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September 27, 2007
September 22, 2007
The Nuts
About six weeks ago I saw that my little boy had an inguinal hernia. After a day to get the diagnosis confirmed ("how did you know it was a hernia?" "It looked like his testicle had grown to the size of a plum") I scheduled an appointment with the best in the city at repairing the problem (two weeks delay for him to come back from vacation) and finally got a slot in the operating rooms at the best hospital in the city (another three weeks). He had the surgery yesterday first thing in the morning, and the little man was flirting with the nurses by noon. He stayed overnight only because he's still small, and they wanted to be sure there weren't any lingering effects from the anesthesia.
So we came back home this afternoon. Life is good.
September 20, 2007
Donkeys,v.9
I guess I'm the donkey in this one, sort of.
September 14, 2007
Donkeys,v.8
Why tourneys are obviously the best test of poker ability.
September 13, 2007
Position
Gus Hansen is Mike Matusow without the psychological issues.
September 11, 2007
9/11, Six Years Later
September 5, 2007
Cold-decked
Okay, finished second in a 45 player play-money tourney a bit ago (twins very placid today, and on a staggered feeding schedule, which is nice) and all-in-all I was happy with my play. Got to heads-up by playing smart, aggressive poker, didn't suck-out on anyone, didn't go busto on the two occasions I was sucked-out-upon. At the beginning of heads-up I was outchipped by about 3:1, and had gotten it down to a 2:1 deficit when the following hand occured:
PokerStars Game #11886184443: Tournament #60314038, 2000+110 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/09/05 - 12:40:34 (ET)
Table '60314038 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: phantommut (21560 in chips)
Seat 7: mdmccormick (45940 in chips)
phantommut: posts the ante 50
mdmccormick: posts the ante 50
phantommut: posts small blind 400
mdmccormick: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to phantommut [Ah 4d]
phantommut: calls 400
mdmccormick: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac 4h 5s]
mdmccormick: checks
phantommut: bets 800
mdmccormick: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Ac 4h 5s] [7s]
mdmccormick: checks
phantommut: bets 3800
mdmccormick: raises 3800 to 7600
phantommut: raises 12310 to 19910 and is all-in
mdmccormick: calls 12310
*** RIVER *** [Ac 4h 5s 7s] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mdmccormick: shows [Ad As] (three of a kind, Aces)
phantommut: shows [Ah 4d] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
phantommut said, "gack"
mdmccormick collected 43120 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 43120 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 4h 5s 7s 9h]
Seat 1: phantommut (button) (small blind) showed [Ah 4d] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 7: mdmccormick (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won (43120) with three of a kind, Aces
So cold you don't want to stick your tongue on it, that's for sure.
Flop Aces-up, you don't expect your opponent to flop a set of aces, that's for sure.
Earlier in the tourney, I maybe get away from that hand. As is, I think this has to qualify as a "whatchoogonnado?" situation.
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