Saturday, May 2nd

Sadly, the end.

Today was actually kind of a rest day. We were all a bit wiped, especially after the soul depleting evening at the Taj Mahal. As usual, it’s a bit hard to say exactly when everything happened, so here are a few last highlights from the trip.

I was cashing out a couple racks one night and the line for the cage was long. Someone came up to me and bought $300 in chips so he wouldn’t have to wait in line. Then someone else came up and bought a whole rack. The lady behind me then asked for $100. I joked with the (new) person behind me that I should charge vig and that I’d be doing pretty well right now. Someone else came and bought a few hundred more, and I was left with a pretty paltry stack of chips. At this point, despite having booked a decent win, it looked like I had been on the wrong side of variance. Since I had not moved up in the line during this time and only had a hundred and some left in chips, I decided to leave the line.

A hand allstarrt played at the Taj:

2 limps, allstarrt overlimps 7s 6s in MP, two more people limp behind.

Flop: 8c 2c 2d (7 players)
Checked to the CO who bets, one call in front, allstarrt peels

Turn: Qs (3 players)
allstarrt’s description of the turn: ‘I improve to fold equity.’
Checked to the CO who bets, called in front, allstarrt raises, CO folds, player in front calls

River: Td (2 players)
Checked to allstart, he bets, player in front shows 9c 7c for a busted flush draw and folds

allstarrt shows his 8 high airball bluff. The CO (who folded the turn) grouses, ‘I would have called you with 9 high there.’

And to end on a happy note: Nina Williams, two time victim of credit card roulette…

My fiancée and I felt pretty bad for Nina, especially because we both like him. We wanted to get some chocolate covered strawberries from Gelato and my fiancée thought it’d be nice to get some for Nina. Naturally the first step was to social engineer him and discreetly learn that he liked strawberries.

So while everyone was down in the food court we went and bought a dozen chocolate covered strawberries (we even got three extra free! – I assume this was either because my fiancée is cute or because they thought we were a nice couple). We presented them to Nina and explained how we tricked him into revealing that he likes strawberries. He seemed surprised and very genuinely happy…but of course trying to repress it and act upset: ‘I’m angry that you tricked me…’ Those of you who know Nina probably know exactly what I mean.

And so the epic-ness draws to a close. It was really great to meet everyone! I will look forward to our next meeting. Thanks also to those who followed our adventures on this blog or in the DeucesCracked forums!