New Brickin The Nutz Banner

Thanks to Kat I have a new banner for BTN.




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A Little Something About the KORS

I have posted the information on the new KORS events that will be starting in July. In a nut shell there are steps up to a final event that will be a $200 buy-in. GO to BTN for more information.




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The KORS is Moving to Tuesdays

With the Skills game going away, I thought I would take the Razz part and make a weekly series of events and ave them run on Tuesdays. More setails to come soon but I think you Razz players will enjoy what I'm going to try. Think big montly tourney. Anyway, I'm changing it to KORS to stand for King of Razz Series and you can find updates at http://brickinthenutz.blogspot.com/. Thats all for now.

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Look What I Did at Brickin The Nutz

The management of Brickin The Nutz has come up with a new idea. Sitting around the Razz table the other day we thought that creating our own clothing line might be a good thing so we have opened a store front called BTN Apparel. We have various items for sale including a waffles thong and the prices are low just for you. I don’t have the Brickin The Nutz stuff ready yet because some work is being done on a logo but it will be out shortly. We will also have KORD apparel for the Razz Enthusiast so take a look around and see if there is something you like.




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A Little Something

I've been playing a lot of Razz lately so much of my writing has been over at Brickin The Nutz. I did have a solid weekend with some deep finishes in some other events but nothing of real earth shattering news.

My latest post on BTN is about playing in you comfort zone and getting use to higher levels. Because I'm really a new player to cash games, I can see and feel the effects of playing to high. Check it out if you have a chance.

The girls basketball team at my high school is really kicking ass. They are 28-2 right now and will be playing in the sectional championship on Thursday. I would make the drive to the game but the FTOPS Razz event will be in full swing so I guess I will have to wait until the super-sectional. Anyway, there are no seniors on the team and thus should have at least two chances of getting to the state finals. Go Royals.

Finally, I will be having the next KORD tourney on the 21st of February. I don't have the banner ready yet but it will be at 8:30 central time unless I screw it up again. Look for a little extra added to the prize pool.

The New KORD Champion

Go to Brickin The Nutz for more details.

Emergency and Tonight's KORD

I had a crazy day yesterday as I went through what should have been a typical day of work.

Everything started well but it came to a panic point when the Customer Service Manager came into a meeting I was in and said the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency had just shown up and there was no top management in the building. It seems that the General Manager was at a class and wouldn’t be back for about an hour and the President had just left for the hospital because he was having chest pains. The Accounting Manager had taken the president so we have to take care of this. I jumped up and met the guy in the front office and found out what he needed and proceeded on a plant tour. We also took care of finding the paper work he needed and sent him on his way.

I read an interesting post over at highonpoker that got me thinking a little bit about the skills involved in Razz. One of the comments that Jordan made was that Razz isn’t really a tournament game and that the variance involved makes it difficult to be profitable. He also talked about Razz cash games being where the money should be made because solid decision making will earn you a profit over time. And finally he said that the skills needed for Razz are not as deep as the skills needed for other forms of poker.

For the most part, I agree with what he says. I think Cash games can be exploited…especially at the lower levels and I do agree that some of the skills needed for Razz pale in comparison to other games. But I do think that you can earn a profit playing Razz tourneys. The key is, and I’ve written about it before is identifying the bad players and using there flaws to get you in position for success. Yes, when you get deep, everyone is at a critical point in the tourney and one mistake leaves you out of the money. And yes, you don’t have as much control over your destiny but it is about making the right decisions. I may write some more on this at Brickin The Nutz

Go read the post…I was well written and well thought out.



Tonight is the KORD. It is an event that I started a while ago and is really just an extension of my enjoyment of playing a donkey game like Razz. Check out the banner for details.

Also, Kat’s Donkament is tonight at 8 central. The password is donkarama.

Playing The Skillz

I had a meeting after work that lasted for about two hours but I arrived home in time to play the skill game. I have found a new love in the game of Pot Limit Omaha and was hoping for a nice showing. I chipped up a little by taking some unwanted pots and finally hit a nice hand when I flopped the nut straight and river the flush. The flush may have cost me some money because my opponent seemed willing to call before the last spade hit giving me the flush. A little while later I was involved in a hand that saw me flop the 3rd highest flush and an opened ended straight flush draw. I was careful at first but led out on the turn and I was re-raise a little. I had my opponent we covered so I pushed it up higher to represent a slow played nut flush. If he has the nut I still have outs to the straight flush. If he has the king he might fold so I really though this was the right play. He eventually went all-in for a few hundred more and turned over the K high flush. It was a tough call for him but a good one.

Now I'm back to a little below starting numbers and stay tight for a while. I eventually opened up my game when the blinds were useful and chipped back up to a manageable stack. As we approached the final table I find AAxx and a nice raise in front of me so I get all my chips in the pot. I get called by KKTT and go home a few short of the final table after he hits a K. I was very frustrated by that considering I would have been almost assured a money spot if I win vs. those 4 outs.

After that I went to the Razz tables to play for a while. You can check that out at Brickin The Nutz.

Prolly no Mookie tonight but you all should play. Check out the banner on the right for all you will need to play against a bunch of push monkeys and over players.

Christmas is Over

Why does it seem that weekends go by faster than the other days of the week? I think we need to have a 3rd day added to the weekend for relaxation purposes.
fight that
Saturday I woke up around 9:00 which is much later than normal but had to get ready for a trip to Softball E's pitching practice. After returning home we spent the day packing up Christmas decorations. The weather was perfect with a temperature in the high 40s but the melting snow was a bit tough to deal with. The ladder held very well but I kept waiting for it to slid out from under me. I also had the chance to show my son how to make snow balls and had an impromptu fight. It is really fun having a snowball fight knowing that you are not going to get hit with anything painful. Anyway, I beat him and finished pulling down the numerous lights that surrounded my house earlier that day.

After the outside stuff was finished, we went to dinner with the in-laws. It was my father-in-laws's birthday and so we always go to dinner at Applebee's because the kids like going there so much. I had a couple of mucho margaritas with my dinner and headed home for the night. I fired up the $5 razz mtt which you can read about here and and played the PLO deepstack to a virtual bubble spot.

This PLO tourney was about as card dead as yo can be in Omaha. Yes I said card dead in Omaha. I stayed near my starting stack for much of the early going and doubled up at some point when I tried to steal vs. someone elses AAxx. I had KQJ9 double suited and flopped a straight that held up. I run good some times. Anyway, I stayed out of peoples way with a few steals here and there until I tripled up when I flopped a straight draw/flush draw and hit pay dirt again. I couldn't get lucky though in the end as I ran into the powerful AT88. My KK55 was no good vs. his quad aces and I went home just short of the money.

Sunday, being the day of rest, was spent driving my daughter to practice, coming home and watching a little football, and going to a meeting that didn't want to end. It was a long evening and I may write about it a little later but it will take some effort so we will see.

That's it for today...Have a great day.

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The Next KORD and Other Stuff.

The Next KORD is coming up on the 18th so don't forget to come play.

Not much today other than I final tabled my favorite Razz tourney last night. Check out Brickin The Nutz to see what happened. I also have some informationn about starting a weekly Razz cash game. It is something I'm doing for my other blog but should be fun if you like Razz. We should have the other writers from Brickin playing so check it out.

I'll be trying to play Kat's Donkament tonight. I'm not sure if I'll be home in time but I'll Give it a shot.

Have a great weekend.

And the New Poker Year Starts

The new year has started and I got my first real day of poker in on January 2nd. I started the night with a hold'em tourney and got a nice double up early when I limed in and hit a set on the flop. I stayed even from there until I raised AK from middle position and got called by the next player. The SB pushed and I made the decision to fold with a caller behind me and the push. This may have been my first mistake of the year because the other player called with KQ and the pusher turned over AQ. My hand would have held up but instead of having 9000 chip, I have 2500. I tried to maintain my position and was looking for a double but I ran into a hand that I fail to remember and finish about 60 from the money.

While the hold'em tourney was going on I jumped onto my favorite razz tourney. For more on that go to Brickin The Nutz. It is my Razz blog and I will have something posted about the tourney later today.

I also played the PLO deep stack and made it semi deep but short of the money when I hit a boat and lost to a better boat. I truly didn't see him having pocket aces for aces over sevens because I had A7 in my hand and the 77A flop looked so good to me. Not sure I can get away from this hand yet but he played it well and I didn't see him telling me that I was beat.

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Trying to become a better husband, I handed my bonus check over to my wife last night. It will go into the bank and eventually pay for some bill instead of being wasted on something trivial. I would have liked to have kept it but that is truly the wrong thing to do.

Softball E. had a hitting camp over the holidays. It was a three day event where instructors video tape her hitting and then break it down to find areas for improvement. They work on these areas and repeat the process. After the clinic was over they gave her the tape so I took a look at the result. Now she was already an almost .500 hitter but I know that the things they taught her will make her a better hitter. She was driving the ball with more regularity and can now drive the ball to all fields.

Speedy E. continues to be boy crazy. I'm really going to have my hands full with her. Anyway, she is going to a dance with her boyfriend this Friday so I have to try and figure out a way to sneak in and keep an eye on them. Not really but it is a little scary for me.

Baseball E starts basketball next week. He is in a little guys league at the YMCA and I think they use 8 foot baskets. It should be a lot of fun to watch.