An update on my young friend, Jason, the security guard at Bellagio that was in a motorcycle accident. I call him at least once a week, sometimes during our Pan/Big Deuce session on Saturday night and everyone talks to him. He’s still in San Diego undergoing rehab. I spoke with him and Anna, his girlfriend, yesterday on my way in to work. Anna is there with him for a week. They are moving into an apartment (part of rehabilitation) and Anna will learn to help Jason as he helps himself back into a structure of independent living. God bless them both.
He expects to return to Vegas around the middle of next week. I won’t see him until the second week in June because I have plans to leave town on the 1st of June and will be spending time with my two of my granddaughters. When he’s established, he’s coming back to play cards at my place…that’s how our relationship started.
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Two poker hands that left me shaking my head so far this week. As in WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? One of them unfolded in the $10-20 NLH game. Up front, close to UTG, the 3s raised around $80 (I may be off a bit by the $ amounts). The 8s kicked it up – I believe it was close to $160. Heads-up, the Flop brought an Ace and two small cards.
The 3s bet around $400. Without batting an eye or taking time to gasp, the 8s raised it $1,1?? more all-in. With very little ado, the 3s called. An Ace came on the River giving the 8s quads. The 3s showed K-K.
While I’m not an expert or the best player in the world. I really don’t believe I would have bet that much on the Flop or even called the raise. And Yes…I do know the 8s and he’s pretty damn solid so that may have been part of what left me scratching my head in a quandry of the 3s’s giving his money away.
The other hand happened in $8-16 H. The pot was raised pre-flop by Jerry. Nita bet on the Flop, K-Q-10, (Q-10 diamonds). Jerry raised, she raised, Jerry raised, she raised, Jerry called.
The Turn, a blank. She bet, Jerry raised, she called.
The River brought a King of Diamonds (three card Royal on the board). They went to war. I can’t even remember how many raises went in between them but I’m estimating close to six or seven. I think Jerry is the one that finally gave up. He said, “Ok, show me the A-J of Diamonds.”
He showed K-K for quads and Nita threw her hand away. Nita is pretty solid in her play and I couldn’t figure what she had that she could put that many raises into that hand. Sure, a full house would be the obvious but K-Q or K-J would beat any flopped pair full house so I have no idea what was going on in her mind as she was throwing raises at Jerry.
When the River hit, I thought Jerry must have a Royal as many raises as he put in but then knowing his play, I couldn’t figure out how he got to the River, especially heads-up. Chit Mon! Sometimes I can’t figure out where the hell people are with their play and why/how. Ok…I’ll stick to dealing and writing about it.