# March of The Penguins - SDMB Pokertropolis Fourth Quarter, 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609 "2005-10-03T17:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/81 "2005-11-03T23:03:14Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Man, you’re doing pretty good! You are firmly in the middle of the pack, a couple of good finishes will move you right on up. Well, yeah, but sometimes the cards are bad enough to never put any money in the pot, and if you only lose the blinds as they go around the table you can last long enough for half the players to go out first. But sitting there folding almost every hand was just driving me nuts. I’m still kinda new at this. Is it considered bad form to complain about one’s luck? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/82 "2005-11-03T23:08:18Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > I’m still kinda new at this. Is it considered bad form to complain about one’s luck? Only if you do it incessantly. Then you either sound like a whiner or incompetent. And don’t hold up play doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/83 "2005-11-03T23:19:17Z")
And how long ago did I cross that threshold? Would it help if I did it with a sense of camaraderie and world-weary bonhomie? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/84 "2005-11-03T23:34:44Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > And how long ago did I cross that threshold? > > Would it help if I did it with a sense of camaraderie and world-weary bonhomie? A haggardly handrolled cigarette dangling from your parched and chapping lips? Couldn’t hurt. I just try to repeat to myself “It’s just a game for fun (unless **Yeti** sucks me out, then I’ll show that bastard where he can shove a penguin)” ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/85 "2005-11-03T23:44:59Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > “It’s just a game for fun (unless **Yeti** sucks me out, then I’ll show that bastard where he can shove a penguin)” Preach it, brother! Hey, what am I doing at the bottom of the rankings? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/86 "2005-11-03T23:46:10Z")
**Robot\_Arm** you are the defending champion from last quarter! You must defend you title as often as possible! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/87 "2005-11-04T00:16:28Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > And how long ago did I cross that threshold? > > Would it help if I did it with a sense of camaraderie and world-weary bonhomie? I haven’t noticed that you have. Tell you what, if I start to notice, I’ll tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/88 "2005-11-04T04:02:07Z")
KK - AA KK - AA KK - AA Don’t mind me, I’ll be muttering this to myself for a while. KK-AA KK-AA ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/89 "2005-11-04T04:36:33Z")
I don’t want to hear it. Consecutive hands I run into pocket kings to drop me below blind levels, and get finished off by 3/5 off when I’m holding A/7. Dealer decided I smelled funny or something apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/90 "2005-11-04T05:47:43Z")
I had one great hand. A full house showing on the board, I went all-in, and three people called. My pocket threes gave me a better full house and I took the pot. Ten minutes later, on my second best hand of the night, I went out. Damn you and your flushes, **Aholibah**. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/91 "2005-11-04T06:56:46Z")
Tonight’s Results (11/3/05): 1. All Hail Aholibah! Our Poker Goddess! ($.75) Now go kiss her 6" Polished Black Leather Thigh High Boots! 2. CapnPitt ($.45) The scurvy dog actually had some balls in his cannons! 3. Ostra from the Norwegian capital ($.30) 4. Ion from an asterism 5. The Tentacled One In Bot Mode 6. Appendage of Automatron 7. Hoser from the Great White North 8. Chick that blows up recipes in her favorite room 9. Domo arigato…Mr. DagBotto 10. not Nest B, nor Nest C 11. YippieKyyYay M’Fr 12. Hardly Alive 13. Duchess of Guinea Pigs’ Old Man 14. Mr. Give’s Ex. 15. Revenge of the Penguins Exiled this once great Player. Hey, GO…what place where you in when you left? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/92 "2005-11-04T07:13:56Z")
I think I was in third when I left. Anyway here are the standings: 1 Gangster Octopus 76.2 2 Oslo Ostragoth 75.0 3 Aholibah 69.7 4 Kyyrewyyoae 69.0 5 nesta 62.7 6 Nanook of the North 62.7 7 elucidator 60.6 8 Robot Arm 60.4 9 Asterion 60.0 10 Capn Pitt 57.9 11 Duke of Rat 57.2 12 Miss Take 51.4 13 Yeticus Rex 44.4 14 Only Mostly Dead 41.8 15 Dag Otto 35.2 ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/93 "2005-11-04T14:26:30Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > I had one great hand. A full house showing on the board, I went all-in, and three people called. My pocket threes gave me a better full house and I took the pot. > > Ten minutes later, on my second best hand of the night, I went out. Damn you and your flushes, **Aholibah**. I was really, _really_ irked that I called your boat against my better judgment. That was a brilliant play on your part **RA**. And now, maybe you’ll stop going all-in against me on the river when I’ve check-called the flop and the turn. Which would make me sad. ☹ I had two moments of sheer stupidity last night – one was the call on **RA** ’s all-in, and the second was putting the **Cap** all-in when there were three of us left and I had AJ (I think – maybe it was KJ) and the flop came QQx. Naturally he had a queen (the rotter), and I enwealthened him to dangerous levels. Also stupid was banking almost everything on an 85o with a 68K flop, but that worked out for me, since it turned out **Cap** banked everything on a 6. Given my record of staggeringly consistent inconsistency (12, 12-last, 1, 14-last, 1), I’m amazed and delighted to have squeaked my way into 3rd in the standings. I should be back down to double-digits after next week’s dismal finish. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/94 "2005-11-04T14:47:36Z")
If I can’t be the winner, I’m glad that **Aholibah** is. I knew I was trashed when you got that flush and drew a little bit ahead. All I heard in my head was Teddy KGB: “All your hopes and dreams, dashed. Down zee f–king drain.” As for me, I’m well on my way to mediocrity now!!! Look out **asterion** you’re next! Moreover, I’m thrilled to have moved in front of **Duchess of Guinea Pigs’ Old Man**. F’r. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/95 "2005-11-04T15:08:24Z")
> [@Aholibah](#): > > And now, maybe you’ll stop going all-in against me on the river when I’ve check-called the flop and the turn. Which would make me sad. I try to pay attention to whether someone needs two pocket cards to make their hand, or just one. The table was something like AJTxx and I had the KQ. I figured my hand looked like two-pair or three-of-a-kind and the straight would be a surprise. All-in with an ace-high straight isn’t too bad of an exit. And I finished up a nickel at the no-limit table afterwards. Not my worst night. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/96 "2005-11-05T04:07:51Z")
**Dag** , did you get your cash? ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/97 "2005-11-09T16:03:06Z")
Hey, playing in a local tournament tonight. Way out of my league entry fee-wise but a buddy is staking me. Should be about 50-60 people with 10% of the field cashing. Wish me luck! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/98 "2005-11-09T16:18:12Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Hey, playing in a local tournament tonight. Way out of my league entry fee-wise but a buddy is staking me. Should be about 50-60 people with 10% of the field cashing. Wish me luck! Hey bud, as long as your not playing against me, I wish you all the luck in the world. 🙂 Now go out there and represent! Take no prisoners! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/99 "2005-11-09T17:47:34Z")
Just stopping by to announce that I will probably miss tomorrow’s game, so take notes and let me know the big plays. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/100 "2005-11-09T17:51:21Z")
Dress up as a Pirate and scuttle their butts…just like last week! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609.md?page=6)