Great Hand...that beat me

Its one of those stories where you are like wow that player played that hand so perfectly that I just don't know what to say lol. *I got up and shook hands, as you should*

First to act calls, I am 3rd to act I look down at King 10 off, its 100 to call, I call, small blind folds, the big blind checks.
Flop comes down Jack, Queen, 8 rainbow. Big blind throws out a bet of 200, other player folds and I call with an open ended straight. The turn comes an 8 (still no flush draw all suits) The big blind checks to me, did she have the 8 and I am going to be check raised here...might as well find out where I stand...I throw out a bet of 500, she takes a while and then throws in the 500. The river hits an ace, I hit my straight.

This time she bets out 300...alright thats an odd bet, why such a low bet...no raise pre flop, has she been fishing for an ace the whole time...or she has had the trip 8's and slow played them hoping I have an ace....I decide I need to see if she is full of bs or not...I raise it to 900. Not that much of raise just a test. She says all in for 2200 more.

What have I gotten myself into here? I am thinking to myself...does she have king 10 as well...not likely, does she think her trips are good? Or the big question in my mind does she actually have a Full House...she didn't raise pre flop so I don't think she has ace 8...she could have q, j 8...but I sort of put her on something weak like 10 8....So what did she have and what do I do?

Well I called, and said you have a full house and I have a straight...she flips over Queen 8.

She played the hand amazing and even though I did figure it out in the end she did trick me. The call of my 500 bet confused me and made it so I didn't see the full house like I should have :)

Degree Poker 2006

It'ssssssssss Back!
May 3rd 2006 is the start date of the Degree Poker Championship 2006 at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls. This year 3000 people will be allowed into the tournament and once again it is a random draw via the internet.

www.degreepoker.com

Check it out! Come and knock me out this year...and then maybe you won't see me doing my crazy 7-Deuce shit again.

Good Luck Everyone!

First Draw is March 22nd.

Playboy Mansion

Right now I am playing in a tournament that gives you a trip to the playboy mansion...why can't all tournaments have this prize? haha

I shall let you know how I do...19th out of the 130 that are left...started with 708 players.

***Update***
Bahhhh
Dealt QQ on the button blinds are 2000/4000 I raise it to 16,000 after there were two callers ahead of me. The big blind raises all in which is 8000 more to me. Everyone else folds and I call, he flips over A K and the flop hits the King on the flop and the ace on the river for funnnn.
Left with 4000 I get King 10 dimonds and move in and lose.

31st place...ohhhhhh well.

Thought I would share

BTW Update from last blog about my losing ways. I got 3rd out of 80 players at Red Hot on Monday, so at least the live game is still going good.

Just thought, since I am posting video stuff recently I would share with you the Feature I did on the Red Hot Poker Tour last year. This was the first time Daniel came to Red Hot and it was at the Madison Pub here in Toronto. (and this feature was named best fact based feature at Ryerson's Tara Awards...exciting stuff lol)

So...

Well its a new month but the bad run continues. I have been playing at Royal Vegas and have just been getting destroyed...now I don't play high NL games so don't worry destroyed doesn't really mean that much money, but its still money.

It's almost hysterical because I have this knack for running into pocket aces. Just now , the hand that prompted me to write this, I have jack 10 and had just called the small blind. The big blind raised it to double the big blind. I figure might as well see a flop. flop comes jack, 3, 5. So I bet out, the guy raises and I re-raise to twice what he had originally raised. So what do we have hear, me being stupid and thinking my jacks are actually good, or him thinking I have shit and that orginal raise was me just trying to take the pot. Hell the small blind with a small raise could be in with anything even a 3, 5. Well it was a macho match at this point and he RE RE Raised me, buy this time I am sick of this bull shit and go all in. Of course he flips over pocket aces....I mean in the past two days I have run into aces 5 times and kings twice...do I not have the ability to see these massive pairs or are they actually hidden under these small raises. So to end the story...the turn comes a 10 yes I make two pair, wow I am really lucky...the turn is a 5, giving him aces and 5's and me jack's and 10's ahh fun times.

So will the slump end? Hopefully in some live games...which are really the only ones I care about.

The moment that allowed me to win 10 grand

Yes here it is, the name of the site should give away what the video is going to show, the infamous 7 Deuce hand vs Ace 9. As well you will see the last hand of the Semi final where I make my speech haha

Hit play then hit pause, let it load because it's a bit slow.