The Poker Beard

Ah, lovely, enticing Rushpoker.  Considered the “Crack” of the poker world and I do like to unwind by playing the PLO games, which lead to this -

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $25.18
CO: $16.67
Hero (BTN): $9.20
SB: $11.81
BB: $19.39
UTG: $3.43

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with 9h Td 9d Ah
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.35, SB calls $0.30, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.05) Kd Qd Kh (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.05) Jc (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.65, SB calls $0.65, BB folds

River: ($2.35) Jd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.35, SB raises to $9.40, Hero calls $5.85 all in

Final Pot: $18.75
Hero shows 9h Td 9d Ah (a straight flush, King high)
SB shows Kc Ks 7c As (four of a kind, Kings)
Hero wins $17.50
(Rake: $1.25)

Brilliant, now, if only I could have the same luck with the Euromillions….

While checking out PokerTime’s forum and Blog I found this post -

“Love yourself to love the game”

This suggests something which I consider to be vitaly important to a profitable session of poker, particularly in cash games where you’ll be putting in long hours.  Your frame of mind and emotional state should be free of worry and issues that are part of your life outside of poker, if you drag those to the table with you then playing your A game will not be possible & tilt is more likley.  Writer Jon Vorhaus concurs and suggests that if you think you mind is on not on the game 100% then you simply should not play, tough given the time constraints on our lives but undoubtedly profitable to implement.

I had just taken my seat at a 7 card Stud cash game and on my first hand, this happens -
The Official DeucesCracked.com

Hand History Converter

3rd Street: (1.25 SB)

Seat 4: xx xx J____Seat 4 folds

Hero: 8 K 7___Hero

brings in

Seat 6: xx xx 8____Seat 6 folds

Seat 7: xx xx T____Seat 7 folds

Seat 8: xx xx J____Seat 8 folds

Final Pot: 0.625 BB

Hero mucks 8 K 7

Hero wins 0.625 BB

Deliciously odd but turned out to be a sign of a good session, as the Omaha session did too.  A nice little reminder of the place fortune has in our favourite game.