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Palimax Sceleris
05-23-2005, 06:45 AM
Ok, here I am in my element - short-handed late-night Omaha/8, and he's why I think it's better to be agressive.

[This is mostly a test-post for the new symbols, and emoticon limit.]

This is two hands tonight, back to back.

#Game No : 2092453147
***** Hand History for Game 2092453147 *****
$10/$20 Omaha Hi/Lo - Monday, May 23, 06:07:41 EDT 2005
Table Table 10810 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Skuzz ( $537.25 )
Seat 4: ThePalimax ( $204 )
Seat 5: Sirens ( $1024.5 )
Seat 10: vanwine ( $708.27 )








Skuzz posts small blind [$5].I'm on my big blind here, four-handed.








ThePalimax posts big blind [$10].




** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ThePalimax [ 4:spade 8:bdiamond 7:heart T:bdiamond ]
Sirens folds.
vanwine calls [$10].
Skuzz calls [$5].








ThePalimax checks.Three of us make it to an un-raised flop.








** Dealing Flop ** [ 9:bdiamond , 6:heart, J:bdiamond ]










Skuzz checks.I've got nothing except a huge wrap around(straight) flush draw. Any 5, 7, T, Q gives me the straight, and the 5, 6, T give me the nuts. I'm about 60% to make the straight and almost 90% to make a straight OR a flush.






ThePalimax bets [$10].



vanwine calls [$10].
Skuzz folds.






** Dealing Turn ** [ J:gclub ]The turn hurts. Not only have I not caught one of my 16 outs, but I'm in danger of losing to a full house if my now-45% chance of making my straight on the river comes. But there's more than one way to win a pot.








ThePalimax bets [$20].



vanwine folds.
ThePalimax does not show cards.
ThePalimax wins $68
Game #2092454017 starts.





#Game No : 2092454017
***** Hand History for Game 2092454017 *****
$10/$20 Omaha Hi/Lo - Monday, May 23, 06:08:16 EDT 2005
Table Table 10810 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Skuzz ( $527.25 )
Seat 4: ThePalimax ( $232 )
Seat 5: Sirens ( $1024.5 )
Seat 10: vanwine ( $688.27 )
ThePalimax posts small blind [$5].
Sirens posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ThePalimax [ 8:spade J:heart 8:bdiamond Q:spade ]
vanwine calls [$10].
Skuzz folds.






ThePalimax calls [$5].I complete my small blind on a pretty mediocre hand. I can honestly only hope that an 8 flops, and the board stays high.






Sirens checks.









** Dealing Flop ** [ 3:spade , J:gclub , Q:bdiamond ]Perhaps I've mis-stated what sort of flop might be good for me. I'm a favorite to every hand except JJ QQ and 33 right now. There's no good shot at a low here. You'd need two running low cards, and you'd have to not be counterfeitted on either -- and if you had extra low cards in your hand, you're nowhere NEAR the high. The fourth-best possible hand probably has to bet here :cool: Despite the fact that I honestly only have 6 cards that improve my hand..



ThePalimax bets [$10]

Sirens folds.
vanwine folds.
ThePalimax does not show cards.
ThePalimax wins $38.5
Game #2092454759 starts.

Anyway, this was mostly a test-post. I had a couple quick buy-ins and cash-outs so I could leave $6 in to play some mini-step tournaments.

Palimax Sceleris
05-23-2005, 06:47 AM
Man, the columnar indent screws up posts :(

mirdorr
05-23-2005, 11:24 AM
Heh. I was sure you'd do some 447 line post with 200k little icons.

Palimax Sceleris
05-23-2005, 02:36 PM
I will, but I have to work on what sort of formatting for comments is going to be the most readable. I'll have to go with another color, I guess.

Ryb/San - This is probably sandbox/nugget bait, until I post something useful. "Be agressive and win blinds and missed flops" isn't exactly a huge subject for discussion, even in the poker world.

Sanchek
05-23-2005, 02:39 PM
I wonder if there's enough interest for a poker board. Seems like a popular topic around here.

mirdorr
05-23-2005, 03:25 PM
IMO, try to avoid what I've seen other boards do - subdividing discussions until they all die.

Sanchek
05-23-2005, 04:03 PM
You're probably right. I hate boards with too many forums.

Talid
05-23-2005, 05:19 PM
You're probably right. I hate boards with too many forums.
vbulletin allows for sub-forums right? You could make sandbox a subforum of nag and a poker subforum for general and it'd make it less cluttered while still keeping them seperate

Sanchek
05-23-2005, 08:38 PM
It does, but those seem even more cumbersome than too many forums since you have to click multiple times just to get to the one you want.

Palimax Sceleris
05-23-2005, 09:02 PM
Hrm, maybe this just falls under "other online games" :)

lokase
08-24-2005, 01:40 PM
Bumping this thread so i don't have to keep reading the

"Lynne Chenney is a..." thread title on the index page.

flashcube
08-25-2005, 01:06 AM
I couldn't agree more!

Blearchie
08-30-2005, 02:57 AM
Go fish? :)