Had a decent morning at the tables but the real brag is for the Boston Debate League, which was awarded today a $50,000 grant from the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Foundation. The grant will support the BDL’s work with debate programs in the Boston Public Schools over the next two years, most especially that of the League’s new director (who’s probably reading this- congratulations, Steve!).
Here’s another random brag, this one from the Stars weekly $500. Sorry was having trouble with the converter, basically I had an open-ended draw on the turn and overbet shoved when a flush card came on the river:
PokerStars Game #21709641365: Tournament #116152197, $500+$30 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/11/02 18:23:05 ET
Table ‘116152197 23’ 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: nofingclue11 (11900 in chips)
Seat 2: tiger76 (9370 in chips)
Seat 3: jesseluke82 (5480 in chips)
Seat 4: berra86 (13699 in chips)
Seat 5: lowlife039 (13250 in chips)
Seat 6: Mia_121 (9276 in chips)
Seat 7: Joao M. (10835 in chips)
Seat 8: foucault82 (8390 in chips)
Seat 9: Psychout (8600 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to foucault82 [Tc 9s]
nofingclue11: folds
tiger76: folds
jesseluke82: folds
berra86: folds
lowlife039: folds
Mia_121: folds
Joao M.: folds
foucault82: calls 100
Psychout: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8s 7c]
foucault82: bets 299
Psychout: calls 299
*** TURN *** [Qc 8s 7c] [5d]
foucault82: bets 666
Psychout: raises 666 to 1332
foucault82: calls 666
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8s 7c 5d] [2c]
foucault82: bets 6559 and is all-in
Psychout: folds
Uncalled bet (6559) returned to foucault82
foucault82 collected 3662 from pot
foucault82: doesn’t show hand
He pretty much can’t have a flush because he’s not min-raising a flush draw on the turn. It just doesn’t make sense to minimize his fold equity and re-open the betting, giving me the opportunity to blow him off his draw. So it’s a great bluffing opportunity when the flush comes in. The only problem is that people are stubborn, especially when they have pretty hands (which the min-raise suggests he does), so I made the only bet that I thought I could force a tough lay down. I expected it to work damn near 100% of the time, though, which is why I found it interesting.
I like your recent posts. Never realized you played in the middle-nose bleed tier of the game. Fun to read about someone doing pretty well.
Thanks, sirwal. Not sure if this is what you meant, but just to be clear, I didn’t win 50K at poker yesterday and I don’t really play nosebleed stakes. In my opinion nosebleed starts 50/100, which I’ve only played a couple of times. My only prospect for a 50K poker day is a huge tournament score.
The 50K score was a grant landed by a non-profit organization that I founded four years ago and have volunteered with throughout my poker career.
Andrew
Nice play. Did he go into his timebank?
Nope, no time bank.
Beware Waffles the Stalker …
Congrats on the Shapiro grant, Andrew! Very cool beans!