Summer is here, and people are often on vacation. Any problems keeping your home game going?

My game's not going this week because many of us are in Vegas! I have a piece of three horses running today, I take my shot on Friday. Finished 3rd in a 2-tabler at Binion's last night. Huzzah!

Make us proud, pfapfap. What was your take at Binion's?

The Football World Cup (Soccer to all you Americans) is likely to casue my game to take a 3 week hiatus. Since I'm not such an avid football person all I can say is

Guy from my home game showed me this photo of a hand from another home game he attends.


Q's full over 8's full over 5's full over a K high flush who also had trips on the turn.



Live poker is so rigged.

Cue "I think I was cheated" thread in 3...2...1...

A lot of people in Vegas, and being recently divorced, here's my brag for June.

I'm going twice this month.. with two different girls, and I plan to ignore them both as much as possible.

I would believe it if the last card wasn't a spade. That's just too much and didnt matter I'm sure they were all all in way before that.

I would assume so though I don't know. I wasn't there. But with all the guys holding monsters is conceivable 3 out of 4 were lol-slowplaying until the river. Just imagine all 3 FH's minbetting/raising trying to keep as many customers in as possible.

<whine>

Running so terribly cold in cash games lately that it feels like a Canadian February here in Florida.

I got crushed in a juicy .25/.50NL game tonight. Every draw was catching against me, and I caught none of mine. My good hands either won small pots or didn't hold up - usually when Bozo McDonkeystein called two PSBs with an eight-high flush draw or a gutshot and caught the river.

Stealing pots and "mixing it up" is not an option; I don't even try to bluff in this game apart from an occasional c-bet. These guys will call you down with bottom pair every time.

I know I'll get it back and then some, but variance is a ****ing b****, and tonight I hate her guts.

</whine>

I'm not looking for advice or encouragement, just an understanding shoulder to cry on. Thank you for listening, HP, I feel much better now.

There, there, it will be all right. Variance got me too this week on board Q652 I bet 100 with 55, donk ships >3k with Q5, ran it twice and lost the first one and have spent last 2 days listening to people tell me I am stupid for not running it 4 times.

Who said this? Whoever it was nailed it.

Standard

Very true. Basic "by the book 100% transparent to anyone paying attention" poker brings home the bacon. Thing is even if half the table is aware and gives you no action it doesn't really matter. As long as the fish section keeps paying you off and is deep enough being creative is simply unnecessary.

Glad to help. You'll get em next time tiger. Want a cookie?

^^Advice and encouragement. I'm sure Schmendr1ck appreciates the help.

There, there, Schmendr1ck. There, there.

Before someone lfgtfy's me:

I almost got it right. The original version's better than my bastardized one.

Yeah, a couple of the guys are okay, and they know I rarely play junk. I'll occasionally show a failed bluff (bluffs never work here) or play a small pot with a mediocre hand, just to ensure that I get action from these guys. But most of the players are terribad chasers - any A, any connectors, any two sooted cards are good enough to see a flop and call a flop bet if they get any piece of it or any draw. It's a 40BB buy-in, but stacks can get deep later in the evening. I normally do very well by playing tight ABC poker early, pushing big hands and big draws when short, then playing more speculative hands when I get a little deeper.

A couple of examples from last night:

1) AQ vs 74 on an A58K rainbow board. Near-PSB on flop and turn called by the gutshot. River 6.
2) I check the BB with 64s. Flop J54r. I check/call a bet from the guy who's playing almost every hand and betting nearly every checked flop IP. Turn 4 (yay!), I bet out and villain calls. River Q - my read is that villain has Jx or a missed straight draw here, and he always bets the river when I check, but may fold if I lead out. I check, he bets, I raise, he tanks for 30 seconds, then calls and flips K4s. FML.

<sniff> Yes, please.

KurtSF has played 23 tournaments in my game, and has completed two live tournaments outside of it.

He's currently one of 25 remaining in Event 8 of the WSOP. Play resumes at 3pm.

I start my event at noon, but I'm glad I have 5% of Kurt!

I've been busy updating, hopefully won't be able to rail this one, but I'll still tweet the big stuff:

http://www.twitter.com/pitr510/

Awesome! I've got to play in the WSOP next year.

finished #7! This is a man having a good day:





more photos as a flickr set

Congrats on the score! Nice deep run!

NH sir!

Looks like a happy camper, and I don't blame him. Congrats!

there are more shots of intense thought, all-ins, and pot raking on my flickr account.

I assumed that wasn't his game face. Probably wouldn't have gotten that far.

Anyone else see the resemblance to Michael Chiklis?