PRELUDE TO THE DOUBLETREE GAME – Tonight at our normal Tony’s Grill 8pm tournament, we will spin the wheel of fate for prizes at break, and there will be 2 special bonus prizes, good for delicious meals at the Doubletree!!  You will again receive raffle tickets for food & drink, and the first 20 players to arrive get extra!  Passcode is MERCILESS and I hope to see you tonight for some Deepstack poker.

THURSDAYS ARE THIRSTY – This is an appreciation notice for the great support you all have given to our game on Thursday nights in Norcross over the first 6 weeks of play, and I know that most of you drive further to this tournament than to those in the Roswell area.  Thank you and I hope to see you at Mazzy’s 3 later in the week!

JESSE’S EDITORIAL: DRY POTS – A lot of regular tournament poker players are familiar with the term “dry pot”, but a lot of people don’t understand when many people say “Why are you betting into a dry pot?”.  Here are some thoughts:

What is a dry pot? A dry pot is simply a pot where there is multi-way action (3  players or more), where at least *one* of the players is all-in, and there is no side pot.  That is, one player went all in, and the others just called.  In this situation, the all-in player can only  win the current pot, and there is no more money that the other players can currently win.

Why not bet? At this point there is no more money to win, other than what is in the current pot, therefore it changes the circumstances in which you would (or should) consider adding money to a side-pot.  Often it is the goal to knock a player out of the game.. and with two of you still in against the all-in player, you have a better chance of doing so.  Further, if you aren’t a great reader of hands, you don’t know just how bad you might already be beat.  If the all-in player has a good hand, and you might be ahead or you might not and you bet your other opponent out of the hand that might actually beat both of you, then all you are doing is helping the all-in player double up, while not getting yourself a single extra chip.  If your non all-in-opponent is of like-mind, he will check it down with the hopes of knocking the player down.

Isn’t that collusion? Yup, it’s what I called “Implied collusion”.  But it’s one of those tournament accepted things.  You’re not supposed to talk about it while you are in the hand.  People who say “Wanna just check it down?”, are actually breaking the rules.  So if you find yourself in the situation, just keep it implied.

Why bet? Of course there are times when you want to bet.  For example, say you have a straight, but there’s also a flush draw out.  You know for a fact (because you have the reading abilities of Negraneu), that your non-all-in opponent is on that flush draw, or maybe two pair with the full house  possibility.  You know he *can* beat you, and you know that the all-in player is pretty unlikely to beat you either way.  That’s when you bet… so that your opponent cannot “suck-out” on you.  If the only way you are going to lose the hand is to be sucked out on, then you really have to bet if you can get the other person to fold.

JESSE’S TECHNOLOGY NOTE:

For those of you with smartphones, you might want to try using www.meetup.com/poshpoker.  They have a fairly good mobile version of the website that will allow you to rsvp and check future meetups.  Further, the Apple App store has a free “meetup.com” application that is very good.  It will allow you to add photos, comments, do RSVPs and “check-in” to our meetups on your iPhone or iPod.  I use it regularly.

- Jesse

- Jesse

First Place: Doug Beam

Second Place: Scott Phillips

Third Place: Jesse Gearhart

Tonight marks the first Posh Poker tournament over at Mazzys 3 – Norcross, located at 7160 Jimmy Carter Blvd! In addition to house cash for top 3 finishers, I will be drawing for several prizes at the 9pm break, including 2 tickets to the Braves-Dodgers game for tomorrow night!! You are automatically registered for the drawing by playing in the tournament and you will receive a raffle ticket upon arrival. You can accumulate extra tickets for the drawing by arriving before 7:46pm, purchasing shots and entrées from the menu and by hitting big hands that play through to the river! Your passcode for this evening is LADY GAGA.

Mazzy’s 3 is a top notch bar & grill with great food and beverage choices at reasonable prices and I think you will love playing poker here! I hope you can make it out for the inaugural Thursday tournament!

All the Best

Jeff

Google Maps Link: 7160 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross GA

RSVP: Thursday -Texas Hold ‘Em @ Mazzy’s

Come sit in on our last Tony’s Thursday game tonight and feel the energy on the felt!! Early chips are doubled if you arrive by 7:45 and the passcode is DAHLONEGA. Thirsty Thursday is here and we will play deepstack tonight!!

After tonight, our new home for poker on Thursdays will be Mazzy’s 3 a few miles down Holcomb Bridge Rd. All other Posh Poker times and locations remain status quo.

I would like to also mention once again that the final tournament for Summer ’10 will be next Sunday at 2:30 PM at Veranda Taverna. Chips stacks for qualifiers will be announced in the near future.

See you on the felt!

Jeff

Hello poker pundits! Well, we’ve made it through another 12 weeks and the final tournament for Summer 2010 will be held on Sunday, August 15th at 2:30 PM at Veranda Greek Taverna. Prizes will be announced that day! Stop by any Posh Poker tournament this week or visit the website (click the points leader board) to see if you qualified; your chip stacks based on rankings and number of qualifying nights will be announced this time next week.

New Venue for Thursday

Based on a number of factors, including recent questionnaire results, ever-changing food & beverage options and preferences, and just an overwhelming feeling to explore new avenues, we have decided to permanently switch our Thursday night venue to Mazzy’s 3 Sports Bar & Grill, located in Norcross, an 8-10 minute drive from our current location. This will begin on next Thursday, August 12 during week 2 of our Fall tournament schedule. If Thursday is a night that you typically play poker, I truly believe you will love the vast menu, beer selection, and overall clean and professional environment of this new venue. I look forward to beginning a strong relationship with the Mazzy’s group here Atlanta and seeing everyone there for our first shin-dig! This week is our final Thursday at Tony’s Grill. Moving ahead, we will continue to have our normal Tuesday tournaments every week at Tony’s, as well as Wednesday and Sunday at Veranda.

Door Prizes Begin

For the upcoming 2010 Fall Quarter, we will promote attendance by giving away door prizes at each and every tournament and all you have to do is show up to qualify and be present at the time of the drawing to win! We will offer all sorts of prizes, from fun poker supplies and free restaurant coupons, to movie passes, Braves tickets, and even cold hard cash! You won’t want to miss our first official drawing on Thursday August 12 at the inaugural Mazzy’s tournament!

Well, that’s all the poker news I have for now, other than the fact that I am up a cool $376 on my Pokerstars account over the past 5 weeks! I also bluffed Will out of a huge pot the other night!! Woohooooo.

And So It Goes,

Jeff

We have one last week. Remember top 30 on each night will get you in the tournament (Top 20 for Friday since that night has ended).

Good luck!

- Jesse

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