Poker, blackjack, and other such games have always been popular. However, with recent reality shows like Celebrity Poker Showdown and movies like 21 coming out, more and more people are becoming interested in these games. Poker, especially, is still the big winner — however, you can play everything online as well as in a real, [...]
Still running cold since the last post, and no sign of recovery. I realize it WILL turn around ANY TIME now. Could be next session, and I’m making sure I’m not letting this cold streak turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy, but it sucks. Have had two winning sessions since last post. Others were down, some [...]
I’m running cold. In the last 3 days I’ve had a guy pull a ONE-OUTER on me to make a STRAIGHT FLUSH against my nut flush. I’ve lost flush over flush big pots twice with a jack high flush and a queen high flush, twice with only 3 flushcards on the board. Lost set over [...]
… at pokertables. I’ll give you the rundown of a hand I almost cried about. I have AK suited under the gun and I raise 4BB. I flop the nuts with QJT with two of my suit too so I’m on the royal draw on a jellyroll. I bet out knowing one guy behind me [...]
Twice a month I sit down in the restaurant of the casino I usually play at with a friend I met at the blackjack tables and now plays in the same poker room on a regular basis to talk poker. We discuss our results and talk about key losing and winning hands and about how [...]
Like every poker player, I dread the days on which I know I play bad, or on which I realize afterwards I was tilting without actually realizing it, thus losing way too much money due to donkeyplay. Anyway, last night was such a night. Playing $2/$5, luckily, so only losing about $200 in the process. [...]
I ate a steak at the poker table today, and I wish I hadn’t. Let me tell you a painful story: Walked in with about $2000 in my pocket, went straight for the 5/10 game, my favorite at the casino here. Started off playing aggressive, making button-raises, following through on the flop most of the [...]
