Friday, April 21, 2006
It's an avalanche...
Of posts... I must be subconsciously feeling very guilty for being AWOL the first half the month while working on the site update, which I'm hoping to launch on May 1st.
First off, I am happy to be able to keep pimping the performance of an old friend who's currently doing very well at the WPT Championship. He had a heckuva table to negotiate yesterday and I can only hope that he'll have the story of stories to tell when I see him next month. His lineup for today:
Table 43:
Seat 1 Davidson Matthew 61,000
Seat 2 Phil Hellmuth 40,800
Seat 3 Jason Berilgen 243,400
Seat 4 Jon Turner 110,800
Seat 5 Lee Vaccaro 136,900
Seat 6 Shawn Buchanan 462,100
Seat 7 David Grey 65,000
Seat 8 Don Mullis 84,100
It's amazing what a small world it really is. I stumble into poker a little over a year ago, never imagining what a part of my life it would become. Then as the last year progressed I kept finding out about old friends or friends of friends that were big name poker players, like Jason or Brett Jungblutt. Now I can only hope that with another year or two of working, I can start to enjoy even a fraction of the success that they have.
First off, I am happy to be able to keep pimping the performance of an old friend who's currently doing very well at the WPT Championship. He had a heckuva table to negotiate yesterday and I can only hope that he'll have the story of stories to tell when I see him next month. His lineup for today:
Table 43:
Seat 1 Davidson Matthew 61,000
Seat 2 Phil Hellmuth 40,800
Seat 3 Jason Berilgen 243,400
Seat 4 Jon Turner 110,800
Seat 5 Lee Vaccaro 136,900
Seat 6 Shawn Buchanan 462,100
Seat 7 David Grey 65,000
Seat 8 Don Mullis 84,100
It's amazing what a small world it really is. I stumble into poker a little over a year ago, never imagining what a part of my life it would become. Then as the last year progressed I kept finding out about old friends or friends of friends that were big name poker players, like Jason or Brett Jungblutt. Now I can only hope that with another year or two of working, I can start to enjoy even a fraction of the success that they have.
Ace-Queen: The Scourge of My Poker Existence
As I've posted before, Ace Queen is a blight on my poker world. Can't ever seem to beat it, can't ever seem to win with it. Well, I somewhat reversed the curse last night on my way to a 2nd tourney cash on the day. I thought I played reasonably well all day, just couldn't quite get over the hump at the critical times.
It's also possible that I didn't actually reverse the curse, but rather ran into the one guy who apparently is cursed worse than I am. The poor guy even got moved off the table after hand one and then got moved back on next to me just prior to hand two.
As I've posted before, Ace Queen is a blight on my poker world. Can't ever seem to beat it, can't ever seem to win with it. Well, I somewhat reversed the curse last night on my way to a 2nd tourney cash on the day. I thought I played reasonably well all day, just couldn't quite get over the hump at the critical times.
It's also possible that I didn't actually reverse the curse, but rather ran into the one guy who apparently is cursed worse than I am. The poor guy even got moved off the table after hand one and then got moved back on next to me just prior to hand two.
Hand 1:
Seat 1: jim626 ($3,495 in chips)
Seat 2: exparoni ($5,540 in chips)
Seat 3: eman3415 ($3,755 in chips)
Seat 4: BigJohn804 [KS,KD] ($2,050 in chips)
Seat 5: RhesusPieces ($6,170 in chips)
Seat 6: Cheryblossom ($7,787 in chips)
Seat 7: Mr_MBZ ($4,515 in chips)
Seat 8: slothster0 ($5,385 in chips)
Seat 9: jebby32 ($6,660 in chips)
Seat 10: SamoLEvski ($1,325 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
SamoLEvski posts blind ($100), jim626 posts blind ($200).
PRE-FLOP
exparoni folds, eman3415 folds, BigJohn804 bets $600, RhesusPieces folds, Cheryblossom folds, Mr_MBZ calls $600, slothster0 folds, jebby32 folds, SamoLEvski folds, jim626 folds.
FLOP [JD,10S,KC ]
BigJohn804 bets $1,450 and is all-in, Mr_MBZ calls $1,450.
TURN [KH]
RIVER [4D ]
SHOWDOWN
BigJohn804 shows [ KS,KD ]
Mr_MBZ shows [ AD,QS ]
BigJohn804 wins $4,400.
(Demz quads beetches.)
Hand 2:
Seat 1: jim626 ($1,245 in chips)
Seat 2: exparoni ($3,565 in chips)
Seat 3: Mr_MBZ ($2,015 in chips)
Seat 4: BigJohn804 [7H,7S] ($3,850 in chips)
Seat 5: RhesusPieces ($4,775 in chips)
Seat 6: Cheryblossom ($9,787 in chips)
Seat 7: 5ontheriver ($5,156 in chips)
Seat 8: slothster0 ($3,885 in chips)
Seat 9: jebby32 ($7,810 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Mr_MBZ posts blind ($200), BigJohn804 posts blind ($400).
PRE-FLOP
RhesusPieces folds, Cheryblossom folds, 5ontheriver folds, slothster0 folds, jebby32 folds, jim626 folds, exparoni folds, Mr_MBZ calls $200, BigJohn804 bets $3,450 and is all-in, Mr_MBZ calls $1,615 and is all-in.
FLOP [6C,JH,2H ]
TURN [2S ]
RIVER [10S ]
SHOWDOWN
BigJohn804 shows [ 7H,7S ]
Mr_MBZ shows [ AH,QD ]
BigJohn804 wins $4,030.
Seat 1: jim626 ($1,245 in chips)
Seat 2: exparoni ($3,565 in chips)
Seat 3: Mr_MBZ ($2,015 in chips)
Seat 4: BigJohn804 [7H,7S] ($3,850 in chips)
Seat 5: RhesusPieces ($4,775 in chips)
Seat 6: Cheryblossom ($9,787 in chips)
Seat 7: 5ontheriver ($5,156 in chips)
Seat 8: slothster0 ($3,885 in chips)
Seat 9: jebby32 ($7,810 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Mr_MBZ posts blind ($200), BigJohn804 posts blind ($400).
PRE-FLOP
RhesusPieces folds, Cheryblossom folds, 5ontheriver folds, slothster0 folds, jebby32 folds, jim626 folds, exparoni folds, Mr_MBZ calls $200, BigJohn804 bets $3,450 and is all-in, Mr_MBZ calls $1,615 and is all-in.
FLOP [6C,JH,2H ]
TURN [2S ]
RIVER [10S ]
SHOWDOWN
BigJohn804 shows [ 7H,7S ]
Mr_MBZ shows [ AH,QD ]
BigJohn804 wins $4,030.
Alas, even after these great conquering victories over my mortal enemy, I was unable to bring it home when my AJ lost to A7 on a runner-runner flush, and then my K6 suited lost to 62 off when he hit his two outer after I flopped a flush draw as well. BigJohn804, congratulations on your 25th place finish. GG me, IGHN.
I also got the chance to sweat my buddy PokerDon as he tried to navigate the donkies in a tourney last night. As usual, it was entertaining to watch and it delivered us another piece of today's blog post. Belatedly, but happily, I bring you:
DONKEY OF THE WEEK
Yes, ShaggyG, you above all the other players I've played against or watched proved to be the ultimate donkey this past week. It would be entirely difficult to pinpoint which hand exactly proved your worthiness, but I think it was better summed up by your commentary after one in particular. You had just called off 40% of your stack after a raise and reraise all-in about 10 spots to the bubble. And by calling off 40% of your stack I mean you called off T11000 with blinds at 150/300. You showed AJ offsuit versus the Hiltons and proceeded to spike your Ace on the turn. As the table bemoaned the bad beat, you offered up several gems, which I will try my best to replicate here.
"I wouldn't have done it if it were a bigger stack."
"The pot odds weren't that bad."
"It was a coin flip."
Well done, sir... well done.
I also got the chance to sweat my buddy PokerDon as he tried to navigate the donkies in a tourney last night. As usual, it was entertaining to watch and it delivered us another piece of today's blog post. Belatedly, but happily, I bring you:
DONKEY OF THE WEEK
Yes, ShaggyG, you above all the other players I've played against or watched proved to be the ultimate donkey this past week. It would be entirely difficult to pinpoint which hand exactly proved your worthiness, but I think it was better summed up by your commentary after one in particular. You had just called off 40% of your stack after a raise and reraise all-in about 10 spots to the bubble. And by calling off 40% of your stack I mean you called off T11000 with blinds at 150/300. You showed AJ offsuit versus the Hiltons and proceeded to spike your Ace on the turn. As the table bemoaned the bad beat, you offered up several gems, which I will try my best to replicate here.
"I wouldn't have done it if it were a bigger stack."
"The pot odds weren't that bad."
"It was a coin flip."
Well done, sir... well done.
