I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> Irish Mike
Sorry to hear that you were in that situation. Did you end up sleep on the couch or did the wife call the locksmith to change all of the locks?
Irish Mike wrote: > I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> Irish Mike
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So you had to sleep on the couch when you finally got home, right?
Irish Mike wrote: > I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> Irish Mike
That has exactly nothing to do with poker and everything to do with an addiction. They guy is a stupid fuck unworthy of the love and affection of a good woman. If he hasn't got the decency to check himself into rehab, the best thing he could do for the world is put a bullet in his brain.
> > I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> > Irish Mike
> That has exactly nothing to do with poker and everything to do with an > addiction. They guy is a stupid fuck unworthy of the love and affection of > a good woman. If he hasn't got the decency to check himself into rehab, > the best thing he could do for the world is put a bullet in his brain.
Now that's why I like you bucko - your compassion.
Irish Mike
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> I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and > big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About > 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation > that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting > ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give > you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his > phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> Irish Mike
pffft....I've done that lots of times. The only difference is I almost invariably come *with* profit and give it to my wife. That usually eases the pain. A real poker wife does not expect her husband to come home on time. I remember one time in particular I was almost 2 days late. I gave her the 1400 profit and it was all good.
> "Irish Mike" <ad7c...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message > news:71tms6x89u.ln2@recgroups.com... > > I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and > > big > > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About > > 8:00 > > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation > > that > > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting > > ready > > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give > > you > > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his > > phone. > > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> > Irish Mike
> pffft....I've done that lots of times. The only difference is I almost > invariably come *with* profit and give it to my wife. That usually > eases the pain. A real poker wife does not expect her husband to come > home on time. I remember one time in particular I was almost 2 days > late. I gave her the 1400 profit and it was all good.
Of course it was. She could then pay the gardener for tending to her bush.
Chris
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> "Irish Mike" <ad7c...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message > news:71tms6x89u.ln2@recgroups.com... > > I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and > > big > > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About > > 8:00 > > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation > > that > > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting > > ready > > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give > > you > > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his > > phone. > > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> > Irish Mike
> pffft....I've done that lots of times. The only difference is I almost > invariably come *with* profit and give it to my wife. That usually > eases the pain. A real poker wife does not expect her husband to come > home on time. I remember one time in particular I was almost 2 days > late. I gave her the 1400 profit and it was all good.
So you married a whore? If $1,400 buys her off for two days, I shudder to think what this woman would do for $5,000.
Irish Mike
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>> So you married a whore? If $1,400 buys her off for two days, I shudder >> to >> think what this woman would do for $5,000.
>> Irish Mike
> have you ever been married, IM? you dont seem to understand the > dynamics of being married. (ever even had a girlriend? lol)
Yeah, I thought the "whore" reference was a little harsh. I've been with my wife since we were both in junior high school (will have been married 20 years this month).
Several years ago, I took off to Vegas for a couple of days and she was pissed about it. I had some good luck and some cash when I returned to her icy gaze as I stepped inside the house. I put my bags down, peeled of $1,500, gave it to her, and said let's go out somewhere nice for dinner, dear. Took the edge off that's for sure.
I think that's the only time I broke my rule about telling her how much I won/lost. My rule is that I am either up $100 or down $100. Never more or less, no matter what the truth is. It's better for everyone that way.
>>> So you married a whore? If $1,400 buys her off for two days, I shudder >>> to >>> think what this woman would do for $5,000.
>>> Irish Mike
>> have you ever been married, IM? you dont seem to understand the >> dynamics of being married. (ever even had a girlriend? lol)
>Yeah, I thought the "whore" reference was a little harsh. I've been with my >wife since we were both in junior high school (will have been married 20 >years this month).
>Several years ago, I took off to Vegas for a couple of days and she was >pissed about it. I had some good luck and some cash when I returned to her >icy gaze as I stepped inside the house. I put my bags down, peeled of >$1,500, gave it to her, and said let's go out somewhere nice for dinner, >dear. Took the edge off that's for sure.
>I think that's the only time I broke my rule about telling her how much I >won/lost. My rule is that I am either up $100 or down $100. Never more or >less, no matter what the truth is. It's better for everyone that way.
Ayup There's good reasons why you 2 have stayed married all these years.
Roses are nice, but there's no substitute for good ole cash money in hand. It can soothe hurt feelings in a flash.
You can afford to tell her that if she wants to get the lawn mowed, she had best do it herself.
The only thing I can offer is that every wife will sooner or later come to the the conclusion that her husband is a moron, but she loves him anyway. If a husband can understand that and not take offense at the reality, the marriage will survive.
On Nov 9, 5:42 pm, "Irish Mike" <ad7c...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
> I played in a really jammed up $20/$40 LHE game with big pots and big > swings. One guy is stuck to the gills and chasing his loses. About 8:00 > pm his cell phone starts ringing. It's clear from the conversation that > his wife wants him to come home. He keeps telling her he is getting ready > to leave the game. Finally, on the third call the guys says "I give you > my word of honor, I'll be home by 10:30 pm" and he shuts off his phone. > He finally went broke and left the game - a little after 1:00 am.
> Irish Mike
Mike, we know you change the facts from $3/6 Omaha8 to $20-40LHE to hide the fact that it's you that we're talking about. The only question is why you'd ever give your mail order thai bride your cell number? No real poker player allows a woman to interrupt his poker play with nagging as everyone knows it's -EV to your results. Best just to have her sitting on the rocker staring at the front door when you crawl inside at 430am. If she gives you any shit, have her read this: http://www.lasvegasmikey.com/wife.htm
> The only thing I can offer is that every wife will sooner or later > come to the the conclusion that her husband is a moron, but she loves > him anyway. > If a husband can understand that and not take offense at the reality, > the marriage will survive.
Truer words were never spoken. We got through that phase about five years ago. Should be smooth sailing from now on.
> "Abbey Johnsson" <ac68...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message > news:h25ss6xlqe.ln2@recgroups.com... >> On Nov 11 2009 4:24 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
>>> So you married a whore? If $1,400 buys her off for two days, I shudder >>> to >>> think what this woman would do for $5,000.
>>> Irish Mike
>> have you ever been married, IM? you dont seem to understand the >> dynamics of being married. (ever even had a girlriend? lol)
> Yeah, I thought the "whore" reference was a little harsh. I've been with > my wife since we were both in junior high school (will have been married > 20 years this month).
> Several years ago, I took off to Vegas for a couple of days and she was > pissed about it. I had some good luck and some cash when I returned to > her icy gaze as I stepped inside the house. I put my bags down, peeled of > $1,500, gave it to her, and said let's go out somewhere nice for dinner, > dear. Took the edge off that's for sure.
> I think that's the only time I broke my rule about telling her how much I > won/lost. My rule is that I am either up $100 or down $100. Never more > or less, no matter what the truth is. It's better for everyone that way.
If I lied to her about how much I lost, she'd want to see the rest of the money.
If I lied about how much I won,. and she found out, she'd suspect a mistress needed it for something.
Honesty, son. The very hallmark of a poker player and husband.....?
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