After a 4th place finish on Thursday night, I played in the noon NL$340 tourney. 10,000 in chips, 25-50 blinds, 30 minute rounds. Hand one, I’m in the big blind, looking down at 8-8 and called someone’s 150 chip bet. Flop 8,3,2 two clubs. I bet out 200 and one caller (ie. flush draw). Turn, [...]
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Borgata – NL$340, last Friday
Posted in Poker on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Borgata…the room was nice, but funny thing happened after the Kansas-Villanova game…ain’t that right JP?
Posted in Life in "LA" on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Borgata is probably the nicest AC hotel, of which I liken it to The Monte Carlo in Las Vegas. Again, nice hotel, but not luxurious like The Wynn, The Bellagio, etc. But very nice, sophisticated place, the type you don’t go raving around like a teen-aged lunatic right? LOL. Did I mentioned my good [...]
NL$180 @ Borgata
Posted in Poker on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Borgata? Yes, I’m in Atlantic City this weekend for my annual baseball fantasy league draft which takes place tomorrow (Saturday) evening. I arrived in town yesterday morning on a redeye and wound up doing some work and then catching up on some sleep. Played in the 7pm daily NL$180 tourney. 87 players, 10K in chips,25-50 [...]
…in typical Syracuse fashion…
Posted in Life in "LA" on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…they proceed to blow a 22-point lead in the NIT tournament. They can’t even get to the Final Four of the NIT. They lose to a solid UMass squad, but c’mon, they were up by 22! Their youth, their lack of a bench showed why Donte’ Greene and Jonny Flynn will be back next year. [...]
Do they make movies like they used to?
Posted in Life in "LA" on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m watching Fight Club right now and recall what great movie it was. I don’t remember too many very good movie though over the last few years. Maybe Wedding Crashers could belong in there or The Departed, but I don’t recall too many really awesome movies recently Some of my older favs are movies like [...]
The 11-day diet returns…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So my wager with Mr. MacGregor went well in spite of my defeat by 24 oz. The 11-day diet worked ‘ok’ as each time I lot 5-6 lbs. (they profess 9lbs in 11 days). I’ve ‘ballooned’ back up to 188 (from a low of 181) and now am ready after a 4-6 week hiatus of [...]
One month
Posted in Life in "LA" on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 19th…our move…April 19th. So much to do, but in a sense it feels like hurry up and wait. It’s tough to start packing since most of our stuff is in storage and there’s not much room in our condo to place a slew of boxes. I’ll do some in the coming week or two, [...]
My NCAA Pool – draft
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I joined a few of my northeast friends in a $300/person pool. Seven guys with $2100 at stake. You get 1,000 points to bid on 65 teams. A chinese auction format was implemented and we used a quick computer program to set up the random team selection order. It’s up to each individual to decide [...]
NL$335 Winnin’O'the Green – Baseball
Posted in Life in "LA", Poker on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Poker – not much to write home about there regarding Saturday afternoon’s NL335. No cards in the first two rounds and I pick up 99 in mid position. We’re just n the 25-50 round and I have 1,400 chips (out of 2K). Raise UTG to 150, two callers then me. I should have pushed but [...]
Syracuse gets a #1 seed!….oh, in the NIT; download your bracket now!
Posted in Life in "LA" on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The good news is that we don’t have the same disappointment this year as last. Last year 10-6 in the Big East and 22 wins and not getting in was a shock! This year, although of course disappointing pales in comparison to 2007. The loss to ‘Nova (the last team into the 2008 NCAA field) [...]
