Author Archives: jay
nice job cyrus!
my friend cyrus had 2 nice cashes in the recent “march madness” tournament at TS, including a 3rd place finish in the $750 main event, good for $22k. congrats! cyrus is a very good cash and tournament player, but he … Continue reading
sometimes it doesn’t add up to enough
top pair king kicker, nut straight draw, 3rd nut flush draw. sounds pretty good on paper, right? playing 2/5 NL last night: i open early for 20 with K♣Q♠. i’ve been opening quite a few pots. my stack is around 800. … Continue reading
just can’t fold those kings
i played the 300 event in turning stone’s “super stack” series thursday for over 11 hrs. finished 18th (out of 124 starters), which paid… nothing. interesting hand in level 2: i’ve got KK. strong player in early position opens for … Continue reading
strange experience
i need to phrase this post in such a way as to not be found on google by a certain gambling megacorporation’s security attack dogs… years ago, i learned to count cards at bl*ckj*ck. it was just a hobby and … Continue reading
cruising the strip in style
[i actually wrote this post on 11/13 but i didn't have internet access in my hotel so i never got around to posting it]. i’ve been in vegas the last few days. my friend jim l was out here for … Continue reading
blah, and blah.
i played event 3 of the HPT New York Fall Poker Classic on friday, the $500 NL event. fairly small turnout (maybe 120 or so? official results not posted online yet). i didn’t make any real mistakes, but never got … Continue reading
NY fall poker classic HPT event 1
i made the final table at the first event of the Heartland Poker Tour‘s fall stop at turning stone, my first decent cash in a while. i played pretty well all day, with a couple gutsy and successful moves, a … Continue reading
reappearance of the tilt monster
i’ve been on a 5-week long streak of consecutive winning cash-game sessions. that came to crashing halt last night when i just couldn’t get on track in the 20/40 limit holdem game. losses happen, but that’s not the bad part. … Continue reading
poker math:the widespread availability of bad information
 i was sitting at a poker table last night with a very good player (mike) and another guy who i’ll call OG (for “opinionated guy”). OG is a common breed of poker player who plays fairly competently, but won’t ever … Continue reading
interesting cash game hand
i was playing 5/5 no-limit yesterday, and this hand came up. luckily i folded preflop and had no part of it. there was a raise and several callers preflop, which was a par for the course in this game. the … Continue reading