Mikey McD quotes

The poker room at the Mirage in Vegas is the center of the poker universe. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Helmuth--the legends--consider it their office. Every couple of days a new millionaire shows up wanting to beat a world champion. Usually they go home with nothing but a story.

Books I Own

Here are all of the Poker related books I own in no particular order:

The Theory of Poker by Sklansky
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by Sklansky
Inside THe Poker Mind by Feeney
Winning Low Limit Hold'em by Jones (1st & 2nd ed)
Middle Limit Holdem by Ciaffone and Brier
Hold'em Poker by Sklansky
Harrington on Hold'em by Harrington and Robertie
Super/System by Brunson et al.
Super/System 2 by Brunson et al.
Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players by Sklansky and Mulmuth
Poker, Gaming and Life by Sklansky
Championship No-limit & Pot-limit Hold Em by Cloutier and McEvoy
High-Low-Split Poker by Zee
Internet Texas Hold'em by Hilger
Caro's Book of Poker Tells by Caro
Omaha/8 Poker by Tenner and Krieger
The Psychology of Poker by Schoonmaker
Poker Essays by Malmuth
Poker Essays II by Malmuth
Poker Essays III by Malmuth
Winning Concepts in Draw and Lowball by Malmuth
Poker - The Real Deal by Gordon and Grotenstien
Seven Card Stud For Advanced Players by Sklansky, Malmuth and Zee

Blackjack related books:
Blackjack Attack by Schlesinger
Knock-out Blackjack by Vancura & Fuchs

Gambling related books:
Gambling Theory and Other Topics by Malmuth
Gambling for a Living by Sklansky and Malmuth

Fiction/Non-fiction:
Positively Fifth Street by McManus
Bringing Down the House by Mezrich
Poker Face by Lederer

Royal Flush

This was my first two card Royal Flush:

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Jd, Td.
Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, 3 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (4.40 SB) 3s, Ad, Kd (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls, BB folds.

Turn: (3.70 BB) Qd (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: 6.70 BB

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins 6.70 BB.

Interesting Exchange

Here was an interesting exchange on a river raise found on the forums:

bobbyi> How often we are good is irrelevent.

Evan> When you write that as the first line in a post concerning a river raise I can only think that you don't want me to read the rest. Seriously that is retarded.

sthief09> nah, he's right though. the actual % of the time you're good has little relevance. the question is "how often are we ahead against the range of hands that won't fold to a raise"

Bad Beat

I normally don't post bad beats, but this one was just ridiculous.

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3h, 2h.
6 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB raises, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 2d, 2c, 7h (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, CO calls, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) 8d (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

River: (14.50 BB) Js (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 18.50 BB

Results below:
Hero has 3h 2h (three of a kind, twos).
BB has 9h Th (straight, jack high).
CO has Qd Ad (one pair, twos).
Outcome: BB wins 18.50 BB.

So let's do some math. On the flop:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=746046
pokenum -h 3h 2h - 9h th -- 2d 2c 7h
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 2c 2d 7h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
3h 2h 923 93.23 64 6.46 3 0.30 0.934
Th 9h 64 6.46 923 93.23 3 0.30 0.066

I had 93% equity. He would win 6.6% of the time... he had to go runner, runner to beat me. Unbelievable!!