The other day me and Andy got up early and Doug Polk (WCG|Rider on 2+2/pokerstars) came with his friend in their hire car to take us out to the Morongo casino in California. We had to go there because they are both only 19 and this casino (on an Indian reservation) allows 18+.
Doug is a professional online poker player and is very well known in the community because of a $20,000 bet he had a month or two ago saying he could make $10,000 in a month at very low stakes. He didn't win his bet, but it did turn him into a bit of a celebrity in the poker forums. Doug is a great player and has done very well online, showing maturity beyond his age and racking up a huge amount of experience against top pro's online in a short time.
The games at the casino were very disappointing, it was a 1/3NL game with $100 max buy in and a ridiculous rake. I managed to lose an Ace high straight to a royal flush, and twice lost AK to QQ and then JJ for a total loss of around $400 for the day. Andy managed to play well for the team and finished up about $150. Despite that, it was well worth the trip purely for the poker conversation on the way there and the way back. It was great to see how Doug thinks about the game as he is a great player and has recently been employed by the training site www.cardrunners.com to make some instructional videos for them.
So thanks to Doug and Jessie for driving us out there, it was great to meet you both in person.
Yesterday was another quiet one, we had a plan to go to a bowling alley but somehow managed to miss it completely as we walked down the street. We ended up going for dinner at a restaurant at Binions which was really good, It was up on floor 20-something and you could see right across town. So we didn't make bowling yesterday but 100% are doing it today. Went for a swim in the golden nugget pool earlier this afternoon which was pretty sweet. its got a massive fish/shark tank in the middle of the pool and a water slide that goes through it. Will have to get some photos tomorrow.
Didn't play any poker yesterday either online or live, because the Internet here is pretty slow and I didn't really feel like it after my unlucky session out at Morongo. Today I got back into it and played around 2 hours online this morning. Had a ok session, playing 2,500 hands and finishing up about $650. After bowling tonight me and Andy (and Hui?) will probably play some live downstairs in the poker room.
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