That chat comment is horrible, yet I can't stop laughing.

OK, the trip report.

First thing on the agenda was to get ready for the Iowa/PSU game. We flew in to Pittsburgh Friday and headed to ... Altoona? Closest hotel we could get and we learned that PSU home game weekend hotel reservations need to be made two years in advance, not two months. So we stayed at a hotel there and went to some generic sports bar and watched baseball and hockey games there, and ate and drank.

Saturday am, we went to tailgate at Beaver Stadium. Drinking, games, grilling, etc. Good times -- PSU fans are a fun group. Definitely recommend it to other visitors. Anyway, went to the game -- stadium is nice and we had tickets 15 rows up on the 30 yard line or so, behind the Hawkeyes. It was hot, but the sun went behind the stands in the first quarter, so that was a relief. Iowa sucks, and that wasn't a relief.

Western Pennsylvania is beautiful, BTW. Take the scenic route (allow a lot of time).

So after watching Penn State pound Iowa for the better part of a day, we left the stadium and embarked on a trip back to Pittsburgh. We stopped at a random Arby's along the way around 10 PM, and learned that good help must be hard to find in the hills. ("3rd Manager's comment to the girl-who-looked-like-she'd-been-shot-in-the-head-but-hadn't-when-she-hadn't-taken-any-of-the-15-people-in-lines'-orders: "If you ain't takin' orders, at least fill some!")

Naturally, none of the 15 of us had a properly-filled order within 30 minutes' time. But we met some more nice people and had a good time with it. We rolled through some really hilly country on a back road, and got into Pittsburgh around midnight, and watched the front-desk manager argue with some random worker there for about 15 minutes about where the roll-away beds were. Again with the bad help. That, too, was an interesting study in worker/manager incompetence.

Anyway, we get up early, I go for a run (they have this shit in Pittsburgh called "hills" that are unfamilar to me here), and head to "Station Square" then hop on the ferry, cross the river, head to "Ugly" and get a snack before the game. We sat in teh north end zone for the game, which you can imagine, was the hottest place in the stadium. Through a mild case of heat stroke, I manage to witness total Steeler domination.

We go back to Station Square via the ferry, then back to the hotel, shower and go out to another sports bar and watch Packers lose. More worker incompetence there, but not worth mentioning at this point. There was a Primanti's two door down from our hotel, but we didn't get to eat there. Which is a shame, because it was on my to-do list.

All in all, Beaver Stadium and Heinz Field are great football venues, the fans are great, and we had a good time.

Awesome trip report. Glad you had a good time.

Now suck on this, jerkies! Let's play a game of hangman:

Don't _____ a call sta_ion.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3809196557: $14,000 Guarantee (28503737), Table 41 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:08:19 ET - 2007/10/10
Seat 1: jpcycle (4,170)
Seat 2: gigharbor101 (19,340)
Seat 4: Vertigo Jones (6,050)
Seat 5: SAhelix (2,660)
Seat 6: vancity emcee (8,895)
jpcycle posts the small blind of 60
gigharbor101 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #6
SportsShooter sits down
SportsShooter adds 12,785
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Vertigo Jones has 15 seconds left to act
Vertigo Jones raises to 300
SAhelix folds
vancity emcee folds
jpcycle calls 240
gigharbor101 folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 3h 4d]
jpcycle checks
Vertigo Jones has 15 seconds left to act
Vertigo Jones bets 500
jpcycle calls 500
*** TURN *** [8h 3h 4d] [6s]
jpcycle checks
Vertigo Jones has 15 seconds left to act
Vertigo Jones bets 1,000
jpcycle calls 1,000
*** RIVER *** [8h 3h 4d 6s] [6c]
jpcycle bets 2,370, and is all in
Vertigo Jones has 15 seconds left to act
Vertigo Jones has requested TIME
Vertigo Jones calls 2,370
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jpcycle shows [Qh Kh] a pair of Sixes
Vertigo Jones shows [As 9s] a pair of Sixes
Vertigo Jones wins the pot (8,460) with a pair of Sixes
jpcycle stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,460 | Rake 0
Board: [8h 3h 4d 6s 6c]
Seat 1: jpcycle (small blind) showed [Qh Kh] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: gigharbor101 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Vertigo Jones showed [As 9s] and won (8,460) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 5: SAhelix didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: vancity emcee (button) didn't bet (folded)

Don't bluff a call station?

back to my stupid questions...

I've never played at a casino, do I have to bring my own chip rack or does the casino give you one to carry around?

More important question, Who just owns a chip rack?

god, reading the Bad Beat forum is like being in Junior High...

waa, I had pocket deuces and the board paired twice and both pairs are higher than my pocket pair, villain sucked out by holding AJ suited.

f**king crybabies. that isn't a bad beat.

good point, but my question still stands. Does the casino provide you a way to carry your chips or is that your responsibility?

*sheepishly raises hand*

ooo wait my son, wait till you are chip leader in a 5k 1st place tourney and it happens 3 out of 5 hands and you are out. Don't underestimate pokers ability to drive you insane or it will send you to the looney bin.

awesome report glad you had a good time

central PA is way more beautiful than western so I'm glad you got to travel east to Altoona and State College

yes there are soooooooooo many peaks and valleys so running is rough

hope u venture back

you mean like you bluffing me off a $30 pot with a Ace high when I held the flush? no idea what you're talking about going looney.

you own more than one, I think that was the point - I would hopefully need more than one rack if I played well.

yeah the casino's provide then.

I am super bored...I have been at the office for 2 hours, my boss isn't in today and she forgot to give me work yesterday. I'm thinking 3/4 working day, go home and play some poker online.

when are other poker sites going to have Mac OS software? I'd like to at least check out other sites.

I think Fulltilt is the only game in Mac land.

No kidding right... on the rare occasion I suffer a real bad beat... like a perfect runner runner... and I feel like posting it, afterwards I go in and flame all the people who cry about losing their 70/30's.

I as well am bored at work, not because there isn't anything to do but because I am a lazy useless poker player

what hours do you work now? same as me right (7-3)? We should play heads up after work sometimes, I need to work on my game and taking you down a peg or two in the process.

lol anytime sunshine... I am working 8:30 to 5 but it varys to 8:00 to 4:30 or 9 to 5:30... but either way I am out pretty early. I am down in Brigham Circle kind of near where you live.

Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and

Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there

should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and

absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.

The poker room skins (hollywood poker, etc) all run with Java, but they outright banned US players for real money.

yeah well I wasn't supposed to be able to open a real money account on Full Tilt but that happened.



stupid government - actually can someone edumacate me on this issue? Why can't I gamble if I want to? Is this because gambling isn't legal in every state so there's no regulation for online play?

excellent, will hit you up sometime - can either do it at my place or yours, whatever works. Probably not this week since I'm hosting the game on Saturday (you're still in RIGHT?), payday next Friday as well so maybe friday afternoon?

Full Tilt accepts US players...

how can FT accept but others can't??? also before I could put money into my account via my CC but now it won't let me, any info about that? If I can play real money on FT, shouldn't I be able to put money into my account by the same means I did when I signed up?

Your CC company has stopped letting Americans use them for online poker. It's not the site, I just got money on Tilt yesterday using a CC

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

the ultimate in evolution...

They haven't figured out a way to tax it yet, when they do you'll be able to play without restrictions. But while you wait feel free to blow every penny on the state lottery, dog racing or the ponies.

would I have to call them to verify this? I find it odd because it's my check card so it's not really a CC.

you aren't going to be able to, if you want I can transfer you some money on tilt and give me cash on Saturday?

Sigh... it's a shame so many people think you can't play poker online in the US anymore. There are soooo many more potential fish out there that would skyrocket my BR if they knew they could put their "skills to the test" online.

US players can get into the following sites to my knowledge:

Absolute Poker
Ultimate Bet
Full Tilt Poker
Pokerstars
Any Prima Poker skin (Crazy Poker, Pokertime)
Carbon Poker

and of course my fav fishpool:
BODOG

I'm sure I missed a few as well... but those are the ones worth playing in.

one more post to 8000 make it good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nah, not a big deal - I would rather double up through a donkey. good lookin out though!

thanks for the heads up. It would have come and gone without a thread for Zach to lock up.

Weak showing today, thread.

Everyone quick, go do something crazy tonight so tomorrow's BAW thread is poppin with great stories

Random Thought of the Day:

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

I am SOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOORED...I've been at work for 3 and a half hours and have almost nothing to work on (so I'm pacing myself). I'd go home now but I have a 4 hour meeting at 1pm...lucky me.

Maryland police plan no-candy signs

Wed Oct 10, 11:53 PM ET

To discourage contact with children, some registered sex offenders in Maryland will be asked to post signs at their homes that say "No Candy at This Residence," on Halloween.

For the second straight year, parole and probation agents plan to team with local police to dissuade sex offenders who are not allowed to have contact with children from participating in the holiday.

"We actually print out the signs for the offenders and hand them to them," said Elizabeth Bartholomew, a spokeswoman for the Division of Parole and Probation. "We expect them to post the signs."

The program is based on similar initiatives in other states. Last year, no sex offenders in Maryland violated their parole or probation, Bartholomew said.

The effort is particularly intense in Baltimore, home to more than 200 offenders who are barred from contact with children.

In addition to the signs, all such offenders have been advised in a letter to stay home from 6 p.m. on Halloween until the next morning, leave their lights off and refuse to answer their doors.

Offenders can arrange with their parole or probation officers to be elsewhere that night, and accommodations can be made for offenders who abide by the restrictions but don't want to post the signs, Bartholomew said.

"There will be some houses where it's a sex offender's house and there's not a 'No Candy' sign posted, but in all those instances, someone will be going to the house to make sure the right thing is happening at that house," Bartholomew said.

Several states, including Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, Virginia and Texas, ban registered sex offenders from handing out candy on Halloween, going to kids' parties, or being on the streets.

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Sign at my house:

No Candy in Residence

(try the van in the driveway)

http://hunch.se/stuff/free_candy.jpg

I'm left handed.

Dammit.

Heh. That made me laugh.

I got a couple awesome text messages last night.

I have a friend that's in Las Vegas for some work-related thing. She's very, very attractive. She texted me from a club last night with, "Do you know Jimmy D & Jamie Gold?" I told her that I know who Jamie Gold is, of course, but not Jimmy D. She responded, "he says hi". Of course, I followed up with a couple questions, but she didn't respond so I didn't think twice about it.

Well, this morning she called me and told me she met them at the club and they were really drunk and this Jimmy D came up to her and asked her if she knew who he was. She said no. He told her she must not watch much TV and asked if she had ever heard of ESPN. He told her he was a big time poker player that had won a huge tournament last year. That's when she texted me and responded to him, "Yeah, he knows Jamie but he doesn't know who the **** you are". The guy told her I must not follow poker closely (which is crazy because I'm an abolute TV poker geek). She said Jamie was nice and that the other guy kept talking about how big a poker star they both were and how much money they each won last year.

I needed to know who this poker supernova celebrity was, so I looked him up:

http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles...m-dambrosio.htm

That's my vicarious brush with poker greatness, people.

I knew you were evil.

Jealous much?

From the sounds of it, I'm pretty sure I'd like this dude a lot.

Good Friday All,

Random Thought:

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

Cute.

On a serious side note... why is it they don't do this at a convicted murder's residence? Friggin retarded honestly. Take a wizz in public and be banned from society for life...

FF question:

Need to start 2 of the 3 receivers: Engram, V Jackson, G Jennings