The thing about riding Bareback....

Don't let the title fool you!
This IS NOT another Frantic Friday post!

That's going to have to wait until tomorrow.
But it WILL be worth the wait!
;)

No, this is about one of my usual staples for the bankroll.
The $5.50 H.O.R.S.E. games on FullTilt.

I play them quite a bit, mostly because as I said, they are pretty good for the bankroll on average. Typically they get about 200 or so runners and despite the limit poker involved, half the field is gone in the first 30 to 45 minutes. Some pretty TAGGY poker and a few good hands and the next thing you know, you can be in a commanding position on the leader board.

So last night I check in on my peeps in The Dankie(?) and hear on BDR, that a few of the folks are jumping into the HORSIE game about to run. Why not?

Now my strength in these things has always been the R.S.E. end of the game so naturally, I expected nothing less in the game last night. Obviously however, FullTilt had another plan for me instead.

Usually I can say I played pretty good and got lucky once in awhile, in keeping with the tradition of a mixed game format. You need to play well AND run good, in order to get anywhere in these things at all. Last night however, I ran like molasses.

A-A cracked in LH, natch!
A-A-2-3 double sooted quartered on the river in O8, sure!
Rolled up K-K-K in Razz, why not every second hand?
3-6-9 or 2-4-8 for every starting hand in STUD, seems reasonable.
Rolled up 5-5-5 and hit the quads on fifth street in S8? Only if I'm up against rolled up 6-6-6 that made the same quad hand on fifth street!

Variance is usually a little more 'patchy' when it comes to the mixed games for me but last night, well last night was just about as silly as it gets to be honest. I lasted to about 50th. place or so despite getting the crap run out of me all night long and my busto move? Just more of the same old, same old in the end.

Dealt (A-3)-4 and actually looking like a RAZZ starting hand, I get the 2 I needed dealt to me on fourth street. Now holding A-3-4-2 and several players interested in building the monster pot I need to get back in the game, my board runs out A-3-4-2-Q-Q-Q of course! So I get to see a player I have a gajillion notes on take the huge pot down, all while he's holding 3-6-7-J-8-10-10 and the two players check it down on 7th. street.

Of course the night wouldn't be perfect if I didn't see this in the chat right after!

wildo1: U/L mate gg
BamBamCan:[observer] nh gg
wildo1: thanks
wildo1: got lucky was chasing the str8
wildo1: thought we were on stud lol

Playing HORSE while riding bareback?
Let's just say it gets a little tuff on the balls.

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....