Game 1 – 10 players - (1st JJ, 2nd Dean, 3rd Sharon):
I won first big hand of night with a flush vs Dean’s folded 2 pairs.
Dave won an all in hand with full house vs my top pair Q’s
Dean won an all in hand with me again beating my straight with his flush
Charlie hit trip 9’s on the river to beat Dave
I got knocked out after dwindling down to small chip stack.
Dan had a bad beat (AJ) losing to Dave’s J9 – 9 came, Dan out
JJ (Q6) knocked out Charlie (A5) with a 6 hitting.
Jude (straight) doubled up against Vic (9’s) and then doubled up again against JJ with trip K’s
JJ knocked out Vic hitting a higher 2 pair on the river. (1000 “dirty b@stards” from Vic!)
Jude knocked Lee out and Sharon took Dave out with a flush
Jude all in – Dean called and hits a straight. Jude out.
J doubled up (A2) vs Sharon’s J9
Then Dean knocked Sharon out into 3rd place and after a small heads up battle, JJ takes the first prize.
Game 2 – 9 players - (1st Dave , 2nd Barry, 3rd Lee):
Dan hit the first shown AA of the night.
I (straight) won big hand against Charlie’s 2 pair
Dave won big against me (3 Aces) with a full house (ouch)
Vic hit 2 pairs on the flop. Unfortunately for him, I’d hit the straight on the flop. Vic sent home.
JJ (77) knocked Charlie (AK) out
Dave (KQ) sent Ilan (KJ) packing
JJ (AK) was unfortunate to split a pot with me (AQ) after a K and a Q hit on flop, followed by a J and a 10.
Lee (AK) all in - Dean calls with QQ. K hit on turn. Lee doubles up
JJ tripled up with K 10 hitting a full house
Dean all in bluff with AK – I called with a straight. Dean crippled, and out in next hand to Lee.
Dan out by Dave (bad beat number 2)
In a nice hand for me, but the last hand of the night for JJ, I had pocket 10’s, JJ pocket 7’s. Flop came 8 8 7 (JJ full house). Next card was a beautiful 8 making me a higher full house and JJ steams home.
Dave took Lee out in 3rd place, and heads up with Dave, I made a stupid call that cost me most of my chips and never recovered.
Poker Rankings table for this week (well done Dave/Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaron ):
(note: As stated previously, the sorting function in Excel allows for 3 sorts. These are Points, then number of first places, then total number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. After that it should be alphabetic, but as we can't have 4 sorts, the order after the 3 sorts is basically up to Excel ).
Conversation Topics:
The main source of amusement and banter was Charlie’s odd comment regarding gay’s rights to stay in hotels.
If you are a student, and live in Leicester, and need accommodation, what better place to search than Leicesterstudenthomes.co.uk. Simple, yet effective, Dean.
Dean created a new poker term. “Cold” he shouted on his turn. We thought he was just stupid, but apparently this is a clever method of checking then folding. "COLD !!!"
After 36 years of my wondering, Dean finally solved the mystery of what Barry is short for. I can now reveal my true name is Barold. Dean’s twisted, but fairly convincing logic : “Harry is short for Harold, thus Barry is short for Barold”.
Allegedly, Ilan shagged a moose.
We watched the Poker Tilt cash game on TV. Gus Hansen winning even more money.
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39162821,00.htm
Congratulations:
Dave has now officially changed his name to Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaron Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaronovich, after losing the top spot of the table last week, even though he wqas equal in points to Dean. It wouldn’t have actually helped him last week, as Dean had more places won, and thus was top of the table, but in future, if points and places are joint, and the table has to go by alphabetical order, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaron will be top !
Holidays:
Ilan is off to Seattle, Washington and Hawaii (nice) - business and pleasure.
Barry is taking son Ben to Spain for the weekend, to experience flying on a plane for the first time.
Quotes of the Night:
Barry: “We’re back”, as Liverpool goalie saves a penalty when 4-1 down to the Arse. Eventually beat 6-3. I owe you a pound, JJ.
Dan: “Monaco was massive”
Charlie: “No it’s not, it’s tiny”
Dean: “I like these new cards”
Barry: “I like the big ’uns”
Tip of the Week:
Goes to this cracker from JJ. Unfortunately it’s too late for me with this year’s blog, but SAVE YOURSELVES !!!!!!
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-when-Not-to-Volunteer
Find of the Week:
Before Dan moved areas within Accenture, he had to write a paper for his successor to explain the sometimes difficult art of paragraph alignment. To stop JJ finding it and publishing it in last year’s blog, he hid it under the pseudonym of Allen Wyatt. After extensive research, I found it. Here it is for all to enjoy:
http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/T1142_Understanding_Paragraph_Alignment.html
Purchase of the Week:
(Thanks Dave. Mine on order from Halfords now)
New Wiper Blades
I got a new set of wiper blades on my car. I think they might be too long because they hang over the edges a little, but I don't care, they work great. I would have to say that they are the only blades I have ever had that I actually like to watch. It's hard to keep my eyes on the road sometimes. Call me crazy, but lately I have been driving around non-stop with them on. I've even been pulled over and the cop asked to go for a ride so he could watch them work.
They were outrageously expensive, but safety is my main concern and like I said, they work great. (click on image below to see wipers)
Video of the Week:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-ghost_060107_0800,00.html
- look out for guy in the red pickup and the final footage when the car gets stolen. Classic !!
Crazy Story of the Week:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-04T073314Z_01_SYD322475_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-AUSTRALIA-CAT.XML&src=rss
Betty and Wilma Isaacson’s cards are on the way.
SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE - Anagrams:
Guess the name (full first name and surname):
gluey one
batch store
sod any jean
valid dodging
scary abrasion
ivory sock tart
scab no jail
stroke channel
marginal head
sonic wheel
and saving the best, and rudest for last:
go horny anus
(permission was granted to publish this one!!!)
That's all for this week.
B.
