HD 07.16.08 : Pockets

Yes, I know you should’t slow play pocket Kings as Kurt demonstrated so clearly with last Monday’s Poker crew. He flopped a set and slow played it until Ron caught a flush on the river. But online, we’ve moved up a step to the $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em tables and folks here seem to be [...]

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HD 07.15.08 : Napkin Raise

Ok, if you haven’t gotten the update below, HotDip has moved up to real money games. No more play chip game analysis after last weekend’s good showing. But we’re starting small at the $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold’em Tables. Playing with about 10% of my bankroll. Here’s what we got on this hand. #5 is SB [...]

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HotDip 07.14.08 : All In

How should one play AK? I raise to 4x big blind. Wildrain reraises to 8x big blind. I call of course. *** FLOP *** [7d Ts 4d] Ok, pretty small cards. I don’t think he paired up since he reraised big on the flop. I fire out another big bet and Wildrain calls. Hmm, I’m [...]

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HotDip 07.13.08 : Straight Flush

Got a rare straight flush in online play and I took advantage of it… sort of. Dealt to Chumdinger [7d 8d] *** FLOP *** [5d 6d 3d] I flopped a flush with an open-ended straight flush draw. I should have bet big to get the others to fold but I really wanted to see the [...]

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Lightning Strike in Poker Too

It’s been one crazy time in Vegas so far. We got here Thursday night after driving through the most amazing lightning storm we’ve ever seen. Had to pull off the freeway to watch and take photos. This was my first time trying to shoot lightning but wound getting a few good shots including this one: [...]

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Friday Tourney : Evening

After splitting the win in this morning’s tourney, we went to a matinee of WALL-E, lunch, and Starbucks. Needed to process the mornings, but wanted to “step out” of Vegas for a little bit. At the ‘Bucks, I had an inkling to play more poker. Was this morning’s win a fluke? So back to the [...]

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Friday Tourney : Morning

I signed up to play a small hold ‘em tourney in Vegas this morning at The Tuscany Resort & Casino. A local crowd. $35 dollar buy in. Gotta start small I guess. It’s not the WSOP or Bellagio Cup that Devo is playing this week but he didn’t become good overnight, right? Anyway, I feel [...]

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HotDip 07.10.08 : Slow Play

I’m still trying to figure out how to play mid-range pocket pairs. 66, 77, 88, 99… some say one should bet big to get others out of the pot. Others say that you should fly under the radar and see if you catch three of a kind on the flop. After everyone decides to only [...]

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HotDip 07.07.08 : Pockets

This is probably obvious, but I can’t play as “reckless” when I’m small stack. So I’ve been trying to improve in this area and patience is key. It’s easier said than executed, but this hand shows that it pays off. Seat 3: Chumdinger (9,600)Seat 7: BAMAMIKE860 (27,687) I’m going up against big stack and get [...]

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HotDip 07.06.08 : Quads!

Well, there’s not much to say about this one, except that I wish I got them more often.

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