Detox
Hey Guys,
So I'm back from Miami and dyer need for a health detox. Before I left for the trip we had my brother's stag which was a huge success, thanks for all of you who came by to support. We made a good amount of money and the night was a blast. With the open bar we all managed to get extremely out of hand. Two also made a surprise visit from Oregon which added to the celebratory drinks. We had a poker game going that had some decent action. I didn't play all night because I was running the game and was so cross-eyed I couldn't see the cards. But one funny hand did happen.. Eskal got up from his seat to grab a drink and the table agreed I could play his stack till he got back. The table was full of friends and family and eskal's cousin's who I've played a lot with in the past. I straddled the first hand, there was like 4 limpers and I blind checked my straddle because I probably wasn't paying attention. The flop came A,4,5 with two spades, I look down to see AQo, and lead at the pot. Without hesitation eskal's cousin snap called. Us two have a ton of history in past games where we are always trying to fuck each other, so I knew he was going to try and bluff me this hand. The turn comes a 6 of spades, I check, he bets pot, I call. The river brings the 10 of spades, bringing a 4 card flush on board. I check again and he immediately shoves the rest of his stack. At this point I almost snap called with one pair, but then I stopped, and was like "oh fuck, I'm really drunk right now, maybe I'm completely off here, and its not even my money I'm playing with!" I hummed and hawed for a sec and decided I would go with my initial read that he was going to bluff me in this pot. I also knew the 4th spade was a great bluff card for him, if he had a mediocre hand he would probably just checked and hope to win a showdown, but now he has to bluff with his air hands. I called, he laughed and told me to go fuck myself, and he mucked his cards.
Here's a pic I found from my iPhone that night, you can obviously tell who's stag it was. lol.
A day after the stag I flew off to Miami, from my last blog you know my flight got delayed and was stuck in the airport for a while. I finally made it there and walked into one of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in. I knew the place was going to be unreal when it had a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley and a Maserati all parked out front. That night we had dinner and drinks at STK which gave everyone and opportunity to meet each other and have a nice dinner. Everyone was really friendly and I was able to meet some nice people. The next day we golfed, I forget what the course was called but it was pretty tough. I played pretty terribly, but I haven't swung a club since last summer so I wasn't too disappointed. We were also about 6 beers deep at the turn which probably didn't help. That night we went for another amazing dinner.. I'm telling you these places were all 5 stars and sick.. and Cardrunners payed for everything. They also covered all our drinks for the entire trip which was super cool of them. That night after dinner is probably when I got the most wrecked, we went to a pretty cool sky bar then off strip club for a few last drinks. Its funny how you can bring a bunch of guys from all over the world to one place which can be a little awkward, but put a pair breasts and a drink in front of them and everyone becomes best friends! haha
All and all the trip was really awesome. I got to meet some a bunch of cool people, relax, and have a good time in Miami. I didn't get the chance to take any pictures, but one of the CR/Stox poker guy's did, nomo4life. Here is one of the vids I think I'm in, we had a beach volleyball tournament that my team ended up winning. He also posted a bunch of other video's in his blog if you want to check them out: blogs.cardrunners.com/nomo4life
(I'm the dude in the white t-shirt and white beach shorts for those who don't know me)
So I'm back from Miami and dyer need for a health detox. Before I left for the trip we had my brother's stag which was a huge success, thanks for all of you who came by to support. We made a good amount of money and the night was a blast. With the open bar we all managed to get extremely out of hand. Two also made a surprise visit from Oregon which added to the celebratory drinks. We had a poker game going that had some decent action. I didn't play all night because I was running the game and was so cross-eyed I couldn't see the cards. But one funny hand did happen.. Eskal got up from his seat to grab a drink and the table agreed I could play his stack till he got back. The table was full of friends and family and eskal's cousin's who I've played a lot with in the past. I straddled the first hand, there was like 4 limpers and I blind checked my straddle because I probably wasn't paying attention. The flop came A,4,5 with two spades, I look down to see AQo, and lead at the pot. Without hesitation eskal's cousin snap called. Us two have a ton of history in past games where we are always trying to fuck each other, so I knew he was going to try and bluff me this hand. The turn comes a 6 of spades, I check, he bets pot, I call. The river brings the 10 of spades, bringing a 4 card flush on board. I check again and he immediately shoves the rest of his stack. At this point I almost snap called with one pair, but then I stopped, and was like "oh fuck, I'm really drunk right now, maybe I'm completely off here, and its not even my money I'm playing with!" I hummed and hawed for a sec and decided I would go with my initial read that he was going to bluff me in this pot. I also knew the 4th spade was a great bluff card for him, if he had a mediocre hand he would probably just checked and hope to win a showdown, but now he has to bluff with his air hands. I called, he laughed and told me to go fuck myself, and he mucked his cards.
Here's a pic I found from my iPhone that night, you can obviously tell who's stag it was. lol.
A day after the stag I flew off to Miami, from my last blog you know my flight got delayed and was stuck in the airport for a while. I finally made it there and walked into one of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in. I knew the place was going to be unreal when it had a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley and a Maserati all parked out front. That night we had dinner and drinks at STK which gave everyone and opportunity to meet each other and have a nice dinner. Everyone was really friendly and I was able to meet some nice people. The next day we golfed, I forget what the course was called but it was pretty tough. I played pretty terribly, but I haven't swung a club since last summer so I wasn't too disappointed. We were also about 6 beers deep at the turn which probably didn't help. That night we went for another amazing dinner.. I'm telling you these places were all 5 stars and sick.. and Cardrunners payed for everything. They also covered all our drinks for the entire trip which was super cool of them. That night after dinner is probably when I got the most wrecked, we went to a pretty cool sky bar then off strip club for a few last drinks. Its funny how you can bring a bunch of guys from all over the world to one place which can be a little awkward, but put a pair breasts and a drink in front of them and everyone becomes best friends! haha
All and all the trip was really awesome. I got to meet some a bunch of cool people, relax, and have a good time in Miami. I didn't get the chance to take any pictures, but one of the CR/Stox poker guy's did, nomo4life. Here is one of the vids I think I'm in, we had a beach volleyball tournament that my team ended up winning. He also posted a bunch of other video's in his blog if you want to check them out: blogs.cardrunners.com/nomo4life
(I'm the dude in the white t-shirt and white beach shorts for those who don't know me)
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