Fancy-Schmancy

So I was reading the local computer magazine, called ComputerEdge, dated February 23rd over lunch today. Had a lot of articles about GPS, applications, new devices, etc. As I was reading one article I read the following, "Using some fancy-schmancy mathematical hocus-pocus, a GPS receiver can determine location, speed of movement, and direction."

WHAT?!?

Not only as an engineer am I insulted, but I think anybody who has ever taken a college level calculus class should be insulted too. No wonder the educational system in our country, especially in math and science is so poor. When a computer magazine, albiet it's often light in the technical details, makes a statement like that . . . I should write a letter to the editor.

Afraid of the Nuts

So I was playing 20/40 at Oceans-11 on Thursday night when the following hand came up.

I had pocket kings UTG+1, and I raised. Roc, a very aggressive player, who usually plays in the bigger games in LA, like 100/200 or bigger, was slumming in the 20/40 game. He 3-bets me before the flop, we get 1 or 2 other callers and I just call pre-flop. At this point Roc could have a wide range of hands, from any pocket pair, ace-face, king-queen, etc. Flop comes 10, 10, Jack. I check-raise Roc, on the flop, and he 3-bets me. Turn is a rag, and I check raise Roc again, and again he 3-bets the turn. River comes a king, giving me second nuts. I check-raise rock on the river again, and again he 3 bets me. I 4-bet, he 5-bets, I 6-bet, he 7-bets. What to do now? On the river, I know that he has either pocket tens or pocket jacks. For either the nuts or 3rd nut. I just call, half expecting him to show me quads. He shows me pocket jacks and I drag the pot.

Marathon Poker

Happy early Birthday to myself. My birthday is this Saturday (2/17), and my wife has graciously given me the weekend off to do whatever I want, sans our two little daughters. So I have a poker marathon weekend upcoming.

So I haven't made up my mind, but here are my choices for the weekend:

1) Go to LA and play at Commerce Casino
2) Go to Harrah's Rincon casino and play in the World Series of Poker circuit event, 1000+60 no-limit holdem tournament.
3) Go to my regular cardroom Oceans-11 and put in a marathon session.

Decisions, decisions, decisions . . .

The Places I've Been

I am a serious recreational poker player, and have been playing since around 2002. I started off at the low-limit texas holdem 3/6 and 4/8 tables and over the years have worked my way up. I currently play 20/40 and 40/80 limit regularly.

Over the years I've had an opportunity to play poker at many different places. Here's a non-chronological order of the card rooms & casinos I've played poker at, along with the limits I played while I was there:

The Bicycle Casino --Bell Gardens, CA -- 4/8, 10/20
Bellagio -- Las Vegas, NV -- 4/8, 8/16, 15/30, 30/60
The Mirage -- Las Vegas, NV -- 3/6, 6/12, 20/40
Agua Caliente -- Rancho Mirage, CA -- 3/6, 4/8, 8/16, 20/40
Oceans 11 -- Oceanside, CA -- 3/6, 4/8, 8/16/, 20/40, 40/80, 2-3 NL, 5-5 NL
Viejas -- Alpine, CA -- 4/8, 8/16
Muckleshoot -- Auburn, WA -- 10/20
Monte Carlo -- Las Vegas, NV -- 2/4
Aladdin -- Las Vegas, NV -- 1-2 NL
Canterbury Park -- Shakopee, MN -- 4/8, 8/16, 15/30, 30/60
Harrah's Rincon -- Valley Center, CA -- $1000 + 60 NL tournament
Bay 101 -- San Jose, CA -- 6/12, 9/18
The Palms -- Las Vegas, NV -- 3/6, 6/12

I've been meaning to play at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, but have never seemed to have the opportunity. From everything I hear though, it's a ramming jamming casino with lots of action, and plenty of mid-limit tables. Maybe sometime this month for my birthday I will go up to LA and play for a day.

I'm on-line!!!

This is my first post on my blog. Don't have much to say today, just getting things set up. When something interesting happens, I'll put it up.