Played a little more during "Prison Break"

***** Hand History for Game 3112249861 *****
0/0 Omaha Hi/Lo Game Table (PL) - Mon Nov 28 21:40:29 EST 2005
Table Table 68515 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: MaxSquat ( $24.85)
Seat 2: Finstad21 ( $21.30)
Seat 3: SofieFatale ( $24.25)
Seat 4: hurley1968 ( $8.22)
Seat 5: tbag0110 ( $25.27)
Seat 6: badcreditIII ( $34.57)
Seat 8: payupdog99 ( $24.40)
Finstad21 posts small blind (0.10)
tbag0110 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to MaxSquat [ 8h, Ah, Qh, 2s ]
badcreditIII folds.
MaxSquat calls (0.25)
Finstad21 calls (0.15)
tbag0110 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8c, Tc, 4d ]
Finstad21 checks.
tbag0110 checks.
MaxSquat bets (0.25)
Finstad21 calls (0.25)
tbag0110 calls (0.25)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6c ]
Finstad21 checks.
tbag0110 checks.
MaxSquat bets (1.45)
Finstad21 folds.
tbag0110 calls (1.45)
** Dealing River ** : [ 6s ]
tbag0110 checks.
MaxSquat bets (3)
tbag0110 folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $7.20 | Rake: $0.20
Board: [ 8c Tc 4d 6c 6s ]
MaxSquat balance $27.10, bet $4.95, collected $7.20, net +$2.25
Finstad21 balance $20.80, lost $0.50 (folded)
tbag0110 balance $23.32, lost $1.95 (folded)


I am not excatly sure what Tbag had and why he called the turn bet...Perhaps T8xx??

Quickie +2.10 eh eh eh.....boy did I earn less than minimum wage this evening...

+$155 since Oct. 14th

Because I was stupid.....

I jumped in and 4 tabled PLO8 .10/.25 for about 45 minutes....1 at Party and 3 at UB....Nothing much was happening at Party...left there with a nice tidy profit of 85 cents...just enough to buy a candy bar...UB however pretty good +$11....but overall for the night...I broke near even...Being retarded, I decided to jump in the recent popular Royal Hold'em at UB...soooooo silly...I dont know which is worse...Royal Hold'em or NL Omaha 8...lost 11 bucks in there.....Full House losing to Quads....Quads losing to royal flush...NEVER NEVER AGAIN

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Come here little piggy piggy...BITE DAMN IT

Hand #9633284-9449 at Mount Angel (Pot Limit Omaha 8/b)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 28/Nov/05 20:52:01

Scotty O is at seat 0 with $17.05.
KittyKlaus is at seat 1 with $12.55.
deep23 is at seat 2 with $31.95 (sitting out).
MonsterNutz is at seat 3 with $24.75.
jeff3694 is at seat 4 with $3.70.
Nevada City is at seat 5 with $7.
BarTab is at seat 6 with $16.90.
DrRockets is at seat 7 with $10.
gloria martin is at seat 8 with $19.
czar653 is at seat 9 with $5.
The button is at seat 8.

czar653 posts the small blind of $.10.
Scotty O posts the big blind of $.25.
Nevada City posts out of turn for $.25.
DrRockets posts out of turn for $.25.

Scotty O: -- -- -- --
KittyKlaus: -- -- -- --
MonsterNutz: -- -- -- --
jeff3694: -- -- -- --
Nevada City: -- -- -- --
BarTab: -- -- -- --
DrRockets: As Ad Jh Kc
gloria martin: -- -- -- --
czar653: -- -- -- --

Pre-flop:

KittyKlaus folds. MonsterNutz folds. jeff3694
folds. Nevada City checks. BarTab calls.
DrRockets checks. gloria martin calls. czar653
folds. Scotty O checks.

Flop (board: 4h 2s Jd):

Scotty O checks. Nevada City checks. BarTab checks.
DrRockets checks. gloria martin checks.

Turn (board: 4h 2s Jd Js):

Scotty O checks. Nevada City checks. BarTab checks.
DrRockets bets $1.35. gloria martin folds. Scotty
O folds. Nevada City folds. BarTab calls.

River (board: 4h 2s Jd Js Jc):

BarTab checks. DrRockets bets $1. BarTab folds.
DrRockets is returned $1 (uncalled).



Hand #9633284-9449 Summary:

$.20 is raked from a pot of $4.05.
DrRockets wins $3.85.

I bet you my house that BarTab had A3xx

So it begins....

So it begins….

Currently my total bankroll at the sites is at $202 with about $300 in bonuses to clear. The goal? Bring the bank roll up to $500 by Christmas. Actually it is quite “doable”. But I am on a time constraint so it is a lot harder than it looks. If it is “break-even” poker with just the bonuses, that’s alllllllll righty with me.

So all in all since my $50 PLO8 investment, I’m up +$152. Birdy Bird told me that Absolute had several O8 tables going….

Birdy Bird (BB): Lots of Omaha last night at Absolute
Max: Yeah?
BB: 1/2 up to 3/6….5-6 tables at each limit
Max: Yeah? Any PLO8 going on?
BB: No
Max: (thinking) “Who gives a flying bird doo-doo about LO8 nowadays??...Its PLO8 or bust”

Funny last year AP’s LO8 traffic was very sparse…MAYBE 3 tables will be up and running (.25/.50, .50/1, 1/2 …one each)…now on a given night they’ll be 8 or more tables going…things are looking for us Omaha 8 lovers over at AP….now if only the PLO8 will pick up some traffic. Seems odd that there is a good number of players playing PLO8 SNG and MTT but not the cash games.

Tonight’s mission….turn that +$152 profit to +$200….should be easy right??

It only took one hand.....

It only took one hand, the very first hand, and then decided to call it a night...


***** Hand History for Game 3072855860 *****
0/0 Omaha Hi/Lo Game Table (PL) - Mon Nov 21 18:00:47 EST 2005
Table Table 66590 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: MaxSquat ( $25)
Seat 2: bocamama1941 ( $18.18)
Seat 3: Hillmouth ( $8.23)
Seat 4: jiggers2 ( $24.75)
Seat 5: miraclejack ( $39.85)
Seat 6: Grendel_Kahn ( $24.40)
Seat 7: sdahl82 ( $17.81)
Seat 8: emmettsmith ( $23.40)
Seat 9: Gost1 ( $34.15)
Seat 10: ret72689 ( $47.99)
emmettsmith posts small blind (0.10)
Gost1 posts big blind (0.25)
MaxSquat posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to MaxSquat [ Ah, 8c, 9c, 3s ]
ret72689 folds.
MaxSquat checks.
bocamama1941 calls (0.25)
Hillmouth calls (0.25)
jiggers2 folds.
miraclejack folds.
Grendel_Kahn folds.
sdahl82 calls (0.25)
emmettsmith calls (0.15)
Gost1 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ As, Ad, Tc ]
emmettsmith bets (0.25)
Gost1 folds.
MaxSquat raises (1) to 1
bocamama1941 folds.
Hillmouth folds.
sdahl82 calls (1)
emmettsmith folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 3c ]
MaxSquat bets (3.60)
sdahl82 calls (3.60)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ts ]
MaxSquat bets (10.45)
sdahl82 calls (10.45)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $30.30 | Rake: $1.55
Board: [ As Ad Tc 3c Ts ]

MaxSquat balance $40, bet $15.30, collected $30.30, net +$15 [ Ah 8c 9c 3s ] [ a full house, Aces full of threes -- Ah,As,Ad,3s,3c ]

sdahl82 balance $2.51, lost $15.30 [ 7s Ac 8s Qd ] [ three of a kind, aces -- Ac,As,Ad,Qd,Tc ]

Gost1 balance $33.90, lost $0.25 (folded)
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That was it...Prison Break (Fox) was about to come on and I only wanted to play a few hands...A nice quickie $15 huh??

So far I am +$46 for this PLO8 experiment...I've only been doing this for about a week and I'm gonna guess about 430 hands...

What is odd is that I'm looser (see about 35% of the flops) at the PLO8 tables than I am at LO8 (usually about 20%)....hmmmmm
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Cowboys are 7-3...so suck it up

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Ok ok....I will do the Stars reload tonight...dunno why I keep putting that one off

Stars reload!!! wooooooooo!!!!!

So far so good…. +31.99 for the PLO8 experiment. I finally had my first crash n’ burned session. I wont go into much details about that one hand. Basically I ran my $25 up to $64 or so. All of the sudden, I couldn’t let go of “this hand” in which it got potted TWICE on the turn. A major scoop by one player in which he had $135 (started from $25?). Guess sometimes having the 2nd nut low/high aint gonna do it….

One good hand this past weekend….

***** Hand History for Game 3059648259 *****
0/0 Omaha Hi/Lo Game Table (PL) - Sat Nov 19 07:32:46 EST 2005
Table Table 65857 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: hottrick ( $25)
Seat 2: sukoutdotcom ( $19.27)
Seat 3: obdachloser ( $25.45)
Seat 4: glmi444 ( $11.65)
Seat 5: gabjma ( $46.92)
Seat 6: mustbesweet ( $68.31)
Seat 7: LeeLay ( $19.84)
Seat 8: MaxSquat ( $26.35)
Seat 9: MYBONNIE ( $19.20)
Seat 10: ajm1975 ( $23.22)
MYBONNIE posts small blind (0.10)
ajm1975 posts big blind (0.25)
hottrick posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to MaxSquat [ 9c, 2s, Ah, 8c ]
hottrick checks.
sukoutdotcom folds.
obdachloser folds.
gabjma folds.
mustbesweet calls (0.25)
LeeLay folds.
MaxSquat calls (0.25)
MYBONNIE folds.
ajm1975 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7d, Tc, 3c ]
ajm1975 checks.
hottrick checks.
mustbesweet checks.
MaxSquat bets (0.75)
ajm1975 folds.
hottrick folds.
mustbesweet calls (0.75)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qh ]
mustbesweet checks.
MaxSquat bets (2.50)
mustbesweet calls (2.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ 5c ]
mustbesweet checks.
MaxSquat bets (7.25)
mustbesweet calls (7.25)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $21 Rake: $1.10
Board: [ 7d Tc 3c Qh 5c ]
mustbesweet balance $57.56, lost $10.75 [ 4d 7c As 9s ] [ LO: 7,5,4,3,A HI: a pair of sevens -- As,Qh,Tc,7c,7d ]
MaxSquat balance $36.60, bet $10.75, collected $21, net +$10.25 [ 9c 2s Ah 8c ] [ LO: 7,5,3,2,A HI: a flush, ten high -- Tc,9c,8c,5c,3c ]

Must be sweet to be an idiot to chase 2nd nut low when the bet was potted to him at the turn and river.


Looking back at that 2399 hand that was posted previously…I got some good feed back from the guru at 2+2:

" Horrible preflop. Don't play this at all, much less to a raise."
"I'm just a begginer at this game but to me:

pre-flop, this looks bad. If you want to limp late on in a loose game then I can kind of see it. But, when the big raise comes back to you it's time to get out.

turn, doesn't look so bad but it depends on the guy going allin. If there were any significant number of callers before you then I'm not sure it's a call. But you get HU with a nut low draw and flush draw. You're getting about 5-1 which seems ok? But they are weak draws, the low could be counterfeit/miss and the flush is a long way short of nut. I think you can call HU tho."


"If we ignore the preflop play, post flop, shoving is fine if and only if you think your flush draw is good.
There is never anything wrong with shoving a low draw and flush draw on the flop so long as both draws are good. If someone has a higher flush draw you're in trouble big time, which is why nut flush draws are always the best.
Your hand post flop plays well with 1 opponent or multiple opponents so long as no-one has a higher flush draw. I would have no problems shoving on that flop from time to time if the table is full of calling stations. There are very few hands that dominate you here which is the important thing to note."

I then made a comment: Thanks for some of your feedback guys.. I'm still learning a thing or two about PLO8. I've decided to take it a little more serious after a year of LO8.
The only reason, I limped in is because of position (late). The table was a bunch of preflop limpers, no one was raising preflop. The raiser just busted out 2 hands ago. He brought back in for $5 and raised preflop and everyone folded to him. Then the very next hand (this one), he did it again. Whether he was on tilt or had a good hand, I dont know. With 4 other people in the pot calling the preflop raise, I thought I'd gamble a little bit to see if anything hit. If not, then simply would fold at the flop. That is what it takes to be a little successful isnt it? Gamble and mix up your play a little bit rather than july play only premium hands?

Ribbo, the famous PLO8 guru, wrote: “Position is no excuse to make bad calls preflop. The limp was fine, but when it is potted behind you, you let the hand go. If you don't learn to do this, you will never be a winner. PLO8 is a very mechanical game at low limits, almost all bets are for value and there is very little scope for personal flair (bluffing etc) due to the large proportion of calling stations. You proved that point yourself with your preflop call where you should have folded.”
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Somethings just make me think about my plays, hand selection, and etc…

PLO8 thoughts...interesting hand

http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=170173


I'll be posting this hand history at 2+2 later for feedback. I'm not sure if I made the correct call here at the turn. The way I see it, I had a nut low draw and a flush draw. Calling a $3 bet at the turn when theres $16 or so already in the pot, is a good call. I'd probably get flamed at the forum. But sometimes you gotta take criticism from the experts if you want to get better.

So far so good....+$45.15 after 356 hands or so.

so far so good I guess

Hmmm.... about 300 hands...I'm up $21.02 at the PLO8-$25 tables...dunno if thats good or bad...perhaps I'll go bug Ribbo about it (www.ribbo.com)

PLO8 FEVER!!!!!!!

I’ve got the Pot Limit Omaha 8 fever this time around. After reading Ribbo’s and Greg’s journals, decided to give PLO8 another shot. After Party gave me my points back, decided to put in $50 there strictly for PLO8-25. I’ve only played about 70 hands so far and am up +$17.63. Not bad…slowly but surely am learning the tricks of trade about this game and gaining some confidence.

So far, it looks like the game of the game is to flop the nuts…let others do the betting then “pot” the SOB at the river. Bluffing rarely seems to work here at the $25 table.

If all goes well…I am hoping to turn my $50 investment into $500 by Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas, we will be driving up to Wisconsin for the holidays. Good news and bad news…. Bad news is that we wont be stopping at Harrah’s or Trump’s in Chicago…Good news is that I’ll probably be able to get away from the inlaws for some 3/6 or 4/8 at Oneida in Green Bay.

It looks like Bird and Moof will be heading to AC in Jan….hmmm…dunno about me…might have to pass….told Bird if I have enough bankroll to tackle the 5/10 or 6/12 game then I may consider going…I aint going back to AC again for another “2/4 fest”

I recall that Pacific offered me a $25 first time reload sticky bonus about a year ago. I decided to follow up on them about it. “Sorry…nothing in our files about it”…oh well….PASS!!!!!

Eurobet will be hooking up with Pokerroom and skins….hmmmmm shall I sign up through Eurobet for rakeback? Or should I do Hollywood instead since they have reload bonuses and etc?

Sighhhh….am gonna have to redo my win/loss records again….

Interview with Greg (O8poker.com)

So many great blogs and so little time to read them all…Many bloggers are fantastic writers and are very very informative. So...for my blog, I would like to “interview” bloggers now and then. Sounds cheesy? Probably so….I am going to try to interview a blogger every two weeks or so…just to learn more about them and etc…

About Greg: I came across his site, O8poker.com, through 2+2. I find that his site is one of the top Omaha 8 websites out there. His advice and suggestions are fundamentally sound and great for beginners and for those who are thinking about the game. Ray Zee’s book is highly recommended and Greg covers some of the things Zee talks about in his book and add some of his own wisdom and interpretation on how to play certain hands/tables.


1. As you stated in your blog, you went to Chi-town for the weekend, any poker?

No, just hung out with family. I did retrieve my copy of Ciaffone and Reuben’s “NL and PL Holdem” from my brother and read thru it tho.


2. I find that O8poker.com is a very comprehensive site for LO8. Those who are "beginners" or who needs to "reevaluate" their play can really benefit from your site. However, you seem to be more on the PLO8 side than LO8 on your blog. Will there be a PLO8poker.com coming soon?

Probably not. More likely I would split the site up into Limit and PLO8 and build it up that way. But really I don’t know that there is enough demand to warrant sub-dividing it so much, and the concepts are similar anyway.

Btw, I am more focused in my blog on PLO8 these days, but that’s because that’s the main game I’m playing right now. I played NL primarily for the first 9 months or so I played poker, then switched to LO8 for both a change of pace and because I thought it might be a better fit for my skillset, then switched after 6 months or so to PLO8 because I thought my winrate would be higher and I could draw on my NL background. But I still dabble in LO8 and NL a few times a month.

3. Personally, I totally suck at PL08. When I jump in the PL games (PLO8*$25*), I still have that LO8 mentally. Any suggestions on how to change my approach (ex. A23Q a good hand in PLO8?)?

PLO8 definitely requires some adjustment. Aggression is more rewarded, semi-bluffing and bet-ability are key concepts, and position is critical. In PLO8, I play a bit looser, focus much more on position, pay more attention to my opponents tendencies as opposed to my cards (vs. LO8), and look for spots where I can steal/bet big to get weaker hands to pay and stronger hands to fold. Not sure how helpful that is, because the correct answer to a given hand in PLO8 vs. LO8 is “it depends” much more frequently.


4. Any online tournament suggestions? I get extremely bored in first 90 mins or so when the blinds are small. Even when I make a nice 5x preflop raise with a premium, I still get a few callers who will hit the flop and will eventually suck me out.

Personally, I think playing very tight early on is the way to go in tourneys. In many of my biggest successes in tourneys on-line, I’ve had VPIP scores around 14-18% for the first third of the tourney. Some people can play looser and make it work, but not me. But you need to find your own style.

I also get fairly bored in the early going, and have found my EV goes up if I play multiple tables so I’m not tempted to try and play bad hands early on. And I don’t mind a few callers with weaker hands – that’s how you make money in the long run – you just need to realize you’ll have bad luck at times.


5. Any good poker blogs out there that you recommend?

Yeah, I list a bunch in the links section of my site. I read LawSchoolDropout, BigDaveD, Daniel Negreanu, Paul Phillips and a few others periodically.



(below are quick questions/answers)

6. Sirus or XM?

I have no idea what this question is even asking. A quick google search suggests something to do with radio, but I’m about the least musically inclined person you’ll ever find.

7. WSOP PLO8 or WSOP Main Event (if you were able to participate in one)?

WSOP Main Event. More fish would play there. PLO8 isn’t offered, and if it was, playing against an expert table wouldn’t be much fun.

8. Favorite Online Poker Site?

It used to be Empire but you can’t find any ring games there these days. I’ll probably open accounts at Full Tilt and UB, and continue to play Party and Stars in the meantime.

9. Played with any pros?

No. But I did challenge Daniel to an O8 match!

10. Annie Duke or Ray Zee?

Ray Zee is the man. His advice is gold.


11. Raymer or Hansen?

Both are awesome tourney players, but I’ll go with Raymer. When I first started playing tourneys, I went back thru the 2+2 MTT forum and read everything he has written, both in the MTT forum and the archives going back 5 years. I learned a ton from him and consider him a bit of a “mentor” even tho I’ve never met him and he's never communicated with me personally!

12. Wintermute or Ribbo?

I’ll go with Wintermute here. He’s taken more money from me in live NL play, and besides, he’s got enough chest hair scare the fish into giving him their money.

--greg

Thanks for your time Greg!!!!!!

Dear Tropicana...

Dear Tropicana:

Please upgrade your damn wait list. Install those fancy electronic flatscreens like the ones at Borgata, Caesars, and Showboat. This makes it easier for me to keep track and see what games are being offered.

Thank you,

A customer that won’t be playing at Trop until this demand is met....

Alfred's $175 lesson....Our AC trip

Ol’ Alfred paid $175 for a painful but helpful lesson in 2/4 Hold’em this past weekend at Tropicana and Showboat. Simply just played wayyyy too many hands.

A little about Alfred here: He sucks….there you have it…

A little bit more here: …his wife plays the game better and doesn’t play nearly as much as he does.

A few days before our trip, Alfred proudly announced that he was looking forward to AC and that he ponied up $20 to Shulman’s book (52 tips) to read before heading out. Showing me the book on the way up, I noticed that he only read 20 PAGES!!!! That’s all!?!?! The first 20 pages only covered the first 2 VERY VERY basic tips.

Dude?!?! 20 pages!?!? That’s all?
Yeah…been busy…plus reading makes me sleepy

Flipping through the tips….I showed the probably the most important tip: “Preflop…raise or fold if it is folded to you”...and no he didn’t follow that advice.

Moof and I sat down with Alfred at Tropicana 2/4 Friday morning. After about 2 ½ hours, his whole rack of whites ($100) slowly disappeared. I had Alfred to sit behind me and watch me play….

Our conversation was something like this:
“WTF?”
“Man I was getting good cards….Ace 4…Ace 6….Ace 3 suited but wasn’t catching or was enough to win”
“Huh?? FOLD THOSE!!!”
“I had an Ace….fold them?”
“yeah man….What if someone had an Ace Jack….your Ace 5 doesn’t look so good huh?”
“yeah…but….yeah you know…” (started to cry a bit) *actually not true…but he should’ve*

Moof and I joined Alfred for lunch at Johnny Rockets….we didn’t do too well….Me -$30…Moof -$44 (or so)…I was going up and down between -$40 and -$15….I didn’t get any cards for an hour or so….10-4, 6-9o, J3o…you get the picture…none of them were playable. The very first pot I won was from the BB…my 72o hit its 2nd pair at the turn (879 – 2). I bet…all folded (dang surprised)….I show my 72o…and I bet you my house that not a single person at that table knew that 72o is the worst starting hand in hold’em.

Anyways…at Rockets…I explained to Alfred some points and things to consider when playing his hands and how to play them. Then off to Showboat we go….did he followed my advice??

Well….sorta…Alfred started out playing about 25% of his hands (compared to 60% earlier)…and slowly did his stack grew…$100….$110….$120…$130…. Around that point I snapped at him for his sloppiness on how he stacks his chips...basically told him “Alfed…embarrassing…stack up your chips neatly man or get the hell out….so how are you doing?”

“pretty good….up about $30…am folding more hands like you told me to…etc etc etc”

“good…keep it up”

….but….remember this is the $175 lesson story….slowly but surely Alfred was seeing more flops and getting trapped by better hands….lost a major pot when his Q3 flush got manhandled by Moof’s Ace high flush…Why he was in the pot with Q3, I have no idea... his 67o bottom straight getting punked by Granny’s (QJ) higher straight...

After my cowboys (UTG) got bitch slapped by Granny’s boat (96o from middle position), I had enough….cashed out $105 for 4 hours of play…Moof played one more round before jumping out at +$125 (or so)….a few rounds later, Alfed’s flopped a set with his pocket fours and Grumpy flopped a straight….bet, raise, call….bet raise call….even with the board A2476, Alfred was sure his set was the best hand….Grumpy flips over his 35 SPADES….cashing out his remaining white chips….all 25 of them (-$75)….

So ‘Fred…$175 in the hole huh….wife gonna kill ya?
Nah…I had fun

Hmmm….I guess it was fun to play if you are not a serious player…but a painful $175 lesson it was...

Point of the story:….actually there isn’t a point…I just wanted to make fun of him….

Actually ‘Fred pretty much have a good idea on how to play well...sometimes a player just don’t drive 3 hours just to play a mean game of “fold’em” like I do.

Suggestion for Alfy:
1. Finish reading Shulman’s book and reread it again.
2. Pick up Lee Jones’ book and read it again…and again….and again
3. THEN pick up SSHE
4. Quit doing “web business” on the side and play more online poker for MONEY not play chips...and son…jump in the 50/1 game or higher not the .02/.04 limits

Alfred and his doggone pretty wife will be heading out to Foxwoods during the winter vacation. So there’s plenty of time between now and then to practice a mean game of “fold’em” my dear friend.

Taj had a 5/10 LO8 (no kill this time) table going….sweet!!!!....5-6 were seeing the flops…but…it was midnight…the wait list was 8 players deep…time to head back to Best Western Envoy Inn and call it a night…

Best Western a dump? Actually not bad considering we only paid $81 for it. Did the room smell?...no….Were the bathrooms clean?...yes….Bed(s) comfy?....Front desk people helpful/friendly?....friendly and helpful enough, no need for them to act like we are staying at Borgata…..so all in all, the room was decent…

Last night WSOP observation....

Amy and Sarah (sister in law) decided to "hog" the TV in the family room. Something about Tuesday night is their favorite favorite night to watch tv. So that forced me to bring up my laptop to the bedroom and watch WSOP.

I only had $27 in my AP account so why not jump in the 50/1 game for a hour or so make some bucks and get some points for bonuses...not a bad night...played about 60 hands (75 minutes?) and left the table with $41 ($14 profit). I think I only got "A2xx" twice or so.

Best hand of the night:

Stage #216975002: Omaha Hi/Lo Normal $0.50/$1 - 2005-11-01 20:57:19 (ET)
Table: BREWERY ST. (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - DEVVLIN ($49.60 in chips)
Seat 4 - PBNJELLY ($13.45 in chips)
Seat 5 - DRAGO88 ($16.98 in chips)
Seat 6 - MAXSQUAT ($31.20 in chips)
Seat 7 - FARMERTOM ($19.35 in chips)
Seat 8 - JAZZHANDS ($20.90 in chips)
Seat 9 - POKERW0LF ($6 in chips)
Seat 1 - PUDDY561 ($8.68 in chips)
Seat 2 - UPRIGHT BILL ($39.23 in chips)
PBNJELLY - Posts small blind $0.25
DRAGO88 - Posts big blind $0.50
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to MAXSQUAT [Ad 8s 2d 6s]
MAXSQUAT - Calls $0.50
FARMERTOM - Calls $0.50
JAZZHANDS - Folds
POKERW0LF - Calls $0.50
PUDDY561 - Folds
UPRIGHT BILL - Folds
DEVVLIN - Folds
PBNJELLY - Calls $0.25
DRAGO88 - Checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6d 5h]
PBNJELLY - Checks
DRAGO88 - Checks
MAXSQUAT - Checks
FARMERTOM - Checks
POKERW0LF - Checks
*** TURN *** [Qc 6d 5h] [8d]
PBNJELLY - Checks
DRAGO88 - Bets $1
MAXSQUAT - Calls $1
FARMERTOM - Calls $1
POKERW0LF - Calls $1
PBNJELLY - Folds
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6d 5h 8d] [9d]
DRAGO88 - Bets $1
MAXSQUAT - Raises $2 to $2
FARMERTOM - Raises $3 to $3
POKERW0LF - Folds
DRAGO88 - Calls $2
MAXSQUAT - Raises $2 to $4
FARMERTOM - Calls $1
DRAGO88 - Calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MAXSQUAT - Shows [Ad 8s 2d 6s] (Flush, ace high)
FARMERTOM - Mucks
DRAGO88 - Shows [Ah 2s 6h 10d] (One pair, sixes)
DRAGO88 Collects $4.40 from main pot
MAXSQUAT Collects $13.20 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($18.50) | Rake ($0.90)
Board [Qc 6d 5h 8d 9d]
Seat 1: PUDDY561 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: UPRIGHT BILL Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: DEVVLIN (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: PBNJELLY (small blind) Folded on the TURN
Seat 5: DRAGO88 (big blind) won Total ($4.40) HI:with One pair, sixes [Ah 2s 6h 10d - P:6h,B:6d,P:Ah,B:Qc,B:9d] LO:($4.40) [P:Ah,P:2s,B:5h,B:6d,B:8d]
Seat 6: MAXSQUAT won Total ($13.20) HI:($8.80) with Flush, ace high [Ad 8s 2d 6s - P:Ad,B:9d,B:8d,B:6d,P:2d] LO:($4.40) [P:Ad,P:2d,B:5h,B:6d,B:8d]
Seat 7: FARMERTOM HI: [Mucked] [3d Kd Ac 5d]
Seat 8: JAZZHANDS Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 9: POKERW0LF Folded on the RIVER

Ahhh....Sucks to be the FarmerTom guy...the had the 2nd nuts to high and low...just got caught the in the middle...2nd nuts both hi and low are hard to let go of...but to go crazy reraising me without the nuts was just plain stupid.

Now about WSOP...

Can someone tell me EXCATLY why Andrew Black was crying? The booth boys said it was because his "friend" (one of the players) wasn't back from the break yet. Theres gotta be something more to it.

By now the forums are jumping allll over Tiffany Williams about her play.
Quick review:
1. Took what seems like a good 5 minutes to decide what to do with her KQh when she was reraised all-in by someone holding AA (preflop).

2. With AJo, she was reraised by Raymer holding KK and she calls.. loses a major bulk of her chips (preflop).

3. Decided to go all-in with A7o in early position and gets called by QQ and hits her ace on the flop

Bloggers, internet boards, forums and etc are already jumping on her arse and calling her the most vile name of all: "FISH".

Here is my two cents: She only had one year under her belt, the fact that she made it this far (during the KQh fiasco) is fantastic. The pressure with TV, millions within her reach, and etc can be overbearing. I dont blame her for taking a lengthy time to decide to fold.

Her AJ vs KK...we see this ALLLLLL THE TIME on WPT/WSOP...Hansen, Ivey, Raymer, Brunson....they've all made these calls before...did we ever jump on them?

Remember WSOP was edited, she probably made a bunch of silly decisions, then again she probably made a bunch of fantastic moves that just were never shown. And I'm sure many of those so-called "pros" made some silly decisions too.