Adam Seyer

Well, maybe I can run into Vince and the boys when I visit Terrance's restaurant Geisha House Saturday night in L.A......

So after training, headed back to the Bay. Put my name on the $6/$12 which was a little long, so also put my name on the $200 spread limit game.

I've never played spread limit before - this is important later. They cap the buyin at $200 with a $5 big blind, $3 SB and a $2 button blind. I learn that fact AFTER the first orbit.

Second hands in, I limp with 7's. Button raises to $15. UTG calls, I call. Flop Q-4-2 rainbow. I feel pretty good about my hand I so I bet $40. Button calls, UTG folds. Any sane person would be done with the hard, but I bet $40 on the 2 that appears on the tun. Button raises all in. I fold, he shows 4s for a set. I suck.

2 hands later, I limp UTG +2 w/56d. Called 7 ways. Flop 347 with two clubs. I bet $40, and get called in two places. Turn is 8d, I jam for last $100 get called once. River 7, my straight is good versus 34o. So now I have $270 in front of me.

Now, at this point I thought I saw the blinds were $5-$5. I saw the guys to my right each have a yellow clip out preflop. So when I see one yellow chip out, I toss one out also. This "mistake" won me another $270.

It's called 6 ways, the (supposed) SB makes it $50. I look and see two red ace. I make it $200, with $75 behind. SB hmmms and haas about the fact I limp reraised. I did what? Guess I blind limped like a donkey. Always best to read the rules before playing. He delcares I must have AK, puts me all in, and my Aces holds up against his sevens.

I then decide to play badly again. After another orbit, I limp UTG+2 with K5s and $540 in my stack. 4 other callers, SB completes, BB checks. Flop comes Qd 5d 5c. SB with $1000 behind bets $40. I start thinking about what to do. The only hand I saw the SB play was she raised 3 limpers to $35 with tens and all folded. I decide to call and wait to see what develops on the turn. If she has a 5, she's crushed except for Q5 or A5. In which case I likely have to stack off. If she has a flush draw, I can make decisions later on this. If she has just a Q, she's crushed. So I call.

The button then raises $100, making it $140. I thought the button was all in, my first mistake. The SB thinks, and then calls the $100 raise. This now confuses me. I can't imagine her calling with a Q. This firmly commits to my mind she's got a 5 or a flush draw. But this is California....I start really thinking about my hand. I really considered reraising $200, but chickened out. Horrible mistake on my part. I call the $100. Turn is a diamond, not a king. SB checks. Well, fuck. If she had the draw wouldn't she have bet? I wus out and check. Button bets last $40? WTF, I thought he was all-in. Of course we both call, and I stupidly only call. River is ANOTHER diamond. SB and I both check. Button shows 85h. Yahoo, one down. SB shows...QsJd for the flush. Fuck.....I have no one to blame but myself. Raising the flop was clearly the best play. I played scared, believing that there is no way she bets then calls the $100 raise without a 5.

My name finally gets called for $6/$12 and I scamper off with my $160 profit. I spend about 2 hours at the table, winning another $228, giving me +$388 for the day. I was hungry, and the deli didn't look all that promising.

There was only really one hand of note in the $6/$12 game. UTG+1 limps, I limp in MP with KTs, button and SB calls, and BB checks. Flop Ad Kc 5c. Check around. Turn is 4s. SB & BB check UTG bets and I raise. SB calls. UTG hmmm and haws, and finally folds. River is 9d. SB checks, I check. I showdown my king, its good, and UTG leaps up cursing me in some language I can't understand. He apparantly had convinced himself I has 23. Right....

Back to class. I did have two good meals yesterday, and a list of places in San Fransisco. Not sure if I feel like driving that far tonight.

Well, I've been here since Sunday night and now sitting in class. I could really get used to being at work at what feels like 11 am for me.

Made it to the Bay 101 twice so far, both nights it was packed. I played some $6/$12, and after the play don't know if I want to try $9/$18 here. The play here is very strange. See if I can remember some hands. UTG limps, I raise with AcKd reraised by LAG European, reraised by another LAG oriental gentleman. BB calls, limper calls, I call , European calls. Flop 4s 7s Ks. BB and limper checks, I bet. LAG-E raises, LAG-O reraises, folds to me. I fold. LAG-E manage to bet/raise every street. Final cards - 2s5s for LAG-E, Q-J (no spades) for LAG-O.

Different night, 3 limpers, I limp with T7d. Flop 9s 7h 3s. Checked to me, I bet, button calls, SB calls. Turn Jc, SB checks, I bet, both call. River Qh. Checked around, my seven is good. Button had 56 and SB had K4s, either of those people had the sense to raise their draw I would have probably folded.

A number of people played extremely short. Had one guy how would bust every 3-4 hands and buy in for $40, and promptly lose it. I was the only white person at my table both nights, which was strange. Pretty big place, will keep going back. There were more super bizare hands but I don't remember them. Its like Party Poker come to life.

Went to Birks steakhouse, was not impressed. Went to Cattleman's and was even less impressed. Been here 48 hours and have yet to have a good meal. Well, Togo's was ok but I remembered it being a lot better when I was here 7 years ago.

Went to see Gnarls Barkley last night at Stubbs, fun show. Hard to see how they make that much money performing live when you have 10 people on stage. Nice ACL warmup though. Time to start getting ready for Santa Clara/San Fransisco. I'll be there all week, and food suggestions are welcomed. I'm a steakhouse kind of guy, but Chinese and Japanese is always good.

Pics are here if you care. The fact that Kofi was on a date with a chick from Perfect 10 Boxing may drive up traffic.

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Good time at the game, better if we had won.  Amazing the number of Ohio State fans who traveled.  Every single one commented on how nice Texas fans were, it was strange.

Pics from the day here.

So.....$1400 later, I have two seats in Section 35 (South End zone) for the season.  I'll be right under Godzillatron, hope it doesn't fall on me.

Hook Em!

I had one or two people ask me why I don't post about poker that much anymore, and the reason is simple.  I've been playing an assload of limit poker, and it makes for really boring stories.  There's very little to write about with limit poker, but I am way preferring it to tournaments now. Limit poker doesn't even begin to get interesting until you hit 30/60, which I am not at yet. 

I still play the occasional tournament, but not no much. When I do play a tournament, its usually live.  Marcus pesters me to learn triple draw, but I hate UB's software so much it makes playing there a huge pain in the ass, as I spend most of my time trying to not throw my screen through the window rather than making good decisions.

So someone tried to scam me on ebay last week, it was very irritating. 

Last week I decided to start shopping for season tickets for UT football games.  I found a few, however none were on the west side.  I finally found a pair on the west side in section 7.  It was at $1,000, I put my max bid in at $1,200.  I was high bidder until close to the end, where one person outbid me.  Then another person outbid him, for $1,825.  I thought there was a chance since all the bidders except myself had a bad rating, I'd get a second chance offer.  That's how I scored some tickets last year.

I did.  However, it was the day after the auction closed, which set up flags in my mind.  Two people outbid me, and one of those people was only outbid by $25.  So he would have had 5 days to refuse the offer, and less than a day had passed.  So there was warning sign one.

So I got this email.  Looked official enough.  It had been a while since I had done a second chance offer, so I contacted the seller and gave him my address and phone number, and was told to expect an invoice.  I got it. (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4).  I knew I was getting scammed when I hit reply.  Was I to really believe eBay was staffed by dyslexics who used yahoo's web client?

I sent it all to eBay's fraud department, I sure this will go into a black hole.  But thought I'd document it anyway.

Update:

Oooh, another email from him. How nice of him to discount the fees that Western Union will charge.

A woman gave birth to a child who was born with one eye, a condition called cyclopia.  Root cause?  Possibly the fact that the mother was given an experimental anti cancer drug called Cyclopamine.  Didn't see that one coming.  I could made some bad jokes about dopamine, but will refrain.

what a great call with Ace-9.

I want those mothefucking monkeys off this motherfucking train!

I just tripped and bought a Jeep.  Hate it when that happens.

Vogman42 and WineguyTX both exited yesterday, both with Aces cracks.  Vog AA vs 10-8s, WineGuy AA vs AK.

Next year guys.

So I think I'll be staying at the Rex in San Fransisco unless someone has a better suggestion...

I get to spend 5 days in Santa Clara, which means I get five nights of live poker at the Bay 101.  Woot, Woot!

What the HELL isHaely Joel Osment doing driving a 1995 Saturn?

I have more Vegas stories, but wanted to post 2 hands since I almost never post about poker any more.

Hand 1

There's a live straddle, so me being stupid dead straddles.    Two players call, the BB calls, and the live straddle raises. Called all around, including myself with J9o.  Flop J-T-4. BB Checks, UTG bets I call, button calls.  Am told calling was a mistake, that I should have raised.  Thoughts?  Turn is a low card, UTG bets, I call, button calls.  Turn is another low card, UTG bets, I call, button calls. 

UTG has AQo, button had KT, I scoop.

Hand 2

UTG raises, I rereaise with KK, and 4 people call.  UTG reraises and I cap.  Everyone calls.  Flop is Jack high with no flush draw.  UTG bets, I raise, 2 callers.  UTG call also, 4 players left.  Turn is a Q, UTG checks. I bet, no one folds.  River is a low card.  Decide that AA/QQ/JJ/or QJ is real and become a wus and check.  Everyone else checks.  Am showed AK, AK, AQ, and AJ.  My hand is good. Should I have bet the river?  I don't play much limit.  Again, was told I missed a bet there.

I haven't drank this much in three days in a long time. Had a grand dinner at Kokomos last night, I had the Filet and Alaskan King Crab which was great. Will give more updates another day. I am heading to Venetian right now for their noon tournament. See if I can make some money one time this trip.