It was a dark and stormy night.....

Which kept a lot of people home, but that meant those few intrepid die hards who did venture out met a storm not only on the outside but also at the poker table. Poor Paul, after exiting first last week, made a repeat performance this week. While not playing any more, Justin W's influence still permeates TNP, this time in the person of Devin. Going all in on pocket 2s, he was eliminated next. The shock of the night came when lightning struck Deb and she left the table. To her credit, however, she did bring ice cream for us all to enjoy. Thanks Deb! Chris was ousted next followed by a very disgruntled Bobby. It seems Ish called Bobby's all in, worth more than $2,000, on nothing but a draw on the river. Ish hit and took out Bobby leaving the heads up between me and Ish. We played for a short time before, on guess what, a 6-3 as my hole cards, turned up nothing short of a full house. Thanks Mark for the inspiration that makes us all keep these otherwise unassuming cards. The win, $35 bucks and 19 points are most appreciated! Since we finished so early, a second game broke out with a $2 buy in and Dustin arriving after his shift at work. Devin, the new pocket 2s standard bearer, won the second game. Here's the tempest by the numbers.

7. Paul 2
6. Devin 4
5. Deb 6
4. Chris 8
3. Bobby 10
2. Ish 14
1. Jeff 19 (Including 1 bonus point for retaining my bounty point)

Deb and I talked about her last game coming up soon. We decided that rather than play poker on that night we'll just have food and reminisce about poker from the past. Neither she nor I can possibly get through a game without the water works just flooding us out.