2nd place

took 2nd place, paid $90; final hand: heads-up, he had me outchipped by about 1 K;, I went all-in with A9o; he called with QT and spiked the Q.

Kenny Rogers' "Tulsa Turnaround"

"If a man's gonna eat fried chicken he's gonna get greasy."
-"Tulsa Turnaround"


that just applies to so many things. but, more importantly, BootLiquor.com on iTunes radio cracks me up when I'm playing online poker.

kings in the cutoff

I open raised the minimum to 200 (double the BB), everyone folded.

99s middle position

blinds 30/60, early MP player raised to 250, I coldcalled, everyone else folded. Flop was A, K, 8, rainbow. He bet 60 (minimum), I raised to 300, he folded.
The 60 felt like a feeler bet, risking the min for info. I figured a raise takes it down and I was right. If he had raised, I could have folded without losing too many chips; if he called my raise, I'd re-evaluate on the turn.

first play: betting 2nd pair from the BB

BB, I got a free flop with JTo, three way action (cutoff, SB); flop was K, T, 8. checked around; turn was a 3; I bet 2/3 of the pot, everyone folded.

Speed SNGs on Party

Logged into two speed NLs on PP (33 each). See how it goes.

SNG

With 66, I'm all-in for my last 2K. Big stack called, turned over AJ; the board was mush until the river put the 4th spade up, making his flush and knocking me out 4th.

sng big stack play

so I'm in an SNG right now; big stack with 10K in chips went all-in 6 hands in a row (blinds, 200/400; four players left), just daring us to call him.
key hand: UTG raised to 800; I folded AJs; SB (chip leader) went all-in; BB folded; UTG called all-in for his last 2K. UTG with KQo, SB with 33.
The flop didn't help anyone; turn was a blank; King on the river.
Chip leader down to 8K, he's slowed down since!

new partypoker.com site

does anyone like the 'new' partypoker.com?

Tiling and cascading are both nice, but I was crushing the old version of SNGs. 800 chips, blinds go up every ten hands; it was a sweet system. It's going to take adjustment for 2000 chips, ten minute (or 5 on a speed) & rounds.

pair v. pair

Pre-flop, pair versus pair, the higher pair is a 4 to 1 favorite to win.
Not counting suits, the lower pair has a better chance the further in rank it is from the higher pair (because of increased straight possibilities).
But, next time your big pocket pair gets outrun by a smaller pair, keep in mind that a 4 to 1 favorite loses about 18% of the time.