Sharks at the Tables, Lab Girls on the Rails - SDMB World Poker Tour 1st QTR 2007

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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WTF indeed. Now it’s up.

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WTF? It’s up, but it is cancelled.

And now it’s gone again.

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I’ll go work out and then come back and check to see if it’s up again. I didn’t see it either.

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Worst comes to worse, assuming we have exactly 5 or 10 players, we could go with a private sit-n-go.

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This is where I’ve been for the last 5 minutes

(I reupped just for this y’all - feel special)

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Ohhhh, Newton is informing the technical people.

I asked whether we should plan on not playing tonight - the response was …

He has no idea.

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Hope he doesn’t notice that we only pay a 5 cent rake.

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It’s up. Good work Missy.

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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)
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And the first quarterly standings:

Duke of Rat 58.5
Asterion 50.8
Miss Take 50.8
Oslo Ostragoth 30.7

Yes, I suck.

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[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.

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[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.

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Damn hamsters.

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This week’s game has been created.

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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.

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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.

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[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.

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Hell, I haven’t played in a long time, and I still like lab girl jokes!

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Game is up.

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[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.