Teh Suck

Poker is Teh Suck for me lately.

St. Louis

Met up with fellow effers Zerb and Khanwoman in St. Louis a couple weekends ago.  The plan was to play the 4pm tournament at Lumiere.  Turns out they changed the time to noon without telling anybody.  I got there about 1pm only to find out that there wasn't going to be a tournament for us to play there that day.  I sat at 1/3 NL and spewed playing small pairs and hitting nothing but 2 oesds that never got there.  I managed a small come back then spewed the rest of my stack when ATs < A8c when he hit 4 to a straight on turn and flushed me on the river. 

Khanwoman really wanted to play a tournament.  Turns out Harrah's had one running at 9pm and was only about 30 minutes from where we were.  After an really good dinner at Asia at the Lumiere we head over to Harrah's. I sat a 1/2 NL table and made all of 8$ before the tournament started.

For future reference, the night time weekend tournaments must be for idiots.  We paid $90 each to play this thing only to find out it was 15 minute blinds and 1500 in starting chips.  Granted the starting blinds were 10/15 but still.  They ramped up fast.  Totally not worth the money IMO.  I would have much rather stayed at the 1/2 table with my 90$.

After I busted out of the tourney I sat at a 1/2/5 PLO table with a bunch of regulars.  I should have known better but it turned out to not cost me very much.  I played a mere 2 hands one to a $15 raise.  I whiffed on both flops and promptly folded.  What amazed me the most was how much these people sucked.  Their hand selection consisted of any two suited cards with a pair, any suited A, any big pair, any two pair hand... you get my drift.  I was shocked.

The biggest hand that went down was really amazing.  The younger guy on my left raised pf and got called in two spots.  Flop: TT4, two clubs.  He leads with a pot bet, fold, shove by one of the older regulars.  Young guy tanks and the older regular gets all chatty.  Says he's on a flush draw blah blah blah.  Young guy eventually calls all in and shows AA66.  The older guy says he's on a flush draw and shows J9c then slow rolls his 44.  What a dick.  Young guy knows he's drawing to 4 outs.  Lucky for him the river brings him an A for the bigger boat.  The older guy walked off while his buddy tells the kid, "You gotta know when he sticks his chips in he's got it.  Blah blah blah... even I don't call in that spot blah blah blah".

Let's recap, the guy called a raise with Jc9c44.  Stellar move.  Then talks the kid into calling saying he's on a flush draw.  Slow rolls the shit outta the kid.  Then storms off when he gets sucked out on.  GG, sir.
 
Cash at Moran's

My mother's shuttle arrived at 10:20pm the night of Moran's cash game.  I figured that was a perfect excuse to go play: it would keep me up long enough to go get her.  One guy had already busted out of the game by the time I got there.  We were 5 handed.  I tried to play hands in position but still couldn't manage to hit anything.  I spewed.  It was only a $20 buying and I left down $7 but I had a good time so I can't complain at all.

Gordo's Home Game

Next I went to Gordo's home game for a $15 buy-in tourney.  There were 16 runners and I definitely got the best table.  These guys were a riot!  Here's just a small sample of the table banter:

R to G: who was that guy at your last game?
G: Max? 
R: it starts with a G
G: I have no clue...
R: Marshall!
G: Yeah cause that starts with a G
S: yeah a silent G, no gh!

I have no idea why but that was friggin hilarious to me.  Good thing the table banter was so good because my cards were proportionally as bad.  I saw one pp (66) and one suited A (A9h).  The rest was pure crap.  I did get to see a cheap flop from the small blind with 89s; the flop was nasty and it got checked around until the river where I bluffed at it only to get called by a naked A.  I play so goooooooot.

I ended up shipping with KTo only to get called by the UTG limper who had.... wait for it.... K8soooooooooooted.  Of course the bitch hits her flush on the river.  NH, GG, IGHN.

Fike's Cash Game

It's a $20 buyin with 6 players.  I spew a little at first then buckle down and win a few pots.  I did make one nice bluff but I shouldn't have shown it like I did.  A few hands later I pick up AKs UTG and raise it up only to get 3bet by a guy who would do that with a wide range of hands especially considering the bluff I had just shown.  I figured I was in pretty good shape here and shipped it in.  I totally underestimated his stack;  I had him covered but not nearly by as much as I thought.  He insta-called with his 66.  He flopped a 6 and that was the end of that.

It was nearly quitting time when I raced my AK and lost.  I had about $6.50 left and shoved it with AJo only to win the blinds.  At this point the guy on my right had started shoving every hand.  I picked up A8 and figured I was probably in pretty good shape against his range and called his shove.  He turns over 99.  Rut row.  Flop brings a 9 and the river quads him up just in case I didn't feel like a big enough idiot already.

Ok, maybe it isn't poker that teh sucks.  Maybe.