Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Laugh if you will, but if you like food, finding a good pizza joint or the nearest Baskin and Robbins, does help. I was playing in a tournament at the WSOP Circuit event at Caesar's Atlantic City when I witnessed something I had never seen before. When facing an "all-in" re-raise, it's almost always prudent to STOP and THINK. No one was talking. "Mucho Dinero por favor," they chanted in unison when asked why they made the trek to Washington. Lean toward betting or check-calling most of the time, instead. Check.
It just doesn't make sense to redaw like this. The cover story I told is what everybody now believes. Off the top. "You told Rook what to think. "I got sick of playing Texas holdem at Tigergaming," Bruce Kramer of Cherry Hill, NJ said.
When last I had written, I was about to enter the $2000 no-limit Hold-em event. And it gets worse. So after getting up from the table, the question on my mind was, "Was it a fluke?" Very strong hands fare better as you add a second, third, and fourth caller. I never built a large stack, I just hung on. "You were at ringside at the Final Table.
I am a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist, who splits his time between his work and his love of Tigergaming poker, writing about the ups and downs along the way. 9% of the Casino's floor. My conclusion is that this is a wonderful hobby, but I will never let my life hang on the turn of a card. I have experimented with many different images - even for one year at a time - and will report on the results someday. Erik Seidel made it 30,000. Now ace-king wins almost 59 percent of the time.
This time I simply put in the additional $100, and got away from the hand when it flopped big. Those two nines and that world championship came thirteen years ago, when Hellmuth was a poker player, not a celebrity. Now I had TNTC(too many to count) chips. She responded with a rather unladylike expletive. Isaac completed this cycle five times during Finny's first hour, with half the money going to Finny. But winners need to stick to their convictions.
