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!