Thank you Were you there??

No, but I've played here a few times and was following the story

Great to hear he made it.

Did they do a bypass on him?

Sunshine28....glad to hears hes ok. I was 1 table over (about 10ft away) and he just all of a sudden went down out of his chair. They started to do CPR on him as soon as was possible at the time. He was on the floor and his breathing completely stopped and im pretty sure he was dead at that time.

They got him breathing again after like 5-8 minutes later and a few people actually started clapping then he stopped breathing again after a few seconds of being revived.

It took ahwile for the EMT ambulance to get there because the poker room is all the way in the back of the casino. There were 2-3 people preforming CPR on him the whole time. They were taking turns after getting tired, each in turn. I would say he was on the ground for at least 20-30 minutes (I think) before he was carted away.

Im glad to hear is alive and i wish him the best. Just to let you know, the casino has his money. He had a pile of chips on the table and after he was sent off in the ambulance I saw one of the managers round up his chips for safe keeping. Make sure you go there and claim his money back. Dont let the casino keep it.

As a side note. I heard he was pushed a winning pot and thats when he went down and I was telling everyone, as a poker lover, that is probably the best way to go out in my opinion.

http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/n...ed_for_ha.html

WPT coming to Hollywood Hard Rock and they have a 5 year deal to be either there or in Tampa. This is awesome, hopefully WSOP and NAPT are next.

Thanks to Parisron for posting this in the New Florida Limits/Games thread.

I hope they come to Tampa.

Anyone know how the PLO games are at the Rock? Do they even get spread? The dog tracks around Tampa all have 100bb min buyins. HR has 50bb and I was wondering if this elicits any more interest from people playing. Does a table ever get going? What stakes and what days? Thanks in advanced.

Huh? What's "crazy" about it? Every single BB jackpot I've ever heard of, be it online or live, has had a "both hole cards must play" qualifier. I guess when your aces get cracked by a one outer you complain to the floor until they comp you something?

Another sick scenario could involve TT vs QQ vs AKs on a QsJsTsTx board. If the case Q hits on the river, TT goes from winning a jackpot to a table share.

Mikess2001,
Thank you so much for your detailed reply. The internet is such an amazing thing and I am so happy I happened to stumble upon this forum. I really just wanted to know the whole story. For some history of my dad...my father is 82 years old and had a 5 bypass open heart surgery in 1983...and some stints put in over the years. He is a strong man...Greek war hero during his Army days in the Korean War.

When they got him to the hospital, he was able to speak and stated that his chest hurt (obviously) and then they sent him for a catherization...he was put on a ventilator for most of Sunday. We didn't know if he would have suffered neurological problems due to loss of oxygen...or if he could survive w/ out the life support. He surprised us all and recognized us, was speaking and did fine w/ out the LS. He had a AICD put in on Monday and is recovering slowly- obviously weak and in a lot of pain, but alive and talking!!!!!!!!!!!!

The doctors said he suffered a "sudden death" episode....type of heart attack that just kills people suddenly and without warning- if he were at my home that night...he probably would have died in his sleep. My husband and two friends were there with him and didn't even know that this was happening. When they went to "meet" him in their usual spot, they could not find him...went to security and were only told that he was sent by ambulance to the hospital.

Were the people doing CPR just regular citizens playing poker? Am I understanding this correctly....did one of these "poker players" just happen to be a Cardiologist? I just can't believe the amount of LUCK that my father had that night... I asked my dad if he remembered anything...he said I do remember winning one hand.....I bet that is the last thing he remembered before falling out of his chair.....it is like a movie...!!!!

I would love to thank the people who did CPR and saved him....I wish I could find them!

Thank you again Mike for being so kind and for giving me more info.

Sun, I'm really glad to hear that your Father is okay and I hope to be playing with him on the tables soon. I wish him luck in a speedy recovery (which seems to be going well).

What's up everyone Ive been lurking here for awhile I thought id finally make an account and socialize with u guys. I've been playing for 3-4years live at the naples dogtrack and tampa hard rock with good and bad mixed results.

I played tonite at the rock at table 4-9 1-3 nl and had a good table for once unfortunately I was the punching bag for everyone it seemed I was 2nd best all nite my last hand was aq aipf vs 92 somehow and I lost. I just went home since it wasn't my nite but id like to also say I saw 4 5-10nl and 1 10-20 game running today which isn't run often for u bigger stakes players.

Saw a brutal slow roll today. seat 10 got his case money in on the flop of T 7 4 and was called by seat 2. They didnt show until turn and river came which was 7 T. At that point seat 2 says I just have 2 pair. Seat 10 promptly turns up QT for top boat. Seat 2 slowly turns up 77 saying he has 2 pair, 7's and 7's.
Seat 10 was not amused and I thought there was a good chance he was going to punch seat 2. Instead he just stormed off.

2/5plo going.

From the movie Maverick.

@ 2:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyKoM...eature=related

Played this tonight. I managed to get it in with 89xx on a JT76 board and QT87 on a AKJ4 and get scooped both times.


There were a couple awful calling stations but most of the table was solid. Only two guys really splashing around both with ~$2500.

Played the $400 Friday night tournament last night. 45 players but they had a 20k gtd prizepool. So hoorah to Hard Rock for covering the overlay and such.

One big problem I had though was at the very end. We got down to i think 7 handed with blinds at 3k/6k with avg stack only being prob about 50k. Someone brought up a chop, and I got offered a pretty fair deal with only 49k and accepted for 3k.

I know there was an overlay and stuff but at the end when we were getting paid, they leave their tip jar thing on the table. I have never seen the TDs give dirtier looks as we tipped out. IMO I didnt feel it was neccessary to tip out considering,
1) The tourney is like a 355+45.
2) Their is a dealer addon for 10$ In beginning.
3) The dealers are mostly clueless and dont pay much attention.

Even with that said, I still tipped $40. Most people still tipped between $20-$50 but you could visibly still see the disgust from Zeek and the other guy. So here it is, If you want to give dirty looks to your players, for not tipping as much as you'd like, then you will get nothing. Next time, I will not give them one penny.

Just another complaint about the people running the hard rock, nbd. :-)

If its a dealer add on or when they withhold a % for dealers, I would not tip. Because the 80% or more that I don't even cash I am tipping and if I do cash then the other 90% of the people tipped and didnt even cash.
Also HR didnt cover the overlay. That comes from Our money, the Jackpot fund.

Parison, once again, what do you look like?

I'd like to meet u finally.

Tell me when you are here. I am here alot.

Which one of you guys was wearing the Creamsickle Derrick Brooks old school Bucs jersey and hat?

not I. I do rock out the old school bucs sweatshirt occasionally.

And parison, ill be there today, will u?

I saw that guy last night, lol. I remember thinking, hmm this guy has an IPAD so he is up to date with the world but he has on 1970's gear. lol

Was there today, donks hitting miracles on me. Probably going to watch the bucs game tonight. We can meet up next week sometime.

I don't want to get into a discussion about tokes or hijack this thread, but the only thing I want to say is don't tip because one person who is not even a dealer gave you dirty looks. In other words, don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch. Perhaps the other dealers are still grateful that you tipped.
I play often and deal, and I can say that I am grateful anytime I receive a tip, no matter the size, bc it is better than not getting anything at all. Money is money and it adds up.
Not tipping because a floor gave you a dirty look would be like going to a restaurant and not tipping the waittress because you thought the manager was a dick... that is not going to affect the manager, it's going to affect the waitress.

j9, anything you tip in a tourney that has an add-on is completely extra. That's what the dealer add-ons are for.
Was that a 2+2er? At one point he was sitting on my left, ballin' with his ipad.