Several Bad Beats

No, not my hands specificaly. Friday is the pseudo-doomsday for online poker, though the activity will still persist as the bill passed by the Legislature is not enforceable and does not create new law (note that it is an "enforcement act").

There are some great articles on cardplayer.com from an attorney's perspective about the online gaming enforcement act. These are great writeups.

OK, back to card playing....I picked up this thread from a poker discussion at The Motley Fool, where some people were sweating Mike Matasow and Eric Lindgren on FullTiltPoker.

So here we go...

How you know God hates you:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1083579448: Table Canfield (6 max)
$200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:10:00 ET - 2006/10/09
Seat 1: PimpOwnage ($39,400)
Seat 2: Erick Lindgren ($16,000)
Seat 3: Erik1223 ($40,000)
Seat 4: Mike Matusow ($35,888)
Seat 5: TexasLimitKing ($5,598.50)
Seat 6: dazzy ($51,297)
PimpOwnage posts the small blind of $200
Erick Lindgren posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Erik1223 raises to $1,400
Mike Matusow calls $1,400
TexasLimitKing folds
dazzy folds
PimpOwnage folds
Erick Lindgren folds

*** FLOP *** [9c 6c 9s]
Erik1223 bets $2,400
Mike Matusow calls $2,400

*** TURN *** [9c 6c 9s] [9h]
Erik1223 bets $4,800
Mike Matusow calls $4,800

*** RIVER *** [9c 6c 9s 9h] [8c]
Erik1223 bets $17,800
Mike Matusow raises to $27,288, and is all in
Erik1223 calls $9,488

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mike Matusow shows [9d Ad] (four of a kind, Nines)
Erik1223 shows [7c 5c] (a straight flush, Nine high)
Erik1223 wins the pot ($72,373) with a straight flush, Nine high
Mike Matusow is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $72,376 Rake $3Board: [9c 6c 9s 9h 8c]
Erik1223 showed [7c 5c] and won ($72,373) with a straight flush, Nine high
Mike Matusow showed [9d Ad] and lost with four of a kind