Archive for May, 2009

The PokerBat is excited.  The WSOP has kicked off, with the employee tournament.  They don’t give the winner a bracelet or a ring.  The Bat thinks they should give them something.  Maybe a gold cut card or tip glass.  BTW, who deals for the dealers.  And why don’t the dealers’ dealers get to play? Imagine [...]

Online Hand

Posted: May 21, 2009 in Online Poker

Recently the Bat was playing in a online poker tournament.  The Bat had increased his starting stack by half and was looking to snap off the fishies surrounding him on his starting table. Immediately, the Bat looks down at two red ladies.  Queen of hearts, Queen of diamonds, winking at the Bat suggestively.  Queens are [...]

Attack of the Bat

Posted: May 19, 2009 in Online Poker

The Bat enjoyed the circuit event in New Orleans, which just won the rights to the Superbowl in 2013.  Still didn’t get a hoodie but the Bat is working on it.  The Bat played some cash games and the Bat was aggravated by the donknuts that sat at the table with him. Example Uno:  Donknutjob [...]

Smell a Bluff?

Posted: May 15, 2009 in Online Poker

Forbes magazine has an interesting article on how to sniff out a liar.  Read more here. The Bat thinks there are some good tips for poker players probing a guy the Bat suspects is on a bluff: Liars don’t gesticulate as much.  Got a verbose, New Yawker type at your table who won’t shut up [...]

Poker Bat is back!!!

Posted: May 13, 2009 in Online Poker

Why don’t the Bat get a hoodie?  The people want to know. Seems everybody else that blogs for GCP (www.gulfcoastpoker.net) has one or is getting one why none for the Bat? The Bat is the people’s blogger.  He wants a hoodie.  In other poker news… The Bat thinks it’s odd that Annie Duke crushed Joan Rivers in [...]

The Bat is a-gaga over poker’s lady gaga! The pretty young woman from south Florida who has been running red hot this year.   -Ruosso took second in the NBC Heads Up Championship -Did a tour promoting her Game Theory education, -And now wins the High Roller event at the EPT event in Monte Carlo.  Didn’t know [...]

Bullies

Posted: May 6, 2009 in Online Poker

Bad players can be the toughest to read.  Yes, they are easy to pick up tells but sometimes that does you little to no good.  I was taking a break from online poker and playing in Lake Charles, having returned to Louisiana for May Day, the other week and saw this scrawny kid from Houston go into [...]