It's getting harder and harder to update. Am I that busy? Naw. Am I just lazy? Probably. Do I have things I want to say? Absolutely.
I've been wanting to talk about prop 87. But apparently it's already been defeated in this month's election, so I won't need to lecture anyone on why they should vote NO to prop 87.
Last week, I was in Las Vegas for about a week - for a Microsoft developer's conference. It was a pretty cool conference for people who work with .NET programming, ASP.NET, or any other MS systems (like Exchange, Sharepoint, Vista, etc.). More than 4500 people attended. Pretty amazing considering that it probably cost each attendee around 2000-2500 bucks to attend, including hotel and flights. In my calculation, that's over $11 million that was spent by the attendees. But the most important numbers of the week for me was 1,2 and 2,5.
I started by playing at a 1-2 no-limit table - had a lot of fun. But then I started feeling a little adventurous and moved on to the 2-5 no-limit table. The buy-in at this table was 200-500.
Without going into PAINstaking details, it was pretty exciting. I saw the pot getting as big as $1500 while I was trying to survive among the richest inside the poker room. Pretty exciting, indeed. My highlight came at a time when I had a little over $300 in chips, and this one guy had about $500, me holding Aces, and him holding King's. And I'm right behind the button.
Everyone calls the $5 blinds (he slow-played), and I raise to $40. He raises $100 on top on my $40. I quickly raise another hundred. Then he begins his staredown. I stare right back at him, hoping that he folds (I usually don't win with A's). He asks me how much I have left. I tell him. He puts me all in. I call, of course. We flip our cards and he was in pain - understandably so.
Flop comes - Q, 9, 10. Oh no. A Jack or a King comes, and I'm dead. Next card is 4. Come on baby one more!! Last card was another 9. Yeah baby!!!
Anyways, Go Bears!!! No matter what happens this Saturday, I will be grateful for a great season. And I promise to be a season-ticket holder as long as I stay in the Bay Area.
I've been wanting to talk about prop 87. But apparently it's already been defeated in this month's election, so I won't need to lecture anyone on why they should vote NO to prop 87.
Last week, I was in Las Vegas for about a week - for a Microsoft developer's conference. It was a pretty cool conference for people who work with .NET programming, ASP.NET, or any other MS systems (like Exchange, Sharepoint, Vista, etc.). More than 4500 people attended. Pretty amazing considering that it probably cost each attendee around 2000-2500 bucks to attend, including hotel and flights. In my calculation, that's over $11 million that was spent by the attendees. But the most important numbers of the week for me was 1,2 and 2,5.
I started by playing at a 1-2 no-limit table - had a lot of fun. But then I started feeling a little adventurous and moved on to the 2-5 no-limit table. The buy-in at this table was 200-500.
Without going into PAINstaking details, it was pretty exciting. I saw the pot getting as big as $1500 while I was trying to survive among the richest inside the poker room. Pretty exciting, indeed. My highlight came at a time when I had a little over $300 in chips, and this one guy had about $500, me holding Aces, and him holding King's. And I'm right behind the button.
Everyone calls the $5 blinds (he slow-played), and I raise to $40. He raises $100 on top on my $40. I quickly raise another hundred. Then he begins his staredown. I stare right back at him, hoping that he folds (I usually don't win with A's). He asks me how much I have left. I tell him. He puts me all in. I call, of course. We flip our cards and he was in pain - understandably so.
Flop comes - Q, 9, 10. Oh no. A Jack or a King comes, and I'm dead. Next card is 4. Come on baby one more!! Last card was another 9. Yeah baby!!!
Anyways, Go Bears!!! No matter what happens this Saturday, I will be grateful for a great season. And I promise to be a season-ticket holder as long as I stay in the Bay Area.
