Poker in Twitter: Lost, basketball, and Annette Obrestad’s spider

This past weekend in online poker was relatively tame; sandwiched between the conclusion of PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker and the kick-off of the 2010 World Series of Poker, many players decided to recharge their batteries instead of playing all day. Luckily for them, one of the most anticipated TV episodes in recent memory – ABC’s LOST Season Finale – aired yesterday and made for some interesting banter on the Twittervine.

Prior to the event, there was fervent anticipation about how the show, which has been running for six years, would come to an end. Scott Ian tweeted, “LOST ends today. Between watching the show and talking about it, [the end is] gonna free up 6 hours a week. Scrap-booking!!”

At the conclusion of the two-part episode, Daniel Negreanu was first to tweet about it, saying, “Just saw the end of LOST and, um, ya, I’m a bit lost to say the least. Time for bed soon.” Apparently Annie Duke and Tiffany Michelle disagreed, however, as the former complained, “Just finished watching LOST finale. WTF? I feel like I just lost 6 years of my life,” while the latter commented, “Agreed. I’ve just been watching dead people this whole time?!” Tiffany needs to re-evaluate the events of the finale, because nobody was dead the whole time.

While he didn’t elaborate, Joseph Reitman sided with the ladies, posting, “[Re:LOST] I feel like I was in a relationship for 6 yrs, knew it was ending tonight, & instead of having 1 last great night I was kicked in the balls.” Scott Ian was also disappointed: “Feeling beaten up emotionally from the LOST finale. Did someone slip gay juice in my coffee?”

As a casual fan of the show, I tend to agree with Alex Outhred and Evelyn Ng. Alex mused, “Sorta surprised at the LOST reactions. It honestly makes perfect sense, and they truly honored the relationships,” and Evelyn gushed, “The LOST finale was fantastic and extremely satisfying – anyone who was ever a fan would have to have loved it <3<3<3.”

In other news, Joe Sebok was all over Matt Savage prior to game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the San Jose Sharks and his Chicago Blackhawks: “Big day for your sharkies today, sir. Win or it’s bye bye time. You ain’t the Flyers and we ain’t the Bruins.” Following a 4-2 Sharks loss, Savage conceded: “Yes, I am upset the Sharks got swept but this way it seems easier to take. Also a week’s worth of golf helps take my mind of it.”

Despite the lack of online poker related chatter, there was some talk about the Saturday night’s launch of the new high stakes ‘Ivey Room’ at the Aria CityCenter Casino. Vanessa Rousso tweeted, “Played the Ivey invitational at Aria in Vegas today. Out on first hand to a rivered set w/ AQ on Q high board, sux but least I can enjoy the weekend!”

The event in question was a $1,000,000 Invitation-Only Freeroll, which featured a $100K bounty for knocking out Ivey. Shannon Elizabeth let the cat out of the bag when she posted, “Chino can literally be called ‘Money Bags’ right now after picking up Phil’s bounty.” It really must be nice to be David ‘Chino’ Reem right about now.

The tweet of the weekend goes to Annette Obrestad, the millionairess who needs her mother to do her dirty work: “Omg huge spider just scared the shit outta me.. mom had to kill it. God those things are creepy!”

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Poker lingo:

RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.

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