pretty sure you're not allowed to in NJ. almost positive in fact. anyone know better?

I also have nearly positive verification of this. This was discussed at the table yesterday, and I was told that a floorperson who used to work at Borgata was fired for accepting a tip. I have tried to tip them in the past and was told they were not permitted to accept tips.

Holy crap am I glad there was no work to do yesterday and I went to AC. I would've been going out of my mind if I was in the office periodically checking 2p2. The neutral ironic humor in this post is also appreciated, PJ.

Thanks, I will be sure to have fun.
It will be more fun if they don't leave 84 men on base, but I think the change of venue (and the shorter fences) should help that.

I tip Archie at the Commerce $20-40 $5 nearly every session. Except when I forget and run like crap and drop like 3 or 4 racks and don't feel like tipping anyone. I also tip the chip runners $5, but that is +ev in many ways. I tip the food service $5 also, mostly to avoid them giving me the glare of death when I tip them only $3.

Other places, it just depends. I tip a floorman $5 at Hollywood Park mostly out of pity. I don't really tip at Hawaiian Gardens, mostly cause the floor people there do nothing. And I don't tip at Bellagio on general principle.

anyone who hasnt seen blue man group should do so asap, saw it on tuesday night and it was amazing. also vegas poker is really boring, every day i tried to play i basically just waited an eternity to get into a 1/2 game and got a seat on only one of the days when i was there for a few hours. also the time i started a 60 mix with a bunch of ppl id never played with before i tried to trick them into bumping it to 80 when we got to E bc we didnt have $10 chips to ante with. theyre like "no 80s too big lets just take E out". after a couple hours i go to dinner then come back and see that the game broke. i then look at the plaque on the table and see that the game somehow got bumped up to 150/300 while i was gone. wtf they wouldnt even play 80 with me and im terrible. i lost every hand while i was there they should have given me the chance to lose 2.5x as much imo. also everyone plays really terrible and weird. my first day in town i won 70bb in 15, 25bb in 4 dollar 8 dollar and 20bb in 1/2 for like 6300 winner and 115bb win. the next day i lost 50bb. too bad it was all in 75 HO at venetian to crazy mike who went ahead and won every hand for like 3 hours after i was up 5k in a 7500 freezeout in the first 30 mins. on the upside i finally actually hit a draw after shoving on someone in a nl game after missing like the last 20 times the past year or so. good thing it was in a 5/10 game at the wynn and only for like 1k

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also i saw my hero durrrr at bellagio one day when i was playing 40 mix and he sat right behind me and talked to his friend who was playing 5/10 plo and i was happy inside and then he played 1500/3000 in bobbys room the next day and then i went back to wishing i was durrrr

Blue Man Group is an awesome show. I saw them many years ago when they were playing at the Luxor. I should be going to Vegas sometime in early December. Think Crazy Mike will play a heads up limit freeze out with me? What's the lowest stakes he's willing to play?

im sure he wont play you for less than 5k. he was mad playing me for 7500 after i told him i wouldnt play a 1/2 freezeout for 10k although i would gladly play him 1/2 HO forever if i was winning and probably quit quickly if i got stuck.

What limits were you playing? Think he'd go for a 50 BB freezeout in a 20/40 or 40/80 format?

He more than likely wont play that small. He normally plays 50 bb 1-2 freeze's (10k)

75/150 50bb freezeout, the only time ive played lower than that with mike was one day we were bored out of our minds and played 30 at sycuan for fun

I tip the floormen at Bay101/Garden City once in a while so that they don't think all 2+2ers are nits.

How often do people take him up on his offer to play heads up out there in Vegas?

that would make me furious. i would probably get kicked out.
what was the ruling? check? dead hand?

2 hands vs the worst hold 'em player on earth. He actually ran hot today so obviously you are going to see some atrocious beats.

I open KdJs and he coldcalls next in

flop: AdQdTd

I bet he raises I 3bet he calls

turn Jh

I bet he calls

river: Kc

check check

He tables Jc5s.

Hand 2
I raise utg w AA he coldcalls next in, another coldcaller, someone 3s and Brooks caps bb.

flop: KT3

Brooks bets, I raise, fish coldcalls, another coldcaller

turn: 5

I bet fish calls, other guy folds, Brooks folds

river: 2

I bet, fish raises, I call, fish tables 22.

Mitch, those are painful to read.

I 3-bet the turn tonight on a 7532 (two clubs, two spades) board with QQ vs. an idiot after he checkraised me with the K8cc, and he was rewarded by spiking a K on the river and getting 0 chips into the pot when I checked behind him.

I lost a rack and I hardly remember putting in any chips when behind in most of my hands (like when I 3-bet JJ 3-ways PF and flopped 855 and both called and I bet the Q turn and got one caller and the river was an A and I c/f and he flashes me AJ).

Tonight at Commerce I had the wonderful experience of raising preflop, and folding when it was capped back to me...twice! I can't even remember the last time I did that once, let alone twice in the same night. The last time, I had KQo UTG...got called by one or two people, then passive SB 3-bet, and passive BB capped. Turned out they had AA and QQ respectively...the board ended up Jack-high, not scary at all, and somehow the river went check-check.

bakku, sitting to my left (pretty sure he doesn't know who I am, and I didn't introduce myself because I suck at that sort of thing), bemoaned the fact that somehow he wasn't winning in this game. I contributed to that later on by rivering an Ace to make two pair and beat his KK or whatever it was. Then I took my money and went home.

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stakes, casino, pics of villain
plz

i was pretty sure you were a 2p2er and i think pj pointed you out last time i was at commerce but i didn't want to say anything in case i was wrong. yea, i had KK that hand. i was like 99% sure you had AT but i was like that would be so sick if he turned KT or QT or whatever into a bluff and got me to fold so i decided to light $40 on fire. also, that hand you had Ad2d in the CO, i almost 3b 9d8d on the button but then folded and of course the board came 9c7d5d,6d and i missed out on getting to go 8 bets on the turn

Bakku moaning? Surprise surprise surprise.

Yeah I would never take a pic of him and post it in a public forum, though I doubt he would ever get wind of it. He is like the nicest guy ever and I have never been happier to see someone walk away from the table with chips. I mean I have never seen him win a session. Also, he put the biggest nit at the Oaks on stark raving tilt so that makes him a hero in my eyes. I have never seen anyone lose money at such a clip and plays like 95% of his hands, and all kinds of people take shots when he is there so he is great for the game in a multitude of ways.

the hand where he put nitty player on tilt was pure ownage too.

Nitty limps EP, 100vpip raises in MP, one or both blinds call. Flop is K84hh check to 100VPIP bets all fold , nitty check raises. 100VPIP calls. Turn is Qh. Bet call.
River is 9h. Nitty is visibly upset and checks. 100VPIP bets in rythym. Nitty calls and gets shown the Js2h.

This villain really is the nicest guy on planet. He's closer to 100 VPIP than 95, for any number of bets. He left with 5 racks last night.

LOL what an amazing line. 5/10 6max stars.

I raise in CO with red 66, SB 3 bets, BB folds, I call.

Flop Js5d3d, he checks, I bet, he check raises, I call.

Turn 7s, he checks, I bet he folds.

um, okay.

Heh, um...thanks. Pretty sure you only would have gotten 6 bets out of me on the turn, though. But yeah, that would have sucked.

i really dont even know what to say

umm but yeah i was just kidding.