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I can’t believe it’s not butter.

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Well after getting about half way through the interview with J6 the Rapper dropped by to poach a free meal and get in on some of the wine action going on.

I’m not sure if this guy knows that you aren’t supposed to drink wine out of a beer bong, but I guess that’s a different story altogether.

The interview slowly degrades into a conversation about who is the hottest figure skater of all time and I turn the recorder off because this isn’t really going the direction I was hoping.

A couple more hours of wine and the limo driver comes to take us to the Captain’s for the game.

We all pile in the limo and I’m getting little sound bites here and there from J6 and the Rapper on the game ahead, J6 says he’s going to play his usual tight aggressive game and the Rapper is trying to figure out how to plug his i-pod into his phone so you can record crank calls to the Mouth.

The game has the Rapper, Woody, the Captain, Alejandro, Tiny Tim, J6 and the Mouth, I can’t remember all the details myself as the Champagne in the limo on the way over got a little out of hand and I’m pretty sure the Rapper stole my recorder for some shenanigans later.

There are some very dangerous things in life, Compton, loaded guys, Enriched Uranium, Grizzly bears on Meth, and the Rapper with as many cocktails in him and chips in front of him.

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“I raise”

“I re-raise”

“I raise”

“I’m all in”

“I raise”

“raise”

Hand after hand the Rapper takes down pots with who knows what, well, in fact he does show the odd bluff here which I think may have only made the situation worse.

The other players try and fight for orphan pots when the Rapper for some reason decides that T7 isn’t good enough to play to a raise and a re-raise from early position. The Mouth is obviously not happy with the Rapper sitting on his left raising his action all the time and his frustration shows later int he night which results in the Mouth pushing all in with 72 on a 26J flop and getting called by the Rapper with AJ. The Mouth throws some chairs around and goes over for his post game interview rant and is gone.

Things wrap up shortly after that with the Rapper walking with the lions share of the winnings for the night and promising to play a little tighter at the upcoming tournament at Ace’s.

Pokertionary: Tilt

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

On Tilt, Steaming, Foran’ing, whatever you want to call it; it is a poker term for the mental state when a player adopts a “less than optimal” strategy.

There are many causes for Tilt, but just to name a few:

1. Folding a winning hand to a bet only to have your opponent turn over a bluff

2. Having an opponent “suck out” on you and beat your hand, this is made worse when the pot odds are not in line with the odds they made to draw to the card.

3. Frustration of getting unplayable hands time after time.

4. Standing up to an aggressive player who is always raising, only for them to end up with a dominating hand when you do, ie. AA vs KK, also called the Cold Deck.

5. Some players can be put on Tilt just with conversation, commenting on the way they play their cards, their choice of hands and or bets can make some players lose concentration.

6. Although not something that ever happens in the Home Game, I have heard that excessive consumption of alcohol can sometimes cause players to play a little on Tilt.

A good player avoids Tilt, but all players will at sometime in their poker career fall into the trap. Recognizing when another player is on Tilt can make it quite profitable if you have the right cards