don't f with me

jaaaarome 07: quality is nothing compared to quantity
Auto response from Skittlemehappy: Its always a fun day when you learn your qualitative worth.
jaaaarome 07: i mean, really, haven't you ever wondered how many jelly beans you're worth?
Skittlemehappy: yea...i strongly disagree
Skittlemehappy: no...i wonder about skittles...jellybeans aren't really my thing
jaaaarome 07: and wouldn't you be more interested in knowing that than having someone say you're very caring or whatnot?
jaaaarome 07: qualitative comments come and go
jaaaarome 07: quantitative ones make memories
jaaaarome 07: touch the rainbow
Skittlemehappy: lol
jaaaarome 07: phew
Skittlemehappy: but its the qualitative factors that are more important
jaaaarome 07: booooooorrrring
Skittlemehappy: not everything can be quanified
Skittlemehappy: quantified
Skittlemehappy: i can spellj
aaaarome 07: but it sure is fun to try
Skittlemehappy: lol, i'm sure Christine LOOOVES hearing that she's worth a million skittles
jaaaarome 07: tell neil you love him 4000 tadpoles worth, but that if he cooks dinner, he'd be worth 4200
jaaaarome 07: doesn't do much
jaaaarome 07: but you get dinner out of it at least
jaaaarome 07: she loves candy, btw
Skittlemehappy: but if its stated to be unconditional...how do you get incremental increases in taht?
Skittlemehappy: tehehhe
jaaaarome 07: i think i just found out how to get a free dinner
jaaaarome 07: well, by definition, that would be conditional
jaaaarome 07: who said it was unconditional
jaaaarome 07: they are liars
jaaaarome 07: if he went around and banged all your friends, would you still love him the same?
Skittlemehappy: so you think all love is conditional?
jaaaarome 07: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
jaaaarome 07: so his love would be conditional on the fact that he doesn't bang all your friends
Skittlemehappy: i don't consider trust, respect, etc as conditions
jaaaarome 07: i think all blanket concepts are set up to fail
Skittlemehappy: that should be a given
jaaaarome 07: should be
jaaaarome 07: but if they're absent, then the love goes away
jaaaarome 07: sounds a whole lot like a condition to me
Skittlemehappy: you're frusterating, you know that?
jaaaarome 07: i guess we didn't watch the same fairy tale princess movies when we were kids
jaaaarome 07: :-)
Skittlemehappy: hell no, I liked Jem, she's no princess
jaaaarome 07: boooooooooorrrrrrrrrrring
Skittlemehappy: how is that boring??
jaaaarome 07: based on the fact that i have no knowledge nor no interest in whatever it is you just referred to
jaaaarome 07: but now that i've voluntarily intruded on another's concepts of love and living, let me flee
Skittlemehappy: lol, you are missin out on one quality show
jaaaarome 07: yeah, maybe we'll catch it together one day
Skittlemehappy: hahah
Skittlemehappy: sounds like a quality time
jaaaarome 07: 3 jellybeans worth of maybes
jaaaarome 07: see?!
Skittlemehappy: oh good lord
jaaaarome 07: ok, gotta go
jaaaarome 07: see ya
Skittlemehappy: lata!

Poker is a tough game sometimes

I know that no one likes to read about tough beats. Well, that's not entirely true. I do. Here's the setup.

I buy into a $5.50 satellite with 42 people. I finish in 3rd (got outdrawn...argh) to win a seat to a $15 + 1.50 tournament with $10,000 in payouts. 635 people registered. I tried to play tight early and folded what became a set, then folded what flopped a full house. Then got into trouble with overcards that kept missing. With just 30 people eliminated, I was in trouble.

I'm a sticky player in general. Short-stacked I tend to make good decisions in tournament play. I kept folding, some of which turned out to be pretty good decisions with overcards since none of them went on to be the best hand. I doubled up whenever I could, and with about 500 players eliminated, I was still in trouble. Not all-in-with-the-blinds trouble, but needing a big hand to come around before a few more rounds of blinds.

With 140 or so people left, I get A-A with a small raise (2x bb) in front of me. Wanting to encourage another caller, I smooth call. The big blind goes all in for a little more than the pot. The initial raiser calls. I reraise all-in for another few hundred knowing I have the initial raiser pot committed. He calls.

We turn over:
BB: A-10 off suit
Initial raiser: 8-10 diamonds
Me: A-A

This is fantastic. The initial raiser was trying to steal, and is now just hoping to get lucky. He's such a large stack that it isn't going to cripple him to lose. The big blind hates life right now. His hand is dominated by my aces, giving him just one live card, and his opponent already has one of them showing, whereas he would need both of the remaining two to catch up to me. There are outside flush and straight draws, but I am feeling very good. I should triple up and be in great shape to outlast another 70 people to make the money, which starts at $30 payouts and extends to $2200. Not bad for my $5.50.

Below is a picture of what happened.





Poker is a tough game sometimes.

poker fun

I may occasionally post some fun hands I encounter in here. Fun for some, not fun for others. This was a 10 player tournament. I was the big stack and got into a tangle with the 2nd biggest stack, something you generally try to avoid.


***** Hand History for Game 3987702967 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $6 Buy-in Trny:22164043 Level:4 Blinds(100/200) - Saturday, April 15, 14:55:04 ET 2006
Table Speed Mount Vesuvius (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: edved ( $1998 )
Seat 5: the_Dman ( $2312 )
Seat 8: jbivs1021 ( $3270 )
Seat 4: jaaaarome ( $5050 )
Seat 3: mahusay ( $4360 )
Seat 7: halfbaked225 ( $3010 )
Trny:22164043 Level:4
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to jaaaarome [ 4c 4d ]
the_Dman folds.
halfbaked225 folds.
jbivs1021 folds.
edved folds.
mahusay calls [100].
jaaaarome raises [800].
mahusay is all-In [4160]
jaaaarome calls [3360].

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, Ah, 9c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]

jaaaarome shows [ 4c, 4d ] four of a kind, fours.
mahusay shows [ Jh, Ac ] two pairs, aces and fours.
jaaaarome wins 8720 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, fours.
mahusay finished in sixth place.


Perhaps my call was a bit loose, but I just didn't buy what he was selling.

too much info!

Hi guys.

Long time since a post, I know. Much longer since a good one, I definitely know.

Anyhow, the last couple of days I keep running into these crazy stories that need dissemination (no, neil that's not a volunteer position at the hospital). So here they are. I wish I had the time to expound a bit.

In brief, America is hurtling towards badness. But at least we're not the French. (And Bonds has zero HRs so far this year).

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/14/microwave.killing.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/04/14/omaha.schools.ap/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181649,00.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=klosterman/060411
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0413061condi1.html


Enjoy.

Discussion welcomed.