Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The sound of distant thunder

The title of this post is how I always misremember the title of a classic science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, whose actual title is "A Sound of Thunder". The misremembered title is actually a better fit for the poker feeling I'm trying to describe. What I mean by the sound of distant thunder in a poker context is the sense of unease you get playing No Limit Hold'em, where any player at the table can go all in at any time. It's not actually a sound occurring in the present; it's a sound which might occur in the very near future, and the threat of its occurring makes you able to hear it faintly, as though it were coming from a distance, in the present.

Last night I played a much shorter session, and was able to come out in the black. On the penultimate hand, I won a pot worth $40,600 with aces and eights.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 23 hands and saw flop:
- 3 out of 3 times while in big blind (100%)
- 3 out of 3 times while in small blind (100%)
- 11 out of 17 times in other positions (64%)
- a total of 17 out of 23 (73%)
Pots won at showdown - 1 of 3 (33%)
Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $13,000
balance: $994,334

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