So, we are going to Foxwoods in May
 

Our resident degenerate Man of Means recently wrote up a little trip report that reminded me of how much free time I'll have in May. I suspect others--those who are in the academy in some form or other, or are unemployed degenerates (in the most affectionate sense possible)--will have some free time as well. And what better way to spend that time then playing some live poker side-by-side (not literally at the same table, of course) with 2p2ers?

Come to Foxwoods and experience "the wonder of it all" with us. To be honest, Foxwoods is gimmicky as hell and kind of looks like a giant shopping mall populated by a mix of degenerates and retirees (cf. BigBadBabar's descriptions of old women hooked up to oxygen tanks still playing penny slots (and getting cash)). The restaurants and hotels are all somewhat overpriced. But, really, who cares about any of that? We're going to go and have a great time getting our gamb00l and our drank (spelling intentional) on sometime in May.

Below are the dates that I'm available. Post here with dates, names, photos, etc. that might be useful for a Foxwoods meetup. You should also say how long you're interested in staying.

I could conceivably go the 13th for just a day trip if that's what people want, or anytime the 16th through 22nd as a one or two day thing.

[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],
Doc

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lawl TehPokarKing and I are going at least once and probably more than that. Ship the sherbert please.

group hotel rate will be cheap, and the games are sick soft. noobs, this is your chance to bust out and party with some micros legends (or something).

speak now and speak up.

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This is too soon for me. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
My fiancee aint gonna let me go transatlantic until I net $20k from poker.
I'm going to get there within the next year, I promise. So May of next year perhaps? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Yeah, I'm pretty much going to try to go every time I have more than one day off in a row (which will hopefully happen several times in May) and am certainly looking for an opportunity to debut my whale shorts.

So yeah, it would be a pretty big honor to play and party w/ BBB, DrM and myself, we're a pretty big deal. Later.

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how come you guys don't have a cool group name like the ship it holla ballahs? Basically I'm asking why you suck.

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DM has that covered.

Farmland Mob holla!

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all people posting in this thread who haven't said they're going to foxwoods, please explain yourselves.

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QFT.

Also, Matt, honestly... TPK, BBB and I are above having a group name. We are the paragon of human existence, and untouched by the quotidian goings-on of you mere mortals. If hoi polloi wants a name for us, you can use "New England Gangstas," but it's indifferent to us what nomenclature you prefer.

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QFT.

Also, Matt, honestly... TPK, BBB and I are above having a group name. We are the paragon of human existence, and untouched by the quotidian goings-on of you mere mortals. If hoi polloi wants a name for us, you can use "New England Gangstas," but it's indifferent to us what nomenclature you prefer.

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Plus, Matt, you're almost a pretty big deal too...so, don't worry, we won't leave you out...you can come and hang out with us.

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Farmland Mob holla!

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Hmm maybe you read my post wrong? I said cool name...

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I'm game, depending on when. I'm a semi-unemployed degenerate.

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I'm game for memorial day weekend.

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Unfortunately, I'll no longer be in CT on memorial day. I graduate the 27th.

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I may be game for the 2nd or 3rd weekends in May, but I might also elect go go dancing in Boston or CT, respectively, instead for those weekends. I'll talk to people on Wed. to see if anyone else from here wants to go to either event. If not, I may be game.

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Is it true that the cheapest hotel rooms there are $75/day? What are the lowest limits played?

I'm planning some Casino trip to the states later this year (like in summer), but I'm not yet decided where to go. Vegas of course is an option, but it seems that the journey is more expensive than the journey to Foxwoods (I'm from Europe), but I suppose the Hotels are cheaper in Vegas?

I'd like to have some chance to win enough to cover my travel expenses [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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lowest limit game at foxwoods is 2/4 limit which frankly plays like i don't even know what online. .1/.2 maybe? there are 7-8 to every flop and no one ever folds, so maybe like poker online was a few years ago for all of you veterans. obviously the games get tougher a bit as you move up but i would say the 10/20 limit game there is maybe like a .5/1 or a 1/2 limit game online these days. for no limit, lowest game is 1/2 nl with minimum buyin i think 60? it may be 100 now. and max buyin 300. that can get expensive obviously if you take a beat or two. they also have sit n goes but those cost i think $100 or so each to enter. perhaps more people can chime in here with information.

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Happy birthdays Drew and Todd!

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"Get ready to burn and turn in the only casino poker room in New England."

Eye h8 poker but will probably be spending the whole weekend at a 4/8 table getting stomped by players who coldcall 3 bets with KTo.

The foxwoods hotels are not going to be "cheap" on the weekend, but a 4-way split would be affordable for the low roller. Also, about 10 miles away you can find something like the norman bates style Stardust Motel.

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Vegas can cost you money because there is tons more to do than just gambool. I found the tables to be tighter(not necessarily better) then most places Ive played. Of course I was in vegas for redneck weekend aka nascar weekend.

Makes me wish I was still living in upstate New York. (Only about 4 hours from Foxwoods) This 2/5 max limit on Colorado sucks.

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lol ninjabump'd

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$75 Deluxe Room / $95 Junior Suites Two Trees Inn*
Month of May.

Mmm..
ya I might be interested.
-asmrozi

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travel stake???

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So I might be up for joining in if you'll have me.

Would a $400 bankroll be enough to play at a level where they'll respect my raises.

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respect my raises.

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NH, first real-life LOL at the computer screen in some time

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ok i should post to clarify that foxwoods is in connecticut, which is in the northeast part of the usa, and that we are mostly all coming from that general region of the country. possibly we can carpool if you can get to one of our places beforehand.

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So I might be up for joining in if you'll have me.

Would a $400 bankroll be enough to play at a level where they'll respect my raises.

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If actually want respect for your raises, meh... You could play $4/$8 with this amount, but you've only got 50 bets and could easily lose all of that if you hit some negative variance. I'd play $2/$4 if that's the amount you've available, and no, they definitely won't respect your raises there.

Where are you coming from? What dates are good for you? Etc. Etc.

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So I might be up for joining in if you'll have me.

Would a $400 bankroll be enough to play at a level where they'll respect my raises.

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If actually want respect for your raises, meh... You could play $4/$8 with this amount, but you've only got 50 bets and could easily lose all of that if you hit some negative variance. I'd play $2/$4 if that's the amount you've available, and no, they definitely won't respect your raises there.

Where are you coming from? What dates are good for you? Etc. Etc.

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Driving in from PA, last week in May if I'm in. I have some other travel to take care of and the schedules still up in the air, but I have yet to play in a live LHE ring game, and I prefer to play poker with friends.

Babar was telling me on AIM that 100BB is std buy in for him. I could prob swing 600 for that 4/8 game now that I know how close FW is to me, relatively speaking, and for limit games, I always buy in short anyway.

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100 bb isn't my standard buyin but that's what i will often take for the whole trip just so i don't have to worry about variance as much if i start off down. at the table i buy in with one rack which is 25 bb for the 4/8. buying in short is fine since it's a limit game, as long as you have 10 bb or so in front of you in case a big hand comes up. guys come in with 40 bucks ( 5 bb ), bust it, pull out 40 more, and repeat, for hours.

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whatever babar you nit

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I want to meet bioniccomma so I can ask him face to face wtf is up with the name.

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I want to meet bioniccomma so I can ask him face to face wtf is up with the name.

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yeah, and watch him ues his mechanically-augmented powers of connecting clauses, making lists, and inserting pauses on your FACE.

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Long ago there was an awkward, lanky kid whose most valuable posessions were this:

[image]http://microkit.free.fr/Nintendo/Nes/nintendo_nes_1s.jpg[/image]

and an illicitly-gotten copy of this:

[image]http://contentcafe.btol.com/Jacket/Jacket.aspx?SysID=digital&CustID=bt0113&Ke y=612385222191&Type=L&Return=1[/image]

He was a platforming game guru, and one of his favorite was this classic:

[image]http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary's/Pictures/NESGameCovers/B/Bionic%20Commando.jpg[/image]

[image]http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/nes/bionic_commando.gif[/image]

A game in which a cybernetic super soldier saves the word by preventing the resurrection of HITLER!

Years later, the awkward kid grew up, eventually winning the all-county award for detentions in a semester. Having developed the quick wit and shady tendencies needed to be great, he gave up his NES for an account on PokerStars. In homage to his favorite game, he called himself "Bionic_Comman..."

WTF?

^H^H^H^H

C.o.m.m.a.n ...

"Goddammit! They limited the characters." he thought to himself and so, in an inspired moment, the young fish decided to become the Bionic_Comma.

Ship it, and don't forget the comma.

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Why aren't my images showing?

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It doesn't always work if you have funny characters in the file names. Rehost at imageshack.us

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hax obv

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I'm not sure if imageshack has the same function as photobucket. Photobucket allows you to edit your picture size to message board size. So you don't piss people off when you post your pictures by breaking the window.

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you can do that at imageshack, too. Observe the beer club thread.

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im game. has a date been set?

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It hasn't I think DrM and I are going to discuss it at great length tomorrow, and pending Wookie's plans, we'll try and figure out a date. But we'll have something concrete announced Wednesday or Thursday...so speak now or forever hold your peace if you'd like us to think about considering your schedule.

Ship it.

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It hasn't I think DrM and I are going to discuss it at great length tomorrow, and pending Wookie's plans, we'll try and figure out a date. But we'll have something concrete announced Wednesday or Thursday...so speak now or forever hold your peace if you'd like us to think about considering your schedule.

Ship it.

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I'd like to be in this. Is there a weekend stay for those of us with day jobs?