Not sure if my half-joking arguments had any effect, but…

Nice. I’m adding him to the LA roll. Hank agrees, judging by a remark in his latest: “Grubby will be moving here soon, methinks, so he now counts as an ‘LA blogger’ in my book.”

$20+2 SNG with 6 minute levels on FTP. 3 places pay.

Blinds 40/80

I’m in the SB with JJ.

SB: T1600 – StudioGlyphic
BB: T1600 – Probably my weakest opponent
UTG: T2800 – Solid player who is capable of stealing
Button: T7500 – Solid player who’s caught some cards

UTG minimum raises to T160. Button folds.

What should I do?
Continue reading Mistakes on the bubble →

…I’d have known it was National River Week.

I took a shot at a 1/2 $200 NL game on Full Tilt and found myself seated with three aggro players. Standard m.o. was to raise the pot pre-flop and bet the pot post-flop. Finally I called with a pocket pair, saw the ragged flop, and put the aggro to the test with a check-raise (not a minimum raise, either). He min-raised me, and I considered my options. It was possible that he had a bigger pocket pair, but unlikely. I called. The turn was another rag, and I put him all-in. He called, getting perhaps 3:1 from the pot. He flipped up overcards and was drawing to six outs, one of which came on ….

So that makes three $300 pots I’ve lost this week to river beats. Which should make me the poster child for something.

Bankroll management dictates I step down in limits (it’s boring down here) and that goes for live play, too. Which is too bad, because the 1/2 NLHE game seemed a hell of a lot more interesting than the .50/1 and .25/.50 NLHE games. But I just can’t afford those swings.

We met up with Wil Wheaton briefly after the show.

But hey, whether it’s a $5 event, a $30 event, or a $10,000 event, I think you feel the same way when you suffer a bad beat or fight your way to the win. How long that feeling lasts, well… that’s different.