My work in progress has some new chapters:
Prayer at the Poker Table: Recent Supreme Court Rulings
Whining: Duty or Privelege?
Poker Withdrawl, symptoms & treatment.
I-Pad poker apps
Zen & Slow Rolling
Guys named Carlos
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tomorrow is a Long Time
This version of Dylan by Nickel Creek blows me away
http://youtu.be/v8K3AQKkrdo
http://youtu.be/v8K3AQKkrdo
Friday, December 16, 2011
Stupid Blonde
Last night at the Cable tournament I ended up on the final table with the chip lead. Down to 7 players we made a deal for 6 & 7 to get $50 back as they were paying 5 places. I suggested we just do a 7 way split for about $300 each but it was vetoed by the blonde who had just won a big pot and probably had a few more chips than me.
I went all in with 10/10 and was called by two shorter stacks, one with J/7 (real short stack), and A/8. With a chance to knock out two, we were down to 6 at this point, everyone was looking to move up a pay grade or two. Unbelievably the J/7 hits two pair and the A/8 hits an ace. 6 total outs against me and they both double up!!!!
A few hands later after one player is knocked out, I call an all-in who has A/4 with my AK suited. He hits a 4 on the flop and another on the river. Feeling snakebit and unlucky I have the BB with Q6 suited and blondie limps in (blinds at 10/20,000) and I have maybe 12,000 left. The flop gives a jack high and one of my suit, check, check. The turn is a 10 of my suit and she puts me all in. I call with both flush draw and double gutter plus an overcard but miss everything. I finish in 5th place for $120. Very disappointing. Without a lot of luck from my opponents or some luck on my part I would have won the whole thing.
The entire tournament I think that I only got "lucky" once......AQ suited all-in vs. KK and hit my straight. Some days are just like that. Can never be called a "luckbox".
I went all in with 10/10 and was called by two shorter stacks, one with J/7 (real short stack), and A/8. With a chance to knock out two, we were down to 6 at this point, everyone was looking to move up a pay grade or two. Unbelievably the J/7 hits two pair and the A/8 hits an ace. 6 total outs against me and they both double up!!!!
A few hands later after one player is knocked out, I call an all-in who has A/4 with my AK suited. He hits a 4 on the flop and another on the river. Feeling snakebit and unlucky I have the BB with Q6 suited and blondie limps in (blinds at 10/20,000) and I have maybe 12,000 left. The flop gives a jack high and one of my suit, check, check. The turn is a 10 of my suit and she puts me all in. I call with both flush draw and double gutter plus an overcard but miss everything. I finish in 5th place for $120. Very disappointing. Without a lot of luck from my opponents or some luck on my part I would have won the whole thing.
The entire tournament I think that I only got "lucky" once......AQ suited all-in vs. KK and hit my straight. Some days are just like that. Can never be called a "luckbox".
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Prayer
Q. What is the difference between prayer in a church and a prayer at the poker tables?
A. At the tables you really mean it.
A. At the tables you really mean it.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Drop Dead Poker
Six guys were playing poker when Smith loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest and drops dead at the table.
Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other five complete their playing time standing up.
Roberts looks around and asks, "Now, who is going to tell the wife?" They draw straws.
Rippington, who is always a loser, picks the short one. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad situation any worse than it is.
"Gentlemen! Discreet? I'm the most discreet man you will ever meet. Discretion is my middle name, leave it to me."
Rippington walks over to the Smith house, knocks on the door, the wife answers, asks what he wants.
Rippington says, "Your husband just lost $500 playing cards."
She hollers, "TELL HIM TO DROP DEAD!" Rippington says, "I'll tell him."
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Classic Advice
"The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper". Aristotle
This quote resonated with me and my poker game. Yesterday I was playing under time constraints and played the classic "one too many" hands. Ready to leave, I pick up J/J in middle position. Raising to $8, I get about 5 callers. The flop is a little nasty, A/small/small, but undeterred I bet $10 and get one caller under the gun, a guy who I had not played with before. The turn looks like it might be a great card for me, another ace. I really don't think he has an ace, especially when he just calls when he checks and I bet $20. The river does not complete any draws, but wisely I check to see his very weak ace (A/7) offsuit take "my" pot. WTF ......whiskey, tango, foxtrot!!!! Unbelievable donk action. Now stuck after a hand that would have given me a little sugar, I leave.
Update from Sunday morning Moose tournament:
Playing fairly well with marginal hands I double up to 10,000. One player raises to 1000 (he says later with AK) and is reraised to 2000 by QQ, I call with my little pair of 5/5. The flop is a monster for me of 3/4/6 offsuit. I bet 1000 and am called, then the reraiser makes it 3000. I then almost shove with my 10 outers (I "forgot" a $100 chip on my cards), 1st player folds and raiser says, "I call". He, believing I am all in waves his cards around, almost exposing them and the dealer says "turn your cards up" which he does. I then say, "Hey, I am not all-in". The floor is called for a ruling, but since the dealer had told him to turn them up it is ruled a call and 2,000 or so is returned to him. The turn does not bring my card and I check, he checks. The river fails me and we check/check. Down to $100 I get it in multiway with KJ and lose to a pair of 5's in the blind. Player down.
Going to the omaha game my big draws in big pots also fail to materialize. Here is an interesting hand with a giant pot. Playing J/J/Q/K I limp in only to have Hal raise the pot from the button with nearly all players in. He loves to raise preflop with A/2/x/x to go for the low half. The pot was at least $60. preflop. The flop is great for me, J/6/7, so there is no low and I have top set. It is check/check/bet from Gary, call, raise by me, reraise by Hal and capped by Gary with Frank, Gunnar & Marco along for the ride. The turn is an 8 and now Frank bets, Gary raises, Marco reraises, I cap and Gunnar and Hal both call. This stinks. The low has now arrived as well as straight draws. Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound. I know that I must pair the board to win, however, that has issues as well cause someone else may have a set and make quads. The river is a 9 and Frank bets, Gary calls, Marco calls, I call, Gunnar raises, Hal reraises and after everyone else calls I give up and fold my set face up. Gunnar has hit a gutshot straight with his 7/10 and takes high, Hal hogs the low as unbelievably no one else has A2, Frank and Marco both show 8 high straights and Gary shows a set of 6's. Frank also has the case jack so I was drawing very thin to a 7 or 8. Monster sick pot, Frank, Marco and I all rebuy another $100.
This quote resonated with me and my poker game. Yesterday I was playing under time constraints and played the classic "one too many" hands. Ready to leave, I pick up J/J in middle position. Raising to $8, I get about 5 callers. The flop is a little nasty, A/small/small, but undeterred I bet $10 and get one caller under the gun, a guy who I had not played with before. The turn looks like it might be a great card for me, another ace. I really don't think he has an ace, especially when he just calls when he checks and I bet $20. The river does not complete any draws, but wisely I check to see his very weak ace (A/7) offsuit take "my" pot. WTF ......whiskey, tango, foxtrot!!!! Unbelievable donk action. Now stuck after a hand that would have given me a little sugar, I leave.
Update from Sunday morning Moose tournament:
Playing fairly well with marginal hands I double up to 10,000. One player raises to 1000 (he says later with AK) and is reraised to 2000 by QQ, I call with my little pair of 5/5. The flop is a monster for me of 3/4/6 offsuit. I bet 1000 and am called, then the reraiser makes it 3000. I then almost shove with my 10 outers (I "forgot" a $100 chip on my cards), 1st player folds and raiser says, "I call". He, believing I am all in waves his cards around, almost exposing them and the dealer says "turn your cards up" which he does. I then say, "Hey, I am not all-in". The floor is called for a ruling, but since the dealer had told him to turn them up it is ruled a call and 2,000 or so is returned to him. The turn does not bring my card and I check, he checks. The river fails me and we check/check. Down to $100 I get it in multiway with KJ and lose to a pair of 5's in the blind. Player down.
Going to the omaha game my big draws in big pots also fail to materialize. Here is an interesting hand with a giant pot. Playing J/J/Q/K I limp in only to have Hal raise the pot from the button with nearly all players in. He loves to raise preflop with A/2/x/x to go for the low half. The pot was at least $60. preflop. The flop is great for me, J/6/7, so there is no low and I have top set. It is check/check/bet from Gary, call, raise by me, reraise by Hal and capped by Gary with Frank, Gunnar & Marco along for the ride. The turn is an 8 and now Frank bets, Gary raises, Marco reraises, I cap and Gunnar and Hal both call. This stinks. The low has now arrived as well as straight draws. Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound. I know that I must pair the board to win, however, that has issues as well cause someone else may have a set and make quads. The river is a 9 and Frank bets, Gary calls, Marco calls, I call, Gunnar raises, Hal reraises and after everyone else calls I give up and fold my set face up. Gunnar has hit a gutshot straight with his 7/10 and takes high, Hal hogs the low as unbelievably no one else has A2, Frank and Marco both show 8 high straights and Gary shows a set of 6's. Frank also has the case jack so I was drawing very thin to a 7 or 8. Monster sick pot, Frank, Marco and I all rebuy another $100.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Jokers
The Joker's tournament started out well for me with 2 1/2 times starting deep stack early on thanks to a turned and flopped straight (the flopped straight was A/10 suited vs. J/J and A/A). I was the terminator at the table, knocking two players out (the second with a flopped set of 3's). Then trouble hit me by the name of Dennis. Raising in late position with A/J of spades, I got a flop of K/Q/x with two spades. Having a gutshot straight draw plus nut flush draw I called his 2 or 3,000 bet on the flop. Another 3,000 bet came on the turn when my draws failed to come in, and I called. The river was no help and I folded on his all in river bet.
Entering the final table short stacked (about 6,000 as I recall) I got even shorter, down to around 4,000 when I got all my chips in with K/Q or A/10 as I recall and tripled up hitting a straight. From then on the deck ran over me with pocket pairs, flopped sets, etc. Becoming chip leader I tried to stay out of trouble but doubled up the 10 seat when I called his all in 15,000 bet with my suited K/Q vs. his A/9 offsuit. He got a horrible flop with a queen and two of my diamonds. He then managed runners to make a straight with his 9. Playing down to 4 the guy on my immediate left refused to make a deal for 4th place to get their money back despite him being short stack. He was soon gone and Dennis and the 10 seat and I split the pot for $345. each.
Entering the final table short stacked (about 6,000 as I recall) I got even shorter, down to around 4,000 when I got all my chips in with K/Q or A/10 as I recall and tripled up hitting a straight. From then on the deck ran over me with pocket pairs, flopped sets, etc. Becoming chip leader I tried to stay out of trouble but doubled up the 10 seat when I called his all in 15,000 bet with my suited K/Q vs. his A/9 offsuit. He got a horrible flop with a queen and two of my diamonds. He then managed runners to make a straight with his 9. Playing down to 4 the guy on my immediate left refused to make a deal for 4th place to get their money back despite him being short stack. He was soon gone and Dennis and the 10 seat and I split the pot for $345. each.
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