I won a few early chips with a flush versus Dean and Dean won a few off Ilan showing AAAQQ although Ilan had already folded.
I raised £5 versus Dan with 4 to a straight flush and a straight on the board and persuaded Dan to lay down his Q high over-straight. I had two pairs on the flop which got worse and worse.
Ilan doubled up against Jude with JJJKK versus a straight. One hand later Barry won a big pot against Dan with JJJKK again.
Lee KO’d Dan with lucky trip 7s.
James doubled up against Jude with a flush versus Jude’s 2 pairs.
Jude was then very short stacked and got very lucky (particularly given that I thought she’d exited the previous hand to James) to double up against me with a lucky 8 on the river.
Dean then outkickered Ilan with A10 versus A8 to knock him out.
Jude was on a roll and doubled up against Dean with 2 pairs.
I was then knocked out by Dean who had 22 that tripped up versus AQ suited.
In a big pot for Barry, Lee (96) and Jude (QQ) fell to Barry’s A6 with a flop of A77.
James KO’d Dave with A2 suited versus 77. An A was the first card on the flop.
Dean went all-in with A7 versus James A5. A lucky 5 came – a sign of what was to come.
Heads-up James had most of the chips and made quick work of Barry with A 10 versus A 2 the winning hand.
Game 2 (1st James, 2nd JJ, 8 players)
The game started with Dave standing on the box of jelly beans and mixing them up into a real fruit cocktail. The person who moved the box to the floor kept very quiet.
Dean took early chips from Barry with a higher kicker and then finished off the job with a straight versus pocket 5s.
I doubled up against Dave with AA versus A8. 8 on the flop. Dean KO’d Dave with a full house 55599.
Dan KO’s Lee.
James doubled up with AK versus Dean’s A9.
IJ tripled up with QQ and then doubled up with AAA99 on the river versus Dean’s flush.
Dean gained some revenge doubling up with A3 versus Ilan’s A6.
Dan (78) raised after the flop (478) with 2 pairs and James went all-in with 8J. The turn and the river were 10s to shock Dan with yet another awful bad beat.
Dan promised revenge and doubled up against IJ with wired 4s and then destroyed Ilan with A10 versus AQ.
Dan looked down at AA and must have thought his recovery from the previous bad beat was complete. He’d forgotten about the Swiss assassin James though (see pic below – ignore the tache). Dean went all-in with J5 and James accidentally went all-in with QJ suited. Dan immediately called. The flop was 7KA – making trip As. The river brought a 10 though making a miracle straight for lucky James and Dan felt like he’d been raped.
Heads-up it was only going to be the assassin’s night and despite one double up with 22 (which tripped up) for me versus A 10 the game ended shortly afterwards with A7 holding up against K 10. For the record, Dean owes me £10.
Conversation topics
Dave provided some insight into quiz questions where the question is “what creature is an X”. The answer is always a bird or a fish.
Apprentice USA featuring a frum Jew has started.
Life at Accenture
Beware those Blackberries. See http://survey.sky.com/morethan/Default.asp?id=2&sarticle_id=273
Dean is enjoying life as a 4.1. Dan seemed quite stressed with work not to mention the bad beats (more later).
Mazel tov
Busy week for mazel tovs.
Be’sha’ah tovah to Sharon and Lee on the forthcoming arrival.
Mazel tov to Jude and Dean on their respective birthdays, 7th wedding anniversary and the 19th anniversary of Dean’s barmitzvah.
Mazel tov to Caroline and Barry on their 8th wedding anniversary.
Mazel tov to James and Dalya on their 9th wedding anniversary.
How to?
http://www.wikihow.com/Shuffle-and-Cut-a-Deck-of-Cards-One-Handed
Quotes of the night
James: “I was ahead all the way from the river”
Dean (the hand after a bad beat): “Not on tilt at all I’ll go all-in”.
James (before calling): “What’s the time?”
Anon (can’t remember): “Dean’s a monster and he’s got loads of chips”
Useful website
http://www.createagift.co.uk/ for personalised calendars etc
World’s shortest man
http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,30000-1232468,00.html
Brainteaser
Congrats to Barry on winning last week’s brainteaser. The correct answer was Habit. See below for this week’s brainteaser.
If E times ILE equals BANISH, and TE times T equals BOOK, what does TO times IN equal?
A. BREATH
B. TEASER
C. RUTABAGA
D. POISON E. COPPER
