Famous/Infamous Railbirds of Atlantic City.

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The key to being a regular in AC... NEVER EVER EVER LEND MONEY TO ANYONE. EVER.
Jeff

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words to live by

[mostsmooth]

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where was he playing chess?

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in that little lobby area between the new tournament setup and the high limit side. against the wall shared with the main poker room.

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how many people are there playing chess?
i rarely go to taj, i dont even know what new tourny setup youre talking about. but id like to see some of the chess action. im assuming they are gambling on it?
i wonder if they are any good?
im no master, but i would kick much ass back in the day at the pool hall [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[highlife]

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how many people are there playing chess?
i rarely go to taj, i dont even know what new tourny setup youre talking about. but id like to see some of the chess action. im assuming they are gambling on it?
i wonder if they are any good?
im no master, but i would kick much ass back in the day at the pool hall

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I'm not sure if they were gambling on it, and they were just sitting on the floor playing. As far as if they were any good, I'm guessing someone who does calculus problems for fun has a decent chance at also being good at chess. I only saw it twice maybe, so its by no means a regular thing.

[Mike Gallo]

Prodigy,


Awesome post.

I know all of the players on your list.

Carlos now plays in the $40 and $80 games at the Borgata.
He once borrowed $5.00 from me and never payed me back. Now I just bum a smoke from him.

I have seen Patches around the room since I started playing. I do not have a problem with him at all.

I know Timmy very well. He made a lot of money off of a slot machine scam, and is still bust. Go figure.

I hardly ever see Leo play, however I always see him seating the games.

Pat does crack me up.

You left out guys like Kenny Action, Flip and Boris. Although these guys play and I would not consider them railbird.

Very entertaining post. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Mike Gallo]

theres this guy i see all the time whos rarely in a game, seems like hes always sweating somebody. anywho, hes got dirty blondish hair, mustahce, kinda on the heavyset side. usually has a tan membersonly kinda jacket on. one time he fell asleep at an empty table in a chair at the trop, and people were throwing garbage at him, that was pretty funny.

His name is Bobby. He parts his hair to the side. He used to play $15-$30 stud for a living but went bust.

[FeliciaLee]

I think Carlos once told me he was from PR. He surely doesn't look Mexican to me, nor does the group he runs with.

Carlos never borrowed money from me, but I heard stories.

Ditto with Patches. Lots of stories, and not just from Mike, lol.

Funny how I have such a different viewpoint of AC than so many others. Having been around the poker scene for ten years (mostly through my Mom's eyes) in Vegas, I found AC a very refreshing, decent place. I was amazed that the difference between AC poker and Vegas poker (pre-poker boom).

I didn't want to leave, but we had to move west. I still think back on those days, and I definitely prefer east coast poker to anything out here (Vegas and Cali poker).

Lots of people whine and complain about what a cesspool AC it, how grungy AC locals are, how inconsistent Foxwoods rules are, but I think either they haven't played extensively around the country, or they just have some kind of rose colored glasses on, when they think of other places, because I have never been as happy with the poker world as I was when I was out east.

Granted, I haven't played in AC since July 2003, so my info might be dated, but I sure wish I could go back.

Felicia [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
www.felicialee.net

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Is FISH the little black dude who walks around the Taj poker room in the blue Dallas Cowboy jacket ? I've never seen him sit down and play. Strange fellow.

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because I have never been as happy with the poker world as I was when I was out east.

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stud player, eh? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[FeliciaLee]

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because I have never been as happy with the poker world as I was when I was out east.

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stud player, eh? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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That was part of it, but not all of it. I seriously liked the attitudes better. Don't believe me? Check out my old tourney/trip reports. They should still be around in the archives.

Good observation, though!

[Mike Gallo]

Felicia,

You did make a lot of "friends" in your time here.
Zeus (Jesus) plays at the Borgata now.