Confirmed the rule is weird. Free blinds, imo. Accept it and be happy.

Ha - and to top it off I went to the 20 game and they did it the "normal" way such that there were two BBs and then a small otb.

You also have to post in that game.

Cross post for posterity in case they decide to modulate my post in the theory forum, where I just wrote a little story.

after they both go and play live with a bunch of idiots the genius will have less money

I got caught bluffing yesterday in a no limit holdem tourney:

I raise T9o on the button, only the big blind calls.

Flops KJ3 with a couple spades.

checks through.

7 spades. I have the Ten of spades.

he bets 2/3 pot with a lot behind. I call.

2o

he bets 1/2 pot, I raise 2/3 pot, he calls with KQ. I lose 1/3 of my stack.

Very next hand:

utg 6 handed raises 3x, I call in the cutoff with T9s of spades. folds around.

flop JQK all spades.

he bets 3/4 pot, I call.

5o

he bets 1/2 pot, I call.

6o

he bets 1/2 pot, I shove 1.25 pots on top or so. He calls and shows AA.

vegas

Just got back from Vegas.

Waited on two different 20/40 O8 lists for HOURS, they never ****ing moved.

Cash game they fold to a turn raise way more than they ought to.

Bona, have you seen tomorrow's forecast for Bullhead City? 121 degrees.

............and half the players at Talking Stick will have brought jackets including me.

A few months ago I took a few bets from a gamestarter and then I took a break because I had been playing all morning, not because I wanted to lock up the win or anything stupid like that. I come back after the break and he sits out after two hands. Now he sits out after two hands whenever I sit and he claims that there is no point in playing. I said maybe a game will go if we play. He leaves the table and starts a new table.

There is no moral to the story except to say that bumhunters piss me off.

/rant

oh good morning.

I'm late to this discussion but I have had the same problem for years. It feels like an esophageal spasm. I had a scope done twice with the dilation. It helps but I've learned to eat slower and drink more while eating.

Doc

Dr. on Thursday thinks this might be it.
http://www.healthline.com/health/achalasia

But I'm seeing a GI specialist soon-ish?

Ignorant ass conversation of the day

Him: "Did you know that 46% of Americans don't know that meat comes from animals?"

Her: "I did not know that but I totally believe it." (I thought she was being sarcastic at first but nope.) "Where did you see that?"

Him: "I read it on the Internet home page." (Again, not sarcastic.)

Her: "Which one?"

Him: "The home page. The one that comes up when you open the Internet."

:facepalm:

Two hands from last night, playing 4/8 with a $500 bonus for a high hand (4 awarded per hour).

I raise 9s9c UTG, and getting all the respect I deserve, it is 7 players to the flop for 2 bets each. Flop Kh7h3d. I bet and get 4 callers. Turn 9d. I bet and get 2 callers. River 9h. I bet, no one calls, and I flip up quads and 5 minutes later get awarded a nice bonus.

The dealer was shocked that I bet the flop. Several players loved to call every flop, and with 14 bets in preflop, I was probably going to have the odds to set mine the turn, so I figured the bet would go in better if I led out. Plus, maybe no one has a King and I'm ahead.

An hour later, I'm in the CO with A3cc in a 7 way limped pot (yeah, this game was great) and the flop is 2s4cQd. There is an EP bet, a MP call, and I call getting 9-1. Not quite enough immediate odds to draw just to the straight, but with implied odds and I might also have outs to hit an A, I call. Button raises and EP better makes it 3 to go. Now I'm getting 14-2 plus threats of more raises, so I let it go. It gets capped (5 bets), so my read was correct, but ... turn 5c, river 2c. I've never had a steel wheel - and I still don't. Oh well.

Why wasn't it 7 ways for two bets?

Because people were limping things like KQ and AQ, which is what the 2 people left in the pot had.

Props to DD for winning the 10K Stud/8 event!

Raise that A3 pre...

2017 WSOP Trip Report (Part One)

Why do you go to Vegas to play 4 8? (Not meaning to be judgmental or an *******s here)

He went to play tournaments and played some 4/8 with his girlfriend/wife in between.

Hope he played with his wife at a different casino from where he played with his girlfriend.

I feel like I already explained what was going on in the post? I was there 3+ weeks and I played 4/8 one day so that's a really bizarre takeaway.