So when do I get to meet you?

Or do I have to beg DC/ILR/Hopper/Gee/anyone else to introduce us....

What a great setup. First place money still a booby prize?

I just can't win a session this year.

Sounds like good negotiating to me. If he doesn't feel it's in his best interest, then he shouldn't deal. End of story, move on.

BTW, if you win that race, ship the tourney, and he goes out early, are you happy?

IMO, if this is the case, the players aren't playing very well. Why would someone want to make a deal with people who are clearly playing way too tight.

Duh, its all donks in a $130 live tournament. The better players are playing online or in a cash game.

EUREKA - I finally earned some comps. Saturday night I hit an improbable parlay - I remembered to swipe on the way out and the machine was working.
So I'm on the way to riches.

I'm sure many of you know [name removed] at the front checkin desk. When she saw what had registered on my card she said "you know I'm pretty sure I've seen you play here before but there is nothing on record for you". I gave her a short version and she offered to get me a one-time comp, but since I was on the way home I declined. Still gesture much appreciated.

hey... i used to play that tournament when it was a 200.

Live tournaments are full of donks. Last friday three out of towners showed up in the morning tournament and shoved every hand that was folded to them while everyone was still 50bbs deep. I immediately bought in and caught the biggest donk pushing with 67o when I had AJo, Flop K85, turn T, river 4...

BTW, the parking has been horrendous on weekend evenings if they have an event. Last saturday, at 6:30 pm, the poker room garage was already full, CAZ blocked off the other covered parking garage and valet was full. I was lucky to get one of the last spots in the front lot, about a mile away in the rain.

Also for weird changes in rulings, the time games now make you pay time if you sit in the first 15 minutes of a down. It used to be 5 minutes. The weird part is that our 40-80 game was 7 handed, and they forced an out of town player to stand around and wait 15 minutes to get into a game with no list, with two seats that weren't going to pay anyways.

I could understand the policy if there is a list to get into the game, but not when we are trying to keep the game going and would like welcome a new fish (of course it turns out this particular "fish" holds a bracelet, so we ran way worse than expectation on unknown tourists that night). He's played everywhere, and said he'd never heard of a 15 minute rule before.

On the comps, is it true they expire within 5 days? This is what I was told by the floor. If true, then they would be entirely worthless to someone like me who only plays on the weekend.

First, the food comps don't auto print out unless you played 8+ hours in a particular day. If you've accumulated a bunch of hours w/o a ticket printing out you can ask the board ppl to write one for you on the day of your visit. This is what I typically do bec I don't often play 8 hours straight.

Second, I think that if you explain the problem to a senior manager they will fix it for you. I'd ask them to re-write your comp ticket to bring it up to date.

What was going on in the 5/10sl w the ex UofA running back last night? I look up and he is hollering and standing on his chair spanking his ass :/

Nothing we don't see five nights a week with him. He's all fun, all the time.

If it's really you (and I believe ya)... congrats for sticking to your guns and taking it down.

I do regret using the term "doofus". I often regret my posts. LOL. You are obv a good player and more importantly you have the courage of your convictions.

How the heck did you overcome G's (can't mention names obv) big stack to your immediate left?

I def played way too tight at the end there. Live and (never) learn!

I hope this doesn't get me banned, but whatever. Last week I saw a guy at a green chip cash table, and I recognized him from WSOP ME telecasts... he used to be a big guy but lost a lot of weight. His nickname is associated with lightning... if you know what I mean. Does he live in Phoenix and play at CAZ regularly? Was pretty cool to see a face that I knew... almost as cool as seeing the Chainsaw come play in our State Champ.

I think thunder keller qualifies as famous enough to mention by name itt.

He's a long time CA reg. There's an apocryphal story that at one time he had all of CA's black chips in his trunk.

im not sure wether he lives in vegas now or still in the phoenix area.

He plays green chips five days a week. Just say hi, he won't mind. Last week some kid saw him in the game, came running up with an autograph kept in his wallet that the bracelet winner signed for him a few years ago. We really enjoy giving him a hard time about that, which as always he took very amiably.

And lightning is his brother, polar opposites just like their nicknames.

I want an autograph from DC to keep in my wallet.

Standard. And that is why I have been forced to conclude after five years of daily play that tournament poker is an utterly silly and stupid hobby.

Yeah I know "it all evens out" in the long run. Right. I'm only alive for another 15 years or so that "long run" better hurry the F up!

I've never won an online MTT. Closest I ever got was Stars $3 rebuy, 7200+ runners.. I played solid for 11 hours and get to HU with 35M-6M chip lead. I try to close it out quickly but we soon end up tied at 20M apiece. Villian shoves all 20M pre w/A6o. Stupid or not, I call w/A7o. The 6 on the turn costs me $3K as I take 6K for second and villian get 9K for first. FML.

Yeah, I'm sure that 3K in lost profit will "even out in the long run". I will never regain that much EVER at the stakes I play.

Now you see why I'm all for chopping. Variance sucks, and somehow I seem to have a knack for ending up on the wrong end of it.

Anyhow... welcome back from your self-ban, DC. I think I need to self-ban myself from poker for my own sanity and find a less aggravating, less frustrating, less luck-filled hobby.

Cool story bro. The stuff of which legends are made!

And FWIW, IMO Thunder should've stayed the way he was... BIG. He had that special something most of us nameless, faceless donks don't and won't ever have... an image bordering on icon status. Hell, even I recognized him the moment I walked by his table.

I believe the doctors told him it was necessary, and he did the staple thing. It was a segment on a WSOP broadcast a few years ago.

Thank god we have casinos with poker rooms in Arizona.

I'd sure hate to live in a state without Indian land right about now.

FML, I ALMOST withdrew my entire bankroll from Stars this past week. All I had to do was click the "confirm" button.

I told you I always end up on the wrong side of variance.

I do make good decisions sometimes tho. I let my roll on Full Tilt drop to zero and never reloaded and walked away. Same for Cake and Bodog. Wish I had done the same on Stars.

That begs the question if someone loses his famous player status after a while of non-famousity. 4 should keep a running list of who can be named in posts to clear up the ambiguity.

On this forum there is no ambiguity. If you use the name of a player or casino employee, you will be infracted, and if you do it too often, you will be banned.

I guess I got my first infraction yesterday for mentioning a casino employee. How many strikes do you get?