tnp

tuesday night poker is back. after a two week break we had a game. and as an added bonus, it was six-handed!! now one extra guy may not seem like a lot, but the dynamics of the game did change quite a bit. one thing was that the new guy, a friend of NC, was an unknown so we had to figure out what his style was. also with one more guy, we got to see one more hand for free each round and the blinds took just a little bit longer to come around.

last night was a little personal victory for me. after a couple hours of play i was stuck after a couple of river beats- twice the river brought a straight for my opponent and stuck it to me. but I hung in there and clawed my way back up and finished the night up. once i get stuck (which always seems to happen) it's always a race to see if i can get unstuck before people lose their money and call it a night.

hands of note: the new guy caught quad 5s on the river. NC made a straight flush on the river.

poker on the brain

i can't remember ever having a poker dream before, but this one is worth mentioning.

i'm in the luxor poker room and checking out the games. there's a 2/4 game going in sitting in the 9s is none other than gus hansen. the 1s is open and i'm actually thinking about sitting down. i turn to somebody and say to them "but i'll have position!"

maybe it's a sign i'm ready to mix it up with the big boys. hah.

fin

that's it. i'm taking a break from poker. i blew the rest of my bankroll on party. i'm not going to turn this into a cry-fest, but i really got a couple of bad beats.

1. my AA falls to a river flush after i had bet the pot on this guy on the flop and turn.
2. guy calls my all in (~$20) pre-flop with Axs and catches an ace on the river to make a higher boat.

i'm not going to cry foul and claim that the site is rigged. i think it's a blessing in disguise. i know that i've probably squandered a lot of time that i should have been working on wedding plans. maybe once i'm a happily married man i'll go back and test the waters.

until then i don't know how much poker-related posts i'll be making.

86 days.
-tank

i'm number 1!

for the last three days i have sat atop the leader board of the pokersavvy.com fantasy poker league. the second, third, fourth place showing of john juanda, daniel negreanu and paul phillips in event #7 propelled me to the top. so far, 9 of my 10 picks are producing for me with only exception being doyle brunson, but how could i not put him on my team?

no poker to report this weekend. i took a brutal beating thursday and friday on party. i might try my hand again tonight.

-tank