Poker Moth

Seat 1: BretMaver171 (1845 in chips)
Seat 2: dermoth (2984 in chips)
Seat 3: Bronxxx616 (5119 in chips)
Seat 5: Tay89 (6657 in chips)
Seat 7: Toneless (1565 in chips)
Seat 9: zaq13 (5020 in chips)
dermoth: posts small blind 75
Bronxxx616: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dermoth[2h 2d]
Tay89: raises 150 to 300
Toneless: folds
zaq13: calls 300
BretMaver171: calls 300
dermoth: calls 225
Bronxxx616: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [2c Th 6c]
dermoth: checks
Bronxxx616: bets 450
Tay89: raises 600 to 1050
zaq13: raises 3670 to 4720 and is all-in
BretMaver171: folds
dermoth: calls 2684 and is all-in
Bronxxx616: raises 99 to 4819 and is all-in
Tay89: calls 3769
*** TURN *** [2c Th 6c] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [2c Th 6c 2s] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bronxxx616: shows [6s 6d] (four of a kind, Sixes)
Tay89: shows [8c Ac] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
Bronxxx616 collected 198 from side pot-2
zaq13: shows [Jh Js] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
dermoth said, “omg”
Bronxxx616 collected 6108 from side pot-1
dermoth: shows [2h 2d] (four of a kind, Deuces)
Bronxxx616 collected 12236 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18542 Main pot 12236. Side pot-1 6108. Side pot-2 198. | Rake 0
Board [2c Th 6c 2s 6h]
Seat 1: BretMaver171 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: dermoth(small blind) showed [2h 2d] and lost with four of a kind, Deuces
Seat 3: Bronxxx616 (big blind) showed [6s 6d] and won (18542) with four of a kind, Sixes
Seat 5: Tay89 showed [8c Ac] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Deuces
Seat 7: Toneless folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: zaq13 showed [Jh Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes

It’s very nearly six years since I started playing poker, and I thought I’d seen it all. I have now seen it all.

Oh, man. This is bad.

A.J.Benza, co-host of High Stakes Poker, has been fired by the EVIL SUITS of the Game Show Network. He’s blogged about it – here – and it’s fair to say he’s not taken it too well. (Scroll down past the life-size picture of AJ to get to the text, and maybe close your eyes while you’re doing it). GSN want to replace him with a nubile young lady, presumably because that’s been so successful on Poker After Dark. (Note – HEAVY SARCASM).

There are rumours floating about that Vanessa Rousso will get the gig, which could work. I’d love to see Maria Mayrinck hosting, but I’m of the opinion that she should present every show on television, so that’s hardly surprising. But we’re probably going to end up with another Marianella, and Series 6 of High Stakes Poker is probably going to consist of 40% Phil Laak’s prop bets, 50% Gabe Kaplan flirting with a woman half his age, and 10% boring old poker. The odds on there being a Series 7 just took a big dive.

In other news, I really, really hate Norman Chad.

I really don’t play enough ppker. My results are good, and my ROI is high, but that’s no use to me if my initial investment isn’t large enough.  With that in mind, I’ve decided  to set myself a challenge, in order to increase the amount of money I’m staking (and hopefully winning).

I’m going to play one hundred STTs this week. At the stakes I’m playing, that should see roughly 80% of my bankroll in action between now and next Saturday. In order to pull this off, I’m going to have to be three or four-tabling for… I dunno. 30 hours? We’ll see.

In the meantime, I’ll be twittering news of my progress as I go on, so don’t forget to follow… http://twitter.com/Bad_Beat_Moth.