i love texas hold em
i just cant play it
im really bad
but i like watching it on tv

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That book is awesome.

I never really knew too much about Texas Hold-em... I used to play Poker with my dad when I was a kid, but this was an entirely new area for me. I've just recently started reading some of this book, and I've already had a fair share of games in my favor against my very-skilled friends...muahahaha.

...Though there's still a lot I need to learn. hee.

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I wish I knew how to play better at any card games. I remember my cousin and my brother taught me how to play poker for awhile and I still had no idea what I was doing. ><

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I played last night and got second, only because everyone wanted to go home. If I had another hour, I would have one.

But instead I went in with a king 8 and lost.

Poker books? Pft...pathetic. Lol.

I LITERALLY play poker ALL THE DAMN TIME. My family thinks I'm addicted. I'm really not...and no, I'm not in denial of being addicted. I'm just really not addicted. Poker's just so exhilirating. It's one of the few things that I can be excited about for a long period of time. I just get bored doing other things. I can totally just get up and leave whenever I want though. Now, a funny poker story:

I was playing a game with a few friends and cousins, tournament style. God knows how many chips I had but I had a friend of mine covered. I was the small blind and the blinds were 50-100. I had 7-2off and my friend had J-10 offsuit (but I didn't find that out until the river). So, being the small blind, I protected my blind. Instead of checking or raising the CORRECT amount, my friend Dre, who was the big blind, just raised 50. I wanted to see a flop and 50 is nothing in tournament style. So I call. The flop came out a rainbow A-K-2. I hit my 2's. So I bet big. And I pretty much knew I was in a safe position to bet with 2's since he would've raised a lot more with an Ace or a King. He called. The Turn came out another 2. TRIPS!! I slow played my set knowing I was ahead since he didn't have an Ace or King. And even if he DID have pocket big slick, that would only give him two pair...and trips beats a two pair. So I was up. He called my slow play. The turn came out an Ace. So the board was A-K-2-2-A. I had 2's full of Aces. And I KNEW he didn't have it. I had the checkmark. So I went all in. Now, earlier on I had given him an incentive to think I had a very weak hand. Which I did. 7-2 offsuit is THE WORST hand in Hold 'Em. Anyway, he though Jack high was good so he called. I showed him my deuce which gave me a boat. He was upset. He was even more upset when I showed him my 7. Boy! He was FURIOUS!! Since then, I've yet to see him. I haven't played with him, seen him, or even heard from him since then. I felt sooooo bad. But what was I to do? He only raised 50 preflop. So, let this be a lesson to you poker-beginners, if you're going to raise preflop, make a substantial raise. Something you can afford without going overboard. Triple the bet is recommended. Had he raised to 300, I would've folded and I would've never caught a boat (full house). I'd love to play against Mike some day. And Jeremy and Miranda too.

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I always play 7-2. If my chip stack allows it of course. Just so I can try to catch lightning in a bottle and catch a big hand like you did.


quick story:

10 man tourney. $500 bucks in the pot. It comes down to be and my buddy Bryan heads up. I was down in chips, but still enough to work with. I get dealt pocket Kings. I move all in before the flop. Bryan calls and flips over pocket Aces.

Un-fucking-believable.

The chances of that exact event happening is: 1 out of 48400! (The odds of being dealt AA or KK are both 1/220, so the odds of both events happening at the same time is 1 / (220 x 220))

Though that doesn't account for similar situations like JJ vs. KK or AQ vs. AK; and then when you consider the number of hands you play, the odds really aren't *that* bad of something like this happening. I've had it happen to me and seen it happen lots. Most memorable time was when my QQ lost to KK about 5 minutes into an afternoon of poker with my friends; the flop came all rags so I thought I was good, as there were only 2 hands that could've called my pre-flop raise and still be beating me at the time. He had one of them <_< I lost half my stack there. But then I did pretty good and made it to the last 3 of 10 people; but then I lost to the same guy with AK against: 9-5!!! I flopped a king with a ragged board, and he called my all-in bet with only a pair of fives - then the river was a 9. Bastard.

I Know!! I couldnt believe it!

The poker gods can be so cruel.

...but they can be so nice too.

Remember, Anna Kournikova (AK) is a bitch. Looks good but never wins.

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