Monday, March 20, 2006
Beware Poker Content
It's Friday night. The Mrs. and Junior are out like a light.
Time for, you guessed it, Poker Shenanigans!
Signed up for a 27 seat ($10) SNG.
Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fo...
WAIT A MINUTE, I just got AKh!
I will raise sir. It is $150 to go. 1 miserable caller.
King on the flop...
I will bet the pot sir!
My opponent thinks...
and thinks...
and thinks (guess he didn't see my previous hands).
About an hour later, he mucks.
I return to my original strategy, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold...
At the break, about half the field is gone. I stand about the same as when the game started. Due to the passivity of the table, I am in about 10th place.
Then, cue lightning bolt and thunderclap, I start to get hands better than 52o.
Slowly I move up the list. I catch a few breaks when my opponents, AKA Limpy McGimps let me see flops with QJ and K9.
My God! I start to hit flops too!
My M got down to 6. But since I started to see cards, I never got in a "push/prayer" mode.
Except once.
In the big blind, I get A3 suited. In MP, somebody pushes. I have him covered about three times but I also KNOW I have a better hand.
I generally don't know shat! But I know I have a better hand.
Everyone folds to me.
Dive in Baby, the water is great!
Ace on the flop and I am off to the races.
Only other hand of note is my Nut straight off the flop. I try to get tricky and check. He pushes...
Nyeh,heh, heh. I call.
Turn and river gives the board my straight. We split. I curse.
However, the run continues.
At the final table, it was more like a shooting gallery.
Ping...my Aces (caught it once) is better than your 9s.
Ping...my AK gets filled. Your Jacks, sir, are no good.
Ping...yes, I can beat your suited connectors.
Ping...your Aces, sir, are no good. Please do not slowplay next time.
All in all, a real whirlwind of a card rush.
And your humble correspondent wins $100.
WooHoo for me! What a nice welcome back from my little poker break.
Ah yes, the obligatory "All my opponents are fishy tourists! I can't believe I don't do this for a living!"
Just wait until theHost's next game... ¶ 2:27 PM
Time for, you guessed it, Poker Shenanigans!
Signed up for a 27 seat ($10) SNG.
Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fo...
WAIT A MINUTE, I just got AKh!
I will raise sir. It is $150 to go. 1 miserable caller.
King on the flop...
I will bet the pot sir!
My opponent thinks...
and thinks...
and thinks (guess he didn't see my previous hands).
About an hour later, he mucks.
I return to my original strategy, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold...
At the break, about half the field is gone. I stand about the same as when the game started. Due to the passivity of the table, I am in about 10th place.
Then, cue lightning bolt and thunderclap, I start to get hands better than 52o.
Slowly I move up the list. I catch a few breaks when my opponents, AKA Limpy McGimps let me see flops with QJ and K9.
My God! I start to hit flops too!
My M got down to 6. But since I started to see cards, I never got in a "push/prayer" mode.
Except once.
In the big blind, I get A3 suited. In MP, somebody pushes. I have him covered about three times but I also KNOW I have a better hand.
I generally don't know shat! But I know I have a better hand.
Everyone folds to me.
Dive in Baby, the water is great!
Ace on the flop and I am off to the races.
Only other hand of note is my Nut straight off the flop. I try to get tricky and check. He pushes...
Nyeh,heh, heh. I call.
Turn and river gives the board my straight. We split. I curse.
However, the run continues.
At the final table, it was more like a shooting gallery.
Ping...my Aces (caught it once) is better than your 9s.
Ping...my AK gets filled. Your Jacks, sir, are no good.
Ping...yes, I can beat your suited connectors.
Ping...your Aces, sir, are no good. Please do not slowplay next time.
All in all, a real whirlwind of a card rush.
And your humble correspondent wins $100.
WooHoo for me! What a nice welcome back from my little poker break.
Ah yes, the obligatory "All my opponents are fishy tourists! I can't believe I don't do this for a living!"
Just wait until theHost's next game... ¶ 2:27 PM
