This time I was at The Venetian for Jennifer Harman’s charity poker tournament benefiting the Nevada SPCA. I happened to be in the neighborhood (seriously) and they offered to buy me in if I told everyone what a wonderful time I had. Uh, so I get to brag to everyone about playing poker in Vegas and I get a post out of it? Well, that plan kinda went to Hell when I busted out of the tournament on the first hand. It’s hard to brag about anything when you do it worse than Carrot Top. Oh, and I walked down a red carpet with a wiener dog, if you haven’t heard that story yet.
I put together a video after the jump; I apologize in advance for using that JXL remix, but really, it’s hard to do a video about Vegas and not use that song. And by the way, Carrot Top actually was there and he was really cool, so I really shouldn’t be ragging on him. More celebs and poker players in the video after the jump.
I did my own camera work there and, let’s be honest, it’s horrible. This makes Cloverfield look like an episode of “I Love Lucy.”
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How were you the short stack on the first hand? When they bought in for you, did they not give you as many chips as the rest of the table?
Also, does the Nevada SCPA have an official position on Nevada Senate candidate Sue Lowden’s proposal that we adopt a chicken-based economy for health care?
I’m trying to decide how I feel about it. Sure, I’d love to try and haggle for a good price with an anesthesiologist — maybe a Guernsey cow and a bushel of wheat? — but at the same time, I’m not so sure the hospital will be supportive.
Those sped up sections made me dizzy. Maybe I’m just still drunk.
The camerawork was still far superior in quality compared to that snuff film you did in Thailand.
Otto, we started the tournament with 20 small blinds (2000 chips @ 25/50). I wasn’t short stacked relative to anyone else, but I didn’t have a lot of fold equity to get out of the hand once I bet pre- and post-flop.
Gotcha. I’ve been there myself.
Commit this to memory: KQ will always fuck you. AQ too.
It was still a stupid all-in, but it gave me more time to run around the floor and chat (and a pathetic story for an icebreaker).
With a play like that you should have picked up Doyle’s Super System II.
Sorry to hear about the Parkinsons…
Punte, you won the moment you got to walk down the red carpet with a wiener dog. Now if it had only been wearing a tuxedo and a top hat.
Way to sum it up in the end. Looked like fun.
Well you suck at Hold ‘Em and cinematography, but you did post a video from the current year, so you have that going for you.
P.S.: Pushing with KQ was dumb but calling your all-in with AK could have been even dumber. First hand of the tourney there’s no way I’m putting you on anything but a set.
How very, very cool. Jennifer Harman was, and still is, my favorite poker chick. I know there are some way hotter, but she just oozes sexy confidence. I’d kill two homeless people for the chance to play a couple of hands with her.
That said, the bad thing about the prevalence of Hold’em poker is that even douche bag D-listers like AJ Soprano think they’re fucking pros now.