So this weekend I went to a wedding in San Antonio…A wedding in a castle…thats right a castle. I went to a friends wedding that was taking place at Castle Avalon just north of SA. We got there on Friday for the rehearsal dinner and to fortify the front gate from wedding day attacks. We [...]
Expensive Lesson
I get to big dogs to be the Tourney Director for the Wed tourney. I hate being the TD because I only get paid $75 for 4 hours of work and miss time dealing cash so this is a neg EV day for me. I get the tourney started and the cash game from Tuesday [...]
STT with Re-buys
Last Sat I was invited to a Bi-monthly home tourney. I have dealt this tourney a few times and know the pots are big and the play is bad. the problem is the 1st tourney is $150+10 and the 2nd is $175 +$100 w/rebuys . so this game could cost me $500+. I decide to [...]
Big Dogs $250
After 3 months of regular tourneys/Satellites the Big Dogs Big Tourney AKA the $250 is upon us. I cashed in the 2 tourneys I was able to play in at Big Dogs this Quarter and I sold one seat for $300. SO I am in the Tourney for $200. I get there early for the [...]
Misdeals
Like I thought the Bad Beat Jackpot was voided. They had reviewed the tape and saw that Cowboy Roy mucked his losing pocket Tens face down. Then Rusty pushed them into the muck pile and then a other player retrieved them from the muck. Boo we got a bad beat on the bad beat oh [...]
Jackpot! Jackpot?
Another session at bigdogs….I get there at around 9pm after I stop by Sams Boat for the local monthly TKE Alumni meet up. I get there and the game is 9 handed leaving 1 seat open for me. I assume the low turnout is due to the holiday yesterday and the rainy weather. I play [...]
Big Deuce
The Dealers’ game. I’d heard about it for years on the street, before I was even in poker. A rotating group of ten or twelve dealers, game girls and rounders. They all have money, and in my playing days… it would have been pretty sweet to have any one of them owing me favors. Only [...]
Run it twice
I get to big dogs at around 7pm just as the 1/2 game is kicking off there are a few 5/5 players so they all buy in for the max $300 I buy in for $200 along with a few others. I play tight early as Merlin is trying to felt tony so he is [...]
Set No Bet
I am playing in a 1/2 game at bigdogs I buy in for $200 play tight early win a few medium pots and I am up to about $280 wnhen these two big hands come up… 1st hand I am in the BB with KcQc and there is a raise from early position and 4 [...]
