Game 1 – 9 players - (1st Sharon, 2nd JJ, 3rd James):
JJ (55) knocked Dean (A8) out first
Sharon knocked Lewis out with QQ vs A10
I won big pot off Ilan with straight vs flush
Ilan was then knocked out next hand with flush draw vs Sharon's 2 pair
I was knocked out by Sharon who made a good call after my all in bluff after my flush draw never came. DOH !
Scott out next to Dan (KK)
Lee out next to JJ (copy this now.....)
Dan out next to JJ
James out next to JJ
But in heads up, finally, JJ's reign was over when Sharon beat him into a pulp with a flush on the flop.
Game 2 – 6 players - (1st JJ (boring...), 2nd Lee, 3rd Bazmond):
Dan was out first to Lee
Ilan out next to JJ with a straight (paste)
Paul was huge chip leader but in two hands (10 minutes past curfew) he gave them all to Lee
I fell next to Lee.
Heads up, Lee had 75% of the chips, but after an hour of to-ing and fro-ing JJ had caught up and Lee went all in with 66, JJ called with 10 10, and JJ's reign of terror was back on course, reaping revenge on Mr Young for the cheek of Mrs Young to win a game against him. HOW VERY DARE YOU !
Poker Rankings table for this week:
Conversation Topics:
Dean and Dan spent the whole of the first game rabbiting in my ear about Mr Magoo, the crap architect. We talked about England under 21's losing on penalties 13-12; my motorbike (which turned up to poker at last); Tearage (or lack of), how to service wash the table if Dean spilt port on it, and Ellie Jayson; etc etc.
Quotes of the Night:
Ilan (to me): "You're playing too safe"
Congratulations:
To Jude and Dean on the birth of Ellie Rose. She was going to be called Lara Michal, until they saw her, but chose instead to name her after Asher's toy elephant (Ellie) much to his horror ! Oh well, you can always use Lara for number 4 !!! Mazeltov on the 9lb 10oz bundle of joy and pooh. Just for the record, that is the 3rd Poker Elite baby of 2007 - and all girls (Sadie, Ruby and Ellie). Nice.
Game of the Week:
(didn't work last week, so back by popular demand)
http://www.adultswim.com/games/biblefight/game.swf
News Story of the Week:
ouch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4253849.stm?lsm
Joke of the Week:
What marriage is about.
He ordered one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink.
The old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half.
He placed one half in front of his wife.
He then carefully counted out the French fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.
He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people around them kept looking over and whispering.
You could tell they were thinking, "That poor old couple - all they can afford is one meal for the two of them."
As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man said they were just fine - They were used to sharing everything.
The surrounding people noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite.
She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.
Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another meal for them. This time the old woman said "No, thank you, we are used to sharing everything."
As the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin, the young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a single bite of food and asked "What is it you are waiting for?"
She answered:
"THE TEETH"
Last Year's Blog:
Dave (Dan) came up with the 2-pack shuffling idea, which has greatly improved the speed of the game (unless Dean is present).
Quotes of the week last year:
Barry: “you can’t get Scotty off a potty”
Dean commenting on how to avoid Dan crowing over the shuffling idea: “Just don’t let him play again”
Dean: “Has my DVD come yet?”
Barry: “What, Brokeback Mountain?”
Jude to Scott: “I hear your kn0b is small”
Scott: (no response and just went red)
Following last week’s (last year) situation where JJ had to wake Yael up at 3am having forgotten his keys, Lee provided a useful top tip. Simply phone 20 mins before you’re due home and ask the missus to leave the keys outside. That way you don’t end up having the face them and if you’re very lucky they might not remember in the morning.
Vegas Update from Dave:
Dave's flight home was cancelled, so got to stay a bit longer. Played a 70 player $120 tournament and got heads up after 5 hours, and they were evenly split so split the pot !!! KERCHING $$$$$ !! back next week for full account of the trip.
SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE : - No time for one this week, so instead a Quick quiz:
How to stop JJ getting lucky and winning ?
Answers on a postcard please.
And on that note, that's all for this week.
B.
