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Hello Everyone, My name is Brennon and I've been playing poker for 5 years and I live in Ohio. Wow that made me feel like an alcoholic at an AA meeting. Anyway, I met CalifNaughti through another forum and she was nice enough to stake me in a few sit n gos and inform me about this site.

Anyway, on to my story. I wanted to play in a live tournament in my area, but I didn't have the necessary bankroll to do so. Luckily I sold 10 shares of myself in this tournament and was able to play. This is the final trip report from that tournament, Cali requested that I post it here.



WARNING WARNING WARNING

WAY LONG, DON'T READ


I'm gonna go ahead and post a whole update with all major hands I played. So I bought in, got my chips and took my assigned seat. I sat down next too a guy who I will call "Ipod" because of his rather annoying habit of having his Ipod on and not listening/following the action and us having to remind him. This is the discussion that followed.

Him: Bullshit, they allow the check and raise move here.
Me: Yea, So?
Him: Well it is normally a gentleman's agreement not to check and
raise, that is a dirty move.
Me: (Phil Ivey WTF Face) What?
Him: Yea, the check raise is dirty and uncalled for it can get you shot.
Me: It's part of poker.
Him: Not real poker sonny.
Me: LOL

He called me sonny, awesome, the old fart who thinks that real poker is played without check-raises just called me sonny.

So the game begins 40 players registered, 5 tables 8 each to start. My table is a very very loose passive table, lots of limp/calling and normally around 4-5 people see the flop! Most players who bet or raised would only bet or raise the minimum, I seriously for a minute was confused as to whether or not it was limit poker. There were only two semi-decent players at my table. Sweet I figure I'm gonna have an easy time here. First hand I play is about 10 hands in to the first level.

I get AKo UTG and make it 200 to go (25/50 Blinds).
UTG +1 Calls.
All Else Fold
Flop AK3 rainbow. I bet 375 into the 475 pot. He min raises to 750 and I shove. He only had 800 more and called with 33.
He holds up and I am down to 600 chips.

Now because it was still semi-early in the first blind level I didn't want to use my shove, have to use my rebuy and be stuck shortstacked when the blinds got pretty high before the break. I held on and grinded it out and got my stack back up to 1600 when the following hand came up. blinds 100/200. I am in middle position and it folds around to me. I shove from MP with AQand it folds around to the BB who also happens to be my mother. This wonderful conversation took place.

Mom: Honey you know I hate decisions like this.
Me: LOL
Mom: Ugh, such a tough decision
Me: LOL
Mom: Oh well, its too good to fold
Me: Oh Shi....

Now if you have ever played poker with my mom you would know she is way to tight especially in later stages, so when she called I assumed the worst. Luckily she had KQ and no miracle king for her and she was out. She tells me that she is disowning me because I knocked her out, yada yada yada.

Me: I love you mom, will you still cook me dinner?
Mom: (Already out of the building smoking a cigarette)

She only had 1200 in chips so I am sitting on 2900 and stay about there by picking up the blinds once every rotation. I'm chilling out waiting for a spot to double with about 5 minutes left till break.

Ipod limps utg and 3 other limpers. I wake up OTB with QQ completely content on taking the blinds and going into the break/add on period with 5k. Ipod gives a whole speech about how he hates his hand and he has played it (Insert ludicrous number here) times and never won with it. He eventually calls and flips AK.

Board comes
2 5 7 J

Ipod: Ace Dealer

River: Ace

Ipod: Thank You, Sorry Kiddo.

Whatever I lost a race, it stung that it was on the river, but whatever. I get my rebuy of 2500 chips with about enough time for one or two more hands. To my excitement I wake up with Aces the very next hand, looking at a pot with two people already all in. I instacall, hold up against the Jacks and AK and the round ends with me sitting on 6700 in chips. I add on for 2500 more making my total stack 9200 with 300/600 blinds after the break. SWEET! I'm actually in pretty good position to do some damage after the break.

During the break I made the stupid fucking mistake of getting into a discussion of politics with the players at the table. The topic of discussion was Bill being Hillary's running mate if (won't happen) she wins the nomination. I as well as a few other players thought it was a very high probability. Then Ipod chimes in.

Ipod: Bill cant be elected as vice president.
Me: Yes he can.
Ipod: Constitution wont allow it, he has served two terms as
president
Me: Constitution says you cannot be elected as president of the
U.S. for more than two terms, it says nothing about being
president for two terms and then running again as a vice
presidential candidate.
Ipod: Well what if Hillary dies, what happens then? He cant be
elected president again can he.
Me: He wouldn't be getting elected as president again would he? No
he would be furfilling his role as vice president ASSUMING the
role as president of the U.S. if anything were ever to happen to
Hillary.
Ipod: Ha, you don't know anything, you are just a kid.

Now normally, someone calling me a kid, or sonny, or anything like that doesn't upset me. However, I become very upset when I am told that I don't know anything by and old fart who doesn't even know what the constitution of his united states says. At this point I actually had to walk outside before I started to get upset with the guy. See the event had a no swearing policy and when I get upset I tend to swear, so I didn't want to have to serve any penalties.

I come back as the next round is starting and take my place. Tables were condense so there are two new players at my table, but they suck just as much as the last two did. Lots of limping with 10 and less big blind stacks, you know expert plays, level infinity thinking. The following hand comes up.

I am in the BB with 8600 and my 600 blind in the pot. I have AQ
Ipod Limps from MP. Ipod has me covered.
Rest of table folds
I make it 1400 more, total of 2k.
Ipod calls.
Flop AQ9
I check, going for the extra dirty, check and raise play, hoping with every fiber of my being he doesn't think we are playing "real poker" and pull out a gun and shoot me.
Ipod Bets 600.
I laugh and shove my last 7200 in there, 6600 more to Ipod.

Ipod thinks for a while, asks 4 times how much it is. Counts out the chips. 3 times during this minute that he is thinking, he acts as if he is going to fold. At this point I know he is fairly weak and want him to call obv so I can be rich. I call a clock on him. Not only to try and tilt him into calling, but also because we are on short fucking levels and its live play. I cant have this fuck eating 1/5 of my whole level time limit while deciding if he wants to call with his mediocre holdings. He gives a little speech, really didn't pay much attention to what he said and he calls. I ask him what he has, he says he doesn't have to show and he doesn't
Turn J
River 5

I show my AQ and look at him, he sits there for 15 seconds, looks at his cards, my cards and the board. I go to scoop the pot as he hasn't showed any interest in it when he finally flips and shows JJ for three Jacks.

Now everything that has happened. Up until this point, and then the slowroll/suckout combo kinda got under my skin and let it get to me. The last thing I said before I left was "That wasn't fucking called for."

I just guess its good so that I didn't have any chips so that the Jesus crew couldn't give me a time out for swearing.

All in all I feel that I played excellent poker and just got very unlucky in the end. I feel that my player reading abilities have gotten much better as I was able to start to pick up on how weak/strong a player was by his gestures. It was an awesome experience and I thank everyone who gave me a shot and showed support. I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with some money to fill your pockets to show you how grateful I really am.

great story...but....a president that has fulfilled his 2 elected terms ( except in time of war ) cant serve as vice president.

The 12th amendment of the US Constitution specifically says that “…But
no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall
be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

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lol, donkaments. JJ!!! HAHAHAHAHA

That's pretty sick. Good story, can we have another one like that please?

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I really enjoyed reading this post regarding everything that happened to him during the live tournament. I had a non stop smile on my face the entire reading it. I think it should be published in a magazine its so good. Im sorry you didnt win Fildy, I was one of your backers and was rooting for you the whole time...but you sitting next to that guy just made me laugh..the banter between the both of was so entertaining! We have so many great writers here at the forum!! Im glad to see one of you guys wrote about an experiance.

I wish you would write more stories like this!! Good luck in your next live game Fildy

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CalifNaughti - PokerStars

Kind of ironic how your conversation with ipod begins by him tellin you that you can be shot for checkraising and ends with him doing the one thing in poker to you that can get you shot right away. Ipod= classless mope, terrible luck fildy u get them next time.

I thought the same thing gimme..which is what makes this story do good! I wasnt sure anyone else would catch that but me! Excellent story!

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CalifNaughti - PokerStars

Yes, this amendment is saying no person, under 35, not legal U.S. citizen....etc.
This line you quoted here is talking about something in the previous part of the constitution, it wasn't until later that it was stated and added as an amendment, that someone served two terms as president could not be elected as president again, it says nothing about them being appointed president and it says nothing about this making them constitutionally ineligible to run.

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