Cutting down on tables is +EV

Cashville ten a key!

The following video is NSFW!

I'm trying to keep count of all this f---ing money I'm making 

50 cent feat Young Buck -- 24's(remix)

And i brought an extra clip

I might be one tabling 50NL for a while

What can I say, Daniel Negreanu has inspired me. That and I continued to run into monsters, so I'm down to my last 4 or 5 buy ins. But, I'm feeling better now though. Really, another monster? No, no, no, no. I'm taking a stand!

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP2: $28.50
Hero (CO): $56.70
BTN: $21.35
SB: $47.50
BB: $64.20
UTG: $74.45
UTG+1: $55.15
MP1: $96.45

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 8 7
UTG raises to $2, 3 folds, Hero calls $2, 3 folds

Flop: ($4.75) 6 5 7 (2 players)
UTG bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($10.75) 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $7.50, UTG raises to $24, Hero raises to $51.70 all in, UTG calls $27.70

River: ($114.15) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $114.15
Hero shows 8 7 (a straight, Five to Nine)
UTG shows Q A (a pair of Nines)
Hero wins $111.15
(Rake: $3.00)

And I held. Saints be praised!

I unquit

Only one thing left to do: move up, chase loses. amirite? Game on!

I quit

OK: screw this, I suck at poker. I believe in miracles, but do my opponents always have to wake up with them? I try to play the odds, but the odds are resolutely against me. The chance that my opponent is holding the nuts or will draw to the nuts is 100%.

It's been real, it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun. gg

Radiohead -- Just

I are not a idiot :(

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

Hero (SB): $30.80
BB: $11.80
BTN: $17.05

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 8 8
BTN raises to $17.05 all in, Hero raises to $30.80 all in, 1 fold

Hero shows 8 8
BTN shows 4 Q

Flop: ($34.35) 4 A J (2 players - 2 are all in)
Turn: ($34.35) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)
River: ($34.35) 6 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $34.35
BTN wins $33.35
(Rake: $1.00)

Conan776: nh

Same villain later....

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP2: $24.65
Hero (CO): $32.45
BTN: $16.65
SB: $25.00
BB: $27.90
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $25.00
UTG+2: $25.00
MP1: $35.60

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with T A
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1, 2 folds, MP2 calls $1, Hero calls $1, 2 folds, BB raises to $27.90 all in, 2 folds, Hero calls $26.90

Hero shows T A
BB shows J J

Flop: ($57.90) T Q 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: ($57.90) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($57.90) T (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $57.90
Hero wins $55.05
(Rake: $2.85)

Villain: idiot

(villain leaves)

7th anniversary of the Iraq War

HuffPo reminds me that today marks the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

I still remember seeing Saddam's final speech to the Iraqi Parliament on the eve on the invasion, which he concluded by saying (I'm paraphrasing, as I've never seen this in print):

"Finally, I'd like to again say to the American people and to the World, that Iraq does not have any Weapons of Mass Destruction. But," he shrugs, "if George Bush want us to have them so bad, we'll see what we can do about whipping some up." (Laughter, perhaps mildly nervous, from the chamber.)

Worst bluff ever? Second level thinking in a world of realpolitik? Probably.

The invasion coverage was exciting though. I'm wondering how Bill Hicks would have described it had he been still with us. Oh, right:

Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is in control. Here, here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up, go back to bed America, here is American Gladiators, here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their f***ing skulls together and congratulate you on the living in the land of freedom. Here you go America - you are free to do what well tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!

I forget exactly where I was, let alone who I was, online in 2003, but I was out here somewhere trying to tell people that, yes, the French were right: Iraq didn't have any weapons of mass destruction. LOL @ Freedom fries!

Oh well.

George W. Bush (accidental U2 cover) -- Iraq War Speech (Sunday Bloody Sunday remix)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

If you like anything Irish, go see The Secret of the Kells!

It has the most amazing and original animation I've seen in years.

Viffer banned from 2+2

From 2+2 mod Pudge714:

viffers post has been deleted and we will discuss what to do about it. This isn't a permanent move. Reposting or offering to pm/email/etc the contents of the deleted post to other users will result in bans or infractions.

Oops, but then Viffer X-posted it (n.b.: although it appears to be in the first person, it's believed Viffer was relating 3rd party info) in another thread:

Apparently he re-posted something that he was asked not to post. The ban is only for 3 days so we will likely hear from him again.

Of course, given that this is Viffer we're talking about, the Mods quickly came to their senses and lifted the ban. According to moderator apefish:

It's very clear now that viffer posted it, it was taken down and he was told that it can't be an anonymous accusation (which it was), and he reposted it very quickly vouching for what he felt was its authenticity, resulting in the ban. At least part of that was a misunderstanding and his account was rather quickly reinstated after direct contact between Mason and viffer.

Ah well, the usual 2+2 shenanigans. Good luck Viffer. I guess it helps when you want to speak truth to power to have been on TV. At least I don't feel so alone any more ;-)

Update 3/18: Stoxtrader has now resigned from Stoxpoker.

 

They Might Be Giants -- Purple Toupee

Nice little heater

Not a bad day, not a bad day at all.

And as if to assuage my doubts from the wee hours of this morning, PokerStars seems to have magically restocked the pond.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: $25.00
UTG: $32.70
UTG+1: $25.00
UTG+2: $33.85
MP1: $25.45
MP2: $27.95
CO: $24.40
BTN: $26.00
Hero (SB): $25.40

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 2 2

3 folds, MP1 raises to $1, MP2 calls $1, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.90, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.25) 2 3 9 (3 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets $2.25, MP2 folds, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($7.75) 9 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets $6, Hero raises to $12, MP1 raises to $22.20 all in, Hero calls $10.15 all in

River: ($52.05) 5 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $52.05

MP1 shows Q K (a pair of Nines)
Hero shows 2 2 (a full house, Deuces full of Nines)

Hero wins $49.50
(Rake: $2.55)