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Have you ever been in that area? We've driven on I-55 from New Orleans through Jackson to Tunica a couple of times. Always wondered why anyone would want to live in MS.

We have not, but we had never lived in Florida either and we made it work.

So after our virtual tour where once again the seller made sure to not include a variety of water issues affecting the house in the listing (but we saw them in the virtual tour at least) we started to become a bit frustrated.

This house looked really great from the pictures in the listing. But then in the kitchen she's like "oh, here's where the fridge leaked" and then there were two wet spots in the ceiling in different parts of the house because she didn't know you need to clean out your gutters. And then there was a huge wet spot in the ceiling that she said was from when the tub overflowed TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Good grief!

But then I started thinking and sat down with Jenn and had a conversation to figure our next steps out. When we moved from CT to FL we had never lived down here before. We wound up renting for a couple of years to get our feet wet and learn the area and see whether we wanted to stay.

I haven't had much luck finding homes close to poker rooms that met our criteria and while that hadn't been a primary focus, I'm thinking maybe we should make it one.

I REALLLY want to be able to play live at a place that embraces vlogging so I can bump up the appeal of my youtube channel. So now we're looking at rentals in the Austin and Houston area, as there is TONS of PLO action around those parts.

Plus, they seem to be a lot more green (i.e. the grass is actually green and watered, instead of the dried out crunchy stuff in west texas) which would be less depressing.

We could rent a house for a year and make sure it's somewhere we actually like living and make a decision after that, instead of being locked in. Plus the housing market is eventually going to tumble, so we might set ourselves up to take advantage of that when the time comes.

I'm actually getting more excited about the prospects of being able to play live in these clubs, get on a livestream, meet other vloggers, etc.

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07-29-2022 , 08:42 PM

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nutella virus

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Should change thread title to "have no idea where I want to live or what I want to do"

I'm thinking of buying a dog, or a fish, or a cat or a rat. Any ideas oot?

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07-29-2022 , 08:50 PM

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Tom Ames

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Originally Posted by nutella virus

Should change thread title to "have no idea where I want to live or what I want to do"

I'm thinking of buying a dog, or a fish, or a cat or a rat. Any ideas oot?

This.

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07-29-2022 , 09:10 PM

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REDeYeS00

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follow the vlog to find out!

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07-29-2022 , 09:17 PM

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golddog

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+1 for renting, just in case you realize after a while, " man, this place sucks ass."

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07-29-2022 , 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by golddog

+1 for renting, for when you realize after a while, " man, this place sucks ass."

had to

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07-29-2022 , 09:43 PM

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marknfw

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Sounds like you just need to spend a couple hundred thousand and get a bus shaped RV. Move all around the country.

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07-29-2022 , 10:48 PM

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TampaKn1sh

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Originally Posted by marknfw

Sounds like you just need to spend a couple hundred thousand and get a bus shaped RV. Move all around the country.

Clark..........that there's an RV....

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07-30-2022 , 09:42 AM

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madlex

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Originally Posted by TampaKn1sh

We have not, but we had never lived in Florida either and we made it work.

If you're looking at the state with the lowest GDP per capita and an infrastructure that's not too far away from developing countries, have you considered moving out of the US?

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07-30-2022 , 11:06 AM

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txdome

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I think your type of humor sells best to the type of people you would find in MS and countries where people are still fascinated by computers. So go on git them subs there.

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07-30-2022 , 11:10 AM

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Tom Ames

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Gonna have to dig deeper 'n 'at.

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07-31-2022 , 07:51 AM

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TampaKn1sh

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Originally Posted by madlex

If you're looking at the state with the lowest GDP per capita and an infrastructure that's not too far away from developing countries, have you considered moving out of the US?

We were looking at everything from Kansas to Virginia, in-between and south. Now that we've shifted from buying to renting for the first year, we're seriously considering the Austin TX area so I can be close to The Lodge and play and vlog PLO from there. Houston area is also being considered.

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I think your type of humor sells best to the type of people you would find in MS and countries where people are still fascinated by computers. So go on git them subs there.

I'm fixin' ta git dem subs

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07-31-2022 , 09:19 AM

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marknfw

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Houston's a toilet. You should lean heavily towards Austin. Or maybe take your Yankee Florida ass to California and leave Texas to Texans.

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07-31-2022 , 09:28 AM

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marknfw

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Be sure to read this before you come to sunny Tx:

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Originally Posted by northernrr

*major warning & heads up to those considering a Texas(specifically Houston) poker trip*

From searching online & asking around there is big lack of information on what's actually going on in and around these rooms in Houston. I can't imagine there has ever been a more dangerous, chaotic, corrupt, and risky place to play poker in history. The current culture, climate, and local criminal element (who have their teeth sunk into these games) living their lives with no regard for the their own life let alone those around them have the cities players going to rooms on edge looking over shoulders for the next drama to unfold. Im wrapping up a long trip down here, have made a lot of contacts with players who were here before me who GTFO as well as locals who've lived here all their life, and overheard and witnessed countless shocking things. That's with lots apparently getting swept under the rug and attempts to keep so much quiet. Here's some of what I've either witnessed or heard from multiple sources, buckle your seatbelt.

1) Every jackass has a gun. Ive been to several rooms where I could see guns in players pockets who were playing some of which I've seen make threatening statements over silly things related to how a hand was played. *4 people I've met say have had guns pointed at them in traffic and I had the same happen to me. At a stoplight outside prime social (7801 Westheimer) in broad daylight a car pulls up to another shooting 2 people 7+ shots killing 1, they were local poker players and supposedly were playing at a room in the area earlier. Link
https://www.khou.com/amp/article/new...d-23ec9735b8f9

2) I've heard multiple on edge players make statements eluding to feeling like getting their AR15 or AK out of the trunk and shooting the room over losing $ or feeling they've been cheated. I've heard these statements made in a general shootup room way & personal disputes arguing with players. Virtually none of these rooms have security to stop an active shooter.

3) I saw someone go get a gun out of car and use it to threaten someone he was arguing with. I've separately heard stories of this happening over and over.

4) heard 2 separate stories of people putting guns in the mouths of players in above ground rooms.

5) if someone attacks you in a room it's up to you and the other players to protect/save you. Saw a player get up walk over and hit another player and no security came over at any point once, the other time I saw it it took forever to get security. Also seen players standing over ready to attack a guy if he said another word and it not be for minutes till security showed up. I heard about a floor guy threatening to take players outside to fight them.

6) At a room with supposedly better security heard a pro had a local grab the chips and violently throw them into his face and threaten his life bcuz he thought the guy slow rolled him.

8) Multiple instances where dealers had to be held back by multiple people from attacking players while in the box who were arguing with them. I've heard of dealers actually attacking players while in the box.

9) players apparently have been getting followed outside of room and in some cases all the way to hotels or home for some time. I'm told there are countless incidents, so who knows how many were afraid to even speak up. Some of these folks were robbed, beat up, and had their home burglarized. For amounts ranging from only 200 friggin dollars to tens of thousands. There are shady people in all these rooms watching the cashouts, some not even playing, just looking. There has been talk of employees being involved with some of these people & incidents

10) if all the above wasn't nutty enough, how about rooms being shot at with assault rifles as if they were games with high value targets present in the most active war zones? Yea, it's a thing in Houston. So much so some rooms have attempted build&construct bullet barriers (never noticed this anywhere in the country) around the outside of rooms bcuz the rooms are targets of drive by AR15 shootings while players are playing so often. I mean to actually build barriers like your in a warzone? You know you're taking gambling to a whole nother level.

11)In a small built room full of players+staff a player with mask enters from kitchen with an assault rifle demanding cash, in the struggle 15 shots are fired in the room which luckily went through wall to parking lot rather than hitting players. Guy supposedly played and has a lot of friends who still do. ***Players had lots of chips maybe thousands taken by people in the room while they were hiding under tables or running out back, supposedly not reimbursed***

12) Again during a busy time people go by with an assault rifle and fires 20+ shots at & into the room. Multiple bullets got through, there are pics online of a bullet hole in TV and players on the floor. Chips stolen again. Management says things are fine get back to dealing/playing.

13) Play in the burbs instead? A room in the {supposedly} safer more suburban area (Katy) is shot up from the outside.

14) Someone dies outside of legends from being shot in parking lot.

15) There is a room that has had at least 3 robberies in the last couple years.

16) Countless shootings outside or across street from rooms near clubs.

17) Fight and shooting in front of a room leads to people running inside front door scrambling pushing each other fearing their lives looking for safety.

18) A room that tried to put up a barrier to block gunfire takes supposedly anywhere from 30-70 rapid fire auto weapon shots when gunman gets out and tried to shoot over barrier. Some gunfire confirmed made it through. Management yells at everyone to get back to dealing/playing everything is fine again.

19) low rent security has been threatened with violence by players when security had questions after metal detector went off

20) lots of people have had car windows busted out, broken into, and even stolen in some cases outside of games.

21) heard of an instance where a staff member clocked someone he didn't like into a table late night to drain their "time" and told the players and dealer not to worry about it.

22) more dealers than not seem unprofessional commenting on the action, the players, allowing influencing action in hands, and disrespectful name calling of players. They get defensive and fire at you when you try to point out their errors(before significant action occurs) in hand.

23) cheating and scamming is beyond prevalent. there have been fake chip scandals at a bunch of rooms including $100 chips.

24) extra aces end up in decks all across the city. lots of documented hands with an extra ace at showdown.
players have gotten caught keeping an ace under their phone, up sleeves, ect over and over and still play in the rooms. Confirmed cheaters constantly conning are in the games daily, even after getting caught.

25) marked cards are the norm.

26) checkout Joey Ingrams videos on cheating related to at least 1 Houston room possibly even involving rigging the shufflers. That isn't even the one of the sleeziest rooms, most are worse. There are criminals from here and all over the country coming to exploit these weak unregulated rooms getting away with cheating.

27) another thing I was unaware of prior to my visit is that so many of the people playing in the rooms are house players. Most are at a minimum solid and have been playing for decades, some for income. A bunch them are questionable speaking different languages at the table and at times trying to talk to each other quietly multi way. Seems like some are put in the best games also, which should be the opposite. A lot of other things related to this that has been speculated and assumed.

28) A room manager was apparently caught on camera stealing green birds from a players stack.

29) there are known chip thieves who steal from players stacks who the rooms won't ban, they are even really nice to some of these people. so GL protecting those stacks away from the table or when your head is turned.

30) lots of known violent criminals are embraced by the rooms. If you win on the felt, the game isn't over, you need to make it away from the room and safe inside your hotel to secure the win.

31) a room is allowing a wealthy player to grab, punch, twist the arms, and fist to fist punch players. Hard. Seemingly never telling him to stop.

32) "Best poker" recently opened up and a shooting happened in the parking lot the very first night

33) there was another supposedly safer room shot up in the last week. supposedly by a disgruntled player who'd been kicked out shortly before

34) a room on the north side near Texas card house was robbed by multiple armed gunman a few days ago.

35) All I heard was prior to coming was Texas action&donkeys(I don't see it), nothing about any of this craziness. The games aren't even that good in Houston IMO. There are tough 2/5-10/25 types at many of the 1/3s. People seem seduced by just a few whales around town chasing them, but if there is a good game these people already have a long transfer list to play the game. Dunno that the list are properly ran down either.

36) Locals have become desensitized I think to the violence, culture, and chaos in these poker clubs. Folks seem to be operating as if they don't fear death or incarceration. The most extreme hustlers operate as if they're invincible and are embraced. You have to witness some of the daily interactions, acceptance, and hear the conversations.

37) I imagine the rooms get shut down from someone being killed in a room. Good luck getting back the money&chips in those safety deposit boxes when the operation is permanently shut down.

This is all corroborated by me asking plenty of longtime players what they've heard. It isn't all I've heard, just a portion. Im told the other Texas cities aren't as bad as this, but I haven't been. I would guess it gets spread to other Texas cities to some degree, that's how it goes when certain factions of society see what some are getting away with. Absolutely mind blowing surreal poker trip. I won't be coming back

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07-31-2022 , 10:31 AM

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AzOther1

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Remind me to thank my parents (again) for moving us out of Houston when I was 2.

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07-31-2022 , 11:40 AM

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txdome

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Don't be such babies, Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the US. You'll be able to be robbed by someone speaking a language you'd never find in Mississippi.

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07-31-2022 , 11:52 AM

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You'll be able to be robbed by someone speaking a language you'd never find in Mississippi.

Standard American English?

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07-31-2022 , 12:01 PM

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Standard American English?

lol

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07-31-2022 , 02:13 PM

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Tom Ames

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Originally Posted by marknfw

Be sure to read this before you come to sunny Tx:

Guts to open.

If you're scared, just say you're scared.

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07-31-2022 , 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by marknfw

Houston's a toilet. You should lean heavily towards Austin. Or maybe take your Yankee Florida ass to California and leave Texas to Texans.

We are leaning heavily towards Austin, really want to play at The Lodge. Also, as far as your other fear-mongering post goes. I'm in Florida and we've had our share of shootings, people being followed home and shot (high-stakes private game player that was held in a poker room), colluding cubans marking cards and sitting diagonally from one another to trap people between one another for raises, and of course............FLORIDA-MAN! lives here.

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07-31-2022 , 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by marknfw

Or maybe take your Yankee Florida ass to California and leave Texas to Texans.

You big city folk coming to Texas with your Big City ideas! [insert whatever noise Texans make here]

Don't worry, I FULLY intend to get myself a big ol' belt buckle so I fit right in. Also, I'm not even Floridian, I'm a transplanted Mass hole

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07-31-2022 , 04:23 PM

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DodgerIrish

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Well that explains a lot

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07-31-2022 , 04:57 PM

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REDeYeS00

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Originally Posted by txdome

Don't be such babies, Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the US. You'll be able to be robbed by someone speaking a language you'd never find in Mississippi.

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Originally Posted by madlex

Standard American English?

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Originally Posted by txdome

lol

seconded

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07-31-2022 , 04:58 PM

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TampaKn1sh

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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

Well that explains a lot

I believe a yellow light means hurry the F up. Unfortunately too many Floridians seem to be in a hurry to catch every red light they can.

I've heard drivers in Texas are pretty speedy themselves at least. I know when I was driving through Dallas I even caught someone in a Prius dodging and weaving through traffic at 90+ on the highway.

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07-31-2022 , 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TampaKn1sh

I'm a transplanted Mass-hole.

Give up on the vlogging delusion and move to a suburban town that is equidistance between MGM Springfield and Foxwoods, with Mohegan Sun also in play.

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