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1st place win

Just over the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border is the Seabrook Poker Room in Seabrook, NH. It’s about 40 minutes from my house and I play there maybe every two months. They have sit n goes, tourneys and cash games. I came up to play the 1pm $150 tournament. First let me tell you that most of the guys that play there fall into two categories. Older men in their mid 50’s thru mid 80’s and they are in there all time. I dunno if they’re in there playing every day, but I know they’re definitely in there every week. I always see the same faces, regardless of which day I’m there. The other type of player there is the young guy, wearing his ear buds and sunglasses, and thinks he’s all that. Those two categories make up 90% of the players. Like I said, I’ve played there in the past and have come in the money more than a few times. I don’t know if this is typical of larger poker rooms, but these men always want to split winnings and never play to the end. Heck they start talking a

Damn men

I play in a weekly cash game that I joined about 2 months ago. Let me give you a little of the back story and then I'll get to this past game. Game usually consists of the following players: Marvin (best of the bunch) Troy (marvin's brother and a good player) Glenn (another brother who's mediocre) Junior (conservative and good and has a crush on an older woman - me) Perry (also pretty good but gives me his cash when I smile pretty) Steve (loser - too tight to play right) Lynn (it's at her house and she loses EVERY WEEK) June (Lynn's wife - sometimes plays and always loses) Gina (another lesbian who can't play but has fun losing) Dale (Lynn's brother and another big loser, in the poker sense) Me So they have a cash game every week and a tourney every sunday. I consistently won every week and last week I left up $21 but it was a total grind and I just never got into my groove. If I had something and I bet everyone folded. If I was trying to buy the pot I g