LAKE TAHOE, NV–A little update from the $500+$50 NLH tournament I mentioned earlier. Heads up with Edmund Liu (right), slot gacor Nutz Rafael Perez went all in with A-9 after the flop came K-10-9. Lui’s A-K gave him top pair. A queen came on the turn giving each a possible straight, but a blank card on the river gave Liu victory.

For a small event there were definitely some characters like deli owner Karen Bochenek who raced from her final table debut to the next tournament a few minutes later. Silently sipping his neat Chivas Regal was Nick Loader. The day before the finals, loader bluffed Bochenek bringing her to the final table with slot gacor a low stack disadvantage. We also had returning champion Clint Baskin who early on looked as though he might regain the title, but fell when his K-J lost to Liu’s pocket 9s. Finally, our second place winner, boistrous, colorful Rafael Perez who knocked Bockenek and her pocket 3s out of the tournament with his third round of pocket aces. Perez held top pocket pairs seven times that day; five of them were aces. Talk about lucky.

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RE: Yo Scope This!

LAKE TAHOE, CA–Jen is correct in extolling the virtue of The Block — “the world’s first snowboarder’s hotel.” Considering that we had a hard time locating a hotel in Tahoe, we scored big with this locale. But a few pieces of greatness that she didn’t point out are how on most nights the sweet smell of kind bud wafts up from various balconies; how the “maids” don’t show up to clean your room until early in the afternoon — no need to wake a partier too early; and how the people who do said cleaning have long hair, ponytails, and tattoos. Oh, and the DVD’s you are welcome to borrow … they’ve got everything from Monty Python to porn.

Everything a snowboarder might desire.

Also, check out the sign posted in the bathrooms from management:

YO, SCOPE THIS!!

To ALL my coo-ass peeps!

I’ve been bustin my ass to do this hotel so us snowboarders have somethin’ mad cool to be proud of that these other uptight hotels can’t even touch or say shit about!! Somethin’ finally just for us; where you’re chillin’, livin’ like a king, partyin’, and not gettin’ all scowled at and looked at like some punk snowboarder!

I have my employees bein’ mad cool about alot of stuff that these other flavorless hotels just trip on. We’re not some corporate chain hotel that makes mad loot… This is basically my house and I’m tryin’ to make it a super nice thing here.

What I’m tryin’ to say homies, is, ….. don’t get all drunk and break any of my shit!! That would be like goin’ into my crib and kickin’ the door in and all that. People get killed for dat! I know that homies get drunk and break shit when they’re in the corporate punk ass hotels all the time, (and I love that – I HATE greedy uptight corporate schmucks too.) but this ain’t THAT.

Please know that when you’re gettin’ all faded and gettin’ rowdy. This dope ass spot is for us, so give mad respect and keep my shit nice!!

Word up! Now where da beer at!!!

Marc Frank Montoya.

Indeed, mad respect.