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Playing poker and making some bingo profits

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Another homegame, another profit. Not as much as last times, but the winning streak of Biscotti is still alive: I DON’T lose in these games anymore. It’s all about paying attention baby.

I was perfectly on time this time and at 8.30 pm it was gameon! It all started reasonably peaceful (lots of limper’s pots), but while the fat kid was mentioning he would like to see the hamster of the girl next door, I lost a first big pot with AK, which I played like a moron against someone’s AJ. I simply had to know those guys overplay this kinda hands when an Ace pairs. Luckily I won a big pot when I flopped top set and filled up to a full house against the Iranian monkey. I have to admit he controlled the damage with his QQ, having a good read on me.

After that pot the circus had definitely opened it’s doors: players entered the pot on the flop (leading out immediately), checking after a double straddle and stating they had a royal straight. Mr. Miyagi even made a straddle on the button, LOL. But I also have to admit something in this case: this move was the beginning of his impressive comeback in the game. This in contradiction to Boatman, who wants to help me building houses, but maybe I’ll have to teach him something about variance in poker instead: a big overbet on the flop with JJ meant one of his scarce pots of the evening.

I was not able to build a very big stack the rest of the evening as I didn’t (in contradiction to Quattro Cane-Iz) catch a flush on EVERY board… But my six euros profit was enough to buy me some bingo scratch cards which brought me a profit of 20€ total! Oh yeah, one more hand to mention: I was very proud of myself when I played the 72, but I wasn’t man enough to play it till the river. Me catching a runner runner set of sevens would have been the result against two all-ins… But hey, after the game I had a good spierring at home, because that’s what I do. Biscotti FTW!