Lousy

Posted by wynn on Feb 17, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Table Talk | 0 comments

Lousy cards. Lousy players. Lousy dealers. I hear players say these phrases all the time at the table. Here is my tale from yesterday’s session: Lousy cards I could not hit a flop with a shotgun. Missed every draw when I had a playable hand. And playable hands were quite scarce to begin with. It was a sign of things to come. A bad sign. Lousy players The...

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Speed Bump

Posted by wynn on Dec 19, 2009 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Great Reads | 0 comments

I hit a speed bump this week: back-to-back sessions of running bad. Fortunately, the cold deck was relatively short lived. I hit bottom on this hand: I have A-K spades in late position and limp in. The player on the button makes a position raise to $20. Everyone folds around to me. I call. The flop comes A-6-6. I bet $20. My opponent pushes all-in for another...

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Right Place. Right Time

Posted by wynn on Oct 13, 2009 in Buy-in | 0 comments

There is something to be said about being in the right place at the right time. I am at MotorCity Casino at the $50 – $200 game, up about $500 when I spot a short handed $200 – $500 game with a couple weak players. On this particular night, the casino had to close for about six hours so the City of Detroit could test the generators. With about 30...

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Q-Q-Q-Quads

Posted by wynn on Jun 8, 2009 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Sick Calls, Table Talk | 0 comments

I am at MGM Grand Detroit the other night. There was a guy with a deep stack of about $900 in seat 6. I am in seat 9 listening to seat 7 and seat 10 talk about how you need to have quads or better to win at this table because of the sick one and two-outers this guy is hitting on the river. Sure enough, for the next two hours, his chip stack doubles – all...

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