Sharks and Fish

It was another great donk fest last Friday. We had 19 players and some interesting stuff. First of all, we were glad to see Brad back in the fold. Godfrey was back and so was Jesse. I started a new tradition this week. The little shark, shown in the picture, goes to the previous week's winner. The fish goes to the previous weeks first to bust out.

This week Godfrey got the shark to himself (Bern didn't make it this week) and Todd the fish. See last weeks results here. We were happy to have almost a full-house again this week with the invitation climbing to16 "YES's" in the first 24 hours after sending. Act quickly or your going to be on the wait list.

The following players made it out:

Joe
Kitty
Todd
Stuart
Brad
Carol
David
Jim
Michael Allan
Armando
Clara
Justin
Rico
Jesse
Scott
Kevin
Stacey
Henry
Godfrey

Play was very tight with only 2 rebuys in the first hour. Godfrey had a very bad run on this night. He got knocked out within the first half-hour. He didn't option his rebuy. He headed right back up the mountain to regain the poker savy he demonstrated in the last game. He will reopen his text book and study harder.



Godfrey was out in 19th. Godfrey was out (not feeling it) but was a good sport and dealt for our table.

Everyone rebought. Henry used his add-on before the break. His chipstack was small and he pushed his 77 into Rico's 99's preflop and the flop brought Rico quad 9's. Henry was out in 18th. Henry went down to watch some basketball.

Stacey was getting second best all night* and she ran her AK into QQ and a Q on the flop knocked her out in 17th.

* nothing to do with being married to me

Stuart and Kevin mixed it up when Kevin pushed with 88. Stuart called with TT. The board brought some combination of T3385 and Stuart's fullhouse (TTT33) outpaced Kevin's (88833). A tough beat. Kevin hit the rail in 16th.

Scott was out in 15th (no info). Todd did the deed.

Jesse was the next one out 14th. His AA got cracked by Michael Allen's AQ. This hand is one of the most unusual I have seen. The flop was QJQ. The turn and river JJ. Michael Allen ended up with QQQJJ and Jesse with JJJAA. Weird. The bourd had a full house and each player improved the board with their hole cards. Jesse headed for the Mountain.

Here is a picture of Jesse and Godfrey discussing their bad fortunes on this night. There are a few others in there too. Do you recognize anyone?



I hope they finish their Monkships and return to the felt soon.

Rico wasn't feeling so hot and was very quiet (or maybe he wasn't, but who could hear him over Michael Allen's Boisterous, drunken banter? ). Rico got knocked out firing with middle pair only to be called by Joe's straight. Rico was out in 13th.

I knocked out Justin next with JJ. Justin had QT and my J on the flop let me relax a little. Justin was out in 12th.

Clara was the final table bubble girl. She got knocked out in 11th. She pushed with K8 and David called with the Jimmy (KQs). the board broght nothing and the Q kicker took it home for David.

Final Table chip counts:



Next out was Armando with 44 vs. Brad's 82. Manso only had 10K and it cost Brad 2K to call (no brainer). An 82K flop seized it for Brad. Our very own Mookie was out in 10th.

Michael Allen was next out in 9th by the hand (claw?) of Kitty (no info on hand). She followed in rapid succession and clawed me out in 8th. I had the Jimmy and she had big chick (AQ). A on the flop and an insulting K on the river ended my night. I went to the cash table and didn't keep very good track of the next eliminations.

David, 7th, was knocked out by Todd.

Carol, 6th, was knocked out by Joe.

Brad, 5th, was knocked out by Stuart.

Stuart, 4th, was knocked out by Joe.

Todd, 3rd, was knocked out by Joe.

Kitty and Joe celebrated being heads-up for the first time. They played for a little while and Joe's A2 was able to knock Kitty's Q7 out. The flop brought a 22.
Next game the Shark and Fish will be assigned as: Joe and Godfrey .

Thanks to everyone that made it out and those that were kind enough to bring food. We are hving our cabinets installed and hopefully the room will be complete by the next tourney on the weekend of April 13th.

See the tournament results here.