{"id":708,"date":"2007-01-29T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T03:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2007-01-29T21:45:03","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T03:45:04","slug":"wow-this-game-is-addictive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"WOW, This Game is Addictive"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Veramilla_Mage\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Pun intended. He he.<\/p>\n

I have been playing a lot of WOW<\/a>\"\" lately. Brian started a blood elf mage who is a lot of fun to play. I’ve completed several quests on my own and I’ve actually gone on a couple of group quests. I never would have thought I could get into this game, but now that I’ve tried it I can understand why Brian is so hooked. If I didn’t have to go to school I could seriously see myself playing for hours at a time. For right now, though, I’m content sneaking in an hour of play every now and then. I don’t need my own account… Yet!<\/p>\n

I’m still digging poker but I haven’t been doing as well. Although, not always placing as high doesn’t mean that your game is sliding. To be honest, I think I’m playing way better than I have ever played in the past. I’m learning to read my opponents better… Before I used to just play according to the cards I’m holding. Now I find myself taking advantage of my position, the situation, my opponents weak plays etc.<\/p>\n

Playing really good poker isn’t always enough, though. Sometimes it takes luck. Case in point, my final hand at APL last friday. I called the blind with pocket 8s in the dealer position. One of the blinds (I can’t remember if he was small or big) raised. It wasn’t a big raise. It was a medium-sized raise. Calling the raise with only pocket 8s may have been somewhat of a loose call, but I figured I had position. So I thought that if I missed, I could bail. The raise wasn’t that big so—no harm, no foul. But if I hit, cha-ching! Right?<\/p>\n

Anyway, the flop came 2, 4, 10 rainbow. My oponent raised to $1500 but I could tell from his mannerism that he was simply trying to buy the pot. I put him on two high cards, maybe ace-king, ace-queen, or ace-jack even. I could tell he missed but he was putting me to the test. So even though the plan was to bail if I missed, I felt that my 8s were good in this situation. I only had $2400 left so I re-raised him by going all-in.<\/p>\n

He thought about it for a long time until he decided to call. Even though I had him, I think calling was the right decision because it was only $900 more to him. He had the opportunity to knock out a player and he had two overs—he was holding ace-jack.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I turn an ace which resulted in my demise. So much for my impeccable read. The problem with this hand is that I didn’t have enough chips to push him out. I think if I had enough chips to threaten his tournament life then I think it might have made for a tougher decision to call. Then again, with such loose players at APL who’s to say he would not have called regardless.<\/p>\n

At any rate, it helps to get lucky sometimes. No worries, though. I know that my game is improving. I’ll get him next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pun intended. He he. I have been playing a lot of WOW lately. Brian started a blood elf mage who is a lot of fun to play. I’ve completed several quests on my own and I’ve actually gone on a couple of group quests. I never would have thought I could get into this game, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}