To the Oaks regulars: There is a prop that plays the 15 and 30 games, I think he said evening or night shift. He is an older white gentleman (60 maybe?), very friendly, maybe bald hair on the sides and back (can't remember).

Not sure if that narrows it down or not. Anyways I played with him in a Commerce Stud game about a 16 months ago when the Oaks was shut down for a couple of days. I haven't played a ton of Stud but a fair amount including WSOP events, but he was damn tough. I told my friend he either the best Stud player in the world or he was running sizzling hot. I'm sure he was probably running good, but I'd still lean towards him being really, really good. He was playing fast as hell and punishing everyone. I have never seen anything like it playing Stud before or afterwards.

I was wondering if he is as tough/good at holdem as he is Stud just out of curiosity. He gave me hope that poker skills don't necessarily diminish with age.

Do they ever have plo going there, and if so what limits?

There is a very good holdem player there who more or less fits that description, except he has a bit of hair. Wears glasses, tall guy, baseball aficionado. (I don't think I'm supposed to use his name, right?) And yes, he is very good at holdem.

There's also another prop there who sort of fits that description, but he's shorter, and I don't think he's quite as good, as nearly as I can tell.

With the mustache? Backgammon player? That guy seems pretty good to me.

Honestly I can't remember all the details of what he looked like. Just saw this thread and it reminded me of him. Was hoping that there was only one prop who would be close. He might of had hair. I think he was in good shape for his age but I could be wrong. Seemed to be super sharp mentally. I may even be adding a few years to his age now that I think about it.

I wouldn't remember his name. Anyways I enjoyed getting my ass handed to me by him about as much as is possible under the circumstances. I've played with a few players that are suppose to be world class at Stud and his table presence trumped them all imo.

Sorry, but no.

Seriously? You never heard of Doyle Brunson? Chip Reese?

The Oaks, starting yesterday, now has a vietnamese menu. Six new items. The menu is blinding red so don't stare at it for too long.

It only runs for certain days and hours though -- which, I cannot remember ATM.

I looked at it, but lacked the the courage (or had the wisdom not) to order anything off it. I have yet to be impressed with the food offerings there.

Nonetheless, last night I was at two of the juiciest tables I've ever seen -- one at 15/30, which broke after only an hour unfortunately. Went home with nearly five racks.

That 15/30 was juicy all day, but after someone stole a 32BB pot with rivered magic two-pair, half the table went on tilt and it played like a 3/6 table.

There was a certain young Af-Am gent (YAAG) at both my tables who throws money away like he's allergic to it. He literally told me once that he gets an adrenaline high off losing. I always secure the seat to his left whenever I can.

You have to be careful what you wish for though. He cost me an enormous pot with his ridiculous ways. I was on his immediate left in a pot with 30+ BBs on the turn. I had 2 outs to the nuts, but was otherwise dead in the water. YAAG bet out, and I grimaced hard while folding b/c I knew damned well he had ****all, but that the player on my left was going to raise and take away my pot odds. Which is exactly what happened. (YAAG even folded when it got back around to him).

Of course one of my outs came on the river.

LOL. Yep, that's him.

Dude is one of the donkiest players I've ever seen at that level. For example, I 3! my KK preflop at UTG+2. Flop came Kxx, with a 3 on the river. Anyway, I caught the boat, bet it all the way, and cleaned up. Dude said, "Oh, I thought you had K3." Mind you, I've played with him for quite awhile, and I'm invariably the tightest player at the table...

I say don't mention his name. It doesn't matter; anyone who sits down at the same table will spot him in 5 mins or less.

I dislike this thread being used as a Batsignal whenever games have a bad player in them. If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, don't say it in a thread which is open to the public and archived by Google for all eternity.

But do PM me.

Haha, now you can check your PMs while at the table!

Win win, ldo.

I hope you didn't take offense at my suggestion. I know a lot of interesting people float through the premises. I actually wish that I heard more stories. But it's a pretty small crowd at the Oaks and it's not that hard to figure out who's talking about you once you find out you're being talked about.

Also, I was totally kidding about PMing me. Someone asked if they could text me if a game was starting or on the verge of breaking. I replied, "If I'm not here, chances are I can't be here."