# Sharks at the Tables, Lab Girls on the Rails - SDMB World Poker Tour 1st QTR 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957 "2006-12-29T05:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/41 "2007-01-19T01:21:44Z")
WTF indeed. Now it’s up. ---
**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 19, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/42 "2007-01-19T01:24:08Z")
WTF? It’s up, but it is cancelled. And now it’s gone again. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/43 "2007-01-19T01:44:09Z")
I’ll go work out and then come back and check to see if it’s up again. I didn’t see it either. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/44 "2007-01-19T01:48:22Z")
Worst comes to worse, assuming we have exactly 5 or 10 players, we could go with a private sit-n-go. ---
**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 19, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/45 "2007-01-19T01:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > You are now chatting with ‘Newton’ > Newton: Welcome to the Casino Support Desk. How can I help you? > MissT: I’m attempting to set up a private tourney for 9pm CST tonight and the system will not let me - gives tomorrow as the earliest date. Help?? > MissT: It had been up for a few minutes then cancelled > Newton: This means that is the only time that is available on the system. > MissT: we’ve set it up on the day of NUMEROUS times before. another player set it up earlier, but did not go through. then someone ELSE attempted no more than an hour ago - it went through, then was cancelled for an unknown reason. > MissT: no one knows why it was cancelled - none of us cancelled it > MissT: it’s the SDMB little tourney > Newton: There might not have been space for more tournaments which is why it was cancelled and could not be registered. > MissT: is arbitrary cancellation common? > > \*\*no response for a few moments > > MissT: So there is NO way to set up a tourney for 11pm EST, as we have been doing for a few months now? We’re out of luck? > Newton: One moment while I check my records please. This is where I’ve been for the last 5 minutes _(I reupped just for this y’all - feel special)_ ---
**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 19, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/46 "2007-01-19T02:03:58Z")
Ohhhh, Newton is informing the technical people. I asked whether we should plan on not playing tonight - the response was … He has no idea. ---
**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 19, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/47 "2007-01-19T02:40:52Z")
Hope he doesn’t notice that we only pay a 5 cent rake. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/48 "2007-01-19T02:44:52Z")
It’s up. Good work Missy. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/49 "2007-01-19T04:24:37Z")
Tonight’s Results (1/18/07): 1. Yeti (rallied from 385 chips!) 2. Dag (Yeti) 3. Kyy (Dag) 4. Ast (Kyy) 5. Missy (Yeti) 6. Oslo (Kyy) 7. Root (Kyy) 8. Nook (Yeti) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/50 "2007-01-19T04:25:55Z")
And the first quarterly standings: Duke of Rat 58.5 Asterion 50.8 Miss Take 50.8 Oslo Ostragoth 30.7 Yes, I suck. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/51 "2007-01-21T06:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Yes, I suck. [/QUOTE] Need more proof? The **second** friggin’ hand of a MTT: [QUOTE=PokerStars] PokerStars Game #803046xxxx: Tournament #4101xxxx, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/01/20 - 03:14:06 (ET) Table ‘410163xx x’ 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: bijdehand (1500 in chips) Seat 2: Nitro Harley (1490 in chips) Seat 3: **Oslo Ostragoth** (1480 in chips) Seat 4: monkey231 (1480 in chips) Seat 5: casketmaker8 (1500 in chips) Seat 6: Pattycakes69 (1500 in chips) Seat 7: Floppy310 (1550 in chips) Seat 8: howardab (1500 in chips) Seat 9: RGene (1500 in chips) **Oslo Ostragoth** : posts small blind 10 monkey231: posts big blind 20 \*\*\* HOLE CARDS \*\*\* Dealt to **Oslo Ostragoth** [8c 7h] casketmaker8: folds Pattycakes69: raises 60 to 80 Floppy310: folds howardab: folds RGene: calls 80 bijdehand: folds Nitro Harley: folds **Oslo Ostragoth** : calls 70 monkey231: calls 60 \*\*\* FLOP \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc] **Oslo Ostragoth** : bets 120 monkey231: folds Pattycakes69: raises 1300 to 1420 and is all-in RGene: folds **Oslo Ostragoth** : calls 1280 and is all-in \*\*\* TURN \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc] [9c] \*\*\* RIVER \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc 9c] [2s] \*\*\* SHOW DOWN \*\*\* **Oslo Ostragoth** : shows [8c 7h] (a straight, Seven to Jack) Pattycakes69: shows [Kc Qc] (a straight, Nine to King) Pattycakes69 collected 3120 from pot \*\*\* SUMMARY \*\*\* Total pot 3120 | Rake 0 Board [9h Jh Tc 9c 2s] Seat 1: bijdehand folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 2: Nitro Harley (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 3: **Oslo Ostagoth** (small blind) showed [8c 7h] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack Seat 4: monkey231 (big blind) folded on the Flop Seat 5: casketmaker8 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 6: Pattycakes69 showed [Kc Qc] and won (3120) with a straight, Nine to King Seat 7: Floppy310 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 8: howardab folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 9: RGene folded on the Flop [/QUOTE] I thought I was dealing with an early-game hyper-aggressive pot-stealer, not someone with the nut straight. I can’t get either of my hand analyzers to work, so I have no idea if this was a dumb play, or a truly, spectacularly dumb play. And, yeah, I realize now that there were many hands that could have beat me. I just didn’t think I was facing one. What are the odds of flopping a straight and losing? BTW, these tournaments, which I used to enjoy so much, have all gone Turbo, with blinds increasing every 5 friggin’ minutes. I guess Stars wasn’t making enough money off of us. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/52 "2007-01-21T06:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Yes, I suck. [/QUOTE] Need more proof? The **second** friggin’ hand of a MTT: [QUOTE=PokerStars] PokerStars Game #803046xxxx: Tournament #4101xxxx, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/01/20 - 03:14:06 (ET) Table ‘410163xx x’ 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: bijdehand (1500 in chips) Seat 2: Nitro Harley (1490 in chips) Seat 3: **Oslo Ostragoth** (1480 in chips) Seat 4: monkey231 (1480 in chips) Seat 5: casketmaker8 (1500 in chips) Seat 6: Pattycakes69 (1500 in chips) Seat 7: Floppy310 (1550 in chips) Seat 8: howardab (1500 in chips) Seat 9: RGene (1500 in chips) **Oslo Ostragoth** : posts small blind 10 monkey231: posts big blind 20 \*\*\* HOLE CARDS \*\*\* Dealt to **Oslo Ostragoth** [8c 7h] casketmaker8: folds Pattycakes69: raises 60 to 80 Floppy310: folds howardab: folds RGene: calls 80 bijdehand: folds Nitro Harley: folds **Oslo Ostragoth** : calls 70 monkey231: calls 60 \*\*\* FLOP \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc] **Oslo Ostragoth** : bets 120 monkey231: folds Pattycakes69: raises 1300 to 1420 and is all-in RGene: folds **Oslo Ostragoth** : calls 1280 and is all-in \*\*\* TURN \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc] [9c] \*\*\* RIVER \*\*\* [9h Jh Tc 9c] [2s] \*\*\* SHOW DOWN \*\*\* **Oslo Ostragoth** : shows [8c 7h] (a straight, Seven to Jack) Pattycakes69: shows [Kc Qc] (a straight, Nine to King) Pattycakes69 collected 3120 from pot \*\*\* SUMMARY \*\*\* Total pot 3120 | Rake 0 Board [9h Jh Tc 9c 2s] Seat 1: bijdehand folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 2: Nitro Harley (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 3: **Oslo Ostagoth** (small blind) showed [8c 7h] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack Seat 4: monkey231 (big blind) folded on the Flop Seat 5: casketmaker8 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 6: Pattycakes69 showed [Kc Qc] and won (3120) with a straight, Nine to King Seat 7: Floppy310 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 8: howardab folded before Flop (didn’t bet) Seat 9: RGene folded on the Flop [/QUOTE] I thought I was dealing with an early-game hyper-aggressive pot-stealer, not someone with the nut straight. I can’t get either of my hand analyzers to work, so I have no idea if this was a dumb play, or a truly, spectacularly dumb play. And, yeah, I realize now that there were many hands that could have beat me. I just didn’t think I was facing one. What are the odds of flopping a straight and losing? BTW, these tournaments, which I used to enjoy so much, have all gone Turbo, with blinds increasing every 5 friggin’ minutes. I guess Stars wasn’t making enough money off of us. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/53 "2007-01-21T06:09:19Z")
Damn hamsters. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/54 "2007-01-25T14:33:37Z")
This week’s game has been created. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/55 "2007-01-26T04:30:19Z")
Well, I’m told I have to do this. So, tonight’s game, 1/25/07: 1. asterion 2. RobotArm 3. Kyyrewyyoae 4. Oslo Ostragoth 5. Dag Otto 6. Nanook of the North 7. MissTake Let’s see, kills: Asterion killed MissTake, Dag Otto, and RobotArm Dag Otto killed Nanook of the North RobotArm killed Kyyrewyyoae Kyyrewyyoae killed Oslo Ostragoth By the way, I hate the title of this thread. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/56 "2007-01-26T04:39:31Z")
Quarterly standings: Dag Otto 77.7 Asterion 65.1 Duke of Rat 58.5 Kyyrewyyoae 57.3 Robot Arm 54.0 Miss Take 43.2 Oslo Ostragoth 36.1 I continue to fellate majorly. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/57 "2007-01-26T04:48:30Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] By the way, I hate the title of this thread. [/QUOTE] Be thankful. Don’t you know there are software engineers in Massachusetts who would love to have some lab girls in their lives to be teased about. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/58 "2007-01-26T18:01:20Z")
Hell, I haven’t played in a long time, and I _still_ like lab girl jokes! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/59 "2007-02-01T23:44:53Z")
Game is up. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957/60 "2007-02-02T01:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Game is up. [/QUOTE] Are you sure that’s a NL game? Anyway, I’m signed up, but I could be late. I can’t manage to get out of the freaking lab. My stupid oil bath just won’t heat up and I can’t leave it until it stabilizes at about the right temperature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharks-at-the-tables-lab-girls-on-the-rails-sdmb-world-poker-tour-1st-qtr-2007/385957.md?page=4)