Sadness

is not winning the $205 million dollar lottery. Crap. I was so ready to spend it too. To top it off, someone managed to win and the jackpot goes back to $10 million.

I grinded out about 5 hours of playing 2/4 limit and could not muster anything. Finished down $34. You'd have thought I'd either have gone broke or won a decent amount in that time. Neither happened.

Witness to the Hammer

I was playing a bit of Party Poker when I saw a couple of other blog-meisters playing at a $25 no-limit ring game. Pauly, Al Can't Hang, and Stinky Pants were sitting at the same table. I joined for a while and lost my $25 buy-in (I suck at these no-limit ring games), but before I did, I managed to grab this:

Wish Me and You Luck

Ok, quick post, quick idea:

This weekend, the South Carolina PowerBall jackpot is around $200 million. If I win, I will personally stake each and every poker blogger who visits here an entry into the WSOP main event. Travel and accomodations included, whatever that means :)

So, root for me, and for you. That way, we can all win.

And best of all, I won't make you wear any BadBlood-logo'd clothing.

Any comment posted before 11pm EST on Saturday May 8th qualifies. Man, is that comment-whoring or what?

In the 120,526,769 / 120,526,770 chance that I don't win, well, it's the thought that counts, right?

Home Game Report

Last night was my bi-weekly home game that I've been playing in for the past few years. Has anyone ever played in a home game where they were the only winner? Well, I now have. Of the seven people who played, I was the only person to finish a winner. And it wasn't even a tournament format where winner takes all, it was 5 hours of ring games. Final tally: +$225. Off to the strippers.

Well before I do that, I'll recount a few hands of note where I thought I played pretty well.

During a 2/4 Hold 'Em game, I'm dealt 7,7 on the button. I bet out and get about 3 callers. The flop comes 2,3,8 rainbow, which to me isn't so scary. I open again (we play that the heavy, i.e. the last raiser/bettor, bets first each round) and get one caller. This one caller, Teddy Ballgame, is reknown for letting other people do his betting for him. So whenever he calls my bets, I know he's most likely not chasing a draw, but actually has a hand. Turn is a 6 and I continue to bet and he continues to call. River? How 'bout a 7. I have much more confidence in my hand now, and think about a check-raise. I decide to bet it out and Teddy calls. I show him my trip 7's and he says "Lucky catch" showing me his pocket 9's. I told him that had he bet that hand he may have won.

Someone calls 3/6 Hold 'Em and I'm dealt A,4 diamonds. I decide to raise an early position's bet to six and get a few folds. Three players see the flop which to me is garbage - 3,8,10 - no diamonds. Undeterred I bet out again and get heads up with the button. The button player is Easy E, a notorious tight-passive player. I swear, you look up tight-passive in the dictionary and you'll see his smiling face. I continue to bet out on the turn and on the river, having caught absolutely nothing to help my hand. Based on his body language, I know he has me beat, but I also know I can bluff him out of the pot as he plays only strong hands. I bet the 6 after the river and he pauses to think for a while, then mucks. I show my A,4 and he kicks himself for not calling. After that little display, it becomes time for me to tighten up so I can get people to chase my monsters.

During an Omaha 2/4 game, I'm dealt ??2,3 - can't remember the other two cards, and I decide to see a flop. Great flop it was with an Axx giving me the nut low. We play this game two ways, sometimes with 8 or better for low, sometimes without. This was without, so I just needed to avoid a 2 or 3 on the last two cards to grab half the pot. I decide not to raise anything this time, just to smooth call. But because there were still 6 people playing this pot and raising, I wasn't too concerned. I manage to avoid the remaining 2's and 3's and after the river hits begin my raising crusade. One other player exclaims "That is such a weak attempt at buying this pot. I know you don't have 2,3 because if you did you'd be raising earlier." Well sorry, I do have 2,3 and your 2,4 is second best. Take that.

It was another fun night in our series of home games. Here's a tally of my last 8 home games: +85, +46, +227, -8, +168, +267, +84, and +225. Thats +1094 if I can add things correctly. Slightly more or less if I can't.

Links for Links

Finally......The Rock has added links to the blog template.

If anyone else that I haven't linked to over there on the right would like a link, simply email me or leave a comment. I mainly added them for my own use to make it easier for me to visit the blogs I visit. I've tried to remember all the ones I go to, so please don't be shy if you'd like to be over there.

Also, if I've titled your link inappropriately, please send me a recommendation on how you'd like to see it.

Not Where I Want To Be

Ok, since nobody guessed the lyrics correctly...(at least Iggy tried)...the answer is...

Megadeth - "Go To Hell"

I even gave the soundtrack to the movie it was in inside the comments. Oh well, I guess there aren't too many metal fans who visit. No problem...

Anyway, I'm stuck here at work fixing a problem I created with the software I develop. Usually I'm pretty on the ball with these things, but a few, OK 4, problems slipped through the cracks this time and I have to fix them pronto. Not only that, but I am the only person in this galaxy that has the capability to do something else totally unrelated to my problems, so I have to stick around and get that done too. Not so good a business model when there's just "One Guy?!?!?!" who can do something that's business critical.

So there it is then.

...And As Charon Sails the Seas...

Six.....six, six. The Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden

I put a guy on tilt when I was holding 6,6 in the pocket only to see a flop of 10,8,2. When an A came on 4th street, I check-raised to bluff out the two remaining opponents. Didn't work.

Alas, the River of Styx gave me the set of 6's and all was good down here in Hades.

PS: Bonus Points to who can name the band and song from this entry's title.