The Drop on Hand Played with Silly Poker Lingo

Stakes : 2/5 NL Holdem live action 9 handed
Location: Beau Rivage Casino (brick and mortar)
Players: Villian #1 $1200 stack (tight image has not played many hands)
Villian #2 $1000 stack (foreigner that i have pegged as a fish)
Tex(me) $900 stack (running bad and a little steamed)

In MP I look down at Rin Tin Tin (pocket 10s) . Villian #2 ,who speaks Sputnik, limps in from EP for $5 ,I decide to limp and play small ball. Two more players flatted behind me and Villian#1 in the BB checkoslovakias. 5 limpers see a flop of 9 6 7 Rainbow.. Villian#1 knuckles, Villian#2 fires out 30 bones ,I briefly go in "tank" as i want to repop it here with a 3bet but with donks behind me I decide to smoooth call. The 2 LP players insta-muck while Villian#1 flatted the $30 bet. So 3 to the turn. 4th street brings a brick 2 of spades but puts two spades on board. Action on Villian#1 who knuckles , Sputnik continues to show strength with a $ 60 bet. My read on Villian is a hand like top top or J9. Only hand possible that has me beat is if he flopped two pair. I choose to flat and control size of pot with positive EV if we are heads up to river. Well check caller Villian#1 smooth calls again! I feel he is on a complete draw. I think he is a good player so if he had the nuts or a set he would have check raised by the turn. The river card comes another 2 (a great card as there is no flush and gives me two pair if i was behind) Villian 1 checks ,which i let out a sigh of relief,and Sputnik who doesnt know how to check slides out a Hundo stack. Now I am already thinking of how much to repop it cause i know i should have done this on flop or turn but for some reason decide i will just flat and drag my pot. Well im expecting Villian # 1 to muck his rags he starts counting Benjamin Franklins I said "cmon man dont get cute I know u missed your draw" He ends up throwing out $600 in bills. WTF!!! now i am talking to myself and probly out of line as action is on Sputnik. 9 6 7 2 2 board okay. He played this very odd if he had a monster and was just gonna have to get paid off cause i think he is bluffing his ass off. Sputnik tanks for a while and ends up MAKING THE CALL! I stand up "tank" and walk around and finally talk myself off my read and FOLD my hand! Villain 1 just throws his hand in muck and i want to puke as Sputnik takes down $1600 pot with J9. Everyone has been telling me you have to fold there. While I know where they are coming from I totally disagree.This was one of those situations where I should have stuck with my gut. If Villian 2 folds I was insta-calling Villian 1 so why did I go into "i must be beat mode" when Sputnik took so long and called? The more I thought about it later I may have encouraged Sput to make the hero call when I opened my big mouth. UUUUGH! I ended up rebounding pretty well for trip but this hand could have been a nice swing for me.

By the way if I am sitting at a table with you do not speak Cardplayer to me!!!

Summer of Tex

I have been meaning to blog for sometime now. Its not like there is nothing to talk about and when I saw Da Rock had posted something I figured I better put a little post before I am totally off the GCP page. What up Darrel? Thats right.. you guys keep tipping ,though I still will be putting some of you on tip probation.

Anyhoo...the last time I blogged was around December and it wasnt even about poker as you can see. Most of you that give a rats ass to even read this blog already knew that I found a lump in my thigh which ended up being the Big "C". It is a rare type called Sarcoma, my version is MFH (malignant fibrousos hystiocytoma) After the biopsy report I of course went to the internet to research MFH.( This is before I met with Oncologist) Folks dont ever do this. It will scare the shit out of you. The majority of what I found nearly had me making out my will. Talking to a few doctors in Houma didnt make me feel much better. They said not much is known about Sarcomas and removal was the only treatment. I knew I had to go to M.D. Anderson .That place is amazing..they have a team of doctors that only deal with Sarcoma patients. They have a very aggressive approach to the aggressive cancer. On the net you will hear that chemo and radiation doesnt respond well. At MD they told me that in my case I could handle higher doses of chemo that some people can not. Well I went through 6 rounds of chemotherapy from Feb-June ...sucked but the area where tumor was removed shrunk considerably. I did 5 weeks of radiation which i finished friday. I will be home for a month then go back for reconstuctive surgery to remove margins around thigh muscle. So far they say I am a star patient and everything is going well.. The big thing with this is not to spread to lungs or reappear which it does 50% of the time within 2-5 yrs. I feel I have the edge in this coin flip with MD on my team. Does that sound like an infomercial?

Thanks for the support and prayers as well as the donations to help with all the overwhelming expenses that have incurred, especially you lunchboxes at the poker table(lol) Seriously though I am still waiting for someone to plan a charity tournament for me. Hell maybe I will organize it myself. You mean to tell me yall will fork up 100-300 bucks for some bullshit Hercules mardi gras donkament where you might win a shotgun or a dinner cruise for 20 people. Hell I wont be half as greedy as that ponzi scheme....I digress ....I have been blessed to have such great friends and family.

I have managed to fit in some poker from time to time. Getting back to online play lately, oh how i missed the beats that only the internet can provide with such regularity and craziness. They make it so fun with the dramatics. Hope to see some of yall this week as I get back to the felt. Dont know the dates but im pretty sure i wont get to play the big tourney at the Beau coming up. That sux. I will be on IR for about a month then start rehab. What happened to the Summer of George??!!!!

IF 35>45 YOU MUST BE AN OU STUDENT

Lets see if the voters are Smarter Than A Fifth Grader. I gave a quiz to some 2nd and 3rd graders in my family and they all made an A+.

I would love to see Stoops reaction if the situation were reversed. He would be saying "how could there even be a debate about this?" Mack Brown is one cool cat. No way Stoopsy shows this much class and composure. Every year they say how the Red River Shootout is so important and frequently has BCS implications. Well if OU jumps Texas tomorrow they can just go ahead and cancel next years rivalry game cause they are telling you its not such a big deal. This would also make perfect sense to why there is no playoff system. They want to hand pick teams and play thier little chess game. This team is hot right now.... This is the matchup I would love to see.... Their uniforms are so pretty.... GET IT RIGHT MORONS!!!

Update Hot Off the Press

Tim "Ragin Cajun" Hebert was at the final table with 6 players left in the 1k main event at the Venetian. That was around 2 am this morning as I was playing at Shorty's getting updates from his buds on the phone. I get to hear these Tim updates every time I play. I hear his name in my sleep. The big baller probably took it down by now and is hanging at the Tao with celebs. I aint hatin, Tim is cool. Maybe I am a little jealous that I am not able to play in those deep stack tournaments. Like a poker legend I know says " this poker pro life is not as glamorous as it seems"
Wild Bill and Gene get off your asses and get the rest of the Tim story. I got you the lead and expect some commission.

Oh yea , this small timer has been on a tear booking 7 winning sessions in a row.(even wins at Harrahs) Tonight was a nice $1500 profit. Will get into some hand break downs next post and show you why Shorty's is the best game in the state.

I want to PUKE!

Nice drop of the easy pick Gideon. Fell in your arms like a feather. Game over! Good coverage on Crabtree, just try putting a hand up when the receiver puts his hands up to catch the ball! Oh yea and nice angle by the safety to just blow by him instead of making game saving tackle. Unreal how many times defenders where there to make play but didnt. 3rd down killers all game when dbs couldnt stick a hand out or dive at ball. I remember when I played defense If I had to dive to make a play on the ball I would DO IT! Maybe I was always diving cause I was slower and had too, I dont know ,but if you work that hard to be all over some receiver you can stretch out and hit the turf when the damn ball gets there!
Worse of all, you got 2nd and goal on 5 with 1:30 and ticking, and you run a play with 23 seconds left on play clock. I was watching in disbelief as they snapped the ball. Great coaching Mack!! Ya think those 23 ticks might of helped a bit???? They lost that game in the first half with all the drops and TD opportunity. Sucks because they really turned it around in second half and was making stops on defense.
Now cant wait to see how far they drop behind OU, WHO THEY BEAT!!! Or freakin USC who blows and has played NOBODY! That includes the Buckeyes. Its all Big 12 and SEC, and no other teams belong in BCS but maybe Penn and their first test would be in a national title game.

Things could have been worse this lovely saturday. My little Jack Russel Terrier nearly got smoked on the highway. 3 different times!! I just happen to walk to my front yard with cell to return Davey's text that I couldnt make the trip to the IP Classic. I see Opey crossing the private bridge following some kids, had no clue he got out the house. 2 cars had to hit their brakes as I watch helplessly while running to road. When I get to highway my dog is crossing back toward me on road when ,conveniently, an 18 wheeler hauling cargo and car in opposite lane are zeroed in on my retarded pooch. I stuck my hand out at 18 wheeler and grimaced as the little fucker casually trots across street. I really did not expect the truck to hit his brakes at this point . The car did slow down but my dog was in line for carnage with the truck. Well the trucker locks em up and starts a little skid. I think my dog just makes it, even if he doesn't hit his breaks. But at the time I didn't even know if the damn dog was going to stop in road or go back other way. It nearly caused a major accident, as I know, the driver had hell keeping that monster in his lane while in skid. I know drivers of big rigs usually smoke those small varmints for human safety. Next time I have a beer I'm giving a toast to that trucker. I failed to mention my 4 yr old daughter was watching this unfold across the bayou. Tex dodges a bad beat here. During one of my many mood swings watching Texas game, I contemplated kicking my dog a few feet. I would have told him it was for running in street.

This could be a rough sports weekend for me. The hobbled Cowboys play the overrated Giants. Maybe they are both overrated but the boys have enough excuses. Man I hate loudmouth Antonio Pierce and local blockhead Brandon Jacobs. Jacobs is a physical freak and as smart as box of rocks. I watched him a lot in high school and know people that were close to him.
Lets just say he had a lot of help just passing grade school. Guess I wouldn't mind all his smack talk if wasn't a division rival, but he does act like a thug after a play is over.

Random Stuff

Played a couple of sessions of 5-5 at shortys. Won 1300 one night and thought I was the champion. Next session lose 1000. I suck!! My raised pots found sets. Nice! It could have been worse too, as I had to make a mini comeback. Online I played some small buy ins and cashed in half of them, 3 out of 6. But im pretty aggrivated cause I made two final tables in large fields and couldnt get by 7 or 8 more players when the payouts were getting up there. Example, in the $10 midnite madness 1600 players , I finish 8th and win like 250 when 1st pays 4k. Do it again in a rebuy event where I didnt use any rbs and fizzle out just when money was getting good, won like another 200. Okay thats enough poker talk, Im pretty tired of it lately.

Still pumped about the Horns thus far. (sorry Tiger fans, I was pulling for them as always.) I miss those few years where we were going to every home game. Bunch of married guys that got to go together and act like fools. I digress... Colt McCoy just looks unstoppable. 4 Td drives of 80-90 yards. Another big challenge with an undefeated team next week. Texas Tech offense is just sick.

Had to tivo NFL games today as I coach my sons 9-10yr flag football team. It was our playoff tournament that was held at Nicholls. Last week we were suppose to play in the stadium. Well we got to warm up on the field and were notified minutes before that the band had the field . Someone didnt communicate and our kids were teased with getting to play on a nice turf field. Of course another bad beat for me. Anyway , today we played our self into the championship to play the team we expected, the Packers.(Dr. Hagens team) A bunch of big athletic bruisers that were undefeated. Im pretty sure most if not all of them are 10 plus. We have all 9yr olds but are pretty quick with a lot of immaturity(or maybe just acting like 9). We played them twice before and played them down to the wire with just a couple of plays from pulling out a win. This game is getting pretty chippy with a few illegal tackles and physical play, it is 7-7 with 30 seconds left in first half. They have the ball deep in their end when a kid rolls out and has no where to throw. He ends up running where we are in position to make the play, and somehow 3 of my better flag pullers just whiff it. He runs down the sideline for TD, killer. So 13-7 we got ball 18 sec and my QB stares down receiver and throws pick. In this NFL youth flag you start on own 5yd line, so they have the ball on our 10 and score on last play of half and lead 20-7. Horrible turn of events in last 30 seconds!! We end up each scoring once in second half and we couldn't recover from end of half scenario and lose 26-13. It could have been a real David beats Goliath thing. Oh well, they did great for a first year team.

Brad Johnson is god awful. I cant wait to cuss Tony Romo for not taking care of the ball, I will take that coaster ride every time. Just felt so helpless knowing that no balls were going to be completed down field. If all you can do is check down, dink and dunk ,you could at least be accurate. As Charles Barkley would say, "Thats just tuurable." Tampas D had to know that they could cover a shorter field all game. Dallas D played their ass off and had too to pull out this ugly one. They needed this one to hopefully weather the storm till help comes along.

Freakin Blogger

Whats wrong with this piece of shit software? I spent a while on a post about my night at harrahs. It was some good stuff. I made a mistake of saving the fukn thing and when i posted the draft it all dissappeared but one sentence. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It may be a while before I post again. Thats more than an hour of my life I cant get back now. I WANT TO SLAM THIS KEYBOARD like they did the copy machine in Office Space.