# March of The Penguins - SDMB Pokertropolis Fourth Quarter, 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609 "2005-10-03T17:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/181 "2005-11-30T20:20:15Z")
Well, I lost my shirt in Vegas over the weekend. I still can’t get any cards. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/182 "2005-11-30T21:36:26Z")
Yeah, but you were in Vegas. Vegas!!! You don’t think they pay the electricity bills on the strip by giving away money, do ya? Actually, I can’t remember where I read it, but I heard that card rooms are actually bad for business at casinos. The logic (which seems correct to me) is that the money made from the rake at the poker tables doesn’t provide nearly the same revenue per square foot of floor space that any other game (particularly slots) could generate. I don’t know if that counts spillover from poker to other gaming activities or not, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. And if you don’t find it interesting, you’re just a smelly Yeti. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/183 "2005-11-30T21:40:08Z")
Well, what I meant to say was, I’m sorry you got cleaned out **Robot Arm**. However, I’m horribly jealous that you went to Vegas and I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/184 "2005-11-30T22:23:29Z")
Well, yeah, you’re partly right; it was an interesting place to see. And when I’m old and feeble, looking back on what I did and didn’t get to do during my life, I can say “I played poker in Vegas.” But the closet light wouldn’t go out, water backed up out of the drain in the bathroom sink, the fountains at the Bellagio were cancelled because of high winds, the cute girl on my left at the poker table was flirting with the guy on my right, and a friend I was hoping to meet up with for lunch totally blew me off and didn’t even return my calls, so you’re not missing much. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/185 "2005-11-30T22:57:47Z")
Maybe we can all get together and hit Vegas sometime. You hang with the Duke, and you won’t care if you have a light in your closet, or a sink in your bathroom. The pretty girls will swoon and the fountains will shoot. You might still lose your shirt, but you will have fond memories of the trip. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/186 "2005-11-30T23:21:58Z")
I’ve been playing a lot of sit-n-go at bodog. Usually I play a $6 buy-in 10 seater with payouts of 50-30-20%. I like it better than the multi-table tourneys since they don’t ake all night and I can usually end up in the money often. Last night I finished second twice out of three sit-n-gos (shoulda one won of them but when I got the pocket tens heads up he/she got pocket Kings. Oh the humanity! Whither my big chip lead.) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/187 "2005-12-01T15:11:41Z")
Fouth winning session in a row, but it was looking grim. Had a hard time getting a feel for the table, but got up to $43 pretty quick. Thought about just quitting while ahead. But no, dicked around down to $7.50. Got back up to about $15 and covered a $12 all-in and won. Struggled back up past $30. Then had two guys go all-in with $10 or so and beat them both for a triple and _then_ quit for a little over $30 to the good. So my play sucked, but I stuck around long enough to get lucky at the right moment a couple of times. Even though my stack was bigger, I sure didn’t have any satisfaction from the session. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/188 "2005-12-01T15:30:38Z")
Speaking of grim, are we back in action tonight after the holiday layoff? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/189 "2005-12-01T16:43:27Z")
Yes. But it has been so long I forgot who won last time? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/190 "2005-12-01T19:53:10Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > But it has been so long I forgot who won last time? Let me refresh your memory… It wasn’t me! ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/191 "2005-12-01T20:54:28Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Maybe we can all get together and hit Vegas sometime. > > You hang with the Duke, and you won’t care if you have a light in your closet, or a sink in your bathroom. The pretty girls will swoon and the fountains will shoot. You might still lose your shirt, but you will have fond memories of the trip. I’m always up for a shirtless fountain of swooning girls. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/192 "2005-12-01T21:15:00Z")
> [@Kyyrewyyoae](#): > > I’m always up for a shirtless fountain of swooning girls. That can be arranged… or at least a fountain of shirtless girls swooning. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/193 "2005-12-01T21:59:27Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > The pretty girls will swoon and the fountains will shoot. Pretty girls swooning can sure make my fountain shoot. 😃 I’ll be quiet now. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/194 "2005-12-01T22:11:18Z")
_~sigh~_ Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/195 "2005-12-01T22:12:06Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > _~sigh~_ > Boys. Is that a swoon? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/196 "2005-12-01T22:22:26Z")
Sure sounded like a swoon. I’d say swoon. Definitely a swoon. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/197 "2005-12-01T22:31:54Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Sure sounded like a swoon. I’d say swoon. Definitely a swoon. Apparently, we’re too _old_ to swoon. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/198 "2005-12-01T22:37:28Z")
Only for **asterion**! Or maybe it’s hot flashes and you just think you’re swooning? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/199 "2005-12-01T22:57:07Z")
> [@Aholibah](#): > > Apparently, we’re too _old_ to swoon. But not too old to spoon… D&R. **MissT** …I take it that you were shirtless when you swooned? D&R again. Placed 11/54 on a $5 tourn…2 spots out of the money…dammit. Hoping to see shirtless girls swooning in the fountain, and **asterion** asking them their age and feeling right at home when they tell him. Vegas…only 190 miles away. Let me know if you guys are going there… **RA**! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/200 "2005-12-01T23:30:42Z")
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