Anyone been to Foxwoods lately? I haven't had the chance to go since I moved to northern MA last June.

I decided to amuse myself and play a little on-line "poker" I played in a 10k buy-in free roll SnG. I could tell early on (you always can) it wasn't going to deal me any winning hands. And sure enough it finally dealt me 1 remotely decent hand (the first pair it dealt me) and true to form it was a set up. It was confirmed for me when he raised my min bet. So I pushed all in knowing it was never going to deal me a winner and I was wasting my time. Of course a player who had been dealt winning hands right along was dealt (once again) exactly what he needed. And no surprise the table was closed as soon as I was out. That's all the software was trying to do. Push me out, close the table and end the tourney on schedule. But, it's all random


PokerStars Game #15674824388: Tournament #79337635, 10000+325 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/03/01 - 23:13:53 (ET)
Table '79337635 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: paulgann1 (6020 in chips)
Seat 5: RoadKingRod (4548 in chips)
Seat 7: Lowell24 (5345 in chips)
Seat 8: NE_Pats_54 (1340 in chips)
Seat 9: TakenMyChips (5867 in chips)
Lowell24: posts small blind 75
NE_Pats_54: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NE_Pats_54 [9c Kh]
TakenMyChips: folds
paulgann1: calls 150
RoadKingRod: folds
Lowell24: calls 75
NE_Pats_54: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ks Td Qs]
Lowell24: checks
NE_Pats_54: bets 150
paulgann1: raises 150 to 300
Lowell24: folds
NE_Pats_54: raises 890 to 1190 and is all-in
paulgann1: calls 890
NE_Pats_54 said, "nice random deal"
*** TURN *** [Ks Td Qs] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Td Qs 8d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NE_Pats_54: shows [9c Kh] (a pair of Kings)
paulgann1: shows [Ac Jc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
paulgann1 collected 2830 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2830 | Rake 0
Board [Ks Td Qs 8d 3d]
Seat 3: paulgann1 showed [Ac Jc] and won (2830) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: RoadKingRod (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lowell24 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: NE_Pats_54 (big blind) showed [9c Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: TakenMyChips folded before Flop (didn't bet)

how are the cards going Michael ?

I like playing cards. It makes my face happy.

I think the thing i like the most about playing cards are the exciting conversations we have in here. Somebody please say something, my brain is eating itself.

We don't want to show our tells. It's the stone, cold, quiet poker mentality.

I ran bad today online. Lots of coolers and bad beats. so Today i'm going to agree with Michael that it's rigged.

On days where i run better i'll stick with the "its not rigged" plan.

ok sweet. got that all worked out.

I bet nobody reads this.