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Friday, July 11, 2008

Pacficpoker Hand

Wong got some temporary relief when his river flush tripled him up in a pacficpoker hand with Joe De Niro. While Day 1A had its share of actors taking the field, Day 1B's celebrity theme was athletes; former MLB pitcher Orel Hershiser, Australian cricketer Shane Warne, and Australian boxer Jeff "The Marrickville Mauler" Fenech joined the field. And 2008 WSOP preliminary event bracelet winners Max Greenwood, Vanessa Selbst, Svetlana Gromenkova, Rep Porter, Marty Smyth, Blair Hinkle, David Benyamine, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, and Dan LaCourse also took the field. With the (10-Hearts) on the turn, Cole hit the flush and Matros was drawing dead. It will be a long, long Day 2 to play down to the bracelet with 72 players still remaining and at least six players remaining at each of the nine tables to conclude the second round. So began a steady stream of Round 2 eliminations, which would continue for seven more hours.

The young gun from Alabama was so close, but also fell short. While most Americans were firing up their grills and gazing skyward at Independence Day fireworks, 1,158 players filtered into the Amazon Room for Day 1B of the WSOP Championship event. Sitron moved up to second in chips behind Cole with the chips. His opponent, however, turned over (K-Diamonds)(J-Diamonds) for the royal flush. Hang tabled (K-Spades)(K-Hearts)(8-Hearts)(2-Clubs) for the full house, while Grapenthien was looking for help with (3-Hearts)(6-Spades)(J-Spades)(A-Hearts) for trips.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Pacficpoker Suggestion

I ignore the wordless pacficpoker suggestion. Today is a critical step forward,'' Spitzer said. Now I had so few chips in my hand with the blind coming that I decided to take my chances with the Kings. In the back of the book was one part I only reread a couple times and then stopped because it punctured my fantasy. Last July at one of the tournaments at The Orleans, I was sitting at the same table with some fun guys - Mike O'Malley, aka rzitup, and Daniel Negreanu. Chips! The game was shorthanded and fast. But the goal of some professional mountain climbers is to conquer Mount Everest. Doc was about the most famous player out there to not actually win the main event of the World Series of Poker. We're going to miss all the fun! Rook complains, refusing to get into the pacficpoker car.

Joey's fingerprints should be on it - it's his gun! Blood is splattered over them. Even great players can't make up enough of the disadvantage to overcome the rake. That's courage. Raise your hand if you have ever felt out of character in a poker game -- 76, 77, 78, and three in the back row.

I get up and shove Munn away from the table and out of the poker room. So why did it feel so good. Personally, I'm not averse to the deal. Above all else, Neil was an honorable person, which made a very big impression on me in my earliest days as a gambler. OK, the punch line, of course, is that it was a stolen pacficpoker car. I had left to deliver a baby at about 10, and when I returned, the game, which normally lasted until 2AM, had already broken up.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Work On Pacficpoker

Everett fired a $500 bet at me, I think it was, and I smooth called, careful not to let him know I was sitting on the stone-cold nuts. I've talked to hundreds of players over the years about IWTSTH. Jerry checked. War made him see things that he never saw before, and hear things he never heard before, and use senses and instincts that he never knew he had.

Munn turns to Coughlin and says, I know you're cheating. Talbot, says Red Penny, it does the Majestic no good for you to push Detective Rook to continue this investigation. Generally, the Mr. I couldn't believe what happened, and didn't make the lay-down, calling booth the raise and bet on the river. If you see a lot of pots where the first caller is stronger than subsequent callers at the showdown, that's a great sign.