paralyzed
I am out of shape.
I played at Pete's monthly poker tournament with Chad on friday nite, and Chad didn't do well, but I managed to make ~$50.
Which helped pay for paintball today.
Paintball was really fun, but you really should be in shape, and I was not in good paintball shape. Aubrey seemed to like it too, as well as Steve and his kids. BJ and Jeff were my only other friends that played, and I think we all had fun.
Except Jeff shot me once when I was on his team, traitor!
But the comibination of playing poker til 3am, going to aubrey's 9am hockey game, then straight to paintball had left me pretty tired.
I think I'll go to bed on time tonite.
Bad beats and poker stories for extended reading.
Tournament:
Early on, I have Ad-Js under the gun, and limp, hoping for a raise, but everyone else limps too.
No matter, flop is As-6d-6c. I check, and there's a bet, two callers, and I call, figuring I'm ahead.
Turn is 5s.
Guy to my left bets again, only one other guy and myself call.
River is 6s.
Wow, there's only 1 friggin card that can beat me.
Guy on my left goes all in, but has less than me, 2nd guy calls, and I call saying, "maybe we all have the same thing."
Guy on the left has the 6, other guy has not the nut flush, so clearly in mensa.
I have little chips left, we're down from 41 players to ~12, and I'm nearly dead, just waiting for a quality hand to double up with.
In middle position, everyone having limped in, I have 7s-8s. I love to play these hands normally when everyone limps, but I decide I need to save chips, and fold.
Flop is 9s 6s 2s
Great. I made a mistake, but there's several far better flushes out there, as there's betting and several callers.
Turn is 5s.
Bollocks.
Shortly thereafter, I have pocket 2's, and I decide even that's not good enough, and fold.
Of course the flop has a 2, and a king which someone else had and bet heavily on.
Bollocks.
Cash game
Chad's bad beat.
Wyles is a guy we've played with there several times. Usually very tight, but a decent player. This nite, he was crazy loose, much like Chad.
Wyles has raised nearly every pot of omaha pre-flop, and bet out to win 75+% of them.
This one, Chad stays with, and he shows me his K-K-2-6 to the K-4-8 rainbow flop.
Wyles pots it again, and Chad re-pots, and wyles calls. Turn is Q, more betting.
River is a 10, changing the best possible hand.
More betting, both Chad and wyles are all in for $60+ each.
Wyles has A-A-J-10, for the straight.
Chad's obesessed that he called all that way "knowing that he had a set, and therefore just drawing to the straight"
Maybe, but it seemed like he was just trying to buy it, like he had several others, and it just worked out.
But painful to watch all the same.