Preliminary reports on Game #10 indicate that Hoboken finished first, .com finished second, and Zeus finished third. Myself (Pads) was not there. Therefore, the co-champions of the league are Zeus and Pads.
When a report comes in about the game itself, I will post it.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #9
Game #9, the penultimate poker game of the July Poker League 2009, concluded in a way that set up a potentially dramatic conclusion in Game #10 which will take place on Thursday, July 30, at My Choice's Hackensack flat.
But first things first, summary of...
July Poker League 2009 - Game #9
7 players were in attendance. Chick was notably absent for the tournament (though she did show up at cash games to get posted on a $40 acey-deucey bet... a story for another time), but Daffy, Hoboken, Lady Luck, Pads, Zeus, My Choice were in attendance. The players were joined by an old friend of My Choice's, Gamer Z. With all the players in attendance, the game got off to an early start.
Gamer Z was hot out of the gate, winning a couple of a big hands early on. However, his hot play did not continue. He lost several decent-size pots and went out first in 7th place. It was a noble effort for Gamer Z in his first showing at the tough league.
Shortly thereafter, Hoboken lost a big pot to Lady Luck, who called Hoboken's all-in bet, turned a straight, and knocked out Hoboken in 6th place.
Daffy played his usual tight poker, making a number of laydowns after the flop, but could not accumulate chips and finished in 5th place, earning 1 point.
Pads, the league leader, was running low on chips and had to push all-in. He was called by My Choice, who knocked him out earning 2 bonus points for knocking out both the league leader and the last game champion simultaneously. Pads earned 3 points for his 4th place finish.
Lady Luck, who had accumulated many chips earlier, found his chip stack quickly dwindling as the blinds escalated. He went out in 3rd place, leaving Zeus and My Choice to battle for the money.
My Choice had a chip lead heads up and went all-in twice. However, both times Zeus' cards were slightly better and Zeus called. Both times, Zeus prevailed and knocked out My Choice to take the victory.
Points (Total):
Pads: 3 (56)
Zeus: 10 (51)
My Choice: 9 (46)
Chick: 0 (39)
Daffy: 1 (19)
Hoboken: 0 (15)
Lady Luck: 5 (11)
.com: 0 (3)
With one game left, it is time to consider the prizes for the league. The top two spots will be paid in a 75/25 ratio.
Chick, Daffy, Hoboken, Lady Luck, and .com cannot finish in the top two. The only three players in contention are Pads, Zeus and My Choice (a.k.a. the Fraziers).
Stay tuned to see who emerges victorious!!!
But first things first, summary of...
July Poker League 2009 - Game #9
7 players were in attendance. Chick was notably absent for the tournament (though she did show up at cash games to get posted on a $40 acey-deucey bet... a story for another time), but Daffy, Hoboken, Lady Luck, Pads, Zeus, My Choice were in attendance. The players were joined by an old friend of My Choice's, Gamer Z. With all the players in attendance, the game got off to an early start.
Gamer Z was hot out of the gate, winning a couple of a big hands early on. However, his hot play did not continue. He lost several decent-size pots and went out first in 7th place. It was a noble effort for Gamer Z in his first showing at the tough league.
Shortly thereafter, Hoboken lost a big pot to Lady Luck, who called Hoboken's all-in bet, turned a straight, and knocked out Hoboken in 6th place.
Daffy played his usual tight poker, making a number of laydowns after the flop, but could not accumulate chips and finished in 5th place, earning 1 point.
Pads, the league leader, was running low on chips and had to push all-in. He was called by My Choice, who knocked him out earning 2 bonus points for knocking out both the league leader and the last game champion simultaneously. Pads earned 3 points for his 4th place finish.
Lady Luck, who had accumulated many chips earlier, found his chip stack quickly dwindling as the blinds escalated. He went out in 3rd place, leaving Zeus and My Choice to battle for the money.
My Choice had a chip lead heads up and went all-in twice. However, both times Zeus' cards were slightly better and Zeus called. Both times, Zeus prevailed and knocked out My Choice to take the victory.
Points (Total):
Pads: 3 (56)
Zeus: 10 (51)
My Choice: 9 (46)
Chick: 0 (39)
Daffy: 1 (19)
Hoboken: 0 (15)
Lady Luck: 5 (11)
.com: 0 (3)
With one game left, it is time to consider the prizes for the league. The top two spots will be paid in a 75/25 ratio.
Chick, Daffy, Hoboken, Lady Luck, and .com cannot finish in the top two. The only three players in contention are Pads, Zeus and My Choice (a.k.a. the Fraziers).
Stay tuned to see who emerges victorious!!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #8
Game #8 took place at My Choice's condo in Hackensack, NJ. Seven players were in attendance: Zeus, Pads, My Choice, Chick, Daffy, Hoboken, and Lady Luck. After debate about the bitchiness (or "immorality", according to Zeus) of players not in the point hunt contributing to the league pool, all seven players agreed to throw in the extra money and the game was underway!
Game #8 Summary
Hoboken's aggressive style backfired early as he called a minimal raise from Zeus pre-flop with J-7. The flop had a J and two undercards. Hoboken attempted to act weak and followed up the flop with an all-in bet, but was quickly called by Zeus with A-A. Zeus' slowroll worked to perfection as he knocked Hoboken in 7th place. Hoboken, indeed, did not seem to mind as he had to go to Hoboken - it is, after all, Thursday night!
Lady Luck found himself going all-in preflop with A-K and was called by My Choice's 8-8. The board ended up with an A on the turn and a K on the river... but the flop contained an 8. Lady Luck finished in 6th place.
Daffy once again played tight poker, made tough laydowns, but found his chips dwindling. He eventually went out in 5th place earning 1 point.
My Choice, fueled on Jack Daniels, watched his chips go up and down erraticly. Eventually, he went out in 4th place earning 3 points for the evening.
Chick, Zeus, and Pads found themselves almost even. Blinds escalated and Chick pushed pre-flop with A-6 suited. Pads debated and finally called with J-K suited. Pads caught a flush and Chick went out shortly thereafter in third place.
Heads up with a two to one chip lead, Pads took out Zeus when Zeus attempted to buy the chips with a 5-9-A flop. Pads called with Q-9 and took down the pot and the game.
Two games remain, and Pads has built a lead. Will anybody catch him in the last week of play? Stay tuned!
Points (Total):
Pads: 10 (53)
Zeus: 7 (41)
Chick: 5 (39)
My Choice: 3 (37)
Daffy: 1 (18)
Hoboken: 0 (15)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Game #8 Summary
Hoboken's aggressive style backfired early as he called a minimal raise from Zeus pre-flop with J-7. The flop had a J and two undercards. Hoboken attempted to act weak and followed up the flop with an all-in bet, but was quickly called by Zeus with A-A. Zeus' slowroll worked to perfection as he knocked Hoboken in 7th place. Hoboken, indeed, did not seem to mind as he had to go to Hoboken - it is, after all, Thursday night!
Lady Luck found himself going all-in preflop with A-K and was called by My Choice's 8-8. The board ended up with an A on the turn and a K on the river... but the flop contained an 8. Lady Luck finished in 6th place.
Daffy once again played tight poker, made tough laydowns, but found his chips dwindling. He eventually went out in 5th place earning 1 point.
My Choice, fueled on Jack Daniels, watched his chips go up and down erraticly. Eventually, he went out in 4th place earning 3 points for the evening.
Chick, Zeus, and Pads found themselves almost even. Blinds escalated and Chick pushed pre-flop with A-6 suited. Pads debated and finally called with J-K suited. Pads caught a flush and Chick went out shortly thereafter in third place.
Heads up with a two to one chip lead, Pads took out Zeus when Zeus attempted to buy the chips with a 5-9-A flop. Pads called with Q-9 and took down the pot and the game.
Two games remain, and Pads has built a lead. Will anybody catch him in the last week of play? Stay tuned!
Points (Total):
Pads: 10 (53)
Zeus: 7 (41)
Chick: 5 (39)
My Choice: 3 (37)
Daffy: 1 (18)
Hoboken: 0 (15)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #7
Seven pretty poker pugilists punched the poker platform at the Daffy house on Howard Street on Monday, July 20th. The new addition to the game, J-Boy, did not disappoint, playing solid, discplined poker and fighting admirably to a 2nd place finish. J-boy was accompanied by Zeus, Pads, My Choice, Chick, Hoboken, and Lady Luck. Daffy could not play due to a sinus infection.
Game #7 Summary
Lady Luck had a rough game, hanging tough (or, "hhhhhhhhhhanging around, kid's got alligator blood") for a while but finishing in 7th place. Shortly thereafter, Chick went out in a surprising 6th place finish and earned no points. Since My Choice knocked her out, he received a bonus point.
Hoboken played his usual aggressive style, but it was not in the cards this evening and Hoboken went out quietly in 5th place, earning one point.
My Choice had been shortstacked for a while but earned many chips calling an all-in with Q-8 suited and pulled close to the field. However, he had a couple of tough big hands against Zeus and J-boy and ultimately went out in 4th place. He earned 3 points plus one bonus for the evening.
Now down to three players, and with escalating blinds, Zeus pushed with 10-7 against the healthy chip stack of Pads who had overcards. Zeus' 10-7 did not hold and he finished in 3rd place, earning 5 points.
After Zeus' exit, J-boy and Pads found themselves about even. With about 3500 chips each, they agreed to chop the money but they had to play it out to see who would get the points. Ultimately, Pads got the better cards in the heads-up duel and finished in first place. J-boy is not in the point standings, but earned respect from the group for his solid play.
Points (Total):
Pads: 10 (43)
Chick: 0 (34)
My Choice: 4 (34)
Zeus: 5 (34)
Daffy: 0 (17)
Hoboken: 1 (15)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
A crucial game #8 will happen on Thursday, July 23.
Game #7 Summary
Lady Luck had a rough game, hanging tough (or, "hhhhhhhhhhanging around, kid's got alligator blood") for a while but finishing in 7th place. Shortly thereafter, Chick went out in a surprising 6th place finish and earned no points. Since My Choice knocked her out, he received a bonus point.
Hoboken played his usual aggressive style, but it was not in the cards this evening and Hoboken went out quietly in 5th place, earning one point.
My Choice had been shortstacked for a while but earned many chips calling an all-in with Q-8 suited and pulled close to the field. However, he had a couple of tough big hands against Zeus and J-boy and ultimately went out in 4th place. He earned 3 points plus one bonus for the evening.
Now down to three players, and with escalating blinds, Zeus pushed with 10-7 against the healthy chip stack of Pads who had overcards. Zeus' 10-7 did not hold and he finished in 3rd place, earning 5 points.
After Zeus' exit, J-boy and Pads found themselves about even. With about 3500 chips each, they agreed to chop the money but they had to play it out to see who would get the points. Ultimately, Pads got the better cards in the heads-up duel and finished in first place. J-boy is not in the point standings, but earned respect from the group for his solid play.
Points (Total):
Pads: 10 (43)
Chick: 0 (34)
My Choice: 4 (34)
Zeus: 5 (34)
Daffy: 0 (17)
Hoboken: 1 (15)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
A crucial game #8 will happen on Thursday, July 23.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #6
Game #6 took place at the House of Zeus in Teaneck, NJ on Thursday, July 16. Eight excellent poker enthusiasts played: Hoboken, Chick, Daffy, My Choice, Pads, Zeus, Lady Luck, and .com, and these eight regulars did not disappoint. With the laptop computer and speakers near the table, a few viewings of the press conferences that led to this excellent video took place before poker commenced.
July Poker League 2009 - Game #6
Shortly after play commenced, Hoboken's aggressive play got him into trouble. A flop of 9-10-10 led to betting between Hoboken and Zeus. A blank turn and an 8 on the river induced Hoboken to check-raise Zeus all-in. Zeus quickly turned over 10-10 to show quad 10s. Hoboken did not show, went out in an unceremonious 8th place but did stick around for some cash games.
.com, who once again found himself uncharacteristically short-stacked and card-dead, pushed all-in with 4-4. My Choice made a gutsy call with 5-5 to knock out .com in 7th place. Like Brad Lidge, .com is left to figure out how to return to last season's form in his next appearance.
Lady Luck played solidly but found himself unable to take down pots and finished in 6th, to be followed by Daffy, who once again played tight poker but was unable to translate that into much point success. Daffy did earn one point for finishing 5th. My Choice found himself short-stacked and eventually went out in 4th place, earning 3 points.
Three players remained: Chick, Zeus, and Pads. Chick went all-in shortstacked. Pads contemplated for a while and folded his A-7. Zeus, however, made the call with A-5 and found himself facing Chick's A-K. When a 5 hit the flop, though, Chick was crippled. After a scare of going all-in with A-7 against Zeus' 9-7 and seeing a 8-10-J flop but hitting a 9 to chop the pot, she eventually fell to Zeus to go out in 3rd place. Zeus earned a bonus point for knocking out then-chip-leader Chick, while Chick earned 7 points.
Pads had gotten his chip stack close to even with aggressive play when the game was 3-handed. Now heads-up against Zeus, and with blinds hitting 500-1000 (with only 8000 total chips in play), Pads won the big hands heads-up to take down the victory and 10 points plus one for knocking last week's winner Zeus out, while Zeus earned himself 7 more points.
Points (Total):
Chick: 5 (34)
Pads: 11 (33)
My Choice: 3 (30)
Zeus: 8 (29)
Daffy: 1 (17)
Hoboken: 0 (14)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Game 7 will take place in the Ed Daffy basement on Monday, July 20th.
July Poker League 2009 - Game #6
Shortly after play commenced, Hoboken's aggressive play got him into trouble. A flop of 9-10-10 led to betting between Hoboken and Zeus. A blank turn and an 8 on the river induced Hoboken to check-raise Zeus all-in. Zeus quickly turned over 10-10 to show quad 10s. Hoboken did not show, went out in an unceremonious 8th place but did stick around for some cash games.
.com, who once again found himself uncharacteristically short-stacked and card-dead, pushed all-in with 4-4. My Choice made a gutsy call with 5-5 to knock out .com in 7th place. Like Brad Lidge, .com is left to figure out how to return to last season's form in his next appearance.
Lady Luck played solidly but found himself unable to take down pots and finished in 6th, to be followed by Daffy, who once again played tight poker but was unable to translate that into much point success. Daffy did earn one point for finishing 5th. My Choice found himself short-stacked and eventually went out in 4th place, earning 3 points.
Three players remained: Chick, Zeus, and Pads. Chick went all-in shortstacked. Pads contemplated for a while and folded his A-7. Zeus, however, made the call with A-5 and found himself facing Chick's A-K. When a 5 hit the flop, though, Chick was crippled. After a scare of going all-in with A-7 against Zeus' 9-7 and seeing a 8-10-J flop but hitting a 9 to chop the pot, she eventually fell to Zeus to go out in 3rd place. Zeus earned a bonus point for knocking out then-chip-leader Chick, while Chick earned 7 points.
Pads had gotten his chip stack close to even with aggressive play when the game was 3-handed. Now heads-up against Zeus, and with blinds hitting 500-1000 (with only 8000 total chips in play), Pads won the big hands heads-up to take down the victory and 10 points plus one for knocking last week's winner Zeus out, while Zeus earned himself 7 more points.
Points (Total):
Chick: 5 (34)
Pads: 11 (33)
My Choice: 3 (30)
Zeus: 8 (29)
Daffy: 1 (17)
Hoboken: 0 (14)
Lady Luck: 0 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Game 7 will take place in the Ed Daffy basement on Monday, July 20th.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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!
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!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #4
Game #4 took place in the basement of Daffy's father, Ed Daffy. Ten players showed up for the game: Hoboken, Chick, Daffy, .com, Karma, True, Lady Luck, My Choice, Pads, and in a return from her cameo from last season, the Terminator.
Without further ado...
July Poker League 2009 - Game #4 Summary
The ten players squeezed into a tight area around the table in the Ed Daffy basement. .com brought his infamous playlist on an Ipod, while the Mets got slaughtered on a TV in the background. Many jokes were shared as usual, lines from movies were quoted. However, nobody thought to bring beer and several players resorted to drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade. Pretty quickly, though, the night belonged to Hoboken.
After a couple of levels of play, .com found himself shortstacked with A-10 suited and two of his suit came out on the flop. He pushed all-in against Hoboken, who made a gutsy call with an underpair to the board. .com caught neither an A, 10 nor a flush and went out uncharacteristically in 10th place. He did, however, stick around to play cash games after the tournament.
Not long after that, True found himself with 7-2 and tried to push all-in and buy the pot against Hoboken. He was called, however, and went out in 9th place. He was uncomfortable in his seat and was probably fiending for a cigarette, however, so he did not seem to mind the 9th place finish.
Pretty soon, the Terminator found herself needing to go all-in against Hoboken and found herself in 8th place. Karma found herself following the Terminator in 7th place. Both women went home, leaving the table with 6 players.
Blinds escalated quickly, and Hoboken limped into the pot. Pads found himself with only a few big blinds left and 9-9, so he pushed all in only to be called by Hoboken's K-K. Pads went out in 6th place, giving Hoboken a bonus point by knocking out last week's winner.
Daffy held on to a few chips for a while, but eventually went out in fifth place earning himself one point.
Chick went out in 4th place earning herself three points. My Choice did the honors of knocking her out to earn himself a bonus point, as she was the current points leader.
Three players remained: Lady Luck, My Choice, and Hoboken. Lady Luck eventually went out in third place, earning himself 5 points with his highest finish of the season.
My Choice and Hoboken went heads up. Despite having a massive chip lead, Hoboken found himself unable to put Hoboken away for a while. Eventually, My Choice's Q-10 suited lost to Hoboken's KQ. Hoboken took his first victory of the season.
Points (Total):
My Choice: 8 (24)
Chick: 3 (21)
Pads: 0 (17)
Daffy: 1 (15)
Hoboken: 11 (14)
Zeus: 0 (10)
Lady Luck: 5 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Karma: 0 (0)
True: 0 (0)
Without further ado...
July Poker League 2009 - Game #4 Summary
The ten players squeezed into a tight area around the table in the Ed Daffy basement. .com brought his infamous playlist on an Ipod, while the Mets got slaughtered on a TV in the background. Many jokes were shared as usual, lines from movies were quoted. However, nobody thought to bring beer and several players resorted to drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade. Pretty quickly, though, the night belonged to Hoboken.
After a couple of levels of play, .com found himself shortstacked with A-10 suited and two of his suit came out on the flop. He pushed all-in against Hoboken, who made a gutsy call with an underpair to the board. .com caught neither an A, 10 nor a flush and went out uncharacteristically in 10th place. He did, however, stick around to play cash games after the tournament.
Not long after that, True found himself with 7-2 and tried to push all-in and buy the pot against Hoboken. He was called, however, and went out in 9th place. He was uncomfortable in his seat and was probably fiending for a cigarette, however, so he did not seem to mind the 9th place finish.
Pretty soon, the Terminator found herself needing to go all-in against Hoboken and found herself in 8th place. Karma found herself following the Terminator in 7th place. Both women went home, leaving the table with 6 players.
Blinds escalated quickly, and Hoboken limped into the pot. Pads found himself with only a few big blinds left and 9-9, so he pushed all in only to be called by Hoboken's K-K. Pads went out in 6th place, giving Hoboken a bonus point by knocking out last week's winner.
Daffy held on to a few chips for a while, but eventually went out in fifth place earning himself one point.
Chick went out in 4th place earning herself three points. My Choice did the honors of knocking her out to earn himself a bonus point, as she was the current points leader.
Three players remained: Lady Luck, My Choice, and Hoboken. Lady Luck eventually went out in third place, earning himself 5 points with his highest finish of the season.
My Choice and Hoboken went heads up. Despite having a massive chip lead, Hoboken found himself unable to put Hoboken away for a while. Eventually, My Choice's Q-10 suited lost to Hoboken's KQ. Hoboken took his first victory of the season.
Points (Total):
My Choice: 8 (24)
Chick: 3 (21)
Pads: 0 (17)
Daffy: 1 (15)
Hoboken: 11 (14)
Zeus: 0 (10)
Lady Luck: 5 (6)
.com: 0 (3)
Karma: 0 (0)
True: 0 (0)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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)
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)
Friday, July 3, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
July Poker League 2009 - Game #1
Last July (2008) a plethora of poker pugilists gathered regularly to test their skills in a semi-weekly contest of skill and luck. The season ended with a solid victory for .com and the summer of 2009 started with another season of the...
... July Poker League!
Without any further ado, here's how things kicked off.
July Poker League 2009 - Game #1
The players convened at Daffy's place. .com, the reigning champion, was originally going to be a no-show but did arrive from Queens. As a result, it was decided that tonight's action would indeed count as game 1.
The rules were reviewed. Each week, the top five finishers would receive 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 points respectively, and at the end of the season the top finishers will receive bonus money which is built with each event. Two extra bonus points are possible each week: 1 for knocking off the current points leader, and 1 for knocking off last week's winner. So, it was decided that .com would have a 1 point bounty on his head. Finally, winning a hand while holding 2-7 means that anybody who was dealt cards that hand must pay the winner $1 cash.
10 players took the table: True, Karma, Lady Luck, Zeus, .com, Pads, My Choice, Daffy, Chick, and a newcomer to this season: "Hoboken", brother to Chick and Daffy. Hoboken missed all of last season.
Play started in a traditional fashion. The only two things that made tonight notable were that Michael Jackson music was on in the background for a large portion of the game, and Pads had crutches and seating issues to be accommodated because he had knee surgery a week before the game.
Play started and chips shuffled slowly around the table. Hoboken built up a stack with aggressive play. Eventually, True and Karma (who will be married in a couple of months!) went out in 10th and 9th place, respectively.
Lady Luck's luck ran a little short and he finished in 8th. Hoboken, who's aggressive play also cost him some big pots, lost a large number of chips to Zeus and subsequently went out in 7th place.
Zeus lost a couple of tough large pots and finished in 6th place, a large number of his chips going to Pads.
Now down to a tough five, the players had to break from playing. Without getting too graphic, Pads' medication was playing games with his stomach and needed a break.
Finally, play commenced. Daffy, who was running short in chips for a while but managed to stay in the game, finally succumbed and finished in 5th place. He did, however, take down a nice pot with 2-7 earlier to win a few bucks from the table.
.com, who played tight solid poker as usual, looked remarkably awake as he coasted into 4th place, earning his first points of the new season.
Chick, who had quietly stuck around solidly all night and seemed to avoid major fireworks, went out in 3rd place.
Brothers Pads and My Choice went heads up with chip stacks tough to stack and swinging wildly back and forth. Finally, My Choice emerged victorious. He was also responsible for the knockout of .com to earn 11 points for the night. He did lose $1 to Pads though, as Pads won a heads-up hand with 2-7 - a small token for Pads for a 2nd place night.
The schedule of future games seems like it is still being worked out, but Game #2 will commence Thursday night, July 2. Shuffle up and deal!
Standings:
My Choice: 11 (11)
Pads: 7 (7)
Chick: 5 (5)
.com: 3 (3)
Daffy: 1 (1)
Hoboken: 0
Lady Luck: 0
Karma: 0
True: 0
Zeus: 0
... July Poker League!
Without any further ado, here's how things kicked off.
July Poker League 2009 - Game #1
The players convened at Daffy's place. .com, the reigning champion, was originally going to be a no-show but did arrive from Queens. As a result, it was decided that tonight's action would indeed count as game 1.
The rules were reviewed. Each week, the top five finishers would receive 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 points respectively, and at the end of the season the top finishers will receive bonus money which is built with each event. Two extra bonus points are possible each week: 1 for knocking off the current points leader, and 1 for knocking off last week's winner. So, it was decided that .com would have a 1 point bounty on his head. Finally, winning a hand while holding 2-7 means that anybody who was dealt cards that hand must pay the winner $1 cash.
10 players took the table: True, Karma, Lady Luck, Zeus, .com, Pads, My Choice, Daffy, Chick, and a newcomer to this season: "Hoboken", brother to Chick and Daffy. Hoboken missed all of last season.
Play started in a traditional fashion. The only two things that made tonight notable were that Michael Jackson music was on in the background for a large portion of the game, and Pads had crutches and seating issues to be accommodated because he had knee surgery a week before the game.
Play started and chips shuffled slowly around the table. Hoboken built up a stack with aggressive play. Eventually, True and Karma (who will be married in a couple of months!) went out in 10th and 9th place, respectively.
Lady Luck's luck ran a little short and he finished in 8th. Hoboken, who's aggressive play also cost him some big pots, lost a large number of chips to Zeus and subsequently went out in 7th place.
Zeus lost a couple of tough large pots and finished in 6th place, a large number of his chips going to Pads.
Now down to a tough five, the players had to break from playing. Without getting too graphic, Pads' medication was playing games with his stomach and needed a break.
Finally, play commenced. Daffy, who was running short in chips for a while but managed to stay in the game, finally succumbed and finished in 5th place. He did, however, take down a nice pot with 2-7 earlier to win a few bucks from the table.
.com, who played tight solid poker as usual, looked remarkably awake as he coasted into 4th place, earning his first points of the new season.
Chick, who had quietly stuck around solidly all night and seemed to avoid major fireworks, went out in 3rd place.
Brothers Pads and My Choice went heads up with chip stacks tough to stack and swinging wildly back and forth. Finally, My Choice emerged victorious. He was also responsible for the knockout of .com to earn 11 points for the night. He did lose $1 to Pads though, as Pads won a heads-up hand with 2-7 - a small token for Pads for a 2nd place night.
The schedule of future games seems like it is still being worked out, but Game #2 will commence Thursday night, July 2. Shuffle up and deal!
Standings:
My Choice: 11 (11)
Pads: 7 (7)
Chick: 5 (5)
.com: 3 (3)
Daffy: 1 (1)
Hoboken: 0
Lady Luck: 0
Karma: 0
True: 0
Zeus: 0
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