Yes, it is sad but true. After all the pep talks I gave myself and after the "play tight" pep talk from Dr. Phil right before the tournament started, I did indeed go out on the very first hand of the first Friday tournament in Pendleton.
I am not going to go into details no matter how much people beg. I will say that I had top two pair and got beat by a set. I played terribly and I know it. It's almost as if I knew I was playing badly while it was happening, but I couldn't stop myself. There were so many things that beat me but I had visions of 20,000+ chips in my brain. STUPID STUPID STUPID.
I will tell you that this will never happen again. I got QQ on the first hand of the Sunday deep stack at the Moose and folded it when 3 hearts hit the board (not having the queen of hearts). I am forever hereforth the tightest player who ever lived. Count on it.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Cheaper Than a Movie!
I did a little poker marathon on Saturday, all at the Crazy Moose. I played the 8:00 a.m. tournament (busting in 11th) and the 10:00 a.m. tournament (2nd place). In between the two I ate a yummy breakfast. I then took a 2-hour break for grocery shopping, etc.
I came back at about 2:00 p.m. and played the Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em table game for 1.5 hours while waiting for my seat in the poker room. This is a pretty spendy game at a minimum of $6 per hand and I never had to rebuy. Very nice.
I played 2-20 spread from 3:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. I ate a late lunch and a late dinner. Naturally, I tipped the waitresses also.
I walked into the Crazy Moose just before 8:00 a.m. with $130 and I left at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning with $120 so all this grand entertainment cost me only $10. Where can you get this much entertainment for only 60 cents per hour? A movie is about $10 but it only last two hours. I love being a cheap gambler.
Playing in Pendleton on Friday. Wish me luck!
I came back at about 2:00 p.m. and played the Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em table game for 1.5 hours while waiting for my seat in the poker room. This is a pretty spendy game at a minimum of $6 per hand and I never had to rebuy. Very nice.
I played 2-20 spread from 3:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. I ate a late lunch and a late dinner. Naturally, I tipped the waitresses also.
I walked into the Crazy Moose just before 8:00 a.m. with $130 and I left at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning with $120 so all this grand entertainment cost me only $10. Where can you get this much entertainment for only 60 cents per hour? A movie is about $10 but it only last two hours. I love being a cheap gambler.
Playing in Pendleton on Friday. Wish me luck!
Friday, November 2, 2012
For My Legions of Fans
Hi Dr. Phil. Since you so graciously requested a blog entry . . . I went to play live at the Crazy Moose on Halloween night after my 15-year old granddaughter took the younger grandchildren in tow and said I should go have fun.
I had recently read Dr. Phil's blog about hands he hates and I agree with most if not all of those hands. I was bound and determined to ignore Q-10, K-9, etc. Unfortunately, or may fortunately as it turns out . . . these hands did not ignore me. The very first hand I got was Q-10 offsuit in an unraised pot and I was in the cut-off so I played it. I flopped the nut straight.
The entire night was like that. I was pretty good and didn't call any raises with my trouble hands except once. I raised to $6 with A-10 on the button and got re-raised to $12 and called. I flopped 2 pair and went on to get the midnight high hand AAA1010. Happy face. Most of the time, however, I was folding 6-9 suited and 7-8 and Q-9, etc., etc., etc.
It was interesting that almost every time I had Q-10 or K-9 (and a couple of K-Js) I was in an unraised pot and won the hand almost every time. Sometimes these crappy hands just follow you around and there's nothing you can do about it and you definitely have to "play your heater". It's hard to be good when the junk is winning. I went home with a profit of $195 so there is something to be said for junk hands - at least once in a while!
I had recently read Dr. Phil's blog about hands he hates and I agree with most if not all of those hands. I was bound and determined to ignore Q-10, K-9, etc. Unfortunately, or may fortunately as it turns out . . . these hands did not ignore me. The very first hand I got was Q-10 offsuit in an unraised pot and I was in the cut-off so I played it. I flopped the nut straight.
The entire night was like that. I was pretty good and didn't call any raises with my trouble hands except once. I raised to $6 with A-10 on the button and got re-raised to $12 and called. I flopped 2 pair and went on to get the midnight high hand AAA1010. Happy face. Most of the time, however, I was folding 6-9 suited and 7-8 and Q-9, etc., etc., etc.
It was interesting that almost every time I had Q-10 or K-9 (and a couple of K-Js) I was in an unraised pot and won the hand almost every time. Sometimes these crappy hands just follow you around and there's nothing you can do about it and you definitely have to "play your heater". It's hard to be good when the junk is winning. I went home with a profit of $195 so there is something to be said for junk hands - at least once in a while!
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