# \*BOOM Goes the Dynamite - SDMB Pokertropolis First Quarter, 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635 "2006-01-05T21:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/41 "2006-01-13T12:07:32Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > 1. **OMD** (needs to drink more to play well) After that Shirley Temple to start the game, I did say “to hell with it” and pour myself a gin rocks. But it just doesn’t work that well when Missy had my number the THREE times in 45 minutes that we ended up facing each other heads up by the flop. I guess the gin hadn’t worked its magic yet. Oh well. Bartender, pour me another Shirley Temple! ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/42 "2006-01-13T14:21:47Z")
**Kyy** I can’t imagine you working on a Thursday night. What kind of work are you looking for? More importantly, you mean they have jobs in Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/43 "2006-01-13T15:43:02Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I guess the gin hadn’t worked its magic yet. Maybe you should send the bottle to Missy. **Capn’** , that was a sordid story. Can’t wait to hear the ending. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/44 "2006-01-13T16:10:18Z")
Oh man, I had absolutley no plans to bot the tournament. I fully expected to play. Unfortuantely my whole evening got sidetracked (in a good way) and I ended up flaking out on you guys. Congrats Max…but beware, you did got to taste the Octopus’s tantacles last night…but you will…oh yes, you will. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/45 "2006-01-13T17:45:37Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > **Kyy** I can’t imagine you working on a Thursday night. What kind of work are you looking for? More importantly, you mean they have jobs in Kansas? There are a few. You know, harvesting wheat, helping wagon trains ford the river, serving as a guide for kindly out-of-staters as they attempt to bless our backwards piece of prairie with electricity or running water. That sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/46 "2006-01-13T20:30:14Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > 1. **Yeti** (can’t blame a guy for finishing back here when the little guy is blowing out his shorts…whatever that’s supposed to mean) I botted the first 5 minutes because I was running behind in cleaning up after dinner…no biggie. I botted a second time when my little guy came running into my room with his pants and underwear around his ankles and kidcrap oozing everywhere. Went to Red Alert! Auto-Bot Mode Engaged! Isolated shorts and pants from kid. Put kid in shower. Take of rest of clothes and turned on shower. Take offending shorts down to Laundry Quaranteen. Grabbed carpet cleaning solution and scrubbed. Went to Yellow Alert. Washed kid meticulously and left him to play in the shower. Went back to second scrubbing. Grabbed clean clothes. Found wife washing the kid a second time. Went to Green Alert. Came back and played a few more hands. Then I botted for the last time…A relative called that needed my immediate attention and advice…took another 45 minutes…went back to see that I got botted out. Hung my head in shame. And after all this, I didn’t bot for my initial reason…going out with the wife for a cup of coffee and do the husband/wife quick date thing. ☹ Hey **Kyy** …Isn’t sod-busting a daytime job? ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/47 "2006-01-13T20:56:31Z")
> [@Kyyrewyyoae](#): > > There are a few. You know, harvesting wheat, helping wagon trains ford the river, serving as a guide for kindly out-of-staters as they attempt to bless our backwards piece of prairie with electricity or running water. That sort of thing. You have wagon trains!!!??? That’s AWESOME! It sucks that you guys are in black and white though. Well, you’ll get to Oz someday. Life if much better in Technicolor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/48 "2006-01-13T21:02:17Z")
> [@Dag Otto](#): > > **Capn’** , that was a sordid story. Can’t wait to hear the ending. If you can believe this, she called me at work today to ask if she could postpone going to the movies until tomorrow. The reason she gave for putting me off: she’s going to be stuck late at work. On a reg’lar weeknight, I’d buy it. Who votes for she’s going out with married dude tonight? Unreal. She really thinks she’s getting away with this. She has no idea that the axe is going to fall next time I see her. I’m still debating between the “make her feel like crap” theory or the “nuclear bawl out” paradigm. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/49 "2006-01-13T21:34:41Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > You have wagon trains!!!??? That’s AWESOME! It sucks that you guys are in black and white though. Well, you’ll get to Oz someday. Life if much better in Technicolor. > > 😃 We’re just a simple monochromatic folk who help travellers heading west. Often times, for example, they shoot 1500lbs of meat but can only carry 200lbs to the wagon. And sometimes they die of [dysentery](http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/otrail.shtml). Anyway, I just had an interview with Allied-Barton, so maybe I can swing a security guard job. I love a job with a reasonable chance of getting to bet the hell out of some punk kids. **Capn** , I suggest showing up tonight at her job with a surprise dinner or flowers or whatever girly crap she likes. Or just call her work and see if she picks up. If not, commence with the white-hot rage. What kind of job keeps you late Friday night anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/50 "2006-01-13T21:53:12Z")
I went out so fast, I missed **Capn’s** saga. Nothing like hot and cold running Duck. I did have 14 things going on, and had been drinking heavily since I got off, but I was in like 4th place when I gave my stack to **Max**. Lock the doors and turn out all the lights next Thursday. Like it’d even help. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/51 "2006-01-13T22:29:14Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Congrats Max…but beware, you did got to taste the Octopus’s tantacles last night…but you will…oh yes, you will. We get to have calamari next week? Sweet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/52 "2006-01-13T22:44:05Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > We get to have calamari next week? > > Sweet! 😃 Considering I smoked you this week… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/53 "2006-01-14T06:14:08Z")
Just want to say how much you guys kick ass. It helps my game a huge amount. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/54 "2006-01-14T21:51:33Z")
> [@Dag Otto](#): > > Just want to say how much you guys kick ass. It helps my game a huge amount. I obviously didn’t mean that. I spewed $200 in $3/$6 last night. I suck. ---
**Author:** ![Exploding\_Kitchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Exploding\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exploding_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/55 "2006-01-15T10:13:13Z")
Ouch… _comforthugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/56 "2006-01-18T18:49:02Z")
Got another Doper who started this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7009942#post7009942) about a money tournament on PokerStars if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/57 "2006-01-18T21:53:39Z")
> [@Kyyrewyyoae](#): > > I have a lamentation of my own. I must sadly report that my recent year of unemployment and shameless mooching (2005) must come to a close, and with a heavy heart I am looking for work. “What the hell do I care,” I hear you asking. Well, there’s a chance that I’ll have to accept work that interferes with the SDMB WPT. Stem the tide of tears for now; nothing is certain. But I know the mere possibility will haunt your dreams. I can now report the landing of a job with hours that do not conflict with the SDMB WPT. I apologize for the various pins and needles you all must have been on or near. I’ll be working as a security guard deep in the festering bowels of Kansas City, and hopefully will have many opportunities to land fierce uppercuts on punkass teenagers. For those who haven’t read the thread **Yeti** linked to, it’s now possible to hold private tournaments over at PokerStars. I know some people really prefer their interface. In case the question of shifting venues arises, I’ll go on record to say I don’t really give a **Duck** ’s ass what we do. If we stay at P’tropolis, I’ll play. If we move to PS, I’ll play. If we stay but there are Doper-only tournaments periodically at PS, I’ll play in both of them. Oh, **Capn** , did the nuclear bawl-out with that women happen? After a cursory glance at Dip board, I’m kinda hoping she drives you to distraction. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/58 "2006-01-18T22:14:13Z")
No nuclear bawl out yet. As might be expected, she will neither answer, nor return my calls. So I’m left with call her at work, or knock on her door. Grrrrr. The Dip board isn’t as good as it looks. Certainly better than your situation though. 😃 Congrats on the job. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/59 "2006-01-18T22:14:32Z")
Will the PS tourney be really free? I don’t care much for freebies, but if it’s for Doper bragging rights it can’t be much different than our big dime. I just hate to have to fund yet another site, unless **Yeti** strikes it rich over there and can slid me a X-fer 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635/60 "2006-01-18T22:36:39Z")
> [@Kyyrewyyoae](#): > > it’s now possible to hold private tournaments over at PokerStars. I think it’s always been possible to have private tourneys at PS (I play a monthly game there with players from another message board), but someone with enough frequent player points needed to set it up. No idea what ‘enough’ is. That, and the minimum buy in is $10+$1, which is right out. If the PS game can be a freeroll, then I’m all for it. The is an instant hand history feature there that is pretty handy. Congrats on the job that leaves Thursday night open. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boom-goes-the-dynamite-sdmb-pokertropolis-first-quarter-2006/338635.md?page=4)