What threatened to be a shitty day turned into an absolute beauty today, culminating in a tournament win and Sunderland almost certainly securing Premier League status for next season!!!!
It didn't look so good around 4.15pm with Bolton beating 10-man Arsenal 2-0, Sunderland drawing 1-1 with West Ham and Birmingham being given the worst penalty decision you have ever seen in your life (Rob Styles is a fucking muppet) on their way to beating Man City 3-1.
I was also in danger of being bullied out of what had seemed a certain cash in the $11 PL0 rebuy tourney on Party with the chip leader raising every hand from the CO or button when I was in the small or large blind.
But within 30 minutes or so the world was again a beautiful place, demonstrating once more why we love football and poker so much, even though for 95% of the time they are both a pain in the arse.
First Arsenal's amazing comeback effectively doomed Bolton to relegation (and average crowds of 7,000 in the Championship next season - Mickey Mouse club, hello, hello) and then Andy Reid scored in the sixth minute of injury time to give Sunderland a 2-1 win over the Hammers.
Coincidentally the latest edition of the Sunderland fanzine, A Love Supreme, landed on my doorstep this morning with a cover caricature of the slightly corpulent Reid eating a hamburger, along with the song in his honour:
He's Andy Reid
He plays left wing
He loves McDonalds and Burger King.
Fat he may be but the boy has a great left foot!
But I digress.
Back to the Omaha and I finally get a hand to take a stand against the bully. He raises for the millionth time, I jam with AAxx and he calls with Q932 lol.
Knew he was raising light but fuck me he turns two pair and I'm ready to smash another mouse when the river is an ace....Now we have a game and I start taking him on and, thankfully for me, he doesn't know when to change gears. I get even in chips by checkraising a couple of flops and he instafolds, then I get top set v his two pair and he's out in 4th, one off the money.
That makes me a monster chip leader and, despite a couple of brief setbacks, I crush the shorties quickly and take down the $455 first prize. Not bad for a $22 outlay ( buy-in and top-up, no rebuy needed) with just 30 entries.
Added to my 2nd in the hi-lo on Thursday this pretty much makes me the king of Omaha games and I'll definitely be trying to play these tournaments on a regular basis.
Ha'way the lads!!!
Saturday 29 March 2008
Sunday 23 March 2008
Disappointed*
Qualified for the Party Poker $300k today for an outlay of $26, crushing a single-table satellite which offered just one place, 2nd got $25 back!
For once built a nice stack early on (more on which to follow) but eventually busted out 278th out of 1500 starters, top 200 paid.
Firstly I wanted to share this Omaha hand I've just played, which I think demonstrates when a "donk" bet can be a good tactic.
Party Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
10 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: $217
UTG+1: $491.73
MackemPlus1: $221.64
MP1: $39
MP2: $208.90
MP3: $348.41
CO: $118.45
Button: $284.80
SB: $172
BB: $230.95
Pre-flop: (10 players) MackemPlus1 is UTG+2 with 3c 3s ad jd
2 folds, MackemPlus1 calls, MP1 raises to $4, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, MackemPlus1 calls.
Limping here is pretty bad/unusual for me with a weak hand, blame it on still being in the $300k and not concentrating! Short-stack clown min raises and we take the flop 5-handed.
Flop: jh 3d 8s ($22, 5 players)
SB checks, MackemPlus1 bets $16, MP1 raises all-in $35, 3 folds, MackemPlus1 calls.
Nice flop, but it's still only bottom set and this is why I decide to donk into the shorty. I fully expect this clown to have AAxx or four broadway cards and equally expect him to jam. The benefit of this is that most Omadonks with a set of Js or 8s will now re-raise, allowing me to fold if that is what one of the big stacks does.
Turn: 4s ($92, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $92)
River: 6d ($92, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $92)
Results:
Final pot: $92
MackemPlus1 balance 271.64 bet 39 collected 89 net 50 3c 3s Ad Jd
MP1 balance 0 lost 39 Js 9h Ks Th
None of the big stacks call and I'm certain I'm good against shorty and have an easy call.
Back to the $300k guarantee and a hand I wasn't happy with, although it could be ROT after I saw the flop.
Blinds: t150/t300
10 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: t5372
UTG+1: t2110
UTG+2: t6090
MP1: t5466
MP2: t11270
MackemPlus1: t15130
CO: t4260
Button: t20064
SB: t14297
BB: t20663
Pre-flop: (10 players) MackemPlus1 is MP3 with qs ah
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises all-in t2110, 2 folds, MP2 calls t2110 (pot was t2560), MackemPlus1 ??????????
Is this an autocall, iso-raise or fold?
Knowing what I now know about MP2 after playing against them for a while I would have re-raised, but that's easy to say with hindsight.
Be interested to hear in your thoughts?
*Track 14, Bona Drag
For once built a nice stack early on (more on which to follow) but eventually busted out 278th out of 1500 starters, top 200 paid.
Firstly I wanted to share this Omaha hand I've just played, which I think demonstrates when a "donk" bet can be a good tactic.
Party Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
10 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: $217
UTG+1: $491.73
MackemPlus1: $221.64
MP1: $39
MP2: $208.90
MP3: $348.41
CO: $118.45
Button: $284.80
SB: $172
BB: $230.95
Pre-flop: (10 players) MackemPlus1 is UTG+2 with 3c 3s ad jd
2 folds, MackemPlus1 calls, MP1 raises to $4, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, MackemPlus1 calls.
Limping here is pretty bad/unusual for me with a weak hand, blame it on still being in the $300k and not concentrating! Short-stack clown min raises and we take the flop 5-handed.
Flop: jh 3d 8s ($22, 5 players)
SB checks, MackemPlus1 bets $16, MP1 raises all-in $35, 3 folds, MackemPlus1 calls.
Nice flop, but it's still only bottom set and this is why I decide to donk into the shorty. I fully expect this clown to have AAxx or four broadway cards and equally expect him to jam. The benefit of this is that most Omadonks with a set of Js or 8s will now re-raise, allowing me to fold if that is what one of the big stacks does.
Turn: 4s ($92, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $92)
River: 6d ($92, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $92)
Results:
Final pot: $92
MackemPlus1 balance 271.64 bet 39 collected 89 net 50 3c 3s Ad Jd
MP1 balance 0 lost 39 Js 9h Ks Th
None of the big stacks call and I'm certain I'm good against shorty and have an easy call.
Back to the $300k guarantee and a hand I wasn't happy with, although it could be ROT after I saw the flop.
Blinds: t150/t300
10 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: t5372
UTG+1: t2110
UTG+2: t6090
MP1: t5466
MP2: t11270
MackemPlus1: t15130
CO: t4260
Button: t20064
SB: t14297
BB: t20663
Pre-flop: (10 players) MackemPlus1 is MP3 with qs ah
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises all-in t2110, 2 folds, MP2 calls t2110 (pot was t2560), MackemPlus1 ??????????
Is this an autocall, iso-raise or fold?
Knowing what I now know about MP2 after playing against them for a while I would have re-raised, but that's easy to say with hindsight.
Be interested to hear in your thoughts?
*Track 14, Bona Drag
Friday 21 March 2008
Maladjusted*
Played my first blogger thingy tournament on Full Tilt last night, a PL08 tournament I expected to do well in. Sadly I quickly got bored by the incredibly slow pace of play and started playing badly, eventually busting out with top two pair and weak low draw in an unraised pot.
Villain had limped on the button with 2558 and flopped bottom set on a K95 flop with 2 hearts. Most people are truly horrible at this game but, strangely enough, it can be harder to simply "outplay" them given the nature of the game.
In short, I need to readjust my game and go back to the style which used to serve me well in the nightly PL08 tourney on Party - play only premium hands early on, including strong hi-only hands, and simply wait out the donks.
On another note, been trying the step tourneys on Party again (for cash, not WSOP seats) and currently at level 5. Level 6 is where the money is handed out, $500 for fifth up to $2000 for 1st. Not bad for an initial outlay of $3.
*title track from another decent Morrissey solo album
Villain had limped on the button with 2558 and flopped bottom set on a K95 flop with 2 hearts. Most people are truly horrible at this game but, strangely enough, it can be harder to simply "outplay" them given the nature of the game.
In short, I need to readjust my game and go back to the style which used to serve me well in the nightly PL08 tourney on Party - play only premium hands early on, including strong hi-only hands, and simply wait out the donks.
On another note, been trying the step tourneys on Party again (for cash, not WSOP seats) and currently at level 5. Level 6 is where the money is handed out, $500 for fifth up to $2000 for 1st. Not bad for an initial outlay of $3.
*title track from another decent Morrissey solo album
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Do Your Best and Don't Worry*
Been a rollercoaster week or so since my last post. I came back from Vegas and was virtually busto in terms of poker money, thanks more to blackjack than poker in Vegas to be fair, but also down to a bad run online.
So I had to reload on Party and plonked down £250, just under $500. At first things went great and the first night I could easily have believed in the old "they let you win when you first deposit" myth, racking up a nice profit. Within a few days I had the bankroll over $2,000 thanks to 6-max 1/2PL Omaha hi and thought all was rosy, a few days later and I was almost busto again!!!!
Obviously Omaha is a very swingy game and everything that had been going right started going wrong - if I had top set the board wouldn't pair and villain would catch his str8 or flush; if I had the str8 or flush the board would pair on the river.
I also badly misplayed a few hands for sure and at one point think I was down to under $300 or so. Thankfully, as of about 5 minutes ago, I won a big pot on each table I had open and the bankroll is back in the $1900 region.
Definitely learnt a couple of lessons about playing Omaha, more of which to follow after I watch the Simpsons....
.......Okay I'm back.
My biggest omaha losses obviously come from the kind of thing I mentioned above, but I also need to remember the following (pretty basic things but I'm essentially self-taught in Omaha so worth reiterating):
1 - Folding the nuts - Lost a huge pot with a nut straight with no redraw . These are tough to get away from for obvious reasons, but if stacks are deep and your opponent is reasonable it's one to be aware of.
2 - Folding trips - Hold em players really struggle with this one and can't fold a 5 with bad kickers on a 556 flop when, depending on the action, they are likely up against A5 at the very least or even 66xx. Feel smug at getting away from that very situation recently.
3 - "Slowplaying" the best hand - Got stung by this one a few days ago but used it to my advantage tonight. In the first instance I'm in an unraised pot with 88xx and in LP. Flop is K83 rainbow and it's checked to me, I bet pot. SB calls. Turn is a blank and SB checks, I bet pot. NOW the sneeky git raises and I'm committed to the pot. He flips KKxx and I miss my 1 out.
Tonight I have QQxx, again unraised pot, and the flop is AQ9 with two spades. SB bets pot, BB calls and I just call, looking for a non-spade, non broadway turn card. Turn is a red 3, SB bets pot again, BB folds and I shove. SB calls with 99xx and he misses his 1-outer too.
Obviously this is something which works better with a flop texture like the first hand rather than the second; if villain in hand 2 had spades and a straight draw he still had plenty of outs.
4 - Folding non-nut hands - Well duh!!!
5 - Realise which game you are playing - Posted this on +1. A guy called all 3 streets against me with 10-high when I had a set of Aces, including a value bet of $68 on the river. He had 10 7 2 4 and must have thought he was getting half the pot with his lo!!!
*from Southpaw Grammar (underrated Morrissey solo album)
So I had to reload on Party and plonked down £250, just under $500. At first things went great and the first night I could easily have believed in the old "they let you win when you first deposit" myth, racking up a nice profit. Within a few days I had the bankroll over $2,000 thanks to 6-max 1/2PL Omaha hi and thought all was rosy, a few days later and I was almost busto again!!!!
Obviously Omaha is a very swingy game and everything that had been going right started going wrong - if I had top set the board wouldn't pair and villain would catch his str8 or flush; if I had the str8 or flush the board would pair on the river.
I also badly misplayed a few hands for sure and at one point think I was down to under $300 or so. Thankfully, as of about 5 minutes ago, I won a big pot on each table I had open and the bankroll is back in the $1900 region.
Definitely learnt a couple of lessons about playing Omaha, more of which to follow after I watch the Simpsons....
.......Okay I'm back.
My biggest omaha losses obviously come from the kind of thing I mentioned above, but I also need to remember the following (pretty basic things but I'm essentially self-taught in Omaha so worth reiterating):
1 - Folding the nuts - Lost a huge pot with a nut straight with no redraw . These are tough to get away from for obvious reasons, but if stacks are deep and your opponent is reasonable it's one to be aware of.
2 - Folding trips - Hold em players really struggle with this one and can't fold a 5 with bad kickers on a 556 flop when, depending on the action, they are likely up against A5 at the very least or even 66xx. Feel smug at getting away from that very situation recently.
3 - "Slowplaying" the best hand - Got stung by this one a few days ago but used it to my advantage tonight. In the first instance I'm in an unraised pot with 88xx and in LP. Flop is K83 rainbow and it's checked to me, I bet pot. SB calls. Turn is a blank and SB checks, I bet pot. NOW the sneeky git raises and I'm committed to the pot. He flips KKxx and I miss my 1 out.
Tonight I have QQxx, again unraised pot, and the flop is AQ9 with two spades. SB bets pot, BB calls and I just call, looking for a non-spade, non broadway turn card. Turn is a red 3, SB bets pot again, BB folds and I shove. SB calls with 99xx and he misses his 1-outer too.
Obviously this is something which works better with a flop texture like the first hand rather than the second; if villain in hand 2 had spades and a straight draw he still had plenty of outs.
4 - Folding non-nut hands - Well duh!!!
5 - Realise which game you are playing - Posted this on +1. A guy called all 3 streets against me with 10-high when I had a set of Aces, including a value bet of $68 on the river. He had 10 7 2 4 and must have thought he was getting half the pot with his lo!!!
*from Southpaw Grammar (underrated Morrissey solo album)
Tuesday 4 March 2008
Lucky
Two threads in one night - try to contain yourselves.
Nice result on the Champions League tonight, backing Arsenal and Man Utd to both win with William Hill's "enhanced odds" offer. It paid 9/2 and I'm really glad Arsenal finally got the goals their play deserved - they play some great stuff but can be frustrating as hell to watch.
I'd been shouting at the TV all night for someone to f***ing shoot rather than try to pass it into the net and eventually Fabregas listened and bingo! Nice to see the Australian goalkeeper going down in installments.
Also finally had some luck at UB in terms of the best hands holding up. Played some 1/2 PL Omaha Hi and AAxx won big pots for me twice in the space of about 10 minutes. First one I re-raised preflop and flopped a set on AK5 board, sole opponent folded to my bet. Second one was even better. There's a raise and call, I re-raise and shorty original raiser shoves for $85 total. Other guy also calls and I do as well (can't reraise due to shorty).
Flop is 447 with two spades, I have AAQx with AQ of spades and shove the flop. Other guy folds and all-in player has 10 9 8 7ds; usually a good hand to crack mine but I make the flush on the turn.
Nice result on the Champions League tonight, backing Arsenal and Man Utd to both win with William Hill's "enhanced odds" offer. It paid 9/2 and I'm really glad Arsenal finally got the goals their play deserved - they play some great stuff but can be frustrating as hell to watch.
I'd been shouting at the TV all night for someone to f***ing shoot rather than try to pass it into the net and eventually Fabregas listened and bingo! Nice to see the Australian goalkeeper going down in installments.
Also finally had some luck at UB in terms of the best hands holding up. Played some 1/2 PL Omaha Hi and AAxx won big pots for me twice in the space of about 10 minutes. First one I re-raised preflop and flopped a set on AK5 board, sole opponent folded to my bet. Second one was even better. There's a raise and call, I re-raise and shorty original raiser shoves for $85 total. Other guy also calls and I do as well (can't reraise due to shorty).
Flop is 447 with two spades, I have AAQx with AQ of spades and shove the flop. Other guy folds and all-in player has 10 9 8 7ds; usually a good hand to crack mine but I make the flush on the turn.
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Better late than never, here's a trip report from Vegas at the end of last month.
For those of you who don't know, Zack is a fellow PlusOne member who kindly let me crash in his room all week while he was attending *ahem* a work conference.
Sunday - Arrive in Chicago to discover flight to Vegas is cancelled. Realise too late while stood in the queue that could have flown to Phoenix instead and driven the rest of the way, so end up forced to wait 7 and a half hours for next Vegas flight. Drink lots in bar while trying to feign interest in Daytona 500. Fail.
Arrive at Caesars some time around midnight. Zack is wearing pink. I have been travelling in the same clothes for 25 hours and still look better than him. Grab a room key, head upstairs to change. Zack's been given a room with a disabled shower . Insert own joke here. Back downstairs to drop $100 playing 1/3 and then another $400 playing 2/5PL Omaha.
Monday - Memory of days is as bad as Zack's, but pretty sure I won $400 playing omaha 8b at Mirage while Zack bizarrely attends his conference for a couple of hours. Despite working for a telecomms company he pretends he can't call international numbers on his cell - I think he's trying to dump me already.
If we did play 9am tourney Monday I indeed bust Zack with J9 v AK all-in pre-flop (we were the 2 shorties at the table and Zack was UTG, I was in BB). Kxx flop but I call for and catch running 9s!!!!
Tuesday - Zack hits a one-out gutshot straight flush and doesn't comport himself well when he does so, telling the poor guy "That was a mistake" when he calls the river bet. Guy had K3 for technically the third nut flush.
Wednesday - After busting out at TI (Zack shoves into J4 on a JJ7 board with Q7) we find Shawn hiding his ponytail beneath his sweatshirt at Venetian. I take the under on when he busts and it looks good when he jams AQo - only for the donkey in the SB to call with KQo. Although we are just standing behind Shawn the ~hot waitress keeps offering us drinks so we drink quickly and wildly overtip (she's a bit chunky but we conclude probably gives great head).
Shawn is still in so we play some cash and I get a guy to make the WORST FOLD IN THE HISTORY OF p0ker. I raise KQ on the button and he calls from the SB saying "I think I have the best hand". Flop is 44K and he leads out. I call. Turn is a blank and he bets $55 and I shove for approx $220. He tanks and starts talking about what I could have and flashes me AK. He asks "Do we have the same hand" and I tell him no, we definitely don't. He thinks forever and folds, everyone at the table is saying I must have aces or kings so I show the KQ and the guy can't stop talking about the hand for the next hour.
Head back to Caesar's and I waste 5hrs playing a limit Omaha8b tourney without cashing while Zack and Shawn play cash. Shawn hits a str8 flush but somehow still loses money.
Thursday - My turn to hit a high hand at Caesar's. In a straddle hand I make it $20 with 99 and call a re-raise to $60 from guy next to me who is called Tiger Patel (no shit) and I later learn plays ultra high stakes Baccarat and has just concluded a $165million property deal. Flop is 975 and I check call $80. Turn is a blank and goes check check. River is a 9 and I bet $100. He tanks for a while and calls. I get $94 extra for the quads.
Friday - Play the 10am tourney at Planet Hollywood and build a good stack with some nice cards before being moved tables. First hand I raise 10s UTG and only big blind calls, we are probably the two biggest stacks in the tourney. Flop is 248 and he donk bets, I shove and he calls with 35o. Ace turn, ace river
Play bounty tourney at TI again at 7pm and Zack loses to the WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF p0ker. On a flop of QQJ, idiot bets and Zack CRAI with KJ. Idiot calls with 22 and spikes a 2 on the turn. He says "I thought you had two pair so I called" I double when another clown calls my PF raise and all-in on a 7xx board with A4o. I have 99. Bust out when A9 all-in gets an instacall from KJ.
To say thanks to Zack for using his disabled room I take him to dinner (G5.7) at TI. Zack says to maitre'd "Table doesn't have to be too secluded" but I insist they light the candle. Both order filet mignon in a mexican restaurant, I get abuse for wanting medium well but it's excellent.
Back to Caesar's for what should have been a huge win. I double with KQ v AK on a KQx22 board when he bets $40 on river and says, "You can go all-in if you want." I do and he instacalls. Also flop two pair with 64s on a 642 board and take out woman who shoves with 99. Move tables and talk guy into calling off his last $75 with AQ on Qxxx board when I have KK. He spikes a Q. (Hence the thread title).
Also lose decent pot with AK v QQ and have to fold AQ on AJ9 board after betting $75. Opp showed AJ.
Play till 5.20am and head upstairs for emotional farewell with Zack, but he's already gone.
Random notes: Despite wearing pink, Zack is great fun to have at your table. Needs to stop taunting opponents when he sucks out on them though.
Random note 2: Somewhere in there played 2/5NL at Bellagio. Perfect opponent is in seat 1, he's drunk, rich, terrible at p0ker but still a nice guy. I make it $20 with Ad Jd. Two callers, flop is 9d10dKd. Drunk guy says "Wow I flopped a huge hand" but checks. I check behind. Turn is a blank, he bets $75 and I call. River is an ace and he checks. While I'm thinking how much to bet he says "You push all-in and I'll call." I ask if he's for real and he says yes. So I shove for $216 more with the nuts and he calls with QJ for a flopped str8
Random note 3: Flopped quad 7s on Saturday at the Wynn, won $3.
Forgotten loads of stuff, but whatever...
For those of you who don't know, Zack is a fellow PlusOne member who kindly let me crash in his room all week while he was attending *ahem* a work conference.
Sunday - Arrive in Chicago to discover flight to Vegas is cancelled. Realise too late while stood in the queue that could have flown to Phoenix instead and driven the rest of the way, so end up forced to wait 7 and a half hours for next Vegas flight. Drink lots in bar while trying to feign interest in Daytona 500. Fail.
Arrive at Caesars some time around midnight. Zack is wearing pink. I have been travelling in the same clothes for 25 hours and still look better than him. Grab a room key, head upstairs to change. Zack's been given a room with a disabled shower . Insert own joke here. Back downstairs to drop $100 playing 1/3 and then another $400 playing 2/5PL Omaha.
Monday - Memory of days is as bad as Zack's, but pretty sure I won $400 playing omaha 8b at Mirage while Zack bizarrely attends his conference for a couple of hours. Despite working for a telecomms company he pretends he can't call international numbers on his cell - I think he's trying to dump me already.
If we did play 9am tourney Monday I indeed bust Zack with J9 v AK all-in pre-flop (we were the 2 shorties at the table and Zack was UTG, I was in BB). Kxx flop but I call for and catch running 9s!!!!
Tuesday - Zack hits a one-out gutshot straight flush and doesn't comport himself well when he does so, telling the poor guy "That was a mistake" when he calls the river bet. Guy had K3 for technically the third nut flush.
Wednesday - After busting out at TI (Zack shoves into J4 on a JJ7 board with Q7) we find Shawn hiding his ponytail beneath his sweatshirt at Venetian. I take the under on when he busts and it looks good when he jams AQo - only for the donkey in the SB to call with KQo. Although we are just standing behind Shawn the ~hot waitress keeps offering us drinks so we drink quickly and wildly overtip (she's a bit chunky but we conclude probably gives great head).
Shawn is still in so we play some cash and I get a guy to make the WORST FOLD IN THE HISTORY OF p0ker. I raise KQ on the button and he calls from the SB saying "I think I have the best hand". Flop is 44K and he leads out. I call. Turn is a blank and he bets $55 and I shove for approx $220. He tanks and starts talking about what I could have and flashes me AK. He asks "Do we have the same hand" and I tell him no, we definitely don't. He thinks forever and folds, everyone at the table is saying I must have aces or kings so I show the KQ and the guy can't stop talking about the hand for the next hour.
Head back to Caesar's and I waste 5hrs playing a limit Omaha8b tourney without cashing while Zack and Shawn play cash. Shawn hits a str8 flush but somehow still loses money.
Thursday - My turn to hit a high hand at Caesar's. In a straddle hand I make it $20 with 99 and call a re-raise to $60 from guy next to me who is called Tiger Patel (no shit) and I later learn plays ultra high stakes Baccarat and has just concluded a $165million property deal. Flop is 975 and I check call $80. Turn is a blank and goes check check. River is a 9 and I bet $100. He tanks for a while and calls. I get $94 extra for the quads.
Friday - Play the 10am tourney at Planet Hollywood and build a good stack with some nice cards before being moved tables. First hand I raise 10s UTG and only big blind calls, we are probably the two biggest stacks in the tourney. Flop is 248 and he donk bets, I shove and he calls with 35o. Ace turn, ace river
Play bounty tourney at TI again at 7pm and Zack loses to the WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF p0ker. On a flop of QQJ, idiot bets and Zack CRAI with KJ. Idiot calls with 22 and spikes a 2 on the turn. He says "I thought you had two pair so I called" I double when another clown calls my PF raise and all-in on a 7xx board with A4o. I have 99. Bust out when A9 all-in gets an instacall from KJ.
To say thanks to Zack for using his disabled room I take him to dinner (G5.7) at TI. Zack says to maitre'd "Table doesn't have to be too secluded" but I insist they light the candle. Both order filet mignon in a mexican restaurant, I get abuse for wanting medium well but it's excellent.
Back to Caesar's for what should have been a huge win. I double with KQ v AK on a KQx22 board when he bets $40 on river and says, "You can go all-in if you want." I do and he instacalls. Also flop two pair with 64s on a 642 board and take out woman who shoves with 99. Move tables and talk guy into calling off his last $75 with AQ on Qxxx board when I have KK. He spikes a Q. (Hence the thread title).
Also lose decent pot with AK v QQ and have to fold AQ on AJ9 board after betting $75. Opp showed AJ.
Play till 5.20am and head upstairs for emotional farewell with Zack, but he's already gone.
Random notes: Despite wearing pink, Zack is great fun to have at your table. Needs to stop taunting opponents when he sucks out on them though.
Random note 2: Somewhere in there played 2/5NL at Bellagio. Perfect opponent is in seat 1, he's drunk, rich, terrible at p0ker but still a nice guy. I make it $20 with Ad Jd. Two callers, flop is 9d10dKd. Drunk guy says "Wow I flopped a huge hand" but checks. I check behind. Turn is a blank, he bets $75 and I call. River is an ace and he checks. While I'm thinking how much to bet he says "You push all-in and I'll call." I ask if he's for real and he says yes. So I shove for $216 more with the nuts and he calls with QJ for a flopped str8
Random note 3: Flopped quad 7s on Saturday at the Wynn, won $3.
Forgotten loads of stuff, but whatever...
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