poker and a childhood tale
back at mandalay bay for couple hours today and won 318 dollars. it was one of those days that bad cards in good position paid off.
i am on the button and when it gets to me there are already 6 callers plus the two blinds, i will be the 9th in and take a peek at my cards but really the only thing i am looking for is whether to raise or just call because i am not throwing whatever in the fuck i have away. the two mystery cards are the 9-2 of spades; i call. the little blind then raises the bet to 9 dollars, which is an odd raise from that position, usually it would be better to raise big to drive people out or to just call hoping to trap and this is assuming that you have cards that you could indeed raise with from the little blind. but it is to 9 and 5 people call before me, now there is 60 dollars in the pot and i call, they have priced me in. the flop comes 9-2-7 with two diamonds and no spades. it is checked to the player to my right who bets 20 dollars into that pot. i raise to sixty and he debates for a moment and chucks his hand.
two hands after that a player puts in a straddle to 4 dollars and there are 3 callers before me and two players after me. peekaboo and i have ace-3 of hearts. i call. one of the two behind me players also calls as does the bb. 7 x 4 = 28 dollars. flop comes A-7-3. bb checks and straddle fires 20 dollars in the pot and it is folded to me. i raise to 60 dollars and it is back to him and he raises to 100 and the ball is back in my court. i read him perfectly and put him all in. he calls and says to me, "do you have two pair?" at which time my read was confirmed, he had 7's and 3's (remember he was the straddle) and i got his stack right then.
there are times in a no limit game that the price is such that a call with ANY TWO CARDS is called for. you have to be able to get in cheap and there must be a gang of folk in before you. if it is 8 callers before it gets to you and it is still 2 dollars, call. 7-2 offsuit? call. see a flop. it could be 7-7-2. you know?
on to something else: good comments on previous post especially about the dog. we are putting up a BEWARE OF DOG! sign. there are so many fucking idiots running around loose, (after you have been certified a FUCKING IDIOT by a panel of thinking adults, you should have to wear a collar to identify yourself as a fucking idiot so the rest of us can give you a wide bearth) we have to protect ourselves in oh so many ways.
a childhood tale:
when i was but a wee child
my mother used to say to me
"i hate you and wish you had never been born."
i never could get anyone to believe that among the adults. the other kids saw it but the adults stuck to the story that no mother would ever say that to their child and all mothers love their children.
that is when i learned
that most adults are clueless
and kids are a much better judge of character.
and nothing has happened since to make me change my mind.
i am on the button and when it gets to me there are already 6 callers plus the two blinds, i will be the 9th in and take a peek at my cards but really the only thing i am looking for is whether to raise or just call because i am not throwing whatever in the fuck i have away. the two mystery cards are the 9-2 of spades; i call. the little blind then raises the bet to 9 dollars, which is an odd raise from that position, usually it would be better to raise big to drive people out or to just call hoping to trap and this is assuming that you have cards that you could indeed raise with from the little blind. but it is to 9 and 5 people call before me, now there is 60 dollars in the pot and i call, they have priced me in. the flop comes 9-2-7 with two diamonds and no spades. it is checked to the player to my right who bets 20 dollars into that pot. i raise to sixty and he debates for a moment and chucks his hand.
two hands after that a player puts in a straddle to 4 dollars and there are 3 callers before me and two players after me. peekaboo and i have ace-3 of hearts. i call. one of the two behind me players also calls as does the bb. 7 x 4 = 28 dollars. flop comes A-7-3. bb checks and straddle fires 20 dollars in the pot and it is folded to me. i raise to 60 dollars and it is back to him and he raises to 100 and the ball is back in my court. i read him perfectly and put him all in. he calls and says to me, "do you have two pair?" at which time my read was confirmed, he had 7's and 3's (remember he was the straddle) and i got his stack right then.
there are times in a no limit game that the price is such that a call with ANY TWO CARDS is called for. you have to be able to get in cheap and there must be a gang of folk in before you. if it is 8 callers before it gets to you and it is still 2 dollars, call. 7-2 offsuit? call. see a flop. it could be 7-7-2. you know?
on to something else: good comments on previous post especially about the dog. we are putting up a BEWARE OF DOG! sign. there are so many fucking idiots running around loose, (after you have been certified a FUCKING IDIOT by a panel of thinking adults, you should have to wear a collar to identify yourself as a fucking idiot so the rest of us can give you a wide bearth) we have to protect ourselves in oh so many ways.
a childhood tale:
when i was but a wee child
my mother used to say to me
"i hate you and wish you had never been born."
i never could get anyone to believe that among the adults. the other kids saw it but the adults stuck to the story that no mother would ever say that to their child and all mothers love their children.
that is when i learned
that most adults are clueless
and kids are a much better judge of character.
and nothing has happened since to make me change my mind.
posted by Ron Shock | 9:31 PM
4 Comments:
If anything happens, I've heard that "beware of dog" can be twisted into being an admission you knew your dog was a danger. I think I'd get sings that just announced "Great Dane", or maybe "Great Dane inside, shut the gate behind you".
Hummm, never thought of that, your right. Go figure, you warn some one, then they use it aganst you. I vote for a sign that says "GET THE FUCK OFF MY PROPERTY!"
Joining the human race should require a test, and a license, one that you have to renew every five years.
In addition to your "BEWARE OF DOG" sign, I would include a second sign that said, "NO TRESSPASSING (And That Includes Your Child's Head or Your Dog's Nose)".
my first great dane was an attack trained guard dog that was given to me because i was the only man who could control him (he was raised and trained by a woman and she had to move to europe). we had a sign in our house that read:
DON'T PUT GLASSES ON WOOD FURNITURE
DON'T LET THE CATS OUT
DON'T IRRATATE THAT DOG
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