March, 2008 Archives

Interesting trivia from my log files

March 29th, 2008 · Posted in geek stuff, poker · 0 Comments

In the comments to this post, Nuke asked my opinion of a few of the regular players in the 10/20 and 15/30 games.  He named three players and I named one additional player.  Today, I was looking through my referral logs from Google and discovered an interesting fact.  Two of the four player nicknames mentioned [...]

Check-raising the flop for fun and profit, Part One

March 28th, 2008 · Posted in Strategy, poker · 3 Comments

First things first. I may have “stole” some of this material from a number of poker books. At this point, I have read so much and forgot even more, so I no longer remember which ideas are my own and which ideas I learned from the greats. Also, I make no promises [...]

It exists if I say it does.

March 28th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 3 Comments

One of my midget nephews is turning four tomorrow. When quizzed about what he would like for his birthday he happily extolled the virtues of his preferred toy, named mega-Mechanikat. He went into quite some detail about how the toy works and what makes it the coolest thing since the last thing he [...]

The problem with a goal to play a certain number of hands per month

March 26th, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · 0 Comments

I have stalled at 9,000 FPPs and I’m not sure when I’m going to play again this month. I was in New York this weekend checking out the auto show while Suited shopped and now I’m in the middle of the remodel. To top it all off, I’m getting ready to take a [...]

Poker? What’s that?

March 20th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 1 Comment

Life has really gotten in the way of poker lately. The crazy remodel starts in earnest next week, so I’ve had a list of tasks a mile long. I cleared the small pantry and got to do some demolition, which is the best part of any project. I banged out the shelves [...]

Easy go, easy come

March 15th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 0 Comments

I played a bit more yesterday, having up to four tables at times. I played pretty much all the 30/60 and 15/30 games and I got called a fish a lot. As usual, that was a good sign. There was one terrible, terrible player at the 15/30 table who played pretty much [...]

I got beat like a drum last night

March 14th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 5 Comments

I haven’t even loaded it into PokerTracker yet, I was not that enthused about reviewing my session. I finished the night with a fairly short 30/60 session where I got hammered from beginning to end. I played exactly three big pots and got crushed in all three. First, I flopped the nut [...]

Today was 200 day.

March 13th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 0 Comments

I played 200 hands and won $200 and earned 200 FPPs. Actually, I earned 300, but it would be cooler if I earned 200 for the purposes of this post. I will add a hand where I won $200 and were I lost $200:
PokerStars 15/30 Hold’em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with , [...]

The surest sign that I’m back on my “A” game

March 11th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 1 Comment

There is one thing that always happens to me when I’m playing good.  I get abuse in the chat box telling me what an idiot I am.  I find this to be a surefire sign that I’m playing right.  It is because when I’m on my game, I’m tormenting people by pushing them around and [...]

The fine line between aggression and stupidity.

March 11th, 2008 · Posted in poker · 0 Comments

I was just reviewing my hands from Sunday and found this gem of superstar play in which I may have goofed up every street.
PokerStars 10/20 Hold’em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls, 1 fold, MP1 calls, MP2 raises, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

This was a [...]