I played an up and down session at Snookers last night.**Bought in for the customary $200, lost about $10 in the first half hour, just raising in position, getting called and out flopped.**Table was pretty good as far as looseness, but a little aggressive. For example, I c-bet on a 2-2-6 board with AK, and got checked raised by a player that I was pretty sure was FOS, but I avoided fancy play and folded.

After getting down to $100, I topped up to $200 again and finally won my first hand of the night after a couple of hours.**Next hand I won I had pocket aces and got two streets of value.**Board got ugly on the river, so I checked behind and raked the pot. Villain had top pair or so they said. Might have got some thin value there, but would have puked if someone checked/shoved on me, so I took the low variance play.

I build my stack up to close to $400 then start losing to short stacks.**Aces got cracked by QJ. JJ got out flopped by KT. I’m close to $350 when this hand comes up.**Button straddles for $5.**Everyone folds to mid-20s guy with glasses.**He limps in. One fold and then I raise to $20 with AdTh. Button thinks a while and calls.**Limper calls.

Flop is pretty good for me: Td-6d-4c. Surprisingly, the player first-to-act donks for $20 (or $18 idr).**He had been doing a lot of small betting (tournament style) since he sat down, and this was a similar line he took with an earlier hand.**I raised to $55 and get the button to fold, and the first player tanks and then calls.**Turn is the Qd bringing the flush (and giving me the nut flush draw) and an over card making my top pair second pair.**Villain insta-shoves for $150.**I tank and try to figure out if I’m ahead.**He took this same line against another player in the same situation when the flush hit.**He only had top pair weak kicker then, so I was fairly sure I am ahead some of the time, like KT or JT.**But the other hand he was in position and had the other player covered.**I did have outs if he was ahead. I asked him if he had two pair (I suspected QT).**This was an easy play for him to make because if he puts me on a ten like AT or on an over pair like JJ or KK there’s no way I have a flush.**But did he count on me having the Ad???**I call.

Yeap, he has QT and I miss my flush. Busted my $60 short stack a few hands later with QQ on a K-K-A flop where both an ace and a king called pf and they get it in on the flop. KJ takes it down.

The place was packed last night, and even though I always feel grimy when I leave that place, I do enjoy the TVs and the bacon cheese fries there.

It's about time they change their name to "Pokers"

I'm glad you took that sick bump well.

Northville down is pretty solid in the day. But it slows down around 4 o clock.

infiltrators in our midst, gambit.

Does IveGotStyleKid's last name start with an R IRL? Have we gone over this? If so, do we know that we're facebook friends?


Also, not to completely derail life. Short answer is fine. I just got married, we're talking about joining bank accounts but I've got significantly more money than she does (not so thin brag), is it the tax of marriage to just throw it all in one account (less investments tied up, etc.) or should we allocate x amount to a joint account to allow me to binge in Vegas and on eBay whenever. I post this in OOT and feel like I'll get torn apart since I'm starting off with greedy thoughts but hopefully you guys can berate me more rationally.

Definitely not a requirement to join monies. In fact, I had same situation with my wife, joined money, ended up splitting it up again because we kept over drafting. So have a good talk about it and don't feel like you have to do it just because you're married.

Disagree. You're either in it together or you're not. Yours is hers.

imo2

Congrats on the marriage.

Did this topic never come up between you two before you got married?

I tend to agree with Pot ODDs here. But ultimately, do what you feel most comfortable with.

don't let her get her hands on more than you're willing to lose.

pm me about a private BVI account.

Thanks!

I always assumed we'd just end up getting a joint account. Then today when we were planning out our best approach and I was unveiling my Mike McD. hidden rolls within the house, I probably had the look on my face like the dude in the NVG thread that got his lock account hacked. She knows I'm not stingy/ would give the shirt off my back and I know she's not going to take advantage of anything but I'm also very ignorant about the logistics/benefits of joint accounts.

I never considered a pre-nup, just question whether keeping our finances separate is healthy considering neither of us rely on one another financially.

Advice from a non-married guy.

The impression that I get from friends, family, etc. is that the better marriages are the ones where you share more. Joint accounts, shared decision making, etc etc. I kind of agree with this, if you're going to go the distance and get hitched, joint is the way to go.

BUT For the purposes of playing poker, I think you should have a separate account for your BR. Ideally you'll never have to move money from your regular life accounts into the BR. Isolating this way helps you to avoid getting too bent out of shape during a downswing, because it's not your "real" money, and it prevents your wife from seeing the swings and potentially calling for you to stop playing, or withdraw money, or otherwise mess with the BR. You also get the benefit of having the option to pay for things out of your BR as a surprise of special occasion, and from your wife's perspective the money is 'free'.

Hell, I'm single and I keep my BR separate from my life accounts.

Just to clarify, I have a joint account now. But I have had separate accounts before and feel like that is better early in the marriage until you figure things out. Point is: I don't think joint accounts are a given. Do what is best for your situation.

The gf and friends wanted to shoot pool. Only 4 pool tables in the joint. The gf asked, "so you can actually cash out for money" friends asked the same thing when they got in.

Tons of people still dont know about poker

I wish Snookers had a Snooker table though...
I miss the old days where people actually knew what Snooker was/is.
Anyone ever play/still play?

I played a lot of snooker when I lived in Europe. It was really popular over there.


Now, where I live, I do not even know a place with a snooker table. :sad:

I know a place named Snookers.

Are you guys talking about Snookie?

Was never much of a Snooker fan. In the 80s when I was still playing a lot o 9-Ball we'd play Snooker once in a while just for some prop bets.

Controversial Statement: Snooker was sort of the "Omaha of Pool". There were a few purists who always claimed it was better than 9-Ball and would be the next big thing... but you could never find a regular game. 9-Ball was the Tx H'em of Pool. Quick. Easy. Popular. And the money game of choice.

You blew it from the start. You should have married for money.

Yesterday motor city had one, $100 tournament during the day and looked like 3, $60 tables at midnight.

It was a much more difficult game than 8 or 9 ball. Playing a lot of snooker helped with my 9 ball game. But that was just me. I would play regularly at the Snookers in Livonia at Inkster and Schoolcraft. The table was only 10.5/4.5 or something. I know that The Rac on Joy? in between Merriman and Middlebelt (I think) had/has a 12x6 table, with really, really fast felt.
I miss playing. I haven't played any version of pool for a minute.

Here's an OOT thread on similar stuff if you're interested: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34...nances-187777/.

I think the most important thing, as others have said, is to sit down and have a thorough conversation (or conversations) with your wife about finances. Whatever works for both of you is great. I know tons of people who are everything from roommates to life partners to husband and wife, etc., and there's as many different financial arrangements as there are people.

CN: Talk it out, then do whatever works for both of you. Good luck and congrats!

you mean a $100, one table tournament? lame.