Poker Errata

With all due homage to Dawn Summers, a not-so-random thought: having a set run down by top-pair-with-no-meaningful-draw is among the most soul-crushing beats in poker.

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Thanks to everyone who has commented so far on yesterday's post. There are some excellent comments in there. One day I'll tackle the issue of casinos that refuse to allow players to chop and/or require players to sign for published amounts. It seems, at best, like regulation gone amok.

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CK and I went to Red Rock the other night to play some poker. I sat in a $4-$8 limit hold'em game for a while before being called for $4-$8 HK limit omaha hi/lo. The play in both games was achingly bad and reminded me of the good old days of playing $10-$20 and $20-$40 at the Borgata. It's really disappointing that fixed-limit hold'em (at any meaningful limits) has been almost completely eviscerated in Las Vegas by its bastard cousin, no-limit hold'em.

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I was looking over my work schedule for the Aussie Millions and realized I don't have to work the day of the AUD 1,100 limit hold'em event. The structure may not be amazing (a two-day tourney with one hour levels would be perfect), but it's solid: 5,000 starting chips with starting limits of 50-100 and 40-minute levels. Using estimated numbers of hands, it should play at about 40% of the speed of a typical LHE donkament on Full Tilt. Which is good. The downside is that this event is a one-day event. Based on last year's total of 123 runners, it looks like a rather grueling 17-hour day from start to finish.

Probably a game-time decision.

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That's all I've got for tonight. Good luck to anyone insane enough to bet any of the NFL games this weekend. Three small road favorites and a pick'em? No thanks.