WSOP Main Event Update
Not a lot of my action has been reserved yet, so I'm not sure whether I'll be able to get it all sold in time... Hopefully I can, but if not I guess it's going to be satty in or wait another year. I do have a few more good opportunities to satty in, though. We'll see, though, maybe people are just out doing things on the weekend and the responses will pick up during the week. I know I'm a great investment, so hopefully enough people see it in time. Maybe I should have posted it sooner.
Ego-Free Poker Game Selection
One thing I've been putting into practice out here in Vegas is game selecting without any thought of ego. If my hourly is going to be higher in a 2/5 than a 5/10, I'll play it. If there's no good 5/10 and I find a 1/3 with a mandatory straddle that's going to give me an equal or better hourly to 2/5 with less variance, I'm in.... So I'm in a 1/3/6 last night, the mandatory straddle is on the button and can go as high as $20.
The Best, Worst Hollywood of All-Time
It folds to the button, who raises to $25. There are three calls.
Flop ($100): Q
6
8
It checks to the button. He pushes away from the table and hangs his head. "Wow," he says, and shakes his head. I internally debate how much Hollywooding I'm going to give him before I call the clock. He looks away from the table and stares off into the distance for about 45 seconds. He falls into a short-lived malaise, with a sad, despondent look in his eyes. He looks back to his chips and counts them, two reds at a time. 10... 20.. 30... 40... 50. he stacks them up, lines them up with another $50, then cuts out two stacks of $25.
He leans back from the table again, stares off at the sea of slot machines and club-going women. At this point he's about two minutes into Hollywood, and I'm thinking of calling the clock, but I'm also curious just how far he'll take it. I'm debating whether the bottom of his range is KK, AA or QQ.
"Well, I've only got about a hundred and fifty, and it's late, so I'm just gonna go all-in."
The SB snap calls. The other villains fold. Mr. Hollywood turns over KK, the nut low of his range, and the SB sadly shows his AQ and wonders what went wrong.
To Be a Hero, or not to be a Hero?
Same game, there are a few limps and I limp the HJ with K
5
because I don't want to fold out weaker suited hands. The button checks the straddle.
Flop ($30): T
5
4
It checks to the button, who bets $20. I'm the only caller.
Turn ($70): 9
I check, he bets $65. I call.
River ($200): J
I check, he bets $140. I go into the tank, knowing he wouldn't bet a 10 here - he'd almost always check back once the over card hits. He's got JT (9), T9 (9), 45 (6), 44 (3), 55 (1). He could also have some JsXs, so we can say something in the neighborhood of 35-40 combos depending on whether he'd check back AsJs-QsJs. But he also has a full range of spade misses, a full range of 23/67, and occasional spaz.
I call. He says, "Nice call," and tables A
6
.
I'm pretty sure nobody else tried to bluff me that night.