more of this and that
i had my first loss here in atlantic city this week but it was small, 48 dollars. i just felt it was not my day and got up and left even though the game was okay and i was playing well. sometimes i feel it getting away from me and i am almost always correct and it is better to leave with just a small loss than to stay and burn off a couple of hundred. i will tell you though, if i played every week in atlantic city in the 1-2 i would make over 50k per year. it is not quite day and night as compared to las vegas but it is damn close; the regular players in vegas are much better and the tourists, because a good number of them play in california, are not quite as stupid as they are here. here we get a lot of young kids who suffer from the "way too much tv" syndrome. if you don't know what i mean you don't play poker and watch it on tv. these kids try to play live games as they see pros play tournament but they don't factor in the escalating blind structure which changes the game totally.
shows here (i am a comic after all) have been okay except for one, none great but most good. i always have worse shows here than in vegas or in any road club. the audiences are not all that bright and they don't have the attentions span of a gnat. do i sound bitter?
it could be either kansas or missouri in the national title game in college football and, i tell you, no one in the country could have forseen this. neither of these teams have ever, to my knowledge, had a powerhouse football team. kansas is a basketball school and missouri is a perpetual also-ran. congratulations to both programs.
i have recieved several really nice letters on the hrshock address from fans over the past two weeks. it is so nice to hear from you, it makes me remember, as rhonda says, why i do what i do. i don't want to get so wrapped up in poker and the writing of this book to let my comedy go to the wayside. while i think i would and will enjoy speaking at colleges i have come to the conclusion that my main talent is on the comedy stage and i will continue to work, just not as much.
oh well, gotta go. see you on down the road
shows here (i am a comic after all) have been okay except for one, none great but most good. i always have worse shows here than in vegas or in any road club. the audiences are not all that bright and they don't have the attentions span of a gnat. do i sound bitter?
it could be either kansas or missouri in the national title game in college football and, i tell you, no one in the country could have forseen this. neither of these teams have ever, to my knowledge, had a powerhouse football team. kansas is a basketball school and missouri is a perpetual also-ran. congratulations to both programs.
i have recieved several really nice letters on the hrshock address from fans over the past two weeks. it is so nice to hear from you, it makes me remember, as rhonda says, why i do what i do. i don't want to get so wrapped up in poker and the writing of this book to let my comedy go to the wayside. while i think i would and will enjoy speaking at colleges i have come to the conclusion that my main talent is on the comedy stage and i will continue to work, just not as much.
oh well, gotta go. see you on down the road
posted by Ron Shock | 5:04 PM
5 Comments:
Well, Ronno-Here's an indication of your talent as a comic. Yesterday, you popped up on Sirius RawDog doing the "Ball Shrinking Cold" bit. I listened, and practically repeated the bit word for word, knowing it as well as I do. I knew EXACTLY what you were going to say, and that did not stop me from laughing my ass off in a big way. Not chuckle-chuckle-smile, but big-ass laffs. Your stuff doesn't age. Peace,SM
Good going in AC.
What poker rooms do you recommend in Vegas?
There have to be games as good in Vegas as in AC with so much choice. Please tell where you play.
Jim
jim,
i play at mandalay bay and have for years. it probably is not as loose as some of the other rooms but i have always felt comfortable there and win there. the mgm has a good room for the 1-2 and the trop in vegas has a very loose game but the room is small and the games are not always on.
a friend of mine plays at several places and claims that she has found a room that is just great but hasn't told me where...maybe the stratosphere.
nowhere in vegas will you find games as loose and stupid as here in atlantic city but one can hope.
I come to Vegas every few weeks to play poker.
Venetian, CP, Mirage, bellagio full of local sharks, but Venetian 2-4 game excellent.
Wynn, TI 1-3 game very good.
Not been to MGM.
Mandalay not so good anymore, no more 2-4 games, way tight with unfriendly staff.
Luxor and Excalibur very good.
I think you can find games as good as AC.
i have a friend here who suggests that i try other rooms. as long as i continue winning at a room, i stay there but may look into some other rooms this week. the venetian is close to my house so may take a look at it. excaliber, the last time i was there, had only a 100 max buy in for their n.l. game.
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