Lights Out!

For the second time in my life I have been in a casino when the power went out. Last year when I was in the Bay Area, I was playing at Garden City when the lights went off briefly for like 20 seconds or so. Last night at Oceans-11, the power was off for more than an hour. Their backup generator didn't work so well. I had just sat down in an 8-16 game while waiting for a seat in the 20-40, played 3-hands when boom, lights out! Waited around, had a couple of beers, played some 5-card draw no betting 1$ ante just for fun, while waiting for the power to be restored. By the time the lights came back on at 10:30pm, most of the games had already broken, so just for fun I played 4/8 and rammed and jammed it with any two cards. Ended up booking a $56 win, playing wild & crazy maniac style.

2nd Quarter 2008 is in the books.


Ended up slightly up, but it's been a wild ride that's for sure. Here's the game by game breakdown:
8/16 +51 2.65
15/30 +1700 2
20/40 -5846 90
30/60 +5900 12
40/80 -1013 104.5
2/3NL +55 1
5/5NL +458 2.75

totals = +1305 214.9
For an hourly rate of $6.07/hour! Smoking! Good thing I have a day job!
I've been getting my ass kicked in the 20/40 lately, so I am going to bear down and really start playing my A game and have a great end to 2008. My goal is to average at least $40 an hour for the remainder of the year. No more splashing around just trying to get lucky and have fun. Serious poker from here on out.