I was ahead until I was behind

Well I just finished the third event of the World Bloggers Championship of Online Poker. I finished 155th out of 1843. Above is how it all ended. I actually thought for a second that we had split the pot, but of course he had an 8 high straight. I don't blame Mac81xx for calling; I had nursed a short stack for WAY too long. We started with $2000 in chips, and I could just not get any traction, hovering between $2-4000 the entire tournament. Finally got it all in ahead, but I just didn't have any fold equity. It really sucks going out 2 away from the money, but I just couldn't keep stalling and fold my way 153rd, like the idiot 2 to my right. He took every bit of time afforded him, and you can see how that was working well for him.

I just checked back, and he finished in 154th. HAH!!!

Out in 441st

Well I tried my hand at the Pokerstars World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker (why they let the likes of me play is beyond me), and, just as my luck has been running, my AK was all-in preflop against AJ. The J was in the door and I was out - in 441st out of 1740.

Maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow in the PL Omaha tournament. (I keep looking over my shoulder - in a digital sense - maybe Pokerstars has dropped the ball...I'll keep playing as many free tournaments as I can)

King Rick - A Proud Texan

King Rick visited Elevate Life Church, a non denominational evangelical church Sunday, and told parishoners that "....he was a proud Texan, but that we have challenges."

Maybe if he allowed casinos in Texas, like the Winstar in Oklahoma, we would have more money, and therefore more ways to solve our "challenges". According to a newson6.com, The Chickasaw Nation, which owns Winstar World Casino (the fifth largest in the world, btw) took in $259 million dollars in net profits for the fiscal year January through October 2009. Can you imagine a few casinos throughout Texas, in Galveston, DFW, maybe near the Riverwalk in San Antonio, and maybe El Paso for all those West Texans.

4 casinos x $259m/year = $1.036 billion/year

Enough to fund quite a few school programs, some lunch programs, maybe a few thousand college scholarships. Not to mention the jobs that 4 casinos would create, everything from the architects that design the casinos, to the construction guys that do the work, to the casino employees, the bartenders, the dealers, and the cleaning crew. How many jobs would that be, Rick?

Maybe we would have fewer "challenges" if our governor would pull his head out of his ass and start noticing that there is a LOT of money headed to Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Pokerstars Blogger Tournament

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: 404278

Spying on Winstar

I made a trip to Winstar this past Wednesday to play the $60 daily tournament. (Just as a side note: I remember playing in this thing when it was limited to 60 players, and there was NO WAY to sign up late. Nowadays, they have 110 players, with 20 alternates). I busted out early when I got all my chips in on the turn with a set of 6's, against a woman who had top pair with a flush draw. Guess what she hit on the river?

On a lark, I decided to count the number of Texas license plates in the parking lot vs. Oklahoma plates. I had driven up and down several rows of cars when I noticed that security was following me. Deciding that I should probably beat a hasty retreat, I left and figured that I had enough of a count to let you all know where Winstars' money is coming from. The score?

Texas plates - 104

Okla. plates - 6