2 Hands in 2 Hours

Posted by wynn on May 11, 2010 in Buy-in, Table Talk | 2 comments

To continue my “how to play when I am card dead” theme, I played exactly two hands in two hours the other night. Between the two, I was able to double my buy-in and go home. Here is what happened. I bought in at 8:00 pm for $500. I folded every hand dealt to me until 9:50 pm. Under the gun, I get Q-Jc and raise to $25. I got five callers. At this...

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Deep Freeze

Posted by wynn on Dec 27, 2009 in Buy-in, Table Talk | 0 comments

Wow. I have not run this bad for this long. After taking a few days off from the poker room, I returned tonite refreshed and relaxed. Over the course of six hours, here are the hands I played and the short-story outcome: 4-4: Nothing on flop; two pair had me beat. Q-Q: Beaten by A-2 off on flop. Q-Q: Beaten by K-9 off on flop. 6-6: Beaten by flush on flop. 9-9:...

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Tundra

Posted by wynn on Dec 21, 2009 in Bad Beats, Laydowns | 0 comments

My wave of frozen cards continues. It is incredibly frustrating when one begins to run bad after running so good. One of my rounder friends, “B”, is going through the same tundra as me right now. I got unlucky on my first hand yesterday. Flopped a set against someone who could not fold Aces. She rivered the case ace for a better set. Had pocket tens...

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