Poker

[Eric]

You can do it, Spooky!

[Spooky]

Copy/paste from FB.

Tournament #3 about to start. Took yesterday off. I was feeling a bit brain fried.

Had to make a couple of big laydowns. Same guys keeps sticking around and making straights and flushes against my 2 pair and trips. He is gracious enough to show his hand after. About 16k at first break.

15 minutes ago I was 51k and was 2nd in chips at my table. Two short stacks go all in. The biggest has about 24k. I have KK and a call. It my KK against AK and QQ. QQ hits a Q one the flop and I don't improve. Down to 26k. Few hands latter I have AK of hearts on the button. A couple of raises in front of me and I reraise. Big blind calls and the initial raiser calls who is now the big stack. Flop is KsJh5h. I have to pair and the nut flush draw. big blind checks. Big stack raises enough to put me all in if I call. I think about it for a few. He had been very aggressive with any pair all day. I can't fold top top with the nut flush fraw and I call it off allin. He has JJ and no K or heart comes to help me out.


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[Spooky]

Copy/paste from FB

So cool. Just got to meet Joey Ingram. Professional PLO player and poker podcaster. He had just busted out of the $10k PLO event in 17th place and still took a couple of minutes to chat with me. He has an enertaing YouTube channel if you like watching poker content.

https://www.youtube.com/user/joeingram1

[Eric]

How long does this go on?

[Spooky]

The World Seies of Poker goes from May 29th until July 17th. There are 78 official "bracelet' events wherer the winner get money and a cool bracelet for winning.



I am playing in a $250 buyin tournament that runs daily starting at 1PM. You don't get one of the cool WSOP bracelets for winning a daily, but there is $30k to $40k for the winner of the daily I am playing. I will be here until Friday.

[Eric]

[Spooky]

busted out elry today. FB copy paste:

Very early exit today. Had TT in the small blind. The under to gun player makes a standard raise and it folds to me
I call. Flop is TA8. I raise. He goes allin. I figure he has AK or AQ. I call allin. He shows AA. His trips beat mine. I think I am done playing poker while I am here. Gonna spend the rest of my time exploring places I haven't seen in Vegas. I think it will take at least a couple of days to get over that last bad beat.

[Spooky]

The WSOP was an amazing experience. I learned a lot about poker and myself. Can't wait for next year!

[Eric]

Great!  I'm glad you took a little time away from the table too. Sounded like you needed a break.

[Spooky]

A guy at work found out I play poker. We started talking and he keeps telling me that poker is a complete game of luck, even more than blackjack.



I asked how much he plays. He said he played a couple of times in Vegas, but spend most of his time on blackjack and slots.

I need a poker friend. Someone I can talk hand histories and strategy with. Every conversation I have with people about poker ends up in an argument about poker being more luck than skill.