having our annual dinner and beer bash at vesuvios in santa clara california this saturady at 6 pm. anyone around the area can drop in and eat or drink. its a fun time and you can get to meet some great poker local faces. its on el camino blvd just north about one mile of where the san thomas freeway crosses el camino.
the games are still good at bay101 from what i can tell. the 20 /40 AND 40/80 games are great and plenty of callers. the 80/160 is okay as well but didnt go the second day i was here. good to see some old faces and talk the trash with old friends. will check out the big no limit game at lucky chances and see how well i can do.
will be playing cards in san jose and will post about it in the brick and mortar forum. also lucky chances in colma playing no limit. look me up if around.
will try to get another yearly get together dinner of two plus twoers near san jose at vesuvio’s italian restuarant..
went to our smallish town sportsman show and as usual it was most hokey with lots of outfitters hawking their wares for sale. fun for those with kids as they had a grizzly bear in a large cage enclosure and it was actively doing things like chewing on an old boot. i dont know what happened to the guy in the boot. also a kids fishing pond for free for them. so maybe it was cool.
back to snow on the ground. well i did some work on my boat and got some welding done to fix some things on my trailer that needed improvement. i like to improve things.
final planning on a poker trip is in the works so i am looking forward to do some bigger playing soon. flying with money is tougher, so nowadays wiring it ahead is the way to go or having a bank account with a bank that is in many states where you can access funds.
looks like the white cat that moved in is gone. so maybe he left for greener pastures or a coyote or great horned owl had lunch. we will never know. today i got up into glacier national park and hiked around mcdonald lake in the sun. with no wind there it was really nice. snow on the mountains makes for a spectacular setting. the boat ramp was clear of snow and a few people were out fishing for lake trout. that may be one of my next stops.
the weather this spring has been great in montana. well over ten degrees above average. ive been fishing and had my jet boat out already on the river. with the nice days out most poker players are scarce and doing other things. and when playing they leave sooner and head for greener pastures. so you are really playing in slightly tougher games as what is left are the tougher players. so you must adjust and play more carefully, expecting to see bigger hands on average.
i see people all the time getting so called cute with their hands by playing them differently from the optimal way just to try and deceive their opponent. this may work against some players. but with most players at smaller limits, it just goes over their head and wastes bets you could have collected.
well it looks like some stray whitish cat has moved onto my property and thinks it lives here. ive seen it around near the house the last few days and it always runs away from me. tonight i went to close the door on my chicken coop and the cat was in there sleeping with the chickens. it ran away quickly so i guess it is smarter than me. we will see how this plays out and whether i can let this fellow live here or not.
there is alot of pool players in town for a tournament in the bar at cattlemans casino. not many are poker players though. a couple are top shelf eight ball players and can compete anywhere. hope a few will drop in the games and spread some out of town money inot the local economy.
