Yeah i dont know what i did in my former life when when I had a bigger pocket pair, they hit a set with their smaller pair 3 times in a row.
That was 3BIs at 2k max game
Also two of those happened so quickly after one another that i couldnt even plan to get up lol.

Animal sacrifice is the key to running good

merrrrrrrrrrrry CHRISTMAS

Thanks Mr. Panda!
I did just have this.

Is that a ballyhoo? The only time i've ever seen one is on the end of a hook.

It was called sayori on the menu. Or the japanese halfbeak. I looked up ballyhoo and it def looks similar, i wonder if it's just a diff name for the same fish

So jealous that people get to eat all this exotic food and I would literally vom if I tried any of it most likely

Same Family (step above genus), different genus and species. Ballyhoo is the west Atlantic halfbeak.

Since it looks to be a pretty lean fish, probably not much flavor difference. Unlike e.g. salmon.

Lol - I tried to find that Terry Bradshaw ad "sushi? Where I come from we call that bait!" .. but I failed

Not the least bit jealous.

I look at that picture and I see a fish looking back at me. I've never eaten anything that I can see is looking back at me. I'm 52 and I don't plan to start now. People tell me I should try sushi. Maybe someday but I really don't foresee it happening.

I'm guessing that was very pricey.

You are drawing dead with Asian women if you don't like sushi.

Hookers don't require dinner

Nah i mean if you have your steak rare then it's pretty much the same thing except it tastes better than beef imo
Loool zoltan for biology knowledge whenever you ask/dont ask

You should start with cooked ones first, and move into raw ones.

It actually wasn't too expensive. I was in the sushi capital of the world (outside of japan ldo) and the fish was plenty and yummy
LOL so true and I would even add for women in general. I can't think of a single female friend I have that doesnt like sushi. I think we eat out at sushi places way more often than anything else.

Maybe The One for chip will be the one that successfully converts him into a sushi fanatic

King Phillip Came Over For Great Soup = Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Just call Zoltan and I the taxonomy brothers.

To be a fish, you have to know a fish, amirite?

ya but do you even pemdas?

or foil?

Algebra reference itt is impressive

Played my last session of the year last week in vegas, then took an extended break for a couple of days.. a whole week without poker sure felt like an enternity. Still hit more than 70 hours this month despite traveling to 5 places in a month.. yaay.. but had another losing month... boo... was winning a good amount for the month, then went on a 10k downswing over two weeks..

Spending a few days in new jersey, doing NYE in philly, then going to get back to the pokerz right away starting Jan 1st 2015 (might be pretty hungover then lol).

Oh and I got to try this ~$3,000 bottle today! I've gotten into scotch and cognac this year so that was cool.

Some hands I played in December (all 5/T):

#1.
7 handed. H opens A7cc UTG. Nit calls UTG+1, 2 fish calls in late. H has good image. Eff 1500.

Flop (130): 37Tss (no clubs on board). H bets 80, Nit calls HU.
Turn (290): 2o. H bets 200. V calls.
River (690): 6o (open ender got there). H checks.


#2.
3 limpers, button raise 40. H 3 bets to 140 with QQ. V (mawg who seems to be a reg n knows other ppl) calls HU. Eff 850.

Flop (320): K9Tr. Check check.
Turn: 8 flush draw. H bets 150. V calls.
River: Jo. H bets 300.


#3.
UTG+2 young asian guy opens to 40, H 3bets to 120 from the SB with AKo. HU. Eff 1300.

Flop (250): JT6ss (no flush blockers). H bets 160, he calls.
Turn (570): Ao. H checks, V bets 400.


#4.
5 handed. CO opens 25. H calls in SB with 99. Bb (kind of too aggro pre) 3bets to 100 with a little more than 1000 behind, I call 75 more.

Flop (225): JQ8r. H checks, V checks back.
Turn: 8o. H bets 120. V calls.
River (460): 2o. H bets 330.

#5.
H opens KQo UTG+1 to 30. 4 calls including both blinds. Eff 800.

Flop (150): Qo3s5s (I have Ks). H cbets 100. Folds to SB (middle age asian man who had been in quite few pots) who then c/r all in for about 760 total. BB folds, action on H.

1- A7s isn't quite strong enough to open UTG, cbet is ok. Are you betting for thin value OTT or bluffing? After we get called OTT I am not putting in any more chips

2- Looks good wp

3- I don't like cbeting, 2 broadway card and a fd means it is very likely V has a peice so no FE and we only have a 4 clean outs. Fold turn

4- I probably just fold to the 3b, tough to play oop not quite deep enough to set mine. I don't like bluffing here because there aren't many better hands we fold out.

5- Ez b/f

agree with pure_aggression in every hand.

part of the problem with raising A7 and KQ UTG ist that if you get too much heat, you won´t be able to stand it for the most part. As a thinking player you will auto think:" well ive raised UTG with a good image, so he has to have me beat here".

if that KQo hand happend with you OTB vs the BB you could find a call but he could be on a fd with the same exact hand in both spots and you being the UTG opener you simply have to instafold imho.

you guys did see he's playing 7 handed in the A7s hand, right? If you can't play that profitably in a live game 7 handed utg 150bb eff, then you are in the wrong games. Very standard open.

fyi he is actually a she.

Hey thnx for the comments.

Hand 1 - it's an open or fold for me depending whos behind. Im okay with opening it on passive weak tables, esp like what IntheNow mentioned, the fact that it's 7 handed.
Turn is a combo bet. I may bet the river as a bluff depending on the card. Hes not a player to bluffcatch.

Hand 3 - I dont like check folding or check calling. Assuming he's calling pre with all reasonable pairs and some suited aces, you can def fold out worse along with live cards.
He could have hit the flop, but it's also more likely he didnt hit the flop and/or cant continue. plus range-wise I bet my aa/kk/qq/jj/tt/flush or combo draws there too. Why would you only bet those hands and not ak?
But agreed turn is a fold. Cant beat anything at that point.

Hand 4 - i called because it was above the threshold. i can call down on enough boards because he was overly active pre. Prob fold 88 and below. TT i would feel better about.

Once he checked back flop, im most likely good or he's at least not very strong. so i bet turn to protect my equity, and otr there are some better hands i can fold out, and also dont want to have to bluffcatch

Hand 5 - it's not that clear of a b/f imo. Unless he plays 2 pairs or a set that way mathematically it's actually a call with the Kd. I was very sure very few live plays closing the action HU would raise my 2/3 pot bet almost 8x all-in with a big hand. I was pretty sure he had a flush draw/combo draw but I folded because he was still kind of an unknown. He showed Qd. So prob Q plus flush draw.


Haha i dont really advertise that so watevs when ppl get it wrong.