Quick Post: A Few Things

Some stuff about the website:

gotdonk.net runs on open source blogging software called Wordpress. It’s totally free and it is awesome. The design of the site was done by me, using my computer skills, but a big thankyou has to go to the generous programming hippies at Wordpress for their behind-the-scenes voodoo which holds it all together — for FREE.

What else.. oh yeah the Digsby thing on the side there, which is also free — the internet owns — goes directly to my instant messenger and it works just like a normal chat window on my desktop. How fucking cool is that? Every blog should have one of these things.

Some stuff about poker:

Season 5 of High Stakes Poker is coming up next week (and it’ll be free too). No Ivey this time but online psycho Ziigmund is in, as well as durrrr who’s always sick to watch. I’ll be posting the videos here every week.

In other news, I placed 2nd twice last week, on back to back days in the same $25 omaha tournament — which is weird because I don’t normally play tournaments, or omaha. ~$390 total winnings. Hand details on “Read the rest”…

The first time I came 2nd was my fault — after 3 hours of perfection, I played a hand like a dribbling spastic. And the day after that, the second time wasn’t my fault — I got coolered on the very first hand of heads up.

Tourney #1

I started HU at just over $19,000, got to even stacks and then did this…

Seat 8: Some stupid French idiot - $42,940 — Seat 9: majc - $38,060
majc (button) posts small blind ($800)
idiot posts big blind ($1,600)

majc dealt raises to $4,800
idiot calls $4,800

Flop: —

idiot checks
majc bets $7,000
idiot raises to $30,600

*** This is obviously where I should’ve folded but because he was pretty volatile, and because I’d just doubled up to even, and also because I’m a moron, I convinced myself he had spades so I just went for the 60:40 flip.

majc raises to $33,260 (all-in)
idiot calls $33,260

majc shows
idiot shows — 2 pair and one end of the straight draw.

Turn: — —

River: — — —

majc has One Pair: Queens
idiot has a Straight, 10 high
idiot wins $76,120 with: Straight, 10 high
majc: oops
majc: gg
Seat 8: idiot - $81,000
Seat 9: majc - $0

Tourney #2

Seat 2: Some stupid English idiot - $36,855 — Seat 9: majc - $41,145
idiot (button) posts small blind ($800)
majc posts big blind ($1,600)

majc dealt
idiot calls $1,600
majc checks

Flop: —

majc checks
idiot checks

*** This guy’s been playing like a limp fanny and I bulldozed the final table a bit so a check was good here.

Turn: — —

majc checks
idiot checks

*** Whether he had a hand or not he should’ve probably bet there, but he checked really fast behind me which actually looked strong.

River: — — —

*** Of course… The money card. Now I was hoping he had X X.

majc bets $2,700
idiot raises to $11,300

The only hand that beats me is and he needs the case Queen for it. I thought JJ was the most likely but 33, 55 and Q3 are all dead in that spot too so I raised.

majc raises to $37,100
idiot calls $35,255 (all-in)
Returning $1,845 to majc uncalled

idiot shows
majc shows

majc has Full House, Queens over 5s
idiot has Full House, Queens over Jacks
idiot wins $73,710 with: Full House, Queens over Jacks
Seat 2: idiot - $73,710
Seat 9: majc - $4,290

Of course, he does have it and I lose second nuts vs. nuts to finish 2nd again.

gay.