Famous Poker Quotes...

"Poker... I hardly even know her!"

----------------- Jack Styles

HSP is back!

Sik life...

Not sure of how many of you keep up with the online scene but there is a sick challenge going on right now offered up by Durrrr (Tom Dwan) who pretty much said that he would take on anyone, with the exception of Phil G, for a heads up 50k hand match of minimum 4tables playing at least 200/400 PLO or NLHE. If, after the rake, PA is up at least $1 Durrrr will pay him $1.5 million plus PA keeps anything he's won. If Durrrr is up PA will pay him $500k and he keeps anything he's won. When this was first mentioned late last month the online world was non-stop about this. Barry Greenstein has a site pokerroad.com and has a segment with Phil Ivey where they spoke about it. Ivey has stated that he too wants to play Durrrr but will have to wait till after PA plays him. However, Ivey and BG think that it is possible for a player to loss upwards of $8-10 mil in such a match, Durrrr himself has said that the swings will be/could be immense. Now rather or not they will be is obviously to be determined but as long as Durrrr is up $1 then he wins $1.5mil from PA so that's pretty +EV. The match has already start earlier this week and after only two sessions Durrrr is up $135k after 1,500 hands. It is expected for this to take about two-three months to complete. What is interesting is the press that Full Tilt is giving this. They've created (8) 200/400 PLO heads up tables, (1) 500/1000 PLO heads up table, (1) 500/1000 6 max NLHE table, and a PLO/NLHE 500/1000 deep stack {min 200k buy in} 6 max table all for Durrrr. Also they've set up a link that will publicly track the results during this match. This is all interesting since Dwan isn't a FTP Pro like PA and Ivey so it's only a guess as to what all this is leading to for Dwan.

Here's some links if interested:

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-plays-full-tilt-pros
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/results-durrrr-v-pa-challenge-416117/

Another quick story about Durrrr is this one that he tells himself:

"i had no charger for my laptop, but was in 500/1k games on my flight from vegas to nyc. This was about 2hrs ago. I decided to ask the guy in front of me to borrow his. He was super nice abt it and said ok before even asking y i needed it. I then asked a friend what i should give him in exchange. Before she answered i decided a .5% freeroll. Now i need to give him 900$, im wondering if he will laugh **** or go blind. I think 2 and 3.

sik life."

Wow! Imagine some 22 year old asking you to borrow your charger and then you walk away with $900! Durrrr does live a sik life!

Btw, did I mention that Tom is only 22? Oh to be a multi-millioniare many time over and to live such a life...

The right play...

Hmmmm. What a subject! For the most part, my feeling is, and always has been.... you'll know if you made the right play or not because you'll be dragging the pot. Maybe, maybe not. How many times have you seen a donkey make the wrong call, the wrong bet and drag the pot? LOL. I always tell them it was a great play, the right call, the right bet because I want them to keep making those donkey moves because in the long run that donkey call will bust them. It is painful however to see the donkey doing very well in the here and now.

Now having said that, the only "correct" way to play poker is the way that consistently wins you money. Even if that goes against what you see on TV, in the books and magazines and from your friends. There appears to be some people, some circumstances where, for whatever reason, you feel compelled to make the play and, more often than not, it works out. Well, I'd do it if I were you....

Online at Absolute

I was playing some $5/$10 Omaha 8 at Absolute and ran into a young man who liked to raise every time the action got to him... I watched him a couple of rounds and figured I would catch a decent hand and try to isolate him. And (I'm certain that Rick would probab argue with me) but I floped a monster!

Blinds are $3/$5 and I'm in early position and know that Maizito bets every time so I just call to with double suited connectors. The other players aren't blind and have picked up on M's aggression. So pre-flop there's about $90 or so in the pot.

My hand:






Maizito:








The flop:

I love this flop... it gives me an open-ended straight draw, 3rd nut flush draw and runner-runner low possibilities. So I lead out with with a $5 bet and M raises, Palos re-raises and I cap it at $20.

The turn:






Now that gives me open-ended straight draws to go along with my flush draw and an Ace gives me the wheel. So lead out with a $10 bet, its raised, re-raised and I cap it again.

The river:






The river is beautiful giving me the nut high and a decent low so I lead out with a bet and get 2 callers including M, of course.

But the good news is that, fortunately for me, I was apparently behind right up to the river when I got the nuts. Whee! And the scoop!

Let the suck outs begin!

The Man Rules

The Man Rules

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
Finally , the guys' side of the story.
( I must admit, it's pretty good.)
We always hear " the rules"
From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.
These are our rules!
Please note.. these are all numbered "1 " ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports: It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1.. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you
sad or angry, we meant the other one .

1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.

If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials...
1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...
Really .
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball or golf.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
1. Thank you for reading this.

Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Pass this to as many men as you can -
to give them a laugh.
Pass this to as many women as you can -
to give them a bigger laugh.

The Juice's Roll Comes to an End!

Well, at least I think so... For about the past 3 weeks, the Juice has been on a tear! And it goes something like this....

Nothing! (pre-flop)... Nothing (on the flop)... Nothing (on the turn)... Nuts! And if that isn't it, it's close! He has been hitting the draws like crazy!

Last week, in what must have been a $12K pot or so... he flops top set, Kings on a K, J, 10 (and 2 hearts) board, he makes a big bet, 2 callers and an all-in push... I am pretty certain that the other callers already had straights and one nut flush draw. The turn, the fourth King and he scoops 4 players chips in one hand! Like I said, he's been on a roll!

When we played earlier this week, it did appear that he was still riding the rush. Within an hour or so, he had quadrupled up and was the big stack at the table... and he does like to push people around with the big stack.

In this particular hand, I was the big blind in our usual game of $5/$10 No Limit Omaha 8... not a very rational game even if you're playing with rational people! Yeah, but we've got Dave, Bart, Jr. and Turley... lots of rational minds --- and then you can throw Rick in to the mix. Yep. Not rational at all. So... as the table turns Rick is on my left and calls the big blind, then there's Turley, Dave, (Bart had already vacated the next seat mumbling something about not being able to play with people who didn't care anything about money)... hmmm, I always thought that was who I wanted to have at the table, and then Jr. and then me. So every one has called and when it gets to the Juice, he raises it and makes it an even $100 to see the flop -AND- I believe that everyone called again.

My hole cards:

Dave's hole cards: (I think)

So when the flop hits, I really like it, but I KNOW that the Juice is going to bet and I almost checked, but I decided to try something different.

The flop:

I lead out with a $100 bet, Rick folds, Turley calls and the Juice raises it $100. The table folds around to me and I re-raise $200, Turley calls and Dave re-raises it $200... nice! I figured that he had the nut straight but he could just as easily have had an over pair -- LOL. When it gets back to me, Dave is mumbling about how he knows what I've got ---- yada yada yada ---- so I push all in (approximately another $1100 over Dave's $200 re-raise)... Turley folds and the Juice insta-calls. I turn over my hand and I've got him quartered.

The turn: (a brick---not something we're used to seeing at this table)

And the river tried to poke-chop me...

The river:

It took us a couple of minutes to figure out that the river had no real impact on the outcome since I was still playing to the 6 for the low which was good for the low and to quarter Dave only because I did the reraise to push out Turley who was playing 2, 5 and would have made the wheel. Thank you Turley.

Unfortunately I didn't get play much longer since I had a big day at the office the next day. I felt compelled to leave when I folded what would have been quads to a $25 straddle which turned into a $100 bet pre-flop. Dave isolated Turley heads up and pushed all-in when the flop came 9x, 9x, Jx. Yep... that was definitely the one that got away!

Oh... please don't let the suck outs begin!

KK vs 88 vs 33

I'm pretty certain that Corey was dealing!

WSOP 2008 A/Q Vs 10/9