But I had a flush draw

It only took about 6 hours to get to Tulsa, then another hour to find a gas station... WTF is wrong with these midwest towns where they can't put a freaking sign more than 6 inches off the ground for a gas station! Do they all ride freaking bicycles, sheesh.

I did learn something about hotel reservations, don't get the cheap one. Wow.. I know they are trying, but sheesh. Paper thin walls, dirty bathtubs, No travel fridge, no desk... Kind of weak. But they were nice, friendly, and have wireless. So I will deal with it. One other thing... if the sign says DO NOT DISTURB. It means DO NOT F'ING DISTURB. Not to KNOCK on the door and ASK if I want to be disturbed!

Cherokee Casino Tulsa is well... kind of odd. It is pretty new (about a year old) and I expected it to be bigger. It is right outside Tulsa and gets a mainly regular crowd. The good things first... Very classy joint, dealers were great, a lot more female dealers than most places and a lot younger dealers. The female dealers were some of the better ones there, very good. They have a fountain drinks right next to the poker room which you can get anytime you want. And they have mountain dew 10 feet from the table... oh baby baby...

The bad... It is primarily locals, they aren't very good but they do play a lot. So you don't get anywhere near the crappy play you get in Tunica and Vegas where tourism is bigger. Comps are horrid, 75 cents an hour period. No free buffets every 4 hours like in Tunica, no poker rate on rooms, they even rake at some of the table games. This is also the first casino I have ever been to where drinks are not free! I know tipping is customary, but $3.50 + tip for a Heineken is silly.

Onto the games.... They spread 4/8, 1/2 NL, 2/5 NL, and a few random Stud and Omaha games I didn't look at. My 4/8 table LOOKED really solid when I got there, but as I paid attention I realized they were all 30-40% VPIP calling stations and I could grind the good hands against them. I was rolling along nicely, busting a guys KK with Q/7 which flopped 2 pair from the big blind in an unraised pot.... and then the world changed. In came a new player Floppy McGenius I will call her. Nicest lady ever.. but I don't think she ever actually KNEW what she had.

When Floppy McGenius gets to the table she immediately hits 3 flops in a row and announces she is doing a progressive betting, and it helps her win more hands in a row because the dealer wants the bigger tips. She quickly goes up 200 and says she has a new plan. "I'm going to leave the Casino with money". This is the NEW Plan? WTF? What was the OLD plan? And she came up with that ALL by herself... Oh my.

After being up 200 Floppy starts to dwindle away as she plays about 90% of hands regardless of position or raises. And then this hand comes up. Q//3/7 with 1 diamond. Turn is a 10, and river an 8 to give J/9 of diamonds the straight, the guy with AQ makes a little comment about nice catch to which she announces "I had a flush draw". He asks "where?" to which she replies "On the flop. See there was a diamond". OK... I knew Runer runner is TECHNICALLY a draw.. but dear god don't use that as an excuse! Oh my..... I thought that was it, it couldn't get any dumber. I was wrong.

I have QJ on a J/10/9/7 board and raise into her she reraises and I call. River is an Ace and I bet, she just calls. Shows A3. I said something about the river being her love child in a previous life, and she said with a straight face and not even joking one bit "But I had a straight draw". No.. you didn't, the JANITOR had the same straight draw you had! A draw to a straight on the board is NOT A DRAW! Oh my.... After my AA got cracked by J/10 and 10/4 in a capped 5 way pre-flop pot, I had to get up and leave. 9 Hours, down $114. I should have lost a lot more but somehow I managed to survive KK vs AA vs Flopped set of 10's, AA cracked, 4 gutshots and a few more runner runners, to minimize the damage. I then played some "Ultimate Texas Hold'em" table game and made back 80 of it to finish down 34 for the night.

Back tomorrow after a few errands.