Lee hit 4 cards to a spade royal flush, but no more for the £73 in the pot. Close, but no cigar yet !
Lee wins nice pot with AA vs my 88
Charlie doubled up with nut flush vs JJ
Sharon lost chips to Lee
9J7 on flop and Sharon all in (Q10). I also all in (AJ) and Charlie calls (KK)
but a K on the turn gives sharon a straight and Charlie trips - but another 7 on the river gives Charlie full house and me and Sharon out.
Dave out next to Charlie
Lewis out next to JJ's 2 Pair (AQ)
Charlie (AJ) luckily doubles up vs Dan's AQ with flush
Lee out next to dan
JJ knocks Dan out in 3rd
and heads up, Charlie claws his way back with AA, but JJ finally takes the game, and the Championship of 2007. Well Done.
Game 2 – 8 players - (1st JJ (Champion of 2007), 2nd Dave (Runner up 2007), 3rd Lee):
Dave flopped 4 8's to win nice pot vs my 99
Lewis (10 10) vs JJ (JQ) - A 10 on flop but K on river gives JJ lucky straight and Lewis home
I hit 4 to Royal flush but no more, but hit Q high flush to win nice pot
Dan doubles up vs JJ (J3) with 10 8 (hit 8 !)
But Dan out next to Sharon's 2 pairs (A6)
Charlie (A7) out next to Dave's A3 after A on flop, but Dave hit lucky 3 on river
JJ doubled up vs Dave
Lee had full house on flop to win nice pot vs Sharon
I out next to JJ....
..and Lee out in 3rd. Heads up between the top 2 of the table, saw JJ (JJ) vs Dave (88) but 2 Jacks on the flop, and JJ finishes the year winner, with 4 Jacks and top of the table, with Dave 2nd. Well done both of you.
FINAL 2007 Poker Rankings table:
£'s won or lost in final column for those that care !
(Slight) Review of the Year:
The main highlight (non poker related !!) of 2007 was that there were 4 poker Elite babies born - Dean & Jude, Barry & Caroline, Lee & Sharon and Dan & Gabby were all parents for the 3rd time this year. May all our children grow up to be happy and healthy, and better at poker than their father's !
On the poker side, we finally moved into the suite (14th March). Dave won the first game of the year, I won the first game in the suite (for trivia fans, Scott won the first hand in the suite !), and JJ won the final game of the year.
JJ and Dave battled it out at the top of the table for most of the year, with the top spot still up for grabs until the final week. But JJ winning the first game of the last week secured top spot for himself. Well done. But just for ood measure, he won the 2nd game too, meaning a free burger for me next week !!!
Lee played most games (96) out of a possible 103 games, with JJ, Dan, Barry and Dave all playing over 90 games.
Amazingly, the runs of consecutive wins was pretty impressive this year - JJ in June, had 6 wins and a second place out of 7 games, with an unprecedented, and still unequalled or unbeaten, 4 consecutive wins. Up until that point (whilst Dave was in Vegas), Dave was way ahead in the league, but JJ's run, took him straight to the top. Myself and Dan both had 3 consesecutive wins in July/ August.
And I can't write my last blog without mention of poor old Vic, who in 2 years of poker, since the blog began, still hasn't won a game. May 2008 bring you your first win, Vic !
Thanks of course, the the Young's and Jayson's for their hosting for this year, and to Lee for making sure the email is sent out religiously every monday morning.
And on that note, that's all for this blogger for the year, and in fact for ever. I would say it's been fun, and pleasurable, but that would be a lie - it's been a pain in the arse and hopefully next year I'll have the same success (and luck) as the previous blogger in his post-blogging year ! Thanks to all those who sent links, stories or jokes for inclusion in the blog. I now hand over my blogging hat to Ilan, a hat I never intend wearing ever again !!
Have a happy and healthy 2008, and may all of us enjoy another great poker filled year.
B.
