Playing with Organized Crime!

I wanted today to be a short day since I felt very emotional still from last week. I was not in the mood to grind it out at all...



As I was playing in seat 8, I started chit chatting with one of the regulars who noticed that I win very often. He is a man that we will call Ron (not is real name) that is in his late 50's yet you can tell has been in the gambling business for a long time. When you first see Ron, you can sort of tell that the man was very wealthy at one point in his life...so what was he doing playing 2-4 everyday...



Anyhow, curious to learn a little more about Ron, I asked what he did for a living. He responded by saying that he used to be in the jewelry business but now is retired. Well I thought to myself, that kind of explains it...but I still felt something was missing. So I probed some more and got a little of a response when I asked if he liked betting on sports. He responded by saying its a long story. I joked back by saying "we got a lot of time..."



Its amazing that when decent players notice other decent players, they kind of bond. Well I can tell Ron kind of bonded with me and he proceeded to tell me a pretty lengthy story about how he used to be a big sports better, but soon found out that he can make sure money by taking other peoples bets. He later moved up in the "bookie ladder" and soon was in charge of a major operation in Northern California in the early 90's for about 2 years. The authorities soon caught up with Ron and raided his office. The trial lasted for four years and after Ron made a deal with the DA by giving up some of the bosses (he called them something different that I can't remember), he only got 3 years of probation. The down side was that he lost everything and had 2 felonies attached to his record. The felonies had prevented Ron from getting a decent job and the trial and lawyer fees pretty much ate up his nest egg.



Now, Ron just tries to get by with social security and playing 2-4 to pass time...



Wow what an interesting story!



I ended up getting my aces cracked (which wins $100 today) in the middle of that story and found myself up $98. I played to my button and decided to get take off early. I played my free slots and ended up getting nothing at all...



Back on home I decided to jump on Full Tilt and play a few tourneys:



Full Tilt starting balance - $7.99



I wanted to play some regular SNG today's so I can stay fresh and not rely on the matrix...



$2.25 NL Hold'em SNG 9 players



First NL tourney in a while and it showed. I ended up being too aggressive from probably playing too much limit hold'em at the reservation. Lucky for me, I was able to get it together by the middle of the tourney and finished 2nd for $5.40. Yeah!



$2.25 Omaha High SNG 9 players



Yea, I messed up again and sat in a Omaha high only tourney instead of the hi/lo game I know and love. I actually threw away half my chips on the first hand after I flopped nut low...since nut low does not pay anything in this game 800 of my $1500 chips went bye-bye. I was able to get most of it back, but then when I flopped a set of jacks, and a player goes all-in with a gut shot straight, it was curtains for me as I finished 5th.

Full Tilt Ending balance - $8.87