Pissed at Crist

[Delmar Deb]

REMEMBER PREAKNESS DAY!!!  How could I ever forget...my husband and I both handicapped the race and came to the conclusion that Artax could not only be beaten, but actually might run out of the money.  We also both loved the Lukas horse (Yes It\'s True @ 5 to 1) - an even greater rarity...our agreement that is!

He keyed Yes It\'s True in rolling Pick 3\'s, and I played the winner on top of Pat Day\'s horse (who ran second at 10-1) in exacta\'s and tri\'s.  The bad beat for us was when they declared Artax a non-starter and took him and his money out of the race.  The trifecta pool was at $1.2 million before $800,000 was removed  for bets associated with Artax.  The Pick 3\'s were just as devastating as the projected payoff of some $200 or $300 fell to only $35 in that race, and suffered accordingly in the following two races.

I used to think that losing the entire tri pool at Calder the day Wiorno was dq\'ed from 1st to 3rd in the Rothman\'s was my worst bad beat experience.  However, seeing  Artax running 4th and backing up before that crazy man ever set foot on the racetrack made the decision of the Maryland track stewards rise to the top of my \"hit\" list!

By the way, my husband\'s worst bad beat in poker was going all in with pocket kings and losing to Alex Solis who caught 3 of a kind on the flop...in a charity tournament won by Alex in the next round!

[MO]

uh hemmmm..............(With big smile on my face)
Thank you.

[richiebee]

D-Rex:

     No, I am not happy about my small role in converting this bulletin board into a \"too much poker most of the time\" discussion space.

     As I have explained in the past, I am a compulsive horseplayer who enjoys worshipping at no other temple. I\'ve been to casinos twice and was bored to tears after 15 minutes both times. My feelings about betting sports such as football were expressed in a post to the erstwhile Jimbo, who I fear may have been kidnapped by the Raggies.

     My most pleasant experience with poker was in college, where I had a girlfriend who enjoyed an occasional game of one on one strip poker. THAT relationship ended a few days after my 24th birthday. She told me \"Its your birthday, we can do whatever you want.\" \"Whatever I wanted\" was a trip to Belmont Park, where I placed a rather large win bet on the great mare Pearl Necklace, who was nailed on the wire by the aptly named Late Bloomer.

     Will be playing the races on the inner tube today. Note with interest that all the entrants in the finale are trained by trainers with a win percentage of less than 10. A \"stuportrainer\" special.

     D- Rex I have one question: What happened to the \"Party Poker ON\" tag on your posts? Did they stop sending you checks, or did you get a cease and desist order from their attorneys?

[bobphilo]

Rich,

Your post brings back memories about the Pearl Necklace - Late Bloomer race. I remember it was a source of heated discussion amongst my friends whether her slight stumble at the start cost her the nose she was nipped by.
Boy, that takes me back.

Bob

[davidrex]

Richiebee,

When a rag like drf starts up a column on poker,its time to sell all your stock.
Presently collecting new words of wisdom to end my satorical tirades.

[marcus]

 I\'ll keep an open mind even though I\'m not too sure they weren\'t pushing it a little bit with the football stuff but ok I understand \'I Played the game ...  where else could they be going with this but only to protect and expand their market share is my best guess .    

[magicnight]

Ugh! Thanks for reviving that memory. Wiorno was a horrible DQ.