# SDMB Poker Q4 2010 - I just lost "The Game" (and so did you!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 8, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429 "2010-10-08T00:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/201 "2011-01-04T19:16:20Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Are the PStars facebook freerolls done? I don’t see any for tomorrow, and I still have a ticket. The ‘‘dimers’’ resumed today at 1 pm cst and the freerolls are scheduled to resume today at 2 pm. thanks for the compiling the Year End Standings. I didn’t cash in the poker tournaments at Tunica but played ok. Busted fairly early in the $50 tournament that my GF gave me. But since I won so much in the cash game early early Saturday morning (see below) $160 buy-in, 104 players. I finished about 25th. Decent, but about 10 spots out of the money. I had two sessions with cash games at Tunica. Playing $4/$8. First session was lasted about 1.5 hours and I was getting really good cards. There was one really obnoxious player at the table and I took him for about $100 of the $200 that I won. The second session was a lot longer, about 4 hours. At another $4/$8 table. Again, I was getting good cards, but getting notched. I won some really good pots with some indifferent cards. I flopped a 5 high straight in the big blind (4/3 clubs) which turned out to be the nuts. Two players flopped two pair with A/5 and A/2 so there was a lot of action. On the bad side, I was dealt pocket Jacks, and the action was heavy pre-flop between me and two other players. There was 4 raises to cap the bet at $20 per player. Flop Ac/Js/3s, I got trip jacks, 2nd nuts at this time, only losing to pocket aces, with a possible flush and straight draws. I led out with a bet, and I was raised by both players :eek:, I called and both players raised again. By this time, one player is all-in, so I know the raising can’t get out of hand on the turn and river. I am ‘only’ facing two $8 bets, with a $120 pot in the middle. Pretty good pot odds Turn: 8 spades Flush draws hits. I check, player bets, I figure he has the flush, and i have outs, I call. River: 5 spades, :eek: Now I know there is a flush. I check he bets, and I call, the pot is too rich not to take the chance. He has Ace of Spades and King Hearts. :eek: He hit the nut flush on the river. The guy that was All-in never showed his hand and I never found out what he had. (He was across the table). Lost $56 on that hand. Ugh! I had so many good hands that got beat, I had aces cracked once, and lost with pocket kings one time as well. I was dealt A/Q more times than I could count, and could never make a hand. but I won enough pots with marginal cards that I won about $70 in that session. I lost about $100 playing Blackjack and Paigow poker so I netted about $40 when you count the $160 poker tournament entry fee. Not a bad a trip since I came home with more money than I left with :D. It could have been so much better though as first place in the high dollar tournament was ~$5000. Had steak and lobster on Friday night and that was good. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/202 "2011-01-04T23:54:14Z")
Q4 2010 Total Chip Balances (in case anyone cares): MindWanderer 28455 Tomov 28365 NFMensa 27975 Meeko 24465 MentalGuy 23655 TheDuke 18390 MissyTake 14910 Root 14235 peekercpa 8775 Hellboy 7425 Oslo\_Ostra2 6705 GGhost149 5265 Ludovic 3750 YeticusRex 3315 GreenHell 3315 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/203 "2011-01-05T00:04:51Z")
GreenHell should have had more than that. He won two weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/204 "2011-01-05T03:22:10Z")
Do we have the Q1 2011 thread up yet? I mean, I don’t think I’ve been around long enough to do it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/205 "2011-01-05T04:12:49Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > GreenHell should have had more than that. He won two weeks ago. Ah I see the problem, GreenHell is schizophrenic and has two nicknames: GreenHell and Hellboy. that makes it all right. **Meeko** , I feel like a rookie as well with no tenure. the 1st Qtr thread should be reserved for the old guard ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/206 "2011-01-05T05:03:42Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Ah I see the problem, GreenHell is schizophrenic and has two nicknames: > > GreenHell and Hellboy. that makes it all right. > > **Meeko** , I feel like a rookie as well with no tenure. the 1st Qtr thread should be reserved for the old guard IIRC, He changed his name under [apparent] pressure [apparently] to match the nickname we gave him. His efforts to fix it, probably made it worse. - Not so sure there is a hierarchy as such, but I knew I was low on the totem pole [What has it been for me, 4 quarters yet, even?] to hear that Mensa is low-ish on the pole as well is … interesting. What gives then on the lack of new thread? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/207 "2011-01-05T06:37:04Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > Q4 2010 Total Chip Balances (in case anyone cares): > > MindWanderer 28455 > Tomov 28365 > NFMensa 27975 Yes, I care. Thanks for posting. Are you going to reset everyone for the new quarter? 90 chips out of first place in the chip race. Damn. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/208 "2011-01-05T06:39:17Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > What gives then on the lack of new thread? Relax, we have two days. We may as well use this thread all up. ---
**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/209 "2011-01-05T13:54:43Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > ah i see the problem, greenhell is schizophrenic and has two nicknames: > > Greenhell and hellboy. That makes it all right. > > **meeko** , i feel like a rookie as well with no tenure. The 1st qtr thread should be reserved for the old guard we are not! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/210 "2011-01-05T18:33:24Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Relax, we have two days. We may as well use this thread all up. I know there are a few aspects to the game I miss out on. Don’t want to miss things relating to the game as well. I’m dying to subscribe to the new thread already. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/211 "2011-01-05T20:13:02Z")
[Here you go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591841) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/212 "2011-01-05T20:25:26Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’m dying to subscribe to the new thread already. too bad we can’t pick posters for the Death Pool ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/213 "2011-01-05T21:18:04Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > too bad we can’t pick posters for the Death Pool 😛 I said I wouldn’t comment on your poker record over there. 5 times, but still. That’s no reason to comment like the above. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429/214 "2011-01-05T23:30:40Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Yes, I care. Thanks for posting. Are you going to reset everyone for the new quarter? > > 90 chips out of first place in the chip race. Damn. I did, indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poker-q4-2010-i-just-lost-the-game-and-so-did-you/556429.md?page=10)