the 45 of spades

 normally this wouldnt be nearly enough for a blog post, but theres nothing much to write about unless u want me to write about seeing the dentist and spending well over $1600 tuesday, and besides this post is long overdue. 

as far as seeing the dentist goes, Ray rented a car again so we would be able to go and of course, as ive told everyone hundreds of times in previous blogs, the dentist will not do IV sedation unless u have someone with u who can drive u home. and watch over u the rest of the day once u get home. and there was so much work we found in an xray and exam needing done that they also filled a tooth that day, and i have another 2-3 cavities that should be done in the next couple months or so if i dont want them getting worse and also they suggest a good deep cleaning needs done. so i did more than just have one tooth removed tuesday.

and i hope im not eating too aggressively to avoid getting dry socket but ive never had it yet in my life. 

we have both won money since coming to Houston, but my expenses are so incredibly high. with what ive spent on food, ubers, car rental fees, replacing phones and buying phones, buying chargers, normal bills, airbnbs, dentists, etc ive spent at least $4500 or so since leaving deadwood and ive won about $2500 or more since then too. but it goes out a little quicker than it comes in. 

i could possibly stay where i am if i had more money, the lady in the rental office could give me a 3 month lease if i prepaid and passed a records and eviction check even with poor credit. but it wouldnt be the unit off airbnb it would be a normal unit 100 percent unfurnished with absolutely nothing in it and the airbnb unit has everything needed, dishes, and a ton of furniture, towels, everything u need and is why its about 600-800 more per month than renting the usual way. 

well i was playing tonight and getting tired and i hadnt had much to play and was ahead 50 or so a couple times but most of the time i wasnt and i was ready to go home and eat and get online. But then again, i had less than 1 percent of my roll on the table, and i dont usually quit unless im either ahead, or am down more than 1 percent. i was only in the game for $160 at the time.

had it up to 223, and was down to about 180 or so at the time of this hand. and that was the most i was ever up. and i seen the flop for the $6 straddle along with a few others. flop comes 3,6,K with 2 diamonds. so im sitting there with an open end straight draw. and the guy in seat 2 bets $30 and a guy calls, and so do i. i cant shove and try to get fold equity with my tight image because if a flush draw calls with 2 cards to come i cant beat any. 

turn comes 9 of clubs and he bets again, other guy calls and i call, wondering if the other guy is drawing for the flush. river comes 10 of spades. so i have nothing and they both check and i shove my stack out of frustration and boredom, thinking i cant win a check and my fold equity should be good for something when i play no hands. you know how they say u must give action to get action? totally not true, for i constantly get action when i give none. the guy in seat 2 folds, like i thought he might but then the other guy calls and he has KQ. wtf didnt he raise the flop or turn? hes letting others draw cheap. bad play in my opinion. he isnt trapping or he would bet the river the second the guy checks. 

i dont think i should check, and give up with nothing but 5 high no pair, especially as much as is in the pot. 

i rebought and eventually an hour later during a bomb pot i won a pot and left over 200 up. i used to hate those but then i discovered i can get a big edge only playing them in very late position. like the button or next to it. and u cant hardly play anything in houston, holdem or omaha without bomb pots in all the cardrooms now. wasnt that way when i left town.

in the bomb pots they put 5 in and the flop is dealt, with 2 boards. and its omaha. i had nothing but 3489. and the top is 67K and the bottom is 326 or something close to it. 

everyone checked the flop so i got a free look and the dealer put another 6 on top and another 3 on the bottom. a guy bets $25 and a few call and i did too though thats a loose call. i had just won a pot and i do not remember what with, but i wasnt sure if i was up because id lost track of how much i was in for. i thought i might have been up 100 or more though. 

river comes 4 on bottom for 33344 and 5 on top for 9 high straight. guy checks, new guy bets 65 who i think is young and too aggressive and down a bit and often loses though he tries to win. and the loosest player is allin for $85. i shove well over 400 and get the one guy out and the guy who bet 65 thinks and then calls. he has a boat on top but certainly not the nuts and we split because my boat is good on the bottom, and the guy who made it 85 has none of the pot. had the other guy folded and not called the other 400 i couldve scooped the pot. was it right to shove?

Houston poker

 well me and Ray have been in Houston over a week, and i must say we are both winning. not every time of course, but overall, and we have a decent airbnb in which to live. i still would like to see us buy an old used car, but $225 a week (with poor credit) is too much to rent a car all the time, but it will be needed for next weeks dentist appt and a trip to coushatta to pick up a ton of free play over NYE weekend. 

i took him around to quite a few different casinos, including some ive never visited since i had a car. one place had a PLO8 game id never got to play and we both won over $300 in it, but that game only goes once per week and its way outside of town. he likes the fact the bus up and down Gessner, Richmond, and westheimer is so convenient. he was surprised at how easy the omaha games are to win it, and how big Houston is and how close everything is as far as things like banks and stores. 

and then i had to get a much better phone too and a good battery for charging it. ive spent a ton of money since i arrived here from deadwood. and ive got a lot more to spend. still will need a car again in the future, the dental work next week and then possibly renewing an apt for 3 more months. 

Ray thinks this airbnb is one of the nicest places he has ever stayed in, since everything in it is completely furnished. see we get to use their dishes, etc. a lot of kitchen supplies, etc. its easy to build money when he cant play nothing but poker instead of machines which is why he never had a roll. 

say to say my mother has covid, which means my son in the group home he lives in since they took over guardianship of him from my mother against his and her will, will not be able to see her for christmas. her being close to 80 has me a little worried about her health but its been going on 18-19 days and she has not been in the hospital because the doctor said she was ok as long as it wasnt affecting her lungs or breathing any. she never did get a chance to see the eye doctor which was so important because of it and the lady who was taking her is the one who unknowingly gave her the virus. 

but of course if u read her facebook, she still would never touch the vaccine. those things are not good and the stuff they put in them is unproven. it changes peoples DNA. and Bill Gates is evil. she still thinks Trump will win in congress, but i dont think there are enough non Rinos in congress to fight enough and i fear a Biden administration though mom believes no way in hell will Biden ever become president. 

i worry that tooth is causing issues, so ill be glad it will be removed finally. shouldve had it done in March along with the other tooth when it was suggested. same dentist as then.

well its good to be out of deadwood with most of the profit still.

 yes im glad i finally had a trip where i didnt lose money while i was in deadwood. and i made it out with over $10k in profit still. and i still got $28700 and the most i had while still in deadwood was $31700. and not all the money was lost, some of it was spent on airfare, transportation fees, hotels, etc. and i also won some money today playing poker. over $300 between 3 places in total. 

in fact i won so much money at the DMG, when i went to check into my hotel room where i had 4 free nights earned for the month of december, along with $600 in free play. so i ran into Tyler the main boss who had been on vacation and he told me that i was the last one he would give a free room too and id been beating up so bad on the VBJ, the owner of the casino didnt want me in there no more. so now that the Bullock is the only remaining decent VBJ (except on thrusdays in the silverado) but its hard to tell when it shuffles and i lost about $2500 there before leaving deadwood. i was also up to $50 a week in free play at the silverado too. 

first time ive ever been thrown out for winning too much on a video BJ machine, live BJ yes, but not recently. i never do anymore because in live BJ i do so much to make my play look like martingaling instead of counting, i never win and always lose. so theyre fooled. not that it helps when i never win in live BJ.

that is a very small casino with no business and i took them for about 10k in a little over a month. quite a big loss for them. and Bill Potts claims since Tyler hated him so much and called the police on him, he mightve done it since he knew we were friends. 

so i spent a day in rapid city in a hotel for a very low rate ($41 including tax at fairfield marriott). and that way i easily made it to the airport to fly to texas at a much lower price than i wouldve otherwise. 

now i hate to say this, because i DO NOT HAVE THE VIRUS. but while on the plane into dallas, i started to feel chills, a big fever, and that i was going to throw up and i barely avoided doing so. i felt so ill (and i didnt at all before i got on the plane) that i had half a mind to get off in dallas instead of boarding my next flight. but the next flight was such a short distance and i had already paid over $400 for a nonrefundable hotel for a week in another city so i couldnt really remain in dallas though i didnt feel like getting on another plane. Ray said it mightve been motion sickness or something i ate. 

i was feeling far less feverish on the second flight and was almost at my destination and it was dark on the plane and i think the guy beside me was sleeping. i was in the window seat, and i had a bag of dirty clothes in a carryon bag away from to the outside of my suitcase that was being valeted on the jet stream bridge to pick up as i got off the plane. 

when all of sudden shortly before landing i felt a violent urge to throw up i couldnt hold back and i did inside my mask and my mouth felt awful, so i quickly wiped it in the dark as clean as possible with a dirty shirt and put on a second mask i thankfully had in my coat pocket since id grabbed two masks. and stuffed them back into my bag. i know the lady in the row ahead of me heard me because she stayed behind to get off last to tell the attendant and i dont think the guy beside me ever realized it, or maybe he thought i only gagged or coughed. i wonder if american airlines will not let me fly in the future, but i wasnt feeling sick when i first boarded the flight, only en flight. and it wasnt the virus.

the way i know its not the virus is i went to my hotel in an uber, and got checked in as quick as possible, but never had to vomit again, and fell into a deep sleep. when i woke up i felt fine and they checked my temperature today when i went to play poker and i had no fever. so it had to have been motion sickness or something i ate. no more diarrhea either today. never felt a bit sick since. 

what would u do if u felt sick halfway thru the trip? i wouldnt had nowhere to stay in dallas, and id been out all the money i paid on a nonrefundable hotel reservation in houston. plus Ray had already bought his ticket to houston and is arriving monday so i sure couldnt stay in dallas. not only would i have lost over $400 i paid for a hotel in houston, id also been out a second plane fare to houston later on. no way could i have not got on that final plane. only a millionaire couldve let it go and got to a hotel immediately. 

when Ray gets here i hope i can talk him into renting a car if i pay for it. ill need to set him up with a bankroll of $1000 too. he has no money. i just worry now that he no longer has good credit, even with a big cash deposit they wont let him rent a car. am i right or wrong? my money will quickly go down because i need to pay for a lot longer hotel than just the week i paid too.