Donkeys Always Draw

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This hand is the one that could have propelled me to a TOC seat.  Instead, it did the same for Astin.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6527203060: Riverchasers Online Tour (49262698), Table 8 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Hold’em - 0:19:42 ET - 2008/05/23
Seat 1: NumbBono (24,900)
Seat 3: scottc25 (48,268)
Seat 5: dwal78 (80,764)
Seat 6: NCDeaton (47,018)
Seat 7: Astin (8,900)
Seat 8: PirateLawyer (54,150)
NumbBono antes 250
scottc25 antes 250
dwal78 antes 250
NCDeaton antes 250
Astin antes 250
PirateLawyer antes 250
NumbBono posts the small blind of 1,000
scottc25 posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NumbBono [Ah Qh]
dwal78 folds
NCDeaton folds
Astin raises to 8,650, and is all in
PirateLawyer raises to 53,900, and is all in
NumbBono folds
scottc25 folds
PirateLawyer shows [Jc Jh]
Astin shows [Ad 3s]
Uncalled bet of 45,250 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [6h Qd 5s]
*** TURN *** [6h Qd 5s] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [6h Qd 5s 8c] [Ac]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Jacks
Astin shows a pair of Aces
Astin wins the pot (21,800) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21,800 | Rake 0
Board: [6h Qd 5s 8c Ac]
Seat 1: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: scottc25 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dwal78 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: NCDeaton folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Astin showed [Ad 3s] and won (21,800) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Jc Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks

It’s the eve of the Stanley Cup Finals.  I am one of about four people in Iowa that enjoy, and follow hockey.

I’m just a little pumped that my Redwings are in the finals this year.  And when I want to get pumped, I think of the 1997 Wings, and their run to The Cup.

An integral part of the run was this…

There’s a background to this.

But all you really need to know is that Claude Lemieux got what he deserved at 1:38 of this video.

I don’t like to play cash games, I’m not good at playing cash games, but when this happens in the first hand after sitting at a blogger cash game, I might have to reconsider my opinions.

Towards the end of my 45 minute session, this hand came up, which netted me an extra $30 to make it a decent night. (In true blogger fashion, all the money went in pre-flop)

Despite these nice cards, I’m still a cash game donkey.

Seven weeks ago, I busted Scott Fischman in The Mookie.  I went on to have a decent April in the BBT3, but May has been kicking my ass all over the place.

So it was a pleasant surprise to get this in the mail yesterday.

My one and a half year old son thinks the picture of the donkey is absolutely hilarious.  I put the shirt on today, and as soon as he saw it, he couldn’t stop pointing at the donkey and laughing hysterically.  I tried to get him to say "donkey", but all he could get out of his lips was a word that suspiciously sounded like "Daddy".  Hmmmmmm…

From CNN,  regarding Kentucky…

“Two-thirds of Clinton’s supporters there said they would vote Republican or not vote at all rather than for Obama, according to the polls.”

Redneck democracy at it’s best.

Dog #1 is Instant Tragedy

Dog #2 is BuddyDank

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