Just some quick updates for you and where I am at right now and what I am doing. Been playing a lot of Sit N Go's online lately. Played games ranging from $5 to $13 for the buy in. Haven't had a lot of success until today where I was able to take down two $13 6-handed games. Both games I had to concentrate and play good poker, no mistakes. I was actually short stacked early in both games but got my money in right and made some good moves.
One thing I've learned on PokerStars is that you have to expand your hand requirements, which isn't too difficult for me, but when K6o hits a set of 6's on the flop and you can get the best value out of it, you know you have to switch things up.
What else has been going on? Well let me tell you this now, never make a bet with me that you will last longer in a poker game than me, especially when I have played with these people for more than 2 years. See, Chad Hurst made a horrible mistake of putting $10 on the line that he would outlast me in the latest Hurst house game. I took the challenge of course and took full advantage of this bet. See, knowing that Chad Hurst wanted to last longer than me in this game told me that he would play tighter than normal, because one screw up by him would mean he was out $5 for the game and another $10 to me. The worst part about it though would be the fact that I could brag about this victory.
So I was aggressive towards him and made crazy moves, like all in with 10c 2c. I knew he would fold unless he had a monster and his body language will tell you a lot.
Long story short, I won and he finished 2nd and it was a great heads up match and I was happy to share it with Chad Hurst. He can be a good poker player, when he had side bets on the line. Larry Pfost once again did not win and that has got to irritate him greatly. It makes me laugh. He taught all of us this game and then we sat down, practiced, read books, and watched TV and now we destroy him.
Finally, I want to share some thoughts on the most recent WSOP event aired on ESPN. It was the $50K HORSE event and Scotty Nguyen won. On paper, this all appeared fantastic, but when ESPN showed us what really happened, I think it left a lot of amateur poker players sitting there wondering "What?".
The attitude that was shown at the final table by Scotty Nguyen was horrible and I think uncalled for. He was dropping the F bomb non-stop, he was showing the crowd his cards, and just acting like an ass. I hope he sees this and doesn't allow it to happen again, but I have read that this is the true Scotty Nguyen when he drinks and that it will not change. We will see.
Attitude aside, I think he played ok. I got lucky a lot and needs to realize that, but he is an amazing tournament player and will go down as one of the greatest when it's all said and done.
That's my time. I'm out.
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