Poker Lessons Cost Extra

Posted by wynn on Apr 29, 2010 in Great Reads, Sick Calls, Table Talk | 0 comments

There is a line The Cincinnati Kid by Edward G. Robinson’s character Lancey “The Man” Howard to the effect of “You paid the looking price. Lessons cost extra.” I like the wisdom with that line. The only thing that I find more irratating than getting a speech from someone on the losing end of a pot is to explain how I won the...

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Five Blanks

Posted by wynn on Jan 24, 2010 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

Sometimes, things just work out. I am in a no limit game last night. Heads up against a player on my immediate left. I have a small pocket pair. My read is my opponent is holding A-X. The board is five blanks. No Aces, no paint. I check call all the way. On the river, I feel my pair is good. When I show the pair, I get a speech. “How could you call with...

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Kings Speech

Posted by wynn on Jan 8, 2010 in Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

I played it right, won a pot, and got a speech. Like I need poker lessons from a short-stack that played it wrong and lost the hand. I limp in on the button with J-10 diamonds. The small blind raises to $10. Everyone folds. I call. The flop comes Qd-9d-7s. I have an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw. There are 9 diamonds, 3 eights, and not knowing for...

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The 5-6 Off Speech

Posted by wynn on Nov 8, 2009 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

I seem to get speeches quite a bit from players that are losing to me. Here is one I found amusing: I am in a no limit Texas Hold’Em cash game the other day with a $200 – $500 buy in. I have a deep stack of over $2,300. A sixty-something man to my right just did this second rebuy for $500. He is tilty and I am feeling frisky. So, I play him heads up...

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Miracle Session

Posted by wynn on Aug 30, 2009 in Buy-in, Sick Calls, Table Talk | 0 comments

I just finished a miracle session of no limit Texas Hold’Em. The miracle started after a decent session. All night long, the table I was seated at would break up. The rule in most casinos is you take all your chips to the new table. Not this night. I could only take the maximium buy-in. So, instead of going to the table with 3 – 4X the maximum...

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