ive never had my bankroll (means the same thing as net worth) over $64,000. (unless u consider the fact that 40-50k was worth more in the early 2010s than $64k is today.) at least it seems like it was, considering how much less expensive rent was then, hotel costs, Uber costs, and food costs.
Of course a lot of that was because i would waste so much money on poor payback video poker machines and poor payback video BJ machines.
--------this blog, which is long overdue, i started composing a couple weeks or so ago when i was still at Choctaw and was at the high water mark of 64,300. ----i am now no longer in choctaw or at the high water mark. i still have over 60k at least.
i was on my way to Tulsa and was going to visit some poker rooms ive never seen before. so the first place i went after leaving Choctaw was the Grand resort in Shawnee OK which has a poker room thats only open 4 days a week. the first day i came the 1-2 NL had no open seats but i got immediate seating in a private game that usually accepts anyone. it was a $500 min buy PLO game. and i thought i would lose my ass in it but somehow i made $263 in it right before it broke. that was a good comeback after being stuck $500 at one time.
the next morning i made sure to be one of the first 9 to get seated, otherwise its a long wait because of an hours promotion going on. and the game here is quite loose way better game than u would find in choctaw or riverwind for 1-2 NL. ive won over 300 3 different times in the 1-2 NL here.
they do the right thing here by using Poker Atlas instead of Bravo. its a shame all the rooms in OK dont use them instead of bravo. made it a little easier to sign the list before the poker room opens.
2 big fans of mine on twitter i didnt know from Adam, (that is his real name) also happened to be in a different casino nearby, saw my tweet and drove about 40 miles to come see if they could find me in the poker room.
at first i was told i wouldnt be able to keep my room til sunday and have to check out but at the last second she managed to find availability at the hotel desk so that solves a big problem no other hotels nearby and i would like to avoid Uber fees. plus the poker rate at $59 weekdays and $79 weekends is quite reasonable.
and the slot machine promotion is 5-11pm tues wed and thurs. earn 100 slot points and get $50 in free play. well considering that is only $600 thru the video blackjack machine which is 3-2 and stands on 17, thats a really good deal. the expected loss would be under $4
once i hit Tulsa, thats when ill get a place with a large size fridge longer term and finally have a microwave and access to a laundry room again. the smart idea would be to prepay a couple months rent before anything happens to this money and also spend a little on a doctor for bloodwork and maybe some other things that need done.
at least PLO will exist a little more often in Tulsa than it does here or choctaw, but not nearly as much as in TCH dallas.
------2nd wait for the blog and next update--------
im actually in Tulsa now and in a hotel room with a laundry room a few doors down the hall, but one of the washers was not working so i couldnt do both loads at the same time, and im currently drying the first load out of the washer, and washing the 2nd load. luckily i still had exactly 2 detergent packs left in my suitcase. i hope the dryer works good. am returning to the laundry room at 1053am this morning to find out. there are 2 dryers and only 1 washer because the other one is listed as out of service. granted there is probably more laundry rooms on other guest floors if i have too many issues. also they either made u pay with a credit card or scan a code which ive never known how to do so i just inserted my bank of america card and i got it to work.
shame there is no candlewood suites here there is one but its way out in owassa way too far away. those are much nicer because they offer FREE laundry. also my hotel i took a good brand but their rooms here are kind of shitty. didnt include the silverware for some reason like it always does and no in room safe.
the Uber fares are quite a bit more than i thought they would be here, and they also have Lyft which is sometimes a little less.
also the VBJ (and live BJ options) really suck in Tulsa. there is 1 live BJ with free ante 3 days a week in the place way up north. but not at the 2 casinos with live poker. and one of the casinos offers no VBJ at all (except even money bar top kind, no doubling or splits allowed) and the other casino only offers VBJ at 6-5 on casino wizard. granted both games do have video roulette and craps but u dont even get any points. way way different than both shawnee and choctaw.
and of course no 24 hour poker really sucks too.
at least last nights 1-2 PLO game was decent. i liked being able to min buy only 100 and not having to bring it in for 5. of course almost every hand was either a $5 button straddle or a $5 UTG straddle (which surprisingly took priority over the button) so it was rare u could call $2. and Tulsa does not have bomb pots at either casino.
although the game started off $100-500 buyin, it quickly became much larger. u see, they allow match the stack and after the first hand, one guy tripled up his $500 and 2 others lost their whole $500 stack. and then both them rebought for quite a bit and a few other players added another $1000.
i played about 5 hours and left dead tired. but i managed to fix my sleep hours. woke up today about 9am instead of waking up at 1 or 2am. im looking forward to the Thursday night 1-2 pot limit hilow game. the host has my phone number now and said it goes thursday evening. but then another player the next day in the high game said that it wouldnt go. but the 10-20 high low goes either 2 or 3 times a week.
yesterday on monday, the game started at 6pm. and all this is at the river spirit casino not the hard rock. surprisingly enough the hard rock here isnt connected to the other hard rocks, which have combined all the players cards.
i was going to use this 60k to get into a place longer term and though ive not added up my roll in about 10 days now, im estimating it to be between 60,500 and 61,000. so ive still got a decent amount to work with. i dont like the fact my hotel has no in room safe, like they normally would, but i did put $4000 of the money in the bank of america atm yesterday. i need to go do the same with wells fargo.
ill try to start waking up and going to the casino in the afternoons to play in the evening PLO game at times or the 11am big 0 hilow game. sad to say the game i want to play wont be at the same time every day. there is also an hours promotion here too. if u get in 100 hours of play in march u get $10 an hour. put in 50 hours of play and get $5 an hour, and also various other amount in between, such as $8 an hour for 80 hours. its a real shame i tired out too much to play long hours anymore. also if i get way up i dont want to either.
i noticed my free play for April at choctaw somehow got reduced to $200 a week from $250 a week, but granted i dont know if ill be nearby there to even pick it up now.
and ive still got the number of an Uber driver or 2 here or in Shawnee willing to drive long distances if i need a ride. also my room is huge. includes 2 beds and also a seperate living area. plenty of space for more people. Lightning and Ray should come visit.
