(Quite) a few years ago, on the local WBCN radio station at 5PM every day they used to have a 15 minute comedy show (can't remember the name) ... but anyway, it always started out with the above intro...
Which seems a perfect lead in to my now weekly early AM pilgrimage to Foxwoods to play in the 8AM tourney and then try to qualify for the WPT event in October. (And in between, I try to cover my entries playing $5/10 w KILL, $10/20 and $1/2- $2/4NL usually with success... better in the limit games than the NL for some reason)..
Foxwoods is a great poker room, and the daily characters that play there make it even moreso.
Anyway, played in the 8AM tourney and it was sloooow moving and nooooooo cards for yours truly. Even when I raised late position, invariably a strong hand in blind or on button. Saw a very bad beat right as our first table broke at 8:35AM, 2 players all in on a 2 spade flop and the classic Ac, Ad vs. Ks, Kd. Of course the Kings hit runner runner and caught the flush. Luckily that AA guy wasnt headed to my table, he was STEAMIN'.
Moved to 2 tables, I was treading along OK --- I missed a chance to play A 10 from mid position, a big raise from what turned out to be 2 2 and then a call from blinds with a K 3 hearts. Flop was 10 8 4 (1 heart) and then turned a 6 and then a 10 on river (DOHHH!!!). Very weak non play, resolve to play those from now on especially as I was short stacked (1400 chips at 1 hour in - average 2600 or so). Two hands later, I see an A 2 suited and decide to go all in under the gun. Blind thinks and has played a lot of wacky hands and calls K 4 s. We're heads up and I think I'm making it, and get spiked by a K on river. All done for the kid.
I jump in to a $5-10 game which was very amusing. Caught some decent cards, but the table was tight. I got nicked with second pair a lot, I tend not to believe when the same guy is in pots and is representing top pair heads up.
Guy to my left was a real cynical, but funny sort of sarcastic guy who hates Bush, kids, and wiseass dealers not necessarily in that order. He was a very good player and I watched him work his stack up from $200 to $550 quickly (not too much of it from me). The games at Foxwoods are pretty good, but I'm suspicious of "all the buddies" and making sure I'm not someone's fish dinner. I tend not to play more than a couple hours at a time and try to win 4-5 BB per hour.
When I was up a $100 or so, I decided to play an Act 1 to the WPT tourney, and that's where things got interesting. A good table, not too many people knowing each other (which again rouses my suspicion), couple loose aggressive, couple calling stations, 1 very tight player in shades wearing a tennis tourney tee shirt with his old man (probably the old tennis father coach thing going on) barking his ear off. In short a good match.
I work up a decent stack, getting a call with my KK and busting out a J 9 on a J 10 4 flop and no help turn or river.
For once, lady luck smiled on me, as I played really stupidly late.
In one, I raised 600 (blinds $100 - $200) with 1 caller on 10-10. I got a caller and subsequent all in on a J 8 6 flop, I had him covered and called and ran into K K, of course. 8 on the turn no help, but... a 10 on the river!! Guy was very classy about it, in retrospect a very risky and poor play even late position and to call the all in from an unknown player was not sound.
About 10 hands later, I raise in late position with A K s and get an all in call from a limper in early position. This should have set red flags all over the place, but I was undaunted. Guy flips over KK and I am waaay behind. Flop is garbage but with a spade (yay!). Guy catches a Queen (spades) for his set, and of course spade the river. Guy is out. Hey, I'm thinking, now you guys know how *I* feel...
With chip lead, I'm able to finish and I even take out the 3rd place finisher who moves in with K Q on my A 6 and pairs the flop, but I make a garbage straight on the river... HAHA... MY Day!!!!
