tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79947502024-03-13T22:04:01.505-05:00Beer City PokerHome of the Good & Plenty ChampionStBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.comBlogger845125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-26371318205290065172012-12-02T12:29:00.003-06:002012-12-02T12:29:34.061-06:00Go Now!Not sure why you would be coming to this old blog but if you did, stop and go read Ocelot Sports. Dr. Pauly may be the biggest gambling degenerate I know. And that is a compliment.
Pauly is putting forth his action with his syndicate and providing an entertaining recap each day. Go read now, you won't be disappointed.
And congrats to CJ for his WPBT victory in Vegas!StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-40383936216496612372012-04-25T09:19:00.002-05:002012-04-25T09:19:29.540-05:00Just when you thought it was safe to visit SC...Mastodon Weeekend 2012 trailer from Brad Willis on Vimeo.StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-40538304818492180562011-12-11T21:21:00.000-06:002011-12-11T21:22:00.237-06:00my life in cartoonI swear its true!StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-19974848247740759542011-12-08T18:30:00.002-06:002011-12-08T18:53:24.103-06:00The Lingerie Football betting syndicateAh Vegas. Another December, another trip to meet up with some good people. A time to great old friends and meet new ones. A chance to put names to faces as you slide down the slippery slope of degeneracy.It is one of the best times of the year.I'm going to skip past Thursday. I don't recall much of it. Just Bam Bam sending glasses of scotch to me at the Pai Gow table. Motor boating April's friendStBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-19724484343151261732011-11-27T10:30:00.003-06:002011-11-27T10:45:21.340-06:00Let the countdown beginIt is just 5 day until the annual pilgrimage to Vegas. Time to meet up with old friends while making some new ones. Silliness, gambling, drinking, talking, and whatnot to occur. A chance to shirk away the real world and indulge for a while.I love Vegas. I love going to Vegas and meeting up with this crowd.Things are different this year. That common bond that brought everyone together is now StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-33015694439231499092011-10-21T12:23:00.002-05:002011-10-21T12:29:20.363-05:00Joker pokerIt has been about 2 months since I thought about poker? Really? No wonder it seems dusty around these parts.As I sat at the bar yesterday, enjoying a New Glarus Chocolate Abbey (well worth buying if you can find it), it dawned on my that Vegas is just over a month away. This would normally be the annual post of how I am shaking off the ring rust and playing more online poker to get in shape for StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-64930778812196428272011-08-25T20:25:00.004-05:002011-08-25T20:29:55.991-05:00BoredLike many others have lamented, I miss online poker. Especially on a night like this. There is crap on TV. I have the Ravens/Redskins game on mainly because the Brewers have the day off.
Tonight would have been a good time to fire up Full Tilt and play some sit n gos. But that can't happen. For shits and giggles I fired the software up. Knowing their problems I was curious to see what would StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-79901565509746847752011-06-29T13:45:00.002-05:002011-06-29T13:46:55.082-05:00Don't piss off BloodBadBlood has a nice rant against Full Tilt Poker here. Well said sir. Spot on!With that being said, I hope the people I know who have been doing work for Full Tilt get paid.StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-9112499141707568972011-06-12T09:13:00.003-05:002011-06-12T09:23:55.980-05:00The damn jackIt checked around to me in the big blind. I rapped the table and 4 of us saw the flop come down: 10 7 10. My heart picked up a bit. I checked knowing the guy to my left was going to make a play at the pot. Sure enough, he did, betting 6000. I began thinking about how I was going to play this. Call or raise. But I had to wait.Action went to the big stack on the other side of the table. He was a StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-38125823015377334092011-06-07T19:40:00.002-05:002011-06-07T19:51:53.488-05:00Comin' Atcha LiveEver since the online poker world got flushed down the toilet, I haven't had much interest in the game. There were a couple of times over the past month I wished I could log in and play some cards, but not many. Even with the WSOP going on, I have no reason to check in on what is going on. Sure I check Tao of Poker every once in a while because Dr. Pauly gives you more than what is happening at StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-37796539706915457902011-05-07T22:08:00.002-05:002011-05-07T22:13:18.887-05:0012 questionsHas anyone received a check from PokerStars yet?Did it clear?Suggestions for how to cash in those PStars player points?Any idea when Full Tilt will make funds available?What can I do with the Full Tilt points?Who is playing at another site?Cake? Carbon? Who has taken the plunge?Is it easy to get some money on the sites?Anyone playing local poker?Have the Vegas rooms seen a change since Black StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-70878695420643215912011-04-27T07:36:00.002-05:002011-04-27T07:42:15.723-05:00That's it I guess. No more PokerStars.That's it I guess. No more PokerStars.I had seen a tweet saying the PStars was allowing people to cash out. I didn't think much of it. It piqued my curiousity but not much more than that.When I got home from work I decided to check it out. I figured an email had been sent out giving an explanation of what was going on. Nope. I shouldn't be shocked there. As I mentioned last week I still have not StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-55773073457986820152011-04-23T12:29:00.004-05:002011-04-23T13:43:45.804-05:00Ugly brown chipsOne Pai Gow table. A craps game that doesn't use dice. And a 1-3 NL game that uses ugly brown $2 chips. I'll be content if I never step into Agua Caliente again. Maybe I am being a bit harsh. The play in the NL game was pretty bad. I did walk away +226 so I shouldn't complain. Even when I had my aces cracked by J 8o, I didn't fall into sore loser mode but became more determined to get my chips StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-43396315692625803182011-04-19T19:35:00.002-05:002011-04-19T19:45:29.847-05:00What say them? Apparently nothingBlack Friday. The ultimate 'doomsday switch' has been flipped. For some, they lose a bit of cash that they had online. For others, they had a sizable chunk on some sites and it looks like it is gone. And worse yet, some very good people are literally out of a job. Their livelihoods snuffed out like the end of a cigarette.I know some good people that relied on this industry for their income. Some StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-55177156866555788982011-03-27T13:00:00.012-05:002011-03-27T14:12:51.999-05:00The JunkieBeen a long time since I had anything to post here. Been on a bit of a poker hiatus. Other things in life taking up my time. It was the MMA Junkie tournament that brought me back. Let's shake some rust off and see how it goes.Over 4400 were entered for the tournament. 4400? I wonder how many of these people actually play poker or just got an account for this tournament.Lots of limping to start. StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-26154943629788441642011-02-03T11:35:00.002-06:002011-02-03T11:39:21.692-06:00True I'd laugh if this wasn't so true.Been giving some thought to the game this weekend. I think I am going with my initial gut feeling. Take the Steelers and the points. The Packers haven't gone up against a really good defense all year. Don't even try to call the Bears defense really good. Just like the Packers D, they give up a lot of yards.Don't get me wrong. I want the Packers to win. As a StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-16766898391043204702011-01-16T09:36:00.001-06:002011-01-16T09:38:09.304-06:00Congrats to Change100!Congratulations to Change100 for her win at the PCA, taking down the ladies event. I bet that was some party afterwards.StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-4331370909406492892010-12-21T18:11:00.003-06:002010-12-21T18:44:53.222-06:00WPBT 2010 Winter Classic- A weekend of Buying the Dip Part 4It has been a couple of days since I did the third part. I was thinking there wouldn't be a need to do the last installment. It has been well over a week and I figured by now that everyone went and BOUGHT THE DIP!!!If you had, you'd be enjoying a nice profit now. You would have been able to pay back that money your borrowed at ridiculously low rates and been freerolling into the new year.Please StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-83442095799328988272010-12-17T15:51:00.002-06:002010-12-17T16:21:10.018-06:00WPBT 2010 Winter Classic- A weekend of Buying the Dip Part 3The 2010 WPBT Winter Classic was being held at the Aria Casino in the City Center complex. I believe the place has been open for just under a year. The casino itself was rather dark. There was a nice oval bar right outside the poker room which help get me started on my Makers and ginger for the day. It was going to be a long slog and drinking beer would mean many a trip to the restroom. I could StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-43032420999887740242010-12-14T18:29:00.003-06:002010-12-14T19:06:05.265-06:00WPBT 2010 Winter Classic- A weekend of Buying the Dip Part 2I am not sure why I am writing Part 2. I believe everyone took the advice yesterday and bought the dip. There may not be anyone around to read this but I find it therapeutic.Pauly, Derek, and I had piled into a cab at the IP. As we drove down to the MGM, we heard an interesting call come across the cabbie's radio. A girl (damn I wish I could recall her name) called from the Redneck Riviera and StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-32234279606506795172010-12-13T20:24:00.005-06:002010-12-13T20:58:56.268-06:00WPBT 2010 Winter Classic- A weekend of Buying the Dip Part 1Back from another glorious weekend of reigniting friendships, drinking liver damaging amounts of alcohol, and buying the dip. Good times with good friends up and down the strip. Yelling Pai Gow at the top of you lungs andWAIT!- you don't know about buying the dip??? What is wrong with you? It is easy money!Let's get caught up before I go any further:I arrived at the the luxury that is only the StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-22994207014872572312010-12-08T12:09:00.000-06:002010-12-08T12:10:24.533-06:00Evolution of the Beer GeekGreat chart! Thank to Beer and Whiskey Brothers for sharing. I'd like to think I have entered the Geeko Sapien stage. I bet I can make that decision at the pub tonight over an Ayinger Celebrator or this weekend as I search out some good beer on the Strip.StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-35173504792556616332010-12-05T18:52:00.002-06:002010-12-05T19:22:47.140-06:00EvolutionIt's WBPT week!!!!A time when silly poker bloggers converge on Vegas for friendship, memories, poker, and total drunkeness. A time to reunite with old friends while making new acquaintances. To further friendships and make the legends that people will tell their kids years in the future.I am amazed at how much has changed over the years. From the Excal to the MGM to the IP to Caesars to Lagasse StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-73274858239469859642010-12-03T15:24:00.004-06:002010-12-03T15:27:49.966-06:00And it gets betterBig thanks to Al for working his overlords at Full Tilt Poker for us!Full Tilt is kicking in another $1,000 to the WPBT tournament prizepool atAria on Saturday. It will be distributed with $100 save for the bubble boy/girl,$300 for first, $200 for second, $175 for third, $125 for fourth, $100 forfifth.Full Tilt is also adding five $100 bounties on random players which willbe announced before the StBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994750.post-65461467858924176972010-11-30T07:18:00.000-06:002010-11-30T08:03:25.722-06:00And now to the weather...Whenever I have plans for a trip, I like to keep an eye on the weather. Not only does it help for deciding what clothes to pack, it helps with potential plans once I am there. Being 9 days out of Vegas (screw your 8 Drizz!), I took a gander at the what the forecast was for home and away.First thing I saw was it is warmer in Milwaukee (46) than Las Vegas (31) as I type. Thankfully that will changeStBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363699522256218332noreply@blogger.com1