Poker Wannabe: 6/18/2005 - A Little More Braggin'

Oh geez.

Well, I continue to running embarassingly well at the Party 15/30. I had my best day of poker ever Friday night, helped along by hands like this (which turns out to be my biggest online pot ever):

Party Poker 15/30 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is CO with Kd, 9d. Hero posts a blind of $15.
2 folds, MP1 raises, MP2 calls, 1 fold, Hero (poster) calls, 1 fold, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Jd, Td, 8s (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 bets, MP2 calls, Hero raises, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 3-bets, MP2 calls, Hero caps, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (11 BB) Qs (3 players)
MP1 bets, MP2 calls, Hero raises, MP1 3-bets, MP2 caps, Hero calls, MP1 calls.

River: (23 BB) 3d (3 players)
MP1 bets, MP2 calls $22 (All-In), Hero raises, MP1 3-bets, Hero caps, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 31.73 BB

Results:
MP1 has 9c 7c (straight, queen high).
MP2 has 8d 8h (three of a kind, eights).
Hero has Kd 9d (flush, king high).
Outcome: Hero wins 31.73 BB.

I can understand MP2's play, but MP1's?? Wow.

Poker hasn't been all roses. Thursday night I had my worst run at the 10/20 six-max games I can remember, dropping over 100 BBs almost immediately before finishing down 80 BBs. But I more than made up for it with my 15/30 play and my first-ever attempt at the Party 20/40.

The 20/40 seems to be a good game, although not quite as juicy as the 15/30 has been. I was at a couple tables that would have four or five people in a raised pot on a fairly regular basis. I almost definitely will not play 20/40 regularly, however. I need to stay at the 15/30 for a while to make sure I'm solid there before moving up. If I see an especially juicy 20/40 game, I'll jump in, but that's it.

I even got crazy enough to sit at the Party 30/60 game for a round. I managed to win one hand--my AKs held up unimproved over a cold-caller's A6s--but it was clear even after only that one round that I wasn't going to be able to play my normal game at those stakes, so I quickly left. I need to get used to the daily swings at 15/30 before I try to get used to playing the 30/60. Considering I won't even play the 20/40 regularly yet, it'll probably be quite a while before I again try the 30/60.

I Don't Need No Stinkin' Job!

Besides being my best-ever day of poker (and getting to watch Roger Clemens beat the Royals), Friday was also my last day at my day job. I am now officially a professional poker player.

I had been working as a mathematician at a gaming company, but no longer. No more wage-slavery for me. No more rotting in a cubicle for eight hours a day. I am now a free man!

Well, free to be a BB-per-hour-slave, rotting at a poker table (virtual or real) all day. Heh.

18 days!

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6/18/2005 - A Little More Braggin'

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