Poker on the 14th - Justin Time

Poker this week brought 19 donkeys to the farm. The points list is heating up and people are jockeying to get their discount for the Big Tournament on August 11th. Remember, the buy-in will be $4 + your position on the points list, to a max of $25. One tournament is needed to qualify get on the list, and therefore qualify for the event. Only one tournament is scheduled between now and the 11th.

The players for this week included: Justin, David, Brad, Joe, Armando, Jim, Jeff, Rico, Stuart, Todd, Mike Baaaa, Clara, Stacey, Toby, Henry, Arnie, Kitty, Scott, and Jesse.

Things got underway without a hitch (a few technical difficulties were encountered (operator error on my part)) and we chose a random person to have a bounty on their head. I wrote a little VB script to choose a person randomly, it chose me. Last time it was Armando. With all this, we actually started only 3 minutes after the schedule.

There were several rebuys before the break. Jesse hadn’t been out since he took some bad beats a few months ago. He has stayed on the mountain since. He made a return to the felt, but Jesse was the first to rebuy. He had four tough beats/races and didn’t come out ahead in any of them.

Jesse had 99 and got it all in when Joe called with AKo. When a K was the first card off the flop everyone gasped. There was no help for Jesse and he was busted. He could rebuy, however, he said Uncle and decided to call it quits and stop the bludgeoning. This has happened before to several other players, sometimes it’s just not your night and it’s better to take a break and try again. “Gambling is more fun when you set limits.” He was out in 19th.

Today, I received an email from Jesse as follows:

Subject: Ain't no mountain high enough

Last four all-in
confrontations:

AQ vs. A4 – lose
TT vs. 77 – lose
JJ vs AQ –
lose
99 vs. AK – lose

Live poker is rigged.

Will Jesse return to the mountain? Time will tell.

By the break, we had lost one, had 12 rebuys, and all but two of the 18 remaining players added on.

Play resumed and we had another casualty. Scott (who felt it wasn’t his night and didn’t add-on) got AK all-in with Joe’s AA, The K on the flop gave Scott some outs, but without anymore help, Scott was gone in 18th.

Arnie returned to the felt and it was good to see him. He went all in with TT and Kitty called with AQ. No help for Kitty and she was out in 17th.

Arnie must have picked up bad karma from knocking Kitty out because he ran his KK into Jeff’s AA. No help for Arnie and he was out in 16th.

Henry, A9 and Toby, AK got it all in. The flop brought AQQ and the turn a 9, the river a 5. Once the board paired and the common Ace pairied, the kicker was brought into it and pairing the 9 for Henry meant nothing. I have had this happen to me many time and it sucks. Henry was out in 15th.

Joe and Toby mixed it up just like Arnie and Jeff. This time the better hand lost. Joe had KK and Toby AA. The first card off was a K (again for Joe) and Toby was out in 14th.

(Think of the kiddy tune, neener, neener… neener) and then read this with the same melody: “Brad sucked out on Stacey.” QQ vs. TT. T on the turn. Stacey is out in 13th. Stacey gave Brad some good natured shit all night. That’s my girl.

Clara and Rico mixed it up, Rico’s AA held against Clara’s 88. Clara was out in 12th and went down for some “Girlie Chat” with Stacey.

Jeff knocked Mike Baaaaaa out with A2. Mike had QJ and an A on the river sealed it. Mike Baa was out in 11th and we were at the final table.

The final table was as follows:

Todd was shorty and was the first one eliminated when he couldn’t get his 77 past Brad’s AT. Brad hit a T on the turn and Todd was out in 10th.

Stuart was Brad’s next victim. Stuart made his move with AT and Brad had KK. No help for Stuart and Brad was really gaining in chips. Stuart was out in 9th.

Rico was getting milked and and was the new short stack, With the blinds fast approaching, Rico mad a wise move and tried to take the pot. Rico had the Mookie, T8. Justin had AQd and decided to call the small over. Justin got an A on the flop and Rico got an insulting 8 on the turn. Rico was out in 8th.

Jeff was now the small stack and took a stab from the BB with 34s. Justin called with A8 and an A on the flop sealed it for Jeff. He ended the tourney in 7th. Not a bad showing for Jeff – 2 final tables and a win, in 6 games.

By this time I had bled down to 26K and was in a real bad spot chip wise. I found KK and called Joe’s all in. Everyone else folded and Joe showed A9d. The flop brought a K, but also 2 diamonds. The turn another diamond and the board didn’t pair so I was the bubble in 6th. Joe got the bounty! Tough beat to be the bubble.

Joe would strike again against Armando and take him out in 5th, Armando made a move with T9s and Joe found AQo. Joe it a straight on the river and Armanado was out.

Down to four.

Joe and Justin would tangle with AT vs AK, respectively. The K on the turn sealed the deal. Joe was out in 4th.

Bradand Justin got it all in and Brad’s A2 didn’t hold up against Justin’s 66. Brad out in 3rd.

At this point Justin had like an 8 to 1 chip lead over David. If you noticed. David hadn’t taken out anyone the whole tourney. He won pots and avoided being knocked out by not playing but maybe one or two all in moments. Pretty stealthy.

Justin wrapped it up with A3 vs Davis’s A2. This is like a huge percentage tie hand, but a 3 on the flop and the turn sealed the deal.

Thanks for all those that brought food and stuff. We always appreciate it.

We will have another game on August 4th. Look for the evite.

Check out the points list here.