Coles Notes: >= 6 forumers invaded Woodbine!
I was undecided between Fallsview, Woodbine and the rake-free home cash game. First I had to drop off a summer camp application for my kid - woo-hoo, more time for poker! >:D Unfortunately, the rake-free game did not get enough interest and I had been driving east, so I decided to continue to "Woodstock" as my wife calls it. Whenever I
asthma wife if it's OK to go out, she shouts, "Are you going to donate money playing pokeher at Woodstock again?" :rolleyes:
When I was near Woodstock, I realized that I did not have enough cash to properly play 2/5 or 5/5 since I had given away my cash to several people at Casino Rama on Monday, so I first had to find my bank ATM to withdraw my maximum daily limit. Unlike Fallsview when it took three hours to get a seat the last time I was there, :rage: it wasn't long after I went to the cashier and washroom that I was seated.
I recognized garryc from playing with the Chinguacousy Hill group years ago. I also said hi to samcanada & another forumer. I later heard somebody seated in the waiting area saying to somebody signing in, "The wait list is too long, you're too old to make it!" I can only think of one person that prehistoric - our beloved mod! The last couple of times compuease has gone there has been to follow soon after me so he must have invented a GPS :fish: Finder.
After losing my first buy-in, I heard the announcement of the next player for an open seat, "GTA Poker for 1/2, GTA Poker." I said to myself, "WTF, didn't he retire from poker??" I walked over to compuease's table to ask where this
GTA clone is seated, then I can ask him if he has any furniture that needs moving so he can steak me.
The forumers were originally in four separate tables, but I noticed that they had all converged to
GTA's table, probably using compuease's :fish: Finder. Rumour has it that this
GTA can't even spell pokeher. After he beat villain's nut flush, he shouted, "BAM!" which woke me up. My luck also changed for the better, and asked the forumers if they wanted to go for a meal break. When
GTA agreed to sit out, everybody in the table was mad at me! With his :fish: Finder useless for the moment, compuease joined us.
We checked out the "newly renovated" Willows Dining Room.
There was a $28 buffet available, but none of us were that hungry and I always have food waiting for me at home. Since
GTA refused to steak me, I had to settle for ordering New York Sirloin Stake with "Natural Jus." I asked WTF is Natural Jus, and
GTA replied that it was special juice that came from the chef. :-\
Anyway, I give the stake with the chef's Jus thumbs up! :-[ The bill came but I forgot to scam them with the
Credit Card Roulette trick. We went back to the Poker Lounge, but there were 20 players on every waiting list with all 11 tables full. Another big difference vs. human dealt tables is that the players at Woodbine bust twice as fast. With a busto player leaving and muttering "This site is rigged!" :bs: every few minutes, it takes much faster than at Fallsview for 20 waiting players to get seated.
Like pokerJAH, I get paranoid walking around with a lot of cash in my wallet so I decided to leave enough money in the electronic account for a max buy-in. garryc left with a decent win too, so we walked together towards the parking lot as each other's security guard.
Hopefully, the other forumers there will reply with their Woodbine experience. When I got home, my wife was already by the door with her hand out. I handed her my wallet to show my winnings. She retorted, "But how much did you lose?" :rolleyes2: