Soo... you have a computer that tracks how bad I sucked? Glad I don't own one of those...
"Perhaps you should try hobbies that require less talent, like Extreme Couponing or Beetle Fighting"
You've never heard a child try to use logic when developing a lie.
Haha, nope, I'm just downloading illegal stuff
Don’t be messin’ around in Finland!Haha, nope, I'm just downloading illegal stuff
Yep, if I'm not mistaken Rasmus Ristolainen got one of those speeding tickets in the off-season
this is true, my dad has told me it can be BRUTAL.
This post should live in the cards section of the site as well. When this first started happening at my game I was really nervous - and found out it was the exact same cap 'n peek that you mentioned.I'll do more of the fun stuff after work, but I wanted to touch base on a quick but very important topic this morning, as I know it concerned at least a couple of folks on Friday: marked cards.
There were several instances of players finding marked cards on the main black table on Friday night. The decks were changed out when they were found, but I believe we changed out 3 setups in the matter of a couple of hours. Another marked setup was found on Saturday during the tournament on the green hulk table in the shop. The marks on all the cards were very consistent, a slight bend about an inch from the edge of the long side of the card:
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This type of mark is typically caused by a poor card capping technique, where a chip is placed over the cards to cover them - then left on top as the player peaks at their cards, like this:
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It really doesn't take very much pressure to mark a card like this, the corner of the chip is quite effective at creasing the card. Sometimes it's done intentionally to mark certain cards, as it's really tough to see unless you're specifically looking for it - you often "feel" it before you see it. The jammed shuffler was mentioned as a potential source, but I can say with 99.98% certainty that the shuffler was not the issue. I've been running that shuffler non-stop for a decade and it's never marked a card in this fashion (occasionally I see a chipped corner, that's it), and the deck from the Saturday tourney was on a different table. Yesterday evening I looked through all of the setups used during the meetup and found quite of few marked cards - both decks of 5 full setups were marked in some fashion (top 3 were from the Friday night, bottom two from Saturday):
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Based on the number of marked cards and the fact that the spread in ranks/suites is all over the place, I'm confident this was not done intentionally, and have spoken with another veteran meetup host who agrees.
I'm posting this for two reasons:
First and foremost is to alleviate any concerns of foul play during the meetup. Hopefully it was very obvious to everyone who attended this weekend, but I take a tremendous amount of pride in the way my games are run; game integrity & security are of the utmost concern. I don't want anyone second guessing coming back next year over concerns that something shady is going on.
Second is an overall PSA to alert folks that this kind of card capping can very quickly destroy a set of cards - and get you into trouble. Some hosts won't take the time to go through and vet the deck like this. If they notice you doing it, they'll automatically assume you're doing it on purpose and toss you. So I would ask that anyone who played on these tables:
Please take a second look at your capping technique; if you cap with a chip, always remember to remove the chip from your cards before peaking at them.
- Black Jack Daniel's table on Friday afternoon/evening cash
- Black Jack Daniel's table on Saturday afternoon cash (pre-tourney)
- Green shop table during the tournament
Couldn’t have been prettyYep, if I'm not mistaken Rasmus Ristolainen got one of those speeding tickets in the off-season
Talk to this gentleman all the time and didn't even know you owned the Gloria's bro. Absolutely sick!
So yeah after realizing y’all felted not just the GOAT Paulsons you also felted some amazing customs I might be literally forced to come to the next meetup game I can. I’d prolly lose $$$ and walk out happier than when I came in if I played with the Lakeshores
It's all about the fro
It like a cat's tail, keeps him perfectly balanced
That's why I always sat facing the door. I'm no fool
Wtf did I have this hand to make that face
) When you boil away all the non-sense and arguing about our petty first world problems and get down to playing cards with fellow chip nerds, you learn just how cool this little community of hobbyists can be And thank you for showing us yanks that Canadians drink much better beer than Molson and Labatt's..... You're "local" enough to hit us up for a tourney or two during the year, don't be a stranger Always honored to have you two fit me into your annual meetup trek, and thank you for bringing up both the TRKs and minty Indiana Grands. Congrats on an incredible new tourney set, it was a golden ticket well spent. And I'm thinking I'll need to add a late Friday night TURBO tourney to the meetup schedule every year! Good luck out in Vegas this week!
Don't you be callin' Central Jersey North Jersey now ....
Philly south is South Jersey...everything else is North Jersey!Don't you be callin' Central Jersey North Jersey now ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Jersey
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