# Suck My Tar Balls Through Your Vuvuzela - SDMB Poker - Q3, 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 25, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449 "2010-06-25T04:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/221 "2010-09-20T18:56:43Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Just played my Second PokerStars Tourney. > > **219** out of 10000 HAS to be better than 208 out of 5000 right? > > \*\* > I folded two houses pre-flop. That stings. A LOT. \*\* I’m on pokerstars too, and you’ve already beaten my track record (at least with only 2 tournaments under my belt: I’ve gone that far 3 times in my three weeks, which is far better than average, but still.) Folding houses doesn’t bug me. At least compared to getting burnt on the last stud card in stud to a guy who was raising the whole round and didn’t have anything till the last card. Which happens occasionally, but I’ve had more than my fair share of it lately. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/222 "2010-09-20T19:00:16Z")
**How do you upload an avatar on Stars?** I looked and couldn’t find it. Quasi-related : \*\*How do you guys feel about the four color deck? \*\* I can read regular cards just fine, but I opt for four colors whenever possible. Don’t see the reason not to, and if I ever do have real money riding on it, well, I’d want that net in place. I’m nearly deaf in my left ear, always opt for subtitles on DVDs. My parents asked me why I do that… And I told them. We tried with the titles off once, -they where the first to ask “What did he say?” – Also, you get to read lyrics to songs sometimes, that adds a bit more to the movie. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/223 "2010-09-20T19:15:25Z")
**Meeko** , now I have this mental image of you and your parents watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” together. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/224 "2010-09-20T19:55:49Z")
Oh, and this would have been the most annoying thing on Pokerstars, if they had continued their lucky streak: So some guy had just hit on the last card and beat the stronger hand. Someone said “gh”. He replied “you mean good PLAY. Phuck da hand!” Yeah, he continued his lousy playing and lost a few hands later. Which is why I didn’t resent him since I wanted him in the room as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/225 "2010-09-20T20:06:53Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > **Meeko** , now I have this mental image of you and your parents watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” together. Thanks. Still have yet to see Rocky Horror. :eek: But, I did have the displeasure of watching Pulp Fiction with my Parents. I can’t imagine what my parents would have been like, if they had Wikipedia growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/226 "2010-09-23T16:24:18Z")
Tried another tourney today on Stars. Players were more aggressive that I have been of late. Crap cards didn’t help either. * * * Played some " 8 Game " on stars. Razz is real interesting. To say nothing about playing a H.O.R.S.E. type format. Cribbage has nothing on changing the game each Orbit. Likely to fold a Lo hand in a Lo game. Oh wait, I already did. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/227 "2010-09-23T18:56:20Z")
Don’t go dissing cribbage, meeko!! ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/228 "2010-09-23T20:15:59Z")
what mensa said. i just got the fifteen year old and the thirteen year old interested in playing. we borrowed a board from my dad who is 85 or so. i thought it was just something that he brought back from japan when he was stationed there in the late 50’s after korea. turns out it is a board that his great grandfather brought from germany in the 50’s. the fracking 1850’s. he bought them a custom made board up in michigan. life is good in the cribbage lane. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/229 "2010-09-23T22:14:25Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Don’t go dissing cribbage, meeko!! I break cribbage down into 3 games, deciding to crib, the uh, middle part, and the show. T.H.O.R.S.H.E.A. Is 8. Cribbage is 1 in 5 people Crazy. THORSHEA is 1 in 5,000 Crazy\*. That’s all I’m saying. [Hold’em. Limit and No Limit] - Or Psycho Ex Girlfriend Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/230 "2010-09-23T22:16:02Z")
[Forgot to link to it.](http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/games/8-game/) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/231 "2010-09-24T01:25:53Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 12 ludovic > 11 mentalguy > 10 red > 9 yeti > 8 root > 7 grayghost > 6 crimethink > 5 crane > 4 oslo > 3 missy > 2. meeko > > 1. NFM!! > > Back to normalcy!!! Standings as of Sept. 2: 1 peekercpa 71.4 2 notfrommensa 71.4 3 frosted glass 68.3 4 Gray Ghost 68.1 5 Red Skeezix 67.9 6 Oslo Ostragoth 62.6 7 MentalGuy 62.5 8 Robot Arm 61.2 9 Yeticus Rex 58.9 10 Dag Otto 58.8 11 MissTake 56.1 12 Craneop2 55.4 13 fubbleskag 49.4 14 Meeko 44.2 15 Duke of Rat 40.3 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/232 "2010-09-24T01:28:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Had some good luck early, sat on my thumbs for a while, and some good luck late. Meanwhile, lots of fireworks; some big betters early, and Yeti was up and down enough to give any normal human a case of the bends. > > Results for 9 September 2010: > > 1. Red\_Skeezix > 2. meeko > 3. Ludovic > 4. Gray Ghost > 5. Dag Otto > 6. Oslo Ostragoth > 7. Crime Think > 8. Yeticus Rex > 9. NFMensa > 10. craneop > 11. Robot Arm Standings as of Sept. 9: 1 notfrommensa 71.7 2 peekercpa 71.4 3 frosted glass 68.3 4 Robot Arm 66.7 5 Gray Ghost 65.6 6 Red Skeezix 63.9 7 MentalGuy 62.5 8 Oslo Ostragoth 61.6 9 Yeticus Rex 59.9 10 Craneop2 59.2 11 Dag Otto 57.4 12 MissTake 56.1 13 CrimeThink 54.2 14 fubbleskag 49.4 15 Meeko 41.9 16 Duke of Rat 40.3 17 Ludovic 14.9 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/233 "2010-09-24T01:32:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was lucky to survive the first hour. > > 1. peeker > > 2. craneop > > 3. Missy > > 4. Ludovic > > 5. GGhost > > 6. Meeko > > 7. CrimeThink > > 8. ast > > 9. Red Skeezix > > 10. Yeti > > 11. NFMensa (aka “ArthurMiller”) > > 12. MentalGuy > > 13. Oslo > > 14. Dag Otto > > 15. Root > > Good game, all. (Sorry for that last hand, Dag.) Standings as of Sept. 16: 1 notfrommensa 71.5 2 Robot Arm 71.4 3 frosted glass 68.3 4 peekercpa 66.1 5 MentalGuy 63.8 6 Oslo Ostragoth 63.8 7 Gray Ghost 63.4 8 Red Skeezix 63.2 9 Dag Otto 61.9 10 Yeticus Rex 60.2 11 Craneop2 56.5 12 MissTake 53.5 13 CrimeThink 51.8 14 fubbleskag 49.4 15 Meeko 41.5 16 Duke of Rat 40.3 17 Ludovic 17.6 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/234 "2010-09-24T01:42:20Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Just played my Second PokerStars Tourney. > > **219** out of 10000 HAS to be better than 208 out of 5000 right? > > \*\* > I folded two houses pre-flop. That stings. A LOT. \*\* What tourneys are these? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/235 "2010-09-24T04:06:34Z")
Results tonight: 13 red skeezix at dawn 12 being john ludovic 11 undercover craneop 10 meeko the rat-faced bastard 9 the long gray line 8 peekaboo, I cpa you 7 kicked out of Mensa 6 misstake happens 5 yeti smash, and smash, and disappear 4 question mark and the asterion 3 the mentalist guy 2 criminal mind thinker 1 **Oslo** the barbarian Honest-to-god, up-to-date, standings: 1 Robot Arm 71.4 2 notfrommensa 70.2 3 frosted glass 68.3 4 Oslo Ostragoth 68.1 5 MentalGuy 65.4 6 peekercpa 63.8 7 CrimeThink 62.2 8 Dag Otto 61.9 9 Gray Ghost 61.6 10 Yeticus Rex 60.7 11 Red Skeezix 60.0 12 asterion 58.5 13 Craneop2 54.5 14 MissTake 53.8 15 fubbleskag 49.4 16 Meeko 40.5 17 Duke of Rat 40.3 18 Ludovic 16.9 I probably need a top three finish next week to pass frosty, but I doubt I can crack first or second. Put your thinking caps on for next quarter’s theme! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/236 "2010-09-24T04:55:17Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Put your thinking caps on for next quarter’s theme! So we are indeed pegged to the Calendar in regards to Quarters? \*\* Chilean Miners in the Hole? Elections?\*\* ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/237 "2010-09-25T15:59:11Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Results tonight: > > 13 red skeezix at dawn > 12 being john ludovic > 11 undercover craneop > 10 meeko the rat-faced bastard > 9 the long gray line > 8 peekaboo, I cpa you > 7 kicked out of Mensa > 6 misstake happens > 5 yeti smash, and smash, and disappear > 4 question mark and the asterion > 3 **the mentalist guy** > 2 criminal mind thinker > 1 **Oslo** the barbarian Actually my screenname comes from the fact that I do perform mentalism. Unless I have mentioned that before, I guess that makes you the real mentalist. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/238 "2010-09-26T00:34:23Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > Actually my screenname comes from the fact that I do perform mentalism. Unless I have mentioned that before, I guess that makes you the real mentalist. I prefer Max Maven over Derren Brown. But I don’t think brown has gotten a fair shake. Still Maven seems to just bring more to the table. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/239 "2010-09-26T04:08:14Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@MentalGuy](#): > > > > Actually my screenname comes from the fact that I do perform mentalism. Unless I have mentioned that before, I guess that makes you the real mentalist. > > I prefer Max Maven over Derren Brown. But I don’t think brown has gotten a fair shake. > > Still Maven seems to just bring more to the table. I do some Max Maven stuff. He is an excellent creative thinker, but the best stuff I do is from Richard Osterlind. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-my-tar-balls-through-your-vuvuzela-sdmb-poker-q3-2010/544449/240 "2010-09-26T20:22:29Z")
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