More cards
Wednesday, September 07, 2011 @ 12:13 PM
I started the night in a $4/8 limit Hold'em game, nothing unusual. I followed that up with a pair of $1-2 NL games. Again, nothing unusual. I next slid into the chair at a $4/8 Omaha game. I immediately pitched two cards to every player and called for action. "More cards, dealer," came the response. I, of course, only stared at the player who uttered such nonsense like he had two heads. "We need more cards, son," he continued, "if we're going to keep playing Omaha."
Realization finally dawned and I pitched a couple extra cards to everyone. The game proceeded without issue after that. Of course, the next table I found myself at was a $2/4 limit Hold'em game. I sat down and promptly pitched four cards to every player. Only after the fourth card landed and I had called for action did the button look at me and ask, "Exactly how many cards are you planning on giving us?"
This night was starting off well...
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Recently, the room decided to start pushing Omaha. I see good and bad things resulting from this, but those opinions I choose to keep to myself. I actually go out of my way to not rock the boat these days ;)
At any rate, the Omaha game seems to be fairly popular. It runs every night, or at least it has for the last week. We spread $4/8 Omaha High. A Bad Beat Jackpot, paid when you lose with quad Jacks or better, starts at $10k. To add incentive, there is a payout for the players who log the most hours in the Omaha game each week. A minimum of twenty hours played is required to qualify, but from Friday 6p - Friday 6p, the ten players with the most hours logged in the game get paid. The player with the most hours earns $700. Second nets $500 and third scores $300. The other seven players rounding out the top ten each receive $100.
I'd play in that game on a regular basis if I didn't work there. The competition is such that it would bring me out of retirement and have me playing seven days a week ;)
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Business continues to be good, or at least better than it used to be. Starting this weekend, I'll have $10 5-team NFL parlays to give out. I need to come up with some specific rules on how the tickets will be earned. Apparently, "randomly splash the pot with a parlay ticket" fails to provide enough information for management types. At this point, I'm leaning towards lose with a set or better and get a ticket. I need to put more thought into it. As always, I'm open to suggestions...
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The house we meant to be moving into this week slipped from our grasp yet again. With the original closing date of Aug 18, a revised closing date of Sept 1, and a re-revised date of Sept 8, one might think the third time was a charm. One would be wrong.
The newest date we've heard is Sept 15...or maybe the 16th. We signed an extension to the offer agreement that stated closing would occur no later than Sept 15. A half hour later, the mortgage idiot guy left a message saying he was waiting on an addendum stating we were good through Sept 16.
Nobody involved in this deal has a clue in hell what is going on. Should you happen to read about some crazed lunatic stabbing realtors and mortgage employees in the eye with an unsharpened pencil, you now know why.
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In keeping with the feeling stabby theme, I turn your attention to my wayward attorney. I wrote before about getting a ticket for driving on expired plates. I contacted an attorney I had used before and asked if he could help me out. He assured me he could have the fee drastically reduced and the ticket turned into a parking ticket. Seeing as how the court date was scheduled on a day in which I would be at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I paid the fee and left for vacation thinking all was well.
I returned from vacation to find a letter in the mail saying a bench warrant had been issued for my arrest due to my non-appearance in court. After ranting and throwing things for a few minutes, I proceeded to try and track down my wayward attorney. It took five days before I was successful. He acknowledged his mistake and again assured me he would take care of everything.
A few days later, he called and asked me to approve a deal with the court. The fee sounded reasonable and I told him so.
That was over two months ago. Since then, I have left nine messages with his assistant. My wife actually hit the lottery, or so we thought, and caught him on the phone once. Of course, he stated he needed to pull the file and would call her back. I'm sure you are not surprised to learn that didn't happen. I have since left messages informing him I will be filing an ethics complaint with the bar and potentially filing a small courts claim to get my fee back if I haven't heard from him by Friday.
I may hunt him down and stab him in the eye with unsharpened pencil right after I finish up with the realtors and mortgage peeps.
So...there may or may not be a valid bench warrant out for my arrest. I have no clue what amount I might owe at this point. I hesitate to visit the court, find out they still expect the original $500 extortion fee, and be arrested for not paying it.
Asshole attorneys...
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Unrelated...
Recently, a couple friends from back east visited for a day before attending a tech conference they were in town for. One of them asked for a photo shoot opportunity and I tried to oblige. We drove out to Lake Mead and hiked around White Owl Canyon for most of a day. I managed to get some decent shots off, some of which I shared over the past couple days on my photography blog. Feel free to check them out if you are interested.
Close Quarters
Picnic View
Dark Passage
Lava Butte
Narrowing Walls
Oasis
Red Rock Walls
White Owl Canyon
My current favorites from that group are Red Rock Walls, Dark Passage, and Close Quarters, though I obviously liked the rest enough to share.
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I visited some friends recently at the Tropicana poker room as they played a tournament in celebration of a birthday. One of them suggested I needed to post more photos. I finally edited the shots from the Hike from Hell. I have a dozen or so to share over the next few days. They'll get posted on my photography blog as well.
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That's it! Time for me to enjoy a beer or four, maybe slide into the hot tub and pretend like everything is right in the world.
Red Rock Walls is my favorite, but they're all nice shots.
I guess that's limit Omaha high? Is the variance sickening in your opinion? 7 players to a flop?
I enjoy PLO online 6max but the swings are brutal.
Love your stories, I can imagine the usual happened when u misdealt the Holdem hand..."oh jeez I wudda had aces"..."well I had a double suited rundown" hehehehe
Limit Omaha High - 8 players to a flop on average
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You are correct about the misdealt Hold'em hand, by the way ;)
You know why Nevada got the attorneys and California got the toxic waste? California had first choice.
Our Daughter-in-Law thought she had stuff taken care of until one morning before dawn the police came to the door and took her away for not paying a fine or showing up in court. Hopefully that won't happen to you.
glad to see you rolling outmy idea of the $10 parlay tickets
in regards tothe warrant all u have to do usgo to court clerk and ask to squash the warrant. they will give u a court date, and you will not be arrested. i have been thru it before
I think I'm safe from being arrested for the time being.
Called the court to get a status. The court said my worthless attorney never bothered to complete the negotiation so the offer expired and the case is set for trial some time in February. Clerk at the court said the notes show the court tried to contact the lawyer 3 times and never received a response back.
I filed an ethics complaint the state bar and I drafted a demand letter asking for his fee to be returned to me. The demand letter is a requirement, has to be sent 10 days prior to filing a claim in small claims court.
Fun.
I dealt an Omaha hi/lo bad beat jackpot earlier this week at Santa Fe Station. Quad kings beaten by quad Aces. It was up to $38,000 and hadn't been hit in 3 years.
more stories pls mr dealer man =(