So if it weren’t obvious by now, I’ve reloaded. Between the IGMPAY bonus and the 40BB I’ve won, I’m feeling pretty good. I still don’t think I have the attention span to truly master the limits I’m playing, but I’ll give it my best shot. And I definitely don’t have the time management skills to keep this thing under control. The day I reloaded, the two hours I had intended to play stretched out into four. On the other hand, yesterday I decided that winning one big hand was good enough, and decided to go to bed early. Tonight I sat out after an hour and half when I had to make a phone call and then decided to watch a movie afterwards instead of getting back in. The only reason I played some more was to help SirFWALGMan bust some balls at the limit tables. The gambooler in me HATES limit. Need to work on putting that guy in his place. Good cards, all.
Monthly Archives: October 2004
Holy crap
Had some fun at the 1/2 tables with SirFWALGMan. I don’t know how he found this table, but it was fishy as hell! I saw way too many winning hands completing on the river, most of them with no business being in the pot in the first place. The variance was crazy, but I decided to join in and say to hell with the money.
It was a blast.
Oh lordy. I myself had two suckout wins on the river when my TJs (which I raised UTG) made a straight on one hand and my KTs paired the king on another. Two other hands I won with some aggressive bets. On another hand I bet/raised the hammer until someone obviously completed their flush on the river, giving me an excuse to fold and bitch about the suckout fishes.
I had my share of suckout losses, too. My suited big slick was worth 3-betting pre-flop, and apparently someone else’s 39s was worth calling 3 bets pre-flop. The flop gave him no hope of survival, but he stayed in to runner runner flush me out of a big pot. It was that kind of session. And all this in the span of 35 hands!
Luckily that JT suckout straight I made put me into positive territory after SirCOULDIHAVEALONGERORHARDERTOTYPEName decided to quit for the day. He did see that last one, and I was glad to show him. I quit after that as well, though now that I think back on it, if I hadn’t thrown all those chips at the hammer, I would have had a pretty decent win rate. Damn grubby.
32nd place
Had some lucky breaks, but ultimately my luck ran out when my ATs ran up against the Hiltons and pocket tens. Board decided to give each of them a boat, and my cards just couldn’t do anything for me. Still, I outlasted 100 other bloggers and readers, including some of the greats, so I’m pretty happy about that. Gotta learn not to call when someone goes all in and can do some damage to my stack.
The Crazy 88
Bill : Nah, there weren’t really eighty-eight of them. They just called themselves “The Crazy 88.”
Budd : How come?
Bill : I don’t know. I guess they thought it sounded cool.
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Updated 15:15.
Snoozing through traffic
It doesn’t rain often here, but when it does, people freak out. I have a low opinion of most people’s ability to drive to begin with, and this morning it seemed that every traffic report that managed to sneak into my consciousness before I hit snooze reported another couple accidents on the freeways. Checking Sigalert.com, I can see a clusterfuck of accidents in Orange County (heh, Republicans really can’t drive), accidents up and down the 710, and a scattering of accidents everywhere else. Ugh. No thanks.
So here are some tips to my fellow LA area drivers:
1. Pay attention. You should always pay attention, but pay special attention when it’s raining/wet. That means turning off your cell phone, saving the paper for later, or doing your makeup before getting in the car.
2. Keep your distance. Your brakes are shitty, your reaction time is slow, your tires are those plastic, long-lasting ones you picked up at Costco for $25 a tire last year. You just aren’t going to be able to stop as quickly, period. Multiply that by a factor of 1.5-2.5 in the wet. Don’t forget that there’s an asshole behind you who drives just like you. If he’s tailgating you and you’re tailgating the guy in front of you, you’re in for a world of hurt.
3. Keep both hands on the wheel. Driving through a pool of standing water can rapidly slow down your wheels on one side, causing your car to jerk toward that side. If you’ve only got a few fingers resting on the bottom of your steering wheel when that happens, you’re probably going to hit that median or the car next to you.
4. Stay home. You just ignored 1-3, didn’t you? Well, then just call in sick today. Stay off that road. Or better yet, take advantage of all this free water by washing your car in the rain. Last night I hosed down my car, quickly soaped it up, then took a spin around the block (tried to get my wheels to break loose at the cul de sac, but didn’t try hard enough). All in ten minutes. My car is clean!
5. Do the math. Sigh. So you’re going to get out there anyway. So let’s say you gotta get somewhere that’s ten miles away. If you’re driving 55 mph, it’ll take you 11 minutes. If you’re driving 75 mph, it’ll take you 8 minutes. If you get in an accident, you can add 1-2 hours to your commute. If you can’t handle the speed (and let’s be honest here, you can’t), go ahead and suck it up. It’s going to take you an extra three minutes, and you should stay the fuck out of the passing lane.
I guess this is more of angry rant than a list of tips. There’s still good advice in there. 😉