 hour session making it home around 6am.
Shamrock, Rob and myself headed out about noon for Winstar and had a good drive to Winstar. I start on 4/8 limit and immediately get up about $150 and then just tank from there. Played some 1/2 and got on a 5 to 6 hour dead card ride. There is nothing fun about that. Played and won 1 hand in the span. Didn't lose much cause I wasn't playing but it was no fun.
Rob and I decided to hit the buffet and on the way Rob puts some money in a penny machine. He hits like 40 quantrilla pennies which is something like $3. He tells me to spin it and I hit a button and he says no, the maximum!!!!!! Too late, it's spins, all kinds of whistles are going off and we have no idea what's happening. The ladies sitting near by start trying to explain what's happening but we gots no idea. We know Rob is either rich or has maybe $5. After all is said and done, Rob cashs out $120 on the machine and pays for the buffets. Thanks Rob, the best kind of buffet is a free buffet.
Back to the tables, I get on a 1/2 and start to hit a few hands. I hit a good one. I flop top pair with 8's and I have A8 spades with high pair and a flush draw. I ain't going nowhere. Two people in hand with me and one is betting hard, next guy calls $30 and so do I. Turn is a blank and he bets $50 and the other guy calls. Ok, just like last weekend and take this lesson to heart kiddies. When you bet $30 on the flop and then$50 on the turn you are semi weak. You like your hand but YOU AIN'T IN LOVE WITH IT!!!!! I call as the pot odds are clearly worth it at this point and I have high pair with the A high flush draw. Well BANG! I hit the flush. Both guys check, check and bet $25 figuring I'll get one call. I do and drag in a good pot.
As time goes on I'm mixing it up with an asian guy and we are talking quite a bit. He is commenting on my play quite a bit, he can't figure me out. He has the boat on the river and I have the flush. He only bets $15 and I only call. I show and he can't believe I didn't raise. Hold on to your tights Hong Kong Suey, I gots something for you and it ain't sushi.
He is lose and has a stack of around $700. We mix it up and mix it up until it is touchdown time. I gots pocket Kings. I raise $20 and he calls. flop is 6,6,Q. He bets $15 and I call. Turn comes a 9 and he bets $25 and I call. HKS is setting me up for the kill. River card is a ....................................K. Well HOLY FIRE BREATHING GODZILLA!!!! I gots the boat. I get to mouthing with HKS and I tell him, "you ain't calling this $50 so go ahead and fold".
Then the words heard around the world and was music to my ears. "ALL IN"!!!!! I insta call and flip those flippin pocket Kinds over and you should have seen that sinking feeling on the face of HKS. Man it was priceless. I asked him if I played that hand right and he said yea you did. I said HKS I like you, your a gambler and there's poker players and then there's gamblers and that's what I am. He didn't say much and then I gave him the serious look and said, "if you stay here much longer I'm going to get your whole stack"! He didn't have much to say and left about 15 minutes later. I got up to $850 after starting with $100 and then got my aces cracked on the river with a flush draw. I'm still looking for the $1,000 weekend for a cash game. I went and cashed out $663 for the night and left with a good feeling. Shamrock did pretty well and we're still not sure how many pennies Rob ended up with but it was a great time. Until next time.

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Buck Neked and a Lying lawyer

Got back to Choctaw about 5pm again today and things where much better. Got on a good 1/2 table and was sitting there for a while just piddlin. FINALLY, I get a break. The day before I had been folding on hands when I had pot odds to call even with crap crap for a hand. If I had called those I would have hit big hands on a couple of them. Not my nature to fold those kind of hands. Today I get Q3 of clubs and there is a raise of 15 and then 3 callers. Well, I gotta call. The flop is Qs,3s, 8h. Girl in 1 position bets 30 and everybody folds, so I call. Js on the turn, I'm like crap but I don't figure her for the flush and I'm think Q with a good kicker. She bets 55. Ok, this means she likes her hand but isn't in love with it. I figure I have her read right and ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! I mess around for a minute counting chips, I know she will call an all in so I do it. ALL IN for $130 more. She looks a little puzzled and call me. The river is a blank, I turn over the two pair and she shows A, Q! Just as I thought.
Now it's time to follow our rule #1 of Choctaw and I get up from the table after hitting a big hand and take a break with Counting Girl.

When I got back a guy sits down with $200. I immediatley get into a hand with him and on the river I ask him if he has the straight. He says no, I do so I call him and he has the bigger straight. I said to him you lied and he said that he was a lawyer and what do you expect. I told him that I figure that even lawyers take a day off from lying but I guess it must be only on Sundays.
Few hands later I get AA. Time for the lying lawyer to go down. I raise 20, lying lawyer calls. flop is 559, I bet $50 and he calls. The turn is nada, I bet $100 and he calls. WHAT THE HELL!!! The river is a 2 and he immediately folds his hand and he was on a flush draw. TIME FOR ANOTHE BREAK.
A couple of hands later I cash out for $470 and buy back in to another table. Not much action, so I cash out another $7 dollars and finish off a nice weekend.
Counting girl was down a little today but we had a great time. Looking forward to next weekend.

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One More Weekend

Played a few hours last night at Choctaw. Both of us where up and down playing 1/2 5. Gonna head back in a bit to try it out again.

Choctaw "WOW" Weekend

What a weekend. Great times with friends and good poker. Choctaw Casino Resort is really treating us well lately. Not so much in the amount we're winning lately but their hospitality. Can't say enough good things about them. Stayed all weekend and got a lot of comps. They are very accomidating now days.

I think I have a new name for QQ the Sigfreid and Roy hand. I'm sitting at a 1/2 table Saturday night and it's about 2am. I've been up and down, up and down nursing about $80. I've been frustrated to say the least as the table was ripe. So I raise to $12 preflop and get a raise and then a call on my right. I figure ok, this is it, hit this hand or go back to the hotel room and sleep. I push all in for $80 total and get two calls. OH CRAP!!! But, knowing this table I feel ok about it really. Flops out 2 4 8 rainbow. Check check, alright, I feel ok so far. Another 4, ok. Another 2 on the river. I look to the kid on my right and say do u have me beat and he says no, he shows 10 J. Hmmmmm, ok. Other guy is sitting there with that grin on his face and I start to sweat. He finally throws over his hand and it is pocket 3s. POCKET FRIGGIN 3S!!!! You must be kidding me, I almost thought for a second I was beat but he didn't draw the straight. A sense of relief came over me and as I was dragging the chippies in I said to him " If you had beat me on that hand I would have run through the Casino to my room screaming at the top of my lungs in my loudest most blood curdling Bangi Indian War Cry you've ever heard and gone into my room and get BUCK ASS NAKED AND TAKE A BIG OLE CRAP WITH YOUR NAME ON IT"!!Dude to my left says "BUCK ASS NAKED"? And I said damn right BUCK ASS NAKED, hairy ass and all and take a big ole crap with that dudes name on it.

WELL, needless to say the table behind me couldn't believe what just happened and looked a little perplexed, the dealer at my table had tears running down his cheeks from laughing. The other players looked like they were trying to imaging what it would look like me running through the casino screaming at the top of my lungs to only get to the room and get plum BUCK ASS NAKED saluting the player to my right!!!! First it was the j 4 that I was famous for at Choctaw and now I'll say beware of the BUCK ASS NAKED hand cause it is my new favorite hand. And if you ever see me running across the casino screaming, just beware, very aware of what is about to happen! :}

Gretchen Wilson was awesome us usual. If you've never seen her check her out. You really missed a great concert and Pookie was missed by all. We had great seats and look to go back for other concerts.

We played a whole lot of poker, mostly up and down and finished down some but had a great time this weekend. Soooooooo until next time this is BUCK NAKED signing off!!!!!!!

One Outer (Buck Naked)

Choctaw Weekend

Headed to Choctaw in the afternoon. I took the day off and I'll pick up Gail in Sherman on the way. We're really excited as the Architect sent us our plans and it looks like we are there. The outside is georgous and the layout is just what we want. We still need to firm up a few things and then we need to get serious about selling out current house.

We are staying at the Choctaw Resort hotel for two nights and we'll see Gretchen Wilson Saturday night with friends. Should be a good time and I'll update with a Live Update as much as I can. Guess we'll see!!!

One Outer

End Zone defeat

I had 12,000 and had two pair Ks and 9s and went all in on the turn. Gary calls me and hits the gut shot straight. Oh well, Gail continues with the stellar play and ends up 3rd. We're really looking forward to Friday and Saturday. Bounty tourney Friday and Gretchen Wilson Saturday with friends. Should be fun!!!!!

End Zone night

Took 5th last night at the Varsity. Needed points as I'm trying to get in the top 150 for the monthly. At the end of the year they will have a tourney for a trip to the main event at the WSOP so I'm trying to qualify. Headed out to the End Zone tonight with the Poker Outlaws. Update later and then it is on the Choctaw Friday for the Bounty tournament, cash games and Gretchen Wilson on Saturday night!

Counting Girls revenge part 2

Been some kind of weekend. Counting Girl has exacted a little revenge on the Choctaw crowd. She had a few rough weekends but made a great comeback this time. I'm thinking after this weekend that I need to stop playing and be Counting Girls manager (towel boy), water boy ( Diet Dr Pepper fetcher) and sex toy (currently giggilo changing to Counting Girls private dancer)!

I was having a pretty good tournament Friday night until my JJ went heads up against KK. That scenario is usually a bad one for the JJ. I was out but Counting Girl was grinding and ended up 4th. She needed just a little luck at the final table to win and it just never came. She cashed out for $440 with one bounty.

We played cash before the tournament and I was just up and down spinning my wheels and Counting Girl up $250. I gave her my best advice "don't give it back" and continued on. A few minutes later we're in a hand and Counting Girl ends up looking at a stack of $500! I get up and tell her lets cash out as the tournament is about to start. She starts stacking chips in a tray and immediately gets AA. I'm thinking of a bad beat I just had at Winstar and I think oh hell here we go again. Ends up she puts a guy all in and takes down another $93! We go cash out and she is at $593. Cashes the tournament and then we play cash again.

Once again I'm spinning my wheels and about 15 minutes later Counting Girl comes up and says "I've just tripled up". Ok, keep it up. A few minutes later I go and check on her and she has $400 in front of her and she says get me a rack I need to move. I sprint to grab her a rack and she cashed out again for $400. At the cash tables we always start with $100 at the 1-2 table. She moves to another table and we finally leave at about 2am. A very good night for her.

Saturday night was more of the same for me. Counting Girl is up again $100 when I say we just need to leave because I am doing nothing.

Over all it was a good weekend. Poker is so up and down that you just have to grind. Saw Brian and Shirley at a wine tasting this weekend and had a good time. Bought some wine and I think I'll do down a bottle or two. See ya!

One Outer

Counting Girls Revenge!!

Counting Girl goes for $1,100 at Choctaw Friday night.

One Outer mixes it up with Girly Man who he put out with the now Infamous Flat Tire in the Bounty Tourament at Choctaw. The dealer that dealt the flat tire tells me last night that the flat tire hand was GROSS!! Put two people out with it and collected 2 bounties. One had AA and Girly Man had AK. What can I say. I love it. More details to come, Counting Girl and I are headed out for more adventure.

One Outer.

Friday Night at Choctaw

Welp, headed out to Choctaw with Counting Girl and we'll see how it goes. Gonna play some cash first and then the Bounty Tournament. Updates to come.