Final Table assholes

so this week i played two live tournies at the Bike, one an Omaha hi/lo and the other a NLH. Took 3rd place in both, but fuck that -- I was chipleader going into both FTs, and chipleader when 3-handed at the NLH/ 2nd when 3-handed at the oe/b. Both times there was a deal proposed to chop the remaining prizepool, and both times it was refused and i got screwed with 3rd place.

Obv chopping is a bad idea from a strict EV standpoint, but at the smaller ~$300 buy-in tournies, the blinds are up your ass come the final table. For instance, when 3-handed at oe/b, i had about 8 big blinds. And when chipleader when 3-handed at NLH, i had only 17 BB.

I fucked up and passed on the deal for the OE/B, cuz i would get less than 2nd place money and felt like i was the best player at the table. 3 hands later, i was out with half as much as I would've made by taking the deal. Then just last nite @ the NLH, i had 200k of the total 500k chips (6k/12k blinds) in play, to the other 2 players 160k and 140k. The total D-bag with the 140k said he would chop but only if it was an even chop (about $11k apiece). I said i'd be open to a mathematical chop, ie based on chip counts, but he refused. Said take it or leave it, I told him he had a lotta balls telling me he wanted the same as me from last place. Said i'd take 13k and they could split the rest, which is still totally in their favor, but D-bag said no. Was a real prick about it too. Obv they both targeted me & started pushing on me every hand, and i was out 4 hands later in 3rd for only $4600.

So whatever. Just venting. I should be happy about the two deep cashes, but all i can think about is how i cost myself over $8k in chop money cuz variance is a motherfucker. And cuz there was no way in hell i was giving a total D-bag an even chop when he was acting like a prick and i had 50% more chips then him. Fuck him & the $13k he and the other dude ended up with after i went out in 3rd.

Lame.


-hd.

Brandi memorial video

Thanks for putting this together. Very well done & a wonderful footnote to a fiercely unique life.

Hopefully Mason won't ban people who make reference to it on 4 since it debuted here on NWP... obv something like this is much bigger than any self-righteous delusions of grandeur he may have.

-hd.

Tilt HU Stud

just pwnt some poor donkey outta $1300 in 25 minutes playing 15/30 HU stud on FT, who wants some?

come get it

-hd.

HD on NPR soon to discuss card counting & generally trash casinos

whatever, for the 3% of you who will be up/drunk/interested in this sort of thing --

i will be on NPR tomorrow morning at like 7:05 eastern/4:05 pacific to rant and rave about card counting, how we do it, and why the casinos suck ass for trying to stop it.

apparently they had Beverly Griffin on last week (the head of the Griffin Agency -- basically the anti-counter outfit portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the movie 21) to get her reaction to the movie & of course she spewed her typical casino lies regarding card counting. so NPR invited me on to provide the counterpoint to all that BS.

for those of you too cool for radios (or too asleep to care at that hour), i think it streams/podcasts for later listening @ www.npr.org/bryantpark


flame away --

-hd.