Double Trouble with Prim and Harrier - Poker, Sports, Cooking, Gardening, Mixed Drinks and more

Brand New Poker Version!

While this new blog will surely have attracted some Primrose-fans too, followers of my own blog knew why they were visiting: Exotic poker games... and possibly the occasional mixed drinks and burgers as well. But mostly exotic poker versions. And today, I played a game that I personally wasn't familiar with before until yesterday, but it seems to be growing quickly:

Drawmaha

To put it in a nutshell, Drawmaha is essentially a split pot version of Five Card Draw and Five Card Omaha (hi only). If you are completely new to this, as I was, you may have difficulties imagining such a version. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm still able to access the hand history of the freeroll I played today, so I can't show all the things I would like to, but I still took a few screenshots during the game.

Let's start at the beginning, you are simply dealt five cards face down and the preflop betting round begins, like in regular 5-Card Omaha.

Next, the flop is dealt, and the flop betting round begins. Once again, just like 5-Card Omaha so far.

Now begins the interesting part: After the flop betting round, players are able to exchange up to five cards from their hand, like in 5CD.

After this, the turn is dealt, and the game continues like 5-Card Omaha. Except that at showdown, the pot is split between the best 5CD hand (using all five "hole cards") and the best 5-Card Omaha hand (using exactly two hole cards and three community cards). I'm afraid I don't have a screenshot of a showdown to demonstrate it, but I'm sure you get the idea.

There is one more special rule during the draw part: If a player decides to draw only one card, and only then, the dealer will reveal the next card in the deck face up to all players at the table. The player will then decide whether they want to take this card, or discard it and choose the next one, which will then remain face down.

Here's an example: We are chasing a flush draw, and we are dealt the unhelpful 9♠:. Naturally, we don't want it, and we are given the choice to discard it and draw the next card.

Effectively, this gives you two draws in a situation like that, making flush or straight draws twice as dangerous. You will also enjoy some new draws to fill up your two pairs. In this case, however, we still miss.

Here's how it looks like when one of your opponents does it. Snipe_Hunter to our left decided to draw one card, which is revealed as the 2♠: to the rest of the table. They are then faced with the decision to either keep it or draw again.

If they draw again, it will just be another regular face down draw. If they accept their card, it will look like this:

I would love to talk more about strategy and show some sick scoops from the game, but without having access to the hand history, this is difficult to do. I am sure I will stick around in this game, however, so we should get plenty more opportunities for all of that in the future.

As for the freeroll, I ended up finishing 2nd out of 68. The prizes are negligible, but it's a pretty cool result nonetheless, considering that this was my first game ever and I wasn't even aware of its existence until yesterday evening.

Tech Aftermath

Last week was crammed with content, which is great, especially after so many weeks with mostly just filler material. It's also great that the new PC is now working well, but... I'm afraid we're not done yet with my previous attempt to buy a new computer at that other store.

I already told you about this train wreck of a transaction, where I was trying to get a new laptop as quickly as possible, had to settle for a model that wasn't available until 1-2 weeks later, which then got delayed without prior notice, and customer support would keep stalling whenever I called for more details. Until that one day when the support clerk told me "Oh, never mind, we don't sell that PC at all anymore, sorry." This was about three weeks after my initial purchase, mind you.

That alone was very aggravating, but now that an additional two weeks have passed... it turns out that getting my hands on the money I paid in advance is not an easy task either. My cancellation has been confirmed by email, but no money has been transferred back to me, my email inquiry about this has not received a reply yet, and when I tried to phone them once, it turned out that I would have been 9th in line, so I didn't bother - the wait was already 10 minutes when I called before as the first caller in line.

So yeah, we went from "It will take a while until we have that item" to "Not sure where that item went..." to "Whoops, sorry, we don't even have that item" to "Not sure where your money went...". This is some superhuman level of incompetence. You would expect that kind of service in a Franz Kafka story, not in a supposedly legitimate business.

I guess the next step is to write a formal, physical letter and set an ultimatum before I take the legal route. Or I could go to that store in person with my invoice in hand and demand to get this cleared up immediately, though it would be a detour for me, as the store is out of town. Do you think I feel like doing any of this, though? Wasting all that time and energy on something that should have been done without even needing to ask? Of course you don't, because much unlike the people who are employed by that store, you guys are not idiots.

Rant over, there should be plenty more cooking and exotic poker coming up this week, so we will be back to more pleasant topics. Maybe Primrose will have some gardening news too. Oh, and we will have some fitness updates to make for sure.

Exotic enough? I played some Bao on Steam while I was waiting for opponents at my OFC table. Luckily, someone joined me at the table just as I was about to wrap up the Bao game, so it was good timing.

My PC seemed to have had a complete breakdown towards the end of my OFC session, there shouldn't have been too much to bring it to its knees, besides a poker stream on Twitch in the background. Pretty poor showing for a brand new machine. I also had to deal with general internet troubles, but nonetheless, it was a good session, even though the stakes were lower than what I would have preferred. We should be over µBTC 90 in profit already if we also count yesterday's freeroll winnings.

I am not completely sure yet, but I think those Drawmaha freerolls might be a daily thing at 17:30 CET. It could be a fun game to get back to every now and then, and I could try to get the OFC tables going during the same time, for less dead air while I'm waiting. Other freerolls seem to include a "random" game at 21:30 (there might be a system behind it, I have only checked on a few days), and a Hold'em freeroll at 23:30. Maybe I can sometimes check out the 21:30 freeroll at least, if the chosen game is good (Badeucy ftw!). The prizes will be within the range of a few cents, so they won't be the reason for playing.

I even found a full Drawmaha microstakes cash table tonight. I gave it a shot for a few hands, finished a few BBs up, pretty much break-even. Nice to see that this one is running occasionally, though I feel Drawmaha is a better tournament game - like most split pot games, possibly.

The crypto grind is interesting enough to make me neglect Pokerstars for a bit more. Maybe I can find a way to incorporate both, with Stars mostly on weekends for some MTTs, possibly, and otherwise mostly OFC. If not, I'm happy to keep putting those bitcoins on the line.

"Fitness update" tomorrow.

Originally posted by Harrier88

My PC seemed to have had a complete breakdown towards the end of my OFC session, there shouldn't have been too much to bring it to its knees, besides a poker stream on Twitch in the background. Pretty poor showing for a brand new machine. I also had to deal with general internet troubles, but nonetheless, it was a good session, even though the stakes were lower than what I would have preferred. We should be over µBTC 90 in profit already if we also count yesterday's freeroll winnings.

That's a new PC normaly you should have no problems like this. Did you look for any messages in the different logs? Maybe you find there some hints.

Originally posted by DonWolfo
That's a new PC normaly you should have no problems like this. Did you look for any messages in the different logs? Maybe you find there some hints.

I guess I didn't describe it very accurately when I said that my PC "broke down" last night, but it did freeze.

I was in the middle of an OFC hand when I noticed that the Twitch stream I was watching in the background started freezing. I thought that it was a problem with the stream only, as it tends to happen from time to time. Then I noticed that the poker client wouldn't react anymore either, and neither did my Discord chat. I tried to open Task Manager to see if there is anything that takes up too many resources, but wasn't able to close anything there either. Trying to close Firefox didn't work either, and eventually, the entire screen went black.

It stayed like that for a few minutes - long enough for me to consider forcing a restart. Eventually, it got back, but the ongoing OFC round was over at this point, of course. Timing out in this game can have dire consequences, as it forces your cards to be placed at random, and in this game, the size of the "pot" is determined by the relative strength between the hands, not the amount of chips that got voluntarily put in. It wasn't all that terrible in this case, but I completely agree, this shouldn't really be an issue on a brand new PC. My old one was usually better about displaying error messages when something like that was about to happen, so you could deal with the greatest recourse hogs.

Then again, like I said, there shouldn't have been too many applications running to suck my resources dry. Firefox had a load of tabs and a Twitch stream running (at a low resolution), Steam was left open but without any games running, then there was Discord and the poker client... but not much else.

Primrose and I encountered some performance problems today on Steam too when we tried to play some games via "Remote Play", which sometimes caused some issues on the old PC too, but not to that degree. Prim complained about horrible lag on her end, and we previously thought it was just one certain game, but it seems like it applies to all of them now.

Looks like I could optimize some settings. In the meantime, I made some space on the hard drive, at least. Also, I finally got rid of that McAfee software that came with the PC.

Now to the fitness updates:

I made an attempt for the 100 yesterday, while being in video call with Prim. Despite her moral support, I could only manage 72 reps this time. Not bad, but the challenge remains incomplete.

At least the 72 reps will allow me to move up to the highest column in the final week, intended for people who can complete 60 reps or more. I will take a few days off from the workout. then go through this tough schedule for one more week. I will surely be able to do the 100 pushups after that.

Not sure yet when I will start, but I plan to be done by the end of next week. Schedule:

Day 1: 45, 55, 35, 30 and 55+ reps
Day 2: 22, 22, 30, 30, 24, 24, 18, 18 and 58+ reps
Day 3: 26, 26, 33, 33, 26, 26, 22, 22 and 60+ reps

We're back, and repeating Week 3... I have lost count how many times we have done that already. Still, we need to ease our way back into it. I actually didn't quite make it through yesterday's workout in one go, but that's mostly because I did it right after my 72 pushups. Today went better, and Prim is doing completely fine.

This week's schedule:
Monday: 2:00 minutes
Tuesday: 2x 1:15 minutes (1:30 minutes rest)
Wednesday: 2:00 minutes
Thursday: 2x 1:15 minutes (1:30 minutes rest)
Friday: 2:30 minutes
Saturday: rest day
Sunday: 2:30 minutes

Finally, our spin for this week. What will it be?

Oh, nice. We don''t have to do an actual barbecue, of course, it just has to be a "barbecue-style" dish.

Got stacked for the first time in a Drawmaha cash game tonight - now that's a milestone I would have rather avoided. I brought µBTC 12 to the table, never to return. Slight winnings in my other attempts, including a couple of hands I played later at that same table, and I also mincashed the Drawmaha freeroll tonight, so we are two for two when it comes to ITMs. It won't quite recover the µBTC 12 yet, but that's okay - I'm glad that there are games running in the first place.

Meanwhile, OFC is going very well so far, despite an absolute roller coaster of a session last night. Overall, however, we are now µBTC 200 up in there, so we can easily take today's Drawmaha losses.

Man, tough day at poker so far. I found a game at higher OFC stakes where my opponent managed to hit some amazing hands which cost me dearly, though I managed to claw back a good chunk of it later on. I then found a table of Progressive OFC, where I may have over-adjusted a little too much to the special rules of this format and ended up almost µBTC 100 down. Some of it was just bad luck, but my lack of experience in this format and general fatigue at this point didn't help matters. Lastly, my Drawmaha freeroll finished on the stone-cold bubble, though that was the least of my worries.

It wasn't just poker either. Even in today's Skype and gaming session together, Prim noticed that I looked pretty stressed out in general, and I wasn't all that surprised to hear it, because I have also been feeling that way lately. The worst part about this is that I can't even really put my finger on what is causing all of that. There are still some tech troubles, of course, I haven't been able to get this 'Remote Play' feature on Steam working properly on the new PC and now had to post on their discussion board because I am completely out of ideas. And chasing the money I paid for that old bungled PC order last month is also not fun, of course. I might also overdo it with the exercising these days.

I really should take better care of myself, I guess. Maybe I should include some more down time into my average day, rather than continuing to stumble from one project to the other and longing for the few "oases" each month where I have all day for myself, which are typically the only times for me to catch up on sleep too. Getting back into meditation may pay off as well.

The poker situation doesn't help matters, obviously. One unique problem of those exotic games, no matter if they are on Pokerstars or some obscure crypto site, is that the low traffic makes it impossible to schedule your sessions unless they are MTTs - and even then, they may end up getting cancelled after failing to get the minimum amount of entries. If you only play when you feel ready, you could sometimes keep waiting for two hours and have no opponent show up until you give up and close the lobby. So instead, you often end up playing when you are not even in the best condition, because you know that you may not get another chance all day long. It's kind of what happened today, and it can also make you keep playing in a bad session that you would be well advised to quit.

Despite all of that, setbacks like today are normal and expected. I just wanted to note down some common hazards to look out for. Ah, and I think I might be better off skipping those 17:30 crypto freerolls, which are not even strictly Drawmaha (looks like the site has one Drawmaha freeroll per day running, but the time slot varies). The prizes are not worth it and it locks me into bad grinding hours where I might be drawn into other unprofitable games. The games in the evening should be a better choice.

Still plenty of crypto poker, with ups and downs. I guess I better wait a little before my next update, just to see where things are really going.

I am also working on a Drawmaha spreadsheet, because yes, it seems like there is some minor traffic to be had. Good enough by my standards.

A lot of potentially interesting things developing there, but in the meantime, let's check out this week's Surprise Menu:

Barbecue was our motto. How about some good old bratwurst?

I picked the thin ones.

Now let's get some small baguettes...

Put in the sausages... we had to cut one open to fill some space.

Some barbecue sauce and roasted onions...

Simple, but good.

First things first: Let´s get rid of all that weed!

Hey guys, poker related stuff is coming soon, I indeed played today, but now, I´m totally exhaused because my main "winning" (or better: "loosing" session) was in the garden! We couldn´t believe how much weed had grown in such a short period of time!! A couple of nice warm days in spring and - boom! There it is! The disgusting, unwanted weed! So, Homer and I worked several hours out there in the garden to get rid of all that stuff so that I can plant the salads and the radishes! Tomorrow, I will continue with the terrace where I will also plant some radishes. Furthermore, some of the HOT STUFF, the tomatoes and the sweet peppers have to be re-potted, they´ve grown quite big already!

Updates from the garden and from the tables will come tomorrow ...

Getting ready ........

...for their big move outside in May.

Bowser jr. presents HOT STUFF:

..a beautiful Carolina Reaper!

Ludwig von Koopa shows even more HOT STUFF ....

..another Pimientos de Padron (left) and another beautiful Carolina Reaper (right)

Lemmy Koopa presents lovely flowers ....

... on a beautiful spicy Lila Luzi

Morton Koopa admits ..........

..that he gave too much water to the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion from last year :f_o::facepalm::rage: and presents a spicy Pimientos de Padron instead
(that will move outside in May)

Wendy O´Koopa shows the "sassy teenagers" (like herself) ....

...tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers and peppers eager to move outside

They´re all waiting for their BIG moment....

..to get outside: either on the terrace or in the garden. Some of those are already in their final pots, which only have to be shifted to the terrace.

...and also a little winning session in poker yesterday

Finally could find some time for poker and hit the tables on PartyPoker yesterday. No success in the sattys, but a little success with two cards: Won another 0,55 $ satty ticket in one of those "Free to play around the clock" freerolls. Also picked up FOUR cards and played a 0,22 $ PLO8 regular 6-max. The tourney already started with a highlight:

Scoop it up!

Got those acies early on in the tournament and could scoop "da Pot" - and a big one!

The tournament went quite well - until the late stage! I was midstack and could hit a set of kings on a Q♥:K♥:4♠: board. Two player in the pot (besides myself) and I decided to full pot fire the flop - because I knew, Villains are VERY call happy and if the hand holds up (or improves) I will get fully payed. One Villain folded, another one called. The turn is a blank and with my KKA2ss I not only have the nuts but now the nut-low draw! I decide to get it in (full pot), Villain calls and the river is the worst as it can be: T♥: You can guess the end of the story, right? Villain shows AJ4xss, with J4s in and that was it for me.

At least the kings had a royal appearance in the "Free to play - around the clock":

which led me to the win of a 0,55 $ satty ticket later on.

Suprise, surprise!

I also made sausages as "Suprise Menu" with the motto "Barbecue": :f_biggrin::f_biggrin:

VERY German: This is "Thüringer Bratwurst".

Man, tough week... for both of us, I believe. I'm not even talking about poker, which was a mixed bag, but in general. One problem was that I had to get up earlier than I cared for on Saturday to spend a few hours working to get the tennis courts ready for the season, which is just around the corner. It deprived me of some of my much needed weekend rest.

Luckily, I will get a slightly extended weekend next time, and Prim and I plan to do another big meetup soon to put all of our past worries to rest. Cocktail season is also approaching in big steps, so I intend to visit the liquor store out of town this week too. Can anyone recommend any good brands of rum and cachaça?

As exhausting as it can be, the workout was progressing well. I got through two of my pushup workout days this week, so I plan to finish the third one on Tuesday or Wednesday, and then shoot for the 100 on Friday. Let's finish this...

We got through our plank week too, despite some "lady problems" on Primrose's end. Nevertheless, we will now move on to what would be the penultimate week if everything goes according to plan... which I don't expect, honestly.

Schedule:
Monday: 2x 1:30 minutes (2:00 minutes rest)
Tuesday: 3:00 minutes
Wednesday: 2x 1:40 minutes (2:00 minutes rest)
Thursday: 3:15 minutes
Friday: 2x 1:45 minutes (2:00 minutes rest)
Saturday: rest day
Sunday: 2x 2:00 minutes (2:00 minutes rest)

Sounds tough? Deal with it.

More sporting challenges and cooking series are planned, and should be introduced soon. The crypto grind continues as well as the traffic allows it, Pokerstars may follow suit, and I am already compiling lists of mixed drinks to prepare and present when summer time draws near. The trolls are plugging away, and you can expect a lot of content soon.

Scoopage!

I've been meaning to present a Drawmaha hand for a while, so this scoopage will do, even though it was just a standard pot.

Notice that we're playing heads-up in this micro stakes cash game. Traffic left a lot to be desired today.

Two pairs are usually decent, because they have potential in both the Draw and the Omaha pots, so I think we can call for sure. Like in most split pot games, especially in the cash version, you want to enter the pot with a hand that has potential in both directions - and we know how easily the equity of an Omaha hand can change, so it shouldn't be too wise to rely on an Omaha-only hand.

Also note that unlike in hi-lo split pot games, there is no qualifying condition (e.g. 8-low or better) for either pot, so it will always be split.

Okay, we pick up trips in the Omaha part, but both pots now only have a "good, but not amazing" hand. I just called once again.

Time for the draw:

We picked up a 6♠:. I could keep drawing for the full house, but you know what? I will keep the 6 to add some straight potential to our Omaha hand.

I wish the replayer would show more information about the carding, but I believe my opponent drew two or three cards.

The straight is there... but it is already only an "idiot end straight", not to mention that a flush draw is possible. Best not to rely too much on it, I Just call again.

Lovely, we rivered quads! Based on my opponent's betting tendencies, I think it's time for a check-raise. We have the nuts in the Omaha pot and a decent 5CD hand too.

I will gladly call that all-in.

Our opponent anticipated that their full house would be good in the Omaha part, and fair enough, a pair of tens could sometimes do well against a draw 1 in the 5CD part if it misses a straight or flush draw - though that was unlikely in my situation, since I accepted the first card I drew.

Effectively, we were freerolling with our 5CD hand after the flop. It's what the player with the best 5CD hand in this game always does, though it won't get revealed until showdown, of course. That seems to be the key to this game: Pick up some solid 5CD hands with some Omaha potential, hoping to hit something on the board with a hand that has already locked up half the pot. And given the volatile nature of 5-Card Omaha hands, just about any 5CD hand should have Omaha potential preflop.

This can lead to some interesting carding decisions during the draw after the flop, maybe we will get to them some time. In addition to your standard 5CD hand, you may also want to keep some cards for Omaha potential around, for example only drawing two or even just one with AAxxx in order to keep a flush draw, possibly combined with a straight draw.

Hungry for Chinese?

OFC (Open Face Chinese poker) is a contender for my main game at the moment, but today, I even found a table of regular Chinese poker.

Mind you, before I had the idea for this shared blog, I considered following up on my old "Mixed Games & Mixed Drinks" blog with a new one called "Chinese Food & Chinese Poker".

Anyway, here's the game:

Each player receives 13 cards, and you place them in three rows, with a three card hand on top, and two standard poker hands below it. The hand strength must be in the correct order, with the strongest hand at the bottom and the weakest hand on top. The players then compare their hands in each line:

The above is the most common scenario, where one player wins two out of three lines. Each line is worth a point (worth a certain amount of money depending on the stakes), so two out of three lines amount to a profit of one point.

When one player wins all three lines, three extra points are awarded for "scooping", in addition to the three points for the individual lines, resulting in a profit of six points instead. As you can tell, finding spots to scoop is what this game is all about, one scoop is worth six regular wins.

The three bonus points for scooping exist in OFC too, but since this game relies more heavily on "royalties" for hitting certain hands, the three points don't matter as much.

That being said, there are still royalties in standard Chinese poker - at least under these house rules. A straight flush at the bottom or in the middle is worth 5 points, quads are worth 4 points, a full house in the middle is worth 2 points, and trips of any kinds on top are worth three points. Again, since most hands will only win or lose you one point, it is generally worth to go for these royalty hands whenever you can.

Note that there were four seats available at this table. Since standard Chinese poker doesn't involve any discards and every player always gets exactly 13 cards, it is possible to play with up to four players, in which case the entire 52-card deck would get exhausted, with every single card in play.

I finished the session five points up in the end. Fun game, but much more dependent on the pure luck of the draw than OFC, I believe, though there is still some strategy in there and a potential edge to be had.

Busy day ahead tomorrow...

The cruelty of OFC can hardly be overstated... I managed to find an opponent who was up for a longer game after all, at higher stakes for me (µBTC 2 per point, which can add up quickly, in either direction). It started very poorly, then went really well, at one point becoming hands down the best session all year so far, with over µBTC 250 in profit at that stage... and eventually, it fizzled down to just about nothing. The final result was then a small profit of µBTC 37.04, after some better rounds towards the end.

Check out this hand, where we dodged a major bullet. Our opponent has not one, but two straight flush draws. One of them even looks like an open-ender, but it's not, because unbeknownst to my opponent, I just discarded the 7♥:.

They took a long time to think about their next move, and after revealing the cards, I can see why. No straight flush cards, but some outs for a better flush than the one at the bottom. Locking up the flush would leave our opponent with nothing but a one-outer for the straight flush, or possibly two additional outs for a K- or Q-high flush if they use the Q♥:.

Putting those cards at the top like this is also very risky, but at least allows our opponent to get to Fantasyland if they do hit their draw. I assume the deal they had didn't give them many opportunities to play it safe anyway.

How did it go in the end?

Jeepers, they would have hit their one-outer for the straight flush! Luckily for us, however, with no qualifying hand on top, our opponent will not be able to use it. Had our opponent taken the big risk with an A-high flush in the middle, we would have been in massive trouble here

Breaking a Full House?

Getting a full house is a lovely sight in just about any kind of poker (that isn't lowball). It can be tempting to simply put it in the back row if you get it during your initial deal in OFC. If I remember my study notes correctly, however, you will want to break it in the majority of cases.

There are several factors to take into account, but I believe the rule of thumb is that if the trips are lower than the pair, you want to keep the full house together and put it in the back, but if the trips are higher than the pair, you want to break your full house, like this:

The main reason is that you still have plenty of opportunities to make another full house in the back during your draw, and you may even be able to upgrade your trips to quads if you are really lucky. Meanwhile, the pair is now free to evolve into trips in the middle, which is not an opportunity you have very often in this spot.

Well, it sure worked out this time, and we even get an ace that we can put on top. AA in the top row is a great hand in and of itself, and it unlocks Fantasyland too, of course.

The King gives us some additional Fantasyland outs on top. One of the other cards can be used in the back, hopefully filling up to a boat. I picked the 5♥: because it should have more outs.

Fantastic, we get our second King. Fantasyland, here we come!

Really not sure why I used the 7♣: instead of the J♠:, which should have more outs, and the strength of the pair within your full house never matters... but as you can see, it worked out beautifully this time.

30 points plus Fantasyland, you can hardly ask for anything more.

Sure, things don't always work out quite as superbly as in this case, but I think this hand illustrates the point of breaking your initial full house in the right situation.

So yeah, super busy day today, as expected. I was on the move almost all day long, it seemed.

I guess I will tell you tomorrow what I was up to, but I can already say that the pushups workout should be done now - all that's missing are the final 100. Surely, I should be able to take them down this weekend. I sure hope so, at least.

My voice is quite hoarse right now, because we just practice those "battle shouts" in karate practice. Kiai, as they are called.

I am a very calm individual, I'm not used to yelling at the top of my lungs like this. Oh well, I'm sipping on some green tea right now, let's see how my voice will be tomorrow.

Just two more karate sessions before the course gets wrapped up - then the fun can start for real.

Bar Update

Right, so I was very busy yesterday, and apart from a bunch of "housekeeping" of various kinds at home, I also made a trip to the drinks store out of town after work, even if it meant having to deal with some traffic jams on both ways...

Here are the new additions:

A bottle of Paddy Irish whiskey, a big bottle of triple sec, which was sorely needed because I completely ran out of it, some 7-year-old aged rum from Sao Can, some Bacardi gold rum, a bottle of Kahlúa, as well some regular crème de café from Giffard and some crème de cacao from the same brand, since I was running low on those too.

I haven't had Kahlúa before, I would like to see how it stacks up compared to Giffard crème de café. There are many drinks I can mix with it, so it doesn't hurt to have an extra bottle of coffee liqueur around.

There was plenty more stuff I would have liked to try, but it often came in bottles that were simply too big for my purposes. For example, I should probably soon get rid of that little bottle of orgeat from Monin that has been sitting around in my fridge for years, but I didn't want to buy a massive 700 ml bottle to replace it, which seemed to be the only kind that was available. Maybe I can find some more appropriate volumes on eBay.

Looking forward to try some of them out.