I Love This Bar
Not Much Of A Toby Keith Fan, ThoughI won an 18-person Texas Hold'em tournament today at my local watering hole.
I don't feel as good as I probably should, though, because those players weren't really that great. I didn't just beat them — I DESTROYED them. I personally eliminated over half the field. My stepmom won third place basically on the strength of my advice. I'm not that good a player, so when these things happen, you can tell the competition is pretty weak.
I wish I could make hand writeups, but there weren't really important lessons to be learned. When I caught some good cards, I bet the hell out of them and waited to be called down. I bet a straight into a flush draw on the board, and got called with two pair. I bet a full house and was called down by someone holding the low end of a straight. With top pair and four straight cards on the board, I forced a player all-in and he folded even though he was pot-committed. At the final table, I went all-in with two pair into four straight cards on the board and was called down by the second-biggest stack. He had nothing. Nothing! What was he doing, trying to bluff? Beats me. Thanks for your $20.
I got sucked out on once or twice, but I had so many chips it didn't matter. (Did to my stepmom, though. We were all set to go 1-2 after she crippled another player, but he doubled or tripled through me — and her — enough to get healthy and he took second — when I wiped her out. Sorry! Blood's thicker than water, but not cards!)
I made $180 in 2½ hours with starting hands no better than A/Q or J/J. No, wait, I did catch A/K twice, but both times all I did was polish off two players who were practically down to the felt, anyway.
I look forward to making gobs of money off these fish. I'm not even going to tell my poker buddies about this goldmine.
Wha-huh? What's that you say? Basketball? I could care less. I went 4-2 in the games I had a stake in today, but yesterday slaughtered me so badly that I finished 7-9 in the second round. Unless Duke wins I won't take home any prizes.
Which is fine by me, as long as I can milk the bar-going poker players for more cash. If they play weekly, I can pay off my student loans in six months.
posted by Marsh @ 12:57 AM
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