Well I screwed up. Up at BWW having a brew with Beerhog, watching football, basketball, hockey and playing a little poker. Not only did he take my money in our little side pot wager, but we got to talking - in between chatting the Hartland Glen Golf Course beer cart women who were up there for a drunkfest.
Anyway, I mention to Beerhog that I was planning on - someday - playing 24 hours on Poker Stars and blogging about it. Kind of a "lets see how many bad beats can I get in a day" kind of thing.
I threw around some dates near the end of the year and Beerhog said the infamous, "What's wrong with tonight?" Now I got up at 7am to give blood and had been drinking with Beerhog since 6pm (it was now 10pm). I said I didn't think it was a good idea and I had not cleared it with the Lovely yet.
He said, "What are you, - a pussy?"
THAT is a double dog dare if I ever heard one. I responded with my usual strong bluff move, , "I'll do it if you do it."
He said, "Ok, let's start at 11:30pm." I see my bluffs work in real life as well as they do at the poker table. I went home and talked to the boss, who shook her head in disbelief - mentioned something under her breath about drunken immaturity and said she would see that I got fed if I had to do this.
So here I am with no nap and working off a drunk, getting ready to play 24 hours on a site that kicks my ass for fun. Tourneys included.
I will be posting my results hourly and Beerhog better be commenting also. Good luck to me.
11:30 pm -
Table Atria V-Limit (home) Plan on being here unless it empties. Bought in for 2500 units. That should last me for 2 hours.
12:30 am -
1st hour in the can. Ate a Nutri-grain bar, a Powerbar and drank a can of Coca-Cola and a bottled water. For some reason that has not chased away the drunk from 5 tall Sam Adams drafts. Go figure.
Up 4 units, having pissed away chips just before posting this. In a tournament on World Poker Exchange also. In 37th place of 187 left of a 321 player freeroll. The old Hubble freeroll on Poker Stars is starting right now.
1:30 am -
Drunk wearing off and now my neck hurts. Couldn't be from sitting on a barstool looking up at a TV screen for 4 hours while rubbernecking around the bar as chicks walked by, could it? Naw. No matter, Advill is my friend.
Up 16 units now in ring play - in spite of 3 river suckouts. Moved to the Aenna table.
Knocked out of the WPE tourney in 98th place.
Knocked out of the PS Hubble freeroll of 12,000 players in 5980th. What no cash for that?
Entered another PS Hubble FR and a FR on Jungle Poker.
Beerhog followed me to the new table, and was in two tourneys also. Beerhog - report! The numbnuts is not emailing me, calling me or commenting. Think I am acid tongued after 18 hours with no sleep - wait til 36 hours.
2:30 am -
Neck feels better so Poker Stars decided to hurt me. Now down 7 units for a -23 unit swing. Lost every conceivable way as they bad beat me down. No details except every river m#%@$%f#%@^&@#$ rat hit a hand on me. Still no word from Beerhog, but he is playing.
Still in the 2nd Hubble FR on PS, but got knocked out of a 514 player tourney on Jungle Poker.
3:30 am -
Nice comeback to plus 1 unit! Should have been more but I nutted up a little too much and missed some pots I should have been in there for. Beerhog called it a night, so the pressure is off. If I fold like an accordion at least I outlasted him.
Got knocked out of the 2nd Hubble FR on Poker Stars. Got all-in with (KJs) against (A6) and (AQ). The flop of [Q6K] looked promising, but somehow the two-outer [Q] got there on the river.
Entered an Absolute Poker tourney. Good night Beerhog!
5:00 am -
Run into two collusion players which put me down -25 units. I turned them in to Poker Stars. A report on that to follow.
I changed tables and stakes and won +110 units.
Finished 86th in the Absolute Poker Tourney and didnot cash.
Finished #304th in a Poker Stars tourney and doubled my entry.
While all this was going on Thai Food called me. He said he was reading the blog and wanted to know if I had lost my mind. I told him probably, but it sounded like this - playing marathon - was a good idea in the bar. He said, "Of course it sounded good - in the bar."
I said, "Drinking has no effect on my decision making abilities."
Well I'm up $ for the action in ring, and up $ in the tourney action. Good time to shut it down.
Per Dr. Thai Food's insistance, I'm giving up and going in for a nap now. Doctor's orders.
Fun while it lasted.
Reminder for the umteenth time - drinking with Beerhog not a good idea.
PS: Don't tell anyone I tried to do this.
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lets see. 5 tall beers and 2 short ones at the bar gives you a buzz. so i decided to go with the opposite of mike. yes, keep drinking. it is now 2:47am and 4 more beers later im not feeling any pain. cards are so so. mostly tournerys so far. ring play is to fast and it gives me a headache. i think this beer is skunked. i am playing 3 to 4 games @ a time. makes the time go faster. the wife is still up for some reason? i think she thinks i am on a porn search or something. she is giving me funny looks. i feel like fourputt in middle school shower after a basketball game. im not sure where to put my hands! it is now 3:06am. good luck mike.
beerhog
3:11am. just cashed in on a tourney. 3.30 buy in and i won 5.50. its a good thing i am not doing this for a living! wife is freaking me out. on last beer. mike you got any?
beerhog
Congrats on the cash. I'm getting my usual 3 6, folding and seeing the 339 flop with the 6 on the turn hands now. When I stay with the KQ suited, the same flop hits.
At least the bad beats have stopped temporarily.
Plenty of beer over here. Dash on over.
i must have bought mikes book and took notes. $2 sattelite to this sundays 100k guaranteed. top 15 get a ticket. i finish? yes you guessed it "16". what a shmuck.
beerhog
p.s. head is now starting to hurt. on the flip side the wife has gone to bed.
I posted it - ADVIL is my friend!
i give up. made it 4hrs. too tired. who's stupid idea was this anyway? good luck mike. i hope you make it. maybe i can still wake up my wife for some sumpin sumpin. yeah right! and maybe fourputt has a penis!
beerhog
This was some entertaining reading as I am waiting out my own hangover. Arctic blast and a couple other neighbors came over for a couple tourneys then a cash game here. We were drinking shots of Old Crow at 1 AM! Not a drop of beer left in the house. You guys should have come over here.
I flopped AAAQQ in jacks of better trips to win and Articblatz hit a straight, GOOD TIMES!
Beerhog you are pretty tough on fourputt. He could take it out on you in the PS tourney if either of you ever played.
Entertaining reading was the plan, so mission accomplished!
Sounds like you and Artic had a good time too, Matchy.
Old Crow???
I got a Wild Turkey story.
Playing euchre with some softball veterans when I was still a rook on the team. Me and my partner won 6 of 8 games, but they broke out the Wild Turkey in game #4 and somehow we owed them $20 at the end.
low blow matchy. but funny. i am unable to play tuesday nights for several reasons. during the warm months of michigan i play golf. and during the cold months the game is on during HOUSE. its a good show and i have to spend some time with my wife! i would be able to play on wednesdays.....
beerhog
p.s. you should have told us about your game. we were thinking about hittins a poker room also....
Not only were we drinking Old Crow, I managed to find some Black Label beer at the local store (the one where they refer to me as "Boss"). How's that for some old school drinkin'?
The reason I don't contact you guys for these tourneys is that they are usually only $10 and the wives play. Plus kids (mostly mine) were running all over the house. It did turn into a cash game with the boys at the end however. If you want I will contact you when we are throwing these together as they are pretty much spur of the moment but you are more than welcome at the Matchy house.
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