Out 77 < AA, missed a 7 or 8 for win, he had both my suits, bastard. Could've folded. Stubborn

Made a questionable call with AJo in a limped pot, guy hit 12-outer on me, 20K pot, i picked up some antes and now at 23K

Tried to steal w/ QTo, short stack laised, i called getting 2:1, missed four-outer, got it in w/ 99 vs AKo a hand later, was near 28K, made a...

Played 55 strongggg going into color-up break. @22.5K

Got it in w/ 77 on 545r flop after sb raised 3x pre. He folded to my 6K raise, at just over 18K

Somehow back above 10K. Blinds 3/6 w/ 75ante.

Flopped four to the steel wheel and refused to take a free card, bricked - crippled down to 2250, went all-in four hands in a row, called on 1st

Put broadway on the board. I check, he bet 4K. I contemplate moving in for over 7K more, just called. He had an ace, no diamond, chop. At 15K

Utg limped, i bet the flop, he called, turn brought broadway for me but put a frush out there. I c/c 700 into 1750. River puts broadway

On break, @14,625. Just played JcTc like it was AA and then two hands later jammed all-in pre w/ AJo after five people limped.

@11,025 after over-playing 2nd pair on button ... Bastards kept value-checking to my ass. 10 min left in 100/200 lvl

Good thing they broke our table... Since i recently showed down air... My dyslexia sent me on a small journey across the poker room, tbl 23, st 7

River brick, i check behind after missing 10 outs. I go on a mini-tear and am back to 13K

Blinds up. @11,450. Raised button w/ JT, flop was K97 - 2200 in pot on turn, sb had 5350, i bet 2675, he picked up a diamond draw w/ 2nd pair

Paulsen's at my table

I c/r 700 more, he hardly hesitates before shoving. I call with set of deuces, he's dead w/ KQ on the turn when the board reads K32A - @ 14,425

I'm in the 8, 7 and 9 took ALOT of flops/turns, mostly h/u. My bb, 9 min-raises, folds to me, i call. K32r. I check, he bets 200 into 450.

For the whole first level I only saw one flop: c/o raised my bb - i called w/ small pp, chk-folded when i wiffed the frop. @9850 (10K start)

Borgata $340, $75K Gtd. 30 min levels. 2nd hand and the dealer already hates me.

13 remain, sadly, Pops is not one of them. Some people would be happy to make over $29.50 / hr, but ask a poker and they'll tell you different

Oh, how the mighty have fallen - our hero has almost half his stack out there in the small blind - maybe he'll pull a treetop

On break, heading into lvl 12: 1500/3K w/ 500 ante. 15 remain.

about 5 mins left in lvl 11

16 remain, avg is 52.8K and looks like pops has got slightly under 60K, on the button

17 left. Level up... 1K/2K w/ 300. Avg stack is 49.7K... M of just under 10. Pops looks to be sitting just around 44K on the button

Bubble burst and Pops is on the good end. He's so proud of himself 'cause now he's gonna have a poker pages bio. Congrats on your gtd payday.

19 remain. Bubble time. Pops just got slightly better than a walk in the bb - everyone folded to sb, sb completed, they check down, A high good

I can't stand Olga, she dealt to me last night and spent most of the time at the table with neck craned up to watch TV. Sit out, I will.

About 20 mins left in lvl 10. 800/1600 w/ 200. I'm sweating the action tableside because Olga is currently dealing my cash game. I can't stand

Momentarily alarmed when i came back from dinner and pops wasn't where i left him. Looks like he's right around 50K, at a diff table -20 remain

On Dinner Break

Payouts:
$18.8K, $10.1K, $5K, $3K, $2K, $1521 for final table.
$1,014 for 7-12 place.
$659 bottom money (13-18).

He just took down a pot that was raised pf - bb bet 3500 at a J52r board, he raised to 9K and wasn't contested

Looks like 22 players left, Pops has been at the same table in the same seat for the whole ordeal...

Pops just doubled through on a monsterpotten, sb vs bb, T99 flop, he ha raised pre w/ AT and called a ridiculous over-shove after he lead at flop

Third player insta-mucked in-turn. Looks like there's 41/169 remaining, 18 paid, he's above avg in chips, hard to get a firm count

Halfway through lvl 7: 300/600 w/ 75 - looked like AJ8r flop, Pops was on the button and bet 4K, after much deliberation, bb folded, 3rd player ,

Avg stack is a little over 12K, pops has got around 20K and just entered lvl 6: 200/400

Pops just got it all-in pf w/ JJ vs TT, held. Sitting a little better than 2x avg at end of lvl 4

Ricky and I suck at poker, pops is still in, he just knocked out an AC regular "Syracuse Chris" by making the call (ahead) with 77 on an 865 flop

Ha! Out in first thirty minutes. Played bad, got antsy. Should be awake for a good four hours before ever sitting down to play a tourn

.. At our own respective tables for the 6-max event. T 32, RB 37 APS 42? Should be starting momentarily

Pops, Ricky, and I pleased the gamblinization gods somehow and were fortunate to all do better than break even last night. We're each at ..

USPC $300+$40 NLHE 6-Max

Pops and I heading to AC in a few hours.  Tomorrow morning we're both going to play the $300+$40 6-Max event.  Murphy's law suggests we'll be at the same table right from the start.

I had considered selling shares for this event but I'd hate to "pull a Jason" and end up cashing huge only to fork over a large portion of the winnings due to the somewhat "small" $340 entry fee.

Nonetheless, I plan to post updates from the tourney like I did with the WSOP Event this past summer and finish it off with a re-cap write-up.  If all goes well, who knows, maybe I'll play the USPC bigger buy in events and try to make us all some money.

I can't say thank you enough to those of you that have supported me in the past and remained patient during the roughest times of the summer.  Here's hoping it all works out in the end.

Sorry about the confusion/delay

My phone vibrated a little over fifteen minutes ago, it told me I had an e-mail confirming the transfer of fundage from my BofA to my PayPal acct.  As soon as I got the e-mail I logged on to my PayPal acct and processed the refunds.  If I somehow missed yours, pls e-mail me right away.  Thanx again for your patience, I hope we can try again in the not-so-distant future.

The Czeck is in the Male

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Just can't wait to get back on the road again

Mama, I'm headed home.

Thank you all for your support, you'll see me in Maryland very soon.

Full story, here.

Brain Drain Delay

Postponed one week, explanation over at http://onafolddraw.blogspot.com/2008/06/brain-drain-delay.html

I hated to do it, but I think it's for the best.

And right after i sent that last update i shove for the T$10K and cringe when the guy next to me insta-re-shoves for more. AQ < KK : out

Bb had to call, i told him we'd get to see my hand at the same time, holy shit! I woke up to ATss, and it held against 98o - @T$10K

Begrudgingly folded UTG w/ 64o and again in BB w/ 97o, everyone folded to my sb, i shoved dark. T$5k in the middle + my $2800 paltry raise,

About to be cut-off w/ T$7,200; $800/$1600 w/ $200 ante... Dying for a chance to shove

On break, got re-stole, lost a few chips pf, @T$8,600 going into $600/$1,200 w/ $100 ante - time to start shoving!

Dodged the blinds twice thx o table breaking when i was UTG, now @ 4/8 w/ 100; just over T$14K

3/6 w/ 75, @ T$12,200

New table, 200/400 w/ 50ante - nothing exciting, @T$11,425

240 Entrants, 197 left. $1,746 for 9th; $16.9K for 9th; 1st

What break, you ask? Playing a $300+$40 nightly for practice, T$5K to start, 30 min levels.

On break, @T$11,175

Math Is Hard

Let's hope I can play cards better than I can add. I was going through the records [spreadsheet], and it would seem as if there were 571 shares available. Please take a moment to review the spreadsheet, be sure your order is on there. For the most part, I would like to leave buyer's identity off the record, just so zee Germans don't get to suspicious.

There are plans in the works to get another 155 out the door, leaving 416 still available. I find it hard to believe that I could sell out, but just in case, don't hesitate to get in!

Thank you all.

Ten More, Out the Door

If my calculations are correct, we're at 443 sold... keep 'em coming!

Over the 400 mark

433 shares sold so far. Keep 'em coming!

And Still Selling...

Step One: Develop an affinity for gambling.
Step Two: Encourage your friends to do the same.

Some people like to gamble more than others, and one of those just bought a ton of shares. 397 accounted for, 603 to go!

You know who you all are, thank you for your support!

81 sold, keep it rolling! Abuse the tell-a-friend system!

And If They Each Told Two Friends...

Some people call me an "enabler," others liken me to a crack-cocaine dealer. I worked with a guy back at The Tiki Bar, we used to say he was capable of selling flashlights to blind people. I've modeled alot of my sales pitches after his methods.

Here's the deal for Event #38: Find someone who has yet to buy a share, talk 'em into it, and if they give me your name in the comments of the purchase, you'll get a share of your own, on me. If they buy more than 39 shares, I'll give you 5% of their total.

This could be your wife, your Dad, your co-worker - anyone who has not yet bought a share. For this event, I'll even give y'all a chance to reference players we've both known for years. Let's get all of these sold; 71 down, right around 120 hours left to distribute the other 929.

Thanks for all your support!

16 more sold, at 71 now

55 sold, still a week to go!

40 sold, keep it coming!

Shares aren't even on the market for a full hour and 25 are out the door and sold! Thx!

Event #38, $2K PLHE

Go to onafolddraw.googlepages.com if you're interested in buying shares for the $2K PLHE starting Fri 20 Jun 08. Thx in advance!

Recap available

All that stuff I posted here during the tournament, I explained over on my original blog.

Just got four-flushed by TT, a/i pf w/ AA

On dinner break 'till about 2015PST, sitting at T$15,975 going into 300/600/75

@T$15,525 - people be gamblin. Looks like 400/1397 remain. 17 mins 'till dinner break.

Lost a couple of chips in a blind battle, next hand - player opens for 1100, atleast two callers, i rip it in 5200 more, 77 > AQ when i froppaset

Overplayed TT, like an amatuer, should've lost alot less, but folded to check-shove nine-high board, all spades; @ T$12,400

Break a table, posted an ante at another, then the broke that one - blue 38, seat 3 - roughly 25K

Hard to keep updating, @ T$27,400l

Orange 42, seat 7

Dealt maybe three hands and they broke that one - now i got ferguson and vanessa selbst at my table

Lv5 - they broke our table before dealing a hand, i got moved to a new tbl just long enough to steal some chips

@ T$20,175 - tables are breaking left and right as players bust out - would be nice to hide from wasicka for a little while

Not bulletproof. Opened from c/o, bb shipped it, T$7K in the middle my 55 < T6dd - @ T$23K

That utg+1 guy was some fish named paul wasicka

Now i really am T$30K

10 mins into lv4, 100/200/25, UTG+1 opens for 750, i call from c/o, buttons rips it 4825 on top, UTG takes a long time to fold, my KK > JJ

Miscounted earlier, didn't lose a pot, but actual count is now T$23,825

25 mins into lv3 100/200... I open for 500 OTB, bb shoves for no small amount, my KK holds, now over 26K

Just over 1300 entrnts, 99 places paid

Eight of us took a TT3r flop, UTG couldn't get off his AA, I got T$20,575 going into Level 3: 75/150

Villian rr pre from sb, then checked-down a jack-high board h/u, bet 1K into 1600 on riv, i raised to 2500 w/ 333, got a call @ 12K

Lvl 2 starts in just over a minute, table is ten-handed and there's some gambling brewing - i should probably just take a nap

Now sitting at 8525, right near earlier villian that had AA

Turn, ace, two hearts on board, i bet 850 in 1K leaving me w/ 3K behind, left min-raises, bb folds (hearts) i rr/ai, he calls dead w/ AK vs 555

14 min left in lv1, i open in mp for 125, immed left calls, bb calls to close the action - T75r flop, i bet 200, both call

Uber strict about cell phones. I just had my hand killed 'caus my phone was out of my pocket at the table

Thought about ludicrously flat-folding that QQ earlier - villian was bmore player, i believe him when he said two black aces

26 mins left in rd 1, T4175 w/ sb to come next hand

Mp rr to 4K, i fold

Not 8 mins in, MP opens for a min raise, his immed left pots for 375 total, i make it 1125 from sb w/ QQ

Tbl orange 17, seat 5 - seat 1 is a player from bmore $5/$10NL game

Reg'd a few mins ago - don't have a final tally ready, but i think we're in the neighborhood of 33% sold - thank you all for the quick responses!

Ricky just picked up 10% and with pops, rbg, and with few others, we're over 30% sold.

16.7% sold. Sales are open 'till 3PM EST

Up to 15.8%, a random internetter just bought a single share - good luck!

I rigged up my cell w/ blogger.com so i could send updates right as they happen. Off-loaded another 14 shares, 15.7% sold and still going! Thx!

200806062341PST

200806062341PST: Six orders placed, 14.3% sold. Ricky said he might throw $255 at the cause, have to see how the early hours of his birthday trip to AC go, first.

200806062056PST

200806062056PST: Four orders have already been placed since the onafolddraw.googlepages.com site went up just a few hours ago. You guys are awesome! http://tinyurl.com/63n9o3 has Paypal Transaction IDs and # of shares sold/remaining. Thanx again!