Paris Hilton Promises To Give Her Booty Away In Charity Poker Match
Plus, Doogie Howser actor draws celebrity blood on the poker table...
THE EYE-FULL TOWER! Yes! Paris is back on the poker menu as the glamorous 26-year-old Hilton heiress shrugs off the recent loss of her baby Bentley GT in a game of Texas Hold’em and takes on poker super star Clonie Gowen in a $100,000 heads up. Paris may be the celebrity party girl to end them all but she has a good heart as well as a fit everything else. Both of the ladies concerned have agreed in advance that all the prize money will go to the charity of the winner’s choice. Sounds like a fair deal.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? Michael Kaplan is a fine poker pundit and a very sharp poker player by any standards. His game against Doogie Howser during the recent World Series of Poker demonstrates everything in one hand that is both ecstatic and crushing about the game of Texas Hold’em. Michael had accumulated seventeen thousand dollars in chips towards the end of a heavy Day One of the WSOP and was thinking of retiring when he was dealt King and Queen of Clubs. He decided to raise pre-flop with Doogie as the only caller. The flop contributed a Jack of Spades and Ten of Clubs towards Michael’s potential open-ended straight. He placed a medium sized bet figuring Doogie would sense a nut hand in the making and fold. Doogie just raised. Michael paused and then called. An Ace of Clubs on the turn gave Michael that inner warmth that only a premium straight with a possible flush or even Royal Flush draw can bring about. Ice cool, he paused again and then checked. Doogie came back with a hefty bet trying to bully his way to the pot and Michael pretended to consider his situation. Finally, he went all-in. Time to compare cards. Doogie swallowed hard at Mike’s straight as he flipped over his own out-gunned three Aces.
BUT WAIT…THIS IS POKER! In any heads up, there’s always a third invisible player at the table. He’s called “fate” and this time he caused the dealer to toss a second Ten on the table. Mike’s insides churned like a spin dryer with a carpet in it. Doogie had the Full House and there was blood on the felt. Conclusion? How could Michael Kaplan have played the hand better? I really can’t imagine. In my book he did everything right. That’s poker. Over the long run, Michael would always be a winner if he played exactly as he did in that kind of situation. That’s the lesson for us all. Losing doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a loser.
POKER TIP OF THE DAY When playing online look for “timing tells”. Anyone who regularly hits the “Raise Any in Turn” button when they have a nut hand and the “Fold/Check in Turn” when they’re stuck with rubbish is shouting “tells” at you. Make notes! Keep records.
