Lee guest blogger for 2nd week running (I'm sensing a theme here...long may it continue), as I left early - bed at 9.30pm on a Wednesday - heaven !!!Game 1 – 10 players - (1st Ilan, 2nd Charlie, 3rd Jude):Game commenced at 8.45 - poor effort - next week we revert to 8pm planned start.
Baz was feeling under the weather so it was considered very nice of him to stop by and drop off his tenner before departing for home at 9.05pm - very generous and we wish you well. 2 pairs on the flop to Ilan's trips on the flop - DOH
Not too many memorable hands early on - dave up and down like a french tarts knickers - Dan lost some chips early - Ilan in new raising mode raked in a few substantial pots.
Generally a lot of noise and little action - always a highlight - dean arrives as Barry left - spends the next 30mins gathering his dinner - plays a couple of hands (folding of course) before retiring to the garden to pretend to speak on the phone but really plan how best to wind dan up. Meantime J goes out with a whimper...
Then dean returns with a revelation - he is all in - dan is all in - ilan - chip leader calls -dans's in sorting out the chips - dean is outraged - dan falters - dean is shouting - dan is steaming - there follows hissy fits - threats -tension...then as quick as it all began - ilan just turns over the winning hand to send dan off to Wii land and dean back out to pretend to be on the phone again - but really plotting how he can wind dan up next week.
Lee out next to Charlie "I'll only ever win with blind fu#king luck" Kenton - followed by Dave -leaving Shaz, Jude, Charlie & Ilan...... an hour or 2 later Shaz troops in - then Jude - Ilan scoops the honours - sweetly reminding Charlie that they were neck & neck in the table.
Game 2 – 5 players - (1st Dave, 2nd JJ, 3rd Ilan): Dan goes first - out to dave (or could have been ilan) - lee next A10 v AK to ilan. JJ builds biglead then raises with two pair - dave goes all in - J calls and dave hits a flush on the river todouble up and leave J short and unhappy. Ilan gives J one final shot by doubling him back up beforetaking his leave leaving Dave and J to battle it out - goes on for a while before they are all in -J hits 10 on flop for pair of 10's - Dave hits Q on the river to take the spoils.
Poker Rankings table for this week: 
Conversation Topics: Jude confessing to sleeping in the au pairs bed - its part of her interview technique apparantly.
Bingo wings...Barmitzvah arms...
Gordons bounce - has bounced.
Next week we play on Tuesday due to yom tov.
Joke of the Week:MAN IN A BIKER BAR
A blind man wanders into an all girls biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee. After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the waiter,"Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?"
The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is only fair -- given that you are blind -- that you should know five things:
1. The bar tender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde girl.
3. I'm a 6 foot tall, 175 lb. Blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weightlifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?"
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and mutters,
"No... Not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times."
Interesting fact of the Week:very interesting what you find at the highest zoom level
http://moon.google.com/News of the Week:one less dwarf to move to Borehamwood......
And on that note, that's all for this week. B.
