Five Jive

Posted by wynn on Jul 30, 2010 in Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

While I look forward to what should be a highly profitable weekend at the table, I reflect back upon my session last night at MGM Grand Detroit. Thursdays are generally quiet, but they had this Jive ballroom dancing lessons party thing going on in the Ignite nightclub that shares the 3rd floor with the poker room. As if that was not irritating enough, my table...

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‘E’ is for Entertainment

Posted by wynn on Jul 28, 2010 in Buy-in, Table Talk | 0 comments

‘E’ is for Entertainment. That is what the ‘E’ in ESPN stands for. And that stands to reason. Most poker players at the table today had their first poker experience by watching it on television. What these players do not realize is the ‘E’ is for Entertainment. What is shown on television is not necessarily good play, but then...

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Saturday Night Special

Posted by wynn on Jul 26, 2010 in Buy-in, Table Talk | 0 comments

“You look like you know what you are doing,” the player that is about to take Seat 8 next to me says as he sits down. I detect a confrontational motive behind his comment. “I better watch out, huh?” Day after day, night after night, I feel more pressure at the table than most players. At the risk of coming off as arrogant or pompous,...

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Cowardly Bully

Posted by wynn on Jul 20, 2010 in Donkeys, Table Talk | 4 comments

I have noticed two changes recently at the poker rooms in Detroit. First, about half the seats are empty compared to a few months ago. The second observation is more new players are filling those seats. By new, I mean inexperienced. Inexperienced players come in two flavors: those that know they don’t know how to play and those that wish they knew how to...

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Good Gone Bad

Posted by wynn on Jul 13, 2010 in Bluffs, Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

“You flop a set ?” one of my opponents asks on the flop. I guess I played bad. That is all I can come up with when I replay the hand in my head. Here is what happened. I figure the player on my immediate right has a hand like A-Q or A-J when he raised to $75 pre-flop. I called with A-10d knowing I could outplay him on the flop. The player on my...

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