Thursday, January 1, 2009

Yes, we will have poker! First game of the new year on the first day of the new year! See you there.

Shock!

A very rare event has taken place. I was first out and Deb was second! That hasn't happened since the earth cooled. So mark your calendars, historians will write about this for years to come. Chris was out third and the heads up came down to Markus & Shane. It was just Shane's night but Markus put up a good fight. Both earned bonus points, Shane by taking out his mom and Markus with quad 5s. We decided not to play next week so allow me to wish everyone a safe and very merry Christmas.

5. Jeff 1
4. Deb 2
3. Chris 3
2. Markus 6 (including 1 bonus point for quad 5s)
1. Shane 8 (including 1 bonus point for Deb's bounty)

See you all soon.

The few, the tired.....

A small crowd meant few points, thankfully for me since I was first out. We had a tired crew, Crystal being one of the most tired and second out. Next out was Chris. Heads up came down to Nick & Deb. Nick was way behind in chips to start the heads up round, fought back valiantly but was just too tired to keep up with Deb. Still, he did score a bonus point for quad queens, as did Chris for my bounty point and Crystal was scorching us with her aces all night and also won a bonus point for quad aces. One oddity, we had a 4 way split pot when all 4 remaining players each had a 5 to make a straight.

5. Jeff 1
4. Crystal 3 (including 1 bonus point for quad aces)
3. Chris 4 (including 1 bonus point for my bounty)
2. Nick 6 (including 1 bonus point for quad queens)
1. Deb 7

Deb won her first game in Phase 2 and once again retakes the lead. Until next week, may all your cards be live and your pots be monsters!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yep, the old man becomes even more so. Deb did indeed remember to bring lasagna, courtesy of Shane's cooking. And another old familiar face graced us with her presence: Lisa! With our bellies full of lasagna, salad, bread & cake, we snuggled in for a long winters game.

First to exit was Markus. He was raped severely by Nick. I grabbed the Astro Glide but it was too late. Markus ended up with 1 point and a very sore, well, you know.

Next out was Shane. No extra points for cooking great lasagna, sorry.

Chris soon followed, unable to capitalize on his win last week.

Crystal was out next. She kept leaning over, we're not sure why but we kept hearing "poof".

Nick, whose ADD was pretty bad tonight, was out next, after raping several at the table. He also took Chris' bounty point.

Deb surprised us quite a few times tonight. Not only did she drop the "F" bomb, we also discovered she is a connoisseur of 70's porn. She was well aware of who John Holmes was. Another surprise was her leaving us in 3rd place.

Wouldn't you know it. Lisa, after having trouble finding the house, just wouldn't lose. Finally, I had trip 10s & she had 2 pair. The river was 10 giving me quads & Lisa a full house. I went all in, she called and the game was over.

So, for my birthday I got a card & gift card from Lisa, food from Deb, Crystal & Chris and everyone let me win tonight at poker! Woo hoo!

So, it would seem the old rivalry won't die. Once again the battle for first is between me & Deb with Mark bringing up a close 3rd. Here are the stats from tonight's game.

8. Markus 1
7. Shane 2
6. Chris 3
5. Crystal 4
4. Nick 6 (including Chris's bounty point)
3. Deb 6
2. Lisa 8
1. Jeff 11 (including a bonus point for quad 10s)

Hope to see Mark & Justin back at the tables next week. Until then, may all your cards be live and your pots be monsters!

Hey

DEB, LASAGNA
Somebody, salad
Somebody, garlic bread
Somebody, iced cookie

Don't ferget!

We're eating this Thursday. Yes, we ate last time we played, we at gobs at Thanksgiving, and yeah we're gonna do it again this Thursday. DEB, BRING LASAGNA! As for the rest of us, salad, garlic bread and one of those cookie cakes would be nice. See everyone Thursday. DEB, BRING LASAGNA!