Let this be a warning

To all you 2k players out there, I'm sick and tired of you betting after every single flop if you raise preflop. I am going to start taking you off every single pot if you keep doing this shit against me. I had decided not to get involved with the good players, and just take money off the noobs, but since I'm not shown the same respect, it's on. I've officially declared war on all the good players on Party Poker.

Dealt to GnightMoon [ Ad Td ]
Concatenate calls [$20].
KINEEKEEYS folds.
wpFinalTable folds.
Lucky168la folds.
GnightMoon calls [$20].
Senora folds.
playpoker432 folds.
reefaaddict raises [$90].
MATPAT folds.
Concatenate calls [$80].
GnightMoon calls [$80].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Kc, 9h ]
reefaaddict bets [$275].
Concatenate folds.
GnightMoon raises [$650].
reefaaddict folds.
GnightMoon shows [ Ad, Td ] a pair of tens.

reefaaddict: wtf?
GnightMoon: lol

Worst Hand of the Week 1/19/06?

Sorry to steal your thunder Moon, but I think this hand just had to be shown. You need to add colonel70 to your worst player in the crappy player section in your blog.

GnightMoon [$2010]
colonel70 [$7532]

GnightMoon [QsQh]

twylla folds
hotmark777 folds
StuDaKid folds
sacar calls [$20]
ShavedBlonde folds
smallstakes folds
Lucky168la folds
GnightMoon raises [$100]
colonel70 raises [$290]
JackWould folds
sacar folds
GnightMoon raises [$1910] and is all-In
colonel70 calls [$1710]
** Dealing Flop ** [9s, 9c, 6h]
** Dealing Turn ** [Jh]
** Dealing River ** [As]

GnightMoon shows [Qs Qh] two pairs, Queens and nines
colonel70 shows [Jc 8d] pair of Jacks
GnightMoon wins main pot [$4060]

Hold em or Fold em? 1/13/06

Ok, here is the hand that Wolf mentioned in his blog, this was a joint session between the Wolf and I, and I must say, I feel like we both were playing some of the best poker I've played in quite a while.

binhdeez [$4730]
GnightMoon [$1940]

Dealt to GnightMoon [ As Ad ]

GnightMoon raises [$100]
GeorgeWZ folds.
nycsnake folds.
binhdeez calls [$100].
lastochka777 folds.
hoppsy81 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Qc, Qd ]
GnightMoon checks.
binhdeez bets [$250].
GnightMoon raises [$500].
binhdeez calls [$250].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
GnightMoon checks.
binhdeez bets [$700].

** Hold em or Fold em?

Wow, this one was tough! After being called on the flop, I really felt as though this guy had a T or mid pair, or KJ. What this hand history doesn't show is just how fast he called my min-raise on the flop. Also, the fact that he bet $250 into a pot of $257 or so made me think that a Q was pretty much out of the question. That ten on the turn was the ugliest imaginable card. I finally decided a call was the correct play, because I felt like the odds of this guy having either a 99 or KJ, or complete nothing were just as likely, if not more likely than of him having a ten. I felt a ten would have thought for a few seconds longer before calling my min raise on the flop, but also, with how much money was already in the pot, I would only have to be right a small percentage of the time to make this the right play.

GnightMoon is all-In [$1340]
binhdeez calls [$640].
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
binhdeez shows [ Jh, Kd ] two pairs, queens and tens.
GnightMoon shows [ As, Ad ] two pairs, aces and queens.
GnightMoon wins $3927 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and queens.

Hold em or Fold em? 1/11/06

Ok, bare with me, as this hand is going to be reconstucted by memory, as I couldn't find the hand history, but I remember all the details...

Gnightmoon [$1969]
DC10Ball4_20 [$2443]
lastochka777 [$1956]

Dealt to Gnightmoon [QsTs]

binhdeez calls [$20]
GeorgeWZ folds
hoppsy81 calls [$20]
nycsnake raises [$60]
twylla calls [$60]
Gnightmoon calls [$60]
StuDaKid folds
lastochka777 calls [$60]
ggbman folds
DC10Ball4_20 raises [$100]
binhdeez calls [$100]
hoppsy81 folds
nycsnake calls [$60]
twylla calls [$60]
Gnightmoon calls [$60]
lastochka777 calls [$60]
** Dealing Flop ** [As, Js, Td]
DC10Ball4_20 checks
binhdeez checks
nycsnake checks
twylla checks
Gnightmoon checks
lastochka777 bets [$400]
DC10Ball4_20 raises [$1200]
binhdeez folds
nycsnake folds
twylla folds

** Hold em or Fold em?

Wow, what a tough spot. If you've done the math so far, there is $750 in the pot preflop and there are three of us interested in this pot. I could just fold and lose $120, but that just seems so weak to me. I could re-raise all-in and hope that my draw gets there, but then that might scare away lastochka777. But then again, do I really want him calling? What if he has KsTs or Ks9s? Hands that he definitely might have in that spot. I decided to flat call, hoping that lastochka would go all-in, thus making DC10Ball4_20 go all-in as well as myself, that way I would get good bang for my buck, and I was just hoping I was the only one with a flush draw.

Gnightmoon calls [$1200]
lastochka777 did not respond in time
** Dealing Turn ** [Ah]
DC10Ball4_20 bets [$1123]

** Hold em or Fold em?

Aww fuck! That really sucks. I was planning on calling all-in on the river if it was a rag, based on how much money is in the pot, but this was the worst possible thing that could have happened! I can't possibly be good, even if I catch, even though its only $649 more to me.

Gnightmoon folds
** Dealing River ** [6s]
DC10Ball4_20 shows [Td,Th] tens full of aces
lastochka777 shows [Ad, Jc] aces full of jacks
lastochka777 wins the main pot [$1947]
DC10Ball4_20 wins side pot #1 [$3372]

Enlighten me - Master vs. Addict

I once heard that, in order to master a trade, such as dancing, skiing, or poker for that matter, one must put in 10,000 hours. My question is, at what point is the distinction made between an addict and a master of a certain trade. I mean, couldn't you say that all those people "mastering" dance or skiing were just addicts? Being addicted to something has such a negative connotation associated with it, whereas mastering something is elevated to the noble status, and it baffles me. When I tell people I play a lot of poker, they just give me the look, and I can tell exactly what they are thinking, "oh, another poker junkie, how lame". Maybe once you stop sucking at whatever your passion is, it's not addiction anymore and it morphs into mastery?

Happy New Year!

Well, you know your starting to get old when you don't feel like going out on the biggest party day of the year, haha. I ended up staying in, hanging up a few things in my room, and watching Rounders with a bottle of Chianti. Hope everyone had a great night, and that you are all paying the price this morning, muahaha.