The Borgata
So had a pretty cool day yesterday. First I got up at about 5:30 in the morning to get ready to meet the Stage 3 and Talkshow TV crew. They introduced me to the host of the little segment we taped about poker, a guy named Garreth. THen they had two guys they picked up from some agency named Kalanji and Jordan... these were the two guys who were going to be learning a little bit about poker from me.
So we drive out to the Borgata... the casino is a pretty crazy diamond in the middle of slummy AC. Met the head of the PR department and she took us down to the cardroom where they had a little table setup and this dealer named Anna who I guess they were trying to promote a bit since she was on the cover of their calender. It's amazing what makeup, lighting and photoshop can do to a person.
We spent a few hours going over the game with J and K and Garreth. The camera guy kept calling Garreth Gabe, which was kind of weird since he was supposed to be the host. I talked to all three of them after the show and found out I might be selling myself a little short. They each picked up $500 for coming out... but I guess I got the free ticket to AC and a cool room at the Borgata. Plus I ordered a little movie and ordered some room service... so it probably comes out even. And maybe I'll get a little thank you gift from the good people at Stage 3 and Talkshow TV.
Coolest part of shooting the whole thing was that I got to meet one of the guys behind CDNow named Andy... we swapped some war stories about the whole dot-com thing, talked about relationships with his partner John (who used to be a big college football player set to get drafted in the fourth round until he blew his knee... during his senior year... during the bowl game. Talk about a bad beat).
After the shoot was over, I signed up for a little tournament at the Borgata... $100 buyin, $100 rebuys, $100 addon. There were about 104 entrants and I skipped the rebuys and just went for the addon. Ended up coming in 7th place for a cool grand. Yo... a grand don't come for free.
Finally hooked up with Bobby... we're driving back out to Fresno and stopping in Columbia for a couple days. Looking forward to spending some cool times with my brother on the road and back in Fresno. He had me laughing all night. Good times. I miss Gianna, though.
So we drive out to the Borgata... the casino is a pretty crazy diamond in the middle of slummy AC. Met the head of the PR department and she took us down to the cardroom where they had a little table setup and this dealer named Anna who I guess they were trying to promote a bit since she was on the cover of their calender. It's amazing what makeup, lighting and photoshop can do to a person.
We spent a few hours going over the game with J and K and Garreth. The camera guy kept calling Garreth Gabe, which was kind of weird since he was supposed to be the host. I talked to all three of them after the show and found out I might be selling myself a little short. They each picked up $500 for coming out... but I guess I got the free ticket to AC and a cool room at the Borgata. Plus I ordered a little movie and ordered some room service... so it probably comes out even. And maybe I'll get a little thank you gift from the good people at Stage 3 and Talkshow TV.
Coolest part of shooting the whole thing was that I got to meet one of the guys behind CDNow named Andy... we swapped some war stories about the whole dot-com thing, talked about relationships with his partner John (who used to be a big college football player set to get drafted in the fourth round until he blew his knee... during his senior year... during the bowl game. Talk about a bad beat).
After the shoot was over, I signed up for a little tournament at the Borgata... $100 buyin, $100 rebuys, $100 addon. There were about 104 entrants and I skipped the rebuys and just went for the addon. Ended up coming in 7th place for a cool grand. Yo... a grand don't come for free.
Finally hooked up with Bobby... we're driving back out to Fresno and stopping in Columbia for a couple days. Looking forward to spending some cool times with my brother on the road and back in Fresno. He had me laughing all night. Good times. I miss Gianna, though.
posted by Dutch Boyd at
08:55
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Did you like the Forgotten? I saw in theaters and I thought it started off good as a psychological thriller, but then seemed to dart off into right field. Kind of like they had a good basis for the movie, then they let some kid come in and write what he thought the ending should be. I'd like to hear your feelings.
I thought it was ok... but I slept through most of it. Every scene where the room opened up was awesome. And her little friend who had the daughter I thought was a pretty cool character. Kind of had a Mark Ruffalo from You Can Count On Me thing going for him.
Update your blog, foo!
Off Topic:
What's the url for Scott Fishman's website?
Scott's website is ScottFischman.com.
blah....that should have been obvious.
Thank You!
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