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What happened 11/10/05 Under General Rules 17. Only one hand per person. This means do not
let others look at your hands and do not show your hands to others. The
second this happens the hand in question will be mucked. We will also be using this rule too since I have been
talking about it for weeks… This one is under General Rules as well… 4. If a player in the small blind is eliminated, the button
moves to the empty position and the player immediately to the right of the
button deals the hand for the missing player. If the player in the big blind
is eliminated, There will be two Big
Blinds on the following hand. Standings
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What happened 07/28/05??
What happened 07/21/05?? What happened 0714/05?? My rant… Well the people that were to show up
last night already know this but for the rest last minute cancellers.... Poker night was cancelled. We got down to four people and there wasn't
enough to hold a game. For those of
you that left to come over before I could call you to cancel I apologize for
having to cancel on behalf of the people that confirmed then cancelled last
minute. There was definitely some gas
wasted last night. Anyway enough of my
rant and now maybe people can see why it is important to give me more than a
couple hours warning before canceling.
Gas isn't cheap these days....
Anyway I was able to get a hold of a few people and keep them from
coming. A little notice will also give
me time to scrounge up some extra players.
This night could have been saved. I understand that work does play a
factor. I take poker night seriously
and I spend money and time each week bringing things together. Going through a list of 20 plus people by
e-mail and phone isn't the easiest thing in the world. No showing because of work is one thing but
finding something better to do and then kicking poker night to the curb isn't
only impolite to me it is also rude to the other people that were planning on
playing. There were some disappointed
people last night. OH WELL... What happened 07/07/05?? What happened 06/30/05?? This weeks gaming was looking weak due to the holidays and
another last minute cancellation by Oak.. But we somehow managed to pull a
table of eight. It worked out well! Jamie was able to make it
too! Since today is July 4th and after a small vacation my memory is
shot I can hardly remember what happened last week. I do know that
Steve won both games and the luck Marty had the previous week was not there
for him at all this week. Standings
What happened 06/23/05?? This week Gerald and Ryan called in MIA but Darren Lee
came so we had 9 people to start with.
The game lasted until about 9 and there were only four people that actually
wanted to play another game. Well we
all decided to not do that since 4 people isn’t where the fun is at ;) Marty brought his own soda and chips then
still paid for the food allotment.
Thanks Marty. I really don’t
make much money off of the food it counts as more like tip money to help me
keep the room and everything up to par.
I think on the table I am still $500 in the hole and about $1000 on
the room itself. But I hope it has
made for a good place to play poker. Standings
What happened 06/16/05?? After Oak and Gerald cancelled Brice came through with an
extra person. Then while Brice was on
his way to get this extra person he hit a semi re-tread and jacked up two
tires. So we started our game with
seven people. We had a second game
that had 8 once Brice and his friend finally made it! Marty “50 cent” O’Shia won both games. Standings
What happened 06/09/05?? Our first full table on the new table. We had one standby player and Dula didn’t show up so Kim took his spot. He must have not wanted to vacuum ;) Anyway we had a good game it was longer
than the recent ones but the people there know why. Anyway there was no second game and we are
looking forward to a new game next week that looks like Oak and Tony will be
at!! Standings
What happened 06/02/05?? This week we had a full table scheduled however two people
did not show up. We had alternates but
they did not show up either so we ended up with a table of eight people. Not too bad. Either way we didn’t get two games this
week like we did the previous two weeks which roughly translates to…. I
didn’t lose $10 just 5$ heheh.. We will be discussing what we are going to
do about the newly developed overages we have been having with people. I am getting more than 10 people wanting to
play these days. I can only host 10
people. So someone’s feelings are
going to get hurt or left out. Also
there is a new rule this week…. NO
SHOES in the poker room…. There is a
three foot circle of mud and dirt where Dula was
sitting. Guess who gets to vacuum that
up before we get started! Also like to
mention this was Ryan Orners first week and he did
pretty good. Standings
What happened 05/26/05?? This one is so old I forgot what the standings were… Well
here is what I do remember Standings
What happened 05/19/05?? Another excellent poker night! We had Neil and his dad as well as Jamie
show up! Jamie is much improved and
almost took home the pot! But bowed
down to Sam in the end. We decided to
play a second game after the first one and all of a sudden Neils dad is killing everyone. He knocked out everyone at the table except
for Angry face who eventually took Neils dad out! Standings
What happened 05/12/05?? This was probably the best poker night we have had in a
very long time! What a blast! We had Jason and Tony show up too… We used
the timer on the TV’s and that worked out way better than the TV’s. Then Dula had to
go and blow it by knocking Johnnys 2 pair and Sams K high straight into the ground with his Quad of
2’s….. What is it with Dula and 2’s this is his 2nd quad ever and
both were with 2’s!
Standings What happened 05/05/05?? First night in the new room and we had a nine person
turnout! Good deal! There was some discussion about the TV’s
being distracting… We will see what
people say this next week. Standings
What happened 03/24/05?? Hey there guys from now on the colorful commentary is
taking a back seat and so is the standings list. I will however put any new rules in here as
well as the top two or three from each game Standings
What happened 03/17/05?? Third week on the new table. The night started out
quiet as Ryan went crazy nuts and played more hands than
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What happened 03/10/05??
Second week on the new table and it seems to be a welcomed fixture. Now all I have to do is get it out of the damned theater room. We got started off running late once again thanks to Dula... AGAIN.... He used to get at the game early but now he is always late.... either way we got started and had another poker addict that had to leave early. Brice had to go home to beat people up at an online video game. Wee huh... nothing beats reality like a video game that no-one has heard of ;) anyway he was nice enough to help fill the table if at least only for a little while. Next one to bite the dust was Jeff which gave Johnny enough steam to last this time around without making too much of an ATM out of himself. Ryan was next out and was ready to get... he was sad he didn't get to go round and round with Steve again! Sam was starting to scrape so while Johnny was out smoking he went all in and didn't give him the pleasure of being there when he dived. Next down was Angry Face he was riding low as well and decided it was tine to try an all in on a decent hand... Unfortunately Johnnys not so good hand beat out Steves... Dula was next up and even though his theatrics were better this time he still couldn't outgun the Oakster the second half of what Dula calls "Team male on male action"... Johnny tried tr outlast Oak but the one thing he didn't understand about Oak is that he only plays great hands... and somehow this Asian hooked up with a damned Leprechaun somewhere along the lines..... Either way Oak Whooped John down to 2K and John threw in the towel... It appears that John wasn't playing to win he just wanted bragging rights. I say to John.. Jeff did help you get your ATM FDIC insured early in the game... however your play was actually good. You knocked out quite a few people. Do it again and I will be impressed!
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What happened 03/03/05?? We got the table finished and just in the nick of time for
our poker night. All in all I think things went well and the basement
is going to work out well for poker events. What is even better is that
I am finishing off the back part of my basement into what is going to be a
poker room. It will have two dual sync TV's as well as an excellent
sound system. The room is under construction and will be at the drywall
stage sometime this week. As far as the game last week.... We had
a special guest visitor. Sammy Bryan... yeah you heard me... no
typo there were two Sammy Bryans at the table. Sams
dad was there cowboy hat on to try his hand at some poker. Oak showed
up just long enough to play for two hours and leave. He had originally
planned just to drop by for a minute to see the table but the temptation to
play on the new table was far too great. Can ya
blame him? Well his appointment came and he divided up his chips and
went his merry way. Hopefully he will show for the full game next
week. The next one down was Sammy Bryan SR. he was busted out on
a set of 8's.... The next player down was Sam Jr. (after a
night of never getting anything except 7 2 offsuit
4 hands in a row) decided to try a semi bluff with a pair of 8's.
Didn't work. The rest of the guys hung around for a while with pretty
much equal chip stacks. The Heeb eventually
dwindled away as well as Jeff. John was doing his best acting but his
tells are obvious to me these days and I can read his hands like a children's
book. I think everyone else is catching on too. Therefore he was
next to die. It got down to "Angry Face" Steve and Ryan
again. The epic battle continues.... Ryan eventually sucked all
of Steves funds away and stomped Steves Big Slick with a pair of
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What happened 02/24/05?? Well after a two week vacation we were back up and
running. Unfortunately it appears that there is a case of the plague
going around! Vince, John Dula, Oak, and
Brice were all out with either bronchitis or flu issues. But we still
had enough to make a table of five. We were expecting a fast game but
Sam was determined to slow down his game a little and play a few more
hands. At one point he was handed Q A and Johnny was handed a J K
... well the flop was 10 J K which sent Johnny spinning... One of his
favorite hands and a hard hand to pass up... a painted pair. HE started
right out betting $100 dollar bets wehre Sam
quickly called him until the river... Then Sam quickly called out .. All
in.... John after some deliberation as well as calling out "do you
have a Q A" finally called him all in too and so it was our
favorite ATM was on the road again! Not too much longer later Sam was dealt
a pair of 3's and Jeff was dealt and A 5... The flop came out 6 3 A
well that to Sam was a set of 3's and damn worth sticking on. The Turn
was of no help to anyone 8 then the river.... another Ace.. Now Jeff is
seeing stars as he has a set of Aces and quickly calls "all in" and
Sam follows suit just as fast. See the three aces gave Jeff a set but
the second ace gave Sam the Full house. And so it went the other Young
brother bites the felt. Next up was Steve. I don't remember how
he went out but I am sure it was in grand style and the battle with Ryan was
long lived and took forever but the monster stack of chips finally bled Ryan
dry. After the game everyone there got to see the poker tables
progress. It was moving along nicely and should be done by the game on
March 3rd.
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What happened 02/03/05?? Sorry for the late info but the baby decided to descend on
its journey the night after we played poker and things have been crazy ever
since. I am just starting to get caught up and now have time to write
the review.... Well that was two weeks ago and I cannot remember the
whole thing. I did write down the order list and do remember we had a
degenerates game. Oak ended up winning both games but here are the
standings from the night....
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What happened 01/27/05?? The baby had not arrived yet so everyone shows up for
another night of pokerish battle. We had a nice table of nine this
week. Nine people means that only
three people had to ride pole at the corners of the table. We hope to have this resolved soon. As soon as we started we had some seemed
like a close to split pot as “Angry Face” Steve and Ryan “All-in” Allen had
very similar 2 pair hands just to find out after 5 minutes of trying to
decipher the hands that the new guy Chris was sitting on a set the whole
time. It was funny because he didn’t
say a thing while everyone was talking and not paying any attention he simply
put his other two sevens on top of the one that came up on the flop!! Nicely played and that earned a nice early
chip lead. The first to bounce off the
rail was “Angry face” Steve. He didn’t
get much time to show us his angry face tonight as his early chip lead
attempt was shattered when he had about four other people call his all-in bet. It is tough to scare anyone at a table like
ours! The second to go down in a flame
of phlegm ingesting cough drop sucking death was Jeff Young as he tried to
bluff three bluffers with a crap assed 7 3 off suit. Good luck on that one. Usually when you bluff big like that you
want at least one pair or a high card.
That just tells everyone at the table that even a 10 9 is fair game as
a winning hand. Right about now Oak
wanders into the kitchen and decides to eat something that was not on the
menu. He promptly grabs Sams chips that were to be placed in his hospital bag for
when his wife goes into labor. Sam
asks what are you doing just before he opened them and informed Oak that
those were off limits. Oak said OK and
opened them right up. Poured half the
bag into a bowl and came back to the table.
But not before offering everyone at the table some saying “I am not
greedy… who wants some?” After strutting back to the table Steve had
realized what had happened and was in shock!
I mentioned the purpose of the once unopened bag of chips and Oak
simply replied “They have vending machines at the hospital.” Well needless to say this was the tilt that
was going to ruin Sams concentration. He was on slow drain all night and the well
was running dry. He snatched a suited
big slick and decided to make his move.
As with every time he has gone all in on a big slick he got his ass
handed back to him by someone. This
time it was Oak who flopped a set of 3’s.
At that point Sam decided to just leave the room and watch poker on Tivo. The next two
lowest people were John “Fecal Freak” Dula and
Brice “The Heeb” Christman. And in turn they both went out at the same
time. Johns two pair and Brices high pair couldn’t beat the trips. Right about this time there was a
misunderstanding between the new guy Chris and Ryan “All-In” Allen. It was a dispute on how the blinds were
handled. Ryan had told Chris to post
the small blind of 200 and if he wanted to play it would be four
hundred. Well Chris misunderstood and
didn’t want to pay 600 to see the blind when in reality all he needed was
400. He got mad and folded his hand
and took his little blind back. Ryan
informed him that he had to still pay the blind and that it was only 200 more
to stay in. Chris payed
the blind turned his back to Ryan and it looked to me like he was bad mouthing him. I think Ryan thought that too. Ryan just smiled and thought to
himself.. “This guy is badmouthing me…
no.. must resist.. the… anger…” This
earned Ryan a new nickname! Ryan
“Anger Management” Allen. Well after
the tiff Chris was on full tilt and his chiplead
was quickly handed over to Vinnie “Bag o’ Donuts”…
Sorry Vince couldn’t resist! I loved
My Cousin Vinnie!
Ryan went down in flames two hands in a row thanks to his
“teammate”??? The latter half of team
action mailing took him out two hands in a row. Oak and Vince were all that was left. Vince not understanding the dynamic of head
to head play was still clinging to pairs.
We all know this doesn’t work against Oak. The winner of the night was Oak!
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What happened 01/13/05?? What happened 01/20/05?? The clock strikes seven and where is Oak??? Nobody
knows but Ryan mentions don't expect him. Well he didn't even
show... Oh well.. No Asian jokes tonight! We still had six people
thanks to the new "regular" Vince. We had an O' fficial mutton buster at the table tonight. Ryan
decided to wear his now famous Mutton Busting belt buckle. I wouldn't
say it is exactly lucky yet. Maybe if he wears it again it will be a
little more lucky for him. Of course it might just be the air getting
to his closely shaved head! A la Mohawk!!! Oh well he went out by
the second blind and then the table was down to five. John
"Fecal Freak" Dula was up to his old
acting tricks but they were not enough to save his arse...
The next poor victim to Sams now mounting chip
collection was Vince then he set his sites on "The Heeb".
It appears that Brices magic luck from a couple of
weeks ago was sitting on Sam's shoulders tonight. Whenever someone
challenged him to a hand he would either beat it with a straigh,
full house, flush or narrow margin. Either way it was
working. There was an occation or two
where if you had a pair of fives and a king Sam would have the other two
fives with an Ace! Well after dispatching "the Heeb"
Sam was out to find out what really made "Angry Face" Steve so
angry... after a slow trickle of the chips to Steves
side the All-In from Sam shut him down. Funny how "Angry
Face" Steve only gets angry when he is winning??? He jokes around
most of the other times.. Wierd.... After we
finalized that game Dula decides to start a
degenerates round. The order in that round was Dula,
Brice, Sam, Vince.... I would like to thank Steve and Brice for their
shuffling abilities because they must have shuffled non-stop for about 45
minutes! Standings
What happened 01/13/05?? Our first 10 player night.
At least I think so anyway. It
is nights like that that remind me that we really need to get that table done
soon. Anyway we had 4 new people last
night thanks go out to Sam for bringing in 3 and Brice for bringing in 1 and
expanding the pool. After a quick
tutorial and lots of nachos we were off.
Mike Freeland too down the first hand and made chip lead fast the next
hand won was by Brett. The new people
were leading off early. The fact that
we had 10 people really changes the dynamic of the game. As we were reminded many times by various
players who were taking beats on normally decent hands. Play was pretty slow at first and
eventually we had our first victim.
Mike Freeland was first out and who would be next? I believe it would be the master of
disgusting worthless knowledge John “Fecal Freak” Dula. He hit the felt fast and hard and went
packing. Once again I remind you of
the dynamic on the larger tables…
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What the hell happened 01/07/05??
Well I guess I spoke too soon
last week by saying I feel that we are finally getting things ironed out. As we all learned
when things got way out of hand at last nights game. I am disappointed
in the whole situation. Therefore I am instead of injecting my
own witty dialogue I am inserting the e-mails that involve the
situation. However I will mention that Steve won even though Dula was
still doing some massive
Concerning the text below.... I have since talked with Ryan and cleared things up. There was some confusion and to me his initial e-mail came off as smart alec. This happens with e-mail all the time and talking personally helped out a lot. The situation is resolved as far as we are concerned and the subject is dropped. From now on we will vote there at the table if a crazy situation comes up. The vote will not involve the people who are in the hand but it will instead be the other players at the table. Getting loud will not solve the issue at hand it just makes the matter worse. This is apparently common at our table and not just from me. True I did mention that I could easily remove certain people from the table at my whim and that did sound harsh at the time but it did exactly what I wanted it to do and it got everyone to be quiet. If anyone honestly thinks I would kick you out forget about it. I would invite you outside for a round of fist a cuffs first! ;) I say things like that because things were really getting out of hand. I was so pissed off by the end of the night that I was glad the game was over because the bickering would end. I wasn't up to the game myself and probably should have bowed out. There were a couple things that had already set my mood for the day. To begin with I wrecked my car earlier in the day. I had to do police reports and all kinds of crazy crap due to that. Plus I was a bit nervous about having three people who were sicker than I originally thought to begin with over with my baby due any day now. Babies get sick super easy and that was on my mind. Sick babies also can die easy from what I hear. Now that the below issues have past I look forward to next week. There is only one issue left that will make things go better and to fix that I need to talk to Dula.
This is the e-mail that was sent to me from Ryan >From: Ryan Allen <rallen@action-mailing.com>
This is the e-mail I replied with... FIRST OFF... IF you were not at last nights poker game you
really do not have to read this e-mail. I am sending it to the list so that
the people that are interested in playing get a chance to read this as well
as know what happened in case this topic comes up in the future. People who
are not in our group also really have no place reading this.
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What happened 12/30/04??
This night was almost lost in time. A 3 day weekend
almost cost me my update but a week and one day late and here it is....
The game went pretty smooth. No fights just straight poker.
Without going into details I will skip to the ending. Sam was ahead of
John 2 to 1 in chips. Sam flops a Ace high straight. He goes all
in . John goes all in 2 pair. Standings
What happened 12/16/04??
Well the game got off to a mega late start last night due
to the new guys not showing up. Kind
of a raw deal but I guess you gotta deal with that sometimes. All I can say is that it won’t happen
again. The night got started off much
like last week with Brice and his magic run.
Well this was not for Brice this week as Sam had jinxed his
chipstack. Well I think that jinx
wafted over his stack to as this began the night of Ryan All-in... Sam tried to take Ryan out early with
All-in on trip 9’s but Ryan had a straight.
Then Brice tried to take Ryan out with what I believe was an All-in 2
pair or a set hand but Ryan had a full house.
Long story short.. everyone who went “all-in” against Ryan Allen was
sent to the rails every time! Ryan
rode the rush until he single handedly took everyone out of the game. He get the jinxies next time ;) Standings
What happened 12/09/04??
Well I know I was going to post the results of Saturdays
game but since there was two games and two days between my posting date I
wasn’t even going to attempt to try and remember who won and lost and
when. I do know this… The Heeb won both games. For some reason the first game he was
beating trips with straights and straights with flushes. Everyone is convinced that he was
cheating. They still are ;) Well
after riding the rush and taking everyone out in 15 minutes we started a
second game just so he could do it again.
So that pretty much sums up the evening. What happened 12/02/04??
How do we cover what happened last night? It as if everyone was there to pay their
dues and leave! “Fecal Freak” Dula was
not there probably because of family reasons and well he better get used to
not being there from now on! I hear
there may be a mini Fecalite on the way…
Oak came with the mindset that if he bet aggressively we would get to
go home and play more World of Warcraft.
Steve was wanting to get some Warcraft action too. Brice and Sam were both tinkering with the
Nintendo DS and… Well… John ATM is always a quick out! The night was started off with Sam dropping
half of his cash position on the line in the first act. Brice decided to get in on the action too
and the first pot was easily over $1000.
This was on high card action
Well low and behold Sam drew his second Ace on the river. Taking the chip lead quickly. That didn’t last long as everyone was
betting high and the next giant pot gave Brice a lil more cushion for the
pushin… A couple hands later Sam
decides to try to give another run on ACES night. (apparently he was playing aces all night
just to see if it would work) Sam had
been watching a lil Gus Hansen action
and was trying to run the Aces but left out the players side which is what makes
Gus so formidable. Either way Sam
goes all in on a pair of pocket 10’s against “The Heebs” K 3. Well the hand would have been good
especially if he caught another 10 but Brice flopped a pair of kings and that
sent Sam to the rail! He was down..
Way down.. but not out. Will Sam be
the first ot and not the ATM… Well no… John burned out like a candle in a
pissing contest. Who did he die
to? Well “The Heeb” Of course… Sam was battling back but when you go all
in all of the time it works real good except for once. And that time was now. Sam goes to visit the kitchen. While Sam was in the kitchen apparently
Ryan and Steve both bit the bullet. The action was down to Oak and
Brice. Well short story short.. Oaks
straight couldn’t hold water against Brices full house that came on the river. This was a short night hat ended around
7:45 and everyone played in perfect order and there were really no
screwups. Is this how fast games go
when John “Fecal Freak” Dula is away from the table? Next week we start a new rule. This will definitely weed out the calling
stations. This rule is a rule that
exists in Poker but we have not been using it at all. This rule being… You cannot post a bet less than the big blind. So lets say the flop has come and the big
blind is $400 the starting bets after that cannot be less than $400. Standings
What happened 11/18/04??
Alrighty then… This game got started right off with John
“ATM” Young going nuts and folding “the nut” a Suited Big slick away after
nothing paired up but upon discard everyone noticed he had a Ace high
flush. But alas the cards already hit
the muck and were as dead as a Columbian crack whore on Cinco De Mayo! That just happened to be a really large pot
too. Well that gave “The Heeb” just
what he wanted. Enough chips to hang around
until he had the number two position.
Ryan Allen was first out when he took a couple bad beats and folded
his investments away a couple times until he was heading home to see why his
AMD computer was making noise. I guess
the coked up gerbils had had enough and decided to take a lunch break. The next out of the game was John “Fecal
Freak” Dula. Yeah that’s right he has
a new name. Why is that you ask. Well it seems like every other word out of
his mouth was something to do with crap so he has earned a new nickname and
that is one to be proud of!!! We
should nickname him big distraction because I am sure a few people can
remember a couple of hands they would have been a little quicker on but the
trumpet that is his mouth just kept blasting on!!! I don’t think anyone really minded because
the night was going to be short anyways. Also I don’t really know that anyone
really wanted to know about Dula’s definition of digitizing animals or the
horse penis mucus “bean” thing. Soooo
anyway the next out was “ATM” After laying down some good hands into the fold
pile John was out. It is true he is
folding more often but I cannot really say that I would have folded an Ace
High Flush… Right about now after moving to the spot to the left of Sam (to
compress the table) Angry Face Steve makes an alarming discovery. Someone has wiped a bogie under the table
and it has stuck to his arm. Now he is
really Angry Faced!!! People might try to think it was Sam but it was fresh
not only that Sam had just put the felt on the table before everyone showed
up and Sam only sits in one place. So
who could have done that? Well there
is no telling because everyone tries to sit in that spot. Oh well folks just try not to wipe your
nose on the felt. You never know what
might end up on your pizza rolls!
Hahaha OK… After only playing what seemed like three
hands all night it was Sam’s turn to find something else to do other than
play poker… Even drawing from the
great powers of Yoda couldn’t save him from the darkside this time. His strategy of playing uber tight and
trying to rally in the end wasn’t enough to save him from the eight hundred
dollar blinds. Oak was next to walk
out the door. His chip stack was
riding a little low all night and finally petered out. Playing Standings
What happened 11/04/04??
There we were again another group of degenerates lining up
to play the Cadillac of Poker. We
managed nine people even after cancellations.
Thanks go to Jeff and Ryan for branching out and bringing some fresh
meat! Lets get her started… In the
angst of getting completely destroyed in the first hand last week John ATM
Young played tighter than a frogs butt in a watermelon seed fight! Luckily for him he rode a nice rush right
off the bat. Unlucky for him he
started bragging about it. Val “fresh
meat” Christopher took down a “I’m a newbie and I can be taken advantage of”
pot. She is new but she has done her
homework. We aren’t even going to
discuss the Dula Debacle when he passed the blinds two places and left a
space between the lil blind and the dealer button. As it goes.. Jeff was first out. His game was just horribly off and his bro
(ATM) wasn’t going to let him make any withdrawals tonight. Jeff was so off tonight he misdealt,
misflopped, and generally appeared to be in outer space all evening. Oak was next to go it took a while but his
penchant for waiting for the river card finally knocked him out. Ryan waiting for the perfect wave finally
caught one.. well it was the wave goodbye… Maybe not the one he wanted but it
was a wave nonetheless. He was
probably still green about the gills from all that Halo 2 watching! After taking down a massive first pot
Valerie finally drained her chip stack down to the felt. Those $400 big blinds will render you broke
assed if you call em’ all. Ryan and
Val went out in the same hand. Chris
“The Other fresh meat” Smith held on pretty well for someone that has never
played poker with a crazy bunch of homo sapiens like us. He called a couple more hands than what I
would have called but actually he played pretty good. His mechanics were dead on and no-one had
to yell at him ;) Pachinko John was
still kickin wait not kickin but he was lickin tail and wasn’t going to do
his hilarious frog Vader antics until he had the chip lead. Well he finally got the chip lead and we
got to hear frog vader say “Obe Wan has taught you well”. Then he lost his chip lead and the rest of
the game to boot! Dula better get used
to these beat downs. However it sounds
like he is used to it at home ;)
“DING” what’s that sound. Why it
is the ATM low funds timer going off.
With the amount of money Johnny ATM won earlier in the game he should
be running out of chips soon. Lemme see..
Yip I was right he is now down to the felt the blinds were making him
fell pot commited every hand and the ATM tried to buy his way out of his
whole but ended up just digging it deeper.
Sam drew out a straight on the river and washed up Johns hopes of
winning this week. Maybe with the
extra time he will have he might take a shower before next weeks game. ;) Now
here we are a head to head battle... Between Brice “the Heeb” CHRIST-MAN and Sam “” Standings 1. Sam Bryan 2. Brice “The Heeb” Christman 5. Chris “The Other Fresh Meat” Smith What happened 10/30/04??
Well the extra poker night came and went. We were only able to manage five
people. Rather disappointing. Not to mention one of the people didn’t
want to play. Oh well I won’t go into
the action on this one but here are the standings… 1. Nate
Smelcer 2. Tony Chantosa What happened 10/28/04??
Can anyone die as fast as our favorite ATM!! Someone pulled the plug on him in mid
transaction! John Young decided he had
the nut with a pair of 7’s and 2’s. A
7 2 hand is well known as the worst hand to start out with in poker
period! But John Young claiming he
thought two pair would beat up a straight or even trips decided to go all in
against Pachinko John after the flop.
Well even if you are sitting on two pair there are still two cards
coming! And well he blew it! I guess… he didn’t call one hand nor did he
fold one hand. That was pretty funny
and exactly what Pachinko John was looking for right off the bat. But then it happens John Dula after
suffering a defeat last week got served up another consecutive whoop ass
sandwich. His rush is over and is
nothing more than fish food now! We
got your ticket Pachinko! The next up
to be served was the noob for the night Jason. He has the tendency to call a lot but
beware if he gets one book and reads up we are all doomed! Sam after watching his new favorite poker
show World Poker Tour decides to try and beat up the table by going all-in
like crazy… (Just like in the WPT players do every hand) unfortunately his
crappy card getting misfortune carried on till he was hangin out in the
kitchen! The head to head competition
came down to a duel Between Brice “The Heeb” Cristman and Oak Chantosa. Sam decided that when you have 15,000
between you and you are betting 200-400 a hand the blinds need to be raised! Well after raising the blinds up to
500-1000 the damage was done and Brice was on the fence. Oak went home with the massive $30 dollar
pot. The bad hand this week was set up with heads up action
between Oak and Pachinko John. Two
kings were flopped and John Dula was sitting on a pretty so-so hand when
suddenly Brice announced.. I shouldn’t
have folded those kings away. Just as
the turn was announced. This was a particular
bad blow to Oak who was pushing a 3 kings bluff. Well John had a decent two pair so he
decided to go all in knowing that Oak didn’t have the set of kings. Well when it was said and done Brices
little comment cost Dula a pot because well Oak did have a king and wasn’t
bluffing! Brice was just
bullshitting. I thought he was for
real and so did John. The only person
that knew the latter was Oak! See why it hurts to call out hands!
What happened 10/21/04??
PACHINKO JOHN DULA LOST BIG TIME!!! Yeah that’s right. John finally lost. The Heeb gave John a slobberknocker. Took most of his cash and left him eatin’
taquitos. But that happened later. First up in line for the kitchen was
Jeff. Thanks go out to Jeff for bringing two decks of cards even though he
played with em less than anyone.
He got tangled up with two pair against a boat that sunk his
ship. Next in line was Sam once again
with a decent hand but it wasn’t enough.
By this time angry face was riding high with a massive stack of
chips. Jamie was next to go down
appearing to only hold on with 3 chips for 30 minutes only to outlast
Sam. Some goal huh! Got Cash?
Well no.. As the ATM once again ended up with insufficient funds. He was folding like a madman but it didn’t
take him long to miss the taste of the action and he wanted to get some and
did! As he left the table. Then here it is if you stepped away from
the table for 30 seconds you missed this one.. John Dula lost all his goodies to the
Heeb! There were slim pickings and
Ryan moved in for the kill as Pachinko was left with nothing and heading to
the kitchen. After stomping Sorry I couldn’t remember all the plays. It gets hard to do not to mention shortly
after the game there was a round for the Degenerates. Pachinko John (wanting to save his name)
rallied up another game. The order was
Steve, Brice, John, Jeff… Well Jeff
died in what seemed like the second hand.
Steve was next. Sam was down to
the felt and that is when the crappy flops started. There were at least 25 ragged flops in a
row. Sam stayed away until John was dead
and gone. Still sitting with nothing
Sam started doubling up every single hand.
Winning on pairs of twos and just about anything he could pair up it
was pathetic since the mode of winning became high cards and low pairs of any
type. Well the Heeb got sick of all
this and had a pair that was high enough so he went all in on Sam. Well Sam had Two pair and then drew a full
boat. That game finished around 11:00
and everyone stayed around talking till about 11:30.. Play was a little tight this time around but mostly
because the rules were being enforced a little more. Last weeks game was horribly sloppy and
seemed like ghetto poker. There were a
couple points brought up and I will address them now... After digging through some rulebooks I
found this. Don't expose
your cards until the showdown - Be
cautious to protect your cards so no one else can see them until the
showdown. Do not expose them when you fold. Additionally, if you are the
uncontested winner of the pot, you do not have to show your hand. If you
choose to show your hand to one person, then show it to everyone. This is official from
http://www.learn-texas-holdem.com/questions/all-in-player-revealing-cards.htm ALL IN PLAYER REVEALING CARDS Question: My question is to whether a player who has
already went all-in before the end of the hand and is waiting for the
remaining players involved in the side pot to finish betting can flip over
his cards.An example of this is that Player 1 has $20 Player 2 has $30 and
Player 3 has $5. If at the beginning of the hand before the flop if player 3
goes all in and player 1 and 2 call. Because player 3 is now not involved in
any betting action and is waiting for the betting to end can he reveal his
cards. Answer: No the players shouldn't reveal their cards till
showdown. If the all-in player shows his cards prematurely then it could help
the other players in the hand. (Apparently the poker
video games flip your hand automatically since you really aren’t hiding anything
from the PC) This misinterpretation is
courtesy of DD poker! Sorry if it
caused any confusion. AT SHOWDOWN WHO SHOWS FIRST 1. Someone bet and someone called on the river. The bettor
shows first and then it goes around clockwise for each person who called. 2. Everyone checked on the river. In this case, the person
who is first to act goes first (like you said the person to the left of the
dealer button). Either way now we know, and knowing is half the
battle. I will bookmark this site for
future use because there is a plethora of help. I suggest everyone look at it when you got
the time! http://www.learn-texas-holdem.com/questions/ http://www.learn-texas-holdem.com What happened 10/14/04?? Another table of eight champions of poker showed up to
battle it out this week. But first we
all had to eat some mini corn dogs and Sam had to prepare for battle with a new
strategy…. Vodka Strawberry
Gatorade! That’s right the gloves were
off you can’t show a tell if you are too hammered to know if you are doing
good or not! Well the festivities
began and the first act of business was for Jeff to take a full withdrawal
from John “ATM” Young. The ATM was out
of commission after that! Brice “The
Heeb” suffered a massive cash hemorrhage shortly afterwards putting him down
to the felt. The next to go was Oak
believe it or not. The cards just
weren’t falling his direction. Ryan
went down next in the most controversial hand to date! Here’s the setup before the flop Steve Sam
and Ryan are all that is left. The
flop hits an Ace, 6, and a 8. Sam goes
all in with a Q 10. Ryan goes all in
with a Q 9 and this is it! SHOWDOWN
FLIP THE CARDS!!!.... uh wait what about Steve… Well the damage was done the cards were
flipped and Steve basically got a free shot.
Sam or the vodka started spouting off at what he called an offensive
play. And not because he was going to
lose he had the best hand. What ticked
him off was how everything turned out.
There were a lot of out of turn plays all night and this was the
ticker… It just happened to be on his
“all in” hand. Well Sam asked Steve if
he was going to bet on that hand now that he knew if he would have beat us or
not and he said yes as he showed us his cards….. after a few seconds I think he figured out
that an unmatched J 9 would never beat a pair of queens and folded away. Well the next card was crap and the river
card was a 10 guaranteeing Sam the win.
He still protested that the last play offended him! Oh well…
Brice after making a grand Trip Aces comeback was back in the shit
once again and was visiting the kitchen within minutes! Steve was playin well all night and I estimate
he is due to win one soon. He folded
late under the hand of John Dulas massive 3 5 off suit bluff! How did he know John was bluffing with a 3
5… well he dug through the muck and pulled out Dulas cards after it was said
and done! Steve didn’t last past the
next hand. Sam had more than tripled up after Brices
defeat. He had got a couple Big Slicks
and other great starting position hands. His problem was little Phil Gordon
sitting on his left shoulder telling him to play more hands when the table is
short and the blinds are high so he hung onto an A 9 after flopping another
Ace 10 5 and then John sucked out a 6 to pair up his 10 6 hand. It must have been that big assed zit on the
tip of his nose that brought him the luck to draw a 6 on the river…. Sam vows to pop that bitch next time. Bye Bye vodka man. Why did Sam go down on a measly pair… well
the vodka had worn off and he was playing by the rules again. He at least made it farther this time and I
think part of it is because peeps have learned that straights and flushes are
hard to come by so they don’t hold out for the river very often any
more. So here we are again same ol
same ol…. Jeff is betting with funds he
stole from ATM John in a sibling showdown and Oscar nominated Pachinko John. Knowing that Jeff likes to bet with a pair
of any kind helped John out when he bitchslapped Jeff into next week with a
crappy pair of fish hooks over a weaker pair of fives… This was a pretty good night in spite of
the “offensive” hand. We rounded off
around Also lets try to clean up a little of the out of turn
betting. This really helps people tell
if you are going to fold in advance where you might have folded. I know at least one hand was won when everyone
folded right off (even the blinds) and there was only one person left. Easy money! Standings What happened OK Our first full table of eight! But it only
lasted about 20 minutes! Then there were seven. Sam went down
like a bottle of whiskey at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. At least
he died with two high pair and a high kicker. Pachinko John Dula gets
the credit for that as well as a Oscar nod for sitting on a full house an
wimpering like a little injured puppy until after Sam went all in. Then the
trap was set Here comes the Kings in Threes Full House... Sam was the first
but not the last... I think everyone he took out fell to that same
fate. Next was Ryan. He did fairly well but the cards were not
falling his way at all and he died the slow death as well to who??? You
guessed it Pachinko John who was putting on another great soap opera
performance. Brice was in for at least the second or third round of
blinds but his blood was slowly drained until he joined Sam in the kitchen
for foods! The ATM finally ran out of money after taking
down a few pots. The sibling rivalry is great between Jeff and ATM
Johnny because they both injure each other so much on shitty hands they help
everyone else out! So after Jeff ate Johnny's lunch Jeff was slim
pickings for Steve, Pachinko , and Oak..... Well not to beat a dead
horse but Pachinko John with his huge chip stack targeted "Angry
Face" Steve for another acting audition. I think he got the job
because then there was two. Oak and Pachinko John. How
exciting!!! Yes the kitchen was very exciting! Then there was
what was going on at the table. No bluffs just straight card
playing. Well it didn't take long of that before the bets started
climbing and after three Oak Chantosa "All in's", Dula finally beat
him with a pair of Aces and 3's against Oaks Kings and 3's. Yeah
when you sink your boat over a low kicker like that you need to just prepare
to try again next week! Standings What happened 09/29/04?? Well lets see. This time around we had seven players. The stage was set for a long night of
gaming! We set the blinds to raise
every 40 minutes. I think I will turn
the timer away from view next time because everyone was rushing to beat the
blinds! The first to go down was John
“ATM” Young who actually brought the nuts with him as described on his “rub
my nuts” t-shirt. Well he needed the
nuts in his hands and not on his shirt as he was the first eliminated. Second out was “DJ Nasty Nate”
Smelcer. He actually died to a better
hand instead of bleeding to insufficient funds! The most non-understandable thing to happen
for some time here was watching Jeff fold his hand away when he was the big
blind “DUH”. Sam went to the felt but
doubled up on one pot and then stole the next pot. Gotta love those full houses! Well that run was short lived as the 2-9
cards kept falling his way. Well as
tight as Sam was playing he needed the action and he got it. After checking past the turn and then the
flop Brice placed a bet saying “what the hell lets pay a little to see what
we have” His bet was enough to sucker
Sam into the pot “all in” with two pair.
Low and behold Brice was sitting on a pair of Pocket Rockets! What a trap! So Sam was third to go. The blinds have by now at least doubled two
times to 200-400 and Brice has visited the bathroom at least 4 times. Well after 3 more bathroom breaks Brice
laid down a pair only to be beaten by Oaks larger pair. I forget what took Oak out but it was a
match between Jeff and him. Oak was
next to bit the bullet. The big battle was between Jeff and Ryan now. The 800-1600 blind was only minutes away
when the final battle occurred. Jeff
goes all in and I believe it was on either a set or it was on two pair either
way Ryan was in trouble. There was a
heart shaped flush draw showing but who had the nut? No-one but…then once again lightning strikes
and the last showdown is a suckout!
Ryan nails that last heart for a flush and sucks out the pot from
under Jeff! We were tired and the
night had drug on but man suckout are the BEST way to end a game! Standings: 7. John Young 6. Nate Smelcer 5. Sam Bryan 4. Brice Christman 3. Oak Chantosa 2. Jeff Young 1.
Ryan Allen What happened Well if you missed out you really
missed out! We started out with $2K
each. Sam Bryan walked the dogs
early! As it ends up you can read the
rules all you want but when you play noobs that play every hand and also
never fold it is hard to run a bluff game without a tall stack. Brice “chheeeeeeekkkkkk” Christman was
second to go but hung on for dear life (went Hebrew) until the blinds raised
and ate his lunch on him. Jeff “tough
love” young was third to go in what was the most exciting hand of the
evening! Steve “Dr. Stevo” Debarthe had a sloppy
hand and folded early. John “Pachinko
John” Dula and Jeff checked around to the flop. Another round of minimal bets and |
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