tnp

after a one week hiatus, we had another session of tuesday night poker (tnp). last night EP made a guest appearance at tnp. EP used to be a regular to the game back when we used nickels, dimes, and quarter and played games like anaconda, chicago and with more wild cards than i ever cared to imagine. long story short, EP stopped coming around when he moved and then stories that we had switched our game exclusively to nlhe had kept him away, but inannounced he dropped in last night and decided to play a little while.

something about EP's presence had a very calming effect on us because we had been playing for almost three hours before our first rebuy. sadly i think the whole nlhe experience was a little overwhelming and EP finally lost the last of his $20. after he left RL said that was probably the last time he'd ever set foot in the house.

there's a palpable excitement as we get closer to our vegas pilgrimage. RL, MN and CB have never played poker in a casino before so we've been talking about general questions. with arguably the most poker room experience of the group i've been trying to point out little things that will save them trouble when we get there: "if you do that at the table they'll say you're checking."; "that would have been a string bet."; "that would have been a verbal commit." etc.

tnp was the usual roller coaster. EP's calming effect quickly went away once he left. i was actually able to bluff a handful of good-sized pots. my best hand of the night was getting the red 9s utg+1. i limp in to see the flop. flop comes K9x. i check, RL bets, I call. rag on the turn. i check, RL bets, i call. case 9 on the river. i bet out, RL calls. RL said he was lucky another king didn't show on the board.

overall it was a pretty sedate night; the biggest loser was $30 (usually someone gets stuck $50+). just one more tnp until vegas.