I'm an admitted sucker for free stuff. Especially free money.
I got an email yesterday from Titan Poker, saying they'd added a bonus to my account. I just had to log in to claim it.
So I did.
They gave me five bucks. As Marv Albert would say ... YES!
Fortunately, that wasn't it. The email also promised both an additional upfront bonus and a reload bonus if I deposited at least fifty bucks. Like I said, I'm a sucker. I scratched together the necessary bucks, and found myself in possession of another fifteen bucks up front as well as a 100% bonus to work off.
What to play, what to play, what ever shall I play?
I know, how about some above-the-bankroll PLO? YES!
People that play at Titan (including me) are idiots. Here's further proof (WARNING: Hand History). I see a cheap flop on the button with a junky hand. Kh Th Jx 6x. Flop is Qh Jh 6x. With bottom two pair and an open ended straight flush draw, I have approximately 900,000 outs. I check in hopes of being last to act. There's a pot sized bet of $4 and a call before it gets back to me. The bettor min-raised preflop, which in this game means AAxx. I have no idea what the caller has, and I want to see if I can take it down right now. I pop it to $16. Mr. I-have-aces does the smart thing and drops. Other guy calls. Uh, oh. Turn is a black 3. I'll take a free card, thanks. River is another 3, not of hearts.
Now, I figure I'm screwed. The villain called a $12 raise. He's got to have *something*. An overpair, such as AA, KK or (this IS Titan) QQ. With the board pairing, I lose. If he had a set, I lose. There is no way I can call a bet of any size.
He bails me out by checking, I gratefully check behind -- this is Titan, bluffing is not usually a real smart play -- to save money ... and I take the pot. Huh?
I mean ... YES!
Did I deserve to win that pot? Heck, no. I'm a donktard.
But if people want to give me money, who am I to turn it down? Thanks Titan! Thanks Titan player!
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Now if I can just clear the bonuses I have stacked up at Full Tilt, Stars and Interpoker.... I suppose that means I might actually have to play a few hands.
3 comments:
Lol...I also have a bonus to clear on Titan, but 12K points? I have no idea what to play to clear that kind of bonus (I suck, remember?). So let me know what your name is on Titan and we can donk it up together. Mine is the obvious.
Or, send me an email at slb159@lycos.com if you don't wanna publicize it.
Later.
PLO! Weeeeeee!
You won in a re-raised pot with a pair of jacks?
I think I'm at the wrong sites, but playing at a site that doesn't encrypt my password and has had issues paying their bonus SnG bonuses makes me weary.
slb: Screen name on Titan is the same as the name of my blog. If I'm playing, it's about 95% likely that I'm at a full ring PLO game with blinds of $0.25/$0.50 or less. See ya there.
Drizz: No, I won with two pair, jacks and sixes. As you well know, two crappy pair in PLO is GOLD!
As for the whole playing at Titan issue, anyone who takes the time to crack my password will be sorely disappointed by the amount of money found in my account. I've never had a problem with them paying me an earned bonus, probably also because it's not much money.
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