Misdealt

Damn you ESPN...

2007-10-19T02:01:00.000-04:00

...for your late night repeats of the WSOP 2007. I didn't follow it at all this summer, and I love H.O.R.S.E. However, I've been trying to reset my horrible sleep schedule. I guess I'll just keep an eye out for repeats... got to know when to fold 'em ;)

Like finding an old record player in the attic

2007-10-18T03:04:00.000-04:00

I had almost forgot about this old site. I just started back into poker when I got an email saying that Absolute Poker had given me 10 dollars to play with. (Maybe its from that superuser account? A Robin Hood of sorts?) Either way, I'm going to be back in some capacity. I know no one but the bots probably read this blog before, but either way, it'll keep me motivated to have enough of a bankroll to figure out some way to get to Vegas in '08 for my rookie year. 21 years old in 2 months... here the first step of the journey.

2005-11-15T13:46:00.000-05:00

I haven't played poker in two weeks, when Poker Share closed down all US accounts.

Wow. I guess I'm not addicted. Definitely a good sign. Of course.. this is also because Neteller doesn't like my Wachovia bank... so yeah. But its like not having money to buy cigarettes.... without the headaches and the tension and the stress.

Ok.. so I've never given up smoking. But I'm not begging for cash online like this guy! http://www.unitedpokerforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29073&hl=paypal

PokerShare isn't sharing.

2005-11-02T02:10:00.000-05:00

Dear Daniel Page,
We would like to thank you for being a member of PokerShare. We are writing to inform you that due to a policy change as of November 1, 2005 North American residents are no longer able to play in the PokerShare cardroom.
We have closed your account, DannyPage. If you had a cash balance in your account we have initiated a withdrawal for you to refund these monies in full. Along with your cash balance we have converted any Tournament Entry Chips (TECs) and included them in the withdrawal of funds.
If you are owed money, you will be receiving a check in full for your entire account balance to your address on file. Balances in excess of $50 have been sent by FedEx. Smaller balances have been sent by regular mail.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Robert

Damn. Someone misdealt UB a bad hand....

I guess I'm taking a forced break from poker.. seeing as how my $250 bankroll is somewhere between Limbo and High Point. Over/under line is closer to Limbo. Unless the Fedex man can be my hero sometime soon. So, what does an 18 year-old addicted-to-poker college student do? Well, I give you the Top 10 things that I could do (and so could you, if you are in the same boat. Don't tip it, by the way, these are my new shoes.)

10. Analyze my Poker Tracker Omaha stats. (Bought that 2 days ago too.. crap.)
9. Reclassify players based on my (small, but reasonable) 3000 hand sample. The default rules suck.
8. Call home.
7. Ask for money.
6. Don't mention being locked out of the account.. they may think you are asking for Poker money..
5. Do homework (should be doing that right now..)
4. ~~Read the Communist Manifesto~~ Read PinkMonkey.com about the Communist Manifesto.
3. Get some miles in for the upcoming Track season.
2. Get some sleep.
And totally destroying any possibility of doing 2-10....
1. Play World of Warcraft!

My Level 19 Night Elf Rogue doesn't have too much respect.. except at Battlegrounds! DPS suckers!

The wonder that is 2-card Omaha 8/B...

2005-10-29T00:00:00.000-04:00

Someday (probably tomorrow) I shall talk about my success with taking 5 free dollars and making a decent bankroll out of it.. If fact, that should be the point of my blog, building a bankroll with the intention of going to the WSOP in 2008.

Just like any other tv-raised poker player. :D

Anyway, tonight... live blogging of my omaha 8/b .25/.50 endevors.

-- TQJK, flops two pair against a raising shortstack, they go all-in with, what else, AA95. +25
-- Hit an ace-high flush on the turn, Q-high flush pays me off while I split with a decent low. +15
-- Limp/call raises with shoddy hands. ALWAYS happens after I start winning.. a bad leak. -10
-- 777Ax board... realize my pair of aces doesn't work as a full house. But my KK does as the second best. Double the 5 dollar bet by the SB... he pays me off QQ, no low, and I rake. +20

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fuck.

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Raise from a loose-player.. either means AA or A2.. i call with QT23 suited. A8K, two diamonds. I have the nut flush draw and the nut low draw. I get 4 to 1 odds on a pot bet... call. T on the turn. He goes all in, one call, and I'm getting 3 to 1. hmm.. call.

A on the fucking river. damn. I'm going to have to check the odds on this one. That way I can check if I just donated.. or missed. hmm. -45.

BTW.. one had Quad aces, another had nothing at all but a gutshot, and one had a lower flush draw. Damn. A low diamond, and I would have scooped. High diamond, probably scoop. (unless it pairs the board..) low card..

Two dimes result:

pokenum  -o8 7s 9d ac ah  - kc jc 5s 3s  - jd 8d 9s 6c  - qd 3h 2d td  -- 8c ad kd

Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 528 enumerated boards containing 8c Ad Kd

cards          scoop  HIwin  HIlos  HItie  LOwin  LOlos  LOtie     EV

7s Ac  9d  Ah     92    312    216      0      0     89      0  0.383

5s 3s  Kc  Jc     29     45    483      0     84    245      9  0.141

9s 6c  Jd  8d      1      9    519      0      0     89      0  0.009

Qd Td  2d  3h    141    162    366      0    299     30      9  0.467

Sweet. Don't feel like a fish right now. Had huge odds on the flop, and even odds on the turn.

Just wish I hit though... 137 dollar pot.. but could have probably gotten more out of the 53 low guy. Oh well, i'm even. I've doubled up before, I'm going to do it again. Hell, I will triple up. I guarantee it!

Either way.. I at have my 25 UB points to comfort me.

Wow. Just wow.

2005-10-16T18:14:00.000-04:00

wow.
just wow.
The cards I saw being played.
wow.

Didn't know J5 could win such huge pots.

But then again, so could quad 10's. (And that was paid off by AK.)

Almost every hand was over 20 BB. But, of course. Especially when people were saying "I thought this was a no limit tourney."

Donkeys.

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My performance? KK went down to 22... (Thought he was overplaying TPTK with AQ, I mean.. he did raise PF), and then just got blinded out, while watching in amazement as other premium hands went down in fire.

Good lesson, though. I learned a lot about limit hold-em tourneys. Especially that blinds rise way too fast on UB. The NLHE tourney's blinds go up much slower.

There's a leak, and I just found it.

2005-10-15T23:04:00.000-04:00

But how in the world do I plug it up?

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Playing in a .25/.50 cash game. 400 dollars on the table, due to MULTIPLE rebuys by the fish. Me like.

Dealt pocket 9's UTG (6-handed at this point.) I raise to 2.5 dollars, and get called by the BB. Ragged flop, 37T. I disregard the Ten, because this player just doesn't have that Ten. I know he doesn't, so I bet out the pot when he checks to me. He calls. Kind of a weird call.. but I've seen worse from this player, so A7 is definately possible, especially if he put me on overcards.

Turn is another rag, completing the rainbow, and making it very hard to make a straight. He checks again, and I push. He pushes his equally even stack and flips over one 7.

Then another 7.

f***. (Btw, no two-outer for me.)

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Now, how do I avoid this? Is this just part of the overhead that comes along with being a poker player? I have to bet the entire way, there was never any reason to not bet. Except for maybe his calm composure (usually he's a "thinker" and thinks forever). I must be playing online too much.

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Well, I'll comtemplate this problem as I enter this 20+2 LHE on Ultimatebet. It was a $2500 guar. with only 20 people!! well, until 5 minutes before the tourney... and now I can't be removed. crap. I guess I'll learn how to really play LHE very quickly. Like being chased like a murderer and learning how to use a bow-and-arrow very quickly.

Pray for me. Top prize is over $600... but we keep approaching the "overlay" limit. This should be fun. [/sarcasm] Hopefully it's a long night!

Just in case PokerStars can't see it in the post below...

2005-10-01T01:06:00.000-04:00

I have registered to play in the
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High Point University.. the stepping stone to poker greatness.

2005-10-01T00:54:00.000-04:00

or not...

Its been tough here. Higher stakes, bigger pots, and more LAG than a Win95 Server running Battlefield 2. Winning a 70 dollar pot with a hidden set, to losing 3 $20 buy-ins in an 8 hour marathon. Compare this to the 5 dollar lunch table games back home... damn.

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I'll actually start posting now, considering all this free time I have.. especially at 1 in the morning. Oh yeah.. and I have to get up in 6 hours to go run 12 miles. I heart Division I Cross Country.

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So, with the expense of my very low, stagnant bankroll, I've learned alot about position, and how playing "any 2" can actually be profitable.. ESPECIALLY at the short-handed tables. For example... after 30 minutes of the LAG experiment.. I finally get AA. So I raise my usual 5x BB amount, and get called in 3 places. AKJ flops... I get the pot, get raised all-in by UTG. MP folds.. I call. He flips over..... K5o.

Wow.

And this guy was T/AG not 5 minutes ago... until I stole about 3 pots from him when he missed the flop with his overcards :D

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I'm learning, and with a free 5 dollar coupon from Pacific Poker, building the bankroll up again. My goal is 100 dollars by next weekend (definately possible), cashing out, and then hitting up the MTT's at Pokerstars. Which.. BTW..

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Place holder.

2005-06-08T00:13:00.000-04:00

Well, the images are being hidden (the punchline, that is)

So i'm using up space to push them down where they can be seen.

So stop reading this and go down.

now.

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Maybe I should post?

2005-06-08T00:03:00.000-04:00

No one reads this drivel... i think. Especially since I haven't posted anything. But now that I'm venturing alot into the Online Poker Experience.. maybe i need a journal to clear my thoughts. Like why everytime i get my bankroll to 90 bucks, it suddenly takes a nosedive... stablilzes around 60, and just sits there. At least I haven't lost any money (actually, any of MY money) to the fish... so i guess its a learning experience.

Now for a brief summary of my poker experience so far...



(BTW, I play the role of the dad and the son...)



(though I do think I have more judgement than him.. though the bottom option may be for me..)

To be continued...

(Foxtrot.com ---> the site for one of the best comics for geeks like.. um.. me.)

I hate freerolls...

2005-01-23T20:55:00.000-05:00

People sure are pricks when they aren't playing with their own money... I'm trying to win some freaking cash for free, yet they keep playing like "clown fish". You know the types, the ones that go all-in every freakin single hand, and you know they have trash. So you wait.. get a decent hand.. then they outdraw you in some random way. I had a freeroll marathon, by playing in every single one I could find.. couldn't even make it to the first break. Sometimes the blinds were horrible (every 5 minutes at PokerChamps!!). but whatever.. you know what helps the poker spirit though? A 10 SNG (play money, but I needed something good)

--- A-10, flop is A-9-3, figure everyone to have low aces, one has A-3, but catch a 10 on the river and knock 2 out. (all had aces)

--- 2-4 (in bully mode) gets the runner-runner straight... felt like i fish, but its about damn time I draw out. Knock out two.

--- Pocket 6's, flop Quads w/ 9-6-6. (First time ever) Knock out one person when they bet for me. (and they were playing 9-7o against my 4x BB raise... serves them right)

--- 8-Jo, flop a fullhouse. Knock out one person, had J-10.

--- Bullying the table. Always fun...

--- Finishing first, and realizing that i won 17 out of 20 hands, 100% of showdowns.

Oh yeah.. I was personally responsible for knocking everyone out... Got to love total domination.

I have a feeling that I'm going to cash in the next freeroll. Hopefully I do.. I really don't feel like dealing with payment services right now... especially since my dad doesn't support the poker habit all too much...

Jeremiah

So close....

2005-01-10T19:52:00.000-05:00

damn... 34 out of 248. Top 10 pay. All because i went too far with a stinking small blind hand "because of implied odds". its BS made up by pros to make sure I make fishy plays...

the dreaded hand?? 9-7o.. picked up the flush, only to be raped in the main and side pot (jack and king were out there) I had 12000 chips, average 10000... and made a stupid move like that. definately didn't need to play a hand like that.. damn it.

so now... here's my little thing about the blinds...

Jeremiah's Great Blind Advice:
ITS NOT YOUR MONEY!! ITS FORCED IN!!! So you DON'T have to play it strong when you get middle pair, weak flush draw or MPLK!! it will just cripple you... ONLY play it when you get 2 pair or better... don't even play flush draws.. only straight draws. chances are that your flush cards aren't big enough and will get beat.

damn.. i definately could have cashed too.. mother of pearl.

oh well.. back to playing with play chips until i get a credit card.

Jeremiah

$52, +2

Quick Update

2005-01-10T19:36:00.000-05:00

If anyone is actually reading this thing, i'm at the Check N Raise Freeroll.. 15th place, and maybe i can finally have some online money (since its been a bitch to try to get money online.) Wouldn't mind a railbird or two, come by. Lets see how this goes...

Edit:

Made a stupid move, knocked to 29th out of 40 (248 entries) --- thus a post about blind strategy will be coming up.... cuz i have some good words of wisdom... from my mistake... f***.

A New Year, Some Thoughts, and Actually Posting for once.

2005-01-06T20:27:00.000-05:00

Yeah.. i know, i haven't posted at all. You break the habit, and you never come back. It happens.

Anyway, since its a new year, I'm starting over. I think i was about even last year, give or take 10 dollars. So i'm starting over, and with a physical bankroll, not just dependent if I have any money in my wallet. I figure 10x the regular buy-in is about right, so I'm starting with 50 bucks, and seeing if i can build it. Got to start somewhere. Speaking of which, here are some of the highlights of my poker playing lately.

--- AA in a $10 tourney, shortstacked, and I push. 4 clubs on the board, my aces were red. Lose to the 7Jo (one club) flush. Damn.. 2 outside the money.
--- AA in BB, check it. flop is 994, call SB's 60 cent bet. turn is [994]9, meaning no one has the other 9 (i have good reads on these guys), bet a dollar when SB checks. 3 to the river. River is jack, for 9949J. I figure i am beat by 2 hands, 9x (not likely) and JJ, which if he got lucky, so be it. I push, and have everyone covered. MP folds, and LP almost throws his hand away, but is coached into calling (there is also a 3 flush out on the board, so they think I over bet that to protect it). He has the four, for 9's full of 4's, while i flip over AA for 9's full of Aces. It was a very nice payday.

And now for the story of why this poker blog is (finally after 3 names) is called "Misdealt". Its not too terribly wrong. But again it involves AA. Unfortunately, I'm not holding it. There is a misdeal when one stinking card gets flipped. I didn't see it, but oh well, the Q3 was going in the muck anyway. So, i get my cards, and its AKs. wOOt! I'm liking it, so i raise to a dollar. I'm instantly reraised by Shaffer to 2 dollars. Everyone folds, and i say out loud, "do you have aces?" he smiles, and i push. He has been known to bluff, so i'm not worried. He calls, and flips over the ace of spades.

Then he flips over the ace of clubs.

Damn, i hate it when i'm right.

no help on the board, and i'm out of the game after 4 hands (no rebuys, even though its just a cash game.)

At least I got it back with the Hiltons the day afterwards when he pushes with his TPTK. :D

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I just turned 18, so i figured I'd get online and play some poker for real cash, and not with the free 10 dollars Royal Vegas gives you (lost that after building it to 90 at the NL 7Stud game... never play where your bankroll can't handle it.. at least it was a free lesson).

I looked at Party Poker, but I hate the avatars, and the limits are too high (yes, .5/1 is too high for me.. i'm only a high school student, jeez. I'll get on there when i have alot more money). Then there is Absolute Poker, but again, i just don't like it. Too much clutter. Then there is Poker Champs, which has a very nice interface and good recommendations. So i try to sign up for Netteller so I can get some money online.

Damn... its probably easier to get a gun in this country.. Supposibly Maryland is not kosher for online money services. damn.. i need either a credit card or send it by wire transfer. Anyideas for me? I need a decent site for +18 that is easy to put money in.

Jeremiah

$52, +2 after 36 hands. (when you don't play many, its easy to count... lol, avg. 15 a day)

Update coming... after i get some sleep..

2004-12-18T23:17:00.000-05:00

Well... all-day track meets suck. no point at all.

i did see my first NATURAL royal flush though.. that was pretty cool. Especially when i knew the card had to be coming up. that and the hand before, i knew a 3 was coming to make my pocket 3's hit their set on the turn.

{deleted because I'm a schizo that can't make up my mind.}

Anyways, i need to recap the week.. (it was a damn good week). I'll do that tomorrow. Maybe.

Jeremiah

w00t! Finally, i'm back up!

2004-12-11T13:36:00.000-05:00

Well, yesterday was the first real good day in a while! Started down 8 overall, and played at lunch; first hand was very interesting. I had A-J and raised 1x BB (high blinds, so you can't be raising too much) preflop.
Its me and N.K. to a x-K-A flop. I raise another dollar (leaving me and N.K. with 3 dollars left). He can read me when i want him to, so I basically let him know i have the Ace. Turn is rag, so one more dollar goes in.
River comes up another K, for a board of x-K-A-x-K. He comes to life and goes all-in, and i go into the tank. I'm thinking he can't have the King, as he knew that I had the Aces on the flop. He wouldn't have called with second pair and essentially no outs, except for the Miracle King. I know N.K. likes to gamble (lost 200 bucks at the local fair... those are some horrible odds over there.. but thats another story) but I wasn't worried, so I just called. He flips over J-T for the busted Gutshot Straight draw, and i double up on the first hand. I end up knocked out Rob, but lost some of it to the Fish when Rob started helping him (I should have complained, but i didn't care).

Unforuately, I became too attached to the money, and played way too passive, which cost me. Doyle says you shouldn't think of it as money, but ammo. But when you can get that CD you want or something like that.. you think about it a little more.. oh well, i still was up 5 on that game.

Later, as were going up to the Indoor Track Meet that our school sponsors everyyear, i won another 5 dollars from Jason. $5 NLHE .10/.20 -- Key hand:

Down to 3, while Jason has 7 or so. I am holding 9-8 spades, and see the flop. Its T-J-T, and I bet out .30 (building the pot). He raises me another .30, and I call. Turn is a very sexy Queen, to give me the low straight. I know he couldn't have called with an AK, so I essentially have the nuts, as long as he doesn't have T-J. I figured he didn't, as he only made the minimum bet. I know he would have pushed me all-in if he had the full house, so read him for a set of Tens, weak kicker.
I push all-in, he has the 10's and i have the straight, and the board doesn't pair, so i'm back up. From there I eventually knock him out, and me and Demers cash out, allowing Demers to get back his buy-in.

I look at my ledger.. AND I'm up 2 dollars!! w00t! I know its not alot (especially to the older bloggers, or even the kids playing $20 buy-in games (i want to get in on that... most of them are fish with cash), but the fact that I'm up overall is pretty sweet. I've been down for about a month and a half, so I'm feeling pretty good.
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The track meet went well. I placed 1st in the mile, with a slow 4:44, but it was good enough for me. The runners there are good, but none of us like the dry air in that place. So it slows you down a bit. I ran it pretty well, staying in second or third most of the time (with 3 leader changes) and then when Bauder started to kick with 400m to go, i waited 200m, then came back and beat him with 50m to go, right on the turn. He didn't see that one coming, one of my guys said "his jaw just dropped, he didn't even know you were there." Got to love the crowd cheering, i don't think he heard me coming because of it!

2 mile wasn't as good, felt like shit around lap 8, dropped off to about 5th, then pushed it all-in about lap 13 to make up the gap and end up in 3rd, 2 seconds behind Jason. He is a little better than me in the 2 mile, especially if i'm tired and he's feeling really good. But considering I was about 10 seconds behind him with 600 meters to go, I felt I did pretty good. I have to have the best kick in SMAC, no one in this conference seems to know how to change pace or kick at the right time. Works for me, i hate just running one pace anyway, its much more fun to beat them at the line!

The runner's high didn't let me sleep on the bus, so when we got home at 1:30 am.. i was really tired. But all-in-all, it was a good day. I wonder if there's a poker game tonight... maybe i can go after i see Oceans 12 with my gf. (Which is why I need those guys to pay me for the poker games... people take an average of 3 days to pay someone.. it sucks. But thats why i keep my log, to make sure everyone pays me :D )

Jeremiah

The roller coasters are closed for the season, but i'm still going up and down...

2004-12-09T18:32:00.000-05:00

well.. its definately been interesting. Since i posted, i've been up 6 for the week, down 2, and now up 4. I had had some bad sessions in the .25/.50 $5 NLHE, but its all one long session anyway, so i'm not too worried. Some key hands:

Tuesday:

1st hand, held my favorite 9-4. It was suited in spades (helped me start the rush of turning $1 into $13 in 5 minutes one time), and i was the BB. 3 limpers, and i check.

Board is x-9-A. Frank bets .75, and i know he has an ace. Its folded to me, and i call, just knowing that something will come up. The turn brings another 9 (the case 9, i learn later) to give me the 3 of a kind. I know i have him beat, so i call Frank's bet of a dollar. I'm looking pretty good, especially since someone said that they folded an ace (the table talk at this game is definately worth the high blind structure.) So here comes the river...

Ace of clubs.

I just outdrew him.. and now he outdraws me. jeez... i fold, and he has the ace, just like i thought.

I should have gone all-in on the turn and showed him the nine. Then he wouldn't have called (he's not an idiot, like one person I've been playing with.. more later) and i would have a nice stack...

Thursday:

Could have had a nice stack of about 19 dollars to start with, had i been able to see in the future.

Had 5-5, flop was 7-3-2. Was planning to raise when Frank and Rob go all-in right away. It was the first hand, so everyone was at 5 bucks. I didn't call, because i knew that they had to either have overpairs, or a set of 7's. But of course, just guess what the turn was...

5 of clubs.

Oh well, it would have been stupid of me to call, i would have had about a 5% chance of making it. Rob and Frank's hands? Red 9's and Black 9's, respectively. Read that one right...

I'm down to 1.50, allin with A10d, and get a straight, to put me with enough money to take on the resident fish at our table. (I don't want to embrarass him, so i won't put his name here.)

I have about 6 when I have Q10. Its me and Fish to the flop. It comes up A-J-9, giving me the open ended straight draw. I call his 2 dollar raise, thinking he was all-in. (he was hiding the rest of his cheaps so he would be even at the end.) The turn is a 3, and the river a 6, for a board of A-J-9-3-6.

I don't get my straight, but when the cards are flipped, I have the ace high. I thought i would get beat by some random pair (he plays some crazy cards. His hand? Q-4, for the Queen high... Yeah... i didn't mind, i made some money off him.. but everyone was speechless...

Jeremiah

-6 overall, +4 weekly

Thou shalt look at the board, and raise.

2004-12-02T18:28:00.000-05:00

Mother of pearl... The worst part about being beat by a fish, is when you are the bait...

I'm at the regular 4th period game. First hand I get A8 in the BB. Only the SB calls. The flop is a decent 7-A-9. I have top pair, decent kicker. The SB bets .75. Unforunately for me.. i figure him to be on a bluff, or he has no idea what he has. He also plays some crazy hands, and i'm worried if I raise, he'll still call. So I just call. Turn is a blank. I call another .75 bet. River is a Jack. Now, i don't even see the straight possiblity (frankly, we were using the only deck available to us from Hooters... yeah.. it shows various Hooters girls. It can be distracting.. no wonder I didn't see the straight.) He bets 1.50 on the river with the jack, and i figure he only has a pair of jacks.

He flips over 8-10 for the nut straight.

Damn...

Now i'm down to 1.50, with the blinds coming around quick... not cool.
So much for Agression.. i was slapped around like a b****. by a fish no less. If i had raised the flop, i could have either gotten him to fold, or been able to fold my hand when he called. Maybe he's actually turning into a decent player and I need to show him some respect.

I can't believe I made such an amateur mistake. I might have to take a break right now.. i'm down 11 dollars. (Which is big, its hard to make all that back in one session...) I need a big tourney, $10 buy-in might be nice. I seem to play better at someone's house, instead of a cafeteria where we play maybe 15 hands and there are hundreds of people talking too...

At least some of the girls on the cards were pretty.. but I prefer regular NONDISTRACTING cards from now on... though that Queen of Hearts is sexy...

Jeremiah

-11

Pass the chips...

2004-11-29T21:21:00.000-05:00

Poker chips are wonderful things. As one found on badbloodonpoker.blogspot.com, "Money is an abstraction of Labor; Chips are an abstraction of Money."

Of course.. it costs money to buy them, and then they represent more money. hmm...

Clay chips are the way to go. I found some great chips at Target. For $40, you can get 240 4-color clay chips. They feel so good, and are much better than those cheap plastic sets (100 chips for 3 bucks) and even the carosels with plastic chips. My friend has some; they feel like they should be much heavier, but they are way too light. I feel like I can break them. (But he has a pool table to play on, so its all good :D )

pokerchips.com has some decent sets, but i haven't gotten enough money to buy any. If I have really good run, maybe i'll splurge and buy some...

Jeremiah

Poker and Pizza (Cafeteria pizza.. however...)

2004-11-29T21:04:00.000-05:00

You know how hard it is to find a poker game.. when you are 17 and still in high school?? Its popular, but basically, you'll go to a football game, and a poker game will break out. Played on pool tables and dinner tables, it doesn't work that well.
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Then there is always 4th lunch. Daily game, $5 buy-in, .25/50 stakes, and we use old playing cards (i colored mine! wOOt!) for .25 chips. Yeah.. its ghetto, but it works, and we don't get caught by the admins. They can't prove the cards are chips and that we're playing for cash, so it looks perfectly innocent in their eyes.

But you can't make much cash that way. I'm only down 8 bucks, but still, everyone is pretty much up or down 15 dollars at the max. Its fun, but doesn't provide much in the way of finacial aid. So I can't make much money, which is what i want to do on the side with poker.

However, I'm almost 18!! One month to go, and i'm legal to go online. Hopefully i can start making some money there, because right now, i have no job (i just get an allowance) and live poker isn't enough right now...
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Anyway, I'll hopefully update this blog a couple times a week. I'll be posting some poker insight, as seen from a young hopeful...

Jeremiah

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