Thursday, May 19, 2005

Karma should be running out of my ears...........

Yesterday found me pondering two events. First of all, when I got to work there was an envelope with my name on it. The envelope contained a $10 bill. Several weeks ago I found it on the floor near a slot machine. If I hadn't been working, I would have simply stuck it in my pocket (or IN a machine). Since I was working I guess I was slightly paranoid. We are forbidden to take any money that we find or pick up lost slot tickets. I'm not about to lose my job over ten stinking greenbacks. I turned it in to security and since no one claimed it, they gave it back to me.
The second event happened while I was on a break out of table 9. I was standing at the podium when a young man asked if there was anyone named Wayne who worked there. My name badge says Murph, so he was a little skeptical when I said that I was who he was looking for. Way back in November I found a wallet in the men's room. Unlike the $10 on the floor, this wallet contained a significant amount of $$$, driver's license, military dependent ID, TAM card etc. I turned it in to security and after 6 months had basically forgotten about it. This young man, after 6 months, finally looked me up to thank me. He gushed that I had not taken one cent out of it before I turned it in etc etc. I thanked him for taking the time to thank me in person and told him that should I ever lose my wallet, I hope that someone would do that same thing for me.
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Today I ventured to the Hard Rock to take advantage of a free play offer and a food comp that I received in the mail. Needless to say, I paid dearly for that "free" steak and shrimp.......
The Karma fairy was no where to be found. Score: Evil Machines-999 Good Guy-000
Although I have not played poker extensively this month, I have played considerably more than in the previous few months. I'm actually up a few $ which is encouraging. If I could find a poker room that was not attached to a casino full of slot machines, I just may be OK.
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One notable hand that I dealt this week was in a $2-5 blind NLHE game. The 2s, a regular rock, raised pre-flop to $50 with AA. Everyone else folded except the 6 seat who was a lady who was unknown to me. The flop came 257 rainbow. 2s goes all-in for about $700 more, the 6s calls. In our room, the players don't have to turn over their hands for an all-in showdown and neither player chose to do so at that point. The turn was, I think, a 9. At that point the 2s showed his pocket AA. The river was a J. The lady turned over J5o and mumbled something about misreading her hand. She said that she thought she had pocket JJ. How your mind turns J5 off into JJ is beyond me, but she was the one stacking the chips so what do I know?
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The Big2 game should be starting in a few minutes, so wish me luck.

****EDIT****
The Big 2 game is over. I won 191 betting units. Sweet!
Last Saturday I lost 300 betting units in the Big 2 game.
Last Thursday I won 56 betting units in the Big 2 game.
Fortunately, for me, the betting unit in the Saturday game is 20% of the betting unit in the Thursday game.........
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