Poker Perambulation

Doris Day was/is a fox; I lusted after her in my shallow youth – the all American girl next door. Along the way she had a Top-10 ditty called: Que Será Será The lyrics then followed with: Whatever will be will be; the futures not ours to see, Que Será Será.

This blog was inspired by Fuel55. He calls himself a donkey and then says, “I am the first to admit that, on occasion, I play bad (on multiple streets) and get a gift from the poker gods. Here is such an example: “. He then followed it up with reasonable explanation of his action. First, he managed a hand history without relying on cut-and-paste. Second, he explained his reasoning. Now you can agree or disagree with that reasoning. On many levels, what he posted attracts valid disagreements. Regardless of one’s level of disagreement, a well explained set of reasons is to be lauded.

I don’t really have a definition of a ‘good’ poker blog. Felicia feels she does and has ranted on the topic. Her version doesn’t include So Co, Dial-a-shot, or THE HAMMER. She’s entitled to her view and others may agree or not. The thing I note is that Fuel55 is only doing a poker blog. It is going to raise some controversy and challenge our thought processes. I love that.

My blogging has never stuck just to poker and my browser doesn’t only visited one flavor of poker blogs. But purists offer an aesthetic that I can appreciate.

I hadn’t really intended to rattle on about poker blogs. My intent was to talk about the kismet aspect of poker – he just does it so darn well it embarrasses me. Shirley Rosario also does great histories but they are more intermixed. It is worth the visit as she one of the few that provides them for mixed games.

Here is a brief description of a hand at Bellagio’s Festa al Lago:

Can Kim Hua, called an all-in reraise by David Baker. A veteran pro with over $2 million in winnings but no major titles, Hua showed A K, only to have Baker turn up A A. Baker’s aces held and Hua became the 2006 Festa al Lago sixth-place finisher ($83,490).

As hand histories go it is pretty slim. But we wouldn’t have gotten any more if it progressed through the streets from the all-in. TV hands we see play out as a hand history because of the editing. And, we are left guessing, lauding, or agonizing — as the hero or heel takes the walk or stacks the chips. We say, “What was he thinking?”, and that is just it – we don’t know. We may have missed ten or more hands that lead to this hand. The thought process is strictly guesswork. Something broke for Hua; but just what that was we’ll never know.

How many times in your life have you said to someone, “You’d of had to be there.”

If you play enough hands you will finish the hands or tournaments in every way possible. Tilt? Sure. Runner-runner? To often. Darn four-flush killing our nut straight? Damn, but yes. So we haul ourself to the bar or a friend or a forum and look for sympathy. Or, we stand up — keep our confidence — and move to the next game or tournament or ring hand. Que Será, Será Maintain perspective. Fuel55 does and if you and I don’t there isn’t a valid reason we can’t.

ADDENDUM:

You heard it here first. Brits don’t even know what time it is!!! — leading the world to the new day at Greenwich.

But, you can lay such failings at the feet of Microsoft. It seems that October has 5 Sundays and Microsoft Exchange server can only see 4. So, the clocks connected to their server – which update things like a Blackberry – will fall back one hour a week early. Those lucky ‘punters’ and other unpatched server users will have two Monday’s to use the time change as an excuse as to why they are late.

A friend of mine writes here under the name J. B. Harshaw and today he’s got a new article up. I think it is a must read. Another must read is on the Newsweek site where George Will takes on the internet gambling bill.

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