The good diary of John Black Age 12 3/4
Tom Ambler raises to 400
I look down at A-2 suited.
Yippee, I can play the Ace-deuce game
I peel, consider the min click float jam strategy but decide to play small-ball as tighty is watching. and So, more importantly is Jake. Jake is next to me. I wonder if he knows I crush NL10 over 127,000 hands? Only on Friday nights though. I will have to strike up a conversation with him
Another player comes along. Stupid of him. How can he hope to outplay me in the Ace-Deuce game?
the flop comes Q-8-2
Perfect. I have a pair
Ambler bets into me
Perfect again, for volume 35 of the John Black Ace-Deuce strategy guide
I raise. Completely standard in this spot aainst a non-thinking opponent like Ambler. At least I think he is non-thinking. Everyone is compared to me. and pleno. and Jake. Oh Jake, you are so close to me it hurts.....
Tom calls
We both check on the Ace turn. This is wonderful not only am I playing the Ace-deuce game but I have an Ace and a deuce on the board to match those in my hand. Pleno taught me this means I have two pairs. Oh Jake, I am going to make you so proud...
the river is a blank
Tom checks
I overbet rim dunk slam jam, as I do against the Ukrainians on a Friday.
Tom thinks about it and I think he is going to call.
He folds though
Jake looks at me. Yes, he looks at me!
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The bad diary of John Black, age 12 3/4
George Baldock raises
Baldock is a town in Hertfordshire
I learnt that in basic spy training....
Someone I do not know and therefore they are unimportant peels. Fool.
Jake Cody folds in the small blind
Oh Jake, I so want you to out-play me in a hand so I can see what it feels like
I flat
Q-Q-5 flop
Perfect, if I have any hand really. He can't possibly have any part of it and I can use being out of position to outplay him as Jake would want me to do
I check. For deception. I only ever check for deception
Baldock bets 700
I call, with ultimate dexterity, hopefully Jake notices the artistry with which my right index finger flicks those chips in
We both check
He has none of it
I bet 1200
He makes it 3100
Oh. Can't give up now, Jake is watching
10,000. Take that Hertfordshire town man
He shoves for 35,000
Oh. Oh. Jake, I'm sorry. I only wanted to impress you. Jake, Jake, Ja....I fold