dumb ass = Me

Played in the Starts WBCOOP PLO8 event tonight. I don't play much (any) PLO8 but I figured I would give it shot. You really are trying to place in the top 72 so that you win a seat in the main event so this is really just a satellite. Sure, top 10 places pay out some extra goodies, but 1-72 all get a seat in the final event. With that in mind, when I sucked out on a guy with a 2 outer on the river and found myself 12th in chips with a little over 130 to go, I should have just walked away. The poker gods had smiled down on me and rewarded my stupidity (in my defense, I had a straight and 2nd nut flush draw, I just didn't realize that he already had his straight and had the nut flush draw) at which point I should have just stepped away, washed the dishes and let myself coast into the top 72.

But did I do that? Nooooooooo.....

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

HORSEing around

Been playing some .50/1 HORSE on Full Tilt and play money Badugi on Stars just for shits and giggles. I've been having a good time brushing up on the mixed games and managing to book a couple of wins at the same time. It's also been a good exercise in patience. I'm sure I'm not the only one who experience this, but it seems like I get rolled up pairs in Razz (especially Kings and Queens) way more than I do in Stud. I think my record was 5 bring-ins in a row at one point. Razz and Stud are especially fun when the table gets short-handed and people are winning with a J low or A high. The turnover at the tables is pretty high. People sit down with $10 and burn through that pretty quick and leave. Good starting hand selection and patience resulted in 1.5 buy-ins in a couple of hours.

I'm still trying to figure out Badugi. I could see how there could be some big swings if you were playing for cash. Right now I'm just playing with play money so people are chasing and drawing 3 and 4 cards regularly so I'd be interested to try my hand playing for real money some time.