15 and a Half Hour Grind

Napalm's YTD: $18,650

I put in my longest session of poker ever last night at Casears Indiana. I got there at about 11 AM and left at about 2:30 AM. I stayed in the same seat the entire time at a wonderful $4$8 LHE game.

I left about $200 up, so about $13 per hour, or 1.5 BBs per hour, not bad.

Two very interesting hands:

Foe #1 in MP with AK off
Foe #2 on the button with AK off
Hero in BB with QQ

Capped preflop. The flop is J 10 9 with two spades, Hero doesn't have the Q of spades.

Hero bets the flop, gets called by both players. Turn is the best and the worst card possible. The Dreaded Q of spades. At this point, I can only put both players on high cards and no big pairs. Any big pair would have rasied my flop bet.

So, if they have AK, which I am sure one of them has, I have ten outs.

So I stand up and yell "Pair the damn board dealer, pair the f'ing board!!!"

Jack on the river. Yahoo, except for the fact that I just told the entire room that I had a boat. But here is the best part, they BOTH called my river bet with Broadway. Gotta love the $4$8.

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Hand #2

Crazy stradler brother stradles for $8 and I wake up with KK. I make it $12 and some other old mo fo caps. 4 players to the flop.

Star Spangled Banner baby, K 2 2

I bet, capper raises, all call.

Turn is a 9.

I bet, capper calls, Button rasies, crazy stradles folds, Other Guy calls. Oh Hell Yeah. I three bet, capper craps himself with AA and folds, BUT.... The other guys stays in too. Wha? Button caps, The Other Guy and I call.

River is an 8, whatever.

I bet, Other Guy rasies. Holy Mother of Pearl, was someone slowing down 22? Possible. Button reraises, I cap.

Me: KK for the Ocean Liner KKK22
Button: 99 for the pontoon boat 99922
other Guy: 88 for the canoe 88822

Holy $300 pot Batman.

Ship.
It.

Gotta love $4$8.

Look Who's Eating At 6:00

liquid's YTD: $6038.36

Vegas was a blast. I won't be a regular at the limit HE games online, but live play is a whole different story. The games downtown were especially fun and loose, and the characters at all the tables were hilarious. Some highlights:

The table-coach youngster at the Wynn 4-8 going limp with TPTK when Napalm got aggressive with his flush draw in position. Napalm hit on the river of course, triggering a stream of surly comments over the next half-hour.

The Jack Klompus sound- and look-alike (complete with track suit) at the Mirage 3-6. Eventually we were all talking like Del Boca Vista residents. "I've ridden in Cadillacs hundreds of times... thousands!"

The LAG from Ireland at the MGM 4-8 half-kill. I tried playing back at him when I could, without a lot of success. But we still had fun yelling comments to each other. (The MGM room is very noisy, and we were on opposite ends of the table.) I thanked him on my way out for making the game interesting.

The cowboy to my right at the Golden Nugget 4-8 who limped with KK, flopped a set, and never put in a raise until he boated up on the river. As he scooped his modest pot, he leaned over to me and confided, "Let's put it this way. This ain't my first rodeo!" He started racking up soon thereafter. Several of us convinced him to stay a few more orbits.

The 4-8 rock star at the Wynn, handling his cards and chips with his left hand while his right arm stayed draped around his bystander girlfriend. He managed to get into several nit-fights with the dealer over showing cards and bet sizes. A joy at the table.

I also enjoyed donking it up with Napalm whenever we got heads-up. Unfortunately he usually showed up with a hand. The best by far was capping on a 689 flop, getting a few more bets in on the turn and river, only to have Napalm show J9 vs. my J8. Bastard. I finally hit a big hand and I'm up against the cooler.

I ended the trip $518 up. I'll be back.

Why I Love PLO

liquid's YTD: $6090.91

After a fun and moderately profitable trip to Vegas (details later), I'm finally back to playing PLO. I feel all warm and fuzzy. Hands like the following help.

Note that TableCoach has been on a rapid downward slope and is tilting.

Omaha Hi $1-$1 PL

Seat 1: Hero (Button, $93) [Qd 4s Qh 7h]
Seat 3: TableCoach (B2, $25.95)

PRE-FLOP
Seven folks limp/check.

($7) FLOP [Qc 2s 6h]
B1 checks, TableCoach checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, Hero bets $4, B1 folds, TableCoach calls $4, UTG folds, UTG+2 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds.

($15) TURN [Qc 2s 6h 5h]
TableCoach bets $15, Hero bets $30, TableCoach calls $5.95 and is all-in.

RIVER [Qc 2s 6h 5h 5c]

SHOWDOWN
Hero shows [Qd 4s Qh 7h] (queens full of fives)
TableCoach mucks cards [4d 3h 8d 5d] (6-high straight)
Hero wins $9.05, Hero wins $54.90.

TableCoach: omg
TableCoach: you idiot
TableCoach: nh
TableCoach: all i nwith the worst of it
TableCoach leaves the table.

O RLY???

pokenum -o qd 4s qh 7h - 4d 3h 8d 5d -- qc 2s 6h 5h
Omaha Hi: 40 enumerated boards containing 2s Qc 6h 5h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
4s Qd Qh 7h 21 52.50 19 47.50 0 0.00 0.525
8d 5d 4d 3h 19 47.50 21 52.50 0 0.00 0.475