Idol and Mookie

I played the Mookie tonight while watching Idol on TV. I taped it so I could skim through the five zillion commercials and chit chat.

Anyways The Mookie was pretty uneventful. I never got a pocket pair over 10s but I did get a lot of middle pairs which kept me going for awhile. Lightning was at the table and took a bad one when he hit trip queens but his kicker was only a king and Ddionysus had the Ace kicker. I just basically coasted along trying to stay afloat. Josie joined our table and pulled off the 2-7 bluff and won some chips but her night ended when she pushed with KQ and pocket 8s held up.

After that I went card dead for a long time getting the usual crap of 9-2 and 6-3. Finally when I was down to just over 1000 I managed to double up twice once with KQ and the other with AJ. I was up to just over 5000 when I got dealt AJ in the BB. The button raised to 1200 with blinds at 150/300. I thought he was just trying to steal so I jammed in. Uh no he wasn't . He had AK and bingo I was out just like that. I finished a scintillating 38th. BOOOOOOOOOOO.

I have now been entered in the Blogger Battle Royale and I want to thank the people responsible. Very nice and much appreciated.

Okay so I watched the Idol finale tonight. Pretty impressive lineup although Janet Jackson sounded off key to me but then again maybe I have old ears. As for the winner I really think the wrong person won. Not that Lee wasn't great because he is but that Crystal girl mark my words will make more albums than any previous Idol contestant with the possible exception of maybe Carrie Underwood. There is already talk of her being on the Lillith Fair tour. I just loved her voice and I would pay money to go listen to her perform. She was outstanding but then again I love that kind of music. She did a song tonight with Alanis Morissette and sounded just as good if not better. As for Lee he will also do really well and is very talented but in my opinion Crystal was in a league of her own.

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Aces 18/26

Mookie and more baseball

I played the Mookie last night. I started off okay but it wasn't going to be my night. I managed to get Waffles off a hand early though as my over pair to the board got him to fold. Or did I have an over pair?? Waffles was trying to guess my hand. I finally told him I had Jacks. Sorry for the little white lie Waffles. The funny thing is I used to flash my cards or tell people honestly what I had. Not anymore. I did that a couple times last night. I tell them what they want to hear. If that makes me a bad person so be it but I don't give out free information anymore. I know others do but not this guy.

Anyways soon after I got moved to a new table and I had Wolfshead on my immediate left and Gary on my immediate right. I felt like meat in a sandwich. Now if it was two great looking ladies well that's a different matter but I was stuck between these two guys. First Gary took some of my chips when he hit trip 6's. Then Wolfshead took as whole bunch more when he had AQ and I had A 8 on a board of A K 7 4 2. Yea I know Ace Rag.

Then Lightning joined the table and he was even shorter stacked than me. I was in the BB with J 2. Two limpers to me including Lightning. The flop comes J 2 4. I make a pot sized bet with my two pair. Wolf folds and Lightning goes all in for 655. I of course call. Lightning has K J and of course catches his K on the turn to give him a higher two pair. The river is a blank and Lightning take my chips. I stick out my tongue at Lightning.

I few hands later I go all in with JJ and meet Maggie0 who has KK and she proceeds to flop a K too to add insult. I do manage to river a Jack but its not enough and I am out in 60th. Congrats to Memphis who managed to come in 4th for a decent cash.

Yesterday I was ranting about the state of baseball. I didn't deliberately pick on the Red Sox (okay I did a bit but only because I wanted to see how long it took Josie to fire a mad comment) but anyways it's not just the Red Sox and Yankees. Somebody needs to come in and really clean up the game and make it so that the poor teams have a legitimate shot at winning. I love the game and with all what's happened over the past few years with steroids and over paying players they need a strong individual to come in and tell the owners and the players union this is the way its going to be. Will it Happen?? Very doubtful.

Last night

I played The Mookie on Fulltilt last night and I started off great. A few hands in I was dealt A 7s one off the button. Blinds 15/30. Yea I know Ace Rag. I had only played one hand in so far and won and was feeling adventurous. I raised to 105. Donkeypuncher on the button calls and the blinds fold . Flop comes Js 3s 2s. Yep I flopped the nuts. I check as does the donkey. Damn. Turn 5h. I check again. Donkeypuncher bets 175. I call. Turn is a Qd. I ponder and decide to check hoping he bets. Nope he checks and I win a pot of 605.

A couple hands later and second to act I get AJ. I raise to 90. Astin raises me to 180. I call. Everybody else folds. Flop comes J 10 10. I check and Astin bets 290. I call. Turn is a 7. I check and surprisingly Astin checks behind. River brings another J giving me the boat. Now I know I should have bet here but I checked and so did Astin. When he showed he had 88 so I don't think he would have called anything anyways.

Then I got moved to Josie's table. Of course others might think otherwise but she is certainly the most chatty at that table. I slowly built up my stack to just over 6500.Then I got dealt 2 7 one off the button. Everybody folds to me. I raise as Josie is the BB. I know just to bug her. They all fold and I flash Josie my 2,7. She flashes me a finger or something I am sure. Good thing Boston is a long ways from me.

Later on I get dealt AA. Yes my nemesis. Keepflopping who is second to act pushes all in for around 1300 chips. I reraise and everybody else folds. Flopping has 33 and amazingly doesn't spike a 3 and my Aces hold up. I know standing ovation please.

I also have Aces later UTG and with a raise everybody folded. Geez 2/2. Gotta like it. I lost a lot of chips when two hands in a row with AK I got reraised huge and both times I mucked and was told that I was up against AA once and KK another. That's if you can believe poker players but whatever.

The hand that ended my night I was dealt J 10 in the SB. Everybody folded to me. I was going to raise but Mrs Scary in the BB had a huge stack and I am not talking about her boobs. I just called. Flop comes J 6 6. Now for some reason that I am still pissed about I decide to jam all in. I don't know if I was worried about her chips but definitely I should have just made a pot sized bet. She snap called me. She had Q 6. Yep she had trips. So I am looking for a Jack on the turn or river but it was not to be. I am out in 28th out of 93. Congrats to Tripjax who won and as usual it was fun playing. Sure beats playing tournaments where you don't know anybody. LuckiDuck even stopped by to wish us well. Thanks for that. He did get to witness my Aces holding up.

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Aces 11/19

The Aftermath

It was another great night last night playing the Mookie. I started off well first hand dealt A 10h. Flop came with two hears. Pot sized bet and I got some chips.

First big hand for me was I was dealt KK. I raised to 120. DeepchitNJ reraised me to 240. I reraised to 780. Deepchit called. Flop comes Ks 6c Jc. Great flop but two clubs. I decided to check. Deepchit bet 680. Should I just smooth call. Nope. Pot is big enough. Don't get greedy. I raise to 1360. Deepchit folds. Said they had pocket Queens. Wish I had known. Might have got more.

A few hands later I got dealt pocket Jacks. Before it even got to me there was a raise. I decided to just call. Then there was a reraise after me and another reraise. Umm these Jacks aren't looking good . I folded. Not sure if it was a good fold or not but not going to go out with just Jacks. The last reraiser took it down. Never showed.

Then I got shifted to Josie's table. Just a few hands in there I got dealt pocket Aces. Blinds were 50/100. Morning Thunder raised to 300. I reraised her to 700. She called. Flop comes A 10 4. Great flop. She checked. I decided to check (note to self stop being greedy) Turn was a J. She goes all in for 1065. Does she really have KQ. I call. Yes she does... I am wounded. I see Morning thunder used my chips to a good cause she cashed. Damn her!! lol

Then Josie starts raising my BB every time. She finally flashes a pair of Jacks. Not the flash I wanted.

I then get moved to Gary's table. We are both short stacks. I keep getting hands when I am the SB and Gary the BB and I keep raising him. We are both waiting for the big hand. Finally I get AA again. I triple the blinds hoping for 1 caller. Oh no its Gary that calls and he has less chips than me. I wanted to get somebody elses. He has A9 suited. An Ace and a 9 come on the flop and Gary is out.

I am still on life support and with blinds at 150/300 and 25 anti I get pocket 4's in middle position. I bet about half my stack hoping everybody goes away. The BB raises. Should I call?? I decide to. Decent call he has AK. I am the favourite. The flop is all low cards. Turn is another low card. Yes. River is a Ace. Damn. I am out in 32nd.

Congrats to Josie who finished 21st, lightning36 who finished 14th and fmarra who cashed in 3rd, I also briefly was in the room with Maniac. The poker playing was excellent. Fun night. Josie also got her chat privileges taken away for 1 minute. Sure was quiet then.

Pocket aces also killed me yesterday online when someone flopped trip 9s on me. I bubbled in that tournament although I did win a 9 player SNG yesterday so not bad 1 win 1 bubble out of 2 entered.

Aces 3/8