"You're running so hot, I hope you burn thru the floor and get swallowed up by the magma"

What can I say? I was hot.

WHITE HOT.....

I'll finish this post when I get a chance. Suffice to say that I did run goooot, and The Deerhunter didn't.

He must learn to stay out of my way.....

Late post on Deerhunter midweek heads up.

Typical messy midweek heads up game with the Deerhunter. Tuesday I think it was! Hard to remember now. It's been a craaaaaazy large week.

I started out first hand with AKo in the BB. Deerhunter folds ..... BOO YOU BASTARD!

Then a looong period of card death, and he chipped up. To the point where he could put a bit of pressure on me.

Then (and I wanted to get my photo up to back this up) a monumental hand.

I get dealt JQd and am in the SB. I raise $125 to $150. Deerhunter calls.

Flop - 9d - 10d - Kd.

I flopped a fucking straight flush baby!

"My diamonds are looking alright about now"

"So are mine"

Deerhunter checks. I check.

Turn - raggy rag.

Deerhunter checks. I bet half the pot. Trying a 'delayed c-bet' sorta look.

Deerhunter folds. WTF?

"I thought you said you had diamonds?"

"I did. Ace, but still needed one diamond to come."

"You wouldn't call $150 drawing to the nut flush?!" (What a weak-tight bastard!)

"No. Why? What did you have?"

"THE NUTZ BABY!!! Flopped straight flush. Royal draw!"

Faaaaark.

I gotta upload that photo!

(It must be mentioned that I ended up working my way back to chip leader with some slyly played Red Bullets that almost stacked him. And eventually busted his sorry arse.)

Off to the Deerhunters tonight for some WPT action on Fox and then a shuffle later.

You little ripper!

The Deerhunter is a PRICK.

Quads twice.

Queens. Flopped trips. Turned Quads.

K8 off. Flop. K - K - K.

Next hand. AKd. Flop. K - K - rag.

Just know, The Deerhunter is a PRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tagged?! WTF!

How very random! (Thanks Astin!) This is really just like a chain letter, only we get to learn shit about other bloggers that you'll never need to recall ever again! Productive!

Here's how it works .... cut .... paste ....

A). Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog...
B). Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself...
C). Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs...
D). Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Alrighty ....

1) I could complete Sonic 2 on Megadrive II (the Genesis to you yanks) without losing a life and getting every power-up available in a matter of an hour and a bit.

2) Once my ex and I were approved for adoption (that's a whole other story right there!) we got a phone call a week later, telling us that a 'baby' was available. A fortnight after that, Zac was home at our place. Quickest adoption in world history?!!!!!! No kid, to having an 11 month old in three weeks = learning curve.

3) I'm doing Movember which is all about raising $$$ and awareness of depression amongst men, as well as Prostate Cancer. If you are feeling generous, sponsor me! My grower number is 126615. GO THE MO!!!!

4) I was a Rotary Exchange student in South Africa in 1988. Apartheid was still at work and Nelson Mandella was still in jail. Best - year - of - my - life.

5) My first car was a 1968 Morris Mini-matic. (Bear in mind I'm 6' 5") Bought it for $50, painted it Fire Engine red myself and put red 'shag pile' carpet on the floor and roof. Sort of like pimp-my-ride 25 years before it was on the telly, minus the plasma.

6) The last three years I've played Fantasy NBA Hoops (Yahoo! league) I've finished on top of the ladder after the 'regular season', and yet I've never won it all. God, it's fickle.

7) I fucking hate AQ....... but that probably doesn't count as weird .....

8) My favourite saying, that I've coined myself .... is "Fuck fashion"!

(couple more coz I'm on a roll ....)

9) My favourite tomato is the Russian Black. Heirloom variety and mega-tasty.

10) My suckerfish in Zac and my cichlid tank have just bred! 8-9 lil ones! W00t!

Now, to continue the fun and games! I choose to tag ......

Yabi , Coxxy, The Good Dr , Subliminal , Suckout , Zen , Donks draw

Sorry fellas, but it's got to be done!

(PS. Make sure you take the time to read Coxxy's incredible post about his exploits in Oz!)

Now I'm going to go and waste another hour or four of my life reading random shit about the other bloggers! Ahhhhh, good times!

PPS. Buddydank is a killjoy!

AQ. The bee-yatch!!!!!!

Long time .... no write! (Thanks for the prompt Yabi!)

It's been busy, as bloody usual. Zac's been a proper little bastard of late. Playing up at school in class and in the playground, so I've been trying to deal with that first and foremost. It's nothing a murder wouldn't fix.

It's also springtime and the weddings are picking up too, so I've got to stay motivated and diligent there. Did one on Saturday .... unmitigated disaster. 50 peeps in a room built for 100+ so zero atmosphere. Two warring families. Only 20 of the 50 peeps wanted to dance at all .... equals hard work for the fucking DJ! By 11pm the bride was crying (literally) to me about how her guests were all fucked. I couldn't necessarily agree with her .... but she was 100% correct! Boring arseholes.

Wedding tip - The guests make your wedding. Invite peeps with a pulse.

Back to reality..... the reality of an impromptu 6 handed shuffle yesterday!!! It started with a txt from C-nut around midday. Fancy a shuffle? Sure! Deerhunter and I had already talked about catching up for a brew or 10, so I knew he'd be good to go. And Mooshie was off shift and available! Excellent! And Leebie, who we 'met' in a poker sense a month or so back. And one more, a noob, Johnno .... who was only with us for a couple of hours. Not an overly experienced player, but not usless either.

So we were staring at a very decent starting kitty. 6 x $25. Not to be sneezed at! Even moreso when there were a couple of rebuys. $10 will get half your stack again, and double rebuys are allowed.

Long story cut short. I ran okay early. Small pocket pairs which never amounted to anything. 3's, then 5's and 10's. Only won anything with the tens. Then pure card death set in, and I basically got blinded away with nothing to work with whatsoever. When shortstacked I ended up shoving pocket 9's into the Deerhunter's Queens. Shit happens. That's poker.

Rebuy for my original stack. Fuggit. There's $45 of mine in the kitty. Then C-nut busts out and does the same. Rebuys his original stack.

At this stage Mooshie was chipping up to a crazy level. Chips ooooooozing everywhere, as we like to say! Rivering everybody. Even me. Bastard! The Deerhunter was travelling pretty gooot and Leebie was playing as tight as a fishes arsehole, and getting zero cards to speak of.

Then I started running okay. In fact, pretty well for a while. I hit bottom set when Leebie had top pair decent kicker and called my shove. He had me covered but only barely. He rebought for half his original stack. Another $10 into the kitty. I had a couple of other decent hands. One in particular, I was in the BB with 9-10 off, and C-nut, to my right popped my $300 post flop bet to $600 on a 9 high board. I really didn't think he had me beat so I popped him again. He folded, and all but admitted he was stealing there. At least my cajones are still attatched! It wasn't an automatic reraise there with a 10 kicker!

Then (and this is the main reason behind todays post) I ran some BIG HANDS into MONSTERS. I'd chipped up to take over the lead and was feeling really solid with my game. Not spewing chips and picking my spots well. But it didn't last. I then had my mentally scarring experience(s) with AQ.

Now to the gory details.

C-nut was managing to whittle away his rebuy very, very quickly. Overly aggressive in the wrong spots more than anything. That's his game. Anyway, when quite short stacked, he shoves. I look down and find AQ sooooted. Chance to eliminate one of my toughest competitiors at the table, and I've got him easily covered. My chance of being ahead here have got to be pretty good with him pushing the action. I call.

Nice one Dillo. Run AQ into AK. C-nut doubles up. Faaaark!

Not even 5 minutes later, after I picked up a couple of small pots and C-nut had donated more chips to me, I managed to do EXACTLY THE SAME THING AGAIN. AQ soooted into AK!

E-X-A-C-T-L-Y!

Now I'm a savvy enough player to know that AQ is nothing more than an A high hand. I really have been working on my game sooooo hard for sooooo long now, and I cannot believe I didn't have the sense to pick a better spot here, at least ONCE. I mean, I'd love some feedback from any of you .... ALL OF YOU!

Was this just a case of bad timing / bad luck / bad poker? Even C-nut said I had to call them both because of stack sizes and the chance to eliminate a player. But I cannot believe that I sucked that bad, and it cost me any chance of the win. I know shit happens, but these two hand really, really ate at me afterwards .... and it still is today. Sickening shit.

The crowning glory was when I was getting short again, and I get the bee-yatch again ... AQ. I raise to 600 pre. The blinds are getting higher and higher and there's heaps of action. C-nut (bastard) calls.

Flop. A - J- rag.

C-nut bets, I raise, he jams.

I tank ....

What has me beat here? Quite a bit I suppose.

Pocket bullets, pocket hooks and bottom set. AJ. Paired A and the rag. AK.

But I'm getting to the point where it's death or glory. Knowing I could be behind, I call.

C-nut flips over ...... Ace fucking Jack. I should've known and IGH.

FARK!!!!!!!! SO FUCKING FRUSTRATING......

So all in all, a very fun but ultimately infuriating. I'm really puzzled. I generally back my ability to lay down good, even premium hands. But I didn't at the pointy end last night. Even my harsh self criticism tells me that all three calls were justified based on stack sizes, but I still come out of it thinking what if ...? To a degree, it's a case of that's poker, but it could be a leak as well.

FUCKED IF I KNOW!!!!!

Result. Deerhunter, the winner of something in the order of $200!
2nd and money back. Leebie.

Will post soon on my fantasy NBA Hoops draft and squad too. Roll on season 07-08!

P.S. Have I mentioned how I really fucking HATE AQ at the mo?!

True story!

I saw HEAPS AND HEAPS of Olympic hoops in Sydney in 2000. Absolutely awesome. That dunk by Vinsanity was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen with my own two eyes in my entire life.

The reason behind this post? Well mainly because the NBA season is just around the corner, and I'm psyched! I'm commish in our Yahoo! Fantasy NBA league again this year.

Live draft happening this Sunday evening Western Australian time.

Can't wait!

I blog my ineptitude.

Monday night fun 'n' games with the Deerhunter.

Basically I smashed him all night. TAG mania central. Only to have this hand come up at the end.

(N.B. Bear in mind I was playing great, and The Deerhunter had changed his game up considerably to try and put me off my game. Hence this ugly, UGLY hand...... the final one for the night.)

Deerhunter - Ac5d
Me - Ad6c

I raise $150 to $200 pre.
Call.

(Fair enough from both sides.)

Flop - 6h - 5h - 5s

Deerhunter bets $500 into $400 pot.
Call.

(My read was that this was a c-bet. Maybe AK or AQ unimproved. Weaker 6? I had a piece and I thought it made sense to call here. DONK ALERT!!!! Even IF I DID NOT put him on a 5 why would I not pop him in this spot? I have no fucking idea!)

Turn - 7d

Deerhunter bets $2500 into $1400.
Call.

(I still believed my read was right. I hadn't 'missed' a read all night. Why would I change now? I chose to call. Not a standard play from me. I normally raise somewhere in a hand like this, but to control an already SUPERMASSIVE pot, I just called.)

River - 6d

Deerhunter insta-jams. Insta-mistake.
I call. "Book"

Silence ......

"Worse book. Fark! You had two outs. TWO POSSIBLE OUTS and YOU HIT!"

Silence. Deafening silence. The sound of a shattered man.

"My bad dude. I didn't put you on that. Horrible suckout. Soz bud."

"Two outs and you hit. Why did you call my turn bet?!"

"My bad buddy. You had me all the way."

"Two outs. TWO ...."

"Soz man. Really. But that's poker. You've done it to me!"

"Shiiiiiiiit. I'm going home."

Horrible, horrible play be me. Despicable. A soul crushing suckout AND FOR THAT I HUMBLY APOLOGISE TO THE DEERHUNTER AND THE POKER GODS.

But like the Terminator, he will be back. Oh yes. He WILL be back.

The only thing I hated about this hand from The Deerhunter's point of view was his insta-jam when the board paired at the end. (And I did say so.) Unless he thought I was drawing to the straight ....which I would never have called that turn bet to keep going on this board... I had to have at least a solid piece, and that 6 on the river could've - should've set the alarm bells off. Oh well. Now I'm just being a c#nt.

Then again, I should've raised post flop and found out I was behind earlier in the hand. My bad buddy! Really!!!!