Is anyone watching this season? They are now doing it with a $500k buyin. This is up from season’s past where it has been $100k. It is freaking insane. I’ll say one thing tho, my appreciation for Doyle Brunson just grows and grows. It sounds trite, but he reads hands like they are face up. It is eerie just how good his reads are. I don’t care how old he is, in that game (or any NLHE cash game) he’s my guy.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
UTG: $5.70
MP: $42.55
CO: $29.15
Hero (BTN): $24.65
SB: $8.40
BB: $17.65

Pre-Flop: K K dealt to Hero (BTN)

UTG folds, MP raises to $0.75, CO folds, Hero raises to $3, SB calls $2.90, BB folds, MP calls $2.25

Flop: ($9.25) 5 4 J (3 Players)

SB bets $1, MP calls $1 GEEE, THINK HE’s ON A DRAW!?!, Hero MAKES THE WORST RAISE TO $5.40, SB calls $4.40 and is All-In, MP GETS PERFECT 5-1 ODDS ON HIS DRAW, NEVER YOU MIND THE IMPLIED ODDS WE’LL GET TO THAT AND calls $4.40

Turn: ($25.45) 7 (3 Players - 1 is All-In)

MP checks, Hero NOW SHORTER THAN THE POT SHOVES HIS LAST $16.25 and is All-In, MP calls $16.25

River: ($57.95) A (3 Players - 2 are All-In)
Results: $57.95 Pot ($2.85 Rake)
MP showed A Q (a flush, Ace high) and WON $55.10 (+$30.45 NET)
Hero showed K K (a pair of Kings) and LOST (-$24.65 NET)
SB showed T J (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-$8.40 NET)

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Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 Players

LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $26.65

BB: $52.35

UTG: $25

Hero (CO): $30.40

BTN: $35.65

Pre-Flop: Q K dealt to Hero (CO)

2 folds, Hero raises to $1, BTN raises to $1.75, SB folds, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.75) K T 4 (2 Players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $1.50, Hero raises to $8, BTN calls $6.50

Turn: ($19.75) 9 (2 Players)

Hero bets $20.65 and is All-In YES YOUR IMPLIED ODDS WERE THRU THE ROOF, VILLAIN, BTN calls $20.65

River: ($61.05) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $61.05 Pot ($3 Rake)

Hero showed Q K (two pair, Kings and Queens) and LOST (-$30.40 NET)

BTN showed Q J (a straight, King high) and WON $58.05 (+$27.65 NET)

…deserved more air time.

Also, I made my garage door gay today. I decided I’d insulate it (it is one of the cheapo metal shell types), so I bought some 1/2″ foam board and cut it into pieces to insert into each panel. The project is going great when I realize that all this hot pink foam board is really bright when you cover a large area with it.

Result: door is quieter, area should be warmer, one “wall” inside my garage is now much brighter in not a good way. Score one for the environment.

Only you can end forest fires — at least virtually — as the pilot of a Canadair 415 Waterbomber, the coolest airplane made in Canada. The instructions are in Franch, so here goes: up/down arrow keys control altitude (in reverse, a/k/a down = up), left/right arrow keys control throttle. Speed in the redzone means you fall from the sky and go splat. Speed in bluezone means you can refill the Waterbomber by skimming the lake — but be careful because if you get too low, you’ll capsize the plane. Release the water over the forest fire by holding down the spacebar. Watch out for flying flocks of Franch-speaking birds and also the trees seem to shoot AAA because if you fly too close to them without actually hitting them, down you’ll still go. If you crash in level 2, you get to restart at level 1. Because they’re French and Canadian, and if their flappy heads and inability to say words like “out” and “about” properly weren’t enough to intrigue and annoy you, this game will. Ca va?

Bear in mind that this photo was taken only 10 days after the chickendance one below: