Well, this past week has gone better than the last.
The package that my customer thought had been stolen, showed up. Turns out the carrier had left a note that said the package was left by his apartment door, when the package actually was left at the apartment complex office.
We had a relatively busy week with our business and I got a lot of work done in my "studio".
I did take the day off on Friday to hit the local Indian casino card room. I hadn't been there for about a year or so, so I called a friend of mine to see what time the game usually got going on Friday's. He informed me that the "big game" (which is 3-30 spread limit) would get going around 5:00 or so, and I'd want to be there on time, because they usually don't have enough dealers and if you're not there when the game starts, you could be sitting around and waiting for hours.
Well, I decided to go early (about 2:00) and play in whatever game they'd have going on. They had a nice friendly little 4-8 limit hold-em game and they just happened to have a seat open when I got there. I had a great time, visiting with some old friends that I hadn't seen for quite some time. We talked about some of the old-timer's I'd played with in my 20's and about how most of them were now pushing up daisies. I also found out that a good friend of mine had just passed away within the last year from cancer. That was a little bit of a shocker.... Earlier in the year, I was riding motorcycle to Kansas City and he had passed me on the interstate. I saw a large white Lincoln fly by me and I noticed that the license plate said, "FARNEY" and I was about 99% sure it was my old card-playin' buddy. That was confirmed for me at the card room Friday.
I played about even for 3-4 hours or so, winning a few pots and losing a couple small pots. The game was pretty tight so there weren't hardly any large pots.
The 3-30 game started about 6:00 I think and I got involved in a pretty big pot right away. I had AK offsuit in the small blind. Everyone folded to the button and he limped in.... I called the $2 and the big blind raised $15
I thought about re-raising before the flop, but I had bad position, so decided I'd play my hand after the flop. The flop came with 3 rags, so I checked... The big blind bet out $30, which kind of surprised me. I just had the feeling he wanted this hand over right now... Once I made that assessment, I knew I was going to be raising $30 when it got back to me. The button did call, so I raised and both of the players called.
All the sudden, I wasn't as sure of myself as I originally was. 4th Street brought another non-scare card, so I bet out $30. Both players again called. The river card also came a blank and I bet out $30 again, thinking that it might be the only way I could win the pot. Both players did fold and I won a nice pot.
I then pretty much sat there for about 3 or 4 hours until I was involved in another good sized pot. In that hand I flopped a set of 4's and another guy flopped a set of deuces. It was a nice pot by the time it was over and I scored a nice little win. I called it a night around 10:00
I also had a chance to talk to an old friend/player/dealer who now is a commentator for the WSOP bracelet events and I found out the WSOP is scheduled for the end of May, all of June, and part of July.
I kind of decided that I want to go out there in May....and I hope to have my HD motorcycle in good enough condition to make the trip. That just sounds like an awful lot of fun to me!
In the mean-time, I'm going to have to work hard at home here. I will need to be completely caught up on orders, and hopefully have quite a few things on the website that are ready to ship if people need them.
We did get about 8 new pipes on the website today...so that's a start.
This coming week (Wednesday) I will be heading to MPLS on a little business and I hope to get about 3 or 4 good sessions of poker in, while I'm up there. We'll probably stay until Sunday and drive home in the morning.
With a very attainable goal of going to the World Series of Poker in May/June, it's important that I play good every opportunity I get. I'd like to get that bankroll as big as possible before the big trip to Las Vegas....
If there's anywhere a person can turn a little bit of money into a whole lot of money.... It's at the WSOP
I'll keep you posted as to how this coming weekend turns out...
The package that my customer thought had been stolen, showed up. Turns out the carrier had left a note that said the package was left by his apartment door, when the package actually was left at the apartment complex office.
We had a relatively busy week with our business and I got a lot of work done in my "studio".
I did take the day off on Friday to hit the local Indian casino card room. I hadn't been there for about a year or so, so I called a friend of mine to see what time the game usually got going on Friday's. He informed me that the "big game" (which is 3-30 spread limit) would get going around 5:00 or so, and I'd want to be there on time, because they usually don't have enough dealers and if you're not there when the game starts, you could be sitting around and waiting for hours.
Well, I decided to go early (about 2:00) and play in whatever game they'd have going on. They had a nice friendly little 4-8 limit hold-em game and they just happened to have a seat open when I got there. I had a great time, visiting with some old friends that I hadn't seen for quite some time. We talked about some of the old-timer's I'd played with in my 20's and about how most of them were now pushing up daisies. I also found out that a good friend of mine had just passed away within the last year from cancer. That was a little bit of a shocker.... Earlier in the year, I was riding motorcycle to Kansas City and he had passed me on the interstate. I saw a large white Lincoln fly by me and I noticed that the license plate said, "FARNEY" and I was about 99% sure it was my old card-playin' buddy. That was confirmed for me at the card room Friday.
I played about even for 3-4 hours or so, winning a few pots and losing a couple small pots. The game was pretty tight so there weren't hardly any large pots.
The 3-30 game started about 6:00 I think and I got involved in a pretty big pot right away. I had AK offsuit in the small blind. Everyone folded to the button and he limped in.... I called the $2 and the big blind raised $15
I thought about re-raising before the flop, but I had bad position, so decided I'd play my hand after the flop. The flop came with 3 rags, so I checked... The big blind bet out $30, which kind of surprised me. I just had the feeling he wanted this hand over right now... Once I made that assessment, I knew I was going to be raising $30 when it got back to me. The button did call, so I raised and both of the players called.
All the sudden, I wasn't as sure of myself as I originally was. 4th Street brought another non-scare card, so I bet out $30. Both players again called. The river card also came a blank and I bet out $30 again, thinking that it might be the only way I could win the pot. Both players did fold and I won a nice pot.
I then pretty much sat there for about 3 or 4 hours until I was involved in another good sized pot. In that hand I flopped a set of 4's and another guy flopped a set of deuces. It was a nice pot by the time it was over and I scored a nice little win. I called it a night around 10:00
I also had a chance to talk to an old friend/player/dealer who now is a commentator for the WSOP bracelet events and I found out the WSOP is scheduled for the end of May, all of June, and part of July.
I kind of decided that I want to go out there in May....and I hope to have my HD motorcycle in good enough condition to make the trip. That just sounds like an awful lot of fun to me!
In the mean-time, I'm going to have to work hard at home here. I will need to be completely caught up on orders, and hopefully have quite a few things on the website that are ready to ship if people need them.
We did get about 8 new pipes on the website today...so that's a start.
This coming week (Wednesday) I will be heading to MPLS on a little business and I hope to get about 3 or 4 good sessions of poker in, while I'm up there. We'll probably stay until Sunday and drive home in the morning.
With a very attainable goal of going to the World Series of Poker in May/June, it's important that I play good every opportunity I get. I'd like to get that bankroll as big as possible before the big trip to Las Vegas....
If there's anywhere a person can turn a little bit of money into a whole lot of money.... It's at the WSOP
I'll keep you posted as to how this coming weekend turns out...
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