Poker and Basketball???

Well, the two rarely, if ever, mix unless a sports bet in involved, but this post will contain a little of both. Only three relevant hands from yesterday's poker, but they both resulted in big pots. Two I took down, the other one I got felted. All are in a .25 NL game with a $12.50 buyin.

#1

I have QQ in the big blind. It is folded around to the small blind who thinks for a second before raising it to $2. I raise it to $6 think he is on steal. He goes all in and I call. He flips over AA. GG me. I rebuy for another $12.50.

#2

There is a guy at the table who is literally raising every hand to $2. I mean every hand. Not just some of them. All of them. The previous hand he had picked up A-10 and been beaten in a big pot by JJ. He was left with $10 which as about the same as me. So the next hand he is in the big blind. I picked up 88 and limped in. Per his usual move, he raised to $2. I went all in. He called with 6-5 of diamonds. He almost sucked out on me, but the 8-8 held on and that guy was essentially done. As soon as the table figured out what he was doing people were lying in wait for him. His strategy was very effective short term but it was doomed in the long term.

#3

My favorite of all. I'm in the small blind with A-5 os. It is folded to me. I raise to $2. The big blind calls. The flop comes out 2-10-5. I bet $2. He calls. "uh oh." I might be in some trouble. Except, the turn came a big ole beautiful 5. I bet $4. He calls. The turn is a blank and I go all in. He calls. SHIP IT! It was a nice $40 pot.

Arkansas appears to be in the market for a basketball coach. Several of the local media outlets have reported that if the Razorbacks do not win the SEC tournament then Heath will be out. I hate that Heath did not succeed here but the reality is he did not. A change must be made.