On a fold draw

Shane Schleger's Blog

2011-04-01T00:22:00.001-04:00

The meat and potatoes is in paragraph two. @ShaneSchleger has always been one of my fav bloggers, enjoy. http://shaniaconline.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-poker-roundup-so-far.html

http://pokertickets.com

2011-03-31T23:54:00.001-04:00

I just locked up a seat in the @DelawarePark Poker Classic $150 Heads-Up w/ http://pokertickets.com

Charlie Sheen Bi-Winning Dubstep

2011-03-06T05:15:00.000-05:00

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1hLduV1p88&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Friends Like These

2011-02-17T06:58:00.001-05:00

Buddy just got back from a not-so-great trip to the Big Easy. Below is the jist of a [d]uck you e-mail he sent to his traveling companions.

I'm glad everyone had a great time while i was rotting in jail for nine hrs after being unlawfully arrested, beaten, and robbed by New Orleans' finest. On top of that, I waited for two hrs outside jail for a ride that never came*. I don't know which was worse. The cuts, bruises, and aches are fading though.

For future reference, should this experience fall unto one of your "friends," there exists a basic surety transaction called bail. A true friend makes one simple phone call to the local precinct where your friend was most likely taken. They tell you if he is there or has been transported to another facility for holding and booking. You show up to post bail, and they expedite processing -- especially for minor, commonly trumped up charges... such as criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication. In other words, they let your ass rot if no one comes.

I wouldve been there for ten more hours but not for a kind, cute administrative officer with a French name and Cajun accent. At least I didn't have to take a shit.
_______________________________

*no cabs answered b/c of the marathon. this is standard during big city marathons for obvious reasons. i finally hailed 1 about a mile from jail when it was less than 1 hr before my flight-nothing like cruising through the darkest hood in my pimp suit -minus its top half buttons, ofc.

"You got no luggage?" I've never been sadder.

Chinese Poker for the iPhone/iTouch

2011-02-15T14:38:00.001-05:00

Check out this Chinese Poker hand.

Player: TsTdAc 8d7s6c5d4h KsKhKd4d4c
AI: TsTdAc 8d7s6c5d4h KsKhKd4d4c
Dealer 1: QhQcAh JhJdJc5s5h 2s2h2d2c6d
Dealer 2: AsAdKc 8s8h7h7dQd ThTc6s6h5c
Dealer 3: QsJs8c 3s3h3d3c7c 9s9h9d9c4s
Ace Squared
Chinese Poker for the iPhone 2.0.1
Game: Natural Bonus 1-4

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ChipMeUp

2011-01-25T17:50:00.001-05:00

I'm playing the $560 HOSE at @BorgataPoker on Thurs, want a piece? $8 for 1%

Chinese Poker for the iPhone/iTouch

2011-01-21T19:36:00.001-05:00

Check out this Chinese Poker hand.

Player: KsKdKc QcJcTc8c5c KhJhTh5h3h
AI: KsKdKc QcJcTc8c5c KhJhTh5h3h
Dealer 1: QhQdTs 2h2d2c6s6c 9s9h9c3s3d
Dealer 2: As8h7h 7c6h5s4h3c JdTd8d7d6d
Dealer 3: 4s4d4c AhAdAc9d5d QsJs8s7s2s
Ace Squared
Chinese Poker for the iPhone 2.0.1
Game: 2-4

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292989527

Thursday Afternoon Coffee

2011-01-20T06:31:00.001-05:00

I'ma play some poker this afternoon on the internets.

1:00 pm - $10+$1 SuperStack ($14K Gtd)

2:00 pm - $24+$2 DoubleStack ($42K Gtd)

2:05 pm - $3+$0.30 Multi-Entry ($2K Gtd) [4 entries]

2:57 pm - $3+$0.30 "3 by 3 at 3 of 3" ($3K Gtd) [3 entries]

$0.39 shares!

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Sweat the Sunday Brawl for Free

2011-01-15T18:09:00.000-05:00

If you 'liked' http://www.facebook.com/OnAFoldDraw, you would have already seen this message.

Hello friends, followers, and fellow degenerates. The powers that be over at ChipMeUp.com have put me on RESTRICTED status because they're convinced I'm a dirty-rotten scam artist.

You spend one night in a bathroom stall in Atlantic City and everyone thinks you're dirty for the rest of eternity? WTF?

I'm trying to shove a deep run right down their throats on Sunday afternoon. If you've got the time, sweat me on Full Tilt. I'm USAF_Trevor. The tournament ID is 207 316 982.

If you feel so inclined, go right ahead and create a ChipMeUp acct and show show some support.

As always, http://twitter.com/OnAFoldDraw is the best place to go for updates. I'll see y'all when I see ya. Thanx for the sweat!

- Trav

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Time:2:00PM Sunday, January 16th

Fish For Breakfast

2011-01-14T08:16:00.001-05:00

Playing some tournaments on @FullTiltPoker to start my day.

How my mind (doesn't) work

2011-01-13T11:07:00.001-05:00

@KimShannon talked me into getting serious about finding backers - I told her I'd do it, but she had to do most of the smile and nodding. I'd just win the coin-flips. Following is an e-mail to her, from me.

The biggest stall in me writing a FAQ Doc for you is me trying to come up with a sufficient medium. I've decided upon e-mail. All pertinent contact info can be found in my handy-dandy Signature, courtesy of the clever folx at @WiseStamp.

I started playing this silly game called "Poker" right around the same time all the other lemmings did... right after Moneymaker won the WSOP ME in '03. I was in the @USAirForce at the time, stationed in Oklahoma. Those OKC boys sure do know how to gamble. I blame my degenerate nature on them.

I learned how to pitch cards in OKC, then got an Air Force job with Pentagon and moved to the Washington, DC area. I've played games in Baltimore, DC, and the casinos of Atlantic City since the Fall of '04. I've had my own game, dealt (and still do deal) for countless others, and I've made a name for myself as one of the best dealers in the area.

Was only a matter of time before I left the Military and tried This Poker Thing full time. I haven't had one of them there "real jobs" since the spring of '06, just a few months after getting out of the Air Force in Dec '05. I wouldn't have it any other way. There's only one problem with being an extremely proficient dealer: my job security provides me with the illusion that I have no need for proper bankroll management.

I am my own worst enemy at the poker table. Just started reading @TheTommyAngelo 's Elements of Poker [Review], hoping it does wonders for "lopping off my C-Game." I didn't get nearly 700 followers on twitter by sitting back and waiting for AA/KK in every session. I get my ass in there and gamble, a little too often. When I'm at the top of my game, no one wants to get in the hand with me. When I'm at my worst, no one wants to leave the table.

I've splashed around in some forums, planning to do more in the coming months.

USAFTrevor - 2+2 (11 May '06)

OnAFoldDraw - Forums.Kipin.net (17 Mar '08)

OnAFoldDraw - ChipMeUp.com (8 Jan '11)

OnAFoldDraw - PokerCurious.com (12 Jan '11)

OnAFoldDraw - p5s (13 Jan '11)

OnAFoldDraw - PokerRoad.com (13 Jan '11)

I'm sure there's more to know about me, but most of it can be found by friending me on FaceBook or liking the self-whoring page that links to my @OnAFoldDraw twitter acct.

I have yet to take the world of online poker seriously, and before I bare my fish-a-licious soul, remember:

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

- Matthew 7:1 (paraphrased)

USAF_Trevor (Laurel, MD) [PokerStars]
USAF_Trevor (Reading, PA) [Full Tilt]

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ChipMeUp.com

2011-01-12T18:08:00.001-05:00

Create a @ChipMeUp acct today if you'd like a piece of me in the @FullTiltPoker Sunday Brawl.

PokerNews and ChipMeUp

2011-01-11T16:46:00.000-05:00

OnAFoldDraw is now an active user on PokerNews.com and the wunderkind: ChipMeUp.com. My ChipMeUp profile can be found here. More on this in the near future.

Taking a shot at Victory Poker

2011-01-07T04:57:00.000-05:00

I've been hearing the name @DanFleyshman (alot) lately. He's the CEO of @VictoryPoker and has more ambition in his third toe than... well, you get the idea. Guess I'll try out the site and see if I can maybe get online poker right, once and for all.

Choosing An Online Poker Room

2010-11-27T10:00:00.000-05:00

Choosing an online poker room is a personal thing. Everyone has their favourite online poker room, and each person’s reason and choice may be different.

Choosing an online poker room can be difficult, but the good news is that you can always change your mind. Unlike choosing a gym, where you have a short trial period then are expected to commit to a year-long membership, you are free to hop from poker site to poker site as and when you wish.
Finding the best online poker site for your needs might require you to try a few different sites, but you can do this by signing up for free play accounts.
For some people, the choice will be influenced by the games on offer. Most people will find that all of the good online poker sites feature their favourite poker variation. 888 Poker, for example, covers all the main poker variations, including fixed limit, pot limit, and no limit versions of Texas Hold’em poker, as well as Omaha, and Stud poker.
If you’re a tournament fan, a site that offers poker tournaments in your time zone, featuring your game type, will be a good choice for you. Again, most sites try to have tournaments running 24/7, so it should be easy to find a good site that has tournaments at the right time of day.
Competitive welcome bonuses and a good member’s scheme with plenty of bonuses is a plus. Even if you expect to win a lot, and don’t plan on making many deposits, you should think about bonuses – after all, those bonuses could pay for extra tournaments, instead of buying in to tournaments with your cash game winnings.
If you expect to play poker a lot, why not choose a site with a great client? 888 Poker’s 3D client software is easy to install and is enjoyable to play with. This is actually more important than you might first think – some people have reported an improvement in their online poker performance simply by experimenting with the theme they use for their client software. If you are a believer in colour psychology, you may find that the themes offered by the software will make a difference to your play too.

Ugry

2010-09-29T09:52:00.000-04:00

@RealDawnSummers You're playing like @OnAFoldDraw? You sure you're cut out for that style? It could get very, very ugly...

- @FTrainPoker [6:45 PM Sep 7th 2010]

Ugly doesn't begin to describe the past couple weeks re: what was once my bankroll. Good thing I'm no stranger to ducking off truckloads of money. Maybe one day, I'll learn. But, what's the fun in that?

For a short period of time I was working 5 to 7 nights / wk, living rent free, and running like jeebus whenever I played. As they say, the honeymoon is over. I've got a steady stream of income, but my perpetual lack of discipline has been incredibly expensive lately.

This time next month, who knows where the money will be.

Distracted

2010-09-17T17:39:00.000-04:00

I've had a busy year

WBCOOP 2010

2010-01-09T06:11:00.002-05:00

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: 013336

Shake It Off

2009-10-13T04:30:00.000-04:00

One day, when I grow up, I'll be well-rooted in reality. I'll know that you can't gallivant across the country on a moment's notice and expect everything to be right with the world immediately thereafter.

For now, duck it. I'm getting on a plane in 10 hours and that's all there is to it. I got a txt from @TeamGetBig about LA... Tuesday. Further inspection revealed that he was leaving Denver for Los Angeles, and it would be nice to not have to pay for a hotel room all by himself.

Who am I to leave a friend hanging in the breeze? I like LA... I could go there (on less than 12-hours notice) too.

Maybe I wouldn't have made this decision if I hadn't come straight from the bar. Maybe if I didn't go to @Keon_S's game on Saturday and pick up $1K and then pick up another $1K at @FiveFingerz & @EHonda500Mob's game a few hours ago... then maybe I wouldn't jump at the chance to go back to LA.

I've still got some, um... issues... to work out in Baltimore, but that's another story.

Soonly, I'll be catching a nap before my flight. I'll drive to @BMoreBilly's house, hope that he'll give me a ride to BWI, and then take the hop, skip, and jump across the country.

With a little luck, I might actually remember how to play $30/$60 Stud again. Wouldn't that be fun.

Oh, to have a "real job." How boring would that be?

Fantasia

2009-10-07T14:21:00.000-04:00

In the closing scene of "The NeverEnding Story", the Childlike Empress presents Bastian with a single glowing speck of dust. It is all that remains of the once great Fantasia.

Last week, Tilt swept through my bankroll like The Nothing. The $17 I have in my wallet is like that single glowing speck of dust. In all honesty, it sounds worse than it is. While, true, it's no picnic to lose $12,000 in a week - it's nice to still be showing profit for the past couple months.

Slowly but surely, I'm rebuilding. Maybe one day, far into the future, I'll learn my lesson.

Nah, probably not.

Sylvester the BankRoll Molester

2009-10-01T10:29:00.000-04:00

Making money at poker is easy. It really is. Just sit in chair, wait for a good hand, bet it, watch everyone call, take down a nice pot.

The hard part is the impatience. The flashy lights. The limo rides and lunches with the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop. Makes one forget that losing can be just as readily achieved.

I was grateful to have @WriterJen pick me up from @CommerceCasino on Saturday afternoon. Got me out to see some of the what LA has to offer. We took a ride to the coast, up PCH past Santa Monica Pier. Stopped at the light for Sunset Blvd. Could turn right to go to Hollywood, we took a left turn: Gladstone's.

Calamari and Crabcakes for appetizers. Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop pasta for the main course. Food was fan-freaking-tastic.

Three or four RedBull/Vodka's later, Jen drops me off at Commerce. I decide to play some $5/$10 NL. Whoops. Would've been cheaper to say, "Let's take this lunch to some place exotic, like... Australia..."

Been a rough week ever since that Lunch. My brain fell out. Attempting to put it back in. Didn't help that everyone had been asking me, "Are you sure you can afford to play that high?" Well, yeah, I could... before you black-catting Mother Duckers made me all kinds of paranoid.

Gonna get back to it. Thx for reading.

What's a Few Thousand Dollars Between Friends?

2009-09-26T04:57:00.000-04:00

Every player who final tabled @BorgataPoker Event 14: $350+$50 Stud was guaranteed a minimum of 2.5:1 on their $400 investment. Luck into the top three, and you're looking at 11:1 and better.

Chet, Mike, and Tony were solid stud players, NOT their first rodeo. Jimmy was playing tight and right all tournament. John "JW" Womack had a bracelet on his wrist from taking down an event in Tunica (PLO?).

But, we were all having a pretty good time. Cracking jokes, telling stories, laughing about the $13,700 first place on the line.

Chet has been playing in the casinos for years on end. He gave us some tongue-in-cheek strategy for beating the Atlantic City cash games.

"When you're stuck, play until you get even. If you're winning a good amount for the day, go home with the win."

It's alot harder than it sounds. I lived it soon after landing in LA Friday afternoon. Played like total ASS in the $30/$60 Stud. I could think of about 30 times where I put a Big Bet in the pot knowing it wasn't coming back to me.

Do this at $2/$4 LHE, and you're out $120. In this stud game... we're talking two $900 buy-ins.

Good thing I removed my cranium from my rectum and began to play a much more solid game. (Snapping off the locals with a few thin draws put me in a better mood, too).

I'm such a donkey. Wouldn't have it any other way. Just woke up from a little nap, probably head back downstairs in the next hour or so.

Beers with Judd Hirsch

2009-09-24T23:30:00.000-04:00

"Hi, my name is Reality. You may not recognize me, after all this gambling and spending money like it's going out of style... Just wanted to stop by and remind you that internet romance is sooooo 1998, and all women are evil."

Well, maybe not all of them, my sister has her good moments.

@FiveFingerz reminded me that everything happens for a reason. If not for this heart-wrenching calamity, I never would've found the Mecca that is @CommerceCasino. For the time being, I'll just pretend like it doesn't bother me. Yeah, that'll go over grrreat!

Speaking of my sister:

Thursday was my Mother's Birthday. Tried to reach her on her cell, standard no answer. Called my sister at work to chit-chat, wanted to get Mom's current home phone number. Does it make me a bad son that I didn't already have the number? Maybe. As it turns out, I did have it, just wasn't sure if it was correct.

Now, my sister is 26 years old, married, with a degree in Occupational Therapy. She's an OT in Berks County, not a cocktail waitress in Vegas. So, when I call her at work, and the receptionist tells me, "Is this an emergency? We don't put personal calls through," I almost went ballistic.

For a brief fleeting moment, I actually thought I might be getting my sister in trouble. In hindsight - WTF kind of nerve does that little desk-jockey have telling me when I can and can't call my sister at work?

Flying to LA in the morning. Batting 1.000 in the $30/$60 Stud game out there, hope to maintain.

Can't Make This Schtuff Up

2009-09-22T03:53:00.000-04:00

I've been talking to this girl (@SlantdNEnchantd) since the middle of July. We would chat every day. I don't mean "almost" every day, or "it felt like" every day. I'm talking about... never more than 18 hours of silence. When I went a full day without hearing from her, I knew something was wrong. Two, three, four days... big problem.

Friday night we were scheduled to meet at @CommerceCasino. I had dinner reservations, big bouquet of flowers, stopped by the salon and had my beard trimmed up, hands and feet done... the works. I almost went and bought some nice clothes that had never seen the inside of a poker room.

Coming down to the wire, I still hadn't heard from her. I began to listen to too many family members and concerned-enough friends when they insisted on cold feet as the reason. I felt betrayed and once again all alone, but in the back of my mind, still held out hope that there was another explanation.

One of my friends from high school moved out to LA and lives 10 miles away from Commerce. She joined me for dinner and we caught up on old times, chatted about the crazy new lifestyles we were both leading far and away from Berks County, PA.

Saturday, we had plans to get me out of the casino and onto the beach. Transportation, hangovers, and a juicy $30/$60 Stud game made it difficult. Around sunset, I managed to quit the game and head over to my friend's house. Her license is expired, she has yet to fully master the ways of the Cali DMV, so we opted for Yogurtland over booze. A little after midnight, she and some roommates passed out in her room, I fell asleep on the couch watching TV.

I had to pinch myself and do a triple-take when I saw an e-mail on my phone from Leslie. She got into a car wreck on Tuesday afternoon. She's alive, but far from a clean bill of health.

tues afternoon i was in a car wreck w/ my bro. bro was fine, I was not. had concussion, bruised ribs, cracked ribs, fractured wrist, shattered elbow, cracked my breast plate, contusions from head to toe, among other things.
...

I stood up off the couch, cleared my head, told my friend Tiff about the e-mail, and went outside to call the woman I'm crazy in love with, whom I hadn't heard from in over four days. She had left me her brother's phone number in the e-mail.

She's in a tough spot right now. She wants to see me, but doesn't want me to see her in a body cast. The $30/$60 Stud game at Commerce is pure heaven for me, think I might go back every weekend until she's ready.

Oh, and in case you weren't following on twitter - I had an extremely profitable trip to Atlantic City, including final-tabling a $350+$50 Stud event, getting almost 25:1 on my buy-in.

Prayer

2009-09-18T12:04:00.001-04:00

It has been a long time since I got down on my knees and prayed. We're talking 5-10 years. Today, I'm seriously considering it.

Danny Evans, author of http://www.DadGoneMad.com, put out a memoir entitled "Rage Against the Meshugenah." Not sure what made me enter the bookstore or walk directly to his book, but I picked it up.

As I type, I'm on United 477, direct from BWI to LAX. I dove into the book prior to take-off, caught a little nap once we reached our cruising altitude.

Thursday was a long one that started with a hangover at 11:42am, found me dominating most of the final table of @BorgataPoker $350+$50 Stud tournament, and finished w/ me buying into a $5/$10 NL game for $1K, picking up $1,500 in first forty mins, then going from $2.6K stack to the felt in two hands.

I was leaving AC to catch my 7am flight out of BWI either way, would've been great to leave two hands sooner.

Also would've been great to ignore my mild case of arachnophobia and throw the doors on my Jeep ::before:: I left for my Dad's and Atlantic City.

Somehow dodged hypothermia on the way home. Stopped at the ATM and off-loaded several thousand dollars into my checking/svgs accts. Put the doors on, finally.

I don't have the math on me as I type, but off the toppamuhhead, safe to say I've lost about $23,684... In the past month. The sickest part is, I'm in the black. I made between $35K and $40K along the way.

So sick.

Back to Danny's book. After my much needed nap, I did some more reading. He really pours out his soul in this thing, but it's also ripe with comedic timing and surprise George Lucas references sure to please @ThatKevinSmith and the like.

According to the memoir, Mr. Evans met unemployment on Fri 7 Sept 2001. Four days later, everyone's life changed; he was hit hard by clinical depression.

I've never been professionally diagnosed, but I've got more issues than a magazine stand. I'm a gambler, recreational raging alcoholic, lack compassion and sympathy at times where many would consider me heartless... dare I continue?

But we're all just people, just trying to keep on keepin' on. Up until late June of this year, I was convinced that I was going to spend the rest of my days on this big ball of rock, wind, and water alone. Not by choice so much as by design. I'm not an easy guy to love, and my free-time is simultaneously abundant and scarce. I'm never "at work," but always looking to play.

Then, along comes @SlantdNEnchantd. A gorgeous Texan who started following me on twitter and found her way into my heart. Pete "GA Ave" Heyneman and @TheLeafNode were quick to point out the fact that "Internet Romance is soo... 1998..."

Believe it or not, I'm crazy about this girl. In love with her, and about to find out just how far this fairy tale can go. She's in LA visiting family, I'll be staying at @CommerceCasino tonight and Saturday, hoping she doesn't get cold feet on me.

Jason Roth (had that monologue in "He's Just Not That Into You") was up in AC w/ me in the past week. He heard about the trip, wished me luck at the tables, hoping I'd continue on my great run.

I told him, "Honestly, buddy... I really hope I don't get to play a single hand because I'm spending the whole weekend w/ her."

(to be continued...)