Week in review

Yes, I know it has been a while! The summer brings a busy time of year for me, between the lake, work and running poker it doesn't leave much time for blogging. Here is a quick update.

Have had a great time at the lake the past few weeks with lots of visitors and finally some fish have been caught and eaten. The weather here in MN has been incredible, which means we are due for some bad days. If you would like to see fish photos just go to my facebook page and take a look.

Poker has been very interesting as of late. You would think that in a state like MN my attendance would go down in the summer, but the opposite happens. We get more people. More people mean more stories! LOL! I have run several games over the past 5 days and there is much to talk about.

Last Friday night. Sat down at my table and commented. "Wow this is quite a table!" In the first hour I had an incredible run of cards. Aces, kings, queens, jacks, AK, AQ and many small pocket pairs. Started with 5000 in chips and at break had 1200. It started with the jacks. I raised fairly big and got one call flop was all unders. Made a bigger bet and was reraised. After much thought, I folded and showed my jacks. Player turned over kings. Good lay down. Later I have kings and raise big again. One caller flop is 10-9-3 rainbow. I make a big bet and get reraised big. I fold and show my kings. He shows pocket 10's for a set. Another good lay down. You get the idea. Anyway, I come back from the 1200 to make final table and finish 5.

Saturday. Get to table and am sitting next to my friend Fitzwell. I say "Wow, this table is worst then last night." We have two players that play every hand even to a raise and two limper's no matter how big of a hand they have. It is almost impossible to put someone on a hand. I raise with AK and get 5 callers. Flop is A-10-7. I beg and get one callers. I bet the turn bigger, her calls. Flop pairs board. Both check and he has a set of sevens. This player then goes on a rush and takes several players out. At 1st break he has over 50,000 in chips. He continues to play every hand and doesn't make it to next break. I am out just after the next break.

Sunday. I play very well and make final table. I am short stacked with the blinds at 4000-8000. I am small blind for 4000 with 4 more back. I need to move all in. Button moves all in, so I have a chance to triple up. I call with 6-7 of clubs. BB folds. Flop is 4C-3C-5C. Yes, I just flopped a straight flush on my forced all in. I triple up, but still end up 4th.

Tuesday. I have a very reasonable table with Fitzwell on my left again. I limp in with 5-8 offsuit. Flop comes 6-7-9. I make a big bet because of a flush draw. One caller and he is a terrible player that could have anything. Turn is a 7. I bet again and he reraises me. Now, he is a person that almost never raises so I am a little leery, but I call. Turn is an 8, no flush possible. He bets 1500. I have him on a set and call and hope he doesn't have full house. I turn over my straight. He turns over his Q-10 off for a bigger straight. Really! Really! you called me all the way with a gut shot and worst yet, you reraised me on the turn with nothing. Now I can understand if it was a person that has some poker knowledge, but on most weeks this guys is one of the first ones out. I am all in a few hands later with my remaining few chips and it is an early exit for me. Guy that won all my chips and was a big table chips leader was gone in the next three blind levels.

Congrats to Fitzwell for taking down both the Sunday and Tuesday games. It must be time for a Casino run!

I am going to try something different for my next few blogs and am going to list my top ten favorite card rooms and give a little incite into them.

All right maybe it wasn't a quick update! See you next time!