Another swongy week

Still FPP pro-ing it through the slums of 25NL. Spent the weekend getting rivered over and over again, but lost the minimum in most spots.

Oh well. I'll get 'em next week.

Diamonds are a Conan's best friend

Funny I was in such a spades mood yesterday.

If they don't give me proper credit, I just take their stacks.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $12.35
SB: $16.95
BB: $25.00
Hero (UTG): $25.00
UTG+1: $39.45
MP1: $36.35
MP2: $19.75
CO: $11.50

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with 8 J

Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $1.25, 5 folds, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.85) 7 5 2 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets $1, Hero raises to $3, MP1 calls $2

Turn: ($8.85) 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $3.25, MP1 calls $3.25

River: ($15.35) 4 (2 players)

Hero bets $4.75, MP1 raises to $9.50, Hero calls $4.75

Final Pot: $34.35

Hero shows 8 J (a flush, Jack high)

MP1 shows Q A (a pair of Fives)

Hero wins $32.70

(Rake: $1.65)


And two minutes later:

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (MP): $25.00
CO: $25.00
BTN: $25.75
SB: $16.35
BB: $31.40
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $40.70

Pre Flop: ($0.45) Hero is MP with 8 6

UTG raises to $1, UTG+1 calls $1, Hero calls $1, 4 folds

Flop: ($3.45) 7 J 6 (3 players)

UTG bets $2.25, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($7.95) 2 (2 players)

UTG bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

River: ($18.95) Q (2 players)

UTG bets $9, Hero raises to $16.25 all in, UTG folds

Final Pot: $36.95

Hero mucks 8 6

Hero wins $35.15

(Rake: $1.80)

Marilyn Monroe -- Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

Ah, heck, let's make this one a twofer.

 

Madonna -- Material Girl

European Poker Tour Berlin robbery videos

YouTube (extended audio version)

Longer version on German website

more info on Gawker.

In completely unrelated news, Deutschland resident and recently new poker-blogger MartinK was spotted playing 400NL this afternoon. :-P

And that is why I wear the bowtie

... as the guy who used to play Senator Paul Simon on SNL used to say.

Whatever happened to him? I think his name was Al Franken...

Whoa whoa whoa. Now he's an actual Senator himself?

Well, it is a crazy world, and like the title of this blog says, sometimes, indeed, it is an easy game. IMO.

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade...

Simon and Garfunkel -- The Boxer

(I said:
be careful
his bow-tie
is really
a camera!)

2m2mm cancelled by G4

Two Months Two Million won't be renewed by G4, according to a Poker News Daily report, as I predicted many moons ago when season one wrapped up.

No postmortem yet on Krantz's blog. Apparently they are still shopping the concept around to other networks or something.

But in the meantime, I'll be ringing up my cable company to drop the $5 a month sports package I got in order to watch the otherwise amazingly lousy G4 network back when 2m2mm premiered.

Can I fade five outers with one to come?

No, of course not.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 3 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $25.25
BTN: $37.20
SB: $25.35

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 5 Q

BTN raises to $0.55, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN calls $0.95

Flop: ($3.10) 3 4 9 (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.55, Hero calls $0.55

Turn: ($4.20) 9 (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $2, Hero raises to $5.50, BTN raises to $35.15 all in, Hero calls $17.70 all in

River: ($50.60) 6 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $50.60

Hero shows 5 Q (a pair of Nines)

BTN shows 6 T (two pair, Nines and Sixes)

BTN wins $49.60

(Rake: $1.00)

(Look: I've been whining a lot lately, but I'll stop complaining about bad beats when they stop happening every 100 hands. Promise!)

However, I can crack the pocket rockets of the biggest nit at 25NL, so for now I'll call it even.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 566461
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $27.65
SB: $15.00
BB: $14.90
UTG: $28.30
UTG+1: $33.15
MP1: $25.00
MP2: $26.65
CO: $24.65

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 3 4

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 raises to $5.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $4.05

Flop: ($12.20) 2 6 4 (2 players)

UTG+1 bets $5, Hero raises to $12.50, UTG+1 raises to $27.85 all in, Hero calls $9.85 all in

Turn: ($56.90) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($56.90) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $56.90

Hero shows 3 4 (a flush, Queen high)
UTG+1 shows A A (a pair of Aces)

Hero wins $54.10

(Rake: $2.80)

Fed up with the filibuster

 I just visited "Fed Up With The Filibuster" to sign a petition addressing my Senators, urging them to revisit the outdated filibuster rule, which effectively requires a supermajority to pass virtually any legislation in Washington these days.

If you share my belief that it's time to end the filibuster as we know it, will you speak up and sign the petition, too?

Changing the filibuster is no pipe dream. In fact, back in the 1970's the Senate successfully amended what was a 67-vote cloture requirement to the current 60-vote requirement.

We cannot continue to allow a minority of Senators to paralyze progress. Together we can restore majority rule and make Congress work for the American people again.

Please join me and sign Senator Dick Durbin's petition!

Thank you.

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