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( This is the story of my recent visit to Atlantic City to play poker... )
Overall, I was up $80 in poker winnings for the trip. So when you combine my winnings from this trip with my losses from the last trip, I'm slightly ahead. |
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I'm proud of this hand because of the raise I made on the flop. Most people would just call in this situation, but I knew that the right move was to raise.
On the flop, I almost certainly did NOT have the best hand. The bet by the small blind suggests that he has a Q in his hand, giving him a pair, whereas I just have ace-high (with a flush draw). However, I have at least 12 "outs" (cards that will probably give me a win, consisting of the nine other spades in the deck and the three non-space aces, because pairing my ace will probably also be good enough to win). Consequently, my "pot equity" (the average amount I would expect to win in this kind of situation) is about 45%. Now, every extra bet I make represents 33% of the total (assuming that I am called by the other two players). So every bet "costs" me 33% of the increase, but "earns" me 45% of the increase. Although I might lose this individual hand, if I keep betting in situations like this, in the long run I will profit.
PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Preflop: Hero is Button with J , A
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 4 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls
Flop: (7 SB) Q, 7 , 10 (3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, UTG+1 calls
Turn: (6.5 BB) 3 (3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, UTG+1 calls
River: (12.5 BB) 4 (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, 1 fold, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG+1 calls
Total pot: $4.10 (20.5 BB) | Rake: $0.19
( Can you guess what Villain's hand was? ) |
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Oct. 10th, 2008 @ 10:20 am
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( My first trip to play live poker... )
This means I was down $73 for the whole trip, which I think is not bad for a first adventure playing LIVE poker.
Oh, and TONIGHT I won $90 in an online H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Go me! |
| » Mnemonic for 11 planets sure beats "Roy G. Biv," "Homes" |
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( Maryn Smith, a 10-year-old fourth-grader at Riverview Elementary School in Great Falls, Mont., knows that there are 11 planets in the solar system. In order of increasing distance from the sun, they are, of course, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris.... )
"My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants."
Feb. 28th, 2008 @ 09:19 am
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I wish there were an LJ community where English-speakers could post short diary entries in Chinese, with native Chinese speakers invited to correct them, and Chinese-speakers could post short diary entries in English, with native English speakers invited to correct them.
lang-8.com does something like this on another site, but I don't like the interface nearly as much as the LJ one, and there seem to be far fewer people there than on LJ.
Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 06:06 pm
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Click on the above image to go to the amazon.com webpage for this book.
( This is a review of The Ambivalence of Creation by Michael Puett. )
Nov. 8th, 2007 @ 10:26 am
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Click on the above image to go to the amazon.com webpage for this book.
( This is a review of Making Out in Chinese (rev. ed.) by Ray Daniels. )
Nov. 7th, 2007 @ 11:27 am
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