Playing in a few tournaments has made me more aware of the fact that any two face cards will bring most people into a hand, even with a raise, and sometimes they are the raiser. Continue reading Living on Jacks and Queens… →

Dan and I hit the Orleans on Saturday for their first NLH event. I made it about 3 1/2 hours before trying to run over Q-Q with 9-9 and I was out. Dan made it about 7 hours. Tomorrow we are going back to give the LH event a whirl. For the first time in a long, long time, I’ve actually settled down and decided that I would devote a day to playing poker. It was very enjoyable. I have a lot to learn in the NLH tournament arena but really didn’t feel badly about any hand I played and the way I played it.

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Part III, Part II, Part I Continue reading Tipping is not a city in China Part IV →

Let’s see…an old nightmare revisited, Gaudin Ford – they are first on my ‘never return’ list – for anything – especially a sincere customer service attitude. I never have a good experience with them, having bought two trucks from them, and purchasing their service policy, etc., one would think they might even be a little more concerned – about anything. But they aren’t. Continue reading Where have I been? →

I’m sorry to say that A-A and Q-Q bit the dust for my hero, my horse, my son Dan. I feel that he played quite well and didn’t do anything I wouldn’t have done…he even got off the Aces. I love his poker attitude and I would send him in to vanquish the table villians with my money, any day, so that says a lot for how I feel he plays. Continue reading My Horse is out! →

Normally when one reads about strategy and position, it refers to poker. But Harrahs has it all figured out and none of it applies to poker. The strategy is to get all of the money they can, the position is what they put you in while they are doing it. Figure that Hershey is the official candy of the WSOP, Milwaukee’s Best is the official beer of the WSOP, Hertz is the official rental car of the WSOP, and I’m starting to believe Sapphire’s will be the official strip club of the WSOP. Continue reading WSOP – Strategy and Position →

Where was I? Ah-h-h-h-h yes, the Montana days. Those games went dry, literally, because the state legalized machines. Not like the machines in Vegas or the pay-outs that are available, but machine play that is totally designed to keep everyone B-R-O-K-E. Each establishment had a limit on how many machines they could have and each machine was licensed – OK no problem there. But unfortunately, the same crappy ‘pot limit law’ was in effect on the machines. If you put a quarter in a machine and hit 7 out of 7 on a keno game, it paid you $100. In Vegas it pays $1,750. If you put in four quarters, you could win $400. You can go broke but you can never win. Continue reading Tipping is not a city in China Part III →

On Wednesday I received a phone call from ex-dealing pal (still my pal), Marty. He filled me in on what times the Super Satellites to the main events were and the cost, telling me I really should play in one since I wanted a seat in the main event. Yes, he’s right. I had dinner with my two boys and my nephew and we talked about Dan and I playing a super satellite and splitting out anything we won. We agreed it was a deal, we’d do it on Thursday. Continue reading Stupendenous! Is that a word? →