July Poker League - Games #6 and #7

Recap of Game #6 (Thurs, July 17)

Fuckin' Daffy. That seemed to be the mantra of Pads (yours truly).

Eight players were in attendance at the Daffy residence. My Choice and his father Zeus could not attend, and were annoyed at missing the opportunity to gain points in the standings. Prior to playing, a brief discussion ensued as to whether players should be allowed to drop their lowest week's total, and only have your best 9 weeks of points count. Commissioner Daffy felt that since everybody would have at least one week where they had zero points, letting everybody drop a week wouldn't affect the standings. This ruling stood and play began. Play was a little bit different in that the entire Daffy clan had returned from vacation, and there were wives and kids around the house.

Donkey set out to determine that he was not, in fact, a donkey, and started doing well in this regard. He bet aggressively and took a large number of chips from True in a big hand. Shortstacked, True did not last much longer and went out first in 8th place rather quickly. Chick was soon to follow, finishing in 7th place.

True's fiancee Karma lasted a few more minutes but then went out in 6th place. Karma and True left early.

Lady Luck, who had been playing solid poker all evening, took a tough beat the end to go out in 5th place. The top four, .com, Pads, Daffy and Donkey, all were playing well.

Daffy had earlier taken a number of chips off of Pads, calling a big raise with two low unsuited cards and catching a straight on the river. Pads staved off elimination, and with aggressive play made his way back into 2nd place to Daffy's chip lead. In the small blind, Pads went all-in with pocket sevens, and was called instantly by Daffy's A-J suited. Daffy his a J to put Pads out in 4th place and to obtain a tremendous chip lead.

.com, now shortstacked, followed in 3rd place. After a short battle, Daffy took out Donkey who had an impressive 2nd place showing.

Points (Total):

Daffy - 11 (39)
.com - 5 (34)
Pads - 3 (20)
True - 0 (20)
My Choice - 0 (17)
Chick - 0 (13)
Donkey - 7 (7)
Karma - 0 (7)
Lady Luck - 1 (4)
Zeus - 0 (4)

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Recap of Game 7 (Mon, July 21)

The venue for Game 7 was a bit unexpected. The game took place at Daffy's erstwhile residence on Howard Street in Teaneck, which is the current residence for Daffy's parents. Daffy's father has been known to disapprove of Daffy's choice of friends over the years, and so some awkwardness was to be expected.

The game had eight players. True, Karma, and Lady Luck were not in attendance. However, a new player entered the fray, The Terminator. The Terminator did not disappoint in her first night of action.

Pads started off the game rough, not catching any hands for the first 45 minutes of play. Finally, shortstacked with about 135 chips and the blinds at 10-20, Pads went all-in in middle position with 7-2, for the first major victory of the prop bet. Everybody folded to The Terminator, who after much deliberation, called with K-Q. Pads hit a 2, but The Terminator caught a Queen on the river to knock Pads off first in 8th place and in doing so, saving the table $! each.

Daffy's aggressive play of late did not work for him this evening, as he went out next in 7th place. Zeus did not see many cards that worked for him either and he slipped out in 6th place. .com shortstacked went out in 5th place. The two ladies at the table, Chick and The Terminator, did much of the damage, and the new Terminator built a big chip lead with Chick close behind.

My Choice had quietly played solid poker (although later he would say he was not happy with his play), and he eventually went out in 4th place. Donkey, Chick and The Terminator were left. Donkey got a little bit antsy and blinds started increasing, pushing big piles of chips around between the three remaining players. Chick gradually pulled the chip lead away from The Terminator. Donkey went out in third place. In a ladies showdown, The Terminator finally finished 2nd, leaving Chick as tonight's winner, and vaulting her to third in the overall standings.

Donkey's improved play led to him being called "Don" for short. However, it is too early to tell if he has earned a permanent change of nickname.

The Terminator's seven points are invalid for the overall standings, but will be summarized below anyway.

Points (Total):

Daffy - 0 (39)
.com - 1 (35)
Chick - 12 (25)
My Choice - 3 (20)
Pads - 0 (20)
True - 0 (20)
Donkey - 5 (12)
The Terminator - 7 (7)**
Karma - 0 (7)
Lady Luck - 0 (4)
Zeus - 0 (4)