I'm bubblicious....

That title depicts Monday night poker in a nutshell.......

TuckFard Open NLHE......... BUBBLE !

TuckFard Open II HORSE..... BUBBLE !

First 90 player SnG NLHE... BUBBLE !

Second 90 player SnG NLHE.. BUBBLE !

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...............

Me thinks I need to work on my bubbleability..... well..... abilities!

As always, had a blast in the TuckFard games. We still can't seem to get a real field of players out every week, but there are a few signs that we may be seeing the fields grow a little bit at a time. Last night in the HORSE game, I had a fellow BBT3 player and always welcome friend in cem show up for the game. It was great to see him out. Hopefully, it'll take him a while to realize that we're all just a bunch of long floppy-eared Donkey's having some fun.

Along with the usual TuckFard regulars, Muhc and Bay also made appearances last night in both games. I don't think I can ever get the point across properly, how much I look forward to seeing you guy's on the virtual felt every Monday night. Carson and Nutzy did a great job getting us our own games set up and having you come out as regulars every week, sure makes it a whole lot of fun for the group of us. I don't know much about our newest guest regular val, but if by some miracle you happen to be one of the fools that stops by here from time to time too, it's great to have you out to the games every week as well. You're all helping us build a great game, full of friends and fun. It just doesn't get any better than that.

In the Hold'em game last night, I just let the ears hang low and wobble to-and-frow. I was at my Donkey best. 'nuff said.

The HORSE on the other hand, I played some damn fine poker. That is, right up to the end. To get there in the first place however, I was in complete control. Good reads paired up with some decent cards and some very timely bets into players I could put on some standard drawing hands. YAY me! Then Carson went on a sick run. I stayed out of all but two of them. THE TWO I SHOULD HAVE AVOIDED natch! In the first one, his board showed draw. He would not represent anything else and only smooth called repeatedly. My board threatened of a straight-flush potential and I figured him to drop out by 6th. or 7th. street. (I had only shown some very premium hands to this point) I actually only had a buried pair of 5's and was going solely on how scary my board was looking. He stayed in the whole way with buried 9's, and I lose a five bet hand. Like I said, he was on a pretty big run. We joke between us about card rack's all the time. But every once in a while, brudder Carson can seriously lock into a run that's about as sick as anything you've ever seen.

In NLHE, he was getting A-A, K-K, A-K sooted etc....
In Omadraw, he gets A-K-A-K double sooted, 10,J,Q,A single suits etc...
RAZZ, he pulls A-2-4 and his board comes 5-6-3 etc...
In STUD, he had some very respectful looking boards. So much so, he couldn't get paid.

I think I've said it before but, Carson can be very creative in the split games. Give him some cards to go with his creativity and watch out.

So I get to watching him mash buttons and hold some ultra-premium hands in a row, figuring I'd better pick my timing pretty carefully. The earlier hand still stung a little and I didn't plan on getting bit again! I time it out and decide to catch him in his fifth pot in a row. (can you hear that little voice saying "got'cha?") He has completed and only has a Queen up. I think about the draw potential of my hand vs. a pair of Queens and decide I like my odds. I bump and not surprisingly, he bumps back. Based on my current chip commitment to this hand, I am now involved no matter what. I get the rest of my stack in on a draw that I feel has real potential to take out a pair of Queens. Only one problem! He's got the Ladies rolled up! DOH !!!!

Never even crossed my friggin' mind! NOT ONCE !! and I call myself a STUD player??? I correctly calculated my dead outs. I correctly calculated my live outs. I correctly deduced that against a pair of Queens, I had a shot that was about as good as I was going to get to a perfect 50/50 in a big pot after such a large chip commitment. Not making a decent assessment of what you may be up against, is the single largest mistake you can make in STUD. And I made it.

HEE-frickin'-HAW !!!!

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....