[Howard Beale]

I think this is a mildly interesting hand that isn't really post-worthy:

CAZ 20. Game's playing loose. UTG has been 'living' in cardrooms for 40 years. Sometimes he plays good, sometimes bad (esp. when drunk) but I wonder where he gets money from because I don't think he's a winner. He's been guzzling cognac as fast as the waitress can bring it to him. SB is a fairly decent, conservative player.

The hand:

UTG raises, bunch of ppl call, SB calls and I throw in the $20 in the BB w/ K-10o.

Flop:

A-10-10 w/ 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]s. I have no [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]s.

SB bets, I raise, UTG 3-bets and only the SB calls. I figure each of them for a decent Ace.

Turn: x

I decide to try the c/r. Checked to UTG who bets, SB calls, I raise, UTG 3-bets, SB folds and I hate myself and call.

River: x.

I c/c. UTG has the same hand as me and we chop. Now I know why a friend of mine once said that he buys UTG his first drink to 'get him going'.

In other news:

I brought my visiting 22 yo nephew to the cardroom last night. He sometimes plays 1-2 limit in a b&m (he live outside of Portland) and sometimes 2-4. WTF is that? 1-2 limit? Where do they have that? Anyway, CAZ only goes as low as 3-6 so my mom gave him $200 to sit in. I tell him that the deal is that if he wins he's got to give her back her $200 plus half of what he wins, if anything. He wins $95 in an hour and a half. Mom won't take ANY money back from him (even the buy-in). I try to get at least half his win for arranging such a sweet deal but he won't pay. Should I hand him the tab for tonight's dinner and see what happens?