Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:54:52 -0700
From: Zbigniew
Subject: [BARGE] Zbigniew at BARGE 2007

Team CHORSE: "Oh sh*t! Our player cold-called Michelle A's under-the-gun
raise!" We sux. We bust.

NLHE tourney: I woulda gone a lot deeper than 43rd if I coulda made
AA and QQ hold up against AK.

Tourneys: I claimed to hate tourneys, but play eight of them during
the week. One cash. I continue to claim to hate tourneys.

NLHE: I can slow play a set on a non-threatening flop, right? I'm
supposed to suckitup and take my beetz when he resux a bigger set
on the turn, right?

4-8 LHE: it's fun to act like a maniac. "What kinda horseshoe is
that, Zbig?" "The one up me arse? Solid gold, baby!" Thanks, PeteZaa,
you were a great audience.

TOC tourney: Lunchbox^WDonk takes a beat, has 150 remaining. Then
goes on one of those WTF runs and ends up with more chips than
before the beat.

Last longers: I r00l.

Deuces wild VP: I view it as a $20 nightcap. How do you you play
this game? Four pat deuces is g00t, right? Omigod, I can still screw
it up by not holding them all. I manage to hit the right buttons.

Gratifying: I bust out of a tourney and as I walk away I hear, "He's
a good player."

15-30 LHE: I wish I could getta hand. Floppa str8, but two pair
rivers a boat. Lose the minimum, cuz I'm a puss and the boat bet
into me when the turn board showed any ten making a str8. Heavy
sigh and a two-round tilt-reduction walk required. Shoulda stayed
in the 4-8 fun-fun two-couples game. (Husband drags pot with cheeze.
Wife sez, "Way to go, honey bunny!")

NLHE tourney: a BARGE regular takes a beat about halfway through
the tourney and has two chips left. His railbird buddy starts up,
"Hey, since you're almost busted, what are we gonna do for lunch?"
Regular puts buddy off and asks to be left alone so he can concentrate
on how to maximize the value of his two chips. That's a competitor.

Mistakes: it's interesting to see how players can blow up after
playing a deliberate and good game. At a Binion's afternoon tourney
final table, kid with a buncha chips and playing reasonably (until
recently) open-overbets about half his stack for the second time,
30K into the 3K blinds. Very old, very quiet gentleman starts putting
out the 30K with nary a word spoken. Much time is taken to count
out the call. Kid is obviously agitated by the call. Flop is ten-high.
Kid checks. Old gentleman jams. Kid thinks about two seconds and
says, "OK, I'll go with ya." Gentleman has JT, top pair. Kid has
A8, no pair with a three-out draw, and apparently called just becuase
he was pissed. No help for kid. Kid is crippled. Kid, officially
on tilt, "Did you even know what you were calling!?"

Stud tourneys: it's legal to fold before seventh street, isn't it?

NLHE: I started writing about common mistakes my opponents made,
but after getting to five, I'll just say that this game appears to
be a gold mine. If only I was patient enough to play it regularly.

Chip collecting: busted Patrick in lowball tourney, net +1 BCC
bounty chip. Brand-new Binion's chips appeared on banquet day,
served directly from their factory boxes. Added a Caesars chip to
my collection, too.

Post-banquet games: not enough tables. Can't play at tourney tables
in back, cuz no drop boxes. Can spread no-vig sit-n-gos at those
tables, but not no-drop ring games? I'm pretty sure that the
organizers did not request too few tables, so I make the best of
it, playing two Chowaha sit-n-gos. Bubble in both. Observation for
those upset: abusing the only people who can help you is unlikely
to gain their help.

Poker room comps: I think I lost more than I made by a) failing to
swipe out on exit and b) playing such long sessions that the system
thought I was a no-swipe-out.

On way to banquet: Stubing, "What's that guy at the pool wearing?"
Zbig, "It's a thong." Buttocks are flexed rhythmically. Sixteen
women are observing these antics from the casino floor on the other
side of the glass.

Cardroom staff: excellent dealers; all picked up "weird" games
quickly. (Though, "We need two more flops," was common in Chowaha. ;)
I never had to wait for a seat.

Back at work on Monday: it's time to schedule a meeting. Co-worker
is hemming and hawing about organizing it. I say, "I'll Roshambo
you for it. Loser organizes." He replies, "Huh?" Nevermind.

Thanks: to Chuck, Peter, Mike, Binion's, shadowy sponsor.
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