Archive for July 2nd, 2008

My first day in Vegas was a blast. I’ll get into more detail tomorrow, but basically I got to pretend I was a big shot for a day. I had an interview with a reporter doing a story on poker and philanthropy, then a taping for Cardplayer with the Poker Savvy folks, then out for drinks with them (just one beer for me because I’m getting over a cold and wanted to play later), then 10/25 NL at the Rio with $7500 on the table. I’ll get into more detail on the other stuff tomorrow, but here are two quick hands from the cash game. It was a pretty tight/boring but not very tough table.

The first one, I opened for $100 with AJo in the CO, and both blinds called. The flop came Jd 7d 4d, and unfortunately, I did not have the Ad. They checked to me, I bet $200, and the SB called. I hadn’t been in the table long, but I’d already seen him make one very loose call for a pretty big bet on the turn. He checked a 4c on the turn, I bet $500, and moved all in for $1600 total. I hadn’t realized he was that short, and while I didn’t feel great about my hand, I felt priced in. It was definitely borderline, though- I would have folded KJ. He flipped 77 and I was drawing to 2 outs, which I didn’t hit. Kind of a cooler, though I don’t think stacking off was mandatory. Maybe a smaller turn bet and folding to a raise would have been better.  Read the complete post...

Some of the other Poker Savvy Pros and I are doing a round table discussion with Card Player magazine today. They’re accepting questions and awarding one-year Poker Savvy Plus memberships if yours is chosen.

Simply e-mail a question or two that you would like asked during the video tomorrow. We’ll put the names of every person who submits a legitimate question into a random raffle, and if your name is chosen, you get the year-long membership completely free of charge.