I'm thrilled. I've finally cut out starches. The only carbs I get is from the great deal of vegetables that I eat and the pounds are melting off.

Sounds like a tapeworm

I'll show you a tapeworm.

What you're saying is different from what he's saying.

I agree that the strategy was clearly in favor of one side in this case, but I also agree that, in general, whenever DeathDonkey (or other well-recognized names) posts, everyone seems to just stop posting as if that settles everything.

I agree. DD is a bit of a discussion killer. But there really wasn't any discussion on the hand for DD to end. After hindsight and getting to see the cards everyone was able to figure the hand pretty easily. Everyone except Howard

As fun and exciting as the hand was, I'm pretty sure it's 'standard'

I don't play NL and I don't play tourneys but I'm going to try to explain myself one more time:

There are 8 players remaining so there's a lot of time/play left to go. Hesp is chip leader w/ only 2 players that can hurt him badly. The worse of the 2 raises UTG and when it gets to Hesp, holding A-10o, there's, iirc, $2.7 million in the pot. Hesp w/ something like $120 million and Blumstein w/ just over $90 million. These ppl aren't playing high stakes LHE or even 100/200 NL. They're playing for MILLIONS, the most that any of them have ever, or are likely ever, to gamble for. If it's me I don't run up my A-10o OOP against the player that can crush me w/ millions on the line and who, in turn, will never let himself get stacked for a tiny pot. I'd much rather have any small pair. But, ok, Hesp makes the call, checks the Ace hi flop and Blumstein checks behind. O'Rly? $6 million or so in the pot and Blumstein doesn't toss in a measly $3 million c-bet off of his $90 million? That's extraordinary. He is 'supposed' to bet and he doesn't. That's the end of the hand for me if I'd called in the first place, which I wouldn't have.

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In other news I took mom to Talking Stick bec I take her out every day for lunch but it was raining and she walks 1/4 mph so I wanted the covered parking. I put $200 into the Wheel of Fortune for her to play and she hit for $2K!!!!! I'm plus $800 on the day and she's plus $700, yippeeeeeee!

YASSS MOM YOU A BEAST!

Good for you, Howard. What a good day.

The discussion doesn't need to end just because good players post. If I disagree with DeathDonkey, I'm happy to trade a spanking for free advice.

And I'm like 90% sure that I've seen him post an actual admission that he was changing his mind and that he was wrong at the beginning of a thread. This was years ago but I remember distinctly upgrading my opinion of him because of it.

Brag: The tax form is in HER name!!!!!
Beat: I have to go and do the supermarket shopping.

There are three separate things here and I don't think everyone disagrees with you on all three.

1. Call with ATo in the BB.
2. Realizing Villain has a big hand when the flop checks.
3. Not going 4-bet all in on the turn.

I agree with you in 2 and 3, but not 1.

Concur. Also, on the teee veee, it was At of hearts.

The only reason to not do 1 is if you finally self realize you are the worst player left in the tourney and are planning to completely change the way you've been playing and try to fold into a top 3 finish.

GTO

I don't believe I said it did. Or that he's never wrong

nom

Not as 'nom' as I wish, tbh.

The best strat in your post.

Nice stake for Vegas!

As a change of pace from the Orleans, consider South Point. It's the same design as the Orleans, just a lot newer. The restaurants are better, too. Poker room is nowhere near as good though.

(Stay away from the tournaments!)

We've tried South Point once. It's ok but way too far from the strip hotels that we like to visit. Plus I really like The Orleans poker room.

I think I haven't set foot in the Orleans in over 10 years, but I remember liking the cocktail waitress uniforms

I'm 28 and I love the Orleans.

Pros: SO MUCH DEAD MONEY (not an old person joke)
Cons: Six danglers to a hand = happy-fun space-mountin-sized-chipstack-rollercoaster

Rodeo time (Dec) is best, they switch to real tight cowgirl getups.

Orleans is my second favorite place to play cash games in Vegas. Bellagio being #1.

Oh I love the cowgirl getups.

Some fellow sits in the 8-16 and he looks vaguely familiar. Not even a semi-reg but I feel that I've played w/ him before. This hand comes up:

He raises UTG, bunch of callers, I call 7-7 BB.

Flop: A74. I check, he bets, folds around to me, I raise bec 'ZOMG!', he 3!s, I 4!, he calls.

Turn: A. I bet, he shuffles his chips a bit and calls.

River: 2. Bet, reluctant call, and I show. The fellow doesn't get mad but we have this conversation:

'You did the same thing to me 20 years ago w/ a pair of 4's. The same exact thing when I had A-K except it was 20-40 and it cost me a lot of money.'
'You remember a hand from 20 years ago and that it was me?'
'Yes, I think about it from time to time. You did the exact same thing w/ a pair of 4's.'

I know that I have a few very memorable hands but nothing as standard as this one and I wonder if similar stories might make a good LCP thread.