roy

Tonight we played some poker. I had won last night, so I was feeling alright with my playing - my playing had been somewhat off over the past few weeks, so seeing me do alright yesterday was a blessing. (For clarification, my game is still not back 100%; I had to get very lucky a few times to get in the chip hunt)

Anyways, we're playing some hold 'em tonight (Pete, Kris, Yush, and Pete) after we played some Monopoly (Monopoly master Roy won!) ... Pete is getting nasty, nasty hands. Absolutely nasty hands. It almost makes you not want to play against him, even with made hands.

In any case, I was severely shortstacked most of the night, but got a nice big pot when the following happened. I have about $8 (we started with $50), and I pick up KK in the big blind. Kris opens with a raise of $2, Terrence calls, and Yush call. I go all-in for another $3.50 more, and Kris calls after much deliberation. Terrence, realizing he's getting 6-1 on his money if he pushes his hand, goes all-in. Yush has to fold, and Kris then folds. Terrence flips up 79o, and Kris starts going ballistic. But it was a brilliant move. In the worst case scenario, I do have a big pair; but Terrence is still getting 6-1 on his money; best case scenario I have overcards and he's only a 60-40 underdog.

Later on, I pick up AK under the gun. I open the pot for $3, and Pete reraises me to $10. I move in for another $14.75 ... and Pete calls.

I was expecting to see something like AQ or pockets (small pockets would of been questionable, but I could deal with 88 on up). Pete shows ATo.

WHAT THE F'? He catches his ten and wins.

A few weeks ago, Ryan called my AK all-in with T9 and I was pissed all night. I'm mostly pissed because these calls with T9 and AT are clearly disrespectful. What types of hands do AT dominate? Ace with a weaker kicker? Why would I risk all my chips after I had spent so much time with an ace with a shitty kicker? Likewise, why would I make a reraise that's not a huge overbet with small pockets? Why would I risk my whole tournament with a coinflip?

It angers me to no end when people do that kind of shit; everyone KNOWs I will not risk all my chips preflop except with four hands: AK, AA, KK, or QQ (QQ is usually still just a call and not a pushing hand). Why do people keep showing me disrespect by calling me with stupid shit like that?

Ryan is officially off my "disrespect" list and Pete is now high up on that. I cannot stand the f'ing disrepect.