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.
