PhantomMut

Some paragraphs just require a re-read:

I am in the midst of a profound downswing online, so my current task is to recoup my backers' money, which requires roughly the same skill set as playing for yourself and for immediate profit but a slightly different psychological mindset. Today was also my fifth day off cigarettes, the third Sunday I've played without the company of marijuana, and the second Sunday based out of my temporary sublet in Westwood, where I'm staying while my girlfriend and I work out some issues.

Full story here. It's a damn good piece of writing.

P.S. I will write up where I've been the last, oh, year here sometime in the next few days.

So, SpartanBrizz asked me to be a witness to his finally achieving fair equity in a 45 player Sit-N-Go:

(Click on the ridiculously small image to get the full-size proof-of-life.)

Here's how the final hand played out:

PokerStars Game #11158774834: Tournament #56603670, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2007/07/27 - 05:22:22 (ET)
Table '56603670 3' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 7: SpartanBrizz (40063 in chips)
Seat 9: Roquefeller (27437 in chips)
SpartanBrizz: posts the ante 100
Roquefeller: posts the ante 100
SpartanBrizz: posts small blind 1000
Roquefeller: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
SpartanBrizz: raises 4000 to 6000
Roquefeller: raises 21337 to 27337 and is all-in
SpartanBrizz: calls 21337
*** FLOP *** [Jc Th 6h]
*** TURN *** [Jc Th 6h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jc Th 6h 6s] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Roquefeller: shows [Ac 3d] (a pair of Sixes)
SpartanBrizz: shows [Kd As] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
SpartanBrizz said, "gg"
SpartanBrizz collected 54874 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 54874 | Rake 0
Board [Jc Th 6h 6s Qd]
Seat 7: SpartanBrizz (button) (small blind) showed [Kd As] and won (54874) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: Roquefeller (big blind) showed [Ac 3d] and lost with a pair of Sixes

And just to complete the favor, on the hand that got him to heads-up, he was holding something like KK to his opponent's AJ, the flop came something like xAJ, giving the opponenet Aces and Jacks, the turn was another Jack, giving the opponent Jacks full of Aces for a commanding lead, and the river was a true suckout-card King, giving Spartan Kings full of Aces to beat his opponents Jacks full of Aces.

Now that I've done my duty by history, let me state that I plan to be blogging more about my own game soon enough. I think I've spotted some holes I want to hash-out on-line, and I want to get back into the habit of writing even though the twins are still kicking my ass time-wise.