Devil's Advocate

The other day I was browsing other poker forums and saw how Joe Sebok apologized for making a crucial mistake during the tournament, everybody was quick to tell him that he don't need to apologize and it was one of those things he needs to do.

Well I decided to play the devil's advocate and posted something like this, "Well Joe Sebok is just reenforcing what we already know about him, he chokes and let his ego control his game during the end part of tournaments, he plays excellent in the begginning then ruin everything by playing stupid hands when it matters. The guy does not know how to finish".

OMG, lots of Sebok asskissers replied with things like I'm disrespectful and I should be ban and so on and so forth. Isn't the purpose of a forum is to share you opinions and ideas?, Why are people so quick to jump on you when you see things differently?.

What kind of name is Joe Sebok anyway, its not cool like a Barry Greenstein or a Chuck Norris is. anyway let me give yall more lame jokes. Joe Sebok aka the Donkey walks in a bar and the bartender says why the long face. Where does a donkey belong, in a mule-seum. Oh btw, there is a movie called Devil's Advocate and Charlize Theron is naked on it.

Anyway I was reading the bible and saw this entry, "On the seventh day, chuck Norris said, I'll take it from here", Wow, I learn something everyday.

300 Topless Men

Went to Arena Sports Grill and Bar at the Commerce casino last night, downed a couple of rum and coke and walked to the Poker room. While waiting for an open seat at the $4/$8 LHE, they've announced a new table for $40 NL and they need players, so I grabbed a seat on that table.

First hand, folded to me at MP, got pocket 6's, I raised the pot 3X the blinds, cutoff went all-in, button went all in too, SB folded but BB went all in too, I know I'm getting the odds but I still have 17BB so I folded. They opened their cards, cutoff has AK offsuit, button has Pocket 5's(wow), and BB has A9 offsuit(wtf).

Board turned out to be, (J,J,7,2,T), so Pocket 5's grabbed the $115 pot, I could've won without flopping a set. That kind a tilted me a bit, after a couple of rounds I got Pocket Ten's and went all in with my remaining 10X blinds after 2 limpers, BB called me with Q9 suited, he spiked a Queen on the turn and I reloaded.

This $40 NL is an all in fest, it can be fun but not the game for grinders, you can not win regularly on this game.

So I went home break even after I delivered my own bad beats, I cracked Pocket Kings and rivered a gutshot on somebody, I walked in the house and my relatives are watching this Spartan movie "300", I enjoy watching this movie not only because of topless nice abs men but the visual effects are stunning.

There is actually a rumor of another Spartan movie and my main man Chuck Norris will star on it and I believe the title of the movie is "1".

Here's preview of what you're going to see on that new Spartan movie,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm215HDfQ1E

Baby Don't Hurt Me

The other night I was watching my collector's DVD copy of "Night at the Roxbury" which stars Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, I can't believe it's been 10 yrs since this movie came out, such a classic.

Anyway, I was playing online No limit while I'm watching this movie, I picked up pocket Kings UTG, I raised 3X blinds, button/Villain called and blinds folded.

heads up to the flop, 6c,2c,2h
I bet the pot, Villain instacalled

turn was Jd,
I went all in with my remaining $65 which is about $15 more than the pot.

Villain paused for a moment which is a good sign so I started singing "What is Love" but as soon as I hit "Baby dont hurt me" he pulled the trigger and called.

River is a freakin Ah

So board is 6c,2c,2h,Jd, Ah

Villain got AdQd and I was devastated, I cant believe he called, He does not have any pair or draw on the flop and the turn.

But as usual I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he is such a feared poker player that he called Phil Hellmuth idiot 5 times coz the brat folded his Pocket Aces couple of times when he saw Chuck limped in.

Anyway, Happy 10 yrs anniversary for all Night at the Roxbury fans, here's the link of the movie trailer and the lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnao6GtZyik


(What is Love)

CHORUS:
What is loveBaby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more
What is love Yeah Oh I don't know
why you're not fair
I give you my lovebut you don't care
So what is right and what is wrong
gimme a sign
(chorus x2)
uoh oh...Oh I don't know
what can I do what else can I say
it's up to youI know we're one
just me and youI can't go on
(chorus x2)
uoh oh..What is love What is love
What is love Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more
Don't hurt me Don't hurt me
I want no other No other love
This is your life our time
When we are together
I need you foreverIs it love
(chorus x2)
uoh oh..
(chorus x2)
Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no morewhat is love?!...

Poker Gossip Around The World

Europe:Dario Minieri and his boyfriend Isabelle Mercier was spotted arguing who should be on top when they're doing sexy time. Annette Obrestad finally admitting that she likes to devour eggrolls.

Middle East:Mark Seif is taking some experimental medicine for his fart disease, yall know he farts every 17 seconds.

Asia:Chinese peeps are disowning David Chiu coz they found out he's a fake. During an interview in China, a Chinese reporter accidentally steps on David's foot and David reacted by yelling in english, "Mothafucka watch where you going fool".

USA:Phil Hellmuth's wife Kathy caught Phil and Greg Raymer doing sexy time at their Bellagio's suite, when Kathy was interviewed by the local news crew, she was furious and had this to say, "I dont know what that fat dude has that I dont have".

Well I'm pissed again today, I was planning to go to Pechanga this weekend to play 8/16 LHE but my Boss told me that I have to work this weekend but I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he such a bad azz that he can get Allen Cunningham to come out of the closet, Chuck knows he's gay but Chuck is busy with his infomercials, see below, I just can't get enough of Chuck, he's too sexy for his shirt.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at pokermanila.com, thanks to Mr.chokol8ce, Mr.Throws and other peeps for shipping me money on my stars account. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, cents or dollars is appreciated, it's good for you and me, my Pokerstars id is "kobenator", thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcz0MLLizeY&feature=related

Sweet Caroline

Last night I went to my friend's birthday party and there's the usual too much food, there were 2 big Lechon(roasted pigs) and at least 50 type of food dishes(eggroll,pancit noodle,grilled meat etc), you can smell the yummy aroma while driving on a nearby freeway.

This is how Filipinos celebrate, we always over prepared the food and when you leave we want you to bring some more food home which is kind a cool unless you are on a strict diet.

Around 8pm, they started the Karaoke, this old guy sang "My Way" with so much power, he was good but I'm sick of this song, but this song has become part of Filipino karaoke tradition.

Anyway, there is this white guy who I know can't sing but was force to stand up in front of everybody, his Filipina wife shoved him the mic, feeling embarassed, he quickly pretended to select a song. I decided to save him so I stood up and look for that song that average Americans know how to sing.

And there it was, my personal favorite too, "Sweet Caroline" by the living legend Neil Diamond, I grabbed the other mic and sang with him, and you know what, it brought the house down. As soon as we hit the chorus, everybody stood up and sang with us, it was great, it felt like hitting a one outer on the river.

Then around 10 pm we set up the madjong table and right away ten people were itching to sit. I wanted to play but gave way to the much older crowd and decided to just play backgammon with this whiz kid, he look smart and the kind of kid that does not speak a lot but when he does you would not believe it was coming from a 14 yr old kid. He talked about how it's going to take a decade for the economy to come back and the government is not willing to accept this reality, I just sat there in awe and he almost beat me playing backgammon.

I went home around 2 am, woke up after a couple of hours with a severe hangover but I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man. Chuck is such a feared guy that when he plays at Fulltilt he is not a Red Pro but the only Gold Pro and his nickname is a three letter word and in case you are wondering what it is, you guessed it right. Chuck Norris is "GOD" at Fulltilt.

Anyway here's a link of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline, enjoy,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKgZ6qP4S8

Your Kiss Is On My Lips, Ann Curry's that is

Every morning I wake up to a cup of coffee and Ann Curry, she's half asian, half white and one of the anchors of Good Morning America. She's got my full attention when she's on TV, she's got that mouth and lips that I find very sexy,and ohh yeah she also does a very good job of delivering news.

Well this morning they showed her stand up comic debut and she was funny and did a great job. I think I cant be a stand up comic my asian accent will ruin the punch lines. I know one of the writers of Conan Obrien show and he's brilliant, he can make a joke on just about anything. I gave him some of my materials and almost all of them did not pass his taste, only one made it to Conan's monologue.

I like to tell jokes when I'm playing poker, these people are like my audience and most of the time they enjoy my jokes. I have this joke I made that never fails to make the table laugh, I tell this joke when there's an attractive lady playing. I would talk to the lady and say, "you look gorgeous you must have a lot of boyfriends" then follow it up with this, "I also have a lot of boyfriends and I tell you what it's a pain in the butt".

Well I'm not doing good playing online lately but I'm taking it like a man, like a ream man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's such a bad ass that the poker room floor manager calls him to settle poker hand dispute and Chuck normally settles it by just looking at these pinheads, they will just say, "ok its a split pot" and just scamper away like scared puppies. Anyway below are some of the video links of Ann Curry,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy3LtJUQvik&feature=related

http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/10/08/ann-currys-bringer-show-at-carolines/

Degenerate Zombies

Like I mentioned from my last blog, I played 3/6 Limit holdem at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino. Los Angeles is is one of the remaining mecca for LHE, this is where you can find 24 hrs of LHE and Commerce casino is the best here.

However LHE in Vegas is dying, gone are the days where the wait list for 15/30 at the Bellagio is more than an hour. Bellagio could not even get 8/16 going on a regular day and when its going its normally shorthanded.

Anyway, back to my homebase casino, Hawaiian Gardens, I look around and see familiar faces, they play a table, stand up scope other tables and request table change if needed. They walk like degenerate zombies constantly looking for fresh meat, I do the same thing once in while but most of the time I stick to my table and let other people move to other tables.

I also notice that there's some tight players here who doesn't like to play against me because they know I'm a three bettor. I sometimes limp UTG with hands like AQ offsuit on full ring games and if button/SB/BB raise then I would 3 bet especially if there's a lot of limpers between me and the raiser. This will not only build the pot but force some players in between to fold, these tight players they would just call with AQ offsuit and let the limpers come in too and then would get mad when their flopped Ace does not hold up.

When you are playing full ring game LHE, isolating players is very important, I can't stress this enough, when you are next to a bet, raise it if you have top pair or a pair with good draws, it doesn't matter if your kicker is low, this will force the next player to fold, now if next player or the initial bettor three bets then that's the time to look at the board and decide if you want to proceed to the turn, lesser the players involved the more chances of you winning the pot.

The stock market continuing to decline is getting me worried but I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's such a bad ass that he only needs one card when playing Omaha.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at pokermanila.com, thanks to Mr.chokol8ce, Mr.Throws and other peeps for shipping me money on my stars account. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, cents or dollars is appreciated, it's good for you and me, my Pokerstars id is "kobenator", thanks.

Wake up Sleepy Head

Last Saturday morning I woke up around 3am and could not sleep anymore, this stock market is bothering me so much, so the most logical thing to do as a poker addict is go look for action, so I went to Hawaiian Gardens Casino.

I like the half kill pot 4/8 LHE but no available seat, I looked at the 3/6 LHE and saw a vacant seat. I sat down and right away I saw this fellow Asian guy struggling to stay awake, we'll call him SH(sleepy head) for short, he is on my immediate left and on my right is the dealer.

So the dealer would just reach out and grab his cards when its his turn and not wake him up which is cool. Then comes the dealer change, the next dealer is short and small, so she would ask me to get the cards of SH and hand it to her.

After an orbit, there was this hand where everybody folded and it's the turn of SH, he is the SB and I'm the BB, I tried to get his cards but he woke up and momentarily grabbed my hands and yelled, "dont touch my cards", so I replied, "I'm sorry I thought you're asleep. He then raised the pot and said, "you pissed me off so I'm raising". I looked at my cards and its KQ offsuit so I called, I almost 3 bet, flop was A,7,4 rainbow, he bet and I folded my hands. He arrogantly showed his 8,2 offsuit, I felt humiliated but I was ok and plotted something but I'm not sure what it is.

Then after a couple of hands, he dozed off again, then a lightbulb lit up in my head. I looked at the Porter(these are people you can order drinks/coffee) and he's about 36 feet away from me, so I yelled as loud as I can, "PORTER". My loud voice woke SH up, he startled and tried to stand up but fell down on the ground, feeling embarassed he stood up right away, left and gave me a mean look. Table burst into laughter afer he left.

Well, Filipino Poker Tour 5 had just concluded and one of the members of Pokermanila took home 2nd place, his online name is 11finger. I'm sure he's disapppointed he didn't get the no.1 spot but I'm sure he's taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man. If Manny Pacquaio is a pound for pound boxer, Chuck is the ton for ton fighter, Chuck will not even fight Oscar Dela Hoya coz he knows Oscar wears female lingerie.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at pokermanila.com, thanks to Mr.chokol8ce, Mr.Throws and other peeps for shipping me money on my stars account. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, cents or dollars is appreciated, it's good for you and me, my Pokerstars id is "kobenator", thanks.

New York State of Mind

Last night I dreamt of New York again, no not the New York in the USA but New York St., Cubao, Quezon City Philippines. This is where I grew up and some of the streets are named after famous US cities like, Seattle St., Denver St., New York St. and so on and so forth.

I grew up poor but lucky enough to have relatives who gave me the support to finish college, my father is a womanizer and left my Mom when I was only 7 yrs. old. I remember when I was young, this kid was eating a big custard pie on a nearby bakery and the pie fell down on the ground while he's eating it. He didn't bother to pick it up to discard it onto the trash can but instead left hastily. When I saw that the pie was not that dirty I picked it up and ran home, gave most of it to my younger brother who did not waste any time to devour the whole thing. This is just one of the episodes of my life that I kept dreaming about.

A lot has happened to the Philippines but one thing remains, corruption in government is still rampant, there is so much money in Philippine government that even the most honest person will accept bribes and favors. Just like they say money is the root of all evil.

No limit Holdem Poker is gaining popularity in the Philippines, it used to be I could not find any poker room but now its everywhere. MetroCard Club is the only logical option or tournament poker, and for high stakes cash games, Hyatt Casino Manila is the only place to go.

One thing that pains me is that Limit Hold em is non-existent in the Philippines but I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's such a bad azz that when he plays poker he brings in his card protector and its a human skull baby.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at http://www.pokermanila.com/, thanks to Mr.chokol8ce, Mr.Throw and other peeps for shipping me money on my stars account. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, cents or dollars is appreciated, it's good for you and me, my Pokerstars id is "kobenator", thanks.

Slow Rollin on the River

This is a late trip report, went to Vegas couple of months ago and checked in at the Imperial Palace then walked to Bellagio and placed my name on the list for 2-5 NLHE, lowest NLHE at Bellagio, was seated after 15 minutes.

Then something odd happened after an hour, this jerk slowrolled a poor old guy(POG), Villain flopped nut flush and POG flopped top 2 pairs, POG showed his cards and he thought he's good because villain did not open his hands right away. Villain took his time and act like he's beat then showed his nut flush and yelled, "Get that sh!t out of here Papa" then hysterically laughed by himself, we look at him like wtf. POG was stunned and looks like he's about to cry.

An old lady two spots from my left uttered, "that was rude young man", villain gave him a look like stfu.

Then Poker Gods decided to intervene, Villain miniraised in MP, both SB & BB(old lady) called,
flop AT2, two spades

Villain overbet the pot, SB folded, BB quietly called,
Villain said, "your flush is not coming" BB did not respond.

turn is an 8,

Villain said," I am not gonna let you get your flush, all in",
BB called and Villain showed his AT,

river is another T,

so board is AT28T, Villain pumped his fist and starts counting his chips, BB has more chips than the Villain.

BB/Old lady is taking her time, not showing her cards yet, then after a couple of minutes she said, "so u have a fullhouse" villain answered, "Yes I do and you need to put $500 more to the pot, I dont have all day, hurry up"

BB replied, "that wont be necessary young man I have a higher fullhouse", she showed her pocket Aces. Table was stunned.

Omg, I was not able to contain myself, I said, "Get that sh!t out of here", villain gave me a bad look that made me laugh even more, he left right away.

The next morning my hangover gave me so much problem, its painful but I took it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's such a bad azz that when he plays poker pot is always a kill pot coz that's all he knows, kill, kill, KILL, KILL.

Got dealt Pocket Aces Six times

I'm pissed again today, I looked at my 401k and its dwindling everyday, damn you stock market.

Anyway, on to the most important thing in my life and that's poker. I played a $6.50 45MTT at Pokerstars and got dealt Pocket Aces six times, that was weird, I normally dont get lucky that often. Let me give yall a rundown on what happened to those hands.

1st time I got Aces:won and doubled up.
2nd time:no action and got the blinds.
3rd time:won a small pot.
4th time:won again and propelled me as the massive chip leader.
5th time:won a good size pot and eliminated two players and down to the final 9 players.
6th time: final two players, me and the much bettter lucky guy, almost same chip stack. He went all in and I of course called with my Aces, he showed Pocket 6's, flop and turn was good for me but the river is a 6 and I lost.

One thing I'm learning about my self is that I need good cards to win, I dont have the poker skill and balls that I can pull out my azz when I'm on a tight situation. Getting rivered is painful but I took it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's so bad that when he plays poker he is always the big blind.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at www.Pokermanila.com, thanks to chokol8ce for shipping me money on my stars account. To prove that I got a second place from an MTT, you can check my stats, my Pokerstars id is kobenator, while you're at it, could youship me a couple of cents or dollars if you dont mind. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, it's good for you and me.