July Poker League 2009 - Game #3

Before summarizing game #3, The July Poker League 2009 has reached a critical juncture. Before the game, a discussion was held as to which games would count for points and which would not. Several regular players had missed both game #2 and game #3. It was agreed that since some people will be able to attend more games than others, it doesn't seem fair to make everybody pay the extra money each game that will go towards the overall prize for points at the end of the season. There appear to be two general solutions:

A) Make paying the extra money per game optional. Then, if you finish in the top 5, you do not earn those points.

B) Let people divide their total points earned by the number of games they showed up at, so that your ranking is done by average (points per game) rather than total points.

Option B, at first, seemed the best option (kicking YOUR ass, and collecting $200) - however, I realized that there are problems with that as well. Let's suppose .com only shows up to 4 games and winds up having the best average. Should he be entitled to win the entire pot, when he didn't contribute equally to it? Should he only win the percentage of the pot that matches with the percentage of games that he showed up to? The whole thing is confusing. Hopefully, this will be sorted out at Game #4.

Anyway, without further ado, here is the game #3 summary:

July Poker League 2009 - Game #3

7 people were in attendance at the Daffy residence in Bergenfield - Pads, Zeus, Daffy, Chick, Hoboken, Lady Luck, and returning from last season... Donkey!

The first hand of the night was dealt. Donkey raises pre-flop and is called by Hoboken. The flop comes 7-9-7 rainbow. Donkey bets huge and is called by Hoboken. The turn bring a 2 and Donkey goes all in. Hoboken calls. Donkey shows pocket kings and Hoboken shows trip 7's with and 8 kicker. The river was no help to Donkey when a 6 showed up. Living up to his moniker, Donkey goes home extremely early in 7th place, but vows to have a better game the next time.

Lady Luck played well, even check-raising Daffy and making other smart plays, but it was not to be for him tonight as he eventually went out in 6th place.

Daffy patiently waited for cards but did not receive many. He hung tough but eventually went out in 5th place earning one point.

Similar to game #1, Hoboken aggresively built up a big chip stack and then have it deteriorate. He went out in 4th place, when Pads spiked an Ace against his pocket pair. He finished in 4th place earning 3 points.

Chick played quiet, solid poker again and eventually finished in 3rd place. She also was responsible for knocking out Daffy, the previous winner, earning herself 6 points for the night.

Zeus and Pads went heads up. Pads called Zeus down with 3-7 when he paired his 3 and Zeus tried to win the pot betting with two overcards. Zeus came in 2nd, winning 7 points, while Pads took first for 10 points. Pads also won the 2-7 side bet 3 times in the night, twice where everybody else folded to Pads in the blind, but once where he raised with 2-7 and then bet the flop to take it down.

Standings after Game #3:
Chick: 6 (18)
Pads: 10 (17)
My Choice: 0 (16)
Daffy: 1 (14)
Zeus: 7 (10)
.com: 0 (3)
Hoboken: 3 (3)
Lady Luck: 0 (1)
Donkey: 0 (0)
Karma: 0 (0)
True: 0 (0)