Ugarte's Poker Grovel #25, or Not Much to SayI got my ass kicked yesterday. Not a lot of money, but in embarrassingly little time.
I bubbled in a $10+1 NLHE sit n’ go over at PokerStars, busting out 4th on a play that can only be described as “Well, here goes nothing.” I raised with AJ from the button before the flop. BB called. After the flop was 5-8-T, the BB check-raised me all-in. After taking a lot of time, I called and he turned over T8 (may have been suited). I got a J on the turn, but the river didn’t help. I played passively and deserved the short-stack that I had going into the hand.
I threw away more money sitting at a shorthanded 2/4 HE table. Once i got smart enough to realize that I was getting chewed up by the blinds (which took waaaaaay too long), I ran through $20 at a .50/1 HE table, most of the money going on back to back hands when I was dealt AQ and JJ. I don’t remember the AQ hand, but JJ went down after a lot of capped betting.
JJ in the cutoff. The betting was capped preflop with six people seeing the flop. The flop comes 8-6-2, with two clubs. Betting is again crazy, with four callers for three bets. Turn is a 9. Why did I just call here? I don’t know. A raise may have chased MP. EP was strangely pot committed. River is a Q. EP bets, MP calls, I call (another stupid call, but with the Q on the board and at least one chaser, I didn’t think I had a choice). EP, who capped the betting preflop, turns over A2s (but not clubs. idiot.), but MP flips AQo and so goes the hand. I saw another flop or two for free, logged off and resisted the strong urge to drink a lot. Alone. At home. In a very dark apartment because I keep forgetting to go buy replacement bulbs. There is another cheesy metaphor in there just begging to be let out.
So what else is going on in the poker blog world?
Poker blog stuff
Grubby over at Poker Grub has initiated a hand of the week contest. With cash prizes!!! Check it out and take your chances.
Maudie at Poker Perspectives deserves more traffic - but should be more careful when there is an ace in the flop.
Pauly is more than just poker. He is a literary auteur, and I encourage you to check out Truckin’.
I hate to say this, but I have deleted Anisotropy, Vagaries and Suited Trash from the blog roll. Sean from Anisotropy just up and disappeared, and the link to his blog is broken. London Froggy claimed that he was handing off the blog, but nobody is writing. Liz from Suited Trash doesn’t update (and rarely posted to begin with). I’ll periodically check in on Suited Trash and Vagaries and if they come back to life, they’ll come back to the roll. If anyone finds Sean at a new location, let me know and I’ll link to his new joint.
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