# Turn off your \*&$#@\*&! video game and get a reality check. SDMB Poker 1st Qtr 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594 "2012-01-06T04:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 2, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/42 "2012-03-02T05:07:00Z")
I wish I could see the hand I went out on. Did you make the flush on the turn or the river? ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/43 "2012-03-02T05:33:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wish I could see the hand I went out on. Did you make the flush on the turn or the river? Was that vs. me, you had AK with A on flop? I flopped broadway, river made it a flush ---
**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:** [March 2, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/44 "2012-03-02T05:35:11Z")
Only four games left to make a run on the leaderboard: 1 Gray Ghost 73.6 2 MentalGuy 71.8 3 Yeticus Rex 70.5 4 MrBootis 68.7 5 Frosted Glass 68.3 6 Dag Otto 65.7 7 BobArrgh 59.7 8 Meeko 53.9 9 notfrommensa 53.3 10 asterion 52.1 11 MissTake 48.4 12 Craneop2 47.4 13 Roooooot 42.3 14 fubbleskag 40.2 15 TexCat 20.2 I suspect (without doing the math) that any of the top six could win this quarter. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/45 "2012-03-02T21:37:45Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Was that vs. me, you had AK with A on flop? I flopped broadway, river made it a flush I think you were the other player, but I don’t think that was the hand. Do you remember your cards? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/46 "2012-03-02T23:54:47Z")
Roooooot: I could not find the hand after the table closed. I do remember that I thought you won that hand, but the table closed so quick that just thought I misread it. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/47 "2012-03-09T00:31:09Z")
Bumping to remind people. Game at 9:00 tonight. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/48 "2012-03-09T02:51:04Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Pshaw. I’ve won these before, I’ll win them again. Dear Poker gods: I believe one month is the standard punishment for hubris. kthxbai ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/49 "2012-03-09T04:28:19Z")
Results from tonight’s tournament, in one of the oddest and slowest (9 players left at the break) tournaments I’ve ever played here: 13: Crane 12: BobArrgh 11: Fubbs 10: Dag 9: Ast 8: Boots 7: Missy 6: Frosty 5: Mental 4: Mensa 3: Yeti 2: Hellboy 1: Ghosty Re-reading this, it sounds like Hockey Night. Oh well. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/50 "2012-03-09T05:19:00Z")
New standings: 1 Gray Ghost 76.8 2 Yeticus Rex 71.8 3 MentalGuy 71.1 4 Frosted Glass 67.2 5 MrBootis 66.2 6 Dag Otto 62.8 7 notfrommensa 55.5 8 Meeko 53.9 9 BobArrgh 51.3 10 asterion 50.0 11 MissTake 48.6 12 Craneop2 43.5 13 Roooooot 42.3 14 fubbleskag 37.8 15 TexCat 20.2 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/51 "2012-03-15T20:32:13Z")
Thursday Bump, Stretch run for the qtr. Dag Otto, I am coming after you! ---
**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/52 "2012-03-16T03:51:38Z")
Apologies to anyone whose handles got mangled. 1st GreenHell (aka Hellboy, aka JakeLeBrun) 2nd GrayGhost 3rd TedAdorno(maserschmidt) 4th size12wshoes(MrDuality) 5th bdomino55(Craneop2) 6th Frosted Glass 7th Mathinator(MentalGuy) 8th Roooooot(Robot Arm) 9th CyberhawkT9s(Cyber) 10th Ms\_Anthrope5(MissTake) 11th fubbleskag(fubbs) 12th Ewaffle(Meekotheraccoon) 13th adamanthaea(ASterion) 14th Dag Otto(oslo ostragoth) 15th Browse61(NotFromMensa) Well played all. Looking forward to next week! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/53 "2012-03-16T03:53:18Z")
A tall, green-haired stranger arrives in the standings: 1 Green Hell 84.0 2 Gray Ghost 78.1 3 Yeticus Rex 71.8 4 MentalGuy 69.8 5 Frosted Glass 66.7 6 MrBootis 66.2 7 Dag Otto 59.4 8 notfrommensa 52.4 9 BobArrgh 51.3 10 Meeko 50.6 11 MissTake 47.5 12 Craneop2 47.1 13 asterion 46.9 14 Roooooot 43.9 15 fubbleskag 37.0 16 TexCat 20.2 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/54 "2012-03-16T04:27:32Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Thursday Bump, Stretch run for the qtr. Dag Otto, I am coming after you! Way to bring it, dude. You’ll get another shot next week. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/55 "2012-03-16T04:38:43Z")
> [@GreenHell](#): > > Apologies to anyone whose handles got mangled. > > 14th Dag Otto(oslo ostragoth) Dag may be a bit pissed about this one: Dag Otto = Dag Otto. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/56 "2012-03-16T05:33:45Z")
The way I’m playing this quarter? Believe me, I hope people think I’m you. Or anybody else. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/57 "2012-03-16T05:38:53Z")
Two weeks left. Veddy interesting… Should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/58 "2012-03-23T03:47:54Z")
And results for 3/22/2012: 1. MentalGuy 2. size11wshoes 3. Dag Otto 4. Yeticus Rex 5. CraneOP 6. Asterion (Bot) 7. NotSanguine 8. NotFromMensa 9. Gray Ghost 10. Cyberhwk 11. BobArrgh And the standings with one week left in the quarter (Thanks to Oslo Ostragoth for the computations): 1 Green Hell 84.0 2 Gray Ghost 75.7 3 MentalGuy 73.2 4 Yeticus Rex 71.2 5 Frosted Glass 66.7 6 MrBootis 66.2 7 Dag Otto 61.2 8 notfrommensa 51.1 9 Meeko 50.6 10 Craneop2 48.3 11 MissTake 47.5 12 asterion 47.3 13 BobArrgh 44.7 14 Roooooot 43.9 15 fubbleskag 37.0 16 Cyberhwk 32.1 17 TexCat 20.2 ---
**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:** [March 23, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/59 "2012-03-23T04:19:04Z")
Green Hell is a lock to win the quarter. Put those thinking caps on - we need a thread title for the next quarter! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/60 "2012-03-23T05:26:17Z")
I’m ahead of Mensa? Oh, my! As for a title, I submit “Beat Mensa and win a cheap stuffed animal - SDMB poker 2nd quarter 2012” ---
**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:** [March 23, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/61 "2012-03-23T18:33:27Z")
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