Nelson's 90K richer...

As if he needs more money...

Just got word that Nelson B., a regular at my cousin Rocket's weekly $1000.00 single table tourney (which they play twice!)in Vancouver, cashed in 5th at the BC Poker Championship at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, BC, Canada.

5th out of a field of 784 was good for CAD$90,000.00 in the $2500 NLHE main event.

I played with Nelson during my recent trip to Vancity, and I gotta say the guy did Rocket's game proud.

East Van...

A Mash of Things

Trying to make it a habit to post an entry on Monday morning. Seems there are a number of things worth writing about. Most items are good, and some things are tough to swallow.

We held the Assumption charity event last Saturday. 87 people sat, and with rebuys, add-ons, and sponsor money, we were able to raise in excess of P200K, achieving the goal of supporting kids in need. Congratulations to the Assumption HS Batch '91, the sponsors, and ESPECIALLY, the players. Thanks also to the ACF for the support, as always.

I've been playing poker daily again, for the first time in a long time. Been quite successful playing NL Hold'em at $1/$2 and $2/$4 on FBAPoker...though some of you may remember that a losing half-year caused me to swear off NLHE and swap over to O8...but i've been doin' alright so far at small stakes, so who knows...

Congratulations to Atty Erick, Mr. High Stakes-Royal Flush at the Bellagio-Vegas Tourney Killah and all around profitable poker dude, and his lovely wife Kaye, on the birth of their daughter, Aleta Kaye Sia (AKs). :)

On a tougher note, our prayers and love are with Checkpoint Louie's sister, Katrina, who was recently diagnosed with cancer and has already had to undergo aggressive treatment. Our love to the family also. Guys, you know we're all here to help at any time. Just name it.

Prize Breakdown for the Assumption Tourney

Remember that good deed your gonna do this season! The following is the prize breakdown for tomorrow's ACF Assumption Charity Tourney. WE WILL BE LAYING MORE CASH ON TOP OF THE PRIZES based on rebuys and addons, to be announced during the tourney.

Everybody's asking me if there'll be college girls playing. I personally don't know, but I'd like to see a couple of nuns sit the game ;)

I'm playing in this one, so i'm gunning for the 2nd prize. Botox, baby!

1st: Custom-made Poker Table + P10,000 cash + P25,000 non-cashable casino chips
2nd: Cosmetic Surgery worth P30,000 + cash + P15,000 non-cashable casino chips
3rd: Canon digital camera worth P28,000 + P5,000 non-cashable casino chips
4th: LG cellphone worth P17,000
5th: Levis his and her watches worth P9,300 + cash
6th: Levis his and her watches worth P9,300
7th: Canon IP400 Printer
8th: 2 nights accommodation at Willy’s Resort, Boracay
9th: portable CD player
10th: 2 pairs of Crocs shoes
11th: 1 yr membership in Club 650 for 2 people

MySpace

My sister Riz told me the cool people were on MySpace. So I made one. I've always wanted to be cool.

Well, am I cool yet?

And forgive the mugshot. It's the only photo I have that doesn't make me look, drunk, confused, tilted, exhausted, anorexic, or degenerate

ACF Saturday

Barb and I realized we haven't played cards together in a while, so we scooted over to the ACF last Sat to play in the PBT tourney. Had fun doing that, but busted when an ill-timed bluff and two crappy beats put me out of my misery.

So I hopped over to a side game and played some 50/100 NL. As luck would have it, I managed to seventuple up my buy-in within a couple of hours, giving me a little smile on my face.

Then it happened. A guy sat in the 3 seat and proceeded to order a scotch. He progressively got drunk (actually, he got drunk exponentially - he seemed to be the type that gets smacked in the back of the neck by alcohol at some point in time and just snaps). Couple this with this being his first time to the game and an incredible run of good luck, he quickly became the center of attention. He played wildly, got verbally aggressive, splashed pots, argued with the dealer and players, and generally was just a buffoon. Another dude sat with us and donked off about 20K. On the way to dropping his BR though, he gave some crazy action, and even went south for 10K!!!! Drunk dude ratholed for 40! LOL...

The table was out of control. I mean really far gone. The casino guys all milled around but did nothing material! I took a couple of hard hits late in the game so couldn't stand up even though the game had turned into a circus.

At the end of it all, I dropped every penny of profit plus my original buy. Bonehead me, of all people, should know that when you can seventuple early in a NL game, it's probably a good idea to bail.

The key point here though is what the hell was the casino doing? The table got chaotic and uncomfortable as hell. The guy should have been asked to leave. There were 8 casino guys around - floors, security, dealers, and they let him carry on like this. Musta been a VIP of sorts.

Hope this isn't a regular occurrence.

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Do a Good Deed, boys and girls

Once a year I try to do something good for those less fortunate than I. As Christmas is a great time to do it, I gladly accepted Jennie V.'s invitation to help out with a charity event her Assumption Alumni HS Batch '91 is putting on Saturday, Nov. 25 at the ACF, reg at noon and game at 3. Benefitting the World Vision Foundation Philippines, it will be a prize-based tourney with great prizes for the top 10 finishers. Structure below.

Tournament Blinds Structure

Level Ante Blinds
1 10-20
2 20-40
3 50-100
BREAK
4 100-200
5 125-250
6 250-500
BREAK
7 500-1000
8 1000-2000
9 2000-4000
BREAK
10 5000-1000

Buy-In: 1200+300
Starting Stack: T1500
Level Length: 20 mins
Rebuys: Unlimited until end of Level 6
Rebuy Cost: P1000+200 for T1000
Add-ons: 1 @ 1000+200 at the beginning of the 7th level

Payout Schedule

Ten (10) places will be paid in Prizes donated by Corporate and Organizational Sponsors.

I do hope you all can make it. I'm even personally donating a few grand to the pot. For good karma, you know...

The company limo was unavailable in vancouver, so my best buddy Shawnie L. lent me his 4th spare hog to use. Thanks Shawn

Vancouver in the Rain...

So I've landed in Vancouver, Canada, after 2.5 years absence. 10 degrees celcius and unending rain.

Just like I remember it...

The cab driver who took me in from the airport complained about heavy traffic after we had to wait for one light-change cycle before we could turn left! LOL - try turning left on edsa to ayala on one light.

Hung out with my mom and my sister Riz, had a nice steak dinner at Mortons the day I arrived.

I'm here working with a buncha very good folks from all over the world who've asked me to come and help on the launch of a new poker network.

Just finished an overview on the software and backend, and all I can say is *COOL* - announcements are gonna be flowing soon, I'll make sure you guys all know the details.

But in short - as you've been hearing and many of you have been suspecting for a while, we're gonna start seeing a lot more Asia-focused activities. Things like tournament schedules (I'm talkin' time zones here), language localization, etc.

More on this as I get more free to disclose details.

Gonna go check out all the new poker rooms that have cropped up since I left - lookin' forward to that too.

Peace all...

Pan Asia Poker Tour

So I was drivin' northside Friday night when I got a text at about 9pm, asking me to do the TV analysis job for the Pan Asia Poker Tour Philippine Open, which ran its main event on Saturday and finished on Sunday. Ron from Solar apologized for the late notice, and I thanked heaven I had my suits drycleaned that week.

Now this event was not - shall we say - heavily marketed in Manila. It was almost totally off my radar when I heard from some PAGCOR dudes a few weeks ago that it might not be a go for unnamed reasons.

Well I guess it was a go, so off I went.

They ran a $500 MTT on Friday, which was attended by around ten or so local players. Unfortunately all the pinoys busted outside of the money.

On Saturday, they sat the $2500 main event, for which I showed up to do the TV schtick. As I sat down to get my makeup done (I always feel awful for the folks who wind up having to make me up for TV - they should all get a danger pay premium when my face is involved ;), I looked around. The lack of promotion became evident; the main event sat 34 people, with only 5 locals that I recognized in the field. Dirty Ice Cream, Wally, Derick, Alan Escano, and Mr. Kim (who got heads up with Bryan at the recent WPT Poker Madness event).

So with my makeup on, I asked around, and lo and behold, looks like some of the folks driving the PAPT are old buddies of mine from Vancouver - hehehe - you guys just won't be able to shake us off.

Ice Cream, Big Wally and Mr. Kim didn't make the final 9, but Alan and Derick did! The event paid to seven spots, and spots 5-9 chopped, giving everybody at the FT their buyins back less $200 or so.

The FT was Aussie dominated, with the big name at the table being Mark Vos WSOP bracelet holder and ultra high stakes online (he's a Full Tilt Poker spokesman). Final 2 were Marcus Cullens and Johnny Vincent, both from Brisbane, Australia. After an almost 3 levels heads up, Cullens took it down with some very impressive play.

Special mention to Alan Escano, who finished 6th and retained most of his hefty buy-in. Great job, bro.

The tourney was very well structured and run (Linda Johnson of the TDA is involved with the group), and the play was spectacular. Expect to see lots of great poker tv from our shores (provided I don't botch the job in studio).

The PAPT is moving on to New Zealand for its next event in January, and we should try to get some locals over there to contend for the championship.

Anyway, great event; would have been great to see more of us there, but two pinoys made the final table and cashed. Can't complain.

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