Thanks stick-

I used to play at Colusa way way back when it first opened, back in my Chico State days, but recently it went to a full $4 drop on every hand, and the first time I raised pre-flop, was not called (as unlikely as that seems at Colusa, it happened. Once.) and the rake was taken, I racked up. Up until this year, they raked 10% to $3. The rule board still advertises 10% to $3. It was BS. The play there is horrendous, that much is true. IIRC Erik Lindgren got his start and built his roll at Colusa Casino.

I played a tournament at Colusa late last year, and damn, I learned a very valuable lesson (this before I discovered BTP, of course). Buy-in was $68. After first break, blinds jumped from 400/800 to 1000/2000!!! Not a single player had 10x BB after break. It made for a crapshoot, no skill needed. Same with the 2/4 NL with $100 max buy-in (rake $5 ). Who needs post flop skill when you will push any reasonable flop when buy in is capped at 25 BB.

I played once in Modesto and the Sportsmen's Club, some little joint way out McHenery north of town, but the rake worse than Colusa (raked $5 at 2/4 iirc.) Turlock Poker Room has a decent game going, but they also rake uncalled bets pre-flop, which just gets on my nerves. There is a 10/20 LO8 game in Oakdale that looks promising, but I have yet to sit down in it. Pretty sad that when it comes down to the best places to play in Central/Northern California, the computer at home looks best more often than not. If you want to see a good effort at reviews of California poker rooms, check out http://poker.wikia.com/wiki/Casinos:California

Jackson Rancheria still rakes at 10% to $3. Downside? - 3 hour wait on Friday afternoon is considered short. After all, they are the only casino anywhere close that allows 18 year olds.

To those who posted here recently, thank you for following.

Jus-
My favorite golem was Rabbi Loew's in Prague. No way I am deactivating my golem just because it kills a few anti-semites though. I placed a stone on his grave. And yes, a midwinter poker hanukah bender sounds fun.

TPFKAFMF (The Poster Formerly Known as Flopmyflush) -
Way to take my line out of context. Killing gentiles with a torah is pretty much indispensable to any dream involving Xaston.

TG1 -
God those players are awful. Capping pf with A3o and raising on the come with a gutter and an overcard? Bring it on. I hope to report back here tomorrow that I ran up a $500 win today. I would love whatever notes you have. Instead of RB I got a 150% bonus to $150 that clears at 12 POP/$1 rather than standard 100% to $100 clearing at 15 POP/$1. I also got a $25 free play three team parly in the sportsbook. If I like the network, I'll get RB on another skin. Time and a half payment on the bonus clearing in 80% of normal time was too good to pass up.

Kuso-
I have a 9 in front of my name. I assumed it was because I signed up on the Nine Poker skin. I imagine that mostly whores use that skin, while those that come from sportsbooks use some other skin. I just assume whores to be weak-tight until proven otherwise.

Nevermind

Brief mid-day update:

Nine Poker players killed - 3.
Time it took - 15 minutes.
Winning 300 in 15 minutes at 4/8 Limit (single table) - priceless.

I know. It always makes me laugh to read my drunken posts. The problem is finding them. I knew I posted something in someone's journal, so I had to check most of them just to find it.

Played yesterday, and the ho-hum doldrums continue. OK, so I didn't lose, but I played against several remarkably bad players (and at least two quite capable players) for several hours at 4/8 and I made $11. I played some 2/4 and finished up $60, and some 3/6 for -$19. Not a losing day, but nothing spectacular for the 4+ hours I put in, especially in that 4/8 game - I was stuck $140 at one point in that game, so I guess I shouldn't complain. . . .

I saw something yesterday that I am not sure that I have ever seen before. There was a guy throwing the biggest chip spewing party I have ever seen. He would move between 3/6 and 10/20, up and down, spewing chips as he went. He played every hand for a raise, and rarely folded before showdown. As this guy moved table to table, no less than 4 other players followed him. If he sat out, those guys would sit out and wait for him to move or sit back in. I followed them around the site to watch (I only sat with him at 3/6, and not for very long), and this guy dumped over 1k in 2 hours. Of course, I was a net loser to him , and had to make up that money elsewhere.

My brother is safely back on terra firma. Good to have you home sir.