Birthday Bliss – Round 4

Sat at a table and on the first hand I watched a dude shove all in for 135 BB’s preflop (female avatar…but no female poker player is that crazy) .  His opponent thought about it and called w/ 88…and won.  The original shover showed 95o.  I looked him up, and he was a maniac.
He immediately [...]

Birthday Bliss – Round 3

Ok – back from Target & Cost Plus.  Got Ben’s gift taken care of.  He and Elaine are having a b-day party/housewarming next Friday.  Tomorrow they’re taking me to a concert in Mountain View – I’m stoked to see Jesus & Mary Chain headline the event.  Way cool.
Anyway, while browsing the tables I found a [...]

Birthday Bliss – Round 2

Same as earlier – with less luck.
I ended up down about 30 BB’s about mid-way thru a 70 minute session.  Before this week, I’d have re-loaded.  But I decided to focus on performance rather than results – so I didn’t replenish.  I tried to play good solid poker.  Most players to my right were tight, [...]

Birthday Bliss in 15 minutes

Today’s the 37th birthday.  I went to bed fairly early and woke up to take Kevin and Katya to the airport.  More than happy to do this for them on my birthday because they both have birthdays that will occur while they’re on vacation.  Not only that, but I’d do anything for them…any time…any day.
After [...]