July Poker League - Game #5

Game #5 took place at the Daffy house in Bergenfield, NJ.

Only six people were in attendance - the three Daffys and the three "Fraziers": Zeus, My Choice, Pads, Hoboken, Chick, and Daffy.

Since these six seem to be the regular six players, a quick discussion was held and it was decided that since paying for the point standings is optional at this point, this game should also count for points. The six poker pugilists played some cash games before a tournament happened.

The play of the night occurred not in the tournament, but in Screw Your Neighbor, the traditional cash game -> tournament transition - the last game of the cash games before the tournament starts. Zeus exchanged cards with Pads, Pads looked at his card and decided to stay. My Choice, the dealer of the hand, was left with the option of keeping his card or flipping off of the deck. He eyed down Zeus and Pads, who were both giggling like a couple of schoolgirls at a Jonas Brothers concert. He declared, "I not only think you both bumped, but I think you both have 2s. I'm going to stay." He turned over a 2. Lo and behold, Zeus and Pads both turned over a 2 for a triple bump.

Who said there's no strategy in Screw Your Neighbor? And while Chick went on to win the game, it was quite a play.

On to the tournament - it was a no nonsense kind of tournament. Nobody took down any pots with 7-2. The theme of the night was Pads and his whiny tirade after he was knocked out.

July Poker League - Game #5

The six players battled it out for a quite a while. Hoboken built a slight chip lead though all six players remained remarkably close to even for a while. Blinds escalated quickly. Finally, Hoboken attempted to make some moves that didn't pay off and he went out in 6th place, knocked out by Zeus. As Hoboken won the last game, Zeus earned himself a quick bonus point.

Daffy and My Choice both found themselves with short stacked and not many cards to make moves with. They both played disciplined poker but the escalating blinds took their toll. Daffy went out in 5th place, earning 1 point, while My Choice went out in 4th place, earning 3 points. Chick took out My Choice, earning herself a bonus point.

Now down to three players, Chick eventually found herself with hardly any chips left. Zeus' chip stack was climbing steadily and healthily, while Pads' once healthy chip stack was dwindling. The blinds were at 150-300, and Chick put in 150 of her remaining 160 chips, leaving her with (literally) a chip and a chair. On the big blind, Zeus attempted to fold until he realized that he was the big blind, so he checked. Looking down, Pads saw 2-2 and saw a chance to buy Zeus' big blind. Pads went all in for 650 chips or so. Chick saw a chance to fold her way into the money and into second place and folded. Zeus called with 3-6 suited. He zeused a 3 on the flop and took out Pads in third place. Chick forfeited her one remaining chip (as Zeus now had 5990 chips to her 10) to go out in 2nd place and in the money. Zeus took first place, 11 points, and a well-deserved win.

After the game, despite the fact that he made a poor decision to push with 2-2 (Zeus would call with any two cards, and would be 50-50 against Pads), Pads rued his decision to take a chance - he should've let Chick go out in third place - he took out his frustration by whining about the hand for 15 minutes or so, whining like a 9th grade girl standing on the track in gym class, whose friends are talking shit about her and she has no recourse but to stand around and bitch about her friends who are bitching about her. That's as bitchy as Pads got. He expressed his apologies to the table, and cash games ensued.

Points (Total): - only players with points will be listed from now on

Chick: 8 (29)
My Choice: 3 (27)
Pads: 5 (22)
Zeus: 11 (21)
Daffy: 1 (16)
Hoboken: 0 (14)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)

Game #6 will take place Thursday, July 16 at the house of Zeus!