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I wrote up a page long post before this with a history/introduction to my life of gambling but it got erased when I tried to submit and there's no way I'm going back to rewrite everything. Many of you may know me as Inflowyen, one of the featured streamers. Anyways, here's my story.
PA Sands -- Friday 6/4/2011
Drive down after work, sit at 2/5, buyin $500.
5 Handed action.
I raise 3x bb on button, sb folders, BB calls.
Flop: 5h 6d Qs
Bingo. Flopped my set on rainbow flop. Checks to me, I lead 20 and get flatted by BB.
Turn: 8h
Checked to me, I lead 40 and get raised to 100. I flat.
River: 6h
Made my 4 of a kind. BB leads for 200, I raise all in, insta called.
Had no idea at this time that the casino had a bad beat jackpot. Face was stone cold and was absolutely sick that my I lose to this on my second hand at the table. Players go crazy, pit bosses swarm the table and I realized shortly after that I just hit a bad beat. Total pot 164k to which I received 50%. GG.
Rolling up the stakes and heading to Vegas. Tickets booked for next Thursday , will be playing in the $2500 6-max WSOP event, some 100-200HE on the side as well. Let's see what happens. Upates to come.
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baller.
my roommate won one of these for $50k (although he blew it all on weed from what i believe). don't be like him and you'll be pretty fucking awesome.
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holy hell dude. That is a LOT of money.
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On June 07 2011 15:59 CaucasianAsian wrote:
baller.
my roommate won one of these for $50k (although he blew it all on weed from what i believe). don't be like him and you'll be pretty fucking awesome.
Your friend must smoke a lot Lol. The week before this I went pretty crazy at Borgata -- betting 500 / blackjack hand, 1k color bets on roulette, etc. Need to stay away from that.
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Congrats on the 82k
but are you RETARDED? You are a self admitted degen gambler, and because you made money not because of good solid play, but because of the jackpot, you're flying out to the world series to play tournament poker, which is a whole different beast, and planning on moving up in stakes? Moving up in stakes should be something you do if you deserve to from solid play and grinding your bankroll up.
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Losing a pot with a 4 of a kind.. I don't think I've ever seen that before lol.
Turned out well for you though. Don't blow the 82k in one night. 
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Move up to where they respect your raises.
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On June 07 2011 16:13 Zlasher wrote:
Congrats on the 82k
but are you RETARDED? You are a self admitted degen gambler, and because you made money not because of good solid play, but because of the jackpot, you're flying out to the world series to play tournament poker, which is a whole different beast, and planning on moving up in stakes? Moving up in stakes should be something you do if you deserve to from solid play and grinding your bankroll up.
Maybe I should rephrase myself. I guess 'degen gambler' isnt the best description I should have used lol. I do risk analysis for a financial trading company so trust me, I know wha tyou mean. Been playing cards since I was 13, moved my way up to 40-80 limit / 5-10 NL from my play, not bankroll. Throwing bets on table games every now and then is just for fun, but I do keep it in moderation(except last weekend). 40-80 -> 100/200 HE isn't really out of line since I've been beating the 40-80 @ borgata.
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Alright fair enough, I mean going to the WSOP and playing in an event is a thing to check off the bucket list but just from reading your blog I was hoping to dear god you wouldn't blow off that 80k by raising your stakes if you're not a winning player with a strong EV.
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Lol good looks, poker players need more friends like you to remind them to time to stay on course. Also, dont forget that WSOP is the most +ev time of the year. Yea the grinders will be there, but the field is filled with a ridic amoutn of donks. Also, 80k isn't completely life changing for me so its a nice boost to cover a nice little vaca for next week. I'm shipping most of the money to fam overseas, sending some to a charity that I have in mind, and putting the rest back into action. Hope I continue to run good...
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On June 07 2011 16:36 sksyen wrote:
Lol good looks, poker players need more friends like you to remind them to time to stay on course. Also, dont forget that WSOP is the most +ev time of the year. Yea the grinders will be there, but the field is filled with a ridic amoutn of donks. Also, 80k isn't completely life changing for me so its a nice boost to cover a nice little vaca for next week. I'm shipping most of the money to fam overseas, sending some to a charity that I have in mind, and putting the rest back into action. Hope I continue to run good...
Now this is how I expect everyone to spend their money. Good job on you man!
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sick life god damn im green with envy. gl in wsop. also the cash games during the wsop season are supposed to be extra juicy
btw i just read 100-200he i hope thats limit because you probably know you arent rolled for 100-200nl
...or maybe you are a bigshot and this 82k was just a nice pad to your roll
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Yea I don't really play higher than 5-10 NL . Games are definately juicy during wsop season, cant wait.
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BBJ is always a sick bink so grats, but I'm having so much fun reading the blog. Between Zlasher making sure you don't spew it all away, CaucasianAsian mentioning his roommate's BBJ money going up in smoke, and someone thinking if you were going to take shots at 20000NL with that 82k, there is so much enjoyment. Even edzwoo couldn't resist posting in this haha.
p.s. I hope you carry that luck over and ship yourself a shiny new bracelet(Event 26??). And if you go deep, you better let TL know!
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On June 07 2011 16:36 sksyen wrote:
Lol good looks, poker players need more friends like you to remind them to time to stay on course. Also, dont forget that WSOP is the most +ev time of the year. Yea the grinders will be there, but the field is filled with a ridic amoutn of donks. Also, 80k isn't completely life changing for me so its a nice boost to cover a nice little vaca for next week. I'm shipping most of the money to fam overseas, sending some to a charity that I have in mind, and putting the rest back into action. Hope I continue to run good...
Well, although the WSOP has plenty of donks a lot of the players there are the young grinders who log in 100k hands a week so the EV isn't as high as it would seem, except in the early rounds. Like I said, the WSOP is a bucket list thing and I think that its amazing that the jackpot can help you check that off your list, definitely a nice thing to do as a vacation, I'm really glad you're using that money to help out family though, Personally I'd stuff it back itno my bankroll, or even put like 80% into savings and just keep 20% as bankroll and think of that 20% as how much I would have made given the .0001% that the bad beat was layed upon you lol.
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At first glance I thought you were jumping from 2/5 to 100/200 NLHE, which would be an insane jump in stakes. Then I noticed it was limit.
Sick win with the BBJ. Hopefully you can run good at the WSOP this summer.
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Had to play 2-5 that day since their highest stake is 5-5 which doesnt start until night time(I went down at 6AM). The drive is only 30 min from my work place which is sick. Best part was the 4 security guards that escorted me out. Their faces were priceless when I tipped each with $100.
@Looms
I'll be posting pics/updates when I get to vegas.
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How much did you tip the dealer for that ? And did the winner of the hand just win like your 500 ? I'd be bit upset if the loser of the pot got 80 k and I won only a fraction beating him.
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On June 07 2011 18:01 Marradron wrote:
How much did you tip the dealer for that ? And did the winner of the hand just win like your 500 ? I'd be bit upset if the loser of the pot got 80 k and I won only a fraction beating him.
Check out the white guy's smile in the pic lol. To me, that doesn't look like the smile of a guy who won just $500
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Gave dealer 4k in cash. And yea he took my 500 but I didn't mind lol. Actually, while we were both waiting for the cage to process the checks, we went to BJ and each bet 500 on 1 hand. Both hit blackjack with dealer showing 6 LOL. GG.
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I'm starting to think that you should have got a ticket to Vegas for the next day lol. +extra karma for the dealer tip too haha
btw there is one actual "lead" in that hand...other ones are just bets 
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4k tip. Havent been to a live poker table before. Does the dealer get to keep that himself or does he have to share it with other personal ?
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Later that night(Old Homestead Boragata):
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On June 07 2011 18:01 Marradron wrote:
How much did you tip the dealer for that ? And did the winner of the hand just win like your 500 ? I'd be bit upset if the loser of the pot got 80 k and I won only a fraction beating him.
No usually it goes the bad beat loser gets 50% (syksen in this case) the winner gets 25% and the rest of the table splits the rest.
PS: Lol I love that you just went out and ate like a King, and bought two baller watches that night. Good stuff. Also you're a good man for tipping that dealer 4k haha, s/he just funded a family vacation for a week for that, easy good stuff. Me being a poor college student might have skipped my mind to have tipped the dealer well that night. x.x
PPS: What type of watch is that? Any chance you could link it on here?
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Did her a favor by giving her cash.
The watch are both Movado's, not 100% sure what the model is but I believe the right one is the Serio series and the other the Saphire one.
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Thats so awesome lol, definitely looks like an awesome meal, awesome watches, and the dealer is happy too Congrats again.
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On June 07 2011 19:12 Zlasher wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2011 18:01 Marradron wrote:
How much did you tip the dealer for that ? And did the winner of the hand just win like your 500 ? I'd be bit upset if the loser of the pot got 80 k and I won only a fraction beating him. No usually it goes the bad beat loser gets 50% (syksen in this case) the winner gets 25% and the rest of the table splits the rest. PS: Lol I love that you just went out and ate like a King, and bought two baller watches that night. Good stuff. Also you're a good man for tipping that dealer 4k haha, s/he just funded a family vacation for a week for that, easy good stuff. Me being a poor college student might have skipped my mind to have tipped the dealer well that night. x.x PPS: What type of watch is that? Any chance you could link it on here?
Those are Movado watches.. somewhat expensive for the normal person, but no where near "baller"
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wowowow...sick bbj..
have fun in vegas, guess that dealer was also quite happy :D
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So this is where u been lol grats on the cash :p
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On June 08 2011 21:47 ZoW wrote:
So this is where u been lol grats on the cash :p
Thanks. Should do that TL borgata meetup...
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damn son nice fucking hit!!!
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win 82k, tip dealer 4 Gs
eat luxurious dinner, buy two awesome ass watches
definition of a baller right here
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kevin man baller as fuk dude
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the funny thing is that guy called your button raise with 74 and then was willing to chase at extremely high negative EV on the flop
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also, 5% is pretty standard for tips on huge wins.
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grats!
Good luck in WSOP! Can't wait for possible part 2 !
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Wait, I am a little confused.
I can tell by your description that you had pocket 6s, but what did the BB have?'
Edit: Ohh now I see it. 4/7 of hearts
Damn, he pulled a James bond on you. Straight flush out of f*cking nowhere...
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On June 10 2011 19:27 annul wrote:
the funny thing is that guy called your button raise with 74 and then was willing to chase at extremely high negative EV on the flop
Not really. Game was 5 handed so the call wasn't totally unjustified. Led 20 on flop and he called with open ender so it was completely fine. What a river though 
Going to be posting a new entry shortly with some stories from this past weekend.. pretty sick weekend for that matter.
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PA Sands is in Bethlehem right? I go to school across town (Lehigh) and was wondering how that place was, considering I might spend a little bit of time there once I turn 21.
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The place is not that nice - its basically a casino in a warehouse lol. Comps are shitty atm(i cant even get a free room playing at the $100 min bj tables). the poker games are okay, very soft up to the 5-5 game which is the largest limit they have. Plays more like a 10-25 imo.
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Wicked sick yen, but as a moderator on your stream I am entitled to a cut right?
:D
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EPT
