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Thursday, July 20, 2006
One of the nice things about having a girlfriend that
1) lets you teach her how to play poker,
2) ends up liking the game, and
3) is actually good at it
is that you can go together and goof around at one of these free poker tournaments local bars run nightly, have a beverage, and get some live play in without having to drive to AC or organize a home game.
Of course the level of play is brutal, with short stacks, escalating blinds, and the fact that no real money is at stake - but we usually go and play once a week anyway just to get out and about.
Last night both of us were done after an hour in a 30-person tournament - nothing exciting happened - her top two pair went down to a rivered straight, my short stacked open jam six-handed with a suited ace got called by two pocket pairs, one of which flopped quads.
I've only won one of these things - Jenn has actually finished first or second at least six times - she's a much tighter, more conservative player than I am and seems to have these donkaments figured out - while I end up busting myself more often than not.
Maybe she should use the WSOP seat instead of me.
Oh wait, that's right. It's non-transferable. Guess I better tighten up my game. :-)
At least she's coming with me to Vegas. She's never been either.
and so the trip planning begins.....
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we love play pokah....
1) lets you teach her how to play poker,
2) ends up liking the game, and
3) is actually good at it
is that you can go together and goof around at one of these free poker tournaments local bars run nightly, have a beverage, and get some live play in without having to drive to AC or organize a home game.
Of course the level of play is brutal, with short stacks, escalating blinds, and the fact that no real money is at stake - but we usually go and play once a week anyway just to get out and about.
Last night both of us were done after an hour in a 30-person tournament - nothing exciting happened - her top two pair went down to a rivered straight, my short stacked open jam six-handed with a suited ace got called by two pocket pairs, one of which flopped quads.
I've only won one of these things - Jenn has actually finished first or second at least six times - she's a much tighter, more conservative player than I am and seems to have these donkaments figured out - while I end up busting myself more often than not.
Maybe she should use the WSOP seat instead of me.
Oh wait, that's right. It's non-transferable. Guess I better tighten up my game. :-)
At least she's coming with me to Vegas. She's never been either.
and so the trip planning begins.....
Heff
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