Pink 10/10

How did I manage to make $300 last night when these things happened?

In Tahoe8: 3x4x7h flop, 2h turn, 8h river.  I have Ac5c6d.  Flopped a straight and the second nut low.  Have the nut low and the nut high on the turn.  Somehow on the river Blevins has miscellaneous hearts for half the pot. Yes, that's right, I have a wheel-8.

In Stud8: (7s8s)As5s9h bet, bet, bet on every street... heads up going to 6th.  5dQh comes on 6th and 7th and Stu bricks his low draw and a pair of deuces into...trip deuces for the scoop.

In Omaha8: Ax2x5d flop.  Somehow I have the miraculous hand that is Qd9d3c4c in the big blind.  I check, E bets, Stu, and Ali call, when it gets back around to me, I raise.  Fold, fold, fold... Ali calls.  4d on the turn.  Not a great card, but I have diamonds now and hey I'm heads up, so let's raise.  I somehow forgot that Ali ALWAYS gets there against me with the gutshots.  Somehow he tables 2x3x6x and when my diamond draw bricks, I get a quarter of the pot.

Mano a Eskimo

Pink at approximately 2:30 am...

Ali: Are we heads up? (He is heads up with E)

Kenny: Yeah

Me: Mano a mano

Ali: Mano a Eskimo

Ha ha ha... my horoscope for today

Money may be a problem for you at this time. You can trade your way out
of a difficulty or borrow money. The latter is not advisable right now
as you'll be tempted to clock up those debts, add more zeros to your
credit card and ultimately find yourself cornered by your inability to
meet those repayments. Think about strategies for increasing your
income and working your way out of this yourself without borrowing any
more.  Your relationships are especially affectionate and
friendly at this time, and you may benefit socially or materially
through an opportunity offered to you by a friend. This is a good time
for parties, social gatherings, and other pleasurable activities. You
may just meet someone that makes all this socializing more than just a
good time.

My 30th

We were discussing 21st birthdays last night and I said I couldn't remember what I did for mine, but I do remember now...it was at Brickskeller, home of many of my birthdays in college.

In years past I have had birthday parties at:

• Brickskeller


• The Big Hunt


• Four P's/Green Fields


• Buffalo Billiards


• Cue Bar (which has now apparently closed :( )


• Mackey's


• The Dubliner


• Fado

Basically the theme here is dive bar (or as close to dive bar as one can get in DC) with a heavy dose of Irish on the side.  I like a place that is not too loud, so I can chill with my friends.  I don't want too many "beautiful people" who are there to impress others...that is definitely not my scene.  Last year I had a really good time at 4P's...but going somewhere two years in a row is boring. 

Current plan is to go out to a nice dinner and then to a chill bar.  Picking a restaurant is the easy part.  The bar is the tough one.  So send me some suggestions that meet the following requirements:

• not so loud you can't hear yourself think


• not too many "cool" people on a Saturday night (i.e. NOT a lounge)


• in DC (though I am somewhat flexible here)

HELP!

Funny of the day

My sense of time is really screwed up...

Seth: You want to meet Tuesday before class instead of tomorrow?
Me: Yeah, early Tuesday is best for me.
Seth: I can't get to campus before 11am.
Me: I didn't mean *that* early.  I just have class at 3.

Wow, what exactly did I mean by early?  1?  LOL

Tarot

My sister and her boyfriend are visiting me.  We went to the MD Rennaissance Festival yesterday and I let my sister talk me into a tarot reading.  The woman was actually really good.

Now, I don't believe in these things.  I don't believe that some kind of energy comes off your hands when you are shuffling or dividing the cards.  I think a lot of the reading is based on stuff the reader picks up on through the power of observation (see previous post).  But at the same time, I think they can be useful because a lot of times they make you think about things in your life in different ways.  I had such an experience during my reading yesterday.

Now, having gained some wisdom, I just have to work on the follow through, which is perpetually my problem, in life and in poker.

If you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything...

I've always been pretty observant and able to make good personal and situational reads - not just in poker, but in dealing with people in general. Problem with this is, especially when you learn this power at a young age, you tend to think you have some kind of sense of control over your environment. This is an illusion. Sometimes you can read the situation right, make the correct moves, and you still end up with a less than optimal outcome. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

This is exactly how my last trip to AC went. I didn't lose a lot because I was able to limit my losses. But at the same time, I bled and bled and bled because I kept doing things like hitting trips against boats, hitting trips and being barely kicked, etc, etc, etc.

And at pink same thing. Oh look I flopped a set. No good. Oh look, I have the nut straight and the nut flush redraw, and a low. No good. Wash, rinse, repeat.

The past two weeks have been awful for my bankroll as a result. I'm even in deeper than in December of 2006 which is the month in which I probably played the worst I ever have in my entire life. And I'm not playing bad now; I'm actually playing really well, but things just aren't going my way. Just gotta keep my head down and keep on, avoid tilt, and the urge to try to play catch up.

I'm going to AC on 10/8. I think I need to take a poker break until then. Stay tuned to find out if I can actually stick with it.