DEATH STORM 2008!!!!
Well, since yesterday the Detroit media has been full of panic (When they're not covering our lying piece-of-shit of a mayor and his naughty text messages) as a nice little snowstorm is hitting our area tonight and tomorrow. In Metro Detroit I can expect to see 4-8 inches of snow by tomorrow evening (That oughta make rush-hour fun!), for example.
What always amazes me about the news coverage is that you end up seeing the same shit on the TV stations with every storm. Each station should just run a tape of their broadcasts from the last time a snowstorm came through town, since the same shit is always reported. In that spirit, I will repost this very post, save for a few edits, when the next storm comes around.
Here's how it works in Detroit, at least:
1) First, you get the overweight reporter (and it's always a black guy, too....Jesse Jackson needs to forget about non-existant Diebold vote fraud in Ohio and Florida, and instead look into this obvious form of racial discrimination!) who stands outside in the falling torrent of snow, then proceeds to tell you that "Yep, it's snowing pretty good now!".
2) Next, you have the blond reporterette who's hanging out with the salt truck drivers. Always get the obligatory reference to "we'll be doing this all night!", somehow, as well.
3) Cut over to video of some senior citizens standing in line to buy shovels and snowblowers hours before the storm hits...because we know that Michigan never gets snow in the wintertime!
4) Next, we get the weather guy, who's been "on alert" all day just for us, telling us just how bad the snow is going to make life for us. Yes, without the weatherman around, I wouldn't know that I should allow a few minutes to get to wherever I'm going, or that I should probably slow down when driving on 3 inches of unplowed snow. Thanks, dude!
5. Make sure that no matter what, this snowstorm is the STORM OF THE CENTURY (complete with ominous-sounding music at the beginning of the updates)! Either that, or regardless of what may have happened in earlier year, this snowstorm is definitively THE BLIZZARD OF '08!!
6. Break into everyone's favorite daytime and evening programming to remind them that it's snowing. Yes, because people, evidently, are too stupid to peek out of their windows and figure that out for themselves.
7. Special reports from the local supermarket, where senior citizens are falling over each other in the aisles to get to the last available gallon of water, the last available gallon of milk, or the last loaf of bread. As we all know, milk and bread are the two most important items to have when protecting onesself from inclement weather.
8. Cue the safety czar up, reminding everyone to keep a warm blanket and a shovel in your car should go off into a ditch and get stuck for a couple of days.
9. Don't forget the friendly county sheriff (Mark Hackel seems to be the go-to guy in Detroit - he's quite the handsome fellow, too!) who shows up, making his plea to people to stay off the roads "if you absolutely don't have to be on the roads". That's actually pretty good advice when it's also 80 and sunny out, but somehow it's supposed to sound more impressive when it's during wintertime.
Somehow, we'll manage to survive all of this, until DEATH STORM 2008 V2 hits us, at least.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Freeroll madness at Dino's - 1/21/08
Been struggling with my live poker tournament game the last couple of weeks, but went again to Dino's after missing last week's game to try to get back on the schnide. Points would be nice, a win nicer...but we won't get too greedy here.
24 players to start, and not much other than limp-in with garbage, fold after missing the flop for the first 2 levels for me, then I get 6-3 off in the BB. Hit a straight on the turn, Donald hits nut flush on river, but doesn't raise me after I check-raise him on the river - down to 1300 chips.
25/50 level, and I see 77 raise to 150 UTG, and Donald, on the button, calls me - blinds fold, and flop comes Q-Q-7. I check to Donald, he bets 50, I call. Check-call on turn when a 6 comes out, then a duece on the river doesn't scare me, so when Donald bets 100, I put him on some kind of pair, not necessarily a pocket pair, however. I then check-raise him to 400, figuring out it was a value, then Donald quickly calls...I flip over my hand, he flips over Q-7! No raise with the nuts???
Now, don't get me wrong here, Donald is one of the nicest guys you can play with, even if you have to constantly remind him to put his blind in, turn a card over, etc...but the guy's poker skill-set is not terribly great here. Any other player, and I go broke, without a doubt. Ahhhh, nothing like flopping a boat and later find out you were drawing dead afterwards!
Down to 810 chips and not hitting the 100/200 level, I jam on the button with KQ, John calls me with AQ (@#$@%!), but a King on the flop saves my ass, and now we're up to 1800 or so in chips. First suckout of the night...
Take down some blinds during remainder of orbit, then chop a pot at 200/400 level with Scott with my whopping J-2 against his J-9 on an A-A-K-10-4 board, but that's not what was interesting about the hand. What was interesting was the conversation afterwards - because I called the bet pretty much in the dark.
Here's how the action happened - Scott pushed all-in with his last 510 chips, and folded around to me in the SB. John in the BB already mucked his cards (he also will much after the flop if it totally misses him, even if no bet is required to be called) before I made my decision, meaning I didn't have to consider anything more than John's chips that were already in the pot. So 1110 in the pot, and only 310 for me to call...pretty much an easy call, pot-odds wise (and I said as much), and I was just hoping for 2 live cards. Chopped pot was a lucky thing for me, but I still made 1/2 of John's blind in profit.
Donald, John, and Pat (uber-tight player...but pleasant to play with) we're amazed that I would make that call there, but Scott didn't have a problem with it, and Jennifer (another player who's pretty decent, but has one very noticeable tell in regards to betting that I picked up on) said that my play was right. I explained to John that if I had folded, it would cost him 110 chips into a pot of 1110, and getting 10-1 on your money means that you call with any 2 cards, no ifs, ands or buts about it - hell, call without looking!
After Pat busts out, we condense to 2 tables, and PJ moves over to my right. 3 hands in, and with 2500 chips or so left, PJ raises UTG to 1200. I wake up with K-K, and pop it up all-in...folds around, PJ puts me on an A-8 or A-9 type hand, after a couple of minutes he figures that he's a 3-2 dog. Even after I tell him that he has only 3 outs (me putting him on an Ace-something hand), he thinks he's in a race, calls with K-J, which makes me happy to flip over K-K. Jack on flop gives him one of 3 outs, but no jack on turn or river, and now we're up to about 5000 or so.
Couple of hands later I get J-8 in the BB, PJ calls, I check, and Flop of J-8-4 comes out (2 hearts) - PJ bets out 1500, I come over the top of him, and he shows K-10 while insta-folding...then asks why I didn't slow-play that hand (flush and straight draw? No thanks!), since I could have busted him. Doubt it, but you never know - no slow-playing at this point in the game!
Scott busts out Donald, and we move to final table of 10. 3rd hand in, I limp in UTG with A-10, my friend Harry, some guy that Steve knows (who's name I can't remember...I'll call him SoulPatch Guy (Stevo will laugh at me over this one), calls, and John (now to my right checks. 10-8-4 comes out, and I bet 1600, happy to take it down right there. Harry calls his last 1500 off, SoulPatch Guy folds, and John calls his last 1600 off...and we see Harry with K-J, John with 2-2, and so far, so good. No help for either player, and I get my first 2 knockouts of the night.
Nothing much for the rest of the orbit, although I took down a couple of blinds with PFRs, and then we get down to 7 when Gary is eliminated. Up to about 9800 chips after posting BB at 400/800 level, and I get the wonderful J-6 off...free flop! Flop of J-K-J hits, and I'm pretty darn happy to hear the words "All-In" from Scott (directly to my right - last season's champ), but I make an insta-call that I should have slowed down on, since SoulPatch Guy was still in the hand. After thinking about it for a minute, he flashes a King, and when the case King fails to hit, Scott is out in 6th.
Took down the blinds again, then pick off my next victim, Vic, to bounce him in 6th. Blinds just raised to 500/1000, and I raised UTG to 3000 with A-2 (playing some big-stack poker at this time), then Vic shoves his last 4300 in. SoulPatch Guy debates for a minute here, lays his hand down, and even though I know I'm behind, too much money in the pot to not play, so I chuckle, say, "Scott, you watching this?" (A-2 is his favorite hand), and call. Sure enough, I'm behind to an A-Q...but a duece hits on flop, and I almost do a Jerry Yang impersonation yell at the table (but think better of it), no help on turn or river and Vic is gone.
SoulPatch Guy takes out Ronald in 5th, and we're down to 4. It's me, PJ, Jennifer, and SoulPatch Guy fighting it out for the title, but I have a nice healthy stack of about 17,000 at this point. Next hand I take the blinds down with K-10, and then in the next hand came the hand that basically decided the tournament. I get K-K UTG, do my standard 3x BB raise, PJ folds, Jennifer thinks for a minute, then calls, and SoulPatch Guy looks like he wants to repop it up, but just calls. Flop of 3-5-3, and this is where it gets interesting!
Jennifer immediately shoves her last 4500 in the pot, and I think this was a pre-planned move on her part no matter what hit...sort of a mini-Stop-N-Go, if you will. SoulPatch Guy then announces he's all-in, and counts out his chips a couple of times, showing 6750 total - during the time, the only thing I'm trying to figure out is if anyone would have just called with A-A or 5-5 here (I totally ruled out the 3), and after SoulPatch Guy finishes counting his chips, I immediately announce "call", and the hands revealed are beautiful:
Jennifer: A-10
SoulPatch Guy: 8-8
Me: K-K
5 on turn, meaning blank on river, and now I have about a 8-1 chip advantage. PJ congratulates me on the win (even though we're heads-up), I remind him anything can happen, and he just replied, "I'm more than happy to take 2nd".
HU takes just one hand to get over. I raise with A-3 on the button to 3K, then PJ shoves his last 4500 in, easy call for me, and he has Q-J. Ace on flop puts me further ahead, 10 on turn gives him a straight draw, but no king on the river, and just like that, the tournament is over! No fancy picture this time, although the chip piles were staggering compared to last time I took it down.
Got me my $50 gift certificate, and I'm baaaaaaack!!!!
No game next week, so it'll be 2 weeks...can't wait to play again!
24 players to start, and not much other than limp-in with garbage, fold after missing the flop for the first 2 levels for me, then I get 6-3 off in the BB. Hit a straight on the turn, Donald hits nut flush on river, but doesn't raise me after I check-raise him on the river - down to 1300 chips.
25/50 level, and I see 77 raise to 150 UTG, and Donald, on the button, calls me - blinds fold, and flop comes Q-Q-7. I check to Donald, he bets 50, I call. Check-call on turn when a 6 comes out, then a duece on the river doesn't scare me, so when Donald bets 100, I put him on some kind of pair, not necessarily a pocket pair, however. I then check-raise him to 400, figuring out it was a value, then Donald quickly calls...I flip over my hand, he flips over Q-7! No raise with the nuts???
Now, don't get me wrong here, Donald is one of the nicest guys you can play with, even if you have to constantly remind him to put his blind in, turn a card over, etc...but the guy's poker skill-set is not terribly great here. Any other player, and I go broke, without a doubt. Ahhhh, nothing like flopping a boat and later find out you were drawing dead afterwards!
Down to 810 chips and not hitting the 100/200 level, I jam on the button with KQ, John calls me with AQ (@#$@%!), but a King on the flop saves my ass, and now we're up to 1800 or so in chips. First suckout of the night...
Take down some blinds during remainder of orbit, then chop a pot at 200/400 level with Scott with my whopping J-2 against his J-9 on an A-A-K-10-4 board, but that's not what was interesting about the hand. What was interesting was the conversation afterwards - because I called the bet pretty much in the dark.
Here's how the action happened - Scott pushed all-in with his last 510 chips, and folded around to me in the SB. John in the BB already mucked his cards (he also will much after the flop if it totally misses him, even if no bet is required to be called) before I made my decision, meaning I didn't have to consider anything more than John's chips that were already in the pot. So 1110 in the pot, and only 310 for me to call...pretty much an easy call, pot-odds wise (and I said as much), and I was just hoping for 2 live cards. Chopped pot was a lucky thing for me, but I still made 1/2 of John's blind in profit.
Donald, John, and Pat (uber-tight player...but pleasant to play with) we're amazed that I would make that call there, but Scott didn't have a problem with it, and Jennifer (another player who's pretty decent, but has one very noticeable tell in regards to betting that I picked up on) said that my play was right. I explained to John that if I had folded, it would cost him 110 chips into a pot of 1110, and getting 10-1 on your money means that you call with any 2 cards, no ifs, ands or buts about it - hell, call without looking!
After Pat busts out, we condense to 2 tables, and PJ moves over to my right. 3 hands in, and with 2500 chips or so left, PJ raises UTG to 1200. I wake up with K-K, and pop it up all-in...folds around, PJ puts me on an A-8 or A-9 type hand, after a couple of minutes he figures that he's a 3-2 dog. Even after I tell him that he has only 3 outs (me putting him on an Ace-something hand), he thinks he's in a race, calls with K-J, which makes me happy to flip over K-K. Jack on flop gives him one of 3 outs, but no jack on turn or river, and now we're up to about 5000 or so.
Couple of hands later I get J-8 in the BB, PJ calls, I check, and Flop of J-8-4 comes out (2 hearts) - PJ bets out 1500, I come over the top of him, and he shows K-10 while insta-folding...then asks why I didn't slow-play that hand (flush and straight draw? No thanks!), since I could have busted him. Doubt it, but you never know - no slow-playing at this point in the game!
Scott busts out Donald, and we move to final table of 10. 3rd hand in, I limp in UTG with A-10, my friend Harry, some guy that Steve knows (who's name I can't remember...I'll call him SoulPatch Guy (Stevo will laugh at me over this one), calls, and John (now to my right checks. 10-8-4 comes out, and I bet 1600, happy to take it down right there. Harry calls his last 1500 off, SoulPatch Guy folds, and John calls his last 1600 off...and we see Harry with K-J, John with 2-2, and so far, so good. No help for either player, and I get my first 2 knockouts of the night.
Nothing much for the rest of the orbit, although I took down a couple of blinds with PFRs, and then we get down to 7 when Gary is eliminated. Up to about 9800 chips after posting BB at 400/800 level, and I get the wonderful J-6 off...free flop! Flop of J-K-J hits, and I'm pretty darn happy to hear the words "All-In" from Scott (directly to my right - last season's champ), but I make an insta-call that I should have slowed down on, since SoulPatch Guy was still in the hand. After thinking about it for a minute, he flashes a King, and when the case King fails to hit, Scott is out in 6th.
Took down the blinds again, then pick off my next victim, Vic, to bounce him in 6th. Blinds just raised to 500/1000, and I raised UTG to 3000 with A-2 (playing some big-stack poker at this time), then Vic shoves his last 4300 in. SoulPatch Guy debates for a minute here, lays his hand down, and even though I know I'm behind, too much money in the pot to not play, so I chuckle, say, "Scott, you watching this?" (A-2 is his favorite hand), and call. Sure enough, I'm behind to an A-Q...but a duece hits on flop, and I almost do a Jerry Yang impersonation yell at the table (but think better of it), no help on turn or river and Vic is gone.
SoulPatch Guy takes out Ronald in 5th, and we're down to 4. It's me, PJ, Jennifer, and SoulPatch Guy fighting it out for the title, but I have a nice healthy stack of about 17,000 at this point. Next hand I take the blinds down with K-10, and then in the next hand came the hand that basically decided the tournament. I get K-K UTG, do my standard 3x BB raise, PJ folds, Jennifer thinks for a minute, then calls, and SoulPatch Guy looks like he wants to repop it up, but just calls. Flop of 3-5-3, and this is where it gets interesting!
Jennifer immediately shoves her last 4500 in the pot, and I think this was a pre-planned move on her part no matter what hit...sort of a mini-Stop-N-Go, if you will. SoulPatch Guy then announces he's all-in, and counts out his chips a couple of times, showing 6750 total - during the time, the only thing I'm trying to figure out is if anyone would have just called with A-A or 5-5 here (I totally ruled out the 3), and after SoulPatch Guy finishes counting his chips, I immediately announce "call", and the hands revealed are beautiful:
Jennifer: A-10
SoulPatch Guy: 8-8
Me: K-K
5 on turn, meaning blank on river, and now I have about a 8-1 chip advantage. PJ congratulates me on the win (even though we're heads-up), I remind him anything can happen, and he just replied, "I'm more than happy to take 2nd".
HU takes just one hand to get over. I raise with A-3 on the button to 3K, then PJ shoves his last 4500 in, easy call for me, and he has Q-J. Ace on flop puts me further ahead, 10 on turn gives him a straight draw, but no king on the river, and just like that, the tournament is over! No fancy picture this time, although the chip piles were staggering compared to last time I took it down.
Got me my $50 gift certificate, and I'm baaaaaaack!!!!
No game next week, so it'll be 2 weeks...can't wait to play again!
Monday, January 21, 2008
So I was playing this HORSE tournament the other night, along with another SnG and 2 cash game tables, when this stud hand came up. Too bad I thought it was still Razz...or was it???
HORSE (7 Card Stud Limit) - Level IV (60/120) - 2008/01/20 - 01 :04 (ET)
Table '74457275 1' 8-max
Seat 1: MsULcardfan (2006 in chips)
Seat 2: el santo (1417 in chips)
Seat 3: BKrywko1 (1737 in chips)
Seat 4: billyr99 (1380 in chips)
Seat 5: dstrombee (1226 in chips)
Seat 6: threedotz (994 in chips)
Seat 7: provost41 (1964 in chips)
Seat 8: redseventeen (1276 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 12
billyr99: posts the ante 12
dstrombee: posts the ante 12
threedotz: posts the ante 12
provost41: posts the ante 12
redseventeen: posts the ante 12
MsULcardfan: posts the ante 12
el santo: posts the ante 12
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td]
Dealt to el santo [8s]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c]
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah]
Dealt to threedotz [4d]
Dealt to provost41 [2h]
Dealt to redseventeen [Qh]
provost41: brings in for 18
redseventeen: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 18
el santo: folds
BKrywko1: calls 18 - I'd call the bring-in with this garbage, but nothing more
billyr99: calls 18
dstrombee: calls 18
threedotz: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td] [4s]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c] [2c]
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc] [Js]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah] [9s]
Dealt to provost41 [2h] [6d]
dstrombee: checks
provost41: checks
MsULcardfan: checks
BKrywko1: checks
billyr99: bets 60
dstrombee: calls 60
provost41: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 60
BKrywko1: calls 60 - A lonely pair of ducks, but since I can beat whatever is showing, I'll try to draw to my 2 pair - but since I still thought it was Razz, I'm trying to thin the field out here...silly me
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td 4s] [Kd]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c] [5h] So I'm still thinking it's Razz, with an absolutely killer draw here, and i'm thinking everyone else is the idiots for staying around, except for maybe dstrombee
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc Js] [2s]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah 9s] [8c]
dstrombee: checks
MsULcardfan: checks
BKrywko1: bets 120
billyr99: calls 120
dstrombee: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td 4s Kd] [7c]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h] [5d] - Two pair in Stud...but I still think it's Razz, so I'm still representing a low here
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc Js 2s] [5c]
BKrywko1: bets 120
billyr99: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d] [Ad] - Oooooh, we hit the wheel here, unbeatable hand in Razz...then I look and see it was actually Stud...oh well, a wheel is still a very good hand in this game
BKrywko1: bets 120
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d Ad] (a straight, Ace to Five)
MsULcardfan: mucks hand
BKrywko1 collected 1266 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1266 | Rake 0
Seat 1: MsULcardfan mucked [Ac Kc Td 4s Kd 7c As] - Aces over Kings, and he just calls me down? Aye aye aye!
Seat 2: el santo folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BKrywko1 showed [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d Ad] and won (1266) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 4: billyr99 folded on the 6th Street
Seat 5: dstrombee folded on the 5th Street
Seat 6: threedotz folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: provost41 folded on the 4th Street
Seat 8: redseventeen folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
HORSE (7 Card Stud Limit) - Level IV (60/120) - 2008/01/20 - 01 :04 (ET)
Table '74457275 1' 8-max
Seat 1: MsULcardfan (2006 in chips)
Seat 2: el santo (1417 in chips)
Seat 3: BKrywko1 (1737 in chips)
Seat 4: billyr99 (1380 in chips)
Seat 5: dstrombee (1226 in chips)
Seat 6: threedotz (994 in chips)
Seat 7: provost41 (1964 in chips)
Seat 8: redseventeen (1276 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 12
billyr99: posts the ante 12
dstrombee: posts the ante 12
threedotz: posts the ante 12
provost41: posts the ante 12
redseventeen: posts the ante 12
MsULcardfan: posts the ante 12
el santo: posts the ante 12
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td]
Dealt to el santo [8s]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c]
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah]
Dealt to threedotz [4d]
Dealt to provost41 [2h]
Dealt to redseventeen [Qh]
provost41: brings in for 18
redseventeen: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 18
el santo: folds
BKrywko1: calls 18 - I'd call the bring-in with this garbage, but nothing more
billyr99: calls 18
dstrombee: calls 18
threedotz: folds
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td] [4s]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c] [2c]
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc] [Js]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah] [9s]
Dealt to provost41 [2h] [6d]
dstrombee: checks
provost41: checks
MsULcardfan: checks
BKrywko1: checks
billyr99: bets 60
dstrombee: calls 60
provost41: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 60
BKrywko1: calls 60 - A lonely pair of ducks, but since I can beat whatever is showing, I'll try to draw to my 2 pair - but since I still thought it was Razz, I'm trying to thin the field out here...silly me
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td 4s] [Kd]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c] [5h] So I'm still thinking it's Razz, with an absolutely killer draw here, and i'm thinking everyone else is the idiots for staying around, except for maybe dstrombee
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc Js] [2s]
Dealt to dstrombee [Ah 9s] [8c]
dstrombee: checks
MsULcardfan: checks
BKrywko1: bets 120
billyr99: calls 120
dstrombee: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to MsULcardfan [Td 4s Kd] [7c]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h] [5d] - Two pair in Stud...but I still think it's Razz, so I'm still representing a low here
Dealt to billyr99 [Tc Js 2s] [5c]
BKrywko1: bets 120
billyr99: folds
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d] [Ad] - Oooooh, we hit the wheel here, unbeatable hand in Razz...then I look and see it was actually Stud...oh well, a wheel is still a very good hand in this game
BKrywko1: bets 120
MsULcardfan: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d Ad] (a straight, Ace to Five)
MsULcardfan: mucks hand
BKrywko1 collected 1266 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1266 | Rake 0
Seat 1: MsULcardfan mucked [Ac Kc Td 4s Kd 7c As] - Aces over Kings, and he just calls me down? Aye aye aye!
Seat 2: el santo folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BKrywko1 showed [3c 2d 4c 2c 5h 5d Ad] and won (1266) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 4: billyr99 folded on the 6th Street
Seat 5: dstrombee folded on the 5th Street
Seat 6: threedotz folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: provost41 folded on the 4th Street
Seat 8: redseventeen folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Big news!
In a news conference Deanna Favre announced she will be the starting QB for the Packers this coming Sunday. Deanna asserts that she is qualified to be starting QB because she has spent the past 16 years married to Brett while he played QB for the Packers. During this period of time she became familiar with the definition of a corner blitz, and is now completely comfortable with other terminology of the Packers offense. A survey of Packers fans shows that 50% of those polled supported the move.
Does this sounds idiotic and unbelievable to you? Well, Hillary Clinton makes the same claims as to why she is qualified to be President and 50% of democrats polled agreed. She has never run a City, County, or State.
When told Hillary Clinton has experience because she has 8 years in the white house, Dick Morris stated "so has the pastry chef" - HA!
Does this sounds idiotic and unbelievable to you? Well, Hillary Clinton makes the same claims as to why she is qualified to be President and 50% of democrats polled agreed. She has never run a City, County, or State.
When told Hillary Clinton has experience because she has 8 years in the white house, Dick Morris stated "so has the pastry chef" - HA!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Yay...it's Wednesday!!!
Errrr, no it's not - just momentarily lost track of what day it was today (Monday), since I worked 25 hours the last 2 days at my main job for quarter-end, which is never a good thing to go through.
Here's some quick thoughts on the weekend:
- Green Bay is the only team that has a shot to knock off New England, and you know that we're gonna have the "good vs. evil" storyline if Green Bay and New England meet in the rematch of Super Bowl XXXI.
- Damn, Peyton Manning, you may have won a Super Bowl, but you're still a "loser player" in my book!
- Black media are pissed at Tiger Woods for not pressing the Golf Channel to fire Kelly Tilghman over her "lynching" joke that went haywire last week, but all they've done is expose themselves for the race-baiting racists that they truly are.
- Michigan Primary tomorrow...I am going to vote, and yet our primary in this state is jacked up. And NO, I'm not telling you who I am voting for, but I give you some major hints: It will not be Dennis Kucinich, "Uncommitted", or Christopher Dodd. Or Hillary, for that matter.
- Or any member of the Democrat Party, either.
- I like Ultimate Bet...a lot, actually. My man-love for PokerStars non-withstanding, UB is my 2nd favorite site to play at. Played 10 SnGs Saturday night, and had the following results:
3 1sts, 3 2nds, 2 3rds....worked out to a 154+% ROI, not bad, not bad at all.
That is all for now...back to working another long day :-(
Here's some quick thoughts on the weekend:
- Green Bay is the only team that has a shot to knock off New England, and you know that we're gonna have the "good vs. evil" storyline if Green Bay and New England meet in the rematch of Super Bowl XXXI.
- Damn, Peyton Manning, you may have won a Super Bowl, but you're still a "loser player" in my book!
- Black media are pissed at Tiger Woods for not pressing the Golf Channel to fire Kelly Tilghman over her "lynching" joke that went haywire last week, but all they've done is expose themselves for the race-baiting racists that they truly are.
- Michigan Primary tomorrow...I am going to vote, and yet our primary in this state is jacked up. And NO, I'm not telling you who I am voting for, but I give you some major hints: It will not be Dennis Kucinich, "Uncommitted", or Christopher Dodd. Or Hillary, for that matter.
- Or any member of the Democrat Party, either.
- I like Ultimate Bet...a lot, actually. My man-love for PokerStars non-withstanding, UB is my 2nd favorite site to play at. Played 10 SnGs Saturday night, and had the following results:
3 1sts, 3 2nds, 2 3rds....worked out to a 154+% ROI, not bad, not bad at all.
That is all for now...back to working another long day :-(
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Well, that was fun
Thanks to Stevo's Buffalo Suckeyes losing on Monday night, along with him graciously paying me off via Stars transfer, I did a little experimenting for shits and giggles at the poker tables last night, and decided to try something totally new: Play 6 SnGs simultaneously, since I have never tried more than 4-tabling.
And while many of my stories/posts have happy endings, let's just say the results of this experiment didn't go so well. 2 7ths, 1 9th, 1 4th, 1 5th, and 1 whoppin' 3rd place cash....yay! $7.20 of buy-ins got me a whoppin $1.80 back.
Couple of things that I observed here, even if I already knew them beforehand:
1) Making multiple decisions at the same time in limit-based games are infinitely easier than doing so in PL/NL games - which is why playing 4 tables at a limit based Stud/Horse game is much preferable to me than it is playing 6 NL tourneys.
2) The players who play the $1 buy-in are truly donkeys and fishes. Don't tell that to the players who cracked KK and AK after post-flop bluffs that seemingly went awry hit their miracle hands, however.
Guy in MP with 3-2 calls a re-raise by me, then jammed post-flop on a 10-high board...runner-runner 3's give him trips to win on first hand.
2nd hand saw Q-4 SOOOOOOOOTED in BB come over the top of me after I hit two pair on flop...runner-runner clubs knocks me out. I should mention that at the time (I finished 5th) he had me outchipped by 30 chips, and we were both massive chipleaders here...idiot!
3) The game still seemed to slow down considerably once we got back down to 4 tables versus playing 6 - so there is hope for the "4 SnG at a time" goal, whereas now I will only play 2 of them simultaneously.
This is the quandray of trading in a few % of ROI for increased actual dollars of profit and faster bonus clearing, alas!
And while many of my stories/posts have happy endings, let's just say the results of this experiment didn't go so well. 2 7ths, 1 9th, 1 4th, 1 5th, and 1 whoppin' 3rd place cash....yay! $7.20 of buy-ins got me a whoppin $1.80 back.
Couple of things that I observed here, even if I already knew them beforehand:
1) Making multiple decisions at the same time in limit-based games are infinitely easier than doing so in PL/NL games - which is why playing 4 tables at a limit based Stud/Horse game is much preferable to me than it is playing 6 NL tourneys.
2) The players who play the $1 buy-in are truly donkeys and fishes. Don't tell that to the players who cracked KK and AK after post-flop bluffs that seemingly went awry hit their miracle hands, however.
Guy in MP with 3-2 calls a re-raise by me, then jammed post-flop on a 10-high board...runner-runner 3's give him trips to win on first hand.
2nd hand saw Q-4 SOOOOOOOOTED in BB come over the top of me after I hit two pair on flop...runner-runner clubs knocks me out. I should mention that at the time (I finished 5th) he had me outchipped by 30 chips, and we were both massive chipleaders here...idiot!
3) The game still seemed to slow down considerably once we got back down to 4 tables versus playing 6 - so there is hope for the "4 SnG at a time" goal, whereas now I will only play 2 of them simultaneously.
This is the quandray of trading in a few % of ROI for increased actual dollars of profit and faster bonus clearing, alas!
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