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2007 RGP Donkey Starfest Announced

Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

Yes folks, the RGP Donkey Starfest is BACK.

Please feel free to check out the schedule and the rules atwww.LetsBuyPokerStars.com

The first event will be on 3/6/2007.

This is how it will work:

There will be 3 events each week, Tuesday/Thursday/Friday for 4 weeks each month, for a total of 12 events a month, for a total of 3 months.

The top 3 finishers from EACH event get automatically entered into the monthly championship. You cannot sell or transfer your seat if you win more than one, however, it will increase your odds of winning the monthly championship which DOES have a grand prize, thanks to the great people at PokerStars. (Maximum number of possible entrants = 36)

At each of the 3 monthly championships, the final table will win a seat to the Final Championship, which does have an even BETTER grand prize, again, thanks to the great people at PokerStars. (Maximum number of possible entrants = 27)

Read all about it at the website, and let me know if you have any questions. This is an event for RGP'rs but if you know me and because I set them up, tell them Tanya sent you. : )

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I left my heart in San Francisco..

Date: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

...well, not YET, but I will be there this weekend! I land at 1:10pm in San Jose on Friday, and will be staying in Redwood City. Bay 101 is in San Jose and Lucky Chances is in Colma, near San Francisco, so I'll be staying right smack dab in the middle. Found an awesome rental car rate of $15 a day with unlimited milage, so I'm set!!

I've called my baby sister, Corrie, and will be hanging out with her on Pier 39 and doing the touristy stuff on Friday, then head to one of the casinos on Saturday, then the other one on Sunday, leaving me free to do touristy stuff again on Monday and then I come home on Tuesday.

If you want to meet up with me, please email me and I'll exchange cell phone numbers with you. I would hate to miss meeting anyone that lives in the area, so email me NOW!!!

tanya@pecksmedicalbilling.com

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I will be in Vegas Thursday night since I have an early AM flight out on Friday and will therefore be able to hang out with my WPC sisters as they are there for their annual Vegas Outing!!

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Waxing Philosophy

Date: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

I had an interesting dream last night, I won't go into details but when I woke up it left me instantly thinking "When is the line drawn?"

Where do you draw the line on someone being confident and a "go-getter" vs. being selfish and spoiled?

For example, if I say "I deserve better" or "I deserve it" or "I deserve more" am I being confident or am I being selfish? Does it depend on the item/object/subject?

I'm truly puzzled about this and would like others input. My first reaction is, of course, that I'm just being confident and that dammit, I DO deserve it. (Whatever "It" is) but then I looked deeper, or more to the point, I look at how OTHERS would look at it and I'm thinking it might actually come across or appear to be selfish.

How do you draw the line? Where do you draw the line?

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SuperBowl XLI

Date: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

So for some reason, I have made it a habit to turn SuperBowl Sunday into a "big" thing for me. I have made it a point to watch it for the past 6 years, even though I don't watch (for the most part) any football during regular season, except for College.

So, I headed to the store Sunday AM, got the makings for my chili-cheese dip, chips, pretzels, and fixings for a big spaghetti dinner.

Read a book and watched movies until Kick off Time, then decided to go into the kitchen and make a plate of my dip with chips and proceeded to drop the plate on the counter when I heard "...and he's on the 30!!!" coming from the living room from the kick off. Sigh. I did make it into the living room just in time to see him step into the endzone. What a run and I missed it, that sucked. Of course, reruns, but it's just not the same!!

Anywho, my tradition consists mostly of watching the commercials and the halftime show. My favorite halftime show, by far, is Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, I LOVED it! The controversy! The denials! Pulease, it was obviously planned IMO and I'm OK with that as it was meant to cause a reaction and that's what it did, it made my jaw drop down!!

However, I absolutely LOVE Prince and was very eager to see the show. I will admit to being slightly disappointed in the performance, but I think it's because I expected too much, kind of like my first cruise. LOL. I kept waiting for him or one of his twin dancers to slip and fall due to the rain, but amazingly, they kept their balance the entire time. I was also waiting for him to get electrocuted with his guitars, but that didn't happen either. Bummer. Now, THAT would have made for interesting TV, LOL.

Now, my comments on the commercials as posted on ITH:

FIRST POST:

Loved the Blockbuster Mouse one even though I detest Blockbuster and have been running a boycott on them for the past 5 years.

The beard combover was funny at first, then flopped, however I've always enjoyed the Sierra Mist commercials, very funny and cute.

I absolutely loved the Oprah Winfrey/David Letterman promo, anyone who watches David would appreciate that one, I was tickled about it.

There was one that made my heart stop, a truck commercial (Ford, Chevy...who knows??) Where they clock him going from 0-70 in 4 seconds or something, with two doors closing, which he barely makes it through and then has to stop on a dime or go over the edge. The reason why it made my heart stop was because they had a disclaimer at the bottom that actually said "Real test performed" or something to that effect when it's usually "Stunt man on closed course, do not attempt". Only saw it once though, but it made me sit up and pay attention.

All in all, pretty disappointed. I can't even remember ones that I laughed out loud with, except of course the beer commercials (again, what brand...who knows??) bunch of different ones.

Oh, I did LOL to the Taco Bell commercial with the 2 lions and the one trying to teach the other to roll his "R's". LOL

SECOND POST (After darvon posted a link: http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/postseason/superads ):

Thanks for the link, it helped refresh my memory.

1st Quarter:

The Doritos commercial, LOVED it, I was rolling.

The Budweiser Rock, Paper, Scissor, I LOL'd.

The one I mentioned above was the Toyota Tundra: Ramp. Ohhh, good one, but I've always been partial to ones that made me laugh.

Very disappointed in GoDaddy.com, they usually have good ones but this years was hardly racey at all.

2nd Quarter:

Again, the Doritos, very funny.

The Chevy Car Wash was cute to me but because at the very end they show a very old guy wearing a wrestling type underpants only, carrying a guitar, and I met him in Vegas. He's the worlds oldest known male strip dancer. Kinda cool to see him in the commercial.

The Coca Cola Timeline was heartwarming and I liked it due to the significance of the coaching staff in today's event.

All others...>Bleh, but I'll admit I missed the Sierra Mist Hospital one, I probably would have liked that one.

3rd quarter:

The FedEx Shipping one was stupid, IMO.

I liked the Bud LIght Great Apes.

YES! The Taco Bell Lions one, that was the best.

The Bud Light: Movie; "But he has an axe!!" "But he has Bud Light!" that was funny.

Nothing else in that quarter.

4th quarter:

Not a single one. However, I will admit to losing interest in the game, I mean the Bears got slaughtered! (Yes, that's who I was rooting for, I just despise the Colts uniforms, way too ugly to cheer for them) So I started reading again but upon reviewing the website, I still didn't see one I particulary cared for.

Ohhh...not sure what quarter, but the Kevin Federline commercial was HILARIOUS, I love someone who can make fun of their self, shows confidence, IMO, and I never liked him or disliked him before.

So that's it, my SuperBowl report and now it's Monday so back to work!

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Mom Needs Help

Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

As you all know, I live in a rural community, Kingman, Arizona, where we have exactly 10 child care centers in our town. Not only are ALL the centers filled to capacity, but ALL of them have a 1-2 year waiting list for accepting children.

My mother moved to Kingman last year to be near me and my daughter and decided to open her own child care center. She has a BA in Child Development and 20 years of experience in the child care field, including being Regional Director and Center Directors for national child care centers such as KinderCare, La Petite Academy and Children's World. She has opened many centers from the ground up, and all of her centers have been financially successful for the particular company she was working for at the time.

Mom has also designed a currivulum and has written a staff training manual that is currently being used in several centers throughout Arizona. Mom knows her stuff about child care and is a pretty awesome business woman. (Which is probably where I got my business sense from!)

Mom has found the perfect location for her center, and has had it secured since last October, using the past months to do renovations and getting the building up to local firecodes, passing inspections, etc.

During this time frame, Mom has put in over $30K of her own money, but needs 60-80K more to put into the business to get it opened. She had the financing secured before starting the process, but in the 2nd month, it fell through when the investor changed his terms to what was simply unacceptable.

I have been trying to help her secure more funds in the past 2 months, but have been having difficulties in raising the full 80K. We had the idea of finding 4 people to invest 20K each, if we couldn't find 1 person to do the full 80K, and now we're even at the point of thinking about finding 8 people at 10K each in order to get the center open. We already have 2 investors at 10K willing, (not including myself) but only if we get the other 6, obviously.

The biggest attraction that this investment would have is the fact that because we're in a rural community, we have a LOT of DES (Department of Economic Security) children. These are the children that the State of Arizona pays for their child care, due to the economic status of their parents/household.

Due to all the other child care centers being full and having waiting lists, we know that we could open the center with a minimum of 90% occupancy, if not 100%, due to the demand for this service. Of that 90%, at least 80-90% of them would be DES children which means guaranteed income for the center, as the State pays the center directly on a monthly basis.

All offers and terms will be considered. (We'll consider all offers just to get it going/opened since we already have the building and done renovations. We would hate to have to stop and give up when it's so close to opening.)

Alas, the SBA is not cracked up to what's it's suppose to be for and if any of you have dealt with them, then you know what I mean.

Just to let you know, she has an awesome business plan that would make any interested party swoon. (Noooo, I didn't help her do it. LOL)

I am trying my hardest to help Mom realize her dreams, just as she helped me with mine. I'm also trying hard to help her because I'm one of the people who wants to invest in this, I just don't have 80K in my back pocket right now, if you know what I mean.

Email me at tanya@pecksmedicalbilling.com for Mom's contact information, if interested, and if you've gotten this far, thanks for reading!

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Cruise and L.A. Trip Report

Date: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

I'll be honest, not much to really report. I had a great time on the cruise, not much to talk about. After 5 cruises, a cruise is a cruise is a cruise. Stayed in L.A. to do my book research on The Commerce when I got back to dry land.

Few highlights:

1. Met Gary, a friend of Felicia Lee, LOVED him. The boy is like 7'4" or something like that, HUGE, keeps getting asked how tall he is (funny how I can't remember his exact height, but maybe I guessed right), gives great bear hugs.

2. In Aculpulco, found a very cute neighborhood martini bar called "Shake It!" and watched both of the "important" football games last Saturday that resulted in the teams going to the SuperBowl. (Can't remember the dates)

3. Finally won a damn trophy by answering a trivia question right, was trying to win one of those "24 Karat Gold Plastic Trophy" for the whole damn week. The trivia question had to do with Wheel of Fortune, and I love game shows, so was an easy one for me.

4. Got to try out the electronic poker tables, PokerPro or PokerTech or something like that. Decided I do NOT like them. Played on them quite frequently the first few days, but then pretty much left them alone after that, just wasn't interested in them. I don't like them, they have several glitches, no protection against collusion, just BLECH, BLECH.

5. Got really upset one of the last nights when an old guy was just really, REALLY rude and mean to me. Called me names, insulted me, etc etc and all because I sat next to him at 3 Card Poker. Good thing Felicia was there, she calmed me down, but DAMN, why do people have to be rude and treat other fellow human beings like that?? I just don't get it.

6. The Commerce is fantastic, very impressive! I did not know that they are the largest card room in the WORLD. I'll see if any other room claims that while I'm doing further research, but still interesting to know.

7. I did NOT get cut off at The Commerce, although I did get warned for being too loud when I was telling the table the Brandi story and explained quite happily what "POMB" meant. Tee Hee.

I'm home now for a week or so, will probably head to Vegas just for Sunday to watch the SuperBowl in the Diamond Lounge with a few friends that will be there from Phoenix.

I will be leaving for San Jose/San Francisco on 2/9-2/13, I will post a warning on RGP, but if you're in the area and frequent Bay 101 or the other big one (can't think of name) then let me know, I'm meeting people for drinks and/or dinner while there! AND OF COURSE, my sister...you know I couldn't forget you Corrie!!! : )

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My "Stalker"

Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

Yes, it has finally happened. Well, actually, it's been happening for awhile (5 months?) I just never mentioned it before but since I spilled the beans this weekend at ESCARGOT, I figured I would make it public and hope for sympathy votes. (Kidding!)

I don't give out my cell phone number often. Not many people have it. I have given it to several poker players, several people that I've met online from my poker forums, and of course family.

However, the poker players and online people that I give it too are people that I have met in person or was planning the meeting in person (such as prior to BARGE, etc) and people that I feel I "trust" not to be stalkers.

Someone has my cell phone number and it shows up as "Private". Almost every single night, a minimum of 5 times a week, I get a call anywhere from 1-3am from the "stalker". No heavy breathing, no talking, just me saying "Hello?" and then hearing a click 5 seconds later as they hang up on me.

So to my "Stalker":
Please, stop. I'm an approachable person, you CAN talk to me, and I don't understand why the constant need to try and wake me up at 1-3am or for what reason. You don't bother me, you don't scare me, you don't concern me, you simply make me curious.

I was told that I can contact my cell phone company and that they can actually do record searchs and find the name and number of the person that keeps calling as "Private". This will be my next step and at that time, the police will have to be involved, and that's just too much of a hassle, so again, please stop now. Don't make me go through that hassle just to find out who you are, OK?

Thank you very much.

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Traveling Woman

Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

So while I was in L.A. this past weekend, although the main reason was for ESCARGOT, it was also to do the L.A. card room reviews for my book. I only ended up doing one review this past weekend, but knew that I would be back in L.A. next weekend (1/25-1/28) so I will be doing the Commerce and one other one (Hustler? Hollywood Park? I'm undecided) while I'm there I will also play 1-2 events in the LAPC at Commerce.

Thursday (1/18-1/25) I am leaving for a week vacation with some friends, a 7 day Mexican Riviera Carnival cruise and upon my return will be in L.A. for a few days.

I then travel to San Francisco (2/3-2/5??) to review the card rooms up there.

I then travel to Houston, TX so that my daughter can meet her boyfriend under my supervision. (2/14-2/18)

I then travel to Las Vegas for an unofficial ITH meeting where I will finish my Vegas card room reviews. (2/22-2/25)

I then travel to Atlantic City which is also the same weekend as ATLARGE (3/1-3/4).

I then travel on to Foxwoods (3/4-3/7) where I do the last of my card room/casino reviews and come home to finally relax a little before leaving again in April for the WPS cruise (4/22-4/29).

LOTS of traveling and working to do in the next 6-8 weeks, but it will be so worth it when all my work is done and I actually have a book that is published. What an honor that is going to be for me!!

Sooooo, if you are in any of the above places and want to meet, hang out at a card room or casino with me, meet for dinner, meet for a drink, whatever.....let me know! You can email me at tanya@pecksmedicalbilling.com, but if I don't answer right away it's just because I'm not home at the time! : )

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ESCARGOT 2007 Trip Report

Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

Disclaimer: As all my trip reports go, I report to the best of my memory and ability and if I get any facts wrong such as times, dates, or people it's simply due to not taking notes during the trip.

THURSDAY:

Left home early, around 5am and arrived at the front door of The Bike right around 10:30. TRIED to find the hotel that I had booked and went on tilt when I found out that the people who worked at the hotel (Best Western Montebello) couldn't tell North from South and tried to just tell me to "Just go straight...". 40 mins later, I finally found it. So, I checked in and headed over to the Bike where the very first person I ran into was my favorite ADB'r, Peter AKA Foldem. (NICE license plate by the way, and I'm so sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to you, I didn't know you had to leave until it was too late)

My first impressions of The Bike was very good, I had never been to an LA card room before and I was stunned by the amount of tables (120+), the amount of people, the overall "niceness" of the place. I was impressed and liked it very much.

I jumped into the daily "Nooner" that The Bike offers, which I decided has a TERRIBLE structure, 800 chips, blinds start at 10/15 (IIRC) and is simply filled with a bunch of donkeys and wannabes. In other words, I busted out early. Tee Hee.

Thursday's 7:00pm ESCARGOT tourney was 1/2 PLHE, 1/2 PLO. I was pretty happy as I love to play PLO and was looking forward to those rounds. Kyle had other ideas in mind though and ended up busting me on the very first hand with his KK vs my AQ. No, I was not drunk, I just had a bout of BSOD and so therefore, I was able to head over to the regular tourney area and jump into The Bike's daily 7pm 15 mins late.

This is when I decided to have some fun and started drinking just a little, but continously. We get to the final 2 tables (about 100+ entries IMO, but I never asked), and I get a 5 minute penalty after dropping the "F" bomb after finding out that the tournament director cut me off. He obviously did not know who I was!!!

"Where's the cocktail waitress?" - Tanya
Blank stare - TD
"Did you CUT me off??" - Tanya
Pause, then "Um, yeah" - TD
"Are you fucking kidding me?" - Tanya
(Laughter all around, it was a fun table, even the TD laughed)
"OK Tanya, that's 5 minutes for you" - TD
"No problem, can I go to the bar while I'm sitting out?" - Tanya
(Laughter) "I can't stop you" - TD

So I, of course, ran over to the ESCARGOT tournament room to relay the story and to show how indignant I was. No matter what Scottro says, I did NOT "stumble into the room", I was walking quite fine and in fact wasn't even close to being drunk, although I did have a very active buzz going on.

So 5 mins pasts, I go back to the tourney, and about 30-40 mins later, near the bubble, I end up raising in MP, LP moves all in, I instant-call with my AA, he shows his QQ and the Q on the flop sends me home. Sigh.

So, I decided to head across the street to Applebees for a Fried Chicken Salad to go, took it back to my hotel room and fell asleep around 1am.

FRIDAY:

Discovered the baby $40 NLHE tables, where the max buy in is $40, what FUN tables!! I spent a lot of time at these tables over the weekend, even moving up to the $80 NLHE tables at a few points. Didn't really win, but was able to play for awhile with a limited/smaller budget which was nice.

Played the Nooner again, blech, I REALLY don't like their Nooner structure. In other words, I busted out pretty early.

This is the day I did my research on The Bike for my book, so I was busy interviewing, finding out information, etc for a few hours, then I started playing some CHORSEL with the ARG'rs, where I actually got to not only meet but sit next to BJKareoke (sp?) aka Barbara Gallamore. WOW, what a lady. I LOVED her. She was one my favorite people that I met this weekend. She was me 20+ years ago and I will be her 20+ years away. I liked her a lot, tons of spunk, great personality, don't even try to bullshit her, she's got cajones AND brains, loved her.

Got a little sleepy and wanted to take a nap before the 7pm tourney, just a little power nap, I had started drinking pretty early, and my 2nd wind hadn't caught up to me yet. You know you have it good when the Card Room Director not only lets you sleep in his card room, but gives you his leather couch in his office. 45 mins later, I was woken up and raring to go again!

Played in the 7pm ARG event, lord knows what it was, I can't remember and am too lazy to look it up, but again, I did not last long so I headed over to the cash game areas. However, on my way over, I hear music. It appears that the Sushi Bar/Restaurant that is inside The Bike has a DJ that performs every Friday night. Sign me up! So I didn't have to go anywhere, and decided that I would probably save money by just sitting in the bar all night long and dancing vs. playing cash games.

OHHHH, that brings me to a quick point. Drinks are not free in L.A. I did not know this. I did not plan on this (a liquor budget). I was quite bummed. I was able to get quite a few drinks bought for me from local players (They love playing with the "drunk" people) but um yeah, I spent some money on drinks this weekend. Being a Vegas girl, I just wasn't used to this. Ah well...I digress.

So I'm sitting at the Sushi Bar where Slim1Der aka Mark, Omaholic aka Rich and his wife Cheryl join me and while they eat sushi I just listen to the DJ and relax, have a few drinks, etc. Mark ends up leaving to go to bed (2 words: Cannot. Hang.), Rich heads over to the CHORSEL game and I stay at the bar enjoying the music with the other 4 people that were hanging out in there. LOL (Can you say DEAD??) So Cheryl hangs out with me for quite some time, got to know her and I must say Rich lucked out because she is one cool girl. Liked her a lot.

Once the DJ was done (1am or 2am, don't know) Cheryl and I head outside with this guy that I flirted with in the bar (Don't know his name, can't remember, maybe she knows...) to smoke a cigarette. (Oh calm down, I am a flirt, I flirt with everyone and will flirt back with anyone who flirts with me, it's just part of my bubbly personality) Anywho, we go back inside (Cheryl and I) and find out 3 mins later that I lost my purse. It's gone....not in the Sushi bar, not outside, and I had it in the Sushi bar because I paid my bar tab from my purse so it was literally lost within a 10 min timeframe and so then of course, in my mind, stolen would be a better word.

The thing is, I actually had all my money on my person, but the whole idea of cancelling credit cards, getting a new ID, etc, is just SUCH a pain, not to mention the fact that this was my Dior purse that I just bought back in October, so I was mad. Spoke with Security and they started to run the tapes because the floorman said that if they see who took it, they would ban that player from life from the casino.

LUCKY ME when the guy who I was flirting with comes up to me and says that he had been looking for me ever since I went back inside from smoking because I had left my purse outside and pulled my purse out from inside his jacket. (I think he didn't want to be seen carrying a purse, so he kind of "hid" it, LOL). I was SOO thankful, gave him a big hug and felt SO relieved.

Of course, I will admit that I was intoxicated at this point, but for some reason my bar tab inside the Sushi bar was only $37.....I STILL can't figure that out, but whatever....so I looked at Cheryl, said "Help Me" and her and Rich drove me to my hotel where I crashed around 4am, I'm guessing.

SATURDAY:

The ARG tourney started at 11:15am, no problem, I was there by 10:30am and proceeded to play (LHE??? Hmmm, can't remember), didn't do too well again so went over to the cash games and just had fun on the $40 NLHE tables until it was time for the Banquet.

The food was OK, IMO, not much of a selection, but it wasn't bad. Jerrod was our guest speaker and since his talk was mostly about his (and Bill Chen's) new book, he lost me several times as I am just NOT a mathematical person and there were a few times where he started speaking about equations, 9/44 is something I remember distinctly, and he just started losing me. Not his fault, he did fine, it was me, I just wasn't following very good. I do, however, disagree with his and Bill Chen's thoughts that Tourneys and cash games are NOT two different "animals" as most poker players believe. Being that I am a tournament player and not a cash game player, I KNOW they are two different "animals" and just couldn't grasp his concept on why they thought it wasn't. Maybe I'll talk about it with him or Bill one day to better understand their position.

Anywho, after the banquet it was time for Chowaha or however it's spelled....

My first time playing it and it was a BLAST!! We ended up with 13 playing, with Don aka SuperSteamer graciously offering to run the event, and Barry and I graciously did the liquor run. OK, OK, so it was actually Bob, but I thought he looked like a Barry instead so insisted on calling him that and he thought it was funny and laughed every time I did it, so I know I didn't offend him. (Besides, a lot of close friends of mine already know that I have a habit of doing this....I will actually "Re-Name" you and then that's it, your stuck with that name by me, even though it's not your name. Don't ask, it's just one of my quirks)

I ended up getting busted out by Kyle (AGAIN!!!) when my full house got spanked by his STRAIGHT FLUSH. Good grief!!!

Quick lesson of game:

You get 2 hole cards, just like in Hold Em.
There are 3 flops laid out, like so:
XXX

XXX

XXX
A round of betting, then 2 turn cards are laid out, like so:
XXX
X
XXX
X
XXX
A round of betting, then 1 river card is laid out, like so:
XXX
X
XXX X
X
XXX
The trick is you have to use both hole cards and then the flop, turn and river that you use has to be connected. That's all I can say, if you don't get it, sorry!!

So after Chowaha was over (damn, am I even spelling that right??) We started playing a game that Rich aka Omaholic invented called Slomaha. FUN. GAME. Everyone who played loved it! You start with 6 cards, then you discard 1 after the flop, then 1 after the turn, leaving you with 4 cards in your hand, and you then play the game like normal Omaha by the time the river card is produced. It was great fun.

We also played some Chinese poker before we started the Chowaha, I started but then Rich took over for me when I ran to the liquor store and ended up winning us $14!!

By the way, everyone who tried the Hypnotiq loved it. It's good, you should buy a bottle and try it yourself!!

Party ends around 1-2am and I head to my hotel room where I enjoy another drink before hitting the hay.

SUNDAY:

ARG tourney starts at 12, it's NLHE, I actually lasted longer in this even then the others, but ended up getting busted by Scottro when he had KK and I had QQ. I know he would have NEVER have forgiven me if I had sucked out on him, as he was at my table the whole time and literally only played 3 hands in 3 hours, but it was QQ!!! He actually moved all in after an UTG raise, and I thought he was overbetting to protect a 1010 or JJ so I really didn't hesitate too much or put him on KK or AA once I saw my QQ, I knew I was going. He had me covered, so I was out.

At this point, just went over to play some $40 NLHE, but then we started a CHORBSEL game (Crazy Pineapple, LHE, Omaha H/L, Razz, Badugi, Stud, Stud H/L, 5 card Low Ball 1 draw), played that for several hours until the game broke up.

Slim1Der ended up in 9th place, you GO Mark!! So although he was planning on leaving for home Sunday afternoon (San Diego??) he didn't get out until about 5-6pm, and then with no money to boot, LOL. (sorry Mark. : )

Said our goodbyes to ARG'rs as they were leaving, then said goodbye to our game as once it broke up, that was it! No more ARG'rs left in the building!!!

Except for me that is, I knew I wasn't leaving for home until Monday afternoon so I decided to stay and play some $80 NLHE and drink! Had to stop drinking at 2am (damn CA laws) and ended up leaving The Bike around 4:30am, slept for 5 hours, then woke up and drove home!!

All in all, a great trip. Nothing compared to BARGE or even ATLARGE, but I wouldn't miss it again. I always have a great time at the ARG events. This was my 3rd official one, and I will be attending ATLARGE again coming up in March and would highly recommend anyone and everyone coming. You may not like or get along with EVERYONE but you will like and get along with MOST, and that's good enough for me!!

I enjoyed the staff at The Bike, found them all very nice and plenty of them. Although not enough cocktail waitresses, or they were just too slow for me, but I loved the floormen, the card room directors, etc. Nice group of people that really seemed to WANT us there which was pretty cool since they obviously didn't NEED us there.

On a final note, it has been stated that I have been trying too hard to become an ADB'r this was my comment to that on the BARGE list today:

"Let the record show, that while I have made it known in the past that I would like to be an ADB'r, I've given up on actively seeking membership as it would take years anyways, and if people really think that when I go to ARG events I'm deliberatly drinking WHAT I drink, WHEN I drink, then you really don't know me.

I live life to the fullest, I enjoy drinking, and I can handle more than most normal beings can, and I don't get hung over, so why not?

Anywho, I did discuss this at ESCARGOT with a few people about the exclusive "ADB" club and how it's just not as important as it was for me to "belong" as it was before BARGE. Hmmmm, maybe it's because I actually got to know a couple of them better. (wink wink)"

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ESCARGOT 2007

Date: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

Yes folks, it's that time again, another -ARG event, which means, you guessed it, another fantastic poker/gambling/alcohol/what-not trip report due upon my return.

I figured out you all were right and just pure poker blog is boring as hell and that's not how my blog became popular, so why stop a good thing now?

I leave tomorrow, Thursday, for Los Angeles, planning on arriving in time to play The Bike's noon tourney. I'll be staying at a hotel that is literally 2.1 miles away from the card room, which should make it a snap coming and going and since I'm driving, I'll have my car with me. However, taxi's are the way I'll be rolling after drinking.

I'm SO looking forward to seeing my RGP friends, am happy about who's going, sad about who's not going, but I will make it a fun time again for myself, and anyone who chooses to hang with me. On a lesser scale than BARGE I've heard, but not with Tanya in da house!!!

I'll be home on Monday with the glorious trip report. At least, it better be glorious, I'm expecting some serious fun over the next 4 days! : )

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1/4/06 $300/$20 $150K PS Guaranteed

Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 Women Internet Live Tournament

Well, just got back today from Vegas and apparantly someone (don't know if he wants to be named, so I won't for now) who regularly backs me emailed me and wanted to back me in tonights $320 $150K guaranteed event on PS, since he's been doing so well in cash games. OK, sure, sign me up!

Since this is getting back to poker mode blog now, I decided to keep myself busy and blog my tourney, just like I used to do in the old days. I will only document hands I actually play. Enjoy and GL me!! : )

731 players, 2500T starting chips, 90 get paid, 1st = $48,903.90

Level 1: 10/20 blinds, 2500T Stack

9Kos BB, button raises, I fold.

9Aos SB, all fold to me, I raise 3x, BB folds.

KdQd LP, all fold to me, I raise 3x, all fold behind.

AcQc BB, one limper in EP, caller in LP, button calls, SB folds, I raise to 160 total, 1st 2 limpers call, button folds. Flop is 7c,K,K; we all check. Turn is 8c, I bet 225 (1/2 pot), one caller. River is 3s, I check he bets $560, I fold.

79os in SB, I fold.

As10s UTG +1, I raise 3x, guy in LP reraises another 165, I decide to call to see the flop. 9, 6, 6 is the flop, I check, he bets $325 I fold.

67os BB, LP raises 3x, sb calls, I call for 60. Flop 3,9,Q. The blinds check, LP bets, we fold.

Level 2: 15/30 blinds, 1825T Stack.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 26 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 3 times while in big blind (66%)
- 0 out of 3 times while in small blind (0%)
- 1 out of 20 times in other positions (5%)
- a total of 3 out of 26 (11%)

28os SB, I fold.

88 MP, a raise in front of me to 90 (horryclutch, good player), I call. Flop is Q, 5, 9. He checks, I check. Turn is 7, he bets 150, I call. River is 2, he bets 390, I call. He shows KQ and I lose.

910os SB, 1 limper, mini raised to 60, I call 45, BB calls, limper calls. Flop is A,3,K. Sigh. I check, it's bet from the miniraiser and I fold.

VERY next hand, JJ on the button, LP (horryclutch again) raises in front of me to 90, I reraise to 330, all fold.

Qc5c in BB, 2 limpers then LP mini raises, I call as does the limpers. Flop comes 6,9,J. I check, all check behind me, mini raiser best mini, Button calls, I fold. Good thing too as one of the first limpers check raises 300 more, LOL.

29os SB, I fold.

Level 3: 25/50 blinds, 1165T chips.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 46 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 5 times while in big blind (60%)
- 1 out of 5 times while in small blind (20%)
- 2 out of 36 times in other positions (5%)
- a total of 6 out of 46 (13%)

AJos EP, UTG raises to 150 (horryclutch) I call, LP reraises another 250, everyone else folds, I call. Flop is Q,2,6. I check, he checks. Turn is 8. I check, he bets out 400, I fold. At765 now. Sigh.

A8os BB, raised to 200 with 1 caller so I fold. Flop was 7,9,K. One day, I will hit a flop, I swear.

28os SB, I fold. 690 in chips.

10Kos LP, 1 limper, I limp as well, as does button and BB. Flop is 8,J,Q. All check to me, I bet 150, Button mini raises me, 1 other caller, I decide to move all in. Mini raiser pushes all in, other caller folds, He shows JJ and I catch a 9 on the river. Finally, a damn hand, back up to 1805.

33 EP, I limp, as does 2 others and the blinds. Flop is 5,6,K; checked around. Turn is 3. BB bets 200, I raise to 500, all fold, he calls. River is 7, BB bets out 200 again, I just call and he shows 2,4 for the turned straight, down to 1055 now.

46os BB, all in raise from EP, 280 to call, I have to fold, sorry RGP. ; )

58 SB, I fold.

KQos LP, 1 limper, horryclutch raises to 200, (he's just so damn aggressive) I push all in with 980. I'm tired of horryclutchs aggression. All fold, he calls with 6,6. Flop is 10,8,5. Turn 2, River 2 and I'm out. Didn't even make it to the first break.

OK, criticisms welcomed, just don't be too harsh. ; )

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Happy Holidays!!

Date: Thu, Dec 28, 2006 Women Internet Live Tournament

I know I didn't post over the Christmas holiday, but with so much going on and so many different little things to do, it didn't seem worth it to put another "to do" item on my list.

However, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and spent the holiday with loved ones, as I did.

The New Years has come upon us and also my 2 year blog anniversary has come and gone. Amazing how time flies and amazing how many readers I've acquired and what the blog as resulted in from the point I started it. I basically started it just to talk about poker, but found it a tremendous source to also release my thoughts, ideas, problems, good news, etc. However, I have also come to realize the negative things that can come from posting my personal life on the web in blog format.

As many readers might have noticed, I've started to refrain from adding more personal details on my blog as it finally dawned on me (OK, OK, it was pointed out to me...) that by me putting my personal information on my blog, that it may not only affect me, but also affects my loved ones and that's not fair to them.

Therefore, my blog New Year's resolution is to get back to the purpose of the blog which was to talk about poker, and specifically, my poker playing. This will be my last blog entry of the year and starting in 2007, will turn back more into a poker blog and less of a personal blog. I know that may be heartbreaking to some as I know there are some readers who have loved the escapades that I've written about, and that some readers like to live vicariously through me, but alas, the time has come to stop all of that, so stopping is what I will be doing.

It will be kind of hard not relating details of my life, such as my family, my business, the new store, etc, but hopefully my readers will simply wish me well and hope things go extremely well for me, as I do for you, in this upcoming new year.

Happy New Year and see you soon in a poker context only!!

Love,
T

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Gorgeous Diamond Ring for Sale

Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 Women Internet Live Tournament

From appraisal:

"One lady's custom made cast 14k white gold reverse tapered five stone ring measuring approximately 3.4-6.65mm in width, with rounded shank and squared central four claw setting containing: one round brilliant cut diamond....0.79ct, SI2 clarity, G-H (apparent) colour, class 2b make....."

Appraised in Canada when the dollar was weak at $8,100 retail. Looking to sell it for $3K, OBO.

Pictures of ring and appraisal are available if you are interested, email me at tanya at pecks medical billing dot com.

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And the weeks go by....

Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 Women Internet Live Tournament

Lorrie, this post is for you. : )

My darling sister Lorrie has been pressuring me, DEMANDING me to post more often and then I get an email this AM from her twin, Corrie, telling me the same damn thing....so here it is.

The store is going quite well, in terms of new businesses. They say that most new businesses fail and that it takes 6-12 months to get out of the red. Well, we're doing better then that, we're breaking even. However, being the ever so optimistic person that I am, I set the bar (mentally) WAY HIGH and so have been having feelings of disappointment, even though I know we're doing better then we should be doing, as a new business.

9 days until Christmas, and one week left for shopping so we decided to saturate the air with commercials on two different radio stations in hopes that we can get a lot of last minute shoppers in the store next week and next weekend and have a slamming end of the month in sales! We shall see how it goes, and I will report back, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

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My daddy is coming to visit me this weekend! He'll only be here Sat-Sun, but I haven't seen him in awhile so it will be great to visit with him. I'm making him go with me to one of my clients Christmas party, which is always a fun time, so it should be a great visit!

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Cherissa and I were going to spend Christmas in Las Vegas, but we decided to stay home instead, it's cheaper. : )

We both discussed how there's really not much we need or want, but I was able to find a few things for her that I'm sure she'll enjoy and she'll have Grandpa or Grandma take her shopping to get a few things for me so that we at least have something under our 3 ft fake tree. LOL

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So that's about it, just working and working and trying to "Do It" and make it in the world and in life. Rough bumps in the past few weeks, but I'm resiliant and I always get over my bad moods pretty quickly when I have them.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

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