25 July 2007 (J&D's) - "Double winner Dan knows breast"


Game 1 – 10 players - (1st Dan, 2nd Ilan, 3rd JJ):

First big hand saw JJ (flush) win shed loads of chips off me (straight) and Vic (folded 2 pair)

Jude won 75p with KK

I was out first with 99 to Dan's KK

Jude out next to JJ with a lower full house to JJ's higher one

Dave (A9) out next to Dan (KQ) - K hit

Dean out to Ilan (AJ vs KJ)

Ilan doubled up 3 hands in a row, and knocked Vic out

Lee sent packing by Dan, shortly followed by the Sharon to Dan's KK

JJ loses a big hand to Ilan's AA, and soon fell to Dan, in 3rd place

Dan short stacked and got very very very very very lucky when all in with 77 vs Ilan's KK, with Dan hitting a 7 on the river.

Dan won shortly after. Unlucky Ilan.


Game 2 – 8 players - (1st Dan, 2nd Dean, 3rd Barry ):

Dan won big with QQ turning into a straight flush with 8910J of clubs on board - Dan holding the Q

I doubled up vs Dan (JJ) with AK - hitting A on flop

Ilan out first to Lee

Vic out to JJ

Dean doubled up with 99 vs Dave's 66 (hitting full house)

JJ out with JJ to Dean's QK - Q on river

I won huge hand vs Dave with 55 vs K10.

Dave out to Lee next hand

Lee (A8) doubled up vs Dean's AJ, hitting 8 on flop

Dean doubled up vs Lee with AQ vs AJ

Lee out next to Dean

I was out next (2.50am), and heads up with Dan and Dean.

Dan continues :
"It only lasted about 6 or 7 hands of which it was decided by two hands. First, I (Dan) got exceptionally lucky when all-in pre-flop I had A4 against Dean's A6. Flop came 9A6 making me a massive dog but 88 on turn and river split the pot.
Then with Q7 flop came X77 followed by two customary checks from me until the 10 on the river made Dean top pair and he duly went all in. I gleefully called making my first ever double and putting an end to 2 months of woe." (start writing the "don't gloat" email, Lee)


Poker Rankings table for this week:






Conversation Topics:

Talk was on flooding in England, Jude and Dean's impending move from a 5 bedroom to a 3 bedroomed house, and them having to share a bedroom with Ellie. Dan prattled on about Leeds football club's demise.

Lots of chatter about my man breasts, and breasts in general, and talking of tits, Dan got lucky to win 2 games, so hopefully that'll shut him the f*ck up (as if).

A new Elite Elite membership was discussed, with the hosts, and current blogger granted membership. Obviously all rules are meant to be broken, so I'm sure it won't be long before everyone is a member.

A sweapstake was started on how long it would take Vic to spill his beer, but it was JJ who won clutz of the night by dropping a wine glass.

Dan and Dean sat next to each other (never a good sign) - Dean dropped off to sleep thru the 2nd game - the jetlag taking its toll on his already battered body - Dan's incessant dribble helped Dean stay slightly awake (even when his eyes were closed).

Lee attempted to trap check when he thought he had the winning hand, only to watch two raises to the pot, after his check, and make him realise he actually didn't (saved him a lot of chips, that check).

My name for this week is Bazracadabra. Blogger-to-be-Ilan came up with that beauty.

Heroes started on BBC2 this week. Give it a few weeks for it to get good, but look out for Nikki - very nice !



Pictures of the Week:

Dangers of online dating:

cropped photo:



actual photo:



MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANNED FOR LIFE FROM DISNEYLAND!:




Videos of the Week:
Japanese Tetris - great !
https://email.standardbank.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2205


Last Year's Blog:
Dave delighted the audience with his close-up magic tricks.

Jude was keen to set the record straight that Dean is not just hard-working at work, but in the kitchen too (and she wasn’t referring to the drains).

Quotes on the night:

Dean on his au pair “She’s got small breasts, but really pert tits and a very tight arse. From the neck down she’s go the perfect body”.

With three players left, Gil finally realised that an earlier comment from Dave didn’t mean that he couldn’t look at his cards when in the blinds !!!


SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE : - Tennis Elbow Joke
Especially for JJ.

Computer Diagnosis:



One day Bill complained to his friend that his elbow really hurt. His friend suggested that he go to a computer at the drug store that can diagnose anything quicker and cheaper than a doctor. "Simply put in a sample of your urine and the computer will diagnose your problem and tell you what you can do about it. It only costs $10."

Bill figured he had nothing to lose, so he filled a jar with a urine sample and went to the drug store. Finding the computer, he poured in the sample and deposited the $10. The computer started making some noise and various lights started flashing. After a brief pause out popped a small slip of paper on which was printed: "You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water. Avoid heavy lifting. It will be better in two weeks."



Later that evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was and how it would change medical science forever, he began to wonder if this machine could be fooled. He mixed together some tap water, a stool sample from his dog and urine samples from his wife and daughter. To top it off, he masturbated into the concoction. He went back to the drug store, located the machine, poured in the sample and deposited the $10. The computer again made the usual noise and printed out the following message:

"Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. Your dog has worms. Get him vitamins. Your daughter is using cocaine. Put her in a rehabilitation clinic. Your wife is pregnant with twin girls. They arent yours. Get a lawyer. And if you dont stop jerking off, your tennis elbow will never get better."


And on that note, that's all for this week.
B.

18 July 2007 (J&D's) - " 'Rules aren't made to be broken', argues Dan"


Game 1 – players - (1st JJ, 2nd Vic (yes, Vic), 3rd James ):

First big hand of the night saw Sharon (10J) - 10's and straight draw, Dave (KQ) - Q's and straight draw, and myself (KJ) - but I hit a straight on turn to win huge hand

Sharon(JJ) doubled up vs JJ's A10

Dave (A3) doubles up vs Dan's K10, hitting a 3

I called Vics all in with QQ only to run into AA. Vic doubles up

Sharon knocked Dave out first, and sent him to the couch with 2 pair.

JJ doubled up with K10 (K on flop) to Jude's JJ

I knocked Dan out with a flush

James doubled up with straight vs Sharon's 88

Ace on river gives pair to James (AJ) to knock Sharon (66) out

I double up vs Jude (A10) with pocket Jacks

Ilan (99) doubles up vs Jude's J3

Ilan fell next to Lee

JJ (AA) takes me (10 10) and Lee (KQ) out in one hand

Jude out next to JJ

JJ (QK) hit runner x 4 (8 9 10 J) to knock James and his pocket rockets out in 3rd

Vic was short stacked and soon fell to JJ heads up.


Game 2 – players - (1st Bazzamataz, 2nd Lee, 3rd JJ):

Dan doubled up vs Dean with a high straight

I knock Dean out with a flush

Vic wins big vs JJ with straight on flop

Dan all in (A3) - I call with AA. Dan out

Ilan out with a straight vs JJ's flush

I won a huge hand vs Vic with full house vs flush

Vic (AA for 4th time) - JJ called with AA so split pot

Vic (JJ) out to me after I hit Q on flop

In a huge hand, I knock JJ out after going all in with AAA77. Unluckily for JJ he had 777AA and called, to be knocked out in 3rd place. Sweet

Heads up finished soon after when Lee all in with A3, I called with Q5 and a 5 hit on turn. I win 4th game out of last 5, and collectively me and JJ have won the last 12 of 14 games. Nice record.



Poker Rankings table for this week:





Conversation Topics:

Dave leaving early before start of second game, after being knocked out first in game 1, started Dan off on one about rule breaking. Even though Dave hadn't actually broken any rule (no one was available to play 2 games and so no one missed out), it didnt stop Dan going on about rules, ladies playing, Elite membership... blah blah blah blah. JJ also took pleasure in the fact he was guaranteed first place for another week, but it was a mute point anyway as JJ went on to win the first game to go 10 points clear at the top.

Talk also revolved around Manhattan steam explosion, mini me bootles of beer, Dan was pissed most of the night, but there was a good spell of talk about Dan and Dean going upstairs for a bit of man-loving. Very funny comment was what would happen if Jude went upstairs to catch them at it, only for Dean to turn around to say, "It's ok, love, I'm just experimenting. I'll be down in a minute..."


Quotes of the Night:

All 3 quotes tonight were from Dan.

One of the most classic quotes of all time, was from Dan, who after spending the whole evening arguing with everybody over Elite membership and other rules, said "I'm not getting involved in any arguments", followed by him arguing about him actually arguing. Hilarious.

Dan (after being knocked out and hanging around ready to leave) : "I might have to fold, and go home"

and finally, another interresting one from Dan, after coming down stairs with Dean: "Nothing goes up my arse"
[followed very quietly by something along the lines of: "I may be a giver, but definately not a taker"]


News of the Week:
who said Ebay is all bad ??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6903433.stm


Joke of the Week:
A man is driving along Borehamwood high street and suddenly the car in front does an emergency stop and he crashes into it. He gets out of the car and he sees a dwarf getting out of the car in front.
"I'm not happy!!" says the little chap
"Well, which one are you?" replies the man


Pictures of the Week:
In a woman's world...






Last Year's Blog:

Life at Accenture:
Dean has had so much spare time on his hands that he has created a ‘high tech’ and snappy-named website to advertise his property empire in Leicester. See http://www.landlords-uk.org.uk/landlord.asp?id=8975. Accenture’s clients must really benefit from such high tech skills and creativity.

Mazel tovs:
Congrats to Jude on her promotion to partner. Shame on you Dean! Still, if you don’t make it at Accenture, a successful career as a plumber is on the cards

Congrats to Lewis on a creditable fifth place in the school sports day fathers’ race.

Quotes on the night (last year):

Jude: “Do you want to see my tadpoles?”

Barry: “A badger’s got in your drain”
Lee: “Really?”
Barry: “No”
Lee: “It could have been a small one”

Dean: “We’re having a BBQ on 27 August, Sunday night”
Barry: “I’ll be in Manchester”
Dean: “Yes!!!”
Barry: “I’ll come back then”
Dean: “It’s actually on Sat night”


SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE : - Wonderful (Yiddish) Proverbs
(Cheers, Dave)

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right.

One old friend is better than two new ones.

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself - Golda Meir

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction - Albert Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them - Albert Einstein

The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax - Albert Einstein

You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

I don't want to become immortal through my work. I want to become immortal through not dying - Woody Allen

I'm not afraid of dying - I just don't want to be there when it happens! - Woody Allen

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts - Albert Einstein

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them - Albert Einstein

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school - Albert Einstein

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe - Albert Einstein




And on that note, that's all for this week.

B.

11 July 2007 (J&D's) - "Desperate Dan runs out of luck, and the house"




Game 1 – 10 players - (1st Barry, 2nd Lee, 3rd Lewis):

Sharon nut flush on flop vs JJ's lower flush . JJ's chip stack dented. Shame

Dave won lots of chips vs me with AA vs Q10 (10 on flop)

I had 44, JJ had K5. JJ hit K on board. I hit another two 4's for 4 of a kind to win nice hand, and further dent the table leader's chips. Shame

Sharon tripped up vs Ilan to win big hand

I knock Jude (straight) and Ilan (trip 7's) out in a big hand, with a flush

I won big hand vs Sharon with straight vs 2 pair

Vic all in (extra £12.50) with KQ after I raised £3 with JJ pre flop. Strange. Anyway, I called and quite rightly nothing hit for Vic, and he was out.

JJ (KK) all in - Lewis called wirth A10 (10 on flop) but A on turn severly dents JJ's stack again. Shame

Sharon (99) won big hand vs Dave (77)

JJ (all in ) doubled up vs me with A7 vs my 88 hitting an A and a 7 (lucky c*nt)

Dave doubled up with K9 vs Dans JJ hitting a K on the river. This started Dan's descent into a deep abyss, with a beer bottle dropped in the kitchen just the start of a fun evening......

Sharon doubled up vs me with higher 2 pair

Sharon showed AA for her 2nd and the games 3rd of the night

Dan then got the 4th AA of the night vs my JJ and went all in after the flop. Unfortunately for the happy one, I had hit a J on the flop and Dan out. Dan on suicide watch as Mr Grumpy reared his ugly head.

Lee (AK) triples up vs JJ (out with Q7) - Shame - and Dave short stacked with J8 after K on river.

Dave doubles up after catching lucky 6 on river vs Lewis

I knock Sharon (QQ) out with AJ after Sharon went all in with huge chip stack raise after flop of AJx gave me 2 pair.

Lee knocked Dave out with trip 5's

Lee then knocked Lewis out in 3rd place with 2 pair

Me and Lee heads up, toing and froing until I win with a straight for double win, and more importantly, nothing for JJ. Shame.


Game 2 – 8 players - (1st Barry (triple win !), 2nd Lewis, 3rd Dave):

Still seething, and moaning about his lack of luck,Dan raised Vic off a big pot with fuck all (23)

Dan then cheered the table up and furthered his anger at the game, by losing with the 5th AA of the evening to Dave's straight.

Mr Happy (aka Dan) finally changes his luck with a full house vs my 77

I knock JJ out with KK vs AQ after I hit a K on the flop. J hit a J on the river giving him a straight, but his shout of joy was short lived after realising I already had hit a full house. Shame. JJ out first - first week in 7 with no place. Shame.

Dave called with 35 hearts (flush draw and pair) vs Dans all in (A10) with 2 pair on flop - but a heart on river sent Grumps home with a slam of the door, and not even a goodbye. Surely this will be Dan's favourite blog of the year. However, it did pretty much make us all cry with laughter at his sad demise.

Anyway, Vic (now there's someone who knows a thing or two about having no luck) was out next to Lewis

Ilan doubled up vs Lee by catching a shocker 9 on river to stop a split pot and win a big hand with higher straight

Lee out next to Lewis

Ilan unlucky enough to lose with AK vs Dave's 46 after Dave hit 4 on river

Dave (2 pair) out to me after I hit trip 3's on flop

Me and Lewis heads up and Lewis well short stacked - soon over after I hit runner runner runner runner for a flush ! (triple win ! - NICE - and up to 3rd in the table)


Poker Rankings table for this week:




Conversation Topics:

First game was quiet without Dean (who, on a plane to New York completely ignored the guy on the seat next to him (John McEnroe)). However, the main entertainment was Dan (Mr Lucky, Mr Grumpy - take your pick) who moaned his way thru the evening before storming out in a major huff. It's rare we see someone have a major breakdown, but it did give us all a laugh. Don't worry Dan - it could be worse - you could be Vic, who hasnt won a game of poker in over 18months. A funny quip of the evening, was someone asking Vic what Vicky says when he gets home from Poker - "Did you win, love ?" - surely she cant ask that anymore !


Quotes of the Night:

Vic, after being knocked out again : "I'm busy from now till Rosh Hashonah, so can't play anymore"
Lee: "What do you mean, anymore ?"


Demonstration of the Week:
(A mass demo took place in Finchley this week, attended by over 400 people.

NB - the demo worked, as JJ went home empty handed)







News of the Week:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1273684,00.html



Crap Jokes of the Week:
Cheers Charlie.

A fleeing Taliban, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghanistan desert when he saw something far off in the distance
Hoping to find water, he hurried toward the object, only to find a little old Jewish man at a small stand selling ties.
The Taliban asked, "Do you have water?"
The Jewish man replied, "I have no water. Would you like to buy a tie? They are only $5.20
The Taliban shouted, "Idiot! I do not need an overpriced tie. I need water! I should kill you, but I must find water first.
"OK," said the old Jewish man, "it does not matter that you do not want to buy a tie and that you hate me. I will show you that I am bigger than that. If you continue over that hill to the east for about two miles, you will find a lovely restaurant. It has all the ice-cold water you need. Shalom."
Muttering, the Taliban staggered away over the hill. Several hours later he staggered back to the little old Jewish man.
"Your f**king brother won't let me in without a tie."



Last Year's Blog:

Conversation topics: With standby buttons on TVs set to be outlawed, Dean will have to finally learn how to switch on and off a TV without the remote.



Kashrut update from last year: JJ confirmed that Skittles are parev and it is the crispy M&Ms that are not kosher. All other M&Ms are fine. [very strange as Sharon asked this same question again last week - this year!!]


Life at Accenture: Dan was allowed out to play by both bosses (work and Gabs) and revelled in his freedom. Working until 2.30am the previous morning, Dan was feeling fresh as a daisy. Dan’s late working hours may be more to do with the fact that he gets quite excited by the vibrations from his laptop. Dean arrived shortly after his chips had been run down by the blinds.



OFFICIAL WARNING !! After Dan's admission to obtaining sexual gratification from petrol pumps, Lee has been forced to implement a UK ban on him from all Total sites - his picture will also be forwarded to UKPIA to be circulated amongst the other majors.




NB- allegedly, the official warning needs to go to Jude. Too late though, as 78.4% of all UK petrol stations now have Dan on a black list.





SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE : - Difficult Sudoku for you:


Just in case you get stuck, click on solution:





And on that note, that's all for this week.



B.

4 July 2007 (J&D's) - "Borehamwood Boys Burgered"

Game 1 – 9 players - (1st JJ again. Boring, 2nd Jude, 3rd Lee):

Lee loses with trip Aces to nut flush of Rouven

Vic (2 pair) loses to me big hand with higher 2 pair

Lee continued his good luck with 2 pair losing to Sharon's straight on river

JJ won big hand with AA vs my 88 (sharon had folded 88!)

Sharon then had 88 next hand !

Vic won huge pot with straight draw only to hit it on river vs Rouven

Jude (AA) knocked Sharon out (K10)

Lee (AK) Rouven (J10) and me (77) all all in. J and K on board and Lee triples up. Me out and Rouven very short stacked. Rouven out next to Dean

Vic out next to Ilan

Ilan (A8) out next to Jude (A10)'s straight

Dean out to Jude's 2 pair

Lee out in 3rd to JJ's trip 6's

JJ wins again with trip 5's - Jude 2nd


Game 2 – 7 players - (1st Barold/Bazmundo/bloke from Prison Break/Morris from 24....., 2nd Ilan, 3rd Lee):


Rouven (88) out first to Dan (AA) with full house

Vic was out next also with 88 vs AA of Ilan (3rd or 4th 88 vs AA of the night !)

Dan went all in after a flop of 944 (£8 raise). Dean called. I ummed and ahhed and called too. Dan had 55, Dean K9 and I had AQ (I fancied a punt to see one more card and had lots of chips). Next card out is a Q and Dan and Dean sent packing.

Lee knocked JJ out (to loud applause) with flush vs trips

Ilan doubled up with A5 - straight on flop vs Lee

I knocked Lee out again in 3rd with a flush

Heads up, I was big chip leader and Ilan finally fell to a pair of Jacks vs his 9's. Makes it a Borehamwood boys double, and thus pre poker burgers next week. Ilan and myself silently and swiftly put the chips away and crept out at 2.00am whilst Dean slept in front of the tv. Bless him


Poker Rankings table for this week:

For the first time since Jan 31st (21 weeks) we have a new leader. JJ caught up a 34 point deficit in 5 weeks, to go 3 points clear of Dave. 7 wins and 1 second place in the last 10 games. Annoying as hell, but quite a feat. May it last no longer.




Conversation Topics:

Dean bored everyone with talk of politics. Dave had a migraine and it probably got no better when Lee texted him to let him know of JJ's victory. I told everyone that 3 seperate people had said I look like Michael Schofield from Prison Break. Dean et al decided I looked more like Morris from 24 ! Cant be arsed this week, but look out for the lookalikes special feature coming soon. Just as a sneaky peak though, here is a picture of Dean, on the hunt for more peas........







Vic turned up for the first time in a while and for one hand, it seemed he had turned his luck around. It didnt take long to find out that this was bollox - Vic was exactly the same old Vic. Dean fell asleep on the couch during heads up - mostly due to staring and drooling at Gordon Brown on the tv all day. Tiring stuff. Liverpool bought Torres from Athletico Madrid for around £26m - hopefully £1m per goal he scores before xmas of the upcoming new season !



Joke of the Week:

Bob came home from the pub late one Friday evening stinking drunk, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep. He gave her a peck on the cheek and fell asleep.
When he awoke he found a strange man standing at the end of his bed wearing a long flowing white Robe.
"Who the hell are you?" demanded Bob, "and what are you doing in my bedroom?"
The mysterious man answered "This isn't your bedroom and I'm St Peter." Bob was stunned "You mean I'm dead!?!! That can't be, I have so much to live for, I haven't said goodbye to my family. . . you've got to send me back straight away."
St Peter replied "Yes, you can be reincarnated but there is a catch. We can only send you back as a dog or a hen."
Bob was devastated, but knowing there was a farm not far from his house, he asked to be sent back as a hen. A flash of light later he was covered in feathers and clucking around pecking the ground.
"This ain't so bad" he thought until he felt this strange feeling welling up inside him.
The farmyard rooster strolled over and said "So you're the new hen, how are you enjoying your first day here?"
"It's not so bad" replies Bob, "but I have this strange feeling inside like I'm about to explode."
"You're ovulating" explained the rooster, "don't tell me you've never laid an egg before?"
"Never!" replies Bob.
"Well just relax and let it happen"
So he did and after a few uncomfortable seconds later, an egg pops out from under his tail. An immense feeling of relief swept over him and his emotions got the better of him as he experienced motherhood for the first time. When he laid his second egg, the feeling of happiness was overwhelming and he knew that being reincarnated as a hen was the best thing that ever happened to him . . . Ever!!!
The joy kept coming and as he was just about to lay his third egg he felt an enormous smack on the back of his head and heard his wife shouting...
"Bob, wake up you drunken bastard, you've shit the bed. "



Game of the Week:

Very frustrating but addictive :

http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?ID=44


Last Year's Blog: (It's a bigun' !)

Jude and Dean were still full from their 17 course meal at The Fat Duck restaurant costing £250.



We saw video footage of Ilan and Dean’s sky dive. Ilan didn’t look at all scared on the plane. Slightly more scary was seeing (not sure anyone watched for very long) someone’s arse being bolted together on TV – must have been up for a long stretch in prison.




Quotes of the week, last year:

Opening line of the person that made Lewis redundant this week “we’ve ordered you a taxi”. Very considerate.



Annie Freya Arotsky was born this time last year. Hopefully for her, Vic will win at some point before her wedding day has to be paid for.

Dan ducked out of (last year)’s game having been working until 5am the previous morning. Dean arrived at a respectable 9.30pm. Not so sure about Dean’s partnership potential after hearing it took him 10 minutes to turn on his TV after someone turned it off properly (sparked a debate about recycling and green issues).



SPECIAL ONE OFF FEATURE : - Blast Billiards



If you liked the game above, here's the rest of the family. Plenty for JJ to keep himself busy with at work.

Trick Blast Billiards
A new version of Blast Billiards is out. How far can you get doing Trick Shots?
http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?ID=387

Ultimate Blast Billiards
The latest and greatest Blast Billiards yet. How far can you get?
http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?ID=388

Blast Billiards Combo
Here is another version of the mega popular "Blast Billiards". You can play all the versions this time around.
http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?ID=464


And on that note, that's all for this week.




B.