July Poker League 2009 - Game #2

Game summary sent in by Daffy:


July Poker League 2009 - Game #2

Only 7 played in game 2. Pads, .com, Karma and True were all unable to attend, with My Choice's coworker Edmund joining the remaining 6.

Based on the cash games prior to the start of the tournament, things did not look good at all for Edmund, however he was not the first to go. Hoboken continued his aggresive play and pushed all in early on and was called by Daffy with the nut flush. Much speculation over what Hoboken held in his hand as he mucked when Daffy called and instantly flipped to show the nut flush. Most likely a straight as there were four to a straight on board, or perhaps trips?

Next to go out was Edmund. Edmund was running low on chips and pushed all in on the turn against My Choice. After a minute or so of deliberation, My Choice made the call with two pair. Edmund showed his dominating position with a made flush, much to everyone's suprise. My Choice then began a long streak of good luck by hitting one of his 4 outs (2 players revealed they had folded one of My Choice's cards) on the river.

The game proceeded for another round or two with My Choice building his stack when a 3-way all occured between Lady Luck (a-q), Chick (10-10), and Zeus (a-k). The flop
gave Chick a dominant hold on the hand when a 10 landed along with a jack and a 6. The turn brought one more out for Lady Luck when a 9 fell on the board. The river was a deuce and Chick ended the tournament for the other two. Lady Luck with the shorter of the stacks finished in 5th earning his first point of the season and Zeus finished in 4th also earning his first 3 points of the season.

The tide had turned for My Choice as Chick took the chip lead. With blinds at 35-70, Daffy called a raise to 300 by Chick and won the prop bet when his 7 paired up on the river and Chick's ace-queen did not hold on to it's dominant position pre-flop. It wasn't long after when My Choice was knocked by Daffy in third place earning 5 points to add to his 11 from game 1.

Heads up play began with Daffy holding a 3:2 chip lead over Chick and ended when Daffy called Chick's all-in. Chick's pocket nines were trumped when Daffy's ace-9 paired up the ace on the flop.

Points this week (total):
My Choice: 5 (16)
Daffy: 12 (13)
Jenna: 7 (12)
Pads: 0 (7)
.com: 0 (3)
Zeus: 3 (3)
Lady Luck: 1 (1)
Edmund: 0
Hoboken: 0
Karma: 0
True: 0