Wise Words from Jon Benjamin

"Life is Funny. Like when some movie opens and closes in the same weekend cause they didn't advertise enough - you know. Then you hear the movie was crappy anyway so you didn't miss much right? But was it crappy? Was it? You don't know cause you didn't see it. I guess you're left trying to figure it out is what my point is. I guess a lot of stuff doesn't make sense after you've seen a dead body - you know?"

Sincere Flattery

I went over a speed bump today and somehow inspired it to start its own blog.

Winning the Fight Against Variance

Seat 1: Booooom!!!!! ($445.75 in chips)
Seat 3: nafudoma ($576.85 in chips)
Seat 4: lwakers ($74.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Tnx4urMoney ($380 in chips)
Seat 6: KKBigDawwg69 ($396 in chips)
Seat 7: SYSEKAS ($667 in chips)
Seat 8: rancherdude ($462.30 in chips)
Seat 9: Cheapskate7 ($248.75 in chips)
Tnx4urMoney: posts small blind $2
KKBigDawwg69: posts big blind $4
jimbo8888: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [Ac Qc]
SYSEKAS: calls $4
rancherdude: calls $4
Cheapskate7: calls $4
Booooom!!!!!: folds
nafudoma: calls $4
lwakers: raises $8 to $12
Tnx4urMoney: folds
KKBigDawwg69: calls $8
SYSEKAS: folds
rancherdude: calls $8
Cheapskate7: calls $8
nafudoma: calls $8
*** FLOP *** [9h 8c Tc]
KKBigDawwg69: checks
rancherdude: checks
Cheapskate7: checks
nafudoma: checks
lwakers: bets $4
KKBigDawwg69: raises $64 to $68
rancherdude: raises $132 to $200
Cheapskate7: folds
nafudoma: folds
lwakers: folds
KKBigDawwg69: folds
rancherdude collected $203 from pot
rancherdude: shows [Qh Js] (a straight, Eight to Queen)

If he had the set my hand would have had break even value at 276 dollars, if he had the nuts like he did my hand had an increased EV to 335 dollars, but he if he had the Jc with his nut my hand was only worth 321 dollars: it would have cost me 316 dollars. I guess gambler is a bit of a misnomer.

MasterJ Is Coming to Town!

In order to make the master feel as welcome as possible I have taken the following measures:

*There is nothing worse than having to survive without your vices whilst on vacation, so in consideration of MasterJ I had my puppy stockpile over a years supply of Star magazine.

*Since Indiana is over 90% white I have set up racial information stations throughout my condo to ease this Midwesterner into a comfortable assimilation.

*In order to bring a little Indiana here I wanted to make my place Hoosier friendly. But I still can't figure out what the hell a Hoosier is so I just put up some Indy 500 posters.

*Lastly, following that monumental trip to Vegas last summer, MasterJ has achieved a rather infamous reputation in strip clubs throughout the world. To say the least I will be sure to Scotchguard my couch.

Keeping the Streak Alive

(approaching career record)
{congrats to kwicky and his run at WPT championship}

Should I Stop Doing Pi Pun Posts?

Full Circle

I've been around the block when it comes to experimenting with different poker styles. Nearly all poker players start off with a rather formulaic stepping stone on their path to self discovery. Most players begin playing too loose than realize that practicing tight poker makes it easy to win at small limits; now if the player is talented enough here his ego will surpass his talent and one will start to play hands with questionable EV. After this things get rather situational. Personally I had tons of success once I opened up my game, followed by 9 months {a new gamblegambel is now born} of devastating break even poker. One of the most fascinating aspects of the game is the inability to ever be sure of anything. With so many variables and the complete absence of any control groups, all attempts at any sort of accurate scientific evidence for what is profitable is an exercise in fruitlessness. I guess Tuff_Fish said it best, "Just need to get back to my aggressive game here."

Ode To a Dying Spirit

Bumps and tricks are swift to bruise the soul,
But an unfathered descent is best left alone
Since vanity is an ever empty hole,
Which deflates all that is intransigent:
A song faintly out of tune.

Bitter Sweet

Almost had a crash landing playing some 400nl heads up; narrowly avoided disaster.(16 winning sessions in a row)

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Was all over the map today in the tournaments. Made my deepest run getting into money and down to 150 (2400 to start) or so in the Full Tilt 400k before i lost over a 40k pot and 75% of my stack with JJ to 22 all in pre; my favorite hand from the day...

{3k in starting chips}
Seat 8: gamblegambel (5,613)
Seat 9: didder (6,545)
CASINOICE posts the small blind of 60
ManubeAA posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblegambel [7h 9h]
fsoyars folds
mooch47 folds
Lyingking06 folds
gamblegambel raises to 333
didder calls 333
swp1104 folds
kj2222 folds
CASINOICE folds
ManubeAA folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Qh Td]
gamblegambel bets 543
didder calls 543
*** TURN *** [3h Qh Td] [Jc]
gamblegambel checks
[this is probably a bad bet, but watch this donkey fold]
didder bets 1,000
[mmmm, my favorite play]
gamblegambel raises to 4,737, and is all in
[ahhhhhh crap]
didder folds
Uncalled bet of 3,737 returned to gamblegambel
gamblegambel mucks
gamblegambel wins the pot (3,932)

Is It the Shoes?

(click to enlarge)
{partial credit}

For the Sake of Being a Nerd

I plan on memorizing all 193 countries and their capitals (including spelling) this week.

"No One Is Donating..." -Moon

vesap: posts small blind $2
cib12: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [6h 6d]
KKBigDawwg69: calls $4
TheNuofTime: folds
schem11: raises $12 to $16
It2big4ubaby: folds
harris9333: folds
vesap: calls $14
cib12: folds
KKBigDawwg69: calls $12
*** FLOP *** [6s 9d 5h]
vesap: checks
KKBigDawwg69: checks
schem11: checks
*** TURN *** [6s 9d 5h] [4c]
vesap: checks
KKBigDawwg69: checks
schem11: bets $24
vesap: folds
KKBigDawwg69: raises $72 to $96
{you just check raised the wrong man!}
schem11: raises $419 to $515 and is all-in
KKBigDawwg69: calls $291.20 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [6s 9d 5h 4c] [Ad]
wonder if he thought he had the best hand here?
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KKBigDawwg69: shows [6h 6d] (three of a kind, Sixes)
schem11: mucks hand
KKBigDawwg69 said, "nh"
KKBigDawwg69 collected $823.40 from pot
schem11 mucked [Ac Kh]

MrMachine7

Never realized that at 11 years old whatever AIM screen name I picked would be with me for the next 50 years.















(I collect antique toys/board games)

I Am Going to Start Praying Before I Make Dumbass Calls From Now On

grapgat: posts small blind $2
Miss L.F: posts big blind $4
TeamRichmond: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [8d 5d]
Tommie: folds
TeamRichmond: checks
The_Agent32: folds
GregAndrek: folds
KKBigDawwg69: calls $4
pokerlair: calls $4
Suited Junk: calls $4
grapgat: calls $2
Miss L.F: checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 4h 6d]
grapgat: checks
Miss L.F: checks
TeamRichmond: checks
KKBigDawwg69: bets $20
pokerlair: folds
Suited Junk: raises $40 to $60
grapgat: folds
Miss L.F: calls $60
TeamRichmond: folds
KKBigDawwg69: raises $882 to $942 and is all-in
Suited Junk: calls $403.15 and is all-in
Miss L.F said, "jesus"
Miss L.F: calls $393 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [7d 4h 6d] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7d 4h 6d 9c] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KKBigDawwg69: shows [8d 5d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
Suited Junk: shows [8h 5h] (a straight, Five to Nine)
KKBigDawwg69 collected $10.15 from side pot
Suited Junk collected $10.15 from side pot
Miss L.F: shows [9d 8c] (a straight, Five to Nine)
Miss L.F collected $460 from main pot
KKBigDawwg69 collected $460 from main pot
Suited Junk collected $460 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1403.30 Main pot $1380. Side pot $20.30. | Rake $3
Board [7d 4h 6d 9c 5s]
Easiest three dollar I ever made.