Weekend

Thursday night, I met Slacks and JC for some chow and a few beers at Southside. Tried to talk them into coming to see Glenn Schwartz again, but I had to go alone. Oh...almost forgot, this was all right after driving off the lot in my new car. Check out the pic. I like it so far, but it may turn out to be a little small for my needs.

Anyway, I went to Hoopples for a while and later joined Gross, Paoli, and friends at Paoli's place. We partied until pretty late.

Played the rebuy tourney at Dave's on Saturday. Decided to quit after 3 rebuys and getting my AA cracked by Bill's set of 10's (after I slow-played and he went all-in...how could you ask for more?), but it was a fun tournament. DP was first to rebuy but went on a run where he stacked player after player, amassing a huge stack. He didn't cash of course.

Good Friday Eve, ghost hunting, Saturday poker, and Easter Sunday

Happy birthday Slacks

Thursday night was Slacks' b-day so we all met up at Hoopple's for dinner/drinks. Mostly drinks. It was me, JC, Slacks, TK, Con and a friend, and even the lovely Gail from The Tradesman.
That's a picture of her ass there. Purely unintentional. Entertainment by Glenn Schwartz. It was my first time seeing Glenn, and what a treat it was. He is freaking fantastic. Here's a little info on him here.

We drank pretty heavy, ate some cake, and I had a $100 bar bill in my pocket the next day. Sure sign of a great evening.

Good Friday ghost hunt

Nothing says "I'm a devout Christian" like ghost hunting on one of the holiest days in Christianity. The drive was really the best part. Saw a shitload of flooding. Not much in the way of ghostly-ness. My brother got a strange pic in nearly the same place as before, with nearly the same result.
I think his camera just sucks. Anyway, I crashed around 1:45 alone in the room.

Saturday at Dave's

Didn't place in tourney. Lost in cash game. Ramadan!!!!

Easter Sunday

I make great fucking mashed potatoes. The best Jerry, the best!

Ghost hunting

I'll be heading back to Prospect Place Mansion tomorrow to do some more ghost hunting. Here's a link to the place. Of all the ghost hunts I've done, this was by far the scariest. Check out some of the pics we got...

Let the beggars choose

I came up with that post title... an offshoot of "beggars cant be choosers". Why cant they choose?

What the fuck ever.

BTW...I've been sick for a week, poker sucks, Tina's sick too...best thing going for me this week is Vista on my laptop. So far, it rocks. A few issues with drivers and old software, but I can deal with it. It's very cool visually. They should incorporate more naked ladies.

The Lord of the Secrets

Occasionally when posting I'm going to make a random title for the post. I've found a random title generator here. Kinda cool.

Love/hate poker relationship

I have the love/hate thing going on again with poker lately. You know what I'm talking about. You love the game, dragging in a pot, dishing a great bluff, calling/winning with Ace high...but when the suckouts just keep fisting you in the ass, the hatred is born and begins to fester like that sore in your mouth you just cant stop poking with your tongue. You get your stack in with top set, which happens to be the nuts right now, but look out, Charlie AND Uncle Bob just called you. Here comes the heartbreak. Runner-runner flush, hit the inside straight. Un-freaking real. $600 gone in the flip of a card. When it's good it's good...when it's bad, it sucks ass in a big way.

Now that I got that off my chest...let's play some fucking cards. I want to have another dealer's choice night soon.

Mon/Tues 3/10-3/11

Nothing...played the PS tourney. Got 2 pr twice, neither was good. Played some online backgammon, did pretty good.

Didnt do shit Tues night. Waited intil 10pm for some donkey who was supposed to be here at 5:30 to pick up some gym equipment I'm selling. At least it's finally off the porch.

Another weekend recap

Thursday

The weekend started on Thursday last week. I went out to dinner/drinks with some old friends. We got trashed and laughed our asses off.

Friday

The snow started in late morning, and didnt stop until about midnight on Saturday night. I stayed at home Friday...cooked and surfed the net. Freaking nuts man! Totally gonzo.

Saturday

Got to run around a little in the snow. Had to pick up my grandfather's nurse from across town so she could take care of him, then run my dad around to a few stores. Almost got run off the road by a snow plow.

Sunday

Not much at all. Open house scheduled for today got canceled. I cooked up some stuffed peppers and ate all day. Took the dog outside to kick snow in her face a few times. Crashed fairly early.

Mountaineer comes to Parma (re posted from CPMG Board)

I played ken's game last night, and it seems that the donks from Mountaineer have possessed Charlie Ha, Uncle Bob, Adam, and Nguyen.

Starts off with UB cracking my KK by chasing his 4-high flush draw but falling ass-backward into a runner-runner 2-6 straight. I later fold AA to UB on a board of 8 4 2 rainbow after he raises my $50 bet by $150. He didnt show, so I am guessing he actually had a hand, which I pray was a set and not 2 pr with some moronic suited hand.

Adam called about $20 cold with some junk hand like 3 5 and flopped the nut flush vs my JJ.

I saw Nguyen betting $25 preflop with 44, and calling huge bets with shit like K 3 off.

Later in the evening, I get JJ and re-raise Charlie's $12 bet to $35. Of course, UB calls (he seems to play every hand Charlie does...interesting) and Charlie follows suit. Flop is 7 5 2...I lead out with $75, Charlie, min-raises, UB folds, and I push with my last $150 or so. Charlie ALMOST folds, saying "I put you on an over pair", but then calls with his 7 6 off, hitting his 7 on the turn.

What's up with the 1-2 any more? Maybe we should make it a 2-5 or a 1-2 with no max buy-in? How do you play against idiot poker? I know I should be the last to complain, and I'll play just about anything, but I know when to lay down a hand.

I am taking a break from CPMG poker for a while. Casinos only for me. The play isn't any different any more, but the casino players dont know me.

For Slacks

Slacks whined that there was no update today. I told him I did jack shit last night. Even the wicked have to rest, isn't that how the saying goes? Anyway, this pic is for you Slacks!

And yes, I know that it's "No rest for the wicked" or something like that.

Weekend recap

Friday

Went out with some non-poker friends to celebrate Mike's birthday. Just went to dinner (some woman at a nearby table went into labor while we were eating. That really pissed us off) then did some bar hopping around Elyria. Shot some pool and darts. Closed the bar. Went to IHOP for breakfast. Bunch of drunken rowdy kids got the cops called on them. They all were like "I aint afraid of no cops", but they sure got the fuck out in a hurry.

Saturday

Cleaned up the house. Popped some stuff in the crock pot for ham hock stew (ham hock, onion, spinach, beans, and spices. Soul food!) and set the timer for 10 hrs. Good stuff.

Picked Tina up and hung out at the house for a while, ate at Oh Boy, then went to the donkfest in Lorain. Same old shit. 1 lucky moron at every table these days. I dont even want to talk about it. Meats has an even better suckout story. I'm sure he posted on the board already. Check out the umpire's uniform he was wearing. Look at the pic and say to yourself "we should really order a peecha".

Sunday

Had to go to Mom's to work on her PC. Got a call a friend from C-bus was in town, so I met him and the family at Harry Buffalo at Midway Mall. Had a killer burger with crumbled bleu, carmelized onion/peppers, and mayo. Hell yeah.

Got all my laundry done while watching the tube the rest of the night. Crashed a little early. Cant wait to post a Vegas recap.