ABQ Poker Tour

We had 13 players show up for poker tonight.  I sat at the table in the kitchen with, going left-to-right, Aaron, TK, Luis, Chris, and Amy.   We high carded and Amy had the deal.  The first hand and I limped in in the small blind.  Aaron raised and two others folded, I called.  The flop came 10-7-4, I checked, Aaron bet.  The next card was J.  I checked, Aaron bet, I called.  The next card was a blank, I bet 600 and Aaron folded pocket 6's.  I had 10-7 hearts.  I should have played 10-7 all night.  I would have faired better.  I was out first, the curse of the host, I think.  Maybe a lack of ability to focus, because your trying to do so much, such as start the clock and everyone is on your back to do so.  Hey, I was having some technical difficulties.  But, I got it going.  I got short stacked and raised with the blinds at 200/400 and 2000 left in my stack.  TK re-raised me, I went all-in.&nbs

Judd thought that I should add other commentaries, things like if the bathrooms were clean and such.  The and such, because I really kind of stopped listening to his ramblings.  As I have said before, anyone is welcome to post their perspective on here, in fact I encourage it.  I am struggling to remember hands tonight as I was in a bad spot, not complaining, just stating the facts.  So, I was playing under duress.  It was a great night for poker on the patio, thankfully the lights started working, the two kiddos were great hosts as well as the wonerful puppy. Though the dog stuck his nose in my bag of pistachios, not sure if he would have liked them much.  Since I was playing with the light in my face, I could not make out green chips and black chips.  So remembering hands tonight will be difficult. Eighteen showed up for a wonderfully cooperative night of poker weather.

Day 9

The November Nine have been established.  A top pro is the chip leader.  I am not going to name names, as some people want to wait until the coverage on ESPN that starts next month.  But, if you wish to know then go to the WSOP.com.  

Day 6

WSOP Main Event #62 at Day 6 with 60 players remaining.  The chip leader, Timoshenko, has about 8 million and the short stack has .5 million, Brett Richey.  There a few women left in the field and the notable pros are JC Tran, 26th with 3.2 million and Carlos Mortensen with 2.6 million.  Not sure if there will be any live coverage at ESPN or espngo.com, I will keep you posted. 60th place earns about $123,000, while the 1st prize is about $8.3 million this year.  Originally, 6,352 players bought in for $10,000 with a starting stack of 30,000 in chips. 

Thanks to Tim for hosting.  It was a windy evening, so we moved in doors.  Fifteen players showed up to play, some more than others as some showed up who claimed to have sent text messages to buy-in late.  We had a single spectator, whom we all encouraged to play, but to no avail.  There was MMA on the Mac and the main event ended with a surprise quick knockout of the champ, Sylva.  Poker play certainly slowed down as our attention was drawn to this knockout.  I played short handed part of the night, as I lost most of chips due to subborness on my part in a hand against Brad and Partap who were directly to my left.  Partap was dealing and Brad was controling the betting.  I limped from off the button with Q-K and so did Partap at the button.  Brad raised 3xs the big blind.  I called and so did Partap.  The flop came, 7-K-6, Brad bet I called and so did Partap.  The next card was 9, a magic card for Partap.  Brad b

I am suggesting a poker party for the end of each season.  Someone can host, any volunteers, and we do it on a Friday or Saturday night, no points, and not a lot of cash.  We can do a $5, $10,$15, or $20 buy-in, winner take all or 1st, 2nd, or 1st, 2nd, and 3rd depending on the buy-in amount.  The chip stacks would be determined by the amount of points you got for the season or we can all start with 10,000 chips, whatever the consensus would be.  I think 500 chips per point would be the best, stretch out the blinds levels for 5 or 10 minutes, start at 7pm, and drink and have fun.  Anybody up for it?!

Final Table Update