Throwback

I love that the main character of Breaking Bad drives this:

Rant

It's kind of shocking how strong the correlation between the health of one's regular life directly influences one's ability to play high level poker. Sometimes it feels as if focusing on physical and mental fitness is more beneficial than reviewing hand histories and crunching math on particular situations. Obviously the ultimate situation is some balanced mix. I constantly find myself pushing limits needlessly only to continually conclude that moderation is optimal. I spend a lot of time lately thinking about Nash Equilibria. I find it a bit peculiar that I've been such a gamer and math nerd for so long and it wasn't until my twenty eighth year on this planet that I stumbled upon such an interesting tool. I probably should read more books.

Collision

Some Pics from the Big Night

NYE 2011/2012

Around Town

For some reason this mural struck a chord with me today:

HH

Seat 3 is the button

Seat 2: a5sassin ( $1024.50 USD )

Seat 3: AndreVillasBoas ( $1383.41 USD )

Seat 5: gamblegambel ( $3727.09 USD )

Seat 6: allinBigUnit4 ( $1000.00 USD )

gamblegambel posts small blind [$5.00 USD].

a5sassin posts big blind [$10.00 USD].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to gamblegambel [ Tc 8c ]

AndreVillasBoas raises [$20.00 USD]

gamblegambel raises [$65.00 USD]

a5sassin raises [$166.66 USD]

AndreVillasBoas folds

gamblegambel calls [$106.66 USD]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, Kh, 8d ]

gamblegambel checks

a5sassin bets [$186.66 USD]

gamblegambel calls [$186.66 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]

gamblegambel checks

a5sassin bets [$661.18 USD]

gamblegambel calls [$661.18 USD]

a5sassin shows [Jh, Ac ]

gamblegambel shows [Tc, 8c ]

** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]

gamblegambel wins $2068.00 USD from main pot

I Hate My Job Comic Strip

Wise Words from Beavis

"If you're not a cartoon, stove gas will kill you."

To Fire or Not to Fire

Seat 1: gamblegambel ( $4111.04 USD )

Seat 3: bigguylegend22 ( $2773.33 USD )

Seat 4: taongo ( $6014.50 USD )

Seat 5: leptitfayth ( $2000.00 USD )

Seat 6: rohass ( $1033.00 USD )

bigguylegend22 posts small blind [$10.00 USD].

taongo posts big blind [$20.00 USD].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to gamblegambel [ 9c Kd ]

leptitfayth folds

rohass folds

gamblegambel raises [$40.00 USD]

bigguylegend22 folds

taongo calls [$20.00 USD]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 6h, 4s ]

taongo checks

gamblegambel bets [$60.00 USD]

taongo calls [$60.00 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]

taongo checks

gamblegambel bets [$150.00 USD]

taongo calls [$150.00 USD]

** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]

So this is a very common situation that arises in many different forms in poker; an opponent has called two bets oop on a dry board and the river bricks. So math and game theory would tell us that the proportion in which one should bluff here should be directly relative to your bet size. To put it most simply, it you bet pot on the river here you should be bluffing 33% of the time to be perfectly balanced. That in itself can be a tricky thing to obtain precisely. But the beautiful thing about poker is that there are many other variables that shift this natural Nash Equilibrium all over the map: psychology, history, player tendencies, timing, current emotional states etc. As an avid gamer there is almost nothing more mentally stimulating than discussing and analyzing the endless possibilities.

Wise Words from Beavis

“I was thinking, they're going to make Sex and the City 3. So why not make it good?”

Analogous

The end of the republican primary is just like the end of a game of a Catan game. You want to be near the lead, but you don't actually want to be barely in first place with your head on the chopping block.

In Case You Were Wondering

24 Sides for Me

At first I thought there were purely correlated, but the more time I gave it there might actually be some causality in there.

Trying to Sort Things Out

I have a funny propensity to get overly passionate about things way too quickly while at the same time keeping 99% of these feelings hidden. This suppression seems to be a product of overcompensating for what appears to be a personal deviation from the overall accepted norm. For example, I had a dream last night that my new years eve party was going on and silly things were going wrong etc. It's only a party. I get way too involved to the point where it is all I wrap my brain around and what I think about all day. This pattern seems to repeat itself with video games, art projects, women etc. Ironically, I also have an amazing ability to drop things cold turkey and not blink an eye as well. I wonder if this stems from some sort of uncommon detachment. One would imagine that such an addictive and singularly consuming personality would lead towards intense withdrawal, but somehow I didn't get dealt that card. I think I need to shy away from rearranging my hand and really begin to focus on playing it optimally.