Steve Albini R.I.P. (1 Viewer)

[MeridianFC]

Those of us of a certain age and certain musical bent will be saddened by the sudden passing of one of the most iconic people in music. As a musician, engineer, ethicist, and general raconteur his death leaves a gaping hole in the world. It just happens he was something of a poker player too. Bracelet in 7 Stud! I regret I never got a chance to play with him (did mix an album at his house before Electrical Audio existed). It would have been a pleasure to have him take my bankroll.

Take it light on the other side Big Man.

 

[RichMahogany]

Wait what?!

Noooo! Albini recorded many of my favorite albums of the late 80s/early 90s.

R.I.P.

 

[MeridianFC]

https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-al...-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/

 

[<°)))><)]

Ooh nooo just before touring again?
So sad. He’ll be missed.

 

[WedgeRock]

61?! Fuck.

RIP.

 

[MeridianFC]

 

[MeridianFC]

His humility in this interview is amazing and heartening.

 

[MeridianFC]

Lot's of great poker content here:

 

[pluto]

This hit me pretty hard yesterday. I was lucky enough to play in ~20 games with him over the last 2 years on Tuesday nights. We play HORSES with a round of dealers choice (some carnival games in here) in between each letter. The extra S at the end is for a game created here called Swingo, there is a video/podcast/interview somewhere, where Steve details how its played. I'll try to find it and post it. Low stakes, $100 buy in.

Steve was competitive but friendly and super helpful at the same time. He explained the games frequently so no one got confused playing Kansas City Lowball after a round of Razz. He talked through his plays and strategies behind them, it really helped me and others get a better grasp on these mixed games where most of us didn't have a ton of experience. He brought empanadas to the game for everyone, every time. Shared great stories.

He won a second WSOP bracelet in a HORSE event. Very genuine, generous, and humble person. He turned down millions in royalties that are standard practice over his career. It wasn't about money for him. He will be missed, the Tuesday game will never be the same.

 

[MeridianFC]

Again I'm bummed I never got to play with him and his crew. I had some rockers in my game years ago (one member of Minor Threat!).

In my touring days we indirectly learned the dice game Coriky (a/k/a Koricki) from him. A certain famous local player even named a band after the game.

[Edit in looking this up just now apparently the Chi Town folks learned it from the DC folks, so its origins are here]

 

[pluto]

SWINGO Described by Steve Albini - webpage, haven't found the podcast where he talks about it yet, its out there somewhere.

Trying to find notes about Coriky, Steve answers a question about it on an audio forum but doesn't explain how its played

 

[RichMahogany]

Again I'm bummed I never got to play with him and his crew. I had some rockers in my game years ago (one member of Minor Threat!).

In my touring days we indirectly learned the dice game Coriky (a/k/a Koricki) from him. A certain famous local player even named a band after the game.

[Edit in looking this up just now apparently the Chi Town folks learned it from the DC folks, so its origins are here]

Cool. Only knew Coriky as a band, not a card game

 

[Taghkanic]

Important music industry figure… Successful card player… Interesting mind all around… Just don’t look too closely into his extremely troubling opinions on child pornography. Best not too know too much about most artists.

 

[MeridianFC]

http://kogakoalition.org/toybox/freebies/kuriki.txt

 

[MeridianFC]

SWINGO Described by Steve Albini - webpage, haven't found the podcast where he talks about it yet, its out there somewhere.

Trying to find notes about Coriky, Steve answers a question about it on an audio forum but doesn't explain how its played

That makes my head hurt.

“Showdown hands are "cards speak," (the best poker hand possible; there is no declare) made from a total of seven cards: the five cards in the hand as dealt, the river card, and any one of the exposed board cards from the other players' hands.”

Does the bit I bolded mean “only one” or can multiple exposed cards be used?

 

[pluto]

Ya it's a bit confusing at first. Your hand can be made using:
- All 5 of your dealt cards
- the one community card (river)
- ONE card from any of your opponents exposed cards. (If there are 3 opponents and you at showdown, you can use any one of their 9 exposed cards )

Things get interesting in the final round of betting, since if a player folds to a bet, their exposed board is mucked and unavailable to use by the rest of the table. So you can bet to fold out a board that looks like it benefits another player, but want to be careful so a board/card you need isn't folded.