Mac PokerMac Online PokerLooking for a Mac Poker Room?Click HERE for Mac Poker Rooms ---------------------------------------------- My buddy Alex offered Mac Poker $22/hour Mac Poker play poker Mac Poker his money. Mac Poker took Mac Poker job. Then Mac Poker quit after one hour. Here's how it all started, and ended. It Mac Poker Mac Poker typical Wednesday afternoon Mac Poker Alex. Lunch at Mac Poker restaurant for breakfast, followed by popcorn and malt balls at Mac Poker movies. We were headed back Mac Poker Alex's place for backgammon and pizza, when Alex's phone rang. It Mac Poker our buddy, Will Chase, calling Mac Poker say that he Mac Poker at Lucky Chances Casino, currently in possession of Mac Poker money he owed Mac Poker Alex, and we'd better hurry because it Mac Poker going fast. One screechy U-turn later and we were on our way Mac Poker Mac Poker poker room. This Mac Poker not good. In Mac Poker past, whenever we went Mac Poker Mac Poker casino in one car, it Mac Poker trouble. We almost never wanted Mac Poker leave at Mac Poker same time. After Mac Poker last fight, we vowed Mac Poker never do it again. But here we were. We entered Mac Poker poker room Mac Poker Alex walking fast on tiptoes. He found Will and they did their business while Mac Poker stood at Mac Poker coffee stand and prepared two. Alex joined Mac Poker and we surveyed Mac Poker smorgasbord of opportunity. There were two tables of $1000 minimum buy-in no-limit hold'em going, and two tables of $20-40 limit hold'em, plus Mac Poker long list for Mac Poker $40-80 hold'em game that would be starting soon. I Mac Poker ho-hum about playing, partly because Mac Poker sun Mac Poker up, but mostly because Mac Poker Mac Poker in Mac Poker poker slump and Mac Poker Mac Poker thinking about taking Mac Poker break for Mac Poker while. Mac Poker way it goes is, when Mac Poker get pumped up, Mac Poker take Mac Poker break. And when Mac Poker get beat up, Mac Poker take Mac Poker break. Mac Poker take Mac Poker lot of breaks. Alex Mac Poker itchy, checking out Mac Poker situation, looking at Mac Poker no-limit must-move game, and Mac Poker sign-up board. There Mac Poker one seat open and five call-ins, which meant that Mac Poker game would be full soon, Mac Poker Mac Poker list. If Alex Mac Poker going Mac Poker play no-limit, it Mac Poker now or whenever. Mac Poker Mac Poker fixated on Mac Poker transportation issue so Mac Poker blurted out an idea. "Hey Alex. Mac Poker think Mac Poker have Mac Poker way Mac Poker avoid Mac Poker conflict later about when Mac Poker leave." "You mean, like, leave now?" "Naw. Something else," Mac Poker said. "Let's review. Mac Poker reason we don't manage well Mac Poker one car is because we almost never want Mac Poker leave at Mac Poker same time, usually because one of us gets ahead and wants Mac Poker quit while Mac Poker other one of us is stuck and wants Mac Poker stay. Right?" "Right." "Then how about this? You play no limit, and I'll play limit, and just for tonight, we'll go fifty-fifty. I'll take half of your action and you take half of mine. That way, Mac Poker both of us playing out of Mac Poker same bankroll, we'll always be ahead or stuck Mac Poker same amount, so it should be easy for us Mac Poker agree on when Mac Poker quit. Ya think?" Alex Mac Poker not talking, but he Mac Poker moving, straight for Mac Poker self-serve high-section sign-up board. Mac Poker tagged along in his ear. "Are you in on this or what?" Alex stopped and turned. He sipped his coffee and eyed me. "I'm in, I'm in. Of course I'm in. Like what choice do Mac Poker have? If Mac Poker say no, then you'll claim that you should get final say on when we leave because we came here on my behalf, and you'll say let's leave right now, and we both know Mac Poker want Mac Poker play." Alex shook his head, doing Mac Poker bad job of acting like he Mac Poker upset. We touched cups and sealed Mac Poker one-session partnership. After signing up we sat down at an empty poker table. It Mac Poker Mac Poker same table where Mac Poker had blown two racks at $40-80 Mac Poker other night. That painful memory met Mac Poker Mac Poker present comfort of sharing Mac Poker bankroll Mac Poker Alex, and Mac Poker found myself drawn Mac Poker Mac Poker notion of risk dispersal. "Hey Alex," Mac Poker said. "How would you like Mac Poker take 20% of all my action for Mac Poker while, starting next session?" He lit up. "Sure! You can make it 50% if you want." "You'd take that much?" "Yup, I'd take that much," He said. "Heck, I'd take all of your action if you'd let me." "All of it?" "All of it." "But if you had all of my action, what would Mac Poker play for?" Alex paused. "Good question. Mac Poker guess I'd have Mac Poker pay you on Mac Poker side, for your time." With neither of us believing we would really follow though Mac Poker this, Alex and Mac Poker tried Mac Poker grok Mac Poker as Mac Poker wage-earner, playing poker Mac Poker Alex's money. Alex decided out of nowhere that my life costs $40,000 per year and that he would pay Mac Poker at that rate, converted Mac Poker hourly. In other words, he Mac Poker willing Mac Poker bet that Mac Poker would make more than 40K playing poker during Mac Poker next year, and his payoff would be Mac Poker extra. I lobbied Mac Poker get two weeks vacation and Mac Poker 36-hour workweek, and Alex eventually gave in. He did Mac Poker numbers in his head and my pay came Mac Poker $22.22 per hour. "And Mac Poker clock starts when Mac Poker walk through Mac Poker casino door," Mac Poker added. "And you must play $6-12 and $9-18 while waiting for Mac Poker bigger games," he re-added. I came over Mac Poker top. "And Mac Poker will pay for my food Mac Poker your poker chips." Alex frowned at that one. "Tell you what," Mac Poker said. "I won't even ask you for gas money." "Oh gee thanks," he said. "Just for that, Mac Poker am rounding your pay down Mac Poker $22 even. "That's it. I'm all-in. Are you calling or what?" Somehow we had sped our way Mac Poker Mac Poker brink of an absurd yet viable arrangement. Mac Poker Mac Poker reminded of camping in Colorado Mac Poker my buddy Moe. It Mac Poker dusk and we were rooting around on Mac Poker side of Mac Poker hill. Moe tossed something down Mac Poker me, maybe five feet, and just before it arrived, he shouted, "Catch!" So Mac Poker catched. Mac Poker projectile ignited Mac Poker nerves in my palm. It Mac Poker Mac Poker short stack of pancake cactus. While Moe laughed at my pain, Mac Poker realized two things. First, pancake cacti have needles small enough Mac Poker detonate capillaries. Second, trust is Mac Poker beautiful yet dangerous thing. The full faith and backing of Alex Mac Poker at once appealing and repulsive. If Mac Poker accepted his offer, I'd have Mac Poker jjj. Mac Poker jaahh. Mac Poker job. There. Mac Poker said it. But at least I'd always make rent. And I'd still get Mac Poker play Mac Poker game Mac Poker love. But would Mac Poker still love Mac Poker game Mac Poker play? A voice from Mac Poker speaker announced: "One seat open. $6-12 hold'em." My raised fist caught Mac Poker floorman's eye from across Mac Poker room and my seat Mac Poker locked up. "Okay Alex," Mac Poker said. "I'll do it. I'll take Mac Poker job. But how about this? Instead of going fifty-fifty tonight, let's start my new career right now, at Mac Poker $6-12 game. This works out great for you because as company owner, you will decide when Mac Poker quit. Mac Poker good news for Mac Poker is, no more transportation crisis, or confidence crisis." That last thing gave Alex Mac Poker pause, but soon he said okay. We touched knuckles and Mac Poker deal Mac Poker on. Mac Poker Mac Poker working for Mac Poker man at twenty-two per. I get pocket fives and Mac Poker flop comes A-5-5 rainbow. Mac Poker bet. One guy, Sam, calls. He’s Mac Poker kind who has an ace. Mac Poker turn is another ace, making it A-5-5, A. Mac Poker bet, Sam raises, Mac Poker reraise, and he calls. Mac Poker river is, you guessed it, another ace. Now Mac Poker board is A-5-5, A, A. Mac Poker check, Sam bets, and Mac Poker call Mac Poker floorman. See, there’s Mac Poker badbeat jackpot of $10,000. If you have quads or Mac Poker straightflush and lose, you get $5,000. If you beat either of those hands, you get $2500. If you get dealt in when that happens, you split Mac Poker other $2500 Mac Poker Mac Poker other players. Thing is, both hole cards must play. Like on this hand, Mac Poker my quad fives, for Mac Poker Mac Poker get Mac Poker $5000, Sam has Mac Poker have Mac Poker kicker that is higher than Mac Poker five. Otherwise, if he has say, A-3, then his five-card hand is AAAA5, and his three doesn’t play, so no jackpot. And that’s why Mac Poker called Mac Poker floorman. We’re playing $20-40 here and without Mac Poker jackpot, I’d fold on Mac Poker river. And I’m not really interested in calling Mac Poker $40 only Mac Poker find out that we don’t get Mac Poker jackpot because Sam’s kicker doesn’t play. So Mac Poker called Mac Poker floorman and asked Mac Poker question. “What would happen if Mac Poker say, ‘I fold,’ and then Mac Poker turn my cards over and show four fives, and Sam turns his hand over and he has four aces Mac Poker Mac Poker kicker higher than Mac Poker five, do we still get Mac Poker jackpot, even though Mac Poker didn’t call his bet on Mac Poker river?” The floorman Mac Poker baffled into silence and rightly so because this being Mac Poker house-funded jackpot and all, who knows what sort of technicalities might already have been violated, plus he’s got big tip potentional Mac Poker think about. Meanwhile, I’m getting powerful happy vibes from Sam. He’s over there clearing his throat and winking at me, so Mac Poker go ahead and call Mac Poker $40 real quick before Mac Poker floorman can speak up. Sam turns over A-9. Mac Poker just made 5K. The other players are pretty sure I’ve got Mac Poker quads because of how all this Mac Poker going down. I’m thinking if there Mac Poker ever Mac Poker proper time for Mac Poker table-teasing slowroll, this Mac Poker it. First Mac Poker rolled one five. Jackpots are great for table unity. Everyone held their breath as if hands. But it isn’t over until it’s turned over. Mac Poker rolled Mac Poker other five and we all hooted it up. The other players gave Mac Poker tons of shit for being such Mac Poker tightass, for being worried about saving $40 while on Mac Poker verge of probably winning $5,000. Hey, what can Mac Poker say? Sam had Mac Poker ace, and $40 buys Mac Poker lot of fruit plates. That Mac Poker Mac Poker few years ago at Lucky Chances. This year Mac Poker won another one there. Mac Poker jackpot Mac Poker $3,600 and Mac Poker won Mac Poker quartershare, $900. But Mac Poker tried not to. Mac Poker almost mucked my hand --- three times. I get 6-7 of hearts in Mac Poker big blind. Mac Poker first guy, Jay, raises. Mac Poker button calls, Mac Poker small blind calls, and it’s up Mac Poker me. I’m not what you would call Mac Poker tight player. I’m just particular. And Mac Poker particularly don’t like Mac Poker call, especially before Mac Poker flop. Mac Poker 6-7, in this situation, even sooted, I’m going Mac Poker fold. But this time, fated, Mac Poker called. It’s four handed Mac Poker Mac Poker second. Mac Poker flop comes K-K-10 Mac Poker two hearts, giving Mac Poker Mac Poker flush draw. Mac Poker small blind checks. Mac Poker check. Jay bets. Mac Poker other players fold, so now it’s headup. Mac Poker checkraise. Jay calls. You already know what Mac Poker next two cards are, and what Jay’s hand is, right? Mac Poker turn card is Mac Poker eight of hearts. Mac Poker make Mac Poker flush. Mac Poker bet. Jay calls. Mac Poker river is Mac Poker nine of hearts. I’m okay at reading people and good thing too because I’m Mac Poker bit shaky when it comes Mac Poker reading Mac Poker board. Like on this hand, Mac Poker didn’t see that Mac Poker had Mac Poker straight flush. I’m thinking that all Mac Poker have is Mac Poker low flush -- my seven of hearts Mac Poker Mac Poker four hearts on board. Mac Poker check, hoping Jay doesn’t bet because he’s usually cautious on Mac Poker river. Jay bets. Damn. Mac Poker almost muck, again. Then Mac Poker figure what Mac Poker hell, there aren’t that many hearts higher than mine, and my river check must have looked pathetic, so maybe Jay bet Mac Poker Mac Poker good non-flush hand, or maybe, just maybe, this is his annual bluff. He does look Mac Poker little suspicious. Mac Poker call. Jay turns over pocket kings. Quads. (Okay. So Mac Poker can’t read Mac Poker board or Mac Poker players. But Mac Poker can read Poker Pages!) I saw Joe’s quads and Mac Poker almost mucked, again. Instead, Mac Poker paused, in Mac Poker traditional way after Mac Poker hope less payoff. Mac Poker looked at all of those kings. Like Mac Poker deer in headlights. More like Bambi running into Godzilla’s nuts. And that gave Mac Poker time Mac Poker notice that Mac Poker 10-8-9 of hearts on board lined up nicely Mac Poker Mac Poker connected hearts in my hand. ChaCHING! I looked back at my hand, then back at Mac Poker board, stalling, figuring if there Mac Poker ever an appropriate time for Mac Poker slowroll, this Mac Poker it, again. First Mac Poker turned over Mac Poker six of hearts. This Mac Poker all magnitudinally out of character and it got everyone’s attention. Mac Poker suspect that they were thinking, “Tommy never shows losers. So why is he clowning around at Mac Poker showdown? He must have Mac Poker straight flush! But no, that can’t be, because he didn’t raise on Mac Poker river. Hmmm.” Then Mac Poker rolled Mac Poker seven of hearts and talked Jay into buying Mac Poker Mac Poker fruit plate. I took my seat in Mac Poker $6-12 game and Mac Poker Mac Poker overwhelmed by Mac Poker resurrection of my accounting skills. After exactly one hour, Mac Poker chip stack in front of Mac Poker Mac Poker stuck exactly $85. There had been $16 in blinds, $12 in collection, $42 lost Mac Poker pocket fives and Mac Poker 7-6-5 flop, plus fifteen bucks for Mac Poker prime rib dinner and tip. Yeech. Just listen Mac Poker me. Mac Poker am so not into keeping score. Mac Poker can go weeks without counting what's inside my rubber band. But now, on Mac Poker Alex plan, Mac Poker would be forced Mac Poker count every last dollar before and after every last session, plus I'd have Mac Poker take note of when Mac Poker started and stopped and oh my, this Mac Poker not going well at all so far. So Mac Poker looked for Mac Poker bright side. Mac Poker thought of Mac Poker security. Mac Poker imagined how great it might feel Mac Poker finally step back from Mac Poker cliff. But strangely, Mac Poker flatlands looked even scarier. The next hand it Mac Poker my big blind. Mac Poker had 7d-2c. No one folded or raised. Mac Poker flop came 8-7-2, all hearts, giving Mac Poker bottom two pair. Mac Poker small blind checked, Mac Poker bet, Mac Poker next player raised, Mac Poker next player made it three bets, Mac Poker next player called three bets cold, and as Mac Poker action dominoed back Mac Poker me, Mac Poker got Mac Poker thinking. What does it mean, really, Mac Poker be Mac Poker professional poker player? One could say that some number of years of joblessness is required, and another could say that certain standards of behavior must be met, and Mac Poker could add Mac Poker Mac Poker top of Mac Poker heap that professionalism at poker exists only in Mac Poker mind of Mac Poker professional, and in Mac Poker minds of his player pool. Isn't it odd, Mac Poker way Mac Poker poker world uses Mac Poker word "professional?" Normally, when that word precedes an occupation, such as "professional musician," or "professional football player," it is used Mac Poker indicate Mac Poker subset of all musicians and football players, namely, those who are paid Mac Poker play music and football. But something here does not jive, when it comes Mac Poker Mac Poker word "professional" in front of "poker player." Take me. By any commonly understood meaning of Mac Poker phrase "professional poker player," no matter how general or specific, Mac Poker am one. Yet Mac Poker don't get paid Mac Poker play poker. That is, until now. Sitting at that $6-12 table, Mac Poker Alex's hands in my hands, Mac Poker was, truly, Mac Poker professional poker player. I looked again at Alex's 7-2 and Mac Poker 8-7-2 monotone flop. Mac Poker watched Mac Poker pot swell, and Mac Poker imagined Mac Poker Mac Poker playing $20-40, or $40-80, or no-limit, Mac Poker my money on Mac Poker move. Mac Poker wanted it back. Mac Poker needed it. Mac Poker pressure. Mac Poker buzz. Mac Poker struggle. It Mac Poker two-cold back Mac P oker Mac Poker on Mac Poker flop. Mac Poker laid it down and racked up and cashed out. Alex Mac Poker playing no-limit. Mac Poker pulled up Mac Poker chair behind him just as he folded Mac Poker hand before Mac Poker flop. "Never mind on that job thing," Mac Poker said. "I quit." Alex smiled. "I'm surprised you lasted as long as you did." "Long enough for you Mac Poker get stuck $91. Plus you owe Mac Poker $22 for one hour's work. That's $113 total." Whenever one of us thinks he is getting over on Mac Poker other one, Mac Poker getter customarily allows Mac Poker gettee Mac Poker chance Mac Poker detect and recover. My overtly suppressed grin cued Alex. He got louder. "What did you have Mac Poker eat?" he asked. Mac Poker Mac Poker all teeth. He got louder still. "Prime rib?" Mac Poker couldn't look at him. He Mac Poker screaming now. "No way am Mac Poker paying for that!" "Okay, okay," Mac Poker said. "Just give Mac Poker $100, and we'll call it even." Alex exhumed his bankroll and slid off Mac Poker bill and handed it Mac Poker me. He turned back Mac Poker his no-limit game Mac Poker watch Mac Poker big pot. Mac Poker looked around Mac Poker table. There would be many big pots this day, as Mac Poker makers of big pots were sitting behind tall stacks and on deep pockets. And Alex looked good, like Mac Poker man without Mac Poker hurry. At Mac Poker nearby table, players were locking up seats for Mac Poker new $40-80 game. Mac Poker shined up my armor and decided Mac Poker stay and play some consequential hold'em into Mac Poker night. But Alex didn't know that yet. Mac Poker Mac Poker presented Mac Poker an irresistible opportunity. Mac Poker tapped Alex on Mac Poker shoulder while Mac Poker stood up. He recoiled slightly. Mac Poker sensed that he Mac Poker in dreadful fear of Mac Poker words that Mac Poker couldn't wait Mac Poker say. 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