Don't play drunk, kids. That's the lesson we learned from the recent live-streamed cash game from The Lodge in Austin, Texas. One player, Adam, managed to burn through multiple bullets at the $10k buy-in table while getting increasingly tired and emotional.
What with money troubles at the 88 Social, bullets flying at its new incarnation, and legal troubles in Dallas, it has been a busy year for Texan poker. But one of the biggest changes came when Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen buying up The Lodge in Austin. The Lodge is now one of the biggest poker rooms in the world and is breathing new life into the U.S. live poker scene.
Since the three poker influencers took over, live cash game streams (and the occasional tourney final table) have been beamed out from the club a few times each week. There is a regular $25/$50 to $50/$100 game as well as the prospect of a monthly heads-up game of Doug v. The World.
It was into this $25/$50 game that Adam waded half-cut. The stakes were high, and so was Adam's blood alcohol level. The grape and the grain were setting the pace that night, with Adam reloading his chips even faster than the plastic cup in his table holder.
