Blogger Table Lessons
I got home from my son’s school’s open house last night to find my wife getting ready for bed. Yeah baby! Oh wait, she’s super tired and just wants to go to sleep. Oh, ok. My son is dead too, so there not even any watching TV with him. My class project is almost done and I don’t feel in the “Java” mood anyway.
So what’s a Professional Poker Player (TM) to do?
Let’s play poker.
I actually eased into it a bit. I was having a delightful conversation with a certain princess while also being in the blogger chat room. It finally got to me and I had to get on the blogger table list.
Oh boy. I thought I swore these things off, especially something like a 0.05/0.10 NL table. These have been a sieve for me, but they are always super fun and last night was no different.
Of course, I dropped two buyins.
BUT I HAD OUTS BOTH TIMES!
Maigrey took one when she flopped a straight. I was open ended to the nut straight though, so I HAD OUTS.
The other one? That leads to an important poker lesson for you non Professional Poker Players (TM) out there:
Do not raise large when somebody flopped the nut flush. You will not push them off.
So anyway, my all in push with two pair on a coordinated board did push the Princess off whatever lame drawing hand she had, however I was not able to scare off the guy holding what we in the business call “the nuts”.
I did, however, have 4 outs.
FOUR OUTS!
Of course, RiverStars didn’t pull through for me and I didn’t rebuy because I was tired.
It was a good time and it was good to connect with some of you again. I look forward to it again.
Thanks Princess
Thanks Maigrey for the chat last night. I needed that and appreciate you listening and understanding. You’re a sweetie!!!
Also remember: GAME ON! 
I’m ruefully laughing my ass off - ’cause the whole “don’t try to push the nuts off their hand with a big bet” thing I just blogged about this morning. I did just that last night to go out of the Katrina tournament. Nice to see a post again too!
Anytime, dahling! Turnabout is fair play!
And I resent the comment that I had a mere “LAME DRAWING HAND”! I’m sure it was a somewhat-reasonable one! I think I actually had top pair.
You know, I’m seriously considering having that put on my tombstone.
“F-Train
(1976 - 2xxx)
He had outs.”
The bank of Maigrey grows once again. I made a deposit too
I really enjoyed saying “You’re dead” too before I called with the nut flush, lol. Great fun, great game. I lost $$$ money, too. It was well spent.
Ahh…yes, thank you for responding. I couldn’t remember who it was and I didn’t pull up the history.
Yes, that line was great!!
Who woulda thunk you flopped that? Obviously not me! NH
Somehow I think you were just having fun last night.. or maybe you do play that way all the time.. hmm…
Oh yeah, it was a “fun” night. We’re talking $20 here. Mega-fun.