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 Happenings at the Belle, FeliciaLee, 25. Nov 2003 12:24 | ||
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| I guess there are perks to keeping my journal beyond the obvious benefit of introspection. Ward stumbled upon some of my posts at another poker forum. That got him interested in reading more of my poker "stories." Pretty soon, half of the poker room staff was interested in reading my journal. The downside is that I feel a little bit exposed, right in my "home" cardroom. The perk is that people actually find out things that are going on when they are not working, and can set to rights some of the problems that have occurred in the last couple of months at the Belle (mainly the 4/8 game controversy). James told me that he'd shown my Laughlin poker room review to the general manager of the Belle. The manager said something about having the review published in a local paper. Yikes! Thank God James vetoed that idea, because I cannot imagine the backlash I'd receive from my scathing criticism of the Riverside. Not that they could publish anything without my permission anyway, but still, just the thought of it makes chills run up and down my spine. Speaking of the Riverside...I heard some even more disturbing news about their cardroom. I will ask for details tonight at the poker room, so that I will not misquote any facts, but the news is that dealers at the Riverside have to "pay" the floormen and poker room manager to deal! Yes, they have to PAY them each hour, each down, and for each table. That is why there are so many shorthanded tables at the Riverside compared to other cardrooms. That is why a dealer will deal only a down, maybe two, then have a break. Deal another down or two, then another break. They want to keep as many tables open, and as many dealers dealing as possible, because the management gets their palms greased whether or not the dealers are making any money!!! No wonder everyone is so grumpy there! The amounts were astronomical and completely unbelievable, so I won't quote any dollars until I get 100% confirmation that this is the truth. The $100 hold'em tourney was weird. I never received a pocket pair. No, not once. From 30 players we got down to about 15 in a couple of hours, yet I'd still never gotten a premium hand! Not even ATs, AJ, AQ or AK. Nada, zilch. I survived so long only because we are given 1000 starting chips! I did manage to win one pot, in the first level, but nothing else was even playable. Finally, with just 400 chips left and the blinds at 200/400, I got AKo and pushed all in, only to be beaten when the chip lead's K4o made a wheel on the river. Doh! On Thursday, we were back to Omaha. I made it to the final couple of tables, but then Gary, who was the chip lead overall (and went on to win the tourney), outdrew me. He called my all-in with a low draw, but ended up making the wheel. Once again, outdrawn. Blah! My cash games haven't been going so well, either. Just on a bad run. I'm probably playing better than I have ever played before, due to studying and being even more aware since being outplayed at 10/20 on Saturday, but I am still losing. I knew I'd have to go through this sooner or later. No one just wins, wins, wins every session. If that were so, poker would dry up and cease to exist. I just sit in my chair and smile. I will talk if other players want to talk, or I will sit silently if no one initiates conversation. I am going to be in Vegas during Thanksgiving week. I hope to play a few games not available in Laughlin. Plus, I want to try an experiment, which I will expound on more in the days to come. Anyone going to be in Vegas? If so, check out the calendar feature at this site, and let's plan on meeting up to take the poker city by storm! Felicia :) | ||
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