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. A perfect hand:
I’m in early position with A9 suited, and decide to raise 3BB (a play I don’t usually make). I get minreraised and nobody calls — I do. A play I usually wouldn’t make again. Flop comes AJ3 rainbow. I bet right out (a play I would usually make hehe) and get re-raised about 3/4pot. I call.
Turn comes a queen — I check, villain checks behind me.
River comes a ten. I check, villain bets 50%pot, and i call. Villain had AK.
MEH. Tilt play.
I don’t speak ANY Italian, but for anyone looking to see Porsche-winning Dario Minieire in a “I just got beat in the first round mood, you’ve got to see this movie! 
In the end the tournament was won by Andrea Binda (whoever that might be) — but like I said, the fun is in the defeat of Dario.
Full Tilt does such a great job in making poker look glorious — making poker look glamorous — making poker players look and sound like rock stars.
Pros in the video: Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, … and the whole crew in the final cut. 
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 time. I bought in for $600, and after about an hour I was up to $1100. Not bad, seeing as I hadn’t been involved in any big hands. At that point, I went into a period of severe card-deadness. Best was like 67os.
Alright, so I got hungry. I asked the cardroom manager if I could have a steak, and he said: “sure my friend!”.
Took a mushroom-sause one. Very good.
While eating, I pick up AA. Nice! I raised 3BB, and another guy shoves right away. He had like $400. I instacalled. He had 99. Nine came on the turn.
Okay, he didn’t have too much cash. No disaster.
3 Hands later I picked up QQ. I raised 4BB, and got two callers. Flop came AQ9. I bet out, I get raised, I shove, I get called. Villain turns over JT, no flushdraw. King hit the turn and I got no help on the river.
Broke.
Rebought for $700. Asked for the stake to be taken away. Tripled up the next hand when I flopped a set of tens and filled up on the river to take the pot. JT-villain had Aces. Ah sweet Irony!
… without a really strong hand …
You might get called with nine high, obviously making two pair…
Final table of a $100 SnG. Bleh. Luckily I had him covered, but as you can see not by much.
Quite the funny find on the net today — website owner asking Sam Farha out to the casinos. I’m not sure if this is cute or opportunistic. It’s funny though. xD
You might have heard about the fast food method of entertainment on Internet, that is online bingo. If you will taste it once, you will get addicted by its flavour throughout your life. It is a fact that online bingo is like tempting dish and until you will not get enter to enjoy it, you will start suffering from spasmodic epilepsy which can only be cured by hearing the excited voice of ‘Bingo’ calling from bingo halls.
Online bingo is a great game, especially for those who want to combat their loneliness, crave for monotonous, and hunger for bankruptcy. But fortunately, bingo does not fulfil any of these things.
For most of the people, bingo is a medium to convene new friends, to spend money happily and to have huge fun in their leisure time, and people also feel that they get good return from it whether financially or emotionally. Online bingo is played in greater number because people enjoy their favourite game by seating at home and thus making themselves accessible to meet many new people from all over the world. Anybody, men or women, old or young are playing bingo now a days in the privacy and comfort of their own place.
Pokernews always picks the right players to interview. This talk they’ve had with Liz Lieu, “The Poker Diva”, on a break of the APPT. She makes sense, talking about tightening up as a relative shortstack close to the bubble…
I know theory says to play aggressive when people tighten up close to the money, but I only agree when you’re up against smaller stacks in a specific hand. No need to risk anything as a short stack — someone else will!
She looks lovely as ever.
I played 3 Multi-table-tournaments yesterday, simultaneously. I’ve been playing at Full Tilt Poker for a couple weeks now, mostly in the hopes of being able to do some games against the likes of Phil Ivey or Mike The Mouth Matusow — but enjoying the level of play there in general too…
Until yesterday. I don’t mind a bad beat. Honestly, I don’t. I realize how good it feels to be on the other end, so I embrace the fact that every once in a while, you’re the one giving the joy. BUT NOT 3 IN TWO MINUTES IN 3 FREAKING TOURNAMENTS ALRIGHT!
T1: 10$ 180players S&G NLH. Pick up AQs, raise 3BB get called by two people. Flop comes two spades, all unders. I bet 2/3 pot, one fold, one call. Turn makes my nut flush. I bet 1/2 pot, BB shoves, i call — he has made his second pair on the turn. River makes his boat. GRRR.
T2: 24$ Pot Limit Omaha. I’m in second chip position when I pick up AAKJ, two diamonds (AJ). The flop comes Ace and two diamonds. I mean that’s the ultimate flop right there. Turn Q, river Q, woozaaa aces over queens. Opponent takes two queens out of the hole. ASSWHIPE was the only one in 65 people left who had me covered. GO FIGURE.
T3: 10$ KO NLH — 600 players. I pick up KK in the VERY FIRST HAND. I raise, I get re-raised, I re-reraise — he shoves — I call. He shows AA. I don’t suck out.
I mean 
A great Full Tilt Poker ad sure to please all fans of Mike “The Mouth” Matusow — the awesome thing is: Mike actually cooperated!
“Only a donkey would make that call”
AWESOME.
