Another Tourney and some Team Poker

Another Tourney and some Team Poker

A rather uneventful week as far as actual poker playing goes. I played another "points" tourney on Sunday, trying to anticipate playing against loose players. The tourney had 1150 players, and I wound up in 76th place. Nothing too eventful in this tournament. I did manage to pick up a large pot when I was in the Big Blind (BB) holding 7c-8c. With blinds at 500-1000 a player had come in for the minimum raise and was called by one other player so I decided it was definitely worth a look. I had about 22k in chips at the time, and the flop came:

9-T-J (three suits)

giving me the straight, and even though it was the sucker side of the straight I was pretty happy with the flop. I led out and bet 5k, hoping that I would get raised and then I could get all my chips in, and if I didn't get raised I would probably only get called by a player holding a queen or maybe top pair. I got called by both players, so when the turn came 3 (4th suit, too) I got all my chips in since the pot was just over 21k! They both folded, which gave me lots of chips. The hand that wiped me out was sort of surprising. I was in the BB with AQoffsuit when three players including the small blind tried to limp. Blinds were 1500-3000 and I had a little over 42k in chips now so I thought I would try to buy the pot figuring no one was real strong. Well, that almost worked. The small blind called my all in with 6-6, and I caught no additional help from the board and the wiped me out. I was kind of surprised that 6-6 would call there, but oh well. That'll happen.

One of the online sites is now offering "team" poker. You can put together a roster of up to ten people, and everyone contributes some cash as the bankroll. Then you set up events where you take 5 of the members of the roster and play in poker tourneys. I believe that none of the teammates are at the same table at the start of any of the tourneys. It seems interesting so I thought I'd at least give it a shot. I signed up for an account at the site, and I played a free tourney or two to get adjusted to their interface. I'll be perfectly honest I'm not a huge fan of this site's game interface. That could be just because I'm used to the two that I currently play. I hope that's the case. I'll probably play there a little more this weekend and see if I enjoy it. I'm very excited about the team concept and look forward to our first match! Get us signed up for something, Catfish!

I'm working in Lexington, Kentucky, next week so I don't know if I'll be able to get any online poker in while on the road. I do plan on heading to Lousiville on one of the days so I can get my Hard Rock Cafe hurricane glass. That'll get me up to 22 different HRC glasses! Woo hoo! Louisville happens to border Indiana, and there is a casino just on the border there, so I imagine that I will have to stop in and see what the poker room there is like. It'll give me a chance to get George a couple more casino chips for his collection.