"The Pen:" Live NLHE Chat Thread

Completely inaccurate due to tank / having clock called on me; not my style at all!

Grestisspotonthough,niceread,nicereadG

Unless you guys also post a fave recent song with each piece of poker strat, my guess is that you'll scare off Uncle Slim for good.

GFWIW,brieflylistenedtolatestJ&MCand...did.not.like.G

To be fair I took that entire read out of Skip’s autobiography - Hillbillies, Basketball Moms, and Playing Horrible Poker Against Gypsies.

It all came out of Chapter 11 - Bankruptcy and Trying to Play Poker to Get Even.

Hurt - Johnny Cash

It’s got some Papa Slim emo vibe, and is fitting for all the butthurt going on in the last few pages.

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Billy Strings - Away From The Mire
Goose - All I Need
Slightly Stoopid - Collie Man

and you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you butthurt

GcoverisontheiPod,buttheoriginalisn'tG

beginning to understand why we generally frown upon strat talk here 😀

I'm enjoying reading it all though

Hand history summarized: Just Pay (tm)

Do you prefer the Strat or the Weiner Waving?

this is what a strat thread is like without wieners

Well, that's what you have left. Because that wiener waving has left the chat thread.

You can find it here if you miss it.

G went hard on the spring cleaning there

makes me worry we have browser part deux in the works, that's how his reign of tyranny began was moving dozens of posts each day to "the appropriate thread"

In true tapatalk fashion, the link in G's post goes to an old thread from 2008.

Here's a slightly less boring one, which I played horrifically and lost way more at 1-2...

1-2, 340 effective.
UTG makes it 5; 3 calls; H on BTN makes it 25 with AA; UTG makes it 80; folds to H who gets cute and calls because he's 3bet V a couple of times and figures V puts the rest in a lot post but maybe finds folds to a shove:

Pot: 175ish
Flop: KJ5; V bets 25; H hates life and calls 50% sure V has top set

Pot: 225
Turn: KJ5 7; V checks; H knows he should check but bets 50 instead; V snap raises to 125; H knows he should fold but puts the rest in like a fish praying it's somehow AK; V snap calls with KK.

H again finds out why studying is pointless if you are going to punt it off.

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Well you don't need to shove pre.

I like to minraise him pre there. After that if you lose, you lose.

First they came for the strat discussion, and I did not speak out - because I'm a donkey.

curious if anyone regs the philly rooms like rivers or the philly live here specifically the 1/3 game? is this appropriate low content convo for this thread?

leave a little lipstick smeared on your collar and then she'll figure no big deal, he's just having an affair, not playing poker

idk man, this chat has definitely lost people due to wives ixnaying gambling

it's tough to navigate with some, i think sneaking around will lead to very bad things eventually - ie imagine if you discovered she was sneaking off while you were asleep and not telling you and you had no idea what she was doing

best bet is to negotiate it into your relationship and frame is as cheaper than golf/bars - helps significantly if you have a winning track record that can be verified

but even when i was gambling full time for a living and met women who knew that when we first started dating, quite a few of them eventually lay out the "no more gambling" ultimatum

stop being a pussy, have a conversation and be honest about it. Don't ask for permission, ask for understanding/blessing. Communicate your passion for cards, the importance to stay in touch with your interests and encourage her to do the same. Then agree a realistic amount of time per week/the most suitable time/times and days. Again, ensure this is a two way street and she should do the same. If necessary show her win/loss records, bankroll stats etc.

if she doesn't get this then she's selfish as all hell

Not sure if you have kids yet but if she's already blocking this and you don't have kids then oh man are you in for it because the 'time to myself' metric becomes 10x more important once the pets come along

I already work in an industry that from the outside looks like fun all the time so I get the needling about that - adding this back again even tho I was both in that industry and a regular card player when we first met .

just felt like something I wanted to slow roll a lil bit first - you know show up and pay for more **** that contributes to the “us” and then reveal the big disappointing surprise first

But ethically I agree with you and my question was partially just low content humor (tho I am winking right now to indicate a partial possibility that I would take some advice on being sneaky)

It would t necessarily ruin things but I was hoping to have something nice to present like a nice log of winnings that I can present in the form of that vacation to the Mediterranean in Tisno Croatia next summer.

Which by the by, if y’all ever thinking bout coastal Italy along the Mediterranean - Croatia is just as beautiful a fraction of the cost and the food is amazing as long as it’s not beef.

My trick is to make enough money that she doesn't care if I lose some of it playing poker. In addition to that, we share a bunch of other hobbies (golf, skiing, board games) and hang out a ton in general. So when I say I'm going to play poker, she doesn't care. I'm not playing prime time hours, though. Nor do I really want to as a rec player.

We also don't have kids. If/when that changes, poker will absolutely move way down the priority list.

Alternatively, play online through something like PokerBros, PokerNow, or one of the online sites. Then you don't have to leave the house.