...the story so far...
$20.00 buyin from each of us, separate from the cost for pizza, and the game was afoot. After a few episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force just to lighten things up.
And then the game was afoot. A lot of folding from Handsome Devil, and a bit less folding from Darren Dirt, as we eyed each other and talked poker pros and tournament experiences. The new folks to limit hold'em saw a lot of flops, and just about as many turns and rivers. The night looked promising for some of us, but as I said later I had to turn "hustler" mode on.
(or so I thought...)
Ustauk surprised us all by bringing in his Secret Weapon, his gal whose birthday is like tomorrow. Congrats to her, she's now rich thanks mainly to me -- she busted me out at 3am. We had decided to play a few more hands and raised the blinds to .50/1.00 from the .10/.20 that they were all night, when Handsome Devil left at 2:45am with his 26.50 (net gain of $6.50, or 32.5% profit, yum!)
I'm an idiot, what was I thinking. Shoulda just called it a night.
I got bullied by her bluff river bet into folding a winning K9, only to stir up the courage to call her when she had made 2-pair with her pocket AK (this was 3-handed, nice cards!) That was it for me. Busted. Helped her cash out to the amount of $44.00. Not bad for someone playing her very first game of Hold'em!
My brother ("Dragon" on the forum, not that he ever logs in) was smart enough to sit out before my courageous defeat, with only a $10.00 loss. Glad he could make it, too bad his monster hands didn't pick up monster pots most of the time.
And Ustauk? He pretty much broken even -- seriously, he cashed out with $20.50. It's like he was Seinfeld in that episode where George kept having all the good luck and Elaine had all the bad luck, and Jerry just had it all balance out.
Next time we decide to keep playing at 2:45 am, we'll just double the blinds, not go nuts like we did. Or maybe I'm just guilty of sour grapes
But great fun all around, thanks you guys for being great guests, and thanks especially for the last few hours there when my $1.50 stack got back to $14.00 due to your calling down my bets to the river so often ^_^. I shoulda quit while I was almost ahead.
I plan on hosting again 3 weeks from now -- limit cash game if 5 or less players, otherwise a mini-tourney with 1st/2nd 80%/20% and a bounty or best hand prize or both. Either way, it'll probably end closer to 1am (not 3!) and I hope to see more of you there (I presume that will be a non-DnD Saturday).
Merry Sunday to all and to all a good night.
Dirt.
