$22 million: UB games off the hook!! Another few days, another $20,000!!

We raised $850,000 for the CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) in one night last Wednesday in NYC at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. I was the emcee, and I did it for free. It feels good to help raise money for these charities. What is going on here with my traveling? In one month, I went nor cal to Las Vegas to NYC, then back home to nor cal: I did this loop not once, but twice! Then Friday I'm off to Phoenix, then straight to London! That's three big multi-city trips in one month. Working out helps keep my energy levels up high, but I'm pretty exhausted right now.

Friday night I played at UB, and lost $10,000. Tonight (Monday night) I did it again! I guess that I forgot how to book a win online!!! I could have played better both times, and I played $50-$100 blinds, so that $10,000 isn't that much to lose. FYI - because of the $22 million refund, the action at UB is INCREDIBLE right now!!!! The last hand I lost, I had $3,200 in front of me, when Player XX raised it up (or reraised it up) for the 20^th time in 30 hands. We all knew Player XX was ready to pop, but in the meantime he won all twenty hands!! Normally incredible aggression in a six handed game is costly, but it sure looks good when you get away with every raise and reraise. Finally, Player XX opened, and I smooth called with As-Ks, gambling that someone else would reraise him with A-Q, or A-J, or a bluff. The flop was Qs-8h-2s, and Player XX bet out $600, I made it $1,500 hoping that Player XX would rebluff me all in with a semi-draw like J-10 or simply air, or that he had a smaller flush draw, but I knew that there was a great chance that I had the best hand and that I would win the pot right then and there. In any case, Player XX moved me all in, the next two cards were a 6c-4d, and Player XX showed me a set of eights!! Are you kidding me? I mean, all those crazy over the top aggressive moves, and he shows me a set, sigh. Still, I could have caught my flush, couldn't I have? I quit the game, and so did Player XX wisely. Player XX probably hopped back into a game and blew off a bunch of that money later on, I mean, how could he keep winning playing like that? I really DID NOT want to quit that game! That $22 million refund has a lot of bad players playing high limit poker at UB right now!! The games are juicy.

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