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***UGARTE EXCLUSIVE --- MUST CREDIT UGARTE!!! ***

This is only an exclusive until Joaquin posts his recap. (And it’s up. Thanks for all the shout-outs, Joaquin.) It is safe to say he didn’t get the story from me:

Fighting his way through a 70+ person field, Joaquin “The Rooster” Ochoa takes first prize at a freeroll in a SoHo poker room. First prize: a $2300 flat-screen plasma TV.

I bubbled out before the final table, finishing in 11th. For my troubles I won, approximately, a piece of crap. (UPDATE: I’ll post some tourney stuff later, including some more background on some of Joaquin’s more interesting hands.)

Party at the Rooster’s house!

I couldn’t have done it without you, man.  You were correct to play tight but aggressive...my style calls a lot more for post flop play, but I guess the all-in approach worked.  Thanks!

That’s awesome—congrats to Joaquin. What exactly is the crap you won? It was fun seeing everyone.

You’re welcome, Joaquin. It was my pleasure.

Think of the cheapest chips you can imagine, Toby. Think of a deck of cards that might be donated for free to a prison. Think of the smallest set of dice you can imagine.

Now think harder and downgrade all of those things and put them in a tin box. That is what I won.

i wish i was there to see it.  nice pics!

ha. Prison cards in a tiny tin box. That is funny.

I was invited to that game but couldn’t make it.  Congrats Joaquin.

“Look at me!  I’m special, too!”