Episode #152: Dissecting a HORSE tournament
Associated Press
MAIN TOPIC
Hey, we finally did it! Here's the long-awaited (or at least long-promised) show dissecting a HORSE tournament. We'd like to think SickBrain80 for his e-mail that spurred the topic. In a HORSE tournament, you need to be able to adjust to the different games, as well as the changing table. It's the most challenging type of tournament out there. Click here to listen to the show.
OTHER TOPICS
Ante Up shenanigans: I treat Chris to a Threshers game, and he blows four of my bucks with weak launch-a-ball tosses ... a plastic banana is up for the taking for any and all Ante Uppers who officially name their baby "Ante" or "Ante Up," or have their kid's name legally changed to it ... Race for the Hundy is Saturday, so get your picks in for a chance to win a really cool coffee thermos.
CardRunners wants to train you: ... if you make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event. The online poker training community will pick one of the final tablists this year and offer he/she free tutoring.
Casino Player gems: The May issue has an interesting column by gambling expert I. Nelson Rose on why Barack Obama's election is the best chance for legalized online poker, and it also has a brain teaser from the Mad Genius of Poker Mike Caro on what is the lowest-ranking hand that's guaranteed to win.
Mississippi Stud: Here's a new table game in which you're dealt two cards and have three community cards. You can fold or raise 1x, 2x or 3x on each street. If you get a pair of jacks or better, you win. Wizards of Odds Michael Shackleford breaks it down for you.
Hotline: Jeremy, and his adorable daughter, call in to make fun of Cosenza ... and Jen from Canada (via Australia) needs help dealing with the pain of bubbling out.
Tampa Bay Poker Replay: If you're looking for a semi-serious group of players in Pasco County who play for fun, check out www.pascopokerplayers.com.
One Minute Mystery: Columbo goes into the tank, but he tosses his Q-Q. Good thing, too. He was up against A-A.
HAND OF THE WEEK
Longtime listener Tom Turley writes in with an Omaha 8 hand from a recent CHIMPS event.
It's three-handed, and Turley completes his small blind with 10s-3c-2s-5s - a dubious hand no doubt, but arguably playable three-handed, especially as chip leader. All three remaining players see a flop of Qc-6s-7c.
Tom check-raises the button, and gets the big blind to fold.
The turn: 4s
With a made straight and the third-nut low, Tom bets out and reraises his lone opponent. Too aggressive, perhaps?
The river: 8s.
Tom's strong straight turns into a weak flush, and his low doesn't improve. Check-call situation in our opinion, but Tom bets out, is raised and gets scooped. Ouch.
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Internet phenom Justin Bonomo, the newest member of Team Bodog, calls in.
- SCOTT
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
Doing the dishes whilst listening to mellifluous voices talking about HORSE... Remarkably relaxing on a Friday morning.
Posted by: Jan | May 09, 2008 at 04:43 AM
Quick comment on the OMM. A lot of the tourneys he picks his hands are from the Mookie which is a $26 tourney, NLHE 6-max. It is a bunch of bloggers and is one of the hardest tourneys around.
Posted by: Snuffy | May 09, 2008 at 08:05 AM
Call you guys the Butchers of Tampa Bay. Good Job.
Posted by: AZslick | May 10, 2008 at 10:19 AM