Crazy Action

The table action was just nuts today. Something about the main event of the WSOP coming up seems to put players on monkey tilt. I noticed it last year, too.

It was the scene at PH today, what with the Grinder's $5K-entry Chinese Poker tourney. Kristy Arnett, the cute Asian chick who does vids on cardplayer.com, was in the house, but she was mostly sitting behind her boyfriend in a $1-2 NL game from what I saw. A cameraman was on duty and a hot redhead did tourney exit interviews.

At my table the action was driven primarily by two players: one guy raised between $17 and $25 on about half the hands dealt but played okay after the flop, and the other guy just outright played super-loose. I found myself in the game for $500 but made a comeback and cashed out close to $900 in about five hours at the tables.

Just as importantly, I dominated the sidebet action with Carolina John's friend Chapin, who is in town for about a week.

I would have stayed longer but I'd told T I was going to play in his homegame. It was T, Karl, Chico, Nick, and myself. We played two $20-entry tournaments, dealer's choice NL Holdem and Omaha High. I chopped both times when it got heads-up with Karl.
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One of my less useful talents is that I can make almost any question seem sincere. Yesterday the board was A4Q9 and the turn action went check, bet, call between two players. Thr river was a 3 and the action went check, bet, raise, call. The checkraiser had 25 for a wheel. The other guy mucked, and I asked that guy, "Did you have him beat before that?" He cracked up and my whole side of the table went into hysterics. Anyway, I was told I had to put that in my blog but I kinda feel like you had to be there.
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July to-date: $1,132