Official August Thread: General Discussion,etc

[los_toros]

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gunna take a few days off, this downswing has been fking with my head

and by days off i mean donkaments, which will probably make me want to rake my eyes out with a rusty cattle prod

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[cbboy]

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Has anybody here read Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I? If so, is it worth reading? Thoughts on the book?

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Bueller? Bueller? Anyone else?

[jsnipes28]

KingDan

coach me in staking.


also, tonight i was getting destroyed by this massive fish HU, dropped like 10kish, got it back, then finally won 2k i think from him. the beat is that my computer crashed and by the time i logged back on he had dropped 13k more at 25/50 to some dude

heres a funny HH
FullTiltPoker Game #3127762277: Table Ballad (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:30:55 ET - 2007/08/01
Seat 1: borodino22 ($2,513.45)
Seat 2: pez_vela ($10,800.25)
borodino22 has 5 seconds left to act
borodino22 posts the small blind of $10
pez_vela posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pez_vela [Kd As]
borodino22 raises to $40
pez_vela raises to $10,800.25, and is all in
borodino22 has 15 seconds left to act
borodino22 calls $2,473.45, and is all in
pez_vela shows [Kd As]
borodino22 shows [9h Th]
Uncalled bet of $8,286.80 returned to pez_vela
*** FLOP *** [3s 2c 5h]
*** TURN *** [3s 2c 5h] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [3s 2c 5h Qd] [Ad]
pez_vela shows a pair of Aces
borodino22 shows Ace Queen high
pez_vela wins the pot ($5,026.40) with a pair of Aces
borodino22 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5,026.90 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3s 2c 5h Qd Ad]
Seat 1: borodino22 (small blind) showed [9h Th] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 2: pez_vela (big blind) showed [Kd As] and won ($5,026.40) with a pair of Aces

[trplthrt]

It was sooted ?!

[jsnipes28]

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It was sooted ?!

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<yvesaint> he put you on AK
<yvesaint> and wanted to gamble for big stack

[Bigmoney]

for you fulltime pros what do you guys do for health insurance?

[HoosierAlum]

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for you fulltime pros what do you guys do for health insurance?

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I was under my Dads plan until I turned 25(May), now I need to find something so I'm curious as well.

[Ship Ship McGipp]

not a pro yet, but at some point my friends and i are going to start our own "company". of course have to pay some kind of taxes or something but even if it's a small organization or fake, it'll be worth it for the health insurance, etc.

[JKratzer]

you can buy health insurance for self-employed individuals. i have it, it's ~$1300/yr(i think) and covers major medical/dental. at the very least everyone should be covered for "catastrophic" occurances, the type of [censored] that lands one in the hospital for weeks/months. it's not that difficult, especially if you're a baller and aren't concerned with finding the best deal. people sell this [censored] for a living, find a salesman and describe your situation. presto they do the rest.

[Jeffmet3]

way to ruin a day:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3129045096: Table Samia (heads up) - $3/$6 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:44:00 ET - 2007/08/02
Seat 1: Jeffmet3 ($1,595.45)
Seat 2: Transkilla ($937.75)
Transkilla posts the small blind of $3
Jeffmet3: lol
Jeffmet3 posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jeffmet3 [As Ah]
Transkilla raises to $18
Jeffmet3 raises to $54
Transkilla: lol nh
Transkilla raises to $195
Jeffmet3 has 15 seconds left to act
Jeffmet3 has requested TIME
Jeffmet3 calls $141
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9d 6d]
Jeffmet3 checks
Transkilla bets $222
Jeffmet3 calls $222
*** TURN *** [Kc 9d 6d] [4h]
Jeffmet3 checks
Transkilla has 15 seconds left to act
Transkilla bets $520.75, and is all in
Jeffmet3: i know you have KK, i have aces. i run so bad
Jeffmet3 calls $520.75
Transkilla shows [Ks Kh]
Jeffmet3 shows [As Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9d 6d 4h] [Jh]
Transkilla shows three of a kind, Kings
Jeffmet3 shows a pair of Aces
Transkilla wins the pot ($1,875) with three of a kind, Kings

still up like $5k today, but god I hate poker