Weekly Poker Night.

Greetings there Yale poker fans. Tonight was yet another exciting night of poker at my house. Overall, I went down about 300 chips tonight. But that's nothing too crazy with a 500 chip buy-in. My worst streak ever was re-buying twice to 1500 chips and then going bust in like 10 seconds. Some highlights:

1. I really need to keep a notebook by the table when we play. I never seem to remember all of the awesome hands exactly.

2. My first big loss (No Limit Hold 'Em):
I'm holding pocket 9s on big blind. It's mostly calls to me so I raise to 30 chips. People call. Flop comes down Q - 9 - 2. Happy with my trips I bet something like 50 - 100 chips. This knocks us down to two players. The turn comes down a 4 and I believe we both check. The river is a 4 bringing the board to: Q - 9 - 2 - 4 - 4. I'm sitting pretty with my boat. I bet 150 chips and my opponent calls and turns over pocket Qs. That was one sucker punch. Brilliant slow-playing.

3. 3-5-7:
In the three card round, I decide to "go in" with pocket A-A-9. Luckily, I got called with a 3-5-7.... fantastic. Wait? Ended up paying 105 chips on that one... barf. 3-5-7 was actually dealt twice!

Despite these losses, I did catch a bit of luck playing a little heads up with my friend D-saster (get it?) at the end of the night after the rest of the gang passed out from heat exhaustion. The final hand was an all-in with a K / 5 off-suit against my As / Qs. It was something like 80 chips to call and I was holding like 320... I definitely sensed a bit of wetness around my "crotchal region" around the turn: 9 - 2 - 3 - A. The ace helped me out, but a 4 on the river would've "pooped me in my dudies" as it were. He didn't make an ace on the river... sweet.

Anyways, I'm off home to NY for the weekend to hang out with some friends at Long Beach Island and then Atlantic City for some more $4 - $8 Limit. Hopefully I can catch some discipline again and fold like 90 hands in a row... or not have to. Either way, you'll get an eyeful of text on Sunday... maybe.