Tuesday Freezeout Club

October 2nd, 2024 Newsletter Cold Deck Quote: "You get your chips your way.  I'll get my chips mine."  - Phil Ivey What in the word...... "Cooler" Mighty chilly in there! The other night at the VFW, I open min-raised TT from the HJ and was reraised all in to 9 BB by the CO (Rosalee).  The action folded around to me and I called.  She turned over JJ and she held. All of this is pretty standard.  A player then asked if that was a cooler.  There was a bit of debate on the subject and some differing opinions. One person immediately said that yes it was.  Another opined that a cooler can only happen postflop to which someone mentioned KK vs AA preflop.  Needless to say, I thoug

September 18th, 2024 Newsletter Cold Deck Quote: "There's more to poker than life."  - Tom McEvoy Get to know a club member..... Rex Bell. Rex Bell, Townes Van Zandt, and Blaze Foley in 1980 Nickname: Wrecks Handle: StarBockBeer Pet Hand: JT Editor's Note:  Rex "Wrecks" Bell has lived a life that is full in many ways.  Please forgive this writer for delving deeply into subject matter that is of great interest to myself without regard to you the reader.  I am a big fan of Rex's music and the names that he has played and worked with.  I hope some of this is enlightening for some of you who are fans of Texas Blues and Country music and the role Rex played i

September 4th, 2024 Newsletter Cold Deck Quote: "You call..... It's gonna be all over baby!!"  - Scotty Nguyen The News... State of the Club Address. Our game is progressing very nicely! In April of 2000, during the peak of covid boredom, my close friend Sean started this game to give us something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays (yes it was twice a week for a short time). The first game was only 5 players over a zoom call.  We all loved poker and it was something fun to do.   The game grew to consistently host 9 or so players but stayed at that level for a year or so.  Typically we paid only first and second place back in those days. Sin