Loose poor playing idiot vs. Solid strong player
Student vs. Teacher
USA vs. England
Soccer vs. Football

So I'm sitting at a $200 PLO table on stars doing real well, up to about $650 when I see the text "Nice stack Xaston." BTP's very own FeloniousMonk sat down and wouldn't you know it, 50 hands later I had $180 and he had $415

I came up with the genius idea of playing a $400 pot against the best player at the table

I flopped the nut flush draw and he flopped top set and we shoved a whole bunch of money in the pot and he came out on top.

I was also able to get it all in with AA vs. KK after a flop of QT3 and lost that $378 pot (this was to some Donkey, not Monk). I played another real big pot with some clown where we both flopped trip 4s but he was able to hit a kicker after we went all in while I was not!

Now you may be asking yourselves, "Xaston what is the point of this post" and the answer is simple, I'm not sure. I just thought I would chronicle this experience and share it with all of you.

Next installment will be NL ring vs. Iceman and Kenny G and Shorthanded limit vs. Mecos. I'm going to go bang my head against a wall now

THIS JUST IN Xaston plays a gigantic 5 way all in pot with 2567 double suited and cracks Monk's AA along with others.

THE FISH HAS TRIUMPHEDDDDD!

Lol good work you finished with a nice stack.

After you left I managed to pick up a nice pot (that, in all honesty, I'm not convinced I played very well!)... One guy raised it up preflop, flop came A high with a 13-card wrap to me... I lead out, he decided to minimum raise his AA. Smart. The turn gave me the straight, I decided against getting cute and just shoved the last 200 in, and picked up the $650 pot. Finished up with $700 ; which I think is about what you won on that 2567 pot?

Your hyper-LAG strategy may work nicely at Stars, it's pretty loose-passive there but there's plenty who know how to fold a hand. You were up and down like a yo-yo though!

I also broke the habit of a lifetime after you left - flopped nut flush on Party 200 game, check-raised the flop, bet all in on the turn, and, astonishingly, the board DIDN'T pair to help my oppponent's set of jacks!!!! At PARTY!!!!

Fun times anyhow I've checked out the WCOOP schedule and reckon i'll play the $215 rebuy PLO event and play some satellites for the $530 freezeout PLO. Might put the money up if I have a good month in August, and as it's the WCOOP. You playing in any events? We could get a BTP crew together and destroy the opposition

Monk
xxxxx