Monday, January 08, 2007

Face to Face (drunk) poker

My buddy Joe had a poker night, and I played it a bit more loosely than I do normally. (Weren't many people raising pre-flop)

Notable hands:

With the blinds at 400/800, a stack of about 3000, and an automatic rebuy of 750 'chit' in my hand, I chose to make a stand.

With a marginal hand (A/? or K/Q)

And me one position away from the big blind.

Which meant that when I lost, I was instantly all in, with whatever cards were dealt to me . . . and it was 2/9 offsuit.

I got lucky and got a 9 high flush on the river, but it was a stupid series start-to-finish on my part.

I won some decent ones - AQ diamonds into an A-high flush - 7-8 into a 8 high straight - KK's with continuous betting taking down a large pot on the river.

I lost a monster with KQ. Flop comes 10 10 K, and it was checked around. Turn is nothing, and I bet heavy, Roger goes all in over top of me, and I call. He turns over pocket 10's and I lose, even with a 3rd K on the river.

I won a monster , purely luck - I went all in over a medium stack with K/J - and Gary turns over K's. I get two J's in the mix to beat him with trip jacks.

Good times.

-Walt