the dog days are over...

“@ the pawn stars, its better to sell at 20% because it is more efficient for their time. they dont want a bunch of 2 dollar profits when they can have a few 5 dollar ones and make almost the same money for way less than half the time and effort.
btw, you got a car AND moved out?”

I guess I didn’t really talk about the car or moving out. Well, my Jimmy had been slowly dying for the past 6 months. I went to the mechanic and they said that my transmission needed to be replaced and that it wasn’t worth fixing. Therefore, the car search started. My only requirement for a car was that it had to have good gas mileage. So, I had been looking for a week or two and my Dad told me that I had to buy a car soon because he was going to be busy because the tomato harvest was going to start soon. So, one day, my dad came home from lunch and said let’s go to Tracy Honda to test drive some cars. So, I reluctantly said yes, but I clearly told my dad “I am just looking at cars today, but I’m not going to buy a car.” He said ok, blah blah blah.

So long story short, we test drive a nice 07 Accord, and when the sales lady stepped out of the car, my dad turns to me and says “ok, so you’ll buy this car, and we’ll try and get $1,000 for your Jimmy” I was like wtf Clark! I told him I didn’t want to buy a car today, but damn, my dad has the worst A.D.D. ever. He pretty much talked me into it and 5 hours later, no more Jimmy. (I miss Jimmy a lot, I kind of just want to know where he ends up, oh well) Everyone says that they can’t picture me without Jimmy. But anyway, I thought I would be happy with a new car, but I didn’t feel very good for the next week. I kept checking my online bank statements, just in case there was a mistake and the cashier’s check didn’t get accepted for some reason, and maybe I had just “stolen” the car. But, no such luck, I felt poor. But a month later, I’m loving the car.

So when they appraised poor Jimmy, they came back and told me that if I wanted to trade him in, I would have to pay Tracy Honda $25. They explained that they could sell the car for $1500 but needed $1525 worth of repairs. So I told her there was about $40 worth of gas in there, she didn’t find that very funny. But anyway, we ended up getting $300 for him, or maybe $350, I forgot already.

And yes, I moved/got kicked out of my parent’s house. I’m living at my grandma’s house and so far, so good. I have internet and cable and 3 rooms to myself. So far, the internet has not let me down, I’m crossing my fingers that it doesn’t go down when I’m playing poker. However, the house is extremely old and the middle of nowhere, with no neighbors. At night, the house makes some occasional weird/creepy noises. If someone wanted to, they can scare the living shit out of me. If it’s late, and someone just knocks on my door, I’m calling 911 immediately, without hesitation. Thinking about it now, I don’t even know the address to this place.

And for the pawn stars question, I think we can debate this all day. I agree with you that they would rather have a few $5 profits than a lot of $2 profits because of efficiency. However, the one piece of information is how many items are being bought/sold. I mean, for this little competition, they didn’t mention anything besides profit margin. Therefore, if I sat at work all day and purchased 3 items in a week, and my profit margin was 40%, my co-worker that has a lower profit margin but more volume, would be more valuable to the company that I was. My only point is that it’s not ALL about profit margin.


Full Tilt Poker Game #24101889461: $30 + $1.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (186455507), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:24:12 ET - 2010/09/22
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Paige16 [Ah Jd]
RxDealer1 calls 20
Paige16 raises to 160
RxDealer1 calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Js 7d Th]
Paige16 has 15 seconds left to act
Paige16 bets 280
RxDealer1 calls 280
*** TURN *** [Js 7d Th] [6s]
Paige16 has 15 seconds left to act
Paige16 checks
RxDealer1 bets 880
Paige16 has 15 seconds left to act
Paige16 raises to 2,425, and is all in
RxDealer1 has 15 seconds left to act
RxDealer1 calls 1,545
Paige16 shows [Ah Jd]
RxDealer1 shows [3s 8h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 7d Th 6s] [Ks]
Paige16 shows a pair of Jacks
RxDealer1 shows King Jack high
Paige16 wins the pot (5,730) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,730 | Rake 0
Board: [Js 7d Th 6s Ks]
Seat 1: RxDealer1 (small blind) showed [3s 8h] and lost with King Jack high
Seat 2: Paige16 (big blind) showed [Ah Jd] and won (5,730) with a pair of Jacks

^This hand makes me wonder what some people are thinking when they are playing poker. I understand his turn bet was a bluff, but when I raise, why on earth would you call? But anyway, this is a good example about how to explain expectation. When all the chips go in, I have 90.9% equity to my opponent’s 9.1% equity. In this case, I won the hand, and you may say “yea, of course you won, no big deal, you were supposed to win that pot” However, by winning this pot, I am running ABOVE EXPECTATION. Of the $60 pot, my opponent was supposed to be awarded 9.1% of 60 dollars. I feel that lots of people do not understand expectation, when you win 3 of these in a row, you are running above expectation, and you basically owe some “expectation” back to your opponents. Hmm, I wonder if this made sense, or if everyone knows this already.

Full Tilt Poker Game #24101889461: $30 + $1.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (186455509), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:24:12 ET - 2010/09/22
Seat 1: Paige16 (3,110)
Seat 2: E Diggz (2,890)
E Diggz posts the small blind of 15
Paige16 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Paige16 [Ah Ad]
E Diggz raises to 2,890, and is all in
Paige16 calls 2,860
E Diggz shows [Kc Td]
Paige16 shows [Ah Ad]
*** FLOP *** [Jd 2d Qd]
*** TURN *** [Jd 2d Qd] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 2d Qd 3h] [Jh]
E Diggz shows a pair of Jacks
Paige16 shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
Paige16 wins the pot (5,780) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,780 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd 2d Qd 3h Jh]
Seat 1: Paige16 (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (5,780) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 2: E Diggz (small blind) showed [Kc Td] and lost with a pair of Jacks

^Easy game lol, I kind of felt bad for this guy, he had been playing solid for about 15 minutes, then he decides to do this, and I have Ace Ace. Last night, I think I played some of the worst players I’ve ever played before. I’m pretty sure it was the most I’ve ever won online, excluding multi-table tournaments. Unfortunately, I know that the downswing is inevitable.

something else pretty Big happened in my life, which i do not wish to put in here. i'm sure most people know, but it's been hard to tell everyone. so just ask me if you don't know.