Since my last blog entry, we’ve had 2 tourneys, followed by a cash game, and two nights devoted exclusively to cash. In addition, we’ve had a lovely new player join our group. It’s been exciting on multiple levels.
The first big thing to report is that the Good Look club is re-opened! We've gotten independent confirmation from Cheryl, who actually played there a few days ago, that the good look club is back up and running in it's original location. I'll provide a first hand scouting report as soon as possible.
The next big thing I need to report is that I’m finally stacking players with my big hands. Yes, I’ve gotten lucky recently in getting some big hands, but I’ve been betting properly in getting paid off on them and it’s been a good confidence booster. The big one recently that comes to mind was when I stacked Kevin at the cash game last Wed.. I had AJo in early position and called a moderate pre-flop raise from John H., who had been drinking and making good size raises all night. Kevin, as well as two other players, called. The flop was AJ8, all hearts. I flopped top two, but it’s not a monster with that big heart draw on board. Kevin bet out at the pot, maybe $12, and I called, along with John H.. The turn came a wonderfully beautiful As. I was no longer worried about the flush draw. Now I was just worried about how to get paid off on this. John bet out $15 into the pot and Kevin promptly raised to $40. I worked it out in my mind and a few possibilities came through. Either he had the case Ace in his hand or he flopped the flush. I smooth called the $40, hoping to represent that I was on a flush draw as well. John folded to the heavy action. The river was a fantastic 5h. I now had the absolute nuts and there were 4 hearts on the board, making a Kh a pretty good hand. Kevin checked to me and I carved out a value bet. In retrospect, it was low, but I put in $25 and waited for Kevin to act. He reacted with incredulity. He flashed his cards at everyone else at the table and asked out loud, “How can I fold this”? John said he would give Kevin *his* chips to bet. I was somewhat amused, knowing I had the lock on this hand, but I wondered what was so good, and yet on the cusp, that he would even contemplate folding. Then he tried to get a read off of me. “There’s only three hands that beat me,” he said. “Should I just call, or go all in”. Finally, after a minute of agonizing, he said the magic words. “All in”. I confirmed with him, “you said ‘all in’”? He said yes and then I showed him the bad news. What did he have? How about JJ? Wow. He flops the middle set with the case Jack and then the Ace slots on the turn. Yeesh, what a cooler.
In previous months, I would have been on the other end of this hand, so it felt good.
Other hands in the past week that I’ve benefited from:
1. I took $50 off Nuveen when I played 36c for a small raise and flopped A24. A 5 turned to give me the nuts and Nuveen paid me off with his set of 4’s.
2. I stacked Ross H. when I flopped a straight with 56o and the board of 347 rainbow. He bet ten on the flop, about a pot bet, and I raised to $30. He smooth called, which gave me a good indication he had flopped a monster. He either had AA, KK, 77, 44 or 33 in his hand to smooth call such a large raise. The board was the Th, and he checked to me. Trusting my read that he was attempting to trap me, I moved all in for almost twice the pot, which put Ross all in. He insta-called and proudly flipped over 77 for flopped top set. He wasn’t happy at all to see my flopped straight. I sweated the river, since he still had 10 outs, but it was the 9c and I dragged down a huge pot.
In other news, I was happy that my absolute last minute Wed. cash game invitation was happily met by 8 players. I gave an hours notice and was able to get a decent game going. Even more happily, yesterday’s Sunday game was a spectacular success with a full 11 players playing .50/1 no limit cash. Mary was the big winner with $305 profit, but I did very nicely with $276 profit as well. Scott St. G. continues to be a monster at cash, profiting about $170. For someone who feared the cash game as recently as two months ago, he has conquered his phobias quite nicely. When will he come down with us to the $1/$2 game at AC? Time will tell…
One last thing. Wall Street records are made to be broken and John H.’s recent cashout on Friday night of ~$550 is a new Wall Street record for money taken off the table. However, since he bought in for $220, his impressive profit total of ~$330 is *not* the record. That particular high water mark was set by myself, our distinguished host (ha), on November 3, 2006 for a profit of $377.50. Curiously enough, that day, until very recently, was the producer of the top two marks in cash game production. The current top ten performances at a cash game at the Wall Street game belong to:
Player
Date
Buyin
Cashout
P/L
Jamie W
11/3/2006
$ 100.00
$ 477.50
$ 377.50
John H
7/13/2007
$ 220.00
$ 550.75
$ 330.75
Mary DeM
7/15/2007
$ 100.00
$ 405.00
$ 305.00
Wendy R
11/3/2006
$ 100.00
$ 404.50
$ 304.50
Wendy R
6/15/2007
$ 150.00
$ 446.00
$ 296.00
David R
11/29/2006
$ 50.00
$ 340.50
$ 290.50
Michael B
11/18/2006
$ 100.00
$ 379.75
$ 279.75
Jamie W
7/15/2007
$ 75.00
$ 351.75
$ 276.75
Karol S
5/4/2007
$ 200.00
$ 471.25
$ 271.25
Adam B
6/15/2007
$ 100.00
$ 367.00
$ 267.00
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Season 4 rocks my poker world
We had a great turnout for Season 4 last night. Even though Tae and Sean dropped out at the last minute (with a heartfelt apology from Tae), and one of our new players, Brian, failed to show at the last second, we still managed to field 10 players for the first tourney and 11 for the 2nd! Well, actually, Krishnan played in the first tourney, busted out first and then proceeded to pay to play Brian’s empty stack! He even made the money in that tourney!!! Not that he *made* money mind you, just that he got into the money. J
My luck was not running so well though. In the very first hand, I got KQo in early position. I limped in to the pot and John, a new player to our game, made it 200 to go on the button. I didn’t know a thing about him, but I could hardly give up paint/paint without seeing a flop. So I made the call and we went heads up. The flop came AJ rag and I bet checked, hoping to re-raise his continuation bet and represent the Ace. He bet 250 and I immediately re-raised to 800. Being a new player, I thought his uncomfortableness with his surroundings might give me the edge and make him fold, but he re-raised me for 1000 more on top, leaving him with next to no chips. If he bluffed me, it was ballsy and brilliant but there was no way I could call, so I mucked.
I had to tighten up after that and I managed to drag a few pots and put myself at about 1400 chips when I picked up AQo on the button. When it got around to me, everyone had limped or folded and I raised to 600. It folded all around until it got to Paul, who called in the cutoff. Going into the flop heads up, I picked up my remaining chips and poised them over the table as if to say I was going to call anything he did. It worked too, because the flop came 332 and Paul pushed all in. I promptly called and turn over my AQ. Paul didn’t want to show, clearly behind and the rest of the cards ran. A 6 came on the turn and an 8 on the river. Paul peeked at his hole cards and turned over 89o. Mofo!!
My perfect plays didn’t help me at all tonight…
In the second tourney, I vowed to do much better. After taking a few small pots early on, I managed to bust out Nuveen, another new player, when I raised pre-flop with 99 and got called by KQ. The flop came JTrag and I checked. Nuveen overbet all in and I read him with an A-middle. I made the call and discovered I was right, but I was wrong. He had monster draws with the two overs and an OESD, but the turn and river were harmless and I picked up a very nice pot. With actual chips now, I was able to call a small pre-flop raise from Paul with 88. The pot was 3-way and the flop came 832. This time, Paul moved all in again and I was able to bust his QQ. Sweet justice. There were 7 players left and I was in a very healthy second place. Jordan was in 1st with a monster stack and everyone else was just skimming along. Then it happened. I picked up two red Kings UTG with blinds at 200/400. Jordan had been very liberal in the use of his big stack and I was hoping to get paid off big, so I limped in. Sure enough, it folded to Jordan who raised to 800. It folded around to me and I tried to pretend like I was stealing when I re-popped him to 2000 more. He stared me down and made the call. The flop was very good for me: Qh Jc 5c. I was very much hoping he hit that but I had to get more cash out of him even if he was playing something more marginal. I was first to act with about 3500 in chips left behind me. If I moved all in, he might be tempted to fold. At least that was my thinking. So I decided that 1500 was the right number to bet. The pot was over 6000, so a ¼ pot bet was practically taunting him to call. Too small to fold, too big to ignore. It was the perfect number as it turned out, since he put me (he says later) on AK and moved all in. I promptly called and he turn over two black 7’s for a hugely dominated hand. But God was laughing at my feeble plans because Wendy put two running clubs on board, which gave Jordan the club flush! 1 in 8 was his chances of winning and he happened to be the only guy to have me outchipped. So he added a monster lead to his already dominant position and I had to console myself with my huge pile of Sklansky dollars.
The night ended at 1AM as everyone left and Wendy and I played about an hour of Backgammon. Once again, I trounced her and sent her off into the night muttering about my lucky rolls. If only she played poker like she plays Backgammon…
My luck was not running so well though. In the very first hand, I got KQo in early position. I limped in to the pot and John, a new player to our game, made it 200 to go on the button. I didn’t know a thing about him, but I could hardly give up paint/paint without seeing a flop. So I made the call and we went heads up. The flop came AJ rag and I bet checked, hoping to re-raise his continuation bet and represent the Ace. He bet 250 and I immediately re-raised to 800. Being a new player, I thought his uncomfortableness with his surroundings might give me the edge and make him fold, but he re-raised me for 1000 more on top, leaving him with next to no chips. If he bluffed me, it was ballsy and brilliant but there was no way I could call, so I mucked.
I had to tighten up after that and I managed to drag a few pots and put myself at about 1400 chips when I picked up AQo on the button. When it got around to me, everyone had limped or folded and I raised to 600. It folded all around until it got to Paul, who called in the cutoff. Going into the flop heads up, I picked up my remaining chips and poised them over the table as if to say I was going to call anything he did. It worked too, because the flop came 332 and Paul pushed all in. I promptly called and turn over my AQ. Paul didn’t want to show, clearly behind and the rest of the cards ran. A 6 came on the turn and an 8 on the river. Paul peeked at his hole cards and turned over 89o. Mofo!!
My perfect plays didn’t help me at all tonight…
In the second tourney, I vowed to do much better. After taking a few small pots early on, I managed to bust out Nuveen, another new player, when I raised pre-flop with 99 and got called by KQ. The flop came JTrag and I checked. Nuveen overbet all in and I read him with an A-middle. I made the call and discovered I was right, but I was wrong. He had monster draws with the two overs and an OESD, but the turn and river were harmless and I picked up a very nice pot. With actual chips now, I was able to call a small pre-flop raise from Paul with 88. The pot was 3-way and the flop came 832. This time, Paul moved all in again and I was able to bust his QQ. Sweet justice. There were 7 players left and I was in a very healthy second place. Jordan was in 1st with a monster stack and everyone else was just skimming along. Then it happened. I picked up two red Kings UTG with blinds at 200/400. Jordan had been very liberal in the use of his big stack and I was hoping to get paid off big, so I limped in. Sure enough, it folded to Jordan who raised to 800. It folded around to me and I tried to pretend like I was stealing when I re-popped him to 2000 more. He stared me down and made the call. The flop was very good for me: Qh Jc 5c. I was very much hoping he hit that but I had to get more cash out of him even if he was playing something more marginal. I was first to act with about 3500 in chips left behind me. If I moved all in, he might be tempted to fold. At least that was my thinking. So I decided that 1500 was the right number to bet. The pot was over 6000, so a ¼ pot bet was practically taunting him to call. Too small to fold, too big to ignore. It was the perfect number as it turned out, since he put me (he says later) on AK and moved all in. I promptly called and he turn over two black 7’s for a hugely dominated hand. But God was laughing at my feeble plans because Wendy put two running clubs on board, which gave Jordan the club flush! 1 in 8 was his chances of winning and he happened to be the only guy to have me outchipped. So he added a monster lead to his already dominant position and I had to console myself with my huge pile of Sklansky dollars.
The night ended at 1AM as everyone left and Wendy and I played about an hour of Backgammon. Once again, I trounced her and sent her off into the night muttering about my lucky rolls. If only she played poker like she plays Backgammon…
Friday, June 29, 2007
The one where age catches up to our hero
So I had a whole bunch of tequila and beer after the gig on Wed. I felt fine going to bed and all day the next day. But then, at 6:30, after wolfing down a dinner of Pastrami and mustard before playing pool with Darko, I started to feel iffy in my stomach. The pain grew until, at 1AM, I couldn't stand it anymore and checked myself into the NY Downtown Hospital's emergency room. 12 hours and a ridiculous battery of tests later, I was released with the prognosis of Gastritis. Blech.
I'm obviously too old for this sh*t anymore. This is sad. I feel like crap today.
I'm obviously too old for this sh*t anymore. This is sad. I feel like crap today.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Negative Ken at Arlene's Grocery last night!
I'm biased, I know, but I think we rocked the house! There were some equipment issues at the beginning of the set. The shound guy apologized to me personally because he couldn't pinpoint the source of some bass feedback that marred our first tune. But it mostly worked out in the end. My drummer couldn't hear us very well on the monitor, and as a result he missed a few cymbal crashes and drum fills. Also, I heard some wierd echo on my vocals for Seven Nation Army. Strange stuff, but I have to say that Arlene's was a great spot to play. The arena is intimate enough to be close to your friends and the backline equipment is top-notch (meaning it actually works as advertised!).
Wall Street Poker players in attendance were Johnny G (Darko), Wendy R (Fidget, hah!), Matt S (Slayer), Paulie H (Walnuts), Stephane C, Karol S, Scott St. G (The Poker Idiot) and Abbie M. In addition, it was Paulie's 40th birthday (Did you hear my shout out on stage?), and the group went to dinner at Frank's in the East Village afterwards. I couldn't join them as I was getting drunk with my boss and some co-workers, but I hear a good time was had by all.
Pictures are coming just as soon as I migrate this site onto Blogger/Flickr.
Wall Street Poker players in attendance were Johnny G (Darko), Wendy R (Fidget, hah!), Matt S (Slayer), Paulie H (Walnuts), Stephane C, Karol S, Scott St. G (The Poker Idiot) and Abbie M. In addition, it was Paulie's 40th birthday (Did you hear my shout out on stage?), and the group went to dinner at Frank's in the East Village afterwards. I couldn't join them as I was getting drunk with my boss and some co-workers, but I hear a good time was had by all.
Pictures are coming just as soon as I migrate this site onto Blogger/Flickr.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Dawn Summers blogs the hell out of our game
http://ihadouts.blogspot.com/2007/06/back-against-wallstreet-game-dawn.html
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Good Look club was raided and shut down on Thursday night :-(
Here's a first hand account:
http://fountainofreason.blogspot.com/2007/06/nypd-raid-underground-poker-club.html
http://fountainofreason.blogspot.com/2007/06/nypd-raid-underground-poker-club.html
I won last night! And then I lost...
I played last night, violating my June hiatus rule. I think the hiatus is officially off, so I can't say that I stuck to it for the entire month, although I lasted quite a while. Meanwhile, with all of my poker clubs shut down, except for the Salami club which is playing 2-5, there isn't anyplace for me to play now even if I wanted to!
So back to last night. I lasted pretty long into the 1st tourney, but I donked off most of my chips when I tried to play the 40 end of a 60/40 play and got my ass handed to me. I had rolled the dice earlier with a short stack against Abbie, pushing with K9 vs. her pocket 10's, but I got lucky to fill the straight and knock her out. I don't know what possessed me to do the same thing with QsTs, but my opponent had AQ. Meanwhile, I nearly pulled it out of the fire when two clubs flopped, but nothing doing.
The second tourney was a much better affair. I caught some decent cards and was able to double through at opportune times. But blinds caught up to me as I patiently waited for someone to bubble. At one point, Darko, Wendy, Ross and I were all about even when Darko took a big lead. Darko and Wendy tangled and Wendy's A3 caught bottom pair on the river vs. Darko's A7. Ross also hung in but eventually bubbled vs. Darko (can't remember the circumstance). That left Me, Wendy and Darko in a tightly contested battle for the money. I doubled through Darko with a well-timed AT that flopped top pair and then busted Wendy when she pushed all in with AJ. I looked down at AK and insta-called. This time the King held up and I was slightly ahead of John. We chopped the money and I took down my first 1st place finish since the first month of the season.
The cash game kicked off promptly at 11:40 with 8 players, but Ross left after 30 minutes to catch a train. Highlights that I can remember include Abbie flopping top two with KJ and pushing all in on the turn with about $55. Scott called her with AdQd. He had only a Ten or a diamond to save him (provided the diamond didn't fill Abbie's boat), and he caught his card on the river to felt Abbie. She diligently reloaded, but wasn't able to make much back by the time she left. Scott, on the other hand, had a monster stack in front of him after two hours, though he gave much of it back in the last hour of the game. I lost most of my own stack when I called a $4 preflop raise with 45o. Callers included Wendy (who did the initial raise), Darko and Stephane. The flop was 678 rainbow. I checked the bottom straight, Wendy followed through with a $5 bet. Darko raised to $13 with a little speech about ending it right now and I popped it to $30, continuing the same speech. Wendy and Stephane got out of the way. John thought about it and despite my protestations, called. Then I did something stupid. I moved all in just as the turn card was hitting the board. I didn't even wait to see what it was. If I had, I would have noticed that a very ugly 7 hit the turn. John insta-called with 67 to complete his boat. Damn the gods! The night was a blur after that.
Oh, but I bluffed a certain Yale Lawyer at the table with 2d5d. Welcome to Wall Street Poker! ;-)
So back to last night. I lasted pretty long into the 1st tourney, but I donked off most of my chips when I tried to play the 40 end of a 60/40 play and got my ass handed to me. I had rolled the dice earlier with a short stack against Abbie, pushing with K9 vs. her pocket 10's, but I got lucky to fill the straight and knock her out. I don't know what possessed me to do the same thing with QsTs, but my opponent had AQ. Meanwhile, I nearly pulled it out of the fire when two clubs flopped, but nothing doing.
The second tourney was a much better affair. I caught some decent cards and was able to double through at opportune times. But blinds caught up to me as I patiently waited for someone to bubble. At one point, Darko, Wendy, Ross and I were all about even when Darko took a big lead. Darko and Wendy tangled and Wendy's A3 caught bottom pair on the river vs. Darko's A7. Ross also hung in but eventually bubbled vs. Darko (can't remember the circumstance). That left Me, Wendy and Darko in a tightly contested battle for the money. I doubled through Darko with a well-timed AT that flopped top pair and then busted Wendy when she pushed all in with AJ. I looked down at AK and insta-called. This time the King held up and I was slightly ahead of John. We chopped the money and I took down my first 1st place finish since the first month of the season.
The cash game kicked off promptly at 11:40 with 8 players, but Ross left after 30 minutes to catch a train. Highlights that I can remember include Abbie flopping top two with KJ and pushing all in on the turn with about $55. Scott called her with AdQd. He had only a Ten or a diamond to save him (provided the diamond didn't fill Abbie's boat), and he caught his card on the river to felt Abbie. She diligently reloaded, but wasn't able to make much back by the time she left. Scott, on the other hand, had a monster stack in front of him after two hours, though he gave much of it back in the last hour of the game. I lost most of my own stack when I called a $4 preflop raise with 45o. Callers included Wendy (who did the initial raise), Darko and Stephane. The flop was 678 rainbow. I checked the bottom straight, Wendy followed through with a $5 bet. Darko raised to $13 with a little speech about ending it right now and I popped it to $30, continuing the same speech. Wendy and Stephane got out of the way. John thought about it and despite my protestations, called. Then I did something stupid. I moved all in just as the turn card was hitting the board. I didn't even wait to see what it was. If I had, I would have noticed that a very ugly 7 hit the turn. John insta-called with 67 to complete his boat. Damn the gods! The night was a blur after that.
Oh, but I bluffed a certain Yale Lawyer at the table with 2d5d. Welcome to Wall Street Poker! ;-)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
We gots us a shout out!
Jordan, who writes the High On Poker blog, gave our little home game a glowing review!
I take great pride in running the best homegame in the city, and finally people are starting to notice! But it's not just me you know. All of my regular players have had a hand in making Wall Street Poker what it is today. So that's a shout out to The Poker Idiot, Darko, Wendy, Dimples, Drama and the rest of the kooky crew who make our game fun, interesting and professional.
My hiatus this month (punctuated by only 2 full hours of poker play), has re-energized me for the game and the league. I'm going to devote more energy to the league starting with next season (July 1st) and consequently, you are going to see some changes to this website.
My plan is to move this blog onto blogspot or blogger and make it more widely known. Also, I am going to clean up this site and make it more streamlined. I'm going to get rid of some of the remnants that we don't need and move the photos onto Flickr. Plus, I'm vowing to take more photos (Stephane has inspired me in this area).
This is just the beginning folks...
I take great pride in running the best homegame in the city, and finally people are starting to notice! But it's not just me you know. All of my regular players have had a hand in making Wall Street Poker what it is today. So that's a shout out to The Poker Idiot, Darko, Wendy, Dimples, Drama and the rest of the kooky crew who make our game fun, interesting and professional.
My hiatus this month (punctuated by only 2 full hours of poker play), has re-energized me for the game and the league. I'm going to devote more energy to the league starting with next season (July 1st) and consequently, you are going to see some changes to this website.
My plan is to move this blog onto blogspot or blogger and make it more widely known. Also, I am going to clean up this site and make it more streamlined. I'm going to get rid of some of the remnants that we don't need and move the photos onto Flickr. Plus, I'm vowing to take more photos (Stephane has inspired me in this area).
This is just the beginning folks...
Friday, June 15, 2007
A little birdie told me...
...That the Dragon Room was busted last night. What is it with Eddie Ting's rooms that they never last for more than a few weeks? Poor guy...
Hat tip to Karol
Hat tip to Karol
Friday, June 8, 2007
On birthdays and broken legs
I sent out the Evite a few days ago for last night’s game and the response was tremendous. Nine confirmed seats in an hour and it quickly filled up after that, with a long waiting list of maybe’s. On top of that, I bone-headedly booked my band practice on the same night. So Scott came to the rescue and took over hosting duties while I went and played rock god.
Imagine my surprise when I walked back into my apartment in the middle of the second tournament to find only 9 players around the table. Kevin, a new player who’s only been to the game one time before, bailed on the league without leaving any messages (Bad etiquette Kevin!). And Thomas, who was going to bring a guest, told me at 6:30 that his guest had dropped out and it was going to be him alone. Then he didn’t show up and left me an email saying that he had been to the emergency room at the hospital and it turns out he has a broken fibia! It seems he slipped and fell near the elevator at his workplace and fractured his leg. David, if you’re reading this, Ka-Ching! To make up one lost spot, Puiki, back from her long hiatus studying for the CFA exam, came in for the second tourney.
I can’t comment much on either tourney other than to see we had another all-woman final 3 in the second tourney. I’m very much digging this trend of having many beautiful women at the table. It’s my sincere hope that the league is eventually comprised of nothing but women and me. Is that too much to hope for? :-p
We had a cash game afterwards that almost didn’t get together, since a whole bunch of regular players wimped out (“it’s a school night” whine, whine), but we managed to keep six players around. I decided to break my self-imposed poker hiatus in order to keep the game moving. And if you believe that…
The cash game went well, with a few notable hands. The biggest pot of the night goes to Scott St. Germain, who flopped a boat with K8 and a board of K88. Vivian had 89 against him and John had KJ. Scott played it well and tripled up. Another memorable hand was when Wendy, who was dealing, dealt a flop of AAA, and then a fourth Ace on the turn! The pot was only two dollars, but I took it down with King high. Liezel also took a nice pot when her 3h5h hit a nicely hidden inside straight draw. In the end, I was the big cash winner, followed by Scott. Does this mean my poker hiatus is over? Not quite. I still have plenty of summer to enjoy. But I might sit in a tourney or two before the month is out…
And Happy Birthday to all of us! Wall Street Poker is one year old today! June 8, 2006 was the first tournament of the inaugural season. While the seasons are now quarterly, the first season was an extended 7 months, with Wendy narrowly pulling ahead of me in the last three weeks to take the title. Ah, memories…
Imagine my surprise when I walked back into my apartment in the middle of the second tournament to find only 9 players around the table. Kevin, a new player who’s only been to the game one time before, bailed on the league without leaving any messages (Bad etiquette Kevin!). And Thomas, who was going to bring a guest, told me at 6:30 that his guest had dropped out and it was going to be him alone. Then he didn’t show up and left me an email saying that he had been to the emergency room at the hospital and it turns out he has a broken fibia! It seems he slipped and fell near the elevator at his workplace and fractured his leg. David, if you’re reading this, Ka-Ching! To make up one lost spot, Puiki, back from her long hiatus studying for the CFA exam, came in for the second tourney.
I can’t comment much on either tourney other than to see we had another all-woman final 3 in the second tourney. I’m very much digging this trend of having many beautiful women at the table. It’s my sincere hope that the league is eventually comprised of nothing but women and me. Is that too much to hope for? :-p
We had a cash game afterwards that almost didn’t get together, since a whole bunch of regular players wimped out (“it’s a school night” whine, whine), but we managed to keep six players around. I decided to break my self-imposed poker hiatus in order to keep the game moving. And if you believe that…
The cash game went well, with a few notable hands. The biggest pot of the night goes to Scott St. Germain, who flopped a boat with K8 and a board of K88. Vivian had 89 against him and John had KJ. Scott played it well and tripled up. Another memorable hand was when Wendy, who was dealing, dealt a flop of AAA, and then a fourth Ace on the turn! The pot was only two dollars, but I took it down with King high. Liezel also took a nice pot when her 3h5h hit a nicely hidden inside straight draw. In the end, I was the big cash winner, followed by Scott. Does this mean my poker hiatus is over? Not quite. I still have plenty of summer to enjoy. But I might sit in a tourney or two before the month is out…
And Happy Birthday to all of us! Wall Street Poker is one year old today! June 8, 2006 was the first tournament of the inaugural season. While the seasons are now quarterly, the first season was an extended 7 months, with Wendy narrowly pulling ahead of me in the last three weeks to take the title. Ah, memories…
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