Hydrotrip: Casey Ray

[Hydrotrip]

Hi Everyone,
I have been trying to be active on this forum for the past couple of days, so I may have already met some of you. My name is Casey Ray, and I currently live in Columbia, MO and am relocating to Las Vegas at the end of July with a fellow poker player and good friend of mine. I have played poker for 5 years since 2004, mostly No-Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, which is my favorite game. I am a regular at the 500NL and 500PLO games at the Ameristar and Harrah's riverboats in St. Charles. I got my start playing poker with 5SNGs on Bodog when I was 19, but have since then moved to playing live full time. It has successfully filled my need for income since 2005, and hopefully will continue to do so for the future. I am taking an intensive curriculum of graduate online classes, so have retreated to the realm of online poker, and have consequently sought out a small community forum such as NDN. However, I plan on eventually leaving occupational poker behind me, and opening a small restaurant in the Caribbean and being a beach bum REALLY soon. Hopefully, before then I will get to know many of you as good friends, and maybe even learn a bit in the process :P

[taylovesthebeatles]

Welcome Casey! I've really enjoyed reading some of your posts, they are well thought out and eloquent. It sounds like you have a great life, and amazing plans for the future! Go for your dreams! I'm glad you've joined our NDN family.

[Hydrotrip]

Thanks Tay I appreciate your welcoming! I know your thread was the first one I ever replied to, and I hope it has been somewhat helpful, if only introducing you to some large schema though processes that should be more valuable in your future experiences. If you ever need someone to look over some hand histories, either from complete SNGs or individual ring games, don't hesitate to contact me, I'd be glad to help! Especially since I plan on re-initiating my online career from smaller games, as the live an online arena are very different environments. Let me know!

[Hydrotrip]

One more question that hopefully someone can answer for me. Is there a simple way of quickly finding my most recent posts, and viewing the responses to it? I have learned to use Search -> Hydrotrip, however, I know there must be an easier way! Thanks a lot.
HT

[taylovesthebeatles]

One more question that hopefully someone can answer for me. Is there a simple way of quickly finding my most recent posts, and viewing the responses to it? I have learned to use Search -> Hydrotrip, however, I know there must be an easier way! Thanks a lot.
HT

If you click on your username on a post you've made, there is a dropdown menu and one of the options is "View all posts by Hydrotrip". Click there and you should be able to see them! Hope that helps.

[Hydrotrip]

Thanks Tay again. I saw in some of your posts you brought up Tulsa, do you live in the area or from around there? I am regular at the Cherokee NLHE and PLO games all the time. I always try to catch the side game action during their tournament series. Cherokee is in the process of changing to Hard Rock, but it's still pretty much the same. If you are ever going to be there playing, they have a real soft 1-2 NLHE game full of weak-loose action dying to pay off a solid run of cards. I was actually there all this weekend, and will probably spend a good amount of time there before rolling up and going to Vegas. Let me know!

[taylovesthebeatles]

Thanks Tay again. I saw in some of your posts you brought up Tulsa, do you live in the area or from around there? I am regular at the Cherokee NLHE and PLO games all the time. I always try to catch the side game action during their tournament series. Cherokee is in the process of changing to Hard Rock, but it's still pretty much the same. If you are ever going to be there playing, they have a real soft 1-2 NLHE game full of weak-loose action dying to pay off a solid run of cards. I was actually there all this weekend, and will probably spend a good amount of time there before rolling up and going to Vegas. Let me know!

Both my fiance Klinkman and I live in Tulsa, and go to college here. It'd be awesome to meet up at the casino sometime, although he does not turn 21 until November. You said you're only here until July? Maybe we can meet up somewhere else for a poker game or two if that sounds fun. I don't know how to play Omaha yet but my fiance does. Send me a pm sometime and we can arrange something if you're game! I can also talk to mathnerd3.14 and see if she wants to join us- she's also a member here but she doesn't post much, but she plays poker with us at college. Awesome to find a fellow NDN'er living so close!

[Pokerkitty6]

Hi Hydrotrip!!! I like the way you think and your name too. There is nothing better than living close to a beach, complete free therapy everyday. All your problems seem to go away when you're at the beach. As far as owning a restaurant, I hope it's in your blood to do it. My husband, Tony, is a General Manager of Chili's and in the next couple of years a managing partner. He loves it. If you don't love it, you will get burned out. Best of luck to you and make sure that dream comes true. "Keep your feet on the ground, and reach for the stars".

[Hydrotrip]

Both my fiance Klinkman and I live in Tulsa, and go to college here. It'd be awesome to meet up at the casino sometime, although he does not turn 21 until November. You said you're only here until July? Maybe we can meet up somewhere else for a poker game or two if that sounds fun. I don't know how to play Omaha yet but my fiance does. Send me a pm sometime and we can arrange something if you're game! I can also talk to mathnerd3.14 and see if she wants to join us- she's also a member here but she doesn't post much, but she plays poker with us at college. Awesome to find a fellow NDN'er living so close!

Ya I stayed at the Cherokee on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night, the action really has slowed since Creek opened their new room, but Cherokee is also in the process of building a new room in the High Limit slot area, glassed in, like the Ameristar riverboat in St. Charles, my stomping grounds. If you have a disposable couple-few hundred dollars, the 300NLHE tables are soft, however, keep in mind advanced plays will yield little return, it's strickly a game of relentless aggression, which I wouldn't wager my roll on, or patience and value. No where in the middle proves to be very lucrative. I should be coming back down the weekend of the 26th, and we can throw some high fives for sure

[asz]

great post hydro. truly hope you find yourself toes deep in white sandy beach surf sooner than later.

see yah asz