Forum: Brick and Mortar
05-29-2009, 01:13 AM
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Views: 1,387 I got stung at Club One
Two months ago, I made a vow to this community that I’d post more frequently. I haven’t, and it haunts me. I could argue that managing a card room in this economy is all-consuming—it is—but I’d...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-03-2009, 07:43 PM
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Views: 79 Mine That Bird - "To slow to be a factor..."
God help me, I love an upset and the 135th Kentucky Derby delivered. Now I'm not a ponies man, but at Club One Casino in Fresno (http://www.clubonecasino.com/), we have a satellite wagering facility...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-04-2009, 10:02 PM
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Forum: General Discussion
03-04-2009, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 435 The first rule of jackpots...
...is that you don't talk about ones that haven't hit in awhile. No sooner had I hit Save Changes on my prior post when some guy with quad 9s crushed quad 4s on a 2/2 NL table. The cage is now...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-03-2009, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 137 'Round the Horn!
Ok, I’ve got my first year of card room ownership and management behind me, and other than my own permanent liver damage and my staff’s inability to add a column of numbers, it's been a blast. We've...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-28-2008, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 368 Easy money, IMO
This Sunday, the Patriots will begin their two month march to redemption with a savage beat on Roethlisberger and his band of pretenders. From there, they'll have four easy games (Seattle, Oakland,...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-24-2008, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 597 Long time lurker
In the mid-1900s, Abraham Maslow put forth a theory of human psychology in which he hypothesized that humans have a pyramid of needs—a “needs hierarchy” in his terms. Put simply, he said that before...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-03-2008, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: General Discussion
10-21-2008, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 327 |
Forum: General Discussion
10-21-2008, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 316 |
Forum: Strategy and Analysis
10-20-2008, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 623 |
Forum: General Discussion
10-19-2008, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,191 A little love for live poker...
Fewer...
A little love for live poker...
Fewer players but more horrible. You can't argue that!
Food delivered to you and you can pay with chips! Try paying the Dominos dude with a Full Tilt transfer....
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Forum: General Discussion
10-12-2008, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: General Discussion
10-11-2008, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 468 El Polo Loco
Free at last
Regular readers will be relieved to know that I’ve been released from the Bavarian prison and am now back in Fresno where I belong. Most of the allegations surrounding
my recent...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-04-2008, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: General Discussion
10-03-2008, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 539 That pretty much holds for life. With the...
That pretty much holds for life. With the exception of Tiger Woods, however much a bad-ass you are, there's someone somewhere who can kick your ass. Avoid sitting at the table with him. Profit.
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Forum: General Discussion
09-22-2008, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 535 Wilkommen to Stalag Gut Ising!
He said
At present, I’m being held against my will in a small prison thinly disguised as a lakeside resort in Bavaria in southern Germany. I came here without a struggle thinking I was arriving...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-22-2008, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 379 Henry Z. Steinway, 1915-2008
It's off-topic but I thought it might be of interest for some.
http://www.steinway.com/_pages/henry/img/hzs-1915-2008.jpg
Last Thursday, Henry Z. Steinway passed away at his home in Manhattan...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-13-2008, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 895 A pilgrim returns
I intended to post this as soon as I landed back in the states but upon returning, I got sucked into the black hole I know as Club One operations. ED
Homeward Bound
At present, I’m sitting in...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-02-2008, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,352 |
Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-30-2008, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,164 |
Forum: General Discussion
08-28-2008, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 577 |
Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-25-2008, 10:57 PM
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Views: 1,164 Central Valley Poker Championships Recap - Part 1
An apology of sorts
I used to pride myself on timely reporting of my poker exploits—the CA State Poker Championships, the Commerce Free-roll, Super Bowl Sunday at the Mirage—but the ownership gig...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-14-2008, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 526 |
Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-12-2008, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,177 Detox
I'm still trying to shake off the toxic residual of the week-long assault on the Fresno poker community and our staff, but overall, I think the First Annual CVPC was a success worthy of repeat. When...
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