Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Card Runners recognition
I'm getting so psyched about my trip and it's still about 10 days away. This was posted on the CardRunners.com website today. Click the pictures to view in full size. I'm hoping to get alot of poker in while im there but I have a feeling I'm going to be partying way too hard!!!!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
IM GOIN TO THE WSOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well its been a while simnce my last update and I actually was going to write a life based post tonight but I'm way too excited to even consider much rational thought right now.
I planned on going out to Vegas for the WSOP this year with some memebers from twoplustwo.com but couldn't come up with enough funds while staying on top of my bills. But since I became a cardrunners member (poker tutorial site) I entered one of their promotions called CardRunners fantasy league by filling out a survey.
After working a long 12 hour day today I decide to play some poker but before doing so I decide to check my email.
I planned on going out to Vegas for the WSOP this year with some memebers from twoplustwo.com but couldn't come up with enough funds while staying on top of my bills. But since I became a cardrunners member (poker tutorial site) I entered one of their promotions called CardRunners fantasy league by filling out a survey.
After working a long 12 hour day today I decide to play some poker but before doing so I decide to check my email.
CR Fantasy Camp
From: Ezra Galston (ezra.galston@gmail.com)
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Ezra Galston
Director of Marketing
Hi Patrick:
I'm excited to inform you that we have randomly selected our winner for the CR Fantasy Camp, and the name randomly generated was yours :)
I know it's short notice, but we would have to fly you out around July 4th. It is a 3 days/2 nights trip with a $750 cash allowance which you are welcome to use to extend your trip or play at the tables.
Please get back to me ASAP as we need to move on this quickly to get you plane tickets and a hotel.
Please confirm that you will be available during these dates, and also your phone number so that I may get in touch with you.
Best,
Ezra Galston--
Ezra Galston
Director of Marketing
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Running good is so nice
So online has been good to me since I started back up at 100NL. A few pots I lost to some suckouts but I've been focusing on just playing solid positional poker. However at times it's been hard to play a decent amount of hands and play them aggressively. I tend to play tables where alot of people are putting money in to see the flop. That way I can play a tighter game and exploit them by playing strong hands while they are playing a wide range of hands. Now my strategy can be exploited here because if my opponents know I'm playing a small percentage of hands it will make it easier to determine what hands I have at certain times. So I also throw in a decent amount of semi-bluffs to keep them guessing, while appearing to play a very tight game. The money I put into the pot in the cut off or on the button is double what I put in from the first position to act preflop. Also given that this is a small stakes game alot of the players are very bad.
On 2 different tables tonight I was running even tighter then normal, some due to bad cards, and some due to people playing very aggressive thus minimizing the hands I would be able to play. Even still through this I had these 2 hands play out where between the 2 tables I had been puting money in preflop about 10% of the time (extreeeeeeeeeemely tight)
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
Hero (SB): $98.50
BB: $83.70
UTG: $104.30
CO: $102.60
BTN: $127.00
Preflop: Hero is dealt Ad Ac (5 Players)
2 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $11.50, BB folds, BTN calls $8.00
Flop: ($24) 6c 7c 2c (2 Players)
Hero bets $17.00, BTN raises all-in to $115.50, Hero calls all-in for $70.00
Uncalled bet of $28.50 returned to BTN
Turn: ($198) Qd (2 Players - 2 All-In)
River: ($198) Td (2 Players - 2 All-In)
Pot Size: $198.00 ($3 Rake)
BTN had Qc As (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$98.50)
Hero had Ad Ac (a pair of Aces) and WON (+$96.50)
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $152.75
BB: $99.10
UTG: $80.45
CO: $77.45
Hero (BTN): $105.10
Preflop: Hero is dealt Ah Ac (5 Players)
2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, SB folds, BB raises to $11.00, Hero raises to $29.00, BB raises all-in to $99.10, Hero calls $70.10
Flop: ($198.70) 3d 4h Ks (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Turn: ($198.70) 6d (2 Players - 1 All-In)
River: ($198.70) 2c (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $198.70 ($3 Rake)
BB had Qd Ad (Ace King high) and LOST (-$99.10)
Hero had Ah Ac (a pair of Aces) and WON (+$96.60)
Both villains here had stats around 20/16/4 where 1st is % of times they put money in preflop, 2nd being % of times they raise preflop, and 3rd is the aggression factor calculated by the number of times the bet+raise all divided by the times they call.
So with these villains stacking off very lightly to me, especially while running as tight as I had been just goes to show how beatable the games still are.
Heres my stats and wins since I moved back to 100NL May 17th. (Not alot of hands for one month)
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tonights rollercoaster ride
So I decided to play a little tonight and it was an up and down swing fest. I played ok but def could have played better. I made a few calls that were kinda bad but other players gave me decent odds to make the call and while i knew they were wrong I still made them =(.
Anyways it wasnt over too many hands and showed a small profit which is ok + rake back and i guess its better then nothing.
Heres tonights graph
Anyways it wasnt over too many hands and showed a small profit which is ok + rake back and i guess its better then nothing.
Heres tonights graph
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Bad run
So I havent updated in a while and I also haven't been playing much poker. Last weekend really drained me mentally. Down about a grand total but it's not the fact that I'm down rather then the fact that I ran extremely cold and was coolered in some big pots.
Online has been going so so and towards the end of may and beginning of june I'm up about 500 with one nasty suckout tonight.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $24.40
BB: $115.35
UTG: $125.85
MP: $134.05
CO: $134.10
Hero (BTN): $123.85
Preflop: Hero is dealt Tc 9c (6 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, MP raises to $4.50, CO folds, Hero calls $4.50, 2 folds, UTG calls $3.50
Flop: ($15) Td Jc 9d (3 Players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $10.00, UTG folds, MP calls $10.00
Turn: ($35) 2h (2 Players)
MP checks, Hero bets $22.00, MP raises to $101.00, Hero raises all-in to $109.35, MP calls $8.35
River: ($253.70) 7s (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $253.70 ($3 Rake)
MP had 8c Kc (a straight, Jack high) and WON (+$126.85)
Hero had Tc 9c (two pair, Tens and Nines) and LOST (-$123.85)
I actually took a long time making the shove all in here. My thought process went like this. I made a weakish type bet on the flop (2/3 the pot) and villain just calls. Why would villain just call with a hand like a straight??? There is an obvious flush draw out there so why not bet and get me to put my money in on the draw should I decide to play my hand for all my chips (if I was actually on a draw). So is it possible he has a set??? No way. Again the board has way too many draws for villain to just cold call my bet then check raise me on the turn. So I finally decide that he himself is on a draw and my hand is good. Sometimes though in poker great decisions are not always rewarded. Had villain made this play on a board that didnt have two cards to a flush I might have given him more credit for the flopped straight but I couldn't see him check calling a bet on the flop with a monster hand that is also very vulnerable.
Online has been going so so and towards the end of may and beginning of june I'm up about 500 with one nasty suckout tonight.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $24.40
BB: $115.35
UTG: $125.85
MP: $134.05
CO: $134.10
Hero (BTN): $123.85
Preflop: Hero is dealt Tc 9c (6 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, MP raises to $4.50, CO folds, Hero calls $4.50, 2 folds, UTG calls $3.50
Flop: ($15) Td Jc 9d (3 Players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $10.00, UTG folds, MP calls $10.00
Turn: ($35) 2h (2 Players)
MP checks, Hero bets $22.00, MP raises to $101.00, Hero raises all-in to $109.35, MP calls $8.35
River: ($253.70) 7s (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $253.70 ($3 Rake)
MP had 8c Kc (a straight, Jack high) and WON (+$126.85)
Hero had Tc 9c (two pair, Tens and Nines) and LOST (-$123.85)
I actually took a long time making the shove all in here. My thought process went like this. I made a weakish type bet on the flop (2/3 the pot) and villain just calls. Why would villain just call with a hand like a straight??? There is an obvious flush draw out there so why not bet and get me to put my money in on the draw should I decide to play my hand for all my chips (if I was actually on a draw). So is it possible he has a set??? No way. Again the board has way too many draws for villain to just cold call my bet then check raise me on the turn. So I finally decide that he himself is on a draw and my hand is good. Sometimes though in poker great decisions are not always rewarded. Had villain made this play on a board that didnt have two cards to a flush I might have given him more credit for the flopped straight but I couldn't see him check calling a bet on the flop with a monster hand that is also very vulnerable.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Ettiquete and Poker
Poker is considered to be a gentlemans game. There are some things you do and don't do. They aren't "rules" per se, but more or less an unspoken knowledge amongst us that you just don't do.
A hand I played at Foxwoods Sunday night illustrates a perfect example of something you just shouldn't do while playing poker. I'm going to go into a little poker theory discussion as well to describe why I played the hand the way I did but it will lead into my rant about ettiquete.
I had been running really poor all night and couldn't pick up a good hand or hit any flops. The player to my right had been fairly aggressive in position with a wide range of hands. So we are playing 9 handed at the time and I'm on the button with 52 offsuit, a really garbage hand. A few players call the 2$ big blind and the player to my right raises to 17. Now since I've been running so cold, and it has been discussed at the how tight I've been playing, I decided to call. My reasoning here doesn't have to do with ettiquete but I'll explain.
I know how bad my hand is which makes it very easy to get away from if I do not flop anything. Even if I flop one pair it most likely will be the lowest pair on the board and I will not have a tought decision to make should I get bet into. Now if I happen to hit a great flop where I flop a straight, two pair, or trips, it will be impossible for this player to put me on a hand like 52 given how tight I've been playing.
So now that I got that out of the way I'll get on with the hand. I call and the small blind folds. The guy in the big blind thinks for about 10 seconds and annouces raise. He makes it a total of 52 making it 35$ more for me to call. Everyone folds to the original raiser and he calls. So now the pot has about 130$ in it and I have to call 35$ more giving me almost 4 to 1 pot odds. Now I know with a hand like 52 I may be a little worse then 4:1 should they both have big pairs, but with how weak my hand is I also know the implied odds I have if I hit my hand. (Implied odds is how much more I think I will be able to win should I end up with the best hand). Since I started the hand with about 190$ I'm really thinking about the other 140$ behind that i most likely will win should I hit a strong hand. I figure the odds are good enough in this spot and I make the call.
Flop (~160) K spade 2 spade 2 diamond
BINGO!!!!!!! I flopped trips. Now I have to hope someone is strong enough to pay me off here. It's nearly impossible for anyone else to have a 2 here because I have one, leaving only one left in the deck, and it's a reraised pot preflop and most people wont be in there with a hand that contains a 2.
Both players check to me and I bet 75. The BB calls and the CO folds. We go heads up to the turn.
Turn (~310) 7 heart
Ok the spade didn't hit so there are only 2 hands that I lose to. KK and 77 because it is not conceiveable that the other players holds the case 2. I moved my last 60 something into the pot and the other guy calls. Now given that he calls I know for a fact he has one of 4 hands 2 of which I beat. He can only have AA, AK, KK, or a very unlikely 77 because anything worse he would have folded on the flop and def on the turn. I think he folds 77 on the flop as well so it's really one of the first 3 hands. I ask him do you have AA or KK? and he stays silent. I table my 52 and he looks at it and doesn't say anything or flip his cards over. A little discussion starts up with the players around me like WTF how do you have 52. You've been playing so tight, etc etc. So the dealer deals the final card and its a 6 of hearts , the other player hops up off his seat and slams down his KK for the flopped full house.
What an asshole. He knows I have one out but still doesn't turn his hand over leaving me in suspense as well as making me feel I have the best hand. It's called slowrolling and it's extremely rude. If you have someone beat just turn your hand over. If the river was a 2 it's not like he would have just folded his hand into the muck and said nice hand to me. The old man is lucky I have a cool head while at the table, because I should have broken his 70 year old hip.
Another one is when someone has AA preflop. AA is the nuts preflop, no hand can beat you. So when playing NL it really annoys me when someone takes their time calling an all in with AA preflop. Esp since the game I play you have to pay 5$ every half hour so in turn the time it takes for them to call is less time we have to play.
Lets use a hypothetical hand. Player 1 raises to 15 and Player 2 with AA makes it 40$. Everyone folds to player 1 who moves all in for 137$ and player 2 asks how much more it is, or counts out his chips before making the call.
JUST SAY CALL. You know you're not folding and against any other hand you will win 4 times out of 5 so just save us all the time you are wasting by counting out chips to put in the middle, and making the dealer count down the bet. And even worse the time you take to call will really aggrivate the player holding KK or QQ who thinks his hand is best and you are making a tough call.
Don't slow roll.
A hand I played at Foxwoods Sunday night illustrates a perfect example of something you just shouldn't do while playing poker. I'm going to go into a little poker theory discussion as well to describe why I played the hand the way I did but it will lead into my rant about ettiquete.
I had been running really poor all night and couldn't pick up a good hand or hit any flops. The player to my right had been fairly aggressive in position with a wide range of hands. So we are playing 9 handed at the time and I'm on the button with 52 offsuit, a really garbage hand. A few players call the 2$ big blind and the player to my right raises to 17. Now since I've been running so cold, and it has been discussed at the how tight I've been playing, I decided to call. My reasoning here doesn't have to do with ettiquete but I'll explain.
I know how bad my hand is which makes it very easy to get away from if I do not flop anything. Even if I flop one pair it most likely will be the lowest pair on the board and I will not have a tought decision to make should I get bet into. Now if I happen to hit a great flop where I flop a straight, two pair, or trips, it will be impossible for this player to put me on a hand like 52 given how tight I've been playing.
So now that I got that out of the way I'll get on with the hand. I call and the small blind folds. The guy in the big blind thinks for about 10 seconds and annouces raise. He makes it a total of 52 making it 35$ more for me to call. Everyone folds to the original raiser and he calls. So now the pot has about 130$ in it and I have to call 35$ more giving me almost 4 to 1 pot odds. Now I know with a hand like 52 I may be a little worse then 4:1 should they both have big pairs, but with how weak my hand is I also know the implied odds I have if I hit my hand. (Implied odds is how much more I think I will be able to win should I end up with the best hand). Since I started the hand with about 190$ I'm really thinking about the other 140$ behind that i most likely will win should I hit a strong hand. I figure the odds are good enough in this spot and I make the call.
Flop (~160) K spade 2 spade 2 diamond
BINGO!!!!!!! I flopped trips. Now I have to hope someone is strong enough to pay me off here. It's nearly impossible for anyone else to have a 2 here because I have one, leaving only one left in the deck, and it's a reraised pot preflop and most people wont be in there with a hand that contains a 2.
Both players check to me and I bet 75. The BB calls and the CO folds. We go heads up to the turn.
Turn (~310) 7 heart
Ok the spade didn't hit so there are only 2 hands that I lose to. KK and 77 because it is not conceiveable that the other players holds the case 2. I moved my last 60 something into the pot and the other guy calls. Now given that he calls I know for a fact he has one of 4 hands 2 of which I beat. He can only have AA, AK, KK, or a very unlikely 77 because anything worse he would have folded on the flop and def on the turn. I think he folds 77 on the flop as well so it's really one of the first 3 hands. I ask him do you have AA or KK? and he stays silent. I table my 52 and he looks at it and doesn't say anything or flip his cards over. A little discussion starts up with the players around me like WTF how do you have 52. You've been playing so tight, etc etc. So the dealer deals the final card and its a 6 of hearts , the other player hops up off his seat and slams down his KK for the flopped full house.
What an asshole. He knows I have one out but still doesn't turn his hand over leaving me in suspense as well as making me feel I have the best hand. It's called slowrolling and it's extremely rude. If you have someone beat just turn your hand over. If the river was a 2 it's not like he would have just folded his hand into the muck and said nice hand to me. The old man is lucky I have a cool head while at the table, because I should have broken his 70 year old hip.
Another one is when someone has AA preflop. AA is the nuts preflop, no hand can beat you. So when playing NL it really annoys me when someone takes their time calling an all in with AA preflop. Esp since the game I play you have to pay 5$ every half hour so in turn the time it takes for them to call is less time we have to play.
Lets use a hypothetical hand. Player 1 raises to 15 and Player 2 with AA makes it 40$. Everyone folds to player 1 who moves all in for 137$ and player 2 asks how much more it is, or counts out his chips before making the call.
JUST SAY CALL. You know you're not folding and against any other hand you will win 4 times out of 5 so just save us all the time you are wasting by counting out chips to put in the middle, and making the dealer count down the bet. And even worse the time you take to call will really aggrivate the player holding KK or QQ who thinks his hand is best and you are making a tough call.
Don't slow roll.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Sick run for a quick session
I decided to play a quick session tonight after work and only played 136 hands to the tune of +2.5 buy ins.
The big hands, and since these are the first hands im posting hero is me.
UTG- Under The Gun or first to act preflop
MP- Middle position
CO- Cutoff
BNT- Button
SB- Small Blind
BB- Big Blind
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $21.80
Hero (BB): $100.00
UTG: $135.45
CO: $190.20
BTN: $130.30
Preflop: Hero is dealt Js 8c (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, CO folds, BTN calls $1.00, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks
Flop: ($4) 3c 9d Th (4 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, UTG calls $2.75, BTN calls $2.75, SB folds
Turn: ($12.25) 7h (3 Players)
Hero bets $9.00, UTG raises to $18.00, BTN folds, Hero raises to $50.00, UTG calls $32.00
River: ($112.25) 2s (2 Players)
Hero bets all-in for $46.25, UTG calls $46.25
Pot Size: $204.75 ($3 Rake)
UTG had 8d 6h (a straight, Ten high) and LOST (-$100.00)
Hero had Js 8c (a straight, Jack high) and WON (+$101.75)
Smaller pot but still feels good to play a hand a certain way, ie betting with the stone cold nuts knowing that if you get a call the other player will stack off with nothing.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $94.00
BB: $100.00
UTG: $39.90
Hero (CO): $194.60
BTN: $118.65
Preflop: Hero is dealt Jd Js (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, Hero raises to $4.50, 3 folds, UTG calls $3.50
Flop: ($10.50) Jh 5d 5c (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($10.50) Jc (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.00, UTG calls $6.00
River: ($22.50) 7h (2 Players)
UTG bets all-in for $29.40, Hero calls $29.40
Pot Size: $81.30 ($3 Rake)
UTG had Qs Th (two pair, Jacks and Fives) and LOST (-$39.90)
Hero had Jd Js (four of a kind, Jacks) and WON (+$38.40)
I also had a super loose player at one of my tables who decided to pay me off with close to nothing everytime I had a big pocket pair for about a buyin of the course of the hands at the table. It's a great thing to play well but it's even better to run well!!!!
The big hands, and since these are the first hands im posting hero is me.
UTG- Under The Gun or first to act preflop
MP- Middle position
CO- Cutoff
BNT- Button
SB- Small Blind
BB- Big Blind
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $21.80
Hero (BB): $100.00
UTG: $135.45
CO: $190.20
BTN: $130.30
Preflop: Hero is dealt Js 8c (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, CO folds, BTN calls $1.00, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks
Flop: ($4) 3c 9d Th (4 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, UTG calls $2.75, BTN calls $2.75, SB folds
Turn: ($12.25) 7h (3 Players)
Hero bets $9.00, UTG raises to $18.00, BTN folds, Hero raises to $50.00, UTG calls $32.00
River: ($112.25) 2s (2 Players)
Hero bets all-in for $46.25, UTG calls $46.25
Pot Size: $204.75 ($3 Rake)
UTG had 8d 6h (a straight, Ten high) and LOST (-$100.00)
Hero had Js 8c (a straight, Jack high) and WON (+$101.75)
Smaller pot but still feels good to play a hand a certain way, ie betting with the stone cold nuts knowing that if you get a call the other player will stack off with nothing.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $94.00
BB: $100.00
UTG: $39.90
Hero (CO): $194.60
BTN: $118.65
Preflop: Hero is dealt Jd Js (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, Hero raises to $4.50, 3 folds, UTG calls $3.50
Flop: ($10.50) Jh 5d 5c (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($10.50) Jc (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.00, UTG calls $6.00
River: ($22.50) 7h (2 Players)
UTG bets all-in for $29.40, Hero calls $29.40
Pot Size: $81.30 ($3 Rake)
UTG had Qs Th (two pair, Jacks and Fives) and LOST (-$39.90)
Hero had Jd Js (four of a kind, Jacks) and WON (+$38.40)
I also had a super loose player at one of my tables who decided to pay me off with close to nothing everytime I had a big pocket pair for about a buyin of the course of the hands at the table. It's a great thing to play well but it's even better to run well!!!!
Intuition
I feel that intuition is a very vital part to being a great poker player. Some of the best players today base much of their play on their "feel". Sometimes you just have a feeling, no matter how illogical it may seem to others, you know what the outcome will be.
Recently I experienced some of this myself. While watching the Yankees play Toronto the other day in the 7th inning a sac bunt was made to advance a runner but the play ended in a error from a bad throw from third to first. Also while trying to catch the ball at first the runner hit the first baseman jarring him backwards a little and unable to come up with the ball. Interference was not called on the runner even though hes making clear contact with him during the play. Had an out been called it would have ended the inning and the game would be tied 2-2. Now with a man on 1st and 3rd I get a little frustrated knowing the inning should easily be over. I start to think of how the Yankees could lose the lead now. I think "Hmmmm, I haven't seen anone steal home in a long time. I wonder if they'd actually try it here, being tied 2-2 with 2 outs. It's risky but that is what might make it worthwhile." I start to think about the movie Major League when Wesley Snipes steals home. Right before the second pitch, boom Jorge Posada hops up from behind home plate waving his arms at Andy Pettite. You then see Andy throw the ball to Posada but not before Hill from the Blue Jays slides safely into home. Stealing home almost never happens and for some reason I decide to think about it right before it actually takes place.
On another note, the last time I was at Foxwoods, (Monday) a hand came up where it limped in a few spots to a tight player directly to my right. He raises to $20 and I suspect a big hand. A few people call his raise and the player directly to his right moves all in. The original raiser himself moves all in for $440 which covers the first all in players chips of $110. All the other players fold and the tight guy turns up AA, (big shock) and the toher player holds QQ. Now when i looked at my cards I held one of the remaining aces so I knew that his chances were slim on making 3 of a kind. I told the kid I had an ace and I'm sorry to say it but I have a bad feeling about the hand and don't think the aces will hold up to the queens. I hated saying it but I kinda felt like I should warn him about the feeling I got from the hand. Flop K Q 10. The player with AA receives no more help from the borad and loses to the other players 3 queens.
Intuition is not something that you should overlook. People always say follow your heart and trust your gut. I honestly believe that and have for a while. Situations like these just make it so much easier to trust your instincts!!!!!!
Recently I experienced some of this myself. While watching the Yankees play Toronto the other day in the 7th inning a sac bunt was made to advance a runner but the play ended in a error from a bad throw from third to first. Also while trying to catch the ball at first the runner hit the first baseman jarring him backwards a little and unable to come up with the ball. Interference was not called on the runner even though hes making clear contact with him during the play. Had an out been called it would have ended the inning and the game would be tied 2-2. Now with a man on 1st and 3rd I get a little frustrated knowing the inning should easily be over. I start to think of how the Yankees could lose the lead now. I think "Hmmmm, I haven't seen anone steal home in a long time. I wonder if they'd actually try it here, being tied 2-2 with 2 outs. It's risky but that is what might make it worthwhile." I start to think about the movie Major League when Wesley Snipes steals home. Right before the second pitch, boom Jorge Posada hops up from behind home plate waving his arms at Andy Pettite. You then see Andy throw the ball to Posada but not before Hill from the Blue Jays slides safely into home. Stealing home almost never happens and for some reason I decide to think about it right before it actually takes place.
On another note, the last time I was at Foxwoods, (Monday) a hand came up where it limped in a few spots to a tight player directly to my right. He raises to $20 and I suspect a big hand. A few people call his raise and the player directly to his right moves all in. The original raiser himself moves all in for $440 which covers the first all in players chips of $110. All the other players fold and the tight guy turns up AA, (big shock) and the toher player holds QQ. Now when i looked at my cards I held one of the remaining aces so I knew that his chances were slim on making 3 of a kind. I told the kid I had an ace and I'm sorry to say it but I have a bad feeling about the hand and don't think the aces will hold up to the queens. I hated saying it but I kinda felt like I should warn him about the feeling I got from the hand. Flop K Q 10. The player with AA receives no more help from the borad and loses to the other players 3 queens.
Intuition is not something that you should overlook. People always say follow your heart and trust your gut. I honestly believe that and have for a while. Situations like these just make it so much easier to trust your instincts!!!!!!
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