Guess the Casino #1

This post is in honor of the poker grump...

This is not a social gathering bro...

WPT Bay 101 Invitational

I'm sitting here watching an episode of WPT on TV with Hasan Habib and Phil Helmuth at the final table and one of my favorite moments came up again.. 

McLean:

Everyone looks so serious...like...it's ok we can have some fun with this guys. You too Phil!

This isn't your first final table.....there you go, you can smile.

Poker Brat:

Oh I'm having fun, its just challenging 'ya know

McLean:

Ya for sure... I mean..

Hasan: This is not a social gathering bro.....

This is war..Mwuah haha!

a moment later he adds....

Hasan:

Your not at a bingo game bro.

Surely this needle was felt a bit sharply by the brat... I love it...

Quads!!!

I'm all in!

Ship the crane game toy.... Why would ANYONE make a hand of quads read 6TTTT. Why a six kicker? Damn you China!

LATB is BACK! Well sort of....

I just got this email...

Yes, you read the subject correct  "Live at the Bike!" is returning to the
internet and you are invited to watch a beta test of  the show next Tuesday
at 7:30PM (PST).  Simply log into your account and click on the Live
Broadcast page.  The last show we tested is replaying there currently, if
you want to see some content NOW!

The LIVE feed will be free to all members who join at no cost.

We hope you enjoy the show!

The PokerNetcast Team

Isildur1 is a TEAM PRO??

Logged on to Stars for the first time in a while and.... THIS is interesting!

Shirts link via Grump

I agree with Grump on this one for sure!

I really like the Featured Special as well....

The Grump would be proud....

This one is just for The Poker Grump.

FRIENDLY Output From 2010-12-07 00:30:55

 


Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cer Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($31.02)
SB ($5.91)
Hero (BB) ($7.97)
UTG ($12.61)
MP ($10)
CO ($4.80)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , 
2 folds, CO calls $0.10, 1 fold, SB bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.15, CO calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.75) , ,  (3 players)
SB bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40, CO raises to $0.80, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.97, CO calls $1.17

Turn: ($5.09)  (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.50, Hero raises to $3.30, CO calls $1.08 (All-In)

River: ($10.25)  (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $10.25 | Rake: $0.51

World Poker Season 9 Preview

Hmm saw these tweets and thought this was interesting. I wonder what changes have been made.

Mercier Stacks?

I'm trying to build the 2 parallel stacks like Mercier, but for some reason (probably cards like this) I can never get them very high.

Big Game - Too Hot For TV

Some pretty good stuff in this video from pokerstars.tv

i winz all deez chipz

Shipped a local 2 table home tourney. Final hand: I cover table and open ship AA 3 handed, called by AK and KJ and AA holds, whew!

NAPT LA - 1.40pm: That big hand: Raskin mauled by DeMaci

Crazy... what a super deep gift! Courtesy of the Poker Stars Blog

As intimated at 1.20pm, we have just seen an absolutely monstrous pot here, and it's taken some time to write up. Here we have it:
Just when you get a little jaded with poker, a hand comes along to blow your mind again. It's just happened here in Los Angeles, where the overnight chip leader, Christopher Demaci, has just knocked out the man closest to him in the counts, Micah Raskin, within the first orbit. Needless to say, this was the biggest pot of the tournament so far, at more than 6 million. Raskin is gone, Demaci is in complete control, and this is what happened:
Raskin was slightly late getting to the table today and missed a couple of hands. He hadn't fully un-bagged his chips when he raised to 70,000 from the cut off and DeMaci three bet to 120,000 from the button. None of this was all that extraordinary - Raskin's bet size was consistent with how he was opening yesterday, and DeMaci has done an awful lot of three-betting in position.
Raskin called. Just before the flop came down, Joe Tehan reminded Raskin that he still had chips in his bag. "I know," said Raskin, and it might not have mattered too much had the following not then occurred. The flop came J♣T♣T♦ and Raskin checked. DeMaci counted out a bet of 181,000 and Raskin pretty much instantly announced a raise, to 400,000 straight.
He slid in four towers of blue chips to represent that raise, but DeMaci then wanted to know how much more he had. (It looked to the casual observer that Raskin was pretty-much all in because all his biggest chips were still concealed.)
"Can you stack his chips," asked DeMaci of the tournament staff. "I want to know how much he has." And then we were treated to the unusual sight of two men in suits stacking up huge piles of chips, with Raskin sitting in the middle of them, silent.

Micah Raskin: giving nothing away
This continued as DeMaci called the raise, taking them to a A♠ turn. Raskin almost instantly announced that he was all in for what what eventually determined to be about 1.4 million. The men in suits stepped back, but now a huge crowd had surrounded the table, scenting a tournament-defining moment.
DeMaci was in agony. "This isn't a nit-roll," he said. "This can't be happening. There's no way this is happening." He looked back a few times at his cards. "There's no way this is happening. What do you guys think I have?" he asked the rail, but no one replied. "This could be the sickest one ever. I don't think I can pass."

Micah Raskin (left, in sunglasses) puts Chris DeMaci (in grey T-shirt) to the test
Eventually, after a good five or six minutes, DeMaci called. He flipped over A♥T♠ for the turned boat. Raskin sheepishly showed 6♠6♣ for a huge bluff gone awry. The river was a blank.
In the aftermath, and as the players shook hands ahead of Raskin heading to the cage, DeMaci said: "The speech made me feel a lot better. He told me if I folded I'd still have chips."
None of the people on the rail had heard Raskin say that, but DeMaci did. The crucial snippet of information was missed by most, but heard, crucially, by the man who is now the clear, clear chip leader. He has more than six million and can't believe what just happened. Neither can anyone else.

Humberto Brenes spotted in Poway, CA!

CardRunners’ First Nikachu Video

Cereus Bad Beat

Looks like even online Keno is rigged according to thus tweet from FTR. Bright side? This may fix a leak many online players have.

FTR Poker News (@FTR_Poker_News) 11/7/10 9:23 PM Absolute Poker's Keno Game is Confirmed to be Rigged http://bit.ly/90LO7s #poker #news

Are you a machine?

Gimme a break....a Grinder app for the iPhone??

I guess this may net him another $3000-4000 in downloads. #likehereallyneedsit #marketingatitsfinest

http://www.grindersapp.com/about.aspx

Oh and BTW.... Enter the GRINDER™ Give-A-Way and you're instantly submitted into the drawing to win a MAIN EVENT shirt worn by The Grinder™. The MAIN EVENT shirt will be signed and framed for the winner. Good Luck and remember, Be A Machine !!!

Does anyone really want a short WORN by The Grinder... meh. #ebaythatsucker

The Final Table w/Lexi

Watching the WSOP Main Event final table with Lexi. Training her to love poker early.

@bluffmagazine, 11/6/10 9:11 PM

Pretty obvious what Grjnder had there. Duh! BLUFF Magazine (@bluffmagazine) 11/6/10 9:11 PM Duhamel v Grinder: on 6c8d8c flop duhamel makes it 2.4m Mizrachi raises to 10m Duhamel folds to extend his lead

WSOP Final Table.....

Get ready..... here is comes!

Poker on TV

ya know what's funny? I still remember being at my parents house and
realizing that Poker Superstars I or II was on and bummed thinking
that I may not have recorded it. I don't even thinking could watch
that show now. lol

Aces vs. Kings vs. Queens at the Foxwoods WPF

Coolered much?

Aces vs. Kings vs. Queens at the Foxwoods WPF

Coolered much?

Josh Arieh Is Eliminated by Tom Marchese

Watch closely in 720p HD because this one is pretty gross!



Marchese luckboxed the sh!t out of this one...

WBCOOP Blogger Freeroll

When will they learn?

Stage #C217424816: Holdem  No Limit $0.02 - 2010-10-20 00:32:04 (ET)

Table: THAYER WAY (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer

Seat 3 - OLD_MIKEY13 ($1.54 in chips)

Seat 4 - SPRYTLE ($0.90 in chips)

Seat 5 - POKEHER DAILY ($5.22 in chips)

Seat 6 - 72O_FISH ($2 in chips)

Seat 1 - CHRISTAPHO ($8.04 in chips)

Seat 2 - M4NT1S ($4.35 in chips)

SPRYTLE - Posts small blind $0.01

POKEHER DAILY - Posts big blind $0.02

*** POCKET CARDS ***

Dealt to M4NT1S [6s 8s] 

72O_FISH - Folds

CHRISTAPHO - Raises $0.08 to $0.08

M4NT1S - Calls $0.08

OLD_MIKEY13 - Folds

SPRYTLE - Folds

POKEHER DAILY - Folds

*** FLOP *** [10s 8h 4c]

CHRISTAPHO - Bets $0.11

M4NT1S - Calls $0.11

*** TURN *** [10s 8h 4c] [6h]

CHRISTAPHO - Bets $0.26

M4NT1S - Calls $0.26

*** RIVER *** [10s 8h 4c 6h] [Ad]

CHRISTAPHO - Bets $0.62

M4NT1S - Calls $0.62

*** SHOW DOWN ***

CHRISTAPHO - Shows [5c Ah] (One pair, aces) 

M4NT1S - Shows [6s 8s] (Two Pair, eights and sixes) 

M4NT1S Collects $2.07 from main pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total Pot($2.17) | Rake ($0.10)

Board [10s 8h 4c 6h Ad]

Seat 1: CHRISTAPHO HI:lost with One pair, aces [5c Ah - P:Ah,B:Ad,B:10s,B:8h,B:6h] 

Seat 2: M4NT1S won Total ($2.07) HI:($2.07) with Two Pair, eights and sixes [6s 8s - P:8s,B:8h,P:6s,B:6h,B:Ad] 

Seat 3: OLD_MIKEY13 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Seat 4: SPRYTLE (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Seat 5: POKEHER DAILY (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Seat 6: 72O_FISH Folded on the POCKET CARDS

$28k stack.

200bb stack = nice

Played local 2 table home tournament last night and it was actually pretty good. We started with 10k in chips at 25/50, so 200bbs. The first 3 levels were 20 minutes then they went to 15 minutes. I ended up playing pretty well and I was happy with all of my decisions. I busted out 6th when I pushed AJo utg for 22.5k at 1.5k/3k I to AQo. Neither if us improved and j was out. They paid out top three, so I had a decent run at it. The host has a nice setup and runs a good game. Check it out at http://www.meetup.com/Lucky-Dog-Poker-League/

Yikes...MGM lion attack in Las Vegas

Thanks to Grump and Gold Plated Door

Doubles Poker?

Anyone seen this? When searching for the word "poker" on my DVR, this show called Doubles Poker came up. It appears to be yet another Full Tilt sponsored show where four teams of two play at an 8 handed table....snooze I think. We'll see.

Andy Frankenberger does NOT win bundles of cash!

video borrowed... ok stolen from WCP

I think its funny if you watch this... you will see the guy in the background casually stacking up the huge bundles of cash to put them away. Man... I always thought that the winner actually had to bring a backpack to carry all that cash home ... My dreams are crushed to think that he just gets some dumb check for $750k.

lame.

#boycottWPT #itsfake

illegal poker?

I played a local garage tournament last night and things went fairly well. I actually bubbled the money, finishing 5th when they payed out 4 places, sigh. Funny thing was when I moved tables, I see this kid with a lot of chips at the new table. He must have been the chip leader at that table or at least 2nd because there were two really big stacks. When I arrived at the table, I asked aloud who here was getting lucky and who was good. Now this is something that I rarely ever do, but I was in a talkative mood and I have been trying to be less serious and more friendly at the tables. Anyways, his response was, a firm, I'm good, while the other large stack said he was just lucky. The interesting part about this kid is that he looked about 15. Turns out, he was. Needless to say, he didn't hold on to those chips for too long due to a failed river all in bluff with air versus the biggest calling station in the game, lol. his looks reminded me of goboboy. athe classic ghostbusters shirt to boot.

He finished one 24-36 ounce Mtn Dew and popped open another. I was glad to see him later in the cash game where I was able to recover my tourney buy in and a bit more.

@ChrisPirillo, 7/23/10 7:30 AM

Chris Pirillo (@ChrisPirillo) 7/23/10 7:30 AM The first Android device I've ever been impressed with out-of-the-box: http://youtu.be/20I89IaS6bE

Sent with Twitter for iPhone

Lost at poker, but won dinner

Well a couple of buy-ins down today, but I asked for a dinner comp and got $20 to Sage. Ship the peppered beef tenderloin with asparagus and jasmine rice freeroll.

LOL bubblaments

Card Player Magazine June 16, 2010

The drama began far sooner than the final table commenced, as things got a little testy near the money bubble when Matthew Marafioti complained to tournament officials about the payout structure. Marafioti was upset that less than 10 percent of the field was being paid, and he petitioned for more than just the final eight players to walk away with some cash. After relentless pressure, the chip leaders finally gave in and agreed to alter the structure so that 11 players would make the money. Marafioti was eliminated in 12th place.

This cracked me up. First because I could see myself trying to negotiate a deeper payout, but secondly because it would be my luck that the same thing would happen.

Have you touched your PI XIU today ?

Born without an asshole, pi xiu is capable to suck in wealth and luck without letting any luck out.

Kind of makes me wish that I was "born without an asshole"...

Link

This will be my next card protector.

non-poker related, but remember Short Circuit

These are some of the best lines of all time....

tweet from: @FlopTech

For you and I, it's hundreds of thousands of dollars, for Ivey it's just a buy in. it's all about the bracelet. The real money is in the prop bets.

FlopTech: @wsopliveupdates says that when Phil Ivey won #WSOP event 37 he asked "So how much is it for first place anyway?"
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/FlopTech/status/16833436254

40 somethings & Ed Hardy

ok simply put, if you are 40+ and you play dress up with head to toe 3
dimensional Ed Hardy tshirts, hats and pants, you are a douche! in
fact, at any age this still holds true.

Bing Blang Blaow

It's been a while since I first watched this video, but when I heard
Phil Laak mention it on poker After Dark, I had to watch it again.
Still great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IphR3A64VI&feature=youtube_gdata

Tiki man has rebuy at the ready

Played the 12+3 w/rb $2k guaranteed at the local Indian casino on
Sunday. Interesting how they have changed the structure a little and
started to guarantee the Sunday tournament in addition to the Saturday
now. You buyin for $15 and can rebuy for $5 right away and also any
time during the 1st level which I now 30 minutes. all other levels are
15 minutes. I rebought twice and did the double add on for a total
buyin of $35 and j started level two with 126bbs. Most ever in a local
casino tourney. Ended up fairly deep and busted 32nd when I shipped
AJo utg and was snapped called by QQ. I flopped the ace an even turned
a J, but the river Q sealed my fate. Had fun though, first because I
was hyper loose in the rb period and second because I could play a
little more than usual, but the levels are still horrible when it goes
feom 200/400 to 500/1000. WTF? why not add at least 300/600 OR 400/800?

PokerStars Big Game hand w/ Hellmuth

I can't help but crack up watching the look on the brats face when he gets outdrawn 3 out of 4 times...

PokerStars Big Game

Behold the POWER!

Even the Pro's know the power of the six8suited, especially the spade version... I was watching a sample video over at PokerXFactor and AJKHoosier shows this hand where big winner The Omaholic 4 bet shoves the best hand in poker.

https://www.pokerxfactor.com/servlet/pxf?t=content_free&contentid=856

How to Piss off a Telemarketer

If you read the scrolling comments you may just lose it! I did.

potripper's back

ut oh potripper is back!

Google TV

Johnny BAX - Eliminated

Very cool new video technology that allows you to pan around 360 degrees.Bummer that there is no audio, but what a sick sick hand!! Williams is seat 7 & Bax is seat 10

Cliff Josephy raises 75,000 and David Williams calls. The flop comes . Williams checks and Josephy bets 130,000, Williams raises 400,000 and Josephy reraises all in. Williams calls and shows the and Josephy flips over the . The turn is the , and the river is the . Josephy’s full house is no match against Williams’ straight flush and Josephy is eliminated in 10th place.

*Sorry about the lack of audio, the microphone went out right before the hand!