I take bad beats, then I give them.

Swing, baby, swing.

$0.50/$1.00 NL Hold Em

Dealt to lrlr: Qc Qs

Size17s: folds
Thekid: folds
Isabella: calls $1.00
hawfan: folds
armyterp: folds
ccbraves: calls $1.00
Joepeezy: folds
lrlr: calls $0.50 (no, this would not be my normal play...)
devil_doc: checks

Flop: 8c Ts 4c

lrlr: bets $4.00
devil_doc: folds
Isabella: raises to $12.00
ccbraves: folds
lrlr: calls $8.00

Turn: Qd

lrlr: checks
Isabella: bets $22.00
lrlr: raises to $44.00
Isabella: all-in to $67.11
lrlr: calls $23.11

pot size: $162.22

River: Jd

lrlr shows Qc Qs, 3 Queens
Isabella shows 8s 8h, 3 Eights

My legacy has begun...

Finally! I decided to check google to see if anyone has posted my usernames (ratnamedted and mr waturi) on any poker forums or blogs (not counting this one of course). I actually got a couple of hits! I think my online persona will be percieved as pretty tight. What do you think?

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:bIrU2QtpqvEJ:impleader.com/2005/12/+Mr+Waturi+poker&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7&client=firefox-a

http://forum.absolutepoker.com/viewtopic.php?t=1526

@#!* POKER!!

Pre-flop:

leftyspop calls. OGCane folds. goblues39 folds.
Wyscan folds. KennyMc45 folds. pastateke calls.
MarilynD calls. bill4x calls. Danger Q checks.

Flop (board: 9c 9h 2h):

bill4x bets 20. Danger Q calls. leftyspop folds.
pastateke folds. MarilynD raises to 180. bill4x
re-raises to 660. Danger Q calls. MarilynD folds.


Turn (board: 9c 9h 2h 8h):

bill4x goes all-in for 580. Danger Q calls.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

bill4x shows 8d 8c.
Danger Q shows 2s 2c.


River (board: 9c 9h 2h 8h 3c):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

bill4x has 8d 8c 9c 9h 8h: full house, eights full of nines.
Danger Q has 2s 2c 9c 9h 2h: full house, deuces full of nines.


Hand #32011787-11 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
bill4x wins 2760 with full house, eights full of nines.

Lookie what I folded preflop

Danger Q: 8h Qh
selpams: -- --
got2golf: -- --
dirty_abe: -- --

Pre-flop:

dirty_abe calls. Danger Q folds. selpams calls.
got2golf checks.

Flop (board: Jh Th 9h):

selpams checks. got2golf bets 100. dirty_abe calls.
selpams folds.

Turn (board: Jh Th 9h 8c):

Yeah, this is what I look like when my AA loses to T9s.

I just took a swig of coke, partially missed my mouth and dribbled soda off my chin and onto my newborn son's head.

Played in just my 4th sitngo in the last 3 months tonight; came in second. Check out this hand...

(but first, what's up with this bizarro warning from Party Poker in my hand history email?: These hand histories are provided to you as an aid for your training and development. You are not permitted to share them with anyone. We reserve the right to cease providing them or apply further restrictions at any time.)

***** Hand History for Game 4204732714 *****
Tournament 23190546)  - Sun May 07 00:22:45 EDT 2006
Table Gin & Platonic (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 3: lrlr1 (2864)
Seat 4: nursedonna1 (12036)
Seat 9: Jgibber1 (5100)
lrlr1  posts small blind (100)
nursedonna1  posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to lrlr1 [ Ah, As ]
Jgibber1 folds.
lrlr1 calls (100)
nursedonna1 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** :  [ Ad, Th, Js ]
lrlr1 bets (200)
nursedonna1 raises (400) to 400
lrlr1 raises (400) to 600
nursedonna1 calls (200)
** Dealing Turn ** :  [ Ac ]
lrlr1 bets (200)
nursedonna1 calls (200)
** Dealing River ** :  [ 6h ]
lrlr1 bets (1864)
lrlr1 is all-In.
nursedonna1 calls (1864)
Creating Main Pot with $5728 with lrlr1
** Summary **
Main Pot: 5728 |
Board: [ Ad Th Js Ac 6h  ]

lrlr1 balance 5728, bet 2864, collected 5728, net +2864
[ Ah As ] [ four of a kind, aces -- Ah,As,Ad,Ac,Js ]

nursedonna1 balance 9172, lost 2864
[ Jc 5h ] [ two pairs, aces and jacks -- Ad,Ac,Jc,Js,Th ]

Jgibber1 balance 5100, didn't bet (folded)

Poker = Sex Offender

In Washington State, Online Poker Players Equal to Sex Offenders

Posted May 5th 2006 3:15PM by Wil Wheaton
Filed under: Legal Issues

Lawmakers in Washington state have decided that they know what's best for all their residents, and recently passed Senate Bill 6613, which "[reaffirms and clarifies] the prohibition against Internet and certain other interactive electronic or mechanical devices to engage in gambling."

So if you're a resident of Washington state, and you've been enjoying the freedom to play online poker in the privacy of your own home, your state Senate just decided to take that freedom away from you.

And if the prohibition wasn't bad enough, the genius Senate, which passed the bill unanimously, decided to make Internet gaming a Class C Felony, which carries a punishment of up to ten years in prison, and puts online poker players in the same class as registered sex offenders. That is just brilliant. Can anyone else smell the creeping facism? What will Washington state lawmakers decide to make illegal in your own home next?

Unlike most of this completely intrusive, totally unecessary anti-gaming legislation that's recently been pushed at the federal level by Republicans, the Washington bill was introduced by a Democrat, State Senator Margarita Prentice. The bill passed the House 93-5, proving that not everyone in Washington's state government is totally insane, but was fast-tracked and signed into law by Democrat Governor Christine Gregoire. The law will take effect on June 7th.

Celebrity Poker Showdown

ALL NEW TOURNAMENT PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 AT 9:00 – 11:00 PM, ET/PT

NEW YORK -– May 1, 2006 -– Bravo's original series "Celebrity Poker Showdown" premieres its eighth season in a new city, with a new host, and a brand new crop of celebrities ready to go 'all in' for a game of high stakes Texas Hold 'Em. Nine-time World Series of Poker winner Phil Hellmuth joins host Dave Foley and provides colorful commentary and insight into the poker hands played by guest celebrities Christopher Meloni, Jason Alexander, Macy Gray, Jorge Garcia, Fred Savage, Jennifer Tilly and Michael Ian Black. They each compete for a one million dollar prize pool to be donated to Hurricane Katrina charities. New season premieres Wednesday, May 31st (9:00 – 11:00pm, ET/PT).

Bravo also throws a wild card into the deck with the addition of BravoTV.com's online poker tournament winner, Ida Siconolfi, to the table. A San Jose native and stay at home mom with two sons, Siconolfi won her seat on "Celebrity Poker Showdown" by beating out thousands of fierce competitors during BravoTV.com's popular online poker tournament. To date, the "Celebrity Poker Showdown" web page has set new records of over 80 million page views and over 120,000 registered players.

The celebrity line-up of players for the season eight tournament are:

Game 1 – Premieres Wednesday, May 31st at 9:00pm, ET/PT

Greg Behrendt, Andrea Martin, Kim Coles, Michael Ian Black and Jorge Garcia

Game 2 – Premieres Wednesday, June 7th at 9:00pm, ET/PT

Bryan Cranston, Jamie Bamber, Jason Alexander, Susie Essman and Kevin Sorbo

Game 3 – Premieres Wednesday, June 14th at 9:00pm, ET/PT

Fred Savage, Jennifer Tilly, Brett Butler, online tournament winner Ida Siconolfi and Doug E. Doug

Game 4 – Premieres Wednesday, June 21st at 9:00pm, ET/PT

Mario Cantone, Jenna Fischer, Rocco Dispirito, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key

Game 5 – Premieres Wednesday, Jun 28th at 9:00pm, ET/PT

Christopher Meloni, Joy Behar, Andy Dick, Macy Gray and Robin Tunney

The Championship Game – Premieres Wednesday, July 5th at 9:00pm/et

Bravo will be partnering with Harrah's Entertainment to make Harrah's the new official casino of "Celebrity Poker Showdown." For the all-new season, "Celebrity Poker Showdown" will be filmed at Harrah's New Orleans. The land-based casino closed shortly before Hurricane Katrina made landfall near the city on August 29. The building sustained storm damage, and was used by first responders as a base of operations in the days following the storm. Repairs to the facility have been completed and the casino re-opened on February 17.

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Is Poker Losing Its First Flush?

Is Poker Losing Its First Flush? - New York Times

NEXT month, Fox Broadcasting plans to introduce "Poker Dome Challenge," a live television show that will be broadcast from inside the Neonopolis, a shopping mall just down the block from Binion's, the gleefully bawdy casino where high-stakes poker started here more than 50 years ago.......................