There's a Chance You Could Be Violent |
 Overall, you're a pretty chill person - and you have a good handle on your emotions. Sometimes your anger gets the best of you, and end up regretting how you act. Try to curb your temper more often. It only has to get out of control once to do some damage. |
Saturday, September 29, 2007
~ could you be violent ? ~
~ what carnival ride are you ~
You Are a Ferris Wheel |
 Deep down, you are a fun, whimsical, and easygoing person. You often enjoy life for what it is, and the littlest changes in course can be quite thrilling. In relationships, people tend to feel what you feel. It can be liberating at first... But after a while, the people closest to you end up feeling a little trapped. Your life has perfectly normal cycles of ups and downs. However, you can't help but sometimes feel that you're missing out on the most exciting aspects of life. You only are happy when you're experiencing the highest of highs. Your low points just make you feel depressed, restless, and bored. At your best, you feel on top of the world with a great sense of perspective. You believe that anything is possible, and that you are happily looking down on everyone else. At your worst, you feel like your life is going in circles. You often feel like you're not going anywhere. This is sometimes psychologically disorienting. And sometimes it brings on a sense of hopelessness. |
~ The it's there and their quiz ~
You Scored an A |
 You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs. As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human. And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes. |
Friday, September 28, 2007
~~ what is your monster name? ~~
Your Monster Profile |
 Blood Thirsty Professor You Feast On: Power Bars You Lurk Around In: The Backseats of Cars You Especially Like to Torment: Cops |
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
~~Bridgie's Daily Poker Blog ~ Sept 15 ~
Today it was Regular Omaha Hi Lo.
I was well on my way to my 21st Final Table when...well, I'm getting ahead of myself. Read on.
I got placed at a table with a bunch of mutts at the beginning and luckily for me, my cards were red hot so the raising and re-raising (with nothing) mutts built three huge pots for me which I swept, and after only 30 peeps had been eliminated I had the overall chip lead. It was very early, so I would lose it, regain it, and lose it several times which didn't really concern me. By the end of the first hour I had 31K which put me in good standing.
The second hour was much rougher for me (the mutts were gone!) but I hung in there and late in the hour rallied to where I had 39K at the second break with 34 peeps left. That's not a huge stack for that stage so I still had a lot of work to do to make the FT. But I was doing fine and churned my way down to the next to last table and was looking good to make the FT with over 100K in chips, when I played a hand where the flop was 8-6-5. There were 5 people in the hand and the first guy to act bet. When you're first to act and you bet, usually you have a strong hand or you're stupid, and since there were less than 20 peeps left I was assuming he wasn't stupid. The question for me was did he have A-2 for a low or 7-9 for a high? At that point I didn't know. I had A-4 so my low was pretty good if this guy was going high. Plus, there were two more cards to come, so I could make a better low, so I called. And that's what happened as the turn card was a 2. Now, if the first guy was playing A-2, I've got a better low since the board paired his 2. But again he led out with a bet. That made me think he was playing 7-9 (which the 2 did not hurt), so I called. Mind you, this was a 24K bet so nothing to take lightly at this point (I had already put 48K in the pot at this point). And no one raised so I had every expectation that my low was good and I would split the pot with the best high hand. And then it happened. The river came and was a Q so did nothing to change my analysis. The first guy bet 24K again. I was all ready to call, and was trying to call when F**KKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was disconnected. I didn't reconnect in time so my hand was F**KING FOLDED. And I would have won the low and my share would have been 138K. So I put in 48K, had the best hand and got zilch, zippo, nada. And I was down to 67K in chips, so suddenly I was at risk to not make the FT.
But I did (my 21st, yay!). Even though it wasn't her fault, I spent most of the time glaring at the ho who stole that pot from me. I had a few moments on the FT, but never got untracked and went out in 6th out of 680. Those extra 138K in chips would have come in handy because my small stack kept me out of some hands that I would have won. That lucky ho who "stole" that pot from me finished 2nd.
Oh and e-cup will be excited to know that I played against a player named Buttercup, but it wasn't me!!!!!
~~Bridgie's Daily Poker Blog ~ Sept 13
I know its been awhile since I've written a Daily F**king Poker Blog, but hopefully this edition will make up for my truancy.
Today's contest of choice was the Pot Limit Omaha Hi affair which drew 570 peeps. It was one of those days where my disciplined play was particularly sharp and had to be because on most occasions my cards sucked. That said, I didn't play very many hands but won a lot of those that I did play.
There was one hand near the end of the first hour that I played, where the flop was 3-3-J with two clubs. I had a draw and when no one bet I was happy to get the next card free. What I didn't know at the time was that the dude in Seat 5 was slow playing J-J hoping for some action to get him a nice pot. The turn card was the 8 of diamonds so no flush. Again Seat 5 slow played it since he was first to act and he had to be disappointed when once again with 5 players, it checked around. The river was the Ace of clubs making the possible flush. This time Seat 5 was having no more of it so he bet the pot. When it got to me (oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my draw was to A-A...hehe) I decided to just call to see if anyone else would donate. The next dude to play was the big stack and he raised (must have made a flush)! After the others folded it got back to Seat 5 and he was giddy so he re-raised! Well, by now, if I called I was all in, but I had Aces full and the only hand that could beat me was 3-3 and if that beats me then I'm ok with that (but not without some choice cussing!). I typed in the dialogue box. "If this loses, oh well, I have to call". The pot was over 52K which was a nice stack to take into the break.
In the second hour, they were dropping like flies, but I wasn't because my cards continued to suck and I kept pre-flop folding. I was at a table with a guy named meberagman (ragman for short) and another guy named alnorg (al for short). Ragman had the stack and was abusing Al, but then Al would make it up off other players then lose it back to Ragman. Eventually the table broke up and me and Ragman went to the next table together, but Al went to a different table. I was playing about 1 or 2 hands per lap around the table and was winning enough to stay out of danger, but I was definitely not approaching a so called big stack status. That was Ragman's job. Soon we were down to less than 20 players and I was able to scarf a nice pot getting me in position to make the Final Table. Soon we were on the Final Table (my 20th...*struts*) and who should be there but Al! And that sonofabitch had the most chips! Ragman was way up there, too, and I was in 5th place going into the FT with 187K in chips.
The FT was more of the same for me...a lot of pre-flop folding. But one by one, people started dropping including Ragman, who's aggressive play finally caught up with him and he went out in 8th. At the second break there were 7 of us left and I was in 4th place with 188K. We were giving Al a hard time, but truth be told he was playing good and had the most chips (was up over 800K at one point). The guy in Seat 1 asked him if wasn't he the guy who almost went out on their original table? I asked Seat 1 why the hell didn't you knock him out? Seat 1 said he was set up to, but they broke up the table.
Soon we were down to 5 left and at one point I noticed that I was the short stack at the table. I still had well over 100K so wasn't in immediate danger, but nevertheless, the short stack is always a target in those situations. Then came the key hand. The flop was 10-10-A. I had 10-A in my hand for a nice full house. I slow played it to make sure no one was rat-holing A-A on me and sure enough it checked around. The next card was a 7 and I lobbed out 30K, the minimum bet, and Al called. The river was a 6 and again I lobbed out 30K and Al raised to where if I call I'm all in. He typed in the dialogue box "Its now or never Bstrd". And I typed "yup" (still hadn't called). Then I typed "I got a boat" (which prolly made Al shit his pants) and finally I called and took a nice chunk out of his stack. It got me to over 400K, with Al and Seat 1 at over 500K. It was anyone's game at that point.
A few minutes later I knocked out Seat 7 putting her in 5th (but she was still the low ho so that was good!). Then I knocked out Seat 4 putting him in 4th and it was just me and Al and Seat 1 and we were all pretty even though I think by then I had eked out a narrow lead at that point.
After that it was all Bridgie as the cards I hadn't been getting all day now were coming to me in droves. Add that to the fact that I had been folding so many hands pre-flop (including at the FT) that whenever I bet in the final three, it skeered those guys and I took some pots with nothing but a smile on my face. Al was next to go and again it was me knocking him out in 3rd place. When it came down to me and Seat 1, I started with about a 2 to 1 chip advantage. One of the first things he told me at that point was that he sucked at one on one. I told him I was glad to hear it! We traded some pots back and forth for about 10 hands with no significant change in the size of our stacks and of course no change in the chip lead. Then there came a hand where the flop was 10-9-5. I had a J-Q-K combo in my hand meaning a J, Q, K, or 8 would give me the nut straight (that's 13 outs for those keeping score at home). I felt pretty good about that so I bet the minimum. But Seat 1 raised (he had 10-9) so I just called. Next card was a K giving me the straight. I checked, he bet, I called. River was a blank so I had the nuts. I bet, he raised, I re-raised, he re-raised all in. Game, set, match.
*BstrdBridgie exits stage to thundering ovation after getting his second multi-table tournament win*
Today's contest of choice was the Pot Limit Omaha Hi affair which drew 570 peeps. It was one of those days where my disciplined play was particularly sharp and had to be because on most occasions my cards sucked. That said, I didn't play very many hands but won a lot of those that I did play.
There was one hand near the end of the first hour that I played, where the flop was 3-3-J with two clubs. I had a draw and when no one bet I was happy to get the next card free. What I didn't know at the time was that the dude in Seat 5 was slow playing J-J hoping for some action to get him a nice pot. The turn card was the 8 of diamonds so no flush. Again Seat 5 slow played it since he was first to act and he had to be disappointed when once again with 5 players, it checked around. The river was the Ace of clubs making the possible flush. This time Seat 5 was having no more of it so he bet the pot. When it got to me (oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my draw was to A-A...hehe) I decided to just call to see if anyone else would donate. The next dude to play was the big stack and he raised (must have made a flush)! After the others folded it got back to Seat 5 and he was giddy so he re-raised! Well, by now, if I called I was all in, but I had Aces full and the only hand that could beat me was 3-3 and if that beats me then I'm ok with that (but not without some choice cussing!). I typed in the dialogue box. "If this loses, oh well, I have to call". The pot was over 52K which was a nice stack to take into the break.
In the second hour, they were dropping like flies, but I wasn't because my cards continued to suck and I kept pre-flop folding. I was at a table with a guy named meberagman (ragman for short) and another guy named alnorg (al for short). Ragman had the stack and was abusing Al, but then Al would make it up off other players then lose it back to Ragman. Eventually the table broke up and me and Ragman went to the next table together, but Al went to a different table. I was playing about 1 or 2 hands per lap around the table and was winning enough to stay out of danger, but I was definitely not approaching a so called big stack status. That was Ragman's job. Soon we were down to less than 20 players and I was able to scarf a nice pot getting me in position to make the Final Table. Soon we were on the Final Table (my 20th...*struts*) and who should be there but Al! And that sonofabitch had the most chips! Ragman was way up there, too, and I was in 5th place going into the FT with 187K in chips.
The FT was more of the same for me...a lot of pre-flop folding. But one by one, people started dropping including Ragman, who's aggressive play finally caught up with him and he went out in 8th. At the second break there were 7 of us left and I was in 4th place with 188K. We were giving Al a hard time, but truth be told he was playing good and had the most chips (was up over 800K at one point). The guy in Seat 1 asked him if wasn't he the guy who almost went out on their original table? I asked Seat 1 why the hell didn't you knock him out? Seat 1 said he was set up to, but they broke up the table.
Soon we were down to 5 left and at one point I noticed that I was the short stack at the table. I still had well over 100K so wasn't in immediate danger, but nevertheless, the short stack is always a target in those situations. Then came the key hand. The flop was 10-10-A. I had 10-A in my hand for a nice full house. I slow played it to make sure no one was rat-holing A-A on me and sure enough it checked around. The next card was a 7 and I lobbed out 30K, the minimum bet, and Al called. The river was a 6 and again I lobbed out 30K and Al raised to where if I call I'm all in. He typed in the dialogue box "Its now or never Bstrd". And I typed "yup" (still hadn't called). Then I typed "I got a boat" (which prolly made Al shit his pants) and finally I called and took a nice chunk out of his stack. It got me to over 400K, with Al and Seat 1 at over 500K. It was anyone's game at that point.
A few minutes later I knocked out Seat 7 putting her in 5th (but she was still the low ho so that was good!). Then I knocked out Seat 4 putting him in 4th and it was just me and Al and Seat 1 and we were all pretty even though I think by then I had eked out a narrow lead at that point.
After that it was all Bridgie as the cards I hadn't been getting all day now were coming to me in droves. Add that to the fact that I had been folding so many hands pre-flop (including at the FT) that whenever I bet in the final three, it skeered those guys and I took some pots with nothing but a smile on my face. Al was next to go and again it was me knocking him out in 3rd place. When it came down to me and Seat 1, I started with about a 2 to 1 chip advantage. One of the first things he told me at that point was that he sucked at one on one. I told him I was glad to hear it! We traded some pots back and forth for about 10 hands with no significant change in the size of our stacks and of course no change in the chip lead. Then there came a hand where the flop was 10-9-5. I had a J-Q-K combo in my hand meaning a J, Q, K, or 8 would give me the nut straight (that's 13 outs for those keeping score at home). I felt pretty good about that so I bet the minimum. But Seat 1 raised (he had 10-9) so I just called. Next card was a K giving me the straight. I checked, he bet, I called. River was a blank so I had the nuts. I bet, he raised, I re-raised, he re-raised all in. Game, set, match.
*BstrdBridgie exits stage to thundering ovation after getting his second multi-table tournament win*
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
~~ Bridgie's Daily Poker Rant 09/04/07 ~~
Today's Daily F**king Poker Blog goes back to NL Hold'em.
After a 14th place finish last night, I went right back to work getting to 30K at the first break and 109K at the second break. But computer disconnect problems plagued me from there to the end and I went out in 46th (out of 4,000 peeps). I will spare the details of the disconnect problems and move on with a better story.
Early on there was a pinhead named Pinxexxx who was the classic chip bully. He had the big stack and was waving it around making it difficult to play hands with him. I bided my time waiting for the right moment, and after awhile I was able to triple up to 8K but my stack was still well behind Pinhead's. Then I eked out a couple more hands and was about even with the Pinhead at 11K+ when finally my chance came. I got dealt A-10, limped in and got a flop of 10-10-3 for a set of 10s. Now all I had to do was wait for the Pinhead to throw his chips at me. There was one other guy in the hand and after the flop it went check-check to me. This wasn't how I planned it, so I checked. Next card is a 6 and again check-check to me. So, I checked again, being patient. The river was a K and the third spade which worried me a little bit, but I shrugged it off. After the river the third guy, in the hand, who only had about 2,100 chips, bets 1,000 (the big blind was 200 so a substantial bet). Pinhead called and now I knew I had him (Pinhead that is). I was worried that the first guy had made a flush but with Pinhead just calling, I was pretty sure I had him smoked and with Pinhead just putting in 1,000, I was pretty sure he would not fold so I went all in (11K). If Pinhead called I would win a big pot even if the other guy did have me beat.
Well Pinhead, in his gracious oafish way, politely told me bye bye as he called. He had K-Q. Turns out the first guy had K-A so I smoked him, too. Of course, after Pinhead was gone I politely replied "See ya".
After a 14th place finish last night, I went right back to work getting to 30K at the first break and 109K at the second break. But computer disconnect problems plagued me from there to the end and I went out in 46th (out of 4,000 peeps). I will spare the details of the disconnect problems and move on with a better story.
Early on there was a pinhead named Pinxexxx who was the classic chip bully. He had the big stack and was waving it around making it difficult to play hands with him. I bided my time waiting for the right moment, and after awhile I was able to triple up to 8K but my stack was still well behind Pinhead's. Then I eked out a couple more hands and was about even with the Pinhead at 11K+ when finally my chance came. I got dealt A-10, limped in and got a flop of 10-10-3 for a set of 10s. Now all I had to do was wait for the Pinhead to throw his chips at me. There was one other guy in the hand and after the flop it went check-check to me. This wasn't how I planned it, so I checked. Next card is a 6 and again check-check to me. So, I checked again, being patient. The river was a K and the third spade which worried me a little bit, but I shrugged it off. After the river the third guy, in the hand, who only had about 2,100 chips, bets 1,000 (the big blind was 200 so a substantial bet). Pinhead called and now I knew I had him (Pinhead that is). I was worried that the first guy had made a flush but with Pinhead just calling, I was pretty sure I had him smoked and with Pinhead just putting in 1,000, I was pretty sure he would not fold so I went all in (11K). If Pinhead called I would win a big pot even if the other guy did have me beat.
Well Pinhead, in his gracious oafish way, politely told me bye bye as he called. He had K-Q. Turns out the first guy had K-A so I smoked him, too. Of course, after Pinhead was gone I politely replied "See ya".
~~ RULES FOR A SUCCESSFUL LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP! ~~
1. Communication. Communication is important because the rumor mill can be rough. Well Bob, Susie didn't kiss Fred. Fred was just making that up to get a rise out of you and you took him seriously. You never said a thing to Susie about it, you just said you want to break up. That is what we call bad communication. Why is it important to communicate well in an LDR? Well, it's important in every relationship, really, but the reason why it's so important is because you don't want to have any misunderstandings that would ruin a potentially great relationship. So, rather than sticking with your gut instinct that something is up...talk to your partner about it. Find out their side of the story, from them, not someone else, and work from there.
2. Trust. Once again, another ingredient that's important in any relationship anyway. It's vital to trust your partner because if there is no trust, there is no future. Take a look at Tom. He loves Betty more than anything, even though she lives five states away. She's everything he's ever wanted and she's gorgeous to boot. So gorgeous that it seems like every week she's having to turn down yet another guy. Tom is afraid that someday she'll find a guy in her hometown who's more attractive to her than he is, and that she'll leave him for the new guy. Though she has told him time and time again that she loves him and wouldn't do such a thing, he still has this doubt. This is what we call lack of trust. If you want your LDR to work, you must trust that your partner means it when they say they won't leave you, or that they won't hit on other members of the opposite (or same, depending on the situation) sex.
3. Effort. You must be willing to put effort into the relationship for it to work. You want your partner to feel wanted in the relationship, and you want him or her to feel like you really want to be in the relationship. Neglecting them when they're in a time of need or making plans with someone else when you already had plans with your partner are two very BAD things to do. Also, it doesn't hurt to send them a message of some sort saying "I'm thinking about you" once in a while.
4. Love/Romance. Just because you aren't close by doesn't mean romance has to die. You want to be in the LDR, right? Well, that's obviously going to take some special feelings. Send your partner a greeting card on their birthday! Dress up and get on web cam for them for Valentine's Day! Even the smallest of gestures, like leaving an "I love you!" comment on MySpace or in an email is enough to leave them smiling for hours.
5. Compromise. In order to be in an LDR, sacrifices have to be made. Your buddy's having a party the same night that your girl's parents decide to announce that they're getting a divorce. You've been planning to go to this party for weeks now, but it's clear that your girl REALLY needs your support right now. So what do you do? Tell your buddy that you're sorry you can't make it, but you'll talk to him later. Then, comfort your girl; she needs it, and will appreciate the gesture of you staying home instead of going out drinking with friends. You can always reschedule anyway.
6. Time. This one should be self-explanatory. Always always ALWAYS find a way to make time for one another, even if it means canceling plans with a friend. This kind of goes in with number five because time is a precious thing to us humans, and we value it greatly, but once again, sacrifices must be made. You haven't talked to your boyfriend in a month because both of you have been busy with school and work. Both of you have the night off, so rather than talk to him, you hang out with your co-workers at a bar all night, right? ....Wrong. You see those co-workers at work anyway! Sit down, talk to your boyfriend, and make him happy.
2. Trust. Once again, another ingredient that's important in any relationship anyway. It's vital to trust your partner because if there is no trust, there is no future. Take a look at Tom. He loves Betty more than anything, even though she lives five states away. She's everything he's ever wanted and she's gorgeous to boot. So gorgeous that it seems like every week she's having to turn down yet another guy. Tom is afraid that someday she'll find a guy in her hometown who's more attractive to her than he is, and that she'll leave him for the new guy. Though she has told him time and time again that she loves him and wouldn't do such a thing, he still has this doubt. This is what we call lack of trust. If you want your LDR to work, you must trust that your partner means it when they say they won't leave you, or that they won't hit on other members of the opposite (or same, depending on the situation) sex.
3. Effort. You must be willing to put effort into the relationship for it to work. You want your partner to feel wanted in the relationship, and you want him or her to feel like you really want to be in the relationship. Neglecting them when they're in a time of need or making plans with someone else when you already had plans with your partner are two very BAD things to do. Also, it doesn't hurt to send them a message of some sort saying "I'm thinking about you" once in a while.
4. Love/Romance. Just because you aren't close by doesn't mean romance has to die. You want to be in the LDR, right? Well, that's obviously going to take some special feelings. Send your partner a greeting card on their birthday! Dress up and get on web cam for them for Valentine's Day! Even the smallest of gestures, like leaving an "I love you!" comment on MySpace or in an email is enough to leave them smiling for hours.
5. Compromise. In order to be in an LDR, sacrifices have to be made. Your buddy's having a party the same night that your girl's parents decide to announce that they're getting a divorce. You've been planning to go to this party for weeks now, but it's clear that your girl REALLY needs your support right now. So what do you do? Tell your buddy that you're sorry you can't make it, but you'll talk to him later. Then, comfort your girl; she needs it, and will appreciate the gesture of you staying home instead of going out drinking with friends. You can always reschedule anyway.
6. Time. This one should be self-explanatory. Always always ALWAYS find a way to make time for one another, even if it means canceling plans with a friend. This kind of goes in with number five because time is a precious thing to us humans, and we value it greatly, but once again, sacrifices must be made. You haven't talked to your boyfriend in a month because both of you have been busy with school and work. Both of you have the night off, so rather than talk to him, you hang out with your co-workers at a bar all night, right? ....Wrong. You see those co-workers at work anyway! Sit down, talk to your boyfriend, and make him happy.
Monday, September 3, 2007
~~ Bridgie's Poker Rant Pt. 2 09/03/07 ~~
Tonight's game of choice was No Limit Hold'em and ol' BstrdBridgie got to swim with the sharks.
Had a nice go of it early on and was saved on a hand where this dude Simon was playing big stack bully on me until the river when I turned it around on him and went all in. Good thing he folded as I had nothing but an up and down straight draw and a no-points-for-this-either flush draw. Within a few hands I won some massive (at the time) pots and left ol' Simon in my rear view mirror.
Then another dude came along and he liked playing aggressive, too. There came a hand where the flop was A-K-K, and me with A-10 was last to act of 4 players in the hand. It checked around to me, so half fearing a slow playing set of Ks, I checked, too. The next card was a 5 and it goes check-check to the aggressive player. He bets 2,700. I think his aggression would have caused him to bet with a set so I didn't think he had it so I called. The other two folded. River is an 8. This time Mr. Aggressive goes all in, about 20K. If I call and lose, I'm crippled, but my analysis hadn't changed so I gritted my teeth and called. He had pocket 10s and a trip to his mommy's teat so he could cry over his loss.
I had 57K at the break which I know is pretty good because Dizz once told me she hopes to be at 20K by the break. I kept treading water, winning a pot here and there, but playing conservatively and churning through the field. One hand after the break, I got dealt pocket Js. I was about 4th or 5th to act pre-flop and with two people already calling the big blind to, I doubled the big blind to 12K to discourage any other people from limping in. One short stack who was behind me then goes all in raising it to 17K, everyone else folded so I took on his A-Q with my pocket Js. Flop was J-J-A. End of story.
Before I knew it I was approaching my all time best NL hold'em finish (which I would achieve) but the stacks were now massive with some of them in 7 figures. I was barely over 200K and the blinds were eating away at my stack. I would have to make something happen soon or I would be toast. I got a hand of K-Q suited and cringed when someone doubled the big blind to 60K but I still called. The flop was K-6-3 and the dude went all in. I had to call with top pair and Q kicker. There was one other smaller stack who was already all in and the cards were flipped. The raising dude had K-J, so I had him cooked, and the short stack had A-10. But in the first installment of OMFG hands, the turn and river were Q-J, giving me and the other guy 2 pair with mine higher, but the short stack escaped with a runner-runner A high straight. I won about 30K on the hand, but would have been up around 500K if the A-10 guy doesn't pull a Houdini act on me.
There was another hand where I had K-10. The flop was 6-9-10 so I had top pair with K kicker, a pretty nice hand. I'm trying to decide if I should go all in when the first guy to act bets 90K (triple the big blind) and the next guy raises that to 180K. Suddenly my top pair with K kicker didn't look so good so I tossed in that hand. If I had been first to act, that hand probably would have been my last. Sure enough, the first guy had the last two 10s giving him a flopped set and the second guy had 9-6 which he played pre-flop only because he was in the big blind. The river made a board pair and both of them had full houses so a bad beat for the big blind dude.
Soon It was down to 14 players. I still had a fairly small stack relatively speaking of about 223K when this guy who had been at nearly 2 million a few hands earlier had taken some huge hits and was now down to a little over 300K. It's common in situations like that to see a player go on tilt to try to recover his chips with less than desirable cards. The next hand, I get dealt Q-Q. I know this isn't invincible, but my play here is easy, I'm going pre-flop all in. The dude with 300K acts before me and goes all in first! I'm thinking ok, he's on tilt, I'll be glad to scoop up his chips and I called which of course put me all in. One more guy with a huge stack (almost 2 million) calls, too. Since there's no more betting the cards are flipped. The tilt guy has J-6 both hearts, a horrible hand if the flush doesn't make. The big stack dude has Q-8 also both hearts, also a horrible hand if the flush doesn't make and even worse because I have Q-Q making his Q useless. Both players hands are marginal unless hearts come up but they each have two of the outs the other needs. While its possible, if a heart flush makes, it would mean that at least 7 of the 11 viewed cards would have to be hearts and you don't ever want to bet on that happening. Furthermore, the guy with J-6 is massively dominated by my Qs and by the guy with better hearts. The guy with Q-8 is dominated by my Qs (hitting a Q does him no good whatsoever). So he needs to hit a pair of 8s or something crazy to win. Later on I went to cardplayer.com and ran the odds on those three hands against each other. According to the odds calculator, Q-Q is a 78% favorite, J-6 (both hearts) an 11% favorite and Q-8 (both hearts) a 9% favorite with possible ties in some scenarios, i.e. the board goes A-A-A-A-K, its a three way split, etc.
And now for the cards that hit the board. 8s-5d-7s-4s (at this point I was vomiting (not literally) but I actually had a flush draw on the river) and the river was the 2d. So J-fucking-6 wins the hand with an 8 high straight and I'm out in 14th out of 3,790. Were I to win that hand I would have had nearly 700K and an excellent chance to make the final table.
This last hand was of course, the second installment of OMFG hands and concludes this OMFG edition of the DFPB.
Had a nice go of it early on and was saved on a hand where this dude Simon was playing big stack bully on me until the river when I turned it around on him and went all in. Good thing he folded as I had nothing but an up and down straight draw and a no-points-for-this-either flush draw. Within a few hands I won some massive (at the time) pots and left ol' Simon in my rear view mirror.
Then another dude came along and he liked playing aggressive, too. There came a hand where the flop was A-K-K, and me with A-10 was last to act of 4 players in the hand. It checked around to me, so half fearing a slow playing set of Ks, I checked, too. The next card was a 5 and it goes check-check to the aggressive player. He bets 2,700. I think his aggression would have caused him to bet with a set so I didn't think he had it so I called. The other two folded. River is an 8. This time Mr. Aggressive goes all in, about 20K. If I call and lose, I'm crippled, but my analysis hadn't changed so I gritted my teeth and called. He had pocket 10s and a trip to his mommy's teat so he could cry over his loss.
I had 57K at the break which I know is pretty good because Dizz once told me she hopes to be at 20K by the break. I kept treading water, winning a pot here and there, but playing conservatively and churning through the field. One hand after the break, I got dealt pocket Js. I was about 4th or 5th to act pre-flop and with two people already calling the big blind to, I doubled the big blind to 12K to discourage any other people from limping in. One short stack who was behind me then goes all in raising it to 17K, everyone else folded so I took on his A-Q with my pocket Js. Flop was J-J-A. End of story.
Before I knew it I was approaching my all time best NL hold'em finish (which I would achieve) but the stacks were now massive with some of them in 7 figures. I was barely over 200K and the blinds were eating away at my stack. I would have to make something happen soon or I would be toast. I got a hand of K-Q suited and cringed when someone doubled the big blind to 60K but I still called. The flop was K-6-3 and the dude went all in. I had to call with top pair and Q kicker. There was one other smaller stack who was already all in and the cards were flipped. The raising dude had K-J, so I had him cooked, and the short stack had A-10. But in the first installment of OMFG hands, the turn and river were Q-J, giving me and the other guy 2 pair with mine higher, but the short stack escaped with a runner-runner A high straight. I won about 30K on the hand, but would have been up around 500K if the A-10 guy doesn't pull a Houdini act on me.
There was another hand where I had K-10. The flop was 6-9-10 so I had top pair with K kicker, a pretty nice hand. I'm trying to decide if I should go all in when the first guy to act bets 90K (triple the big blind) and the next guy raises that to 180K. Suddenly my top pair with K kicker didn't look so good so I tossed in that hand. If I had been first to act, that hand probably would have been my last. Sure enough, the first guy had the last two 10s giving him a flopped set and the second guy had 9-6 which he played pre-flop only because he was in the big blind. The river made a board pair and both of them had full houses so a bad beat for the big blind dude.
Soon It was down to 14 players. I still had a fairly small stack relatively speaking of about 223K when this guy who had been at nearly 2 million a few hands earlier had taken some huge hits and was now down to a little over 300K. It's common in situations like that to see a player go on tilt to try to recover his chips with less than desirable cards. The next hand, I get dealt Q-Q. I know this isn't invincible, but my play here is easy, I'm going pre-flop all in. The dude with 300K acts before me and goes all in first! I'm thinking ok, he's on tilt, I'll be glad to scoop up his chips and I called which of course put me all in. One more guy with a huge stack (almost 2 million) calls, too. Since there's no more betting the cards are flipped. The tilt guy has J-6 both hearts, a horrible hand if the flush doesn't make. The big stack dude has Q-8 also both hearts, also a horrible hand if the flush doesn't make and even worse because I have Q-Q making his Q useless. Both players hands are marginal unless hearts come up but they each have two of the outs the other needs. While its possible, if a heart flush makes, it would mean that at least 7 of the 11 viewed cards would have to be hearts and you don't ever want to bet on that happening. Furthermore, the guy with J-6 is massively dominated by my Qs and by the guy with better hearts. The guy with Q-8 is dominated by my Qs (hitting a Q does him no good whatsoever). So he needs to hit a pair of 8s or something crazy to win. Later on I went to cardplayer.com and ran the odds on those three hands against each other. According to the odds calculator, Q-Q is a 78% favorite, J-6 (both hearts) an 11% favorite and Q-8 (both hearts) a 9% favorite with possible ties in some scenarios, i.e. the board goes A-A-A-A-K, its a three way split, etc.
And now for the cards that hit the board. 8s-5d-7s-4s (at this point I was vomiting (not literally) but I actually had a flush draw on the river) and the river was the 2d. So J-fucking-6 wins the hand with an 8 high straight and I'm out in 14th out of 3,790. Were I to win that hand I would have had nearly 700K and an excellent chance to make the final table.
This last hand was of course, the second installment of OMFG hands and concludes this OMFG edition of the DFPB.
~~ Bridgie's Daily Rant .. Pt 1 09/03/07 ~~
Today, the Daily F**king Poker Blog focuses on a little Pot Limit Omaha Hi.
I got off to a good start by taking advantage of aggressive players (as usual) and was sailing along in pretty good shape during the first hour. A little while before the break, there was this dude who was a borderline mutt, and he raised the big blind to 1,200. I had 9-9-6-7, and nearly folded, but called. I flopped quads and checked. He checked, too. The turn card was and I checked again. This time he took the bait and bet 3,000. After a pause to make him think I wasn't sure, I raised it to 6,000 and he called. The river was and this time I lobbed 5,000 out there and he called again. That was a nice pot to take into the break and gave me about 30K in chips.
Right after the break, the same guy is losing his chips and starts to go on tilt. He raises the big blind pre-flop and I had a good enough hand to call along with one other guy. The flop was 7-7-10. I had pocket 10s. The borderline mutt is first to act and immediately bets all but a few of his chips (it was pot limit or he would have bet them all). And right at that point, I F**KING GET DISCONNECTED and that lucky f**ker won the pot.
But he was gone a few hands later and I went about my business of sticking to my fundamentals and playing each hand accordingly. Pot Limit goes pretty fast especially when the blinds get bigger and before I knew it I was down to the last two tables. There was one hand on Table 2, where pre-flop, someone raised and all the small stacks just kind of lined up and went all in against the biggest stack at the table (I sat that one out thank you very much). One of the small stacks who was all in won the pot which was 106K and the big stack after the hand was down to 144K. So the dude with 106K types "Who's the man now? :)". So I typed, from where i'm sitting its still Stephen (the dude with the 144K) and everyone had a good time with that one.
It was looking like I might not make the final table as going into the last two tables I was right about in the middle of the pack so I could go either way. Then there was a hand where a guy raised the big blind pre-flop from 3K to 13K and I had K-K-A-10 with two spades so I called. The flop was Q-6-3 with two spades giving me a flush draw. The pre-flop raiser immediately bet 45K. I had to believe he didn't hit that flop, so I decided this was the time to take a chance. If I lost this hand I would be out. The turn card was a spade and the river was an Ace (he had pocket Aces). But that only gave him a set and I, of course, took the hand with a flush. He did some TOSie-like swearing (XXXXX) but he still had a nice stack and both of us cruised from there to the Final Table (my 18th).
Going in to the FT, I was in 3rd in chips with 170K but the two in front of me were WAY in front of me. Had trouble catching anything early on so I watched a lot of hands in the beginning and sure enough, the wood started being chopped and soon there were only 5 left at the second break at which point I had 172K and the leader had 594K. After the break, the cards were still pretty stinky for me and at one point I actually slipped into last place though I still had well over 100K in chips so not in immediate danger.
Then I got in a hand with a guy (not the chip leader) where the flop was 9-7-5, giving me 9s and 5s. The other guy bet the minimum (wanting to get paid as he had 8-6) and I called. Turn card was a J which gave me some more outs as a river 10 would give me a straight. The guy bet a little bit more, but not enough to run me out and again I called. I caught a 9 on the river giving me a full house. This time the guy decides to push and he bets enough to put me all in. I called and took a huge pot. A few minutes later I got in a hand with the same guy I had flushed on the next to last table (by then there were only 4 left). He picked a bad time to try to push me as I had a strong hand and sent him packing, too.
A few hands later we were down to just me and the guy who was leading going in to the FT. He had kept the chip lead the whole way which is pretty unusual. When we got to heads up, he had about 1.1 million, I had about 540K so about a 2 to 1 disadvantage. The heads up battle lasted 38 hands when he caught me on a bluff and I was toast 2 hands later. There were a couple of times when I got him under a million, but never could sustain anything. He plays tight just like me, so it was not easy going. Oh well 2nd out of 540 not too shabby.
I won 3,550 play chips for an investment of 55. Too bad those weren't dollars!
I got off to a good start by taking advantage of aggressive players (as usual) and was sailing along in pretty good shape during the first hour. A little while before the break, there was this dude who was a borderline mutt, and he raised the big blind to 1,200. I had 9-9-6-7, and nearly folded, but called. I flopped quads and checked. He checked, too. The turn card was
Right after the break, the same guy is losing his chips and starts to go on tilt. He raises the big blind pre-flop and I had a good enough hand to call along with one other guy. The flop was 7-7-10. I had pocket 10s. The borderline mutt is first to act and immediately bets all but a few of his chips (it was pot limit or he would have bet them all). And right at that point, I F**KING GET DISCONNECTED and that lucky f**ker won the pot.
But he was gone a few hands later and I went about my business of sticking to my fundamentals and playing each hand accordingly. Pot Limit goes pretty fast especially when the blinds get bigger and before I knew it I was down to the last two tables. There was one hand on Table 2, where pre-flop, someone raised and all the small stacks just kind of lined up and went all in against the biggest stack at the table (I sat that one out thank you very much). One of the small stacks who was all in won the pot which was 106K and the big stack after the hand was down to 144K. So the dude with 106K types "Who's the man now? :)". So I typed, from where i'm sitting its still Stephen (the dude with the 144K) and everyone had a good time with that one.
It was looking like I might not make the final table as going into the last two tables I was right about in the middle of the pack so I could go either way. Then there was a hand where a guy raised the big blind pre-flop from 3K to 13K and I had K-K-A-10 with two spades so I called. The flop was Q-6-3 with two spades giving me a flush draw. The pre-flop raiser immediately bet 45K. I had to believe he didn't hit that flop, so I decided this was the time to take a chance. If I lost this hand I would be out. The turn card was a spade and the river was an Ace (he had pocket Aces). But that only gave him a set and I, of course, took the hand with a flush. He did some TOSie-like swearing (XXXXX) but he still had a nice stack and both of us cruised from there to the Final Table (my 18th).
Going in to the FT, I was in 3rd in chips with 170K but the two in front of me were WAY in front of me. Had trouble catching anything early on so I watched a lot of hands in the beginning and sure enough, the wood started being chopped and soon there were only 5 left at the second break at which point I had 172K and the leader had 594K. After the break, the cards were still pretty stinky for me and at one point I actually slipped into last place though I still had well over 100K in chips so not in immediate danger.
Then I got in a hand with a guy (not the chip leader) where the flop was 9-7-5, giving me 9s and 5s. The other guy bet the minimum (wanting to get paid as he had 8-6) and I called. Turn card was a J which gave me some more outs as a river 10 would give me a straight. The guy bet a little bit more, but not enough to run me out and again I called. I caught a 9 on the river giving me a full house. This time the guy decides to push and he bets enough to put me all in. I called and took a huge pot. A few minutes later I got in a hand with the same guy I had flushed on the next to last table (by then there were only 4 left). He picked a bad time to try to push me as I had a strong hand and sent him packing, too.
A few hands later we were down to just me and the guy who was leading going in to the FT. He had kept the chip lead the whole way which is pretty unusual. When we got to heads up, he had about 1.1 million, I had about 540K so about a 2 to 1 disadvantage. The heads up battle lasted 38 hands when he caught me on a bluff and I was toast 2 hands later. There were a couple of times when I got him under a million, but never could sustain anything. He plays tight just like me, so it was not easy going. Oh well 2nd out of 540 not too shabby.
I won 3,550 play chips for an investment of 55. Too bad those weren't dollars!
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