More Phenomenal Advice

You know, you bloggers are really smart. HDouble over at The Cards Speak found an old link at RGP for a post called the Basic Concepts of Sucking Out. To quote HDub, "Abdul Jalib's Theory of Sucking Out is probably the best advice on how to play draws in limit hold em ever written." I must agree--it explains pot equity, pot odds, the whole shebang quite nicely. It's a long post, so I'll just link to it here:

Basic Concepts of Sucking Out--The Definitive Guide to Draws in Limit Holdem

Credit to Abdul Jalib for writing it, and HDouble for resurrecting it. Read and learn, folks. Read and learn.

Trop trip got cancelled. A few in the group wanted to stay down in AC (big deal, I live 30 minutes away), and the cheapest hotel room available was like $300. Christ, the Super 8 off the Boardwalk was $225 for tonight. Borgata has no vacancies, Trop wants $375, Taj is at $285--and the funny thing is that other than summer Saturday nights (June through September) and New Year's Eve, this is the most expensive night of the entire year to stay at these hotels. Am I missing something? We've rescheduled for next weekend. It'll still be a btch to get a 2/4 or a 3/6, though.

More Stupidity

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Woman Shoots At Half-Naked Burglar

A Wilmington woman got the scare of her life when a nearly naked intruder broke into her home, but she turned the tables on the man, who quickly turned tail and ran.
According to police, Keith Simpson, 32, was wearing nothing more than a red T-shirt when he tried to break into her house Friday morning.
"Somebody was ringing my doorbell and so I yelled, 'Who is it? Who is it?' They wouldn't answer," said Cheryl Pettaway.
Pettaway grabbed her son and her gun and started to call 911.
That was when the half-naked Simpson broke through Pettaway's back door.
"The next thing you know, I just heard somebody in my house and I ran midpoint down the steps and I fired shots randomly," Pettaway said.
She fired her gun at least eight times, but missed the intruder. He tried to flee through the garage, but that is where he was caught by police.
Police said this was one of the oddest burglary cases they have seen.
"This is definitely something we don't see every day. ... Breaking in half-clothed -- that's different," said Sgt. William Wells, of the Wilmington police.
Police said Simpson was admitted to Wilmington Hospital for psychiatric evaluation and for treatment of wounds he got when he broke through a glass door.
After he is released from the hospital, he will face charges.

"Breaking in half-clothed..." Cop must be an optimist or something...Half-clothed must sound better than half-naked.

Sheesh.