Well last night was a fun poker night ...
I played in the 20K guaranteed tourney at BetOnBet and was doing very well, about 30th place out of 370 left. On the button, dealt TJs; 4 limpers in front.
Flop comes 9QK with 2 hearts ... I had diamonds. SB bets out, and the rest of the players all basically move in in turn ... Well, I have the absolute nuts and have everyone but the SB easily covered. I of course move all in as well ... and the SB calls me. 4 people all in ... 2 had AK, 1 had QJ (shortest stack) and the SB had the nut flush draw.
Of course the flush hits and I'm flushed out, woulda been chipleader if it had held.
I then saunter off to play some 10/20 and run into the worst player I have ever seen at that limit. Unfortunately, he hit 4 or 5 hands on me with terrible draws. Capped preflop against my AA, capped flop on a board of 55J ... turn was a blank, he 2 bet me on the turn, so I slowed down a bit thinking he could have a 5. River was another J and he flips JQo. He hit 3 two outters on me that cost me massive pots.
Unfortunately, he was redistributing my chips to the rest of the table. He was up and down and I vowed I wasn't leaving until he was broke. It took a while, but he eventually busted. Extremely frustrating experience though, with a complete and utter fish at the table, I lost a lot of money to ridiculous draws. I got some back, but not nearly enough.
Today will be better!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
NCAA Tourney & the RNC mailing list
Ahhh ... my favorite time of the year!
With the tourney going on, I really have not been playing much poker; but I wanted to give a shout out (did I just say that ... how lame ... lol) to the alma mater.
I am a University of Memphis grad (actually it was Memphis State University when I graduated in 92). Tonight the Tigers rolled to their 3rd straight 16 point victory in the tourney. I can't think of a real comparison when I watch these games. I will never forget the phantom hand check the refs called on us in 96 in the Sweet 16 against hated Arkansas ... just a sickening feeling.
The Tigers play UCLA for the right to go to the Final 4 and I like our chances. We handled UCLA early in the season pretty well. They are much better now, but so are we.
Anyway, I played a few hands of poker after the Memphis game tonight ... I almost always play well when I'm in a good mood. It was a nice night all the way around!
On a different note, I keep getting these e-mails from the Republican National Committee ... I have no freaking idea how I got on this list and it drives me nuts. I tried to delete my name to no avail ... tonight I sent them an e-mail advising that for every e-mail I get from them I will keep a tally and contribute an ADDITIONAL $100 to the DNC. It's complete BS, I hate both parties ... I just hate the Dems a little less ... but it really pisses me off that I get this so obviously slanted propaganda from them. Okay, I hate the Dems a lot less lately ... mainly because of the budget deficit, but also because our young men are dying over what amounts to a personal vendetta gone wrong. Saddam was a bad dude ... no doubt, but we look like complete ass clowns in the International Community when our justification for the whole operation turns out to be flawed. Mark my words ... this is the WORST President our country has ever seen ... and somehow he got elected twice ... once by the people, and once by the Electoral college. It could be worse, right now he's only 43rd out of 43. Eventually, there will be someone worse, I just hope I'm not around to see him or her.
I know intelligent conservatives ... most are smarter than the average liberal. I hope they see through the crap that Ken Mehlman and his right wingers espouse.
Go Tigers!
With the tourney going on, I really have not been playing much poker; but I wanted to give a shout out (did I just say that ... how lame ... lol) to the alma mater.
I am a University of Memphis grad (actually it was Memphis State University when I graduated in 92). Tonight the Tigers rolled to their 3rd straight 16 point victory in the tourney. I can't think of a real comparison when I watch these games. I will never forget the phantom hand check the refs called on us in 96 in the Sweet 16 against hated Arkansas ... just a sickening feeling.
The Tigers play UCLA for the right to go to the Final 4 and I like our chances. We handled UCLA early in the season pretty well. They are much better now, but so are we.
Anyway, I played a few hands of poker after the Memphis game tonight ... I almost always play well when I'm in a good mood. It was a nice night all the way around!
On a different note, I keep getting these e-mails from the Republican National Committee ... I have no freaking idea how I got on this list and it drives me nuts. I tried to delete my name to no avail ... tonight I sent them an e-mail advising that for every e-mail I get from them I will keep a tally and contribute an ADDITIONAL $100 to the DNC. It's complete BS, I hate both parties ... I just hate the Dems a little less ... but it really pisses me off that I get this so obviously slanted propaganda from them. Okay, I hate the Dems a lot less lately ... mainly because of the budget deficit, but also because our young men are dying over what amounts to a personal vendetta gone wrong. Saddam was a bad dude ... no doubt, but we look like complete ass clowns in the International Community when our justification for the whole operation turns out to be flawed. Mark my words ... this is the WORST President our country has ever seen ... and somehow he got elected twice ... once by the people, and once by the Electoral college. It could be worse, right now he's only 43rd out of 43. Eventually, there will be someone worse, I just hope I'm not around to see him or her.
I know intelligent conservatives ... most are smarter than the average liberal. I hope they see through the crap that Ken Mehlman and his right wingers espouse.
Go Tigers!
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Treading Water
I haven't played much 10/20 lately, mostly 5/10 and some 3/6. I have pretty much been hovering around even, although with rake rebate and bonuses, I've made some profit.
I haven't had time to play any tournaments. I got a promotion at work, and I've been a bit stressed ... it's not even our busy season yet.
I did play the monthly www.poker-strategy.org $200 added tournament. This is mainly out of loyalty ... I've really outgrown the stakes, but the tournaments are still a great deal of fun and I would play even if there were no prize pool.
I made a loose call, TJs from the SB against an early 3x raise. There were about 12 players left. I flopped a flush draw and inside straight draw. I check raised the guy, hoping he had overcards and would lay it down. Unfortunately, he reraised all in. I had him covered, but a loss would leave me with only about 3K in chips with 400/800 blinds. I decided that my roughly 13 outs was good enough to risk it. I missed and ended up out in 7th. If I had hit, I could've coasted to the final 3.
For some reason, I'm totally exhausted tonight; so I doubt I will play any poker this evening.
Here's a link to a thread at psorg that people might find interesting. I actually took time to write my Congressman ... although now I'm a bit peeved, I haven't gotten any response as yet.
http://www.poker-strategy.org/default.aspx?tabid=44&frmView=ShowPost&PostID=21955
I'm glad that it appears my losing trend is reversing. I still have plenty of bankroll and I fully expect that in a couple of months I will be back to my all time high.
Good Luck and Thanks for reading!
I haven't had time to play any tournaments. I got a promotion at work, and I've been a bit stressed ... it's not even our busy season yet.
I did play the monthly www.poker-strategy.org $200 added tournament. This is mainly out of loyalty ... I've really outgrown the stakes, but the tournaments are still a great deal of fun and I would play even if there were no prize pool.
I made a loose call, TJs from the SB against an early 3x raise. There were about 12 players left. I flopped a flush draw and inside straight draw. I check raised the guy, hoping he had overcards and would lay it down. Unfortunately, he reraised all in. I had him covered, but a loss would leave me with only about 3K in chips with 400/800 blinds. I decided that my roughly 13 outs was good enough to risk it. I missed and ended up out in 7th. If I had hit, I could've coasted to the final 3.
For some reason, I'm totally exhausted tonight; so I doubt I will play any poker this evening.
Here's a link to a thread at psorg that people might find interesting. I actually took time to write my Congressman ... although now I'm a bit peeved, I haven't gotten any response as yet.
http://www.poker-strategy.org/default.aspx?tabid=44&frmView=ShowPost&PostID=21955
I'm glad that it appears my losing trend is reversing. I still have plenty of bankroll and I fully expect that in a couple of months I will be back to my all time high.
Good Luck and Thanks for reading!
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