From: BretONNN@aol.com
Subject: Re: [ESCARGOT] Maverick's Trip Report
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:03:18 EST

My trip report begins Saturday morning T - 3hrs to the NL HE shootout event.

I sit down in a 3-6 game and win my first 6 hands.  I don't think I've ever 
won that many hold'em hands in a row before.  I then mosie over to the $35K 
jackpot $6-12 Omaha w/Kill game and win a few more bucks before I register 
for ESCARGOT and the tournament with some of my winnings.

NL HE event.  My table started very fast with QQ sucking out on AA.  There 
were few cheap flops and soon the blinds were $50-100 and me T500 before I 
finally caught a few hands.  I catch AK and get to move in against a raise.  
Very next hand I get AQ and steal the blind.  Very next hand I get 4-4, move 
in again, and get goldfish to lay down 5-5 face up.  Very next hand I get 
9-9, move all-in for T700 and get called....oops.  Opponent has AQo.  The 
board comes 4 spades, giving my opponent a winning flush and knocking me out 
of the tournament way too prematurely(Picture Teddy KGB feeling unsatisfied).

I immediately go hit the ring games.

Notes to the Bike:

1.  Gold chip promo-  This doesn't generate action.  This generates insanity. 
 The otherwise tight player at my table who capped every card, every hand 
trying to win this promo won about $34, but busted himself out along with 3 
RGPers at my table including Jan Pierce who rode KK to the river two hands 
running only to see something silly like 10-5o beat her on the river.  While 
this action may appear good, there is something outright wrong with me 
cashing out with over 3 racks and only being up $21 for the session.
2.  Tilt-  The bike really needs to start controlling your regular 
degenerates.  I had 3 old men go on super tilt at my table.  Their actions 
ranged from throwing cards off the table to name-calling rants aimed in my 
direction for beating them with cards they thought I shouldn't have been 
playing.  Now, I sincerely apologize for flopping a straight with K9o, but, 
in all seriousness, at no time did his Q-10o have the best hand and probably 
shouldn't have been capping the bets against me with 2 pair.  Now, while the 
floorman did manage to eject Tilted player #1 for card throwing, the same 
management failed to eject tilted player #3 who had the foulest disposition I 
have seen in a Los Angeles card room in quite a while. 
3.  Food-  The food was edible and I enjoyed the free food coupons, but your 
service people are very irritating trying to pick up my tray every 5 minutes. 
 I have no intention of trying to set a record for eating quickly, and 
although I do think I eat fast, it's apparently not fast enough for your crew 
of porters.

4.  Cocktail waitresses.  Very improved over the past.  I wonder what exotic 
dance clubs did you recruit them.  I couldn't believe my eyes when another 
RGPer called a cocktail waitress over, gave her a handful of chips, said 
"That's all.  Thank you"  I sat there waiting for this guy to get a lap 
dance.  The waitress kinda stood there waiting to get a drink order and 
finally left after the mad toker reminded her he didn't want anything to 
drink.

Sunday-  I stopped by Sunday on my way to Disneyland to get some breakfast.  
Immediately, Andrew Prock sees me and invites me to sit down in his heads up 
$20-40 HE game.  It looks like a fun game, but my $6-12 Omaha seat with the 
$35k jackpot just opened up and he sits down in the $30-60 Stud8 game.  This 
Omaha game is perfect....I am well rested and the entire table is falling 
asleep having played poker all night.  I immediately go on a $320 rush and 
break the table before I'm done eating breakfast.  Off to Disney I 
went...Hopefully, Russ had the endurance to download my Splash Mountain Pic.  
I think Cardplayer would get a kick out of it.

Maverick