The poker stars gods R crazy

Or, what an ironic world.

For anyone enjoying the blogsphere tales of this poker girl with her buds on fridays night (see Kodiak speaks her mind) you will notice a major hand takedown this past week. I held a Kings over deuces on the flop (KK in the hole) only to be beat on the turn with another 2 to hit giving my worthy opponent quad deuces. I thought this stuff only happens on pokerstars....

Guess not.

However, it does happen on pokerstars and seemingly more often than in any home game I have been involved in.

Today, with about 10 minutes to myself after slogging away at my home buisness, I popped up my pokerstars site to see how their 1 million sunday tourney had shaped up (one of these weeks I am gonna aim to play with a satellite). After seeing it was the 500$ buy-in I ventured off into the cash game world of 25/50c limit blinds and took $10 to have a bit of fun. First hand I held AJ offsuit and checked. Everyone (all 5) stayed in. Flop hit 5JJ. Gold!

I, after careful observation of my opponent of 2 nights back, checked and so it was checked all round. I was first to act being out of position. The turn hit a Q. Check by keara98 (me) and a bet of 50c. Fold, call call and a flat call by me. River hits a ... JACK. Quads. for me! I check, he bets, I raise (damn not bring on the NL table!), and so it goes until we have the pot to about $9 to which I showdown the best hand without fear.

Played a few more hands until I was about to hit blinds and then left with my $5.05 win money and 2 FPPS.

Crazy.

If only my pokerstars opponents knew.

And back I will return this week I think for a tourney. Placed a lucky third last week and heard of a big win by big bro on a $4 byu in to take over $200 in first place. Congrats dude! (oh and he won our home game too...my own personal Yoda master....Bluff I think he does though from time to time.....)



arf arf

Back again back again jiggidy jig

So, Kodiak tried her hand again online tonight after 2 weeks hiatus. Bro Rico has been making up for my absence (this is what work ventures do for ya).

Only hit a few cash tables tonight rounding up with 12 FPPs and about 2$ up. Played mostly 1/2 tables and went up and went down but evened out in the end when I called a few jokers who were agressively pushing others off. My middle pair held on.

Funny that, the middle pairs. I hate them as I always think someone who is betting MUST have me beat but you know what, 7 times out of ten, I am figuring out they don't, so I call and BAM!! we either split or I get a pot. Sometimes, sure, I lose, but a few months ago I would have never called and thus whittled money away while waiting for the "nuts". Well, NUTS NO MORE I say....

Big game coming this week and looks like Rico and I will be challening real people we don't know in a mixed tourney...team style at the NS casino. OMG! My cockroaching may play well but then again, I also may get called and who knows about my live tells. I can curse and flip about in front of the computer screen but in front of real people (well, call me Mike the Mouth). Heck, I am cocky enough to pull it off. (I'd be scared not to or Rico would spin me around until I get dizzy and fall down....)

So game on !

Arf!

ps Keara is "off" tonight so standing in is RJ from over the hedge - finally caught but looking crazed....