Do you ever play with someone that the more they drink the more dangerous they play. Well that happen Friday night. You can't get a read on them. The funnier thing is the more they drink, the more they win.
The player I'm talking about... well you can get a look at him in my photos, he's the one with the pot on his head. He was at a happy hour before the game and brought some of his favorite brewed beverages with him.
I had a hand early in the game where he raised out 1/3 of his stack. I had Ace King and wanted to put him to the test so I went all in. Now I don't recommend this against a sober player, but we was making loose raises in the game before so I felt this was a good play. He calls with Ace Queen, beautiful, He has 3 outs. I'm about 85% to win the hand and knock him out. Ya think??? Nahhh, he catches a queen on the turn and now I'm down to 325 chips.
I battled back, got close to the chip lead and then I went on a cold run of cards like you couldn't believe.
I ended up finishing in 5th. The only reason I finish that high was I kept talking people into calling our drunken friend who was knocking them out like Dick Chaney on a quail hunt.
My favorite quote of the night was a victim who said, "I can't believe I just lost all my chips to someone wearing a pot on his head."
Poker, it's a funny game.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Poker after happy hour
Do you ever play with someone that the more they drink the more dangerous they play. Well that happen Friday night. You can't get a read on them. The funnier thing is the more they drink, the more they win.
The player I'm talking about... well you can get a look at him in my photos, he's the one with the pot on his head. He was at a happy hour before the game and brought some of his favorite brewed beverages with him.
I had a hand early in the game where he raised out 1/3 of his stack. I had Ace King and wanted to put him to the test so I went all in. Now I don't recommend this against a sober player, but we was making loose raises in the game before so I felt this was a good play. He calls with Ace Queen, beautiful, He has 3 outs. I'm about 85% to win the hand and knock him out. Ya think??? Nahhh, he catches a queen on the turn and now I'm down to 325 chips.
I battled back, got close to the chip lead and then I went on a cold run of cards like you couldn't believe.
I ended up finishing in 5th. The only reason I finish that high was I kept talking people into calling our drunken friend who was knocking them out like Dick Chaney on a quail hunt.
My favorite quote of the night was a victim who said, "I can't believe I just lost all my chips to someone wearing a pot on his head."
Poker, it's a funny game.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
I have come to 2 conclusions.....
Conclusion # 1
Money takes the fun out of poker for me. I hate losing money playing poker. Winning money playing poker is nice, but it's not why I play. I love the game.
Conclusion # 2......
Most people play poker differently when money is not involved. If you play at free sites people bet like drunking sailors on a weekend pass. They play like manaics. The other day I played a sit & go for play chips. Within 10 hands I was heads up with my original 1500 chips. I did not play a hand. The funny thing was 20 hands later I won. Boy was the other guy pissed.
I would love to play a serious poker game without money involved like there was money involved. Is that too much to ask?
I've found an online poker school where you pay a monthly fee and the players are there to learn the game and they take it very serious. The site is www.pokerschoolonline.com
I highly recommend it if you want to strenghen your game.
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