Wow Comments
Wow, the last post actually generated some comments. I didn't think anyone even read this blog except for a few of my close poker friends. Cool. Thanks for the comments. I did link up a new blog. Go check it out on the left. I have not been reading it but will start. Local guy, who is going to move to Vegas it looks like.
As for the cardroom comment, New York does not have legal poker rooms in the city, thus the need for the rooms. Also, they have a much larger pool of people to draw from with money to make it work. Have never played in NYC, but they do have some pretty close casinos.
Last, I don't normally let anyone take a piece of my action unless I am going to play in a really big game and that is to lay off a piece of the risk. When I say big I mean for me like $300/600 or 1/2k in Vegas or LA. I have only done this twice so it is not like it happens all the time. Most of the guys that would even do that would play in the game themselves so why do they need me. In Seattle I have never done that as the game is not big enough to need to lay off a piece. Plus I would feel bad if I lost anyone else's money. I feel bad enough when it is my own, I don't want someone else to feel bad on top of that. If anyone does want to come sweat me in the game feel free. I usually am wearing an orange shirt and blue sunglasses. Orange if my favorite poker color. I do go by the name John at the Muck so go ahead and come by and say hi. I am going to be there this Friday night after dinner with the family so I will be there at around 9:00pm. Talk to you soon..SJ
As for the cardroom comment, New York does not have legal poker rooms in the city, thus the need for the rooms. Also, they have a much larger pool of people to draw from with money to make it work. Have never played in NYC, but they do have some pretty close casinos.
Last, I don't normally let anyone take a piece of my action unless I am going to play in a really big game and that is to lay off a piece of the risk. When I say big I mean for me like $300/600 or 1/2k in Vegas or LA. I have only done this twice so it is not like it happens all the time. Most of the guys that would even do that would play in the game themselves so why do they need me. In Seattle I have never done that as the game is not big enough to need to lay off a piece. Plus I would feel bad if I lost anyone else's money. I feel bad enough when it is my own, I don't want someone else to feel bad on top of that. If anyone does want to come sweat me in the game feel free. I usually am wearing an orange shirt and blue sunglasses. Orange if my favorite poker color. I do go by the name John at the Muck so go ahead and come by and say hi. I am going to be there this Friday night after dinner with the family so I will be there at around 9:00pm. Talk to you soon..SJ
posted by Seattlejohn at 11:13 AM
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You have fans, even if we don't comment all the time. I'll stop by and sweat you next time I'm at the Muck. I'd come tonight, but I'm headed to Texas for some "real" hold 'em.
They don't have legal poker in Texas, which I find funny as the name is Texas Holdem. Good luck down there..SJ
I've been reading for a couple months and I consider your blog to be one of the best poker blogs out there. Your posts are very informative, well written and entertaining. If I ever get a chance to play some poker down in Seattle (nowhere near the stakes you play) I'll be sure to look out for you.
Poker in New York, something I know a little about. The major casinos (AC / Foxwoods) are about 2-3 hours away (I've never done it in two, but have friends who swear they can), which when you factor in tunnel traffic makes them too far to go between work days. Hence the clubs. Even with the larger pool of people, the regularly spread limit games in the clubs I've been to never got higher than 10-20 with a half-kill, and the no-limits either 1-2 or 5-5. (I think my regular club had a Monday night 30-60 game for a bit; not sure how that did). Of course, these games can still leave you with a grand or two on the table, which is lost money in case of a raid (an event I thankfully missed when it happened here in May). That risk is a definite deterrant, I think, against spreading any really high limit games, at least in a regular room.
It should be noted that I never played higher than 10-20, so I wouldn't have been invited to any really high limit underunderground games,
Speaking of NY poker, here's a good NY Times cached editorial on the subject.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:PgtFoItjRYcJ:www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/opinion/nyregionopinions/21CIskutsch.html+%22Carl+Skutsch%22+%22Empty+House%22&hl=en
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Seattle poker reports.
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