Sure, having pocket pairs and flopping a set, a boat, or quads is always appreciated, but honestly my favorite flop goes something like this:

I have AXs and flop top pair, ace kicker + nut flush draw, where the X is a 10 or lower.

Sure, this hand is vulnerable to two pair, overcards that hit on the turn or river, low straights, overpairs, etc., but that just means you’ll usually be well compensated when your hand improves.

Mean Gene is back. And in rare form. He’s one of those bloggers that make you want to stop blogging out of embarassment.

Another week, another weekly home game.

JC -$5.00
ER +$1.10
CR -$0.10
PC +$6.85
JB -$5.85
EM +$3.00

JB was running bad; lost his entire buy-in within the first hour or so. Though I think he made it worse when he stayed in a hand against CR who turned out to have trips to JB’s two pair.

JC ran out of chips one hand away from the last hand of the night. Good timing. He was almost out at one point when I had JJ UTG and he had 57 in the BB. He had previously announced he was going all in on his blind, so I raised the max and put him all in. We played our cards up and watched as the cards came up, giving him a gutshot on the flop, a pair of fives on the turn, and two pair on the river. Heh. Lucky bastard.

In case you’re curious, ER leads in the cumulative winnings. JC comes in second, and I’m third with a barely positive cumulative.

Cleared the Party 20% bonus and netted a whole $29! That’s with the $200 bonus, mind you. Oh, man.

Posted some heavy losses at the 2/4 BBJ tables. High -EV. I guess when you have a lottery-type deal attached to those tables, it tends to attract the worst of the gamboolers. I may be wrong, but it seems like you have to be a fish, a maniac, or a rock in order to post profits on those tables. Either that, or catch the variance upswing when your bankroll allows.
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