This one would be hard to top
This isn't anything important, but it left me somewhat stunned. Just thought I would share it for the laughs.
Five-handed SNG at Pacific tonight. I had just gotten a slight chip lead with three left. Other big stack folds, I'm on the SB and get a 6-5. Blinds are 100-200, and small stack only has 170 left after posting the BB. Well, I'm not about to fold in this situation, even though I am certain to be a dog to almost any hand, because for very minimal cost I have a chance to knock this guy out and get in the money if I happen to hit a lucky flop. And if I lose, well, I've lost less than two BB.
Anyway, I call, he moves all-in and I call. Pacific doesn't turn the cards over until everything's been dealt out, and the board that comes is absolutely horrendous -- QQKJ3. Oh well, I'm thinking, it was worth a shot for the price. My cards turn over first, showing my lowly 6-high.
And then there's a pause. I figure I've gotten disconnected, because his cards haven't shown and there's no way I could have won the pot. And then the chips are pushed over to me! Since the 3 was on the board and any lower 6 would have tied, there were only three hands I could beat -- 5-4, 5-2 or 4-2. I thought I had seen it all when I won a five-way pot with 9-high once, but this one takes the cake.
Other than that, this has been a night of monumental swings. I blew $30 at Hollywood Poker tonight, then got up $30 at Pacific before losing it again and then $30 more. Then I absolutely destroyed a $25 NL table at Poker Champs. First hand, I busted two short stacks when I flopped trips and whatever they were waiting for never came. That put me about even with the big stack at the table, and then I busted him when my A9 caught his J9 by surprise and he bet his entire stack at me when the board came 9-high. Still, calling that last $35 bet on the river sure was scary, but I guess I've managed to grow a pair, or else I was so sick of losing everywhere else it didn't matter anymore if I lost the rest. But, he's actually put me up about $15 on the night, so I can't complain.
Oh, one more thing. See that PokerShare ad at the top. Disregard it. I suppose I'll get around to removing it sometime tomorrow, because they've absolutely screwed their affiliates. The feud between them and Ultimate Bet has finally forced PokerShare to stop catering to North American players. Their U.S. and Canadian players (and I guess Mexican, too) had their accounts closed today. Sucks to be them. Glad I never got around to depositing there.
Five-handed SNG at Pacific tonight. I had just gotten a slight chip lead with three left. Other big stack folds, I'm on the SB and get a 6-5. Blinds are 100-200, and small stack only has 170 left after posting the BB. Well, I'm not about to fold in this situation, even though I am certain to be a dog to almost any hand, because for very minimal cost I have a chance to knock this guy out and get in the money if I happen to hit a lucky flop. And if I lose, well, I've lost less than two BB.
Anyway, I call, he moves all-in and I call. Pacific doesn't turn the cards over until everything's been dealt out, and the board that comes is absolutely horrendous -- QQKJ3. Oh well, I'm thinking, it was worth a shot for the price. My cards turn over first, showing my lowly 6-high.
And then there's a pause. I figure I've gotten disconnected, because his cards haven't shown and there's no way I could have won the pot. And then the chips are pushed over to me! Since the 3 was on the board and any lower 6 would have tied, there were only three hands I could beat -- 5-4, 5-2 or 4-2. I thought I had seen it all when I won a five-way pot with 9-high once, but this one takes the cake.
Other than that, this has been a night of monumental swings. I blew $30 at Hollywood Poker tonight, then got up $30 at Pacific before losing it again and then $30 more. Then I absolutely destroyed a $25 NL table at Poker Champs. First hand, I busted two short stacks when I flopped trips and whatever they were waiting for never came. That put me about even with the big stack at the table, and then I busted him when my A9 caught his J9 by surprise and he bet his entire stack at me when the board came 9-high. Still, calling that last $35 bet on the river sure was scary, but I guess I've managed to grow a pair, or else I was so sick of losing everywhere else it didn't matter anymore if I lost the rest. But, he's actually put me up about $15 on the night, so I can't complain.
Oh, one more thing. See that PokerShare ad at the top. Disregard it. I suppose I'll get around to removing it sometime tomorrow, because they've absolutely screwed their affiliates. The feud between them and Ultimate Bet has finally forced PokerShare to stop catering to North American players. Their U.S. and Canadian players (and I guess Mexican, too) had their accounts closed today. Sucks to be them. Glad I never got around to depositing there.
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