Liverpool & Arsenal's Champion League's tie on Wednesday, saw our poker game hastily rearranged for Tuesday night and a later target start time of 20:15. This inevitably meant our actual start time was delayed to 20:49. The game, beset by illness, was without JJ, who had gone in search of inspiration, seeing a show about a boy who practiced really hard and eventually achieved his dream and became a ballet star. Hope it helps J...
Dan was the evening's first casualty, but without the need for medical attention, re raising Baz with two jacks in his hand. Barry folded his deuces but IJ called with pocket kings which held up.
Dan out (10th).
Sharon, suffering from an infected finger, went all in after her AJ hit an ace. Dave called with a pair of Kings and a flush draw but was knocked out (9th), enabling Sharon to get her remaining functioning hand on his chips.
Lee observed "I'm a victim of my own respect" after he failed to attract any interest in his raise, his pocket rockets going to waste.
IJ collected a monster pile of chips and proved what a jammy bastard he is once again, hitting a seven card straight with Q10, knocking out Mark (8th) 63 and Dean (7th) AA.
Charlie bowed to extensive peer pressure and called Barry's re-raise, his KJ falling to Baz's big slick.
He was weakened, but Sharon extended a one handed lifeline, calling his all in with her own KJ. Charlie's 9J hit a straight on the river and doubled up.
IJ managed a rare feat of knocking out a husband and wife team, both with AA, when his pocket 10s tripped up. Jude's exited 6th, allowing her to escort her poorly husband home.
Charlie gave Sharon more time to concentrate on her unusual pesach preparation, dipping her infected finger in salt water, when his AQ held up against her 72. Shaz out (5th).
Charlie followed her after his Q8 couldn't beat IJ's 910 suited (no idea what it hit). Charlie out (4th).
In a massive hand that set him up for eventual victory, Lee patiently sat on his nut flush and made a gentle raise. Baz, who had hit trip 5s, took the bait and re-raised all in. Lee gleefully called and Barry was decimated, admitting he hadn't seen the flush.
He was then finished off by IJ, after KJ let him down, as it had everyone else before him. IJ's A2 held up and Baz out (3rd).
Heads up was relatively swift, with no major hands. Patient Lee used his large chip lead to wear IJ down until, at 23:26, his AJ held up against IJ's A7.
Well done Lee!
Game 2 – 4 players - (1st Baz, 2nd Lee, 3rd Dan)
After spending a considerable amount of time debating, agreeing and then recording the rule about players ducking out of the 2nd game, we proved that the only hard and fast rule in our game is that we only honoured our rules in the breach. A plague of illness and lack of commitment, saw one player after another clear off home during the first game, leaving only 4 hardened souls to battle it out.
First to go was Dave, who couldn't be bothered to wait to the 2nd game, Marky & Dean soon followed, citing ill health, and finally Charlie refused to renege on his 'one game only' commitment. At one point we feared the 2nd game maybe a total washout, with Dan threatening to go home as he reminded us that "I don't play 4 player games". Luckily for the rest of us he made an exception to his personal rules (which don't seem very strict, as he emailed later in the week saying that he played two 4 player games last year).
At 23:40, our remaining players, Lee, Baz, Dan & IJ, started.
Barry got very upset that Lee decided it would be OK to smoke in the poker suite, since there were so few of us there. Barry objected strenuously and was not placated by the offer that we would suspend the game if he wanted to wait outside until smoking was over.
IJ was first out when his KQ was beaten by Baz, who hit a pair of 2s. IJ out (4th).
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Barry continues:
dan 3rd
- ran into my pocket 5's that turned into full house.
Me quite big chip leader.
Heads up finished quite quickly at 1.05am
- I went all in with AJ
- Lee called with KJ
- no help for Lee came
- me 1st, Lee 2nd.
2008 Poker Rankings Table:
Barry consolidates his position at the top of the table, where he is 9 points clear of Lee, who's first game win enables him to leapfrog Dan. Lee moves 4 points clear of Dan into second, pushing Dan into third, 13 points behind the top spot that was once his..However, the top 3 are gradually breaking away from the rest of the table, with Dan himself 13 points clear of Dave in fourth place. With 14 out of 52 games played, Baz, Lee or Dan would seem strong contenders to be our eventual league champion...
IJ in fifth narrows the gap behind Dave to a single point and there is no change to the rest of the table.
Announcements of the week:
Congratulations to Lewis on making partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse - a fantastic achivement and we look forward to you being able to focus more of your considerable skills on the poker table from now on....
also, happy 1st Birthday to Ruby Isaacson!
Conversation topics:
Pretty thin this week. Best I've got is:
Barry: "I'm having my 2nd boxing lesson tomorrow."
Lee: "Why? Are you being bullied?"
Jokes of the week
Thanks to Barry for this bathroom floor:
would you walk into this bathroom ?
the flat is on the 10th floor of a high rise block.
the floor is painted, and you know its painted, but would you wanna walk in, just in case ????
and another one from Baz:
AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES
1. IF YOU'RE CHOKING ON AN ICE CUBE, SIMPLY POUR A CUP OF BOILING WATERDOWN YOUR THROAT. PRESTO! THE BLOCKAGE WILL INSTANTLY REMOVE ITSELF.2. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONEELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.
3. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT - USE THE SINK.4. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.
5. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.6. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.
7. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'TMOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE.8. REMEMBER - EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.
9. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.that's all for this week,
tara!
ij
