Well kids, the search is over. After an exhaustive search of Northwest casinos, Nevada casinos, and many online sites, the verdict is in. The worst players in the world play on....drum roll, please....Spade Club!!!! I realize at this point because it is a monthly subscription based site there is therefore no real entry fee for the tournaments (well there is, but the points you need are ridiculously easy to obtain). Because everyone is essentially freerolling you get some calls which to be charitable are "loose". Here is an example from yesterday. I had been playing pretty tight and it was fairly late in the $100 daily tournament...think I was around 60th place with about 120 players left. I had a ton of chips earlier, but had taken a break and been somewhat blinded off, so I set about chipping up. (On a side note: I had knocked two players out with a preflop early position raise with pocket 5's and flopped quads!). I found my pocket 5's again in later mid position and decided to raise big to 6,000 (blinds were 800 I think) with a couple of limpers ahead of me. Everyone folded except one player, in earlier position, but after another limper and the two blinds. The flop was ace high with a couple of rags. He bet 1600 and I came over the top all-in for 10000 or so more. He hesitated for just a couple of seconds and called, showing A/10!!!!! Unbelievable!!! They were suited, but he had either no flush draw or a backdoor draw at best. I was out!
Later in the day, I went out with my pocket pair all-in vs. guess what? A10 suited. He flopped the flush. I just cannot tell you how often I see overcall all-in calls with A10/AJ offsuit and worse. I am folding AK with 3 all-ins almost every time and believe me it would lose most of the time. With that said, I have been a member of Spade Club for 3 months and have almost covered my membership with cash wins. I am looking to trim back my internet play for several reasons. First, it has not been hugely profitable for me. I played for 6 hours in one tournament and only won $15. I sort of fell on my sword cause I had other things to do, plus the wife was mad at me for playing all day...so went all-in with A5 offsuit to get it over with (called by AK big big stack). First prize was $700 and I was in 12th place (out of 2800 players). Probably could have just sat out and won twice that amount. C'est la vie.
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Wow, I thought you liked Spade Club. Also, even if the guy only had A-10 he did have the top pair on the board and maybe he thought you were doing exactly what you were doing . . . overplaying your small pair . . . hope that doesn't make you mad! I've been known to do it once or twice myself. For my own "twilight zone" regarding A-10, see my post . . . I'm going to write it up in just a few minutes. It is just a tad bizarre. Hope to see you soon and try to keep the wife happy! :)
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