Archive for the ‘poker’ Category
ouch, it’s getting cold in here
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
On my recent poker playing trip to Las Vegas, I managed to get my money in with the best of it 8 times, only winning one hand (KK vs TT). I did suggest that someone was WAY ahead when he had a flush draw vs my nut straight with one card to come.
I could list [...]
Oceanside Open
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
Oceans 11 held the Oceanside Open on July 4th. A nice field of players, good structure and free BBQ made the event fun to play in (the BBQ was real good and was quite a distraction after they started the grilling process). Of course it always helps when you make the final table of an [...]
getting it all in with the best of it…
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
…in the end, it really is all you can do in poker.
After shoving as a 91% favorite with one to come and exiting the tournament when a 2 outer shows up, all you can do is shake your head and look for a new game.
That’s 3 exits in a row where I got all my [...]
how to win the local friends/office poker game
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
Go to Vegas, play a $1500 or $2000 No Limit World Series of Poker event
come home and don’t worry about playing a solid game at the WSOP
play your normal $10 No Limit game with family/friends/coworkers
From a financial perspective, it makes no sense. I took down the local game for a whopping profit of $40 after [...]
Binions – still with me
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I hit Las Vegas last weekend to play some No Limit poker tournaments. One of the stops was Binions downtown. I tossed the keys to the Valet and played a $105 No Limit tournament to 5th place. I left Binions to go play some more tournaments, then drove the 300+ miles home.
I found the valet [...]
how to lose a customer in 180 days
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
i just got the email below from a poker establishment. I’ll log in and transfer any money i might have, but i’ll never play a hand there again:
morons. seems to me like it’s a perfect “terms and conditions” for a crack addict.
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Dear ,
Our records indicate that your account has become inactive.
An inactive account is any [...]
winning races
Posted by mep | Filed under Uncategorized, poker
in poker there are many situations that come down to races. any pair to two overcards. ie: AQ vs JJ, 89 vs 22, etc. the pair is a slight favorite…but not by much. in the real world, it’s a coin flip.
In the long run, one should go 50/50 with the races. I’ve lost about [...]
Vegas tournaments
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I just got back from playing 3 tournaments in Vegas.
In the $540 O8HL Championship at The Orleans Open, I just did not catch enough cards to keep ahead of the blinds. It was a nice tournament, although the dealers where less than perfect. The hour long blinds, excellent starting chips and good structure made for [...]
Poker Aces (aka Viejas tournament)
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I made the 30 minute trip out to Viejas to play their Poker Aces Tournament. $300 buy-in, no rebuys, 100k guaranteed. With 40 minute rounds, 5k in chips and starting levels of 25/50, it’s not a bad structure.
I forgot to bring my iPod, which generally correlates to an out of the money finish. (I don’t [...]
A nice live NoLimit score
Posted by mep | Filed under poker
I played the $80 (with 1 $50 rebuy) tournament at Ceasers yesterday. After 7 hours of play and getting down to 4 players, we made a deal that paid me an extra $600 to end the tournament and grab some grub.
I really wanted to play it out, as I have been playing a short table [...]