I've seen this a lot more in NL than in LHE. I think the idea is that a lot of people will fire twice into your strong hand (but not a third), and then hopefully they're strong enough and you get the third street of value.

Like many times I will see Villains bet, bet, and then check back AA, assuming you won't call the river with something worse than one pair.

Dude had trips and a nut str8 blocker. He's probably a bit sad not to get all those chips.

this explains why they say, "you're good" after I call with one pair and they have AA.

Congrats, AlwaysFolding, gg, etc, etc, it's a great career choice. Just avoid being the pharmacist that used to be a reg and was high as a kite every time. Used to say things like 'I'm really tired' when everyone knew he'd been dipping into the inventory. Haven't seen him for years.

To extract maximum value, l,do.

MN compliance with the DEA is absurdly high, so I will remain sober. Also gonna be fun to disclose that to the board of pharmacy: yeah, I may have a slight problem with opioids, but I still wanna sell them please.

AF: can pharmacists in MN prescribe?

Congrats, by the way. Well done and good luck.

Prison ldo.

Had to be something like that. It was funny in a sad way. Everyone knew he was a pharmacist and everyone knew that he was doped up but, what else was he going to say, 'I'm really tired' was super lame.

Headed back stateside for the first time in June since September.

Does the 25/50 still run at Hustler? Does the 30/60 still run at Hollywood Park? What stakes will I find in NorCal on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday?

I have lots of expat degen money that I want to throw away, and I can't make the trek to Vegas during the series.

On a scale of 1 to 100 how big of a hard-on to finally get to play some poker do you have?

I'd probably say I'm at a 69.

I've been getting my "fix" by playing cepheus every now and then, but I need to put some real money down.

Obv you've got a great gig that you really like but, DAMN!, no poker or any gambling experience at all! TBH, I've been at it so long that I'd have serious withdrawal issues.

'69' was a great pick, btw.

Was running as of my last visit to LA early this year.

It was spectacular as always. Dinner is my last memory on Monday before I became a belligerent mess after a long day of drinking in the sun. I took a couple bags of filets home with me and leo doc ought to have enough for himself and at least a friend or two. Good chance mine will be gone before the weekend is over.

Although this is probably our 6th trip or so out there together, this one was a little different and especially memorable. The gal is a good friend of mine and the girlfriend of a very good friend that I play poker with. We were all hanging out together on Saturday night in San Diego aka getting blackout drunk, with me having an 8am flight to NOLA on Sunday morning. At around 4am Sunday she remarked that she was jealous I was going, so I said "just come with me then". After a few drunken rounds of "is this really happening?" between her, her boyfriend and me, she had a plane ticket.

Just like one of our last trips with everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood (ex)mod private joker, it was a blast to introduce someone to fishing that had very little experience with it as it's basically my only pure source of entertainment in life that I can share with other people. Everything else involves a casino or destroying your liver. On top of that, there's the culture shock of being around a bunch of people that are almost surely unlike anyone you've ever met before. We also took a little detour on Tuesday to ride around the bayou on John's boat and look for alligators. Leo doc, his son and I have all seen plenty of gators out there while fishing and just hanging out, but she hadn't, and the search for them took us to some really beautiful places that look a lot different than where we generally fish, so I really enjoyed that as well. And, of course, the food. Still my #1 place I've ever been for food and don't expect it will ever change.

I've never been fishing outside of little local ponds for small fish like sunnies.

Nice TR Sean, also jealous of you guys! Looks like everyone is doing well.

The new Avengers movie is the worst movie that I've ever slept through.

White bass at Lake Pleasant. Want bigger fishes? Try striped bass.

I've seen worse. I can't remember any names right now, but I have seen worse.

What, weren't you able to sleep through Batman vs. Superman?

NOLA fishing I'm sure has to be the best in world at the very least in USA. Thank you very very much for the phenomenal trip report in detail

Hope you or someone you know has license to fish/hunt alligator. Went to NOLA during 1st week of April for my best friend's Bachelor party and heard from guide at a Swamp Tour thing we went to who explained everything about alligator and how to fish them, and then how he cooks the filet of the Alligator rib meat which sounded beyond delicious.

Regardless I blacked out or close to it every night in NOLA so hope you, your friend, and his girlfriend had a phenomenal time in NOLA!

NOLA! I'm headed there in early June for my bachelor party!

The new Avengers has jumped all of the sharks. I don't want to put in any spoilers, but, come on.

I didn't think it possible but yesterday I found the worst 08 player in the world. Played 100% for any bets, in every hand. I was on his direct left and tried to iso him a few times. Yea, that worked great.

I'd think that value raising him (+ field) on the turn would be where the $ are.