What is a donkey?

I found this over at CardsChat.com - used to hang out at that site, but haven't done much lately. Check it out if you want a decent forum without the arrogance that 2.2 gives you.

"Websters" Definition: Donkey

Donkey:[donk]: noun, to donk v. slang. poor poker player, a player who thinks they are good but no evidence of this assertion can be found.

2. Often found shortstacked, whining or whining in the losers lounge while good players are still in the game - usually blurting unprompted questions or statements like: "play me for cash","play me for real", "freerolls suck/are waste of time" ,"play me hu", "I won this or that tournament last week", "I play at (enter any famous casino name)", "my bankroll is bigger than yours!", etc., etc. etc.

3. Usually in this situation being unable to beat players deemed, by player most often using this term, of lower skill.

4. Not to be confused with making a wrong read, bluffing, late positioned/big/short stack, big blinds, calling a 7-2 bluff or any other read that may give basis to call with something other than AA - they never like all other human poker players make mistakes. B. Frequently heard to exclaim "you called me with that"! note: this can usually be rebuffed with the reply "You went all in with that!" (see YouTube: the video where Patrik Antonius' all-in of A-2 is called by Doyle Brunson's 3-3) Note: having just made the same play they earlier called out as a "donk play" when made by someone else - they never return the announcement. Note: watch their hands carefully as they deftly,skillfully demonstrate how to win playing only 4 pocket pairs AA, KK, AK,QQ on the button!

5. Frequently chats, blogs, writes complaints about "that donk this", "that donk that", "why all the donks" complaints which can be traced back to being taken out time after time after time again by someone they consider a donk - never stopping to ask the question - "If it is they and not I who am a donk why can't I win against them? Is it possible I am the donkey?"

6. Sometimes a mindless warning to someone who may be playing badly to stop and play better so they can win - instead of the person who cannot restrain themselves exploiting these weaknesses to win - this person would much rather play at a table with Stu Ungar, Alan Cunningham, Phil Ivey, Chip Jett, Barry Greenstein and Johnny Chan or where all players play perfectly and are therefore better than they, thereby insuring they lose (can't beat bad players/can't beat good players). Note: they frequently are "better" than these people too - no really just ask then check their ranking scores - zero does not mean they are bad.

7. Often issued as an alert to the other players of "Hey a player with lesser skills is taking all my chips" and a reminder of "I can beat Raymer on any given day and I am making expert commentary on how others should play, ignore the fact I am not winning here and now because I am unable to take advantage of my own excellent advice".

Frequently the player who "checks you" to the nuts (e.g doesn't know the correct bet to give you incorrect odds to call and/or doesn't have the guts to make the bet and/or thinks it's a limit game), goes all-in on the river (with 2nd or 3rd best hand) then screams "donk", "chaser", "river rat" on the way to or from the losers lounge for twenty minutes!

8. Trite, overused, "TV Poker-ese" for someone who is "English challenged" trying very hard to sound like they "know poker" having not mastered the actual game. Verbal device used to distract from the fact their own play is poor. See also Yakkity, Yakkity, Yak, Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Some hand histories from last night's win

There's always a few keys hands in any kind of tournament win - here are some of those and some thoughts going on while and after they happened - BKrywko1 is your "hero", for those of you reading:

Not getting too jiggy with 6s

*********** # 94 **************
PokerStars Game #19228565557: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XI (400/800) - 2008/07/30 - 17:40:21 (ET)
Table '99014634 11' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: clubdoktor (5540 in chips)
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (9715 in chips)
Seat 3: VfR 1921 (9945 in chips)
Seat 4: Ange-Etienne (18365 in chips)
Seat 5: tuga4660 (2480 in chips)
Seat 6: wendiful (6938 in chips)
Seat 7: cannotloose4 (11045 in chips)
Seat 8: MelvinMGT (8861 in chips)
Seat 9: gab78 (17530 in chips)
clubdoktor: posts the ante 75
BKrywko1: posts the ante 75
VfR 1921: posts the ante 75
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 75
tuga4660: posts the ante 75
wendiful: posts the ante 75
cannotloose4: posts the ante 75
MelvinMGT: posts the ante 75
gab78: posts the ante 75
VfR 1921: posts small blind 400
Ange-Etienne: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [6h 6s]
tuga4660: calls 800
wendiful: folds
cannotloose4: folds
MelvinMGT: calls 800
gab78: folds
clubdoktor: folds
BKrywko1: calls 800
VfR 1921: folds
Ange-Etienne: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5h Jh]
Ange-Etienne: bets 800
tuga4660: raises 805 to 1605 and is all-in
MelvinMGT: folds
BKrywko1: folds
Ange-Etienne: folds
Uncalled bet (805) returned to tuga4660
tuga4660 collected 5875 from pot

Moron tries to bust me on the bubble - guess which idiot soon became bubble boy?
PokerStars Game #19228985602: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/07/30 - 17:56:35 (ET)
Table '99014634 11' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Bogwan20653 (12121 in chips)
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (5490 in chips)
Seat 3: VfR 1921 (12595 in chips)
Seat 4: Ange-Etienne (29374 in chips)
Seat 5: tuga4660 (32265 in chips)
Seat 7: cannotloose4 (4505 in chips)
Seat 9: gab78 (8490 in chips)
Bogwan20653: posts the ante 125
BKrywko1: posts the ante 125
VfR 1921: posts the ante 125
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 125
tuga4660: posts the ante 125
cannotloose4: posts the ante 125
gab78: posts the ante 125
BKrywko1: posts small blind 600
VfR 1921: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Jc Ad]
Ange-Etienne: folds
tuga4660: folds
cannotloose4: folds
gab78: calls 1200
Bogwan20653: folds
BKrywko1: raises 4165 to 5365 and is all-in
VfR 1921: folds
gab78: calls 4165
*** FLOP *** [Ac 3c 3h]
*** TURN *** [Ac 3c 3h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 3c 3h 7d] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [Jc Ad] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
gab78: shows [6c 5h] (a pair of Threes)
BKrywko1 collected 12805 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12805 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 3c 3h 7d 8c]
Seat 1: Bogwan20653 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (small blind) showed [Jc Ad] and won (12805) with two pair,
Aces and Threes
Seat 3: VfR 1921 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Ange-Etienne folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: tuga4660 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cannotloose4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: gab78 showed [6c 5h] and lost with a pair of Threes

So Idiot Boy first calls off 15% of his stack with a limp in, then calls 2/3 of it off with 6-5 off...this dude would fit in great at our Monday night game at Dino's!

B busts a short stack!!!

PokerStars Game #19229115683: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/07/30 - 18:01:41 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: jmnicoletti (21926 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (13930 in chips)
Seat 3: I'MA HOLDIN (906 in chips)
Seat 4: Wackworm (17080 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (24924 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (50965 in chips)
Seat 9: Haarzuilens (10079 in chips)
jmnicoletti: posts the ante 150
BKrywko1: posts the ante 150
I'MA HOLDIN: posts the ante 150
Wackworm: posts the ante 150
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 150
ganggreen69: posts the ante 150
Haarzuilens: posts the ante 150
BKrywko1: posts small blind 800
I'MA HOLDIN: posts big blind 756 and is all-in
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [6d 7s]
Wackworm: folds
Ange-Etienne: folds
jmnicoletti is disconnected
jmnicoletti is connected
ganggreen69: folds
Haarzuilens: folds
jmnicoletti: folds
Uncalled bet (44) returned to BKrywko1
jmnicoletti has returned
hmnc [observer] said, "nat skat"
*** FLOP *** [9d 8d 6s]
*** TURN *** [9d 8d 6s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8d 6s Jd] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [6d 7s] (a flush, Ace high)
I'MA HOLDIN: shows [8c Qh] (a pair of Eights)
BKrywko1 collected 2562 from pot

This is at final table - blinds eating away here. I had already decided to shove/call anything here once I saw the hand, it worked out for me

PokerStars Game #19229476192: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XVII (2000/4000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:15:56 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (9104 in chips)
Seat 3: ezz robinson (48305 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (27248 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (58882 in chips)
Seat 8: original6969 (97153 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (29308 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 400
ezz robinson: posts the ante 400
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 400
ganggreen69: posts the ante 400
original6969: posts the ante 400
BettyBo007: posts the ante 400
BKrywko1: posts small blind 2000
ezz robinson: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Qc Kh]
Ange-Etienne: raises 22848 to 26848 and is all-in
ganggreen69: folds
original6969: folds
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: calls 6704 and is all-in
ezz robinson: folds
Uncalled bet (18144) returned to Ange-Etienne
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd Kd]
*** TURN *** [4d Qd Kd] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [4d Qd Kd Th] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [Qc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Ange-Etienne: shows [As 2h] (high card Ace)
BKrywko1 collected 23808 from pot

Dodge a couple of times here, taking the blinds - just showing one of them

PokerStars Game #19229514815: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XVII (2000/4000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:17:29 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (23008 in chips)
Seat 3: ezz robinson (49505 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (11344 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (53682 in chips)
Seat 8: original6969 (104353 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (28108 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 400
ezz robinson: posts the ante 400
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 400
ganggreen69: posts the ante 400
original6969: posts the ante 400
BettyBo007: posts the ante 400
ganggreen69: posts small blind 2000
original6969: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [5c 5d]
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: raises 18608 to 22608 and is all-in
ezz robinson: folds
Ange-Etienne: folds
ganggreen69: folds
original6969: folds
Uncalled bet (18608) returned to BKrywko1
BKrywko1 collected 12400 from pot
BKrywko1: doesn't show hand

This may have been the hand of the tournament for, since it put it a great position for the remainder

PokerStars Game #19229668077: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XIX (3000/6000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:23:38 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (25108 in chips)
Seat 3: ezz robinson (24705 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (76288 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (54882 in chips)
Seat 8: original6969 (37109 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (51908 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 600
ezz robinson: posts the ante 600
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 600
ganggreen69: posts the ante 600
original6969: posts the ante 600
BettyBo007: posts the ante 600
BKrywko1: posts small blind 3000
ezz robinson: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Tc Ts]
Ange-Etienne: raises 18000 to 24000
ganggreen69: folds
original6969: raises 12509 to 36509 and is all-in
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: calls 21508 and is all-in
ezz robinson: folds
Ange-Etienne: calls 12509
*** FLOP *** [3h 3d 5c]
*** TURN *** [3h 3d 5c] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [3h 3d 5c Td] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ange-Etienne: shows [9h 9c] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
original6969: shows [Kc Ad] (a pair of Threes)
Ange-Etienne collected 24002 from side pot
BKrywko1: shows [Tc Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Threes)
BKrywko1 collected 83124 from main pot

B gets bluffed out of a pot here - this one was a 50/50 call, but pussed out of it...didn't go on tilt, thankfully!

PokerStars Game #19229682521: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XIX (3000/6000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:24:13 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (83124 in chips)
Seat 3: ezz robinson (18105 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (63181 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (54282 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (51308 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 600
ezz robinson: posts the ante 600
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 600
ganggreen69: posts the ante 600
BettyBo007: posts the ante 600
ezz robinson: posts small blind 3000
Ange-Etienne: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [8d 8h]
ganggreen69: folds
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: raises 12000 to 18000
ezz robinson: folds
Ange-Etienne: calls 12000
*** FLOP *** [4s 3d 4d]
Ange-Etienne: bets 44581 and is all-in
BKrywko1: folds
Uncalled bet (44581) returned to Ange-Etienne
Ange-Etienne collected 42000 from pot
Ange-Etienne: shows [6s 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)

This is probably the second biggest hand, and was pretty much a snap-call, if you can believe it. Here's the thing about Ange: She loves to overbet pots with overs, and her showing those 6s helped me make this an instant call, especially after not raising with any pair after my SPFR. Taking notes of betting patterns is key here!

PokerStars Game #19229774115: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XIX (3000/6000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:27:55 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (64524 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (72181 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (93387 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (39908 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 600
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 600
ganggreen69: posts the ante 600
BettyBo007: posts the ante 600
Ange-Etienne: posts small blind 3000
ganggreen69: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Kh As]
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: raises 18000 to 24000
Ange-Etienne: calls 21000
ganggreen69: folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 4d 3d]
Ange-Etienne: bets 47581 and is all-in
BKrywko1: calls 39924 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (7657) returned to Ange-Etienne
*** TURN *** [Th 4d 3d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Th 4d 3d 9d] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ange-Etienne: shows [Ac Qc] (high card Ace)
BKrywko1: shows [Kh As] (high card Ace - King kicker)
BKrywko1 collected 136248 from pot

Time to start playing some big-stack poker

PokerStars Game #19229809312: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XX (3500/7000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:29:21 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (135548 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (23671 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (86173 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (24608 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 700
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 700
ganggreen69: posts the ante 700
BettyBo007: posts the ante 700
BettyBo007: posts small blind 3500
BKrywko1: posts big blind 7000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Kh 5c]
ganggreen69 said, "lol"
Ange-Etienne: folds
ganggreen69: calls 7000
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 6d Kd]
BKrywko1: checks
ganggreen69: bets 21000
BKrywko1: raises 49000 to 70000
ganggreen69: folds
Uncalled bet (49000) returned to BKrywko1
BKrywko1 collected 62300 from pot
BKrywko1: doesn't show hand

Same as the previous 3 hands - I'm making you put your tournament life on the line here if you want to move up the pay window

PokerStars Game #19229833566: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XX (3500/7000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:30:20 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (178248 in chips)
Seat 5: Ange-Etienne (15271 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (56773 in chips)
Seat 9: BettyBo007 (19708 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 700
Ange-Etienne: posts the ante 700
ganggreen69: posts the ante 700
BettyBo007: posts the ante 700
Ange-Etienne: posts small blind 3500
ganggreen69: posts big blind 7000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Ad 5h]
BettyBo007: folds
BKrywko1: raises 21000 to 28000
Ange-Etienne: folds
ganggreen69: folds
Uncalled bet (21000) returned to BKrywko1
BKrywko1 collected 20300 from pot
BKrywko1: doesn't show hand

2nd to last hand - dodge one here

PokerStars Game #19229937782: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XXI (4000/8000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:34:42 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (232448 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (37552 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 800
ganggreen69: posts the ante 800
ganggreen69: posts small blind 4000
BKrywko1: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [8h Jd]
ganggreen69: raises 28752 to 36752 and is all-in
BKrywko1: folds
Uncalled bet (28752) returned to ganggreen69
ganggreen69 collected 17600 from pot
ganggreen69: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)

How's this for ending things with authority?

PokerStars Game #19229943396: Tournament #99014634, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XXI (4000/8000) - 2008/07/30 - 18:34:56 (ET)
Table '99014634 7' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: BKrywko1 (223648 in chips)
Seat 6: ganggreen69 (46352 in chips)
BKrywko1: posts the ante 800
ganggreen69: posts the ante 800
BKrywko1: posts small blind 4000
ganggreen69: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [Ad Jd]
BKrywko1: raises 16000 to 24000
ganggreen69: raises 21552 to 45552 and is all-in
BKrywko1: calls 21552
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9s Jc]
BKrywko1 said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [Jh 9s Jc] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9s Jc 6d] [2s]
ganggreen69 said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ganggreen69: shows [5h 4c] (a pair of Jacks)
BKrywko1: shows [Ad Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
BKrywko1 collected 92704 from pot

Had a little time to play some poker today...

Played around in a little 180-man SnG over at Stars...changed modes quickly from just trying to survive and advance up the pay window at the final table once I tripled up and got the big stack:

PokerStars Tournament #99014634, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $2.00/$0.20
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $360.00
Tournament started - 2008/07/30 - 16:47:30 (ET)

Dear BKrywko1,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $108.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 181.41 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Some hand histories forthcoming

2 more weeks!

Cheryl lost half the sheets for the season, so instead of one final table of 10 people, there will be one big tourney for everyone to play in. I honestly don't think I will be going back to Dino's (at least on a regular basis) after the, what, 11th of August? Well, at least on a weekly basis, that is. The prizes have gotten progressively worse, and it's become more and more of the sort of donkeyfest that I detest when playing online.

Didn't have a good night yesterday - would get in pots cheaply, get some monster draws post-flop, then get nothing to get paid off on. Playing with 3 calling stations meant bluffing was out of the question most of the time...while the rest of the time other players were getting hit with the deck. I know that sounds like a whine there, but that's just how it was last night...frustrating night to not really get any kind of hands to do anything with.

Story of my night might as well have been the first hand of the night - pocket 10s under the gun, and I raise to 40 (5/10). Mike (tight player) calls, and flop is K-7-9 - Mike bets out 30 (?), and since it's cheap I call. 4 comes out, and this time Mike bets 100 - which means he's got a hand. Just a pair of kings wouldn't be worth that bet to him, and I figure out that he hit a set or 2 pair...Mike flips over pocket 7s to confirm my suspicion. Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat, 2-outers hitting on me to start the day!

Sat in as dealer for cash game since I wasn't ready to go home at 10pm, and dealt for 1/2 hour or so. Went home and had some fun before bed - then made another 20 this morning in 5 minutes playing BJ at Absolute. lol...such a junkie!

Mixed weekend

Got to play some poker the last couple of days (not as much as previous weekend) - finished 6 points out of making top 100 list on Stars in the Battle of the Planets promotion. Somehow made a couple of bucks, although I made about 60 bucks playing BJ on Absolute...dang, that bonus sucks now, but the BJ is very much +EV.

Decided to link a few blogs here - I think Sparta's blog is a great one. Killed many an hour at Compuware discussing multi-tabling, strategies, bad beats...anyways, glad to see that his new profession is going well for him.

Playing at Dino's tonight - maybe I'll try not to donk my way out before we hit the points.

So I won a couple of private buy-in tourneys last night...

...granted, one of them was a bounty tournament at Full Tilt with only one other donkey, errrr, player bothering to sign up (must have been intimidated by my omnipotent presence being announced earlier at one particular forum), and even this idiot didn't bother to show up. That's alright, a profit of $2.50 for 6 minutes of clicking "min raise" repeatedly as fast as I could works for me.

The other was a 12-man $2 buy-in ($25 added!) at Full Tilt. Survived the landmines that happen in these things (most people only raise with the nuts in these particular tourneys), and it was quite fun watching 4 people try not to bust out 4th or 5th (tourney paid only 3 place). I say this only because while I had the chip lead at 13K in chips, the other 4 players had only a little over 1000 each, and with blinds at 200-400, one can see why some felt lucky to cash.

Anyways, got to heads-up with a (I'm not kidding) 17.5K to 500 chip lead...that's 35-1, by my math. Lost with 9-3 to J-rag on first hand, then busted last player with Q-J to his 3-3 - winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Maybe some more online madness tonight, but we'll see - lawn is getting quite shaggy here.

Solid weekend of poker

Weekend is finally done, and here are the weekend stats for me in SnGs:

NLHE - $6+.50 Turbos:
3 1sts
3 2nds
3 3rds
4 no cashes

Omaha/8 - $6+.50 Turbos:

1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 no cash

$2/180 man SnG:

1 8th, 1 no cash

Busted out 55th in a $5.50 satellite (out of 248 - pays 24)

Solid weekend of poker, decision-wise - won most races, had no monster suckouts...variance is great when it's going well for you.

Rough night at Dino's

Played last night at Dino's, and took 7th place. Pretty much card-dead the entire night (A-J and A-10 were best hands I saw - no pairs the entire evening), somehow survived for a while by defending blinds and bluffing more than normal. Took out Andy when he was uber-shortstacked after I hit trip Jacks on the flop to outflop Bridget (was told A-Q was pwned by J-5), who nearly got busted that hand, as well.

I tried a PFR against Sharon's BB a few hands later when I only had 1200 chips left with Q-2, then sheepishly flipped them over when she showed A-Q. Ace on flop hurt me, but hit runner-runner spades to hit flush comes to give me a miracle win.

Final table comes, and absolute dog shit for cards - and action before me not condusive to blind stealing. Went in for my last 1650 or so at 300/600 with A-10 UTG, called by Sharon and Nick. I hit a 10 on flop and on river, but Sharon's pocket 8's hit an 8 on flop...her full boat took me out, and justice was probably served there.

I think I'm good for the final, whenever that is - but will still have to go to make sure.