And I also have some exciting new from the world of interent poker about "bots." First, NLOP. For a long time I've complained about how it's impossible to win the first hand and cruise to an easy 1st or second. And I've complained that it's been pretty obvious that others where playing to make me lose instead of to win.
First hand, pocket fives. Too low of a pair for me to get serious on. The player with pocket aces, well, I can entirely understand the big raise. What I don't understand is why so many positions (4 or 5) called it on fairly marginal hands. No better than my pocket 5s. There was a 5 on the flop. And eventually, my three of a kind would have won the whole kit and kaboodle.
Things got a little more normal for my expectations after that. I folded a lot more than a normal person would. It became a four player game where two had healthy chip stacks and two were strugging for third place. Then, magically, player in second place with chips calls the leader's all in and loses, and it's down to three. Hey buddy, you were supposed to save your chips to make me lose....what's up with that?
By now the blinds are insane, and I out wait position numer three to take second. And I'm still in the top 1000. Do you really, really want me to play on Monday night? Or do you just want me to keep close thinking I'll click on an ad to qualify? Only time will tell.
But I'll give them this - I actually got to raise and bluff successfully a couple of times. For me, that's unheard of on Absolute and Ultimate - fold or call all the way. It almost seemed like.....(gasp) REAL POKER.
But not quite, because as I'm always vigilant I did see a few strange calls and raises. One guy going all in on a flush draw and such and winning. It can't be explained off as a bad player that got lucky.
Grade for the session on making it look for real - A minus
Let's do a new post for the message on bots.
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