"What's more annoying, hearing about somebody's fantasy team, or hearing about his bad poker beats?
Nate Silver: Fantasy Team. Surprisingly not close. With the bad beat story, you can usually just tune it out and be done with it, but with someone talking about his fantasy team, you're usually expected to produce some coherent reply."
--Baseball Prospectus all-star game live chat. Nate is known elsewhere as Nate Tha Great.
An old roommate is getting married in two days. Several friends are in town for this, including Chad (the best man at my own wedding). He and the Mrs. are staying at our place, just as they did before our wedding.
(Friday night Chad and I stayed in the same hotel where most wedding guests stayed. The previous two nights Julia stayed at her parents. Because we had a one-bedroom apartment then (now a two) I slept on the couch those nights.)
The nights Julia was away I ratcheted up the stakes a bit in the on-line poker. If this was all about the last days of bachelorhood then there are certainly worse ways to mark that passage.
Anyhow: No Limit cash game, [mumble] stakes. Hero had A6 suited in the big blind. Some people limped and/or folded. Button min-raised. Hero called, anyone else still in the hand called.
The ragged flop (let's say it was T63) gave Hero second pair and a backdoor flush draw. Hero led with a half-pot bet, Button min-raised again, Hero called. Two players left.
Turn was a 6. Hero check-pushed. Button thought about it a bit. Hero felt a rush of anticipation and turned his attention to other tables. A few seconds later Hero noticed a shocking lack of stack at the original table.
(Villain called with AA. Naturally the river was the other ace. [There's only a 33% chance the link is apt. My suit was red.])
Posted by Matt Bruce at July 12, 2007 10:33 AMWeird. I usually feel pressured simply to nod along with fantasy team stuff but provide coherent replies to bad beat stories.
Posted by: Nate at July 14, 2007 03:21 PM