Last day of January. No nba picks today, but plenty of college.
WF -8 @ GT
WMU -1 v. Kent State
OSU +3.5 @ TAMU
OSU -7 @ IU
Drexel -4 @ Towson
ASU -5 v. UW
St. Louis -5.5 @ Fordham
Neb. +2.5 @ TTU
USC -5 v. Cal
BOS -5.5 @ DET
CHI -2 @ SAC
No picks today.
NYK -1 v. ATL
URI -3 v. Temple
Pitt -3 @ ‘Nova
SIU -5.5 v. Missouri St.
Wisc. - GB -6.5 v. Ill. - Chi.
TAMU -9 v. TTU
DEN -5.5 @ MEM
SAS +2 @ UTA
Miami -2 @ NC St.
Purdue +1.5 @ Wisc.
Iowa St. +1.5 @ Colo.
Austin Peay +3.5 @ EKU
I’m in MP after a couple limpers and look down at JJ. First problem - despite being up almost 500 in about an hour and a half, I’ve played very tight and have not been raising preflop. I limp. Button calls. sb actually folds (most weak tight young euro I’ve ever seen). BB checks and we see a flop. Jc5h3c. It checks to me. I check. Button bets 10. This is good. The button is a middle aged middle America guy whose poker face is a smug smile as he loses his money. He bets light, and is liable to keep betting, but gets scared when raised or bet into (second problem). BB is an old Dutch guy who seems to love to bluff more than anything but plays a LAGgy style pretty well. He calls. The other two players fold. I call. I pull a Maverick and visualize the 5c, which proceeds to fall on the turn. BB checks (damn?). I check again. Button bets 20. BB folds (damn for sure now). I min-check-raise to 40. Button calls. River is the 8d. I check AGAIN. He checks and I win, obviously.
NJN +2.5 @ OKC
Marquette +3.5 @ ND
OU -3.5 @ OSU
CHA +4.5 @ IND
Antonio Esfandiari and his crew came and played 1/2 at the Venetian last night. Apparently, it was his Dad’s birthday. I am not sure if the girl with him was the same one as I saw him with in 2005 (I actually don’t think so), but she looked very similar. Not surprisingly, very attractive girl. They maneuvered and eventually all were on the same table next to ours. It was kinda cool seeing him and his crew having a good time, and funny watching the douchebags who weren’t part of the crew act like they were.
Big day in college hoops with lots of games. We’re going to the UNLV game, and then I’ll hurry home to catch Xavier @ LSU and TAMU @ UT. Here’s my starting 11, again unfortunately heavy on road warriors:
Villanova -6 @ USF
UK -6.5 @ ‘Bama
Ok. State +3.5 @ Nebraska
WMU -3.5 @ EMU
VCU -6.5 v. GM
FSU +1.5 @ UVa.
Wyoming -7 v. CSU
UConn -2 @ ND
NW +5.5 @ Mich.
Wisc. - GB -4.5 @ Valpo
Weber St. +3.5 @ NAU