EdmondDantes says

"A well-oiled machine"? I think what Lake meant was the entire time he was up here from LA, I was covered with dirt and grease.

You made a great impression, Lake. Sucking out on the regulars on the FT bubble, running up a monstrous bar tab, howling at security when they'd try to hustle you off the floor. I should post some of the surveillance video, just for laughs. But then Tater and Landlord would be on the next bus out...

03/15/08

brad2002tj says

I'll be out there in August, hopefully will get Edmond to rig the game for me too.

03/16/08

Mr_Taterhead says

Sounds like you all have some live ones on the left coast.

Yeh must be good to have the games rigged for you.

03/17/08

lakeoffire says

If Ed does have a say in the cards that come out he must not like me too much...5th place? Ed?

03/17/08

Landlord79 says

I'd definitely like to see Yosemite and Sequoia NP's, too bad my wife isn't into the big parks or even poker. =(

Nice trip report though.

03/26/08

lakeoffire says

Thanks, Landlord. I'll send u pics of me and my wife playing poker in the National Parks :)

03/29/08

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I spent the last few days in Fresno visiting Ed (aka the Rake, Bugsy, Moe Green) and had a great time. I don't write many trip reports for fear my literary talents will be discovered and The New Yorker will try to retain me. I don't write for money, only for the love of ruining perfectly good sentences...here it goes.

While I was there, I placed 5th in the nightly rebuy tournament (about 70 runners) which was alot of fun. I noticed people really like second pair and will call to the river. I was let in cheap constantly by min-raisers off my button or blinds and continually demolished the flop, which led to many new friends :(...AA no good sir. At the final table I was CL when this little gem came up. UTG min-raises and I look down at JJ. I push, MP pushes, and UTG calls with plenty of chips to wait for a better hand. MP shows AJ and UTG turns over Q10 (wtf). Runner, runner flush and JJ < Q10 (He told me he "had a feeling"; itmade me feel much better about his Nostradamus-like call). I was promptly dispatched with A8 the very next hand, but I really did have a great time.

"The Rake" has the casino is running like a well-oiled machine. The room is large, comfortable and very busy. They offer everything from 1/2 to 15/30 limit and 1/1 to 2/5 and up NL. The dealers are friendly (most are pretty) which helps when I am folding alot. I didn't see any big mistakes in the three days I played there. I did notice that some players really disliked being trapped...oops. I only waited about 15 min for 1/1 NL and 2/2 NL.

The food is great with American and Asian dishes to choose from. The wait staff were very friendly (maybe cause I was with Edmond), but it seemed the waitresses were familiar with everyone. The whole casino has a more welcoming feel now.

If any of you guys are planning a trip to Club One let me know I will try to meet you there. It's worth the trip. You can go to Yosemite during the day or Sequoia National Park and play poker all night. Sounds great to me, Cya there.