An early arse-tell gave away a strong hand for me. I then managed to hold things in to take chips off Dan with a straight on the flop. I then KO’d Dave with 10 10 10 AA versus 10 10 10 J J. Dave gracefully retired to the sofa for a rest.
In a nearly night for Barry, Barry would have hit a K high straight spade flush and then four 5s but unwisely chose to raise the first hand £4 forcing Lee out and folded the 5 in the second hand.
Dan doubled up against Sharon with trip 5s versus top pair Qs.
Lee was all-in and out-kickered Barry’s K10 with KQ.
Dan saw off Ilan with wired 8s and I KO’d Sharon with trip 9s.
Dan won a very big pot versus Barry.
Dan doubled up against decimated Barry with J 10 versus J 9 (both had top pair).
Lee then doubled up with A8 suited versus Q7 clubs. Dan KO’d Barry with a flush and I knocked out Lee with A6 versus Q5.
Heads-up versus Dan I won back the lead and the key hand was A 10 (me) versus Dan’s Q 10. Despite a Q arriving on the flop the A came on the turn to provide a welcome return to winning ways.
Game 2 (1st Lucky Lee, 2nd JJ), 8 players
Scott KO’s Dave with K 10 versus pocket 5s. A ten hit to send Dave home for some much-needed sleep.
Ilan lost early chips to Scott with 2 pairs versus a nut flush.
Barry lost it at this point struggling to work out blinds when they were 3 and 6 blacks.
Lee doubled up with KK versus 88 (Barry).
Ilan tripled up with pocket rockets versus Paul and Scott. Dan finished off Scott.
I then doubled up somewhat fortunately on the river with J5 (my former and current lucky hand) versus Paul’s A 10. I then completed my refuah sh’laimah by taking lots of chips from Dan with a nice AAA QQ full house.
Ilan doubled up with a pair of ladies and then Paulio DiBluffio (thinking he had more chips than he actually had) went all in with 45 and hit three cards for a straight against Dan’s pocket 4s.
I then KO’d Dan (A 10) and Ilan (QJ) with K 10.
Lee doubled up against Barry.
I then KO’d Paulio with trip As versus a flush draw and also saw off Barry with a straight.
That left the heavy heights heads-up and I was fuc*ing unlucky not to win. Lee (94) hit a pair of 9s on the flop and went all-in. I called with top pair Qs and Lee paired jammy 4s on the river to double up. This clearly affected me as I then bluffed when an A hit on the river only for Lee to go all-in - and I lost lots of chips. The last hand saw Lee go all-in with top pair and I called with a flush draw that never came.
Conversation topics
IJ was keen to help out a mate doing a best man speech. The challenge was to incorporate the phrase knee high in cum. The self-proclaimed winner was from my good self – “the grass was knee high in Cum-bria).
We learnt from Ilan the meaning of the word Schadenfreude (delight in another person's misfortune) and applied it to Lee first and then in massive doses to Barry. Lee and Sharon had left their car unattended in a residents parking at 8.20pm last night in town knowing full well free parking didn’t start until 8.30pm. Sure enough at 8.22pm (didn’t you see the tow truck parked just behind you?) the car was whisked away. Recovery was £200. Ouch! Lee was expecting a lot of Schadenfreude but was saved by Barry’s story. Barry was on his way to poker when he decided to fill up with petrol. Despite having driven an unleaded petrol car for several years, Barry decided to top it up with £17.48 of prime diesel despite having to force the nozzle in and then toddled off down the road for a couple of minutes making sure it got into the engine. To compound the error, Barry had recently cancelled his road recovery service. Costs to be confirmed at a later date. Ouch!!! Barry found one quote on the web which said he’d done something similar drove away fine and the car was fuc*ed for the rest of its life. Barry was considering asking for stupid-leave to take today off to sort out the car. The alternative we discussed was phoning in to say that Mondeo Isaacson (Jews have funny names) is at death’s door.
Life at Accenture
With Dean away, the truth finally came out about Dean’s so-called promotion. Lee pointed out that Dean’s new junior executive title is all too similar to his first role as executive junior.
Mazel tovs
Congrats to JJ on his forthcoming 33rd birthday next Monday. If you can be arsed, I will be going for a few drinks on TUESDAY at TGI Fridays (Mill Hill) from about 8.30pm. See address and map below.
http://www.tgifridays.co.uk/storefinder.phtml?store_id=21
Congrats to Scott for being paid an extra £9k to do exactly the same job and also to you and Dalia on your 8 year wedding anniversary.
Namesakes
This week it’s Paulio DiBluffio. See Paul’s high-class website. http://www.paullevy.co.uk/
How to?
Start them young I say:
http://www.wikihow.com/Teach-Your-Children-to-Do-Laundry
You never know when this will come in handy:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Grilled-Cheese-Sandwich-With-an-Iron
Quote of the night
Lee announcing a text from Scott: “Can I play the second game?”
Dave: “I’ll go home then”
Brainteaser
Congrats to strangely opportunistic Dave on winning last week’s brainteaser. The correct answer was Ambrosia. Charlie was a close second. See below for this week’s brainteaser.
Abuse me for I will not care.
Curse me when I stray from fair.
Brute force won't put me in my place.
Smooth and even wins the race.
Envy colours where I rest.
No sandy beaches for the best.
What am I?
HintLightning Ridge is in Australia and is famous for being the only place in the world where a certain gemstone is found.
There’s also an alternative brainteaser for Barry.
If you have filled up cars with unleaded fuel for many years, what would make you struggle (the nozzle just didn’t seem to fit) to put £17.48 of diesel in your car and then drive off?
