6 players convened at 52 Irving for the inaugural LaToya Jackson Open - the first tilt of a day-night doubleheader. The nightcap of the doubleheader will be recapped soon, but for your scheduling convenience, the next event - The Kenny G Classic - will be Thursday at 11AM SHARP. Get in.
The action started relatively slow as chips were passed around at a moderate pace for the first 45 minutes of play, but before long we had our first player to the rail...
C-Lees got into a pot with the chip leader Bearman and after a flop of Ad4d9c, Bearman decided to push and have the NASCAR warrior make a decision for all his chips. C-Lees saw no caution flag on his way to the finish line and made the call with pocket 6's. When Bearman flipped over A/Q, C-Lees needed a 6 to stay alive. No 6 came on the turn or river and C-Lees got a DNF - engine troubles...
Bearman was a pretty solid chip leader at this point, and Kevin "All Yinz" Conlon was stuck as the short stack. When he got dealt an A/3 he decided it was time to go all in, but J-Mac was up to the task and made the call with A/J. The board was all blanks, and Conlon was sent to the sidelines, dreaming about the Kamalakin Makin that did not come to pass...
A short time later we had the most memorable hand of the LaToya Jackson Open. Chris Fallica, who shockingly had avoided the weekly Kamalakin Makin bend-over, was short-stacked and went all-in. Bearman called with a healthy chip chip stack, and he was followed with a call by Matt Willis, who had silently moved into the chip lead. The flop came J/J/K and Bearman went all-in. Willis called pretty quickly and flipped over his A/K. But Bearman turned over A/J and Willis was dead to a King... Fallica, who started this whole mess, was left with an Ace, a nine and his racing forms in his hand. It was off to the horsies and the lazyboy for everybody's favorite gambler, who finished 4th as Bearman took a large chip lead by nearly tripling up.
Willis, who had been crippled by the previous hand, caught A/Q on the next deal and went all in. J-Mac, needing only 50 more to call from the big blind, made the call with A/6 and was dominated. The flop gave J-Mac a 6 - and so did the turn. Willis was done in by the mark of the beast and was left wondering if there was a God after going from a healthy stack to the rail in consecutive hands... consecutive hands in which he had A/K and A/Q...
We got down to heads up between J-Mac and Bearman, as the chips were relatively even to start things off. Bearman was wearing J-Mac down as the 11PM SC meeting was looming closer. J-Mac slowly waited for just one good hand to go all-in with, but the cards were cold. Whenever he tried to bluff, Bearman deftly went over the top and forced the fold.
When J-Mac caught a K/5 suited and the flop came 5/7/Q, he decided to go all-in after Bearman led out. Bearman eventually laid down his hand, which he later disclosed to be Q/2. This hand still left J-Mac at about a 750 chip deficit, but the next hand would turn the tide. J-Mac got pocket 3's and went all-in, and Bearman called with K/J of spades. The very first card on the flop was a 3, and J-Mac doubled up and took the chip lead with his set.
For a little bit, the chips were going back and forth with no big pots, as neither player could get a big hand. When Bearman asked dealer C-Lees for better cards, he was told "You'll get what I give you." Well, shortly thereafter, he was given J/10 and moved all-in from the small blind. J-Mac looked down at pocket Kings and it was a no-brainer. The flop came 8/7/6, leaving Bearman a gut-shot straight draw. But the turn was an Ace and the river paired Bearman's Jack - but it was not enough to overcome the Cowboys. J-Mac finishes 1st for his 5th win and 10th cash. Bearman's cash was his 4th, and he comes just shy of becoming the 6th multi-tournament winner at 52 Irving.
6th place - C-Lees - 1 point
5th place - Conlon - 2 points
4th place - Fallics - 3 points
3rd place - Willis - 4 points
2nd place - Bearman - 6 points (5 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - J-Mac - 8 points (6 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
Through Thursday, May 29th (LaToya Jackson Open)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
Through Thursday, May 29th (LaToya Jackson Open)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .863 120/139 8 11 -
2) Jason McCallum .840 110/131 5 10 -
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) "Quads" Edgerton .688 64/93 1 4 +1
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +1
7) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 -2
8) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 +1
9) Vince Masi .654 53/81 3 4 -1
10) Matt Ketaineck .627 37/59 1 3 -2
11) Scott Randall .616 45/73 0 3 -1
12) Matt Willis .543 57/105 1 2 +1
13) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
14) Kenton Wong .519 14/27 0 0 -
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
17) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 +1
19) Chris Lees .273 6/22 0 0 -
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $350
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
May 22nd Recap
Before we get to the recap...The next tournament(s) will be a day-night doubleheader on Thursday, May 29th. The first tourney will start promptly at 11am and the nightcap will occur at 7:45pm. GET IN! There are plenty of you who can play!!
What Matt Ketaineck asks for, Matt Ketaineck gets! Nah, just joking but sitting at work Thursday afternoon, Ketaineck inquires about the possibility of poker happening and within minutes Kenton Wong, Edge, Randall and Clutch agreed to play setting up an unprecedented 3rd tourney in 4 days for the 52 Irving Poker League and for just the second time in league history, a match was played outside the confines of 52 Irving as Brett graciously hosted the tourney at 80 Queen street. To conclude the upset them, Jeremy Lundblad also agreed to make his 2nd career appearance in league play.
Without question, this was the quickest tourney in league history as the chips flew fast and furious in the early going. Clutch took about 70 percent of Randall's chips within the tourney's first 10 hands when he flopped a straight and when he hit aces up. Then Ketaineck got into the mix and took some chips off of Kenton and Edge as Clutch and Ketaineck established themselves as the early chip leaders.
Incredibly, these two would get into the first all-in tussle with the blinds at just 4 and 8! Everybody had folded to Ketaineck who was in the small blind and he raised to 28. Clutch, in the big blind, called. The flop came 356, with two spades. Ketaineck bet out 50 and Clutch raised to 125 total. Ketaineck then raised it to 300 total and Clutch went all-in. Ketaineck wasted no time in calling. Ketaineck flipped over 77 (with one spade) and Clutch flipped over J4 of spades, giving him both the flush draw and the open-ended straight draw. Clutch was about a 55 percent favorite and when the 2 hit on the turn it gave Clutch the straight. When a 4 did not hit on the river, Ketaineck was gone and within 25 minutes of the tourney starting, Clutch had half the chips and it started a theme for the evening.
Not too long after sending Ketaineck to the rail, Clutch would call Randall's all in with pocket 10's. Randall showed AK of clubs. The flop came 59J with two clubs. Despite trailing in the hand, Randall was a 54% favorite to stay alive with a plethora of draws. In an effort to reverse-jinx their hands Randall got up and put his jacket on and Clutch counted out the 161 chips that Randall had left and put that much in Randall's stack. Non-clubs 3 and 9 would fall on the turn and river and Randall was sent to the rail in 5th place.
Kenton would be the next one to get into a race with Clutch. Kenton would go all-in with AQ of hearts and Clutch would call with 77. No card higher than an 8 fell and Kenton would go out in 4th place.
Lunblad, Edge and Clutch would play 3-handed for a little bit as they tried to survive the Clutch on-slaught of big-stack poker. When Clutch raised to 150, Lundblad would go all-in. Clutch thought for a moment as Lunblad had over 400 chips. Clutch decided to ride his luck streak and would call with 77. Lundblad flipped over AK and another race was on. An Ace fell on the flop and no 7 would come for Lundblad as Clutch won his 4th race in a row!
Clutch and Edge started heads up with 6-1 chip lead. Clutch would extend the lead to 2800-200. At this point Edge went all-in with A9 and to Clutch's surprise it would be no race situation as he flipped over QQ. But a little of Clutch's luck would be lost as Edge hit a 9 on both the flop and river to double-up. Upon seeing the river 9, Clutch jumped and in doing so actually cracked one of 80 Queen Streets chairs. Upon further inspection, the chair is still usable...
Clutch would finish Edge off a little later when Edge went all-in with J5 clubs and Clutch called with Q3. A queen and two clubs hit on the flop but a couple of blanks hit on the river and Clutch capped off the three tournament week with three cashes and two wins.
6th place - Ketaineck - 1 point
5th place - Randall - 2 points
4th place - Kenton Wong - 3 points
3rd place - Lundblad - 4 points
2nd place - Edge - 6 points (5 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 8 points (6 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
Through Thursday, May 22nd
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .863 120/139 8 11 -
2) Jason McCallum .816 102/125 4 9 -
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) "All-Yinz" Conlon .689 51/74 1 3 -
6) "Quads" Edgerton .688 64/93 1 4 +2
7) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 -1
8) Vince Masi .654 53/81 3 4 +1
9) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 +2
10) Matt Ketaineck .627 37/59 1 3 -2
11) Scott Randall .616 45/73 0 3 -1
12) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -
13) Matt Willis .535 53/99 1 2 -
14) Kenton Wong .519 14/27 0 0 -
16) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
15) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 +4
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -1
18) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
19) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $338
What Matt Ketaineck asks for, Matt Ketaineck gets! Nah, just joking but sitting at work Thursday afternoon, Ketaineck inquires about the possibility of poker happening and within minutes Kenton Wong, Edge, Randall and Clutch agreed to play setting up an unprecedented 3rd tourney in 4 days for the 52 Irving Poker League and for just the second time in league history, a match was played outside the confines of 52 Irving as Brett graciously hosted the tourney at 80 Queen street. To conclude the upset them, Jeremy Lundblad also agreed to make his 2nd career appearance in league play.
Without question, this was the quickest tourney in league history as the chips flew fast and furious in the early going. Clutch took about 70 percent of Randall's chips within the tourney's first 10 hands when he flopped a straight and when he hit aces up. Then Ketaineck got into the mix and took some chips off of Kenton and Edge as Clutch and Ketaineck established themselves as the early chip leaders.
Incredibly, these two would get into the first all-in tussle with the blinds at just 4 and 8! Everybody had folded to Ketaineck who was in the small blind and he raised to 28. Clutch, in the big blind, called. The flop came 356, with two spades. Ketaineck bet out 50 and Clutch raised to 125 total. Ketaineck then raised it to 300 total and Clutch went all-in. Ketaineck wasted no time in calling. Ketaineck flipped over 77 (with one spade) and Clutch flipped over J4 of spades, giving him both the flush draw and the open-ended straight draw. Clutch was about a 55 percent favorite and when the 2 hit on the turn it gave Clutch the straight. When a 4 did not hit on the river, Ketaineck was gone and within 25 minutes of the tourney starting, Clutch had half the chips and it started a theme for the evening.
Not too long after sending Ketaineck to the rail, Clutch would call Randall's all in with pocket 10's. Randall showed AK of clubs. The flop came 59J with two clubs. Despite trailing in the hand, Randall was a 54% favorite to stay alive with a plethora of draws. In an effort to reverse-jinx their hands Randall got up and put his jacket on and Clutch counted out the 161 chips that Randall had left and put that much in Randall's stack. Non-clubs 3 and 9 would fall on the turn and river and Randall was sent to the rail in 5th place.
Kenton would be the next one to get into a race with Clutch. Kenton would go all-in with AQ of hearts and Clutch would call with 77. No card higher than an 8 fell and Kenton would go out in 4th place.
Lunblad, Edge and Clutch would play 3-handed for a little bit as they tried to survive the Clutch on-slaught of big-stack poker. When Clutch raised to 150, Lundblad would go all-in. Clutch thought for a moment as Lunblad had over 400 chips. Clutch decided to ride his luck streak and would call with 77. Lundblad flipped over AK and another race was on. An Ace fell on the flop and no 7 would come for Lundblad as Clutch won his 4th race in a row!
Clutch and Edge started heads up with 6-1 chip lead. Clutch would extend the lead to 2800-200. At this point Edge went all-in with A9 and to Clutch's surprise it would be no race situation as he flipped over QQ. But a little of Clutch's luck would be lost as Edge hit a 9 on both the flop and river to double-up. Upon seeing the river 9, Clutch jumped and in doing so actually cracked one of 80 Queen Streets chairs. Upon further inspection, the chair is still usable...
Clutch would finish Edge off a little later when Edge went all-in with J5 clubs and Clutch called with Q3. A queen and two clubs hit on the flop but a couple of blanks hit on the river and Clutch capped off the three tournament week with three cashes and two wins.
6th place - Ketaineck - 1 point
5th place - Randall - 2 points
4th place - Kenton Wong - 3 points
3rd place - Lundblad - 4 points
2nd place - Edge - 6 points (5 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 8 points (6 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
Through Thursday, May 22nd
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .863 120/139 8 11 -
2) Jason McCallum .816 102/125 4 9 -
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) "All-Yinz" Conlon .689 51/74 1 3 -
6) "Quads" Edgerton .688 64/93 1 4 +2
7) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 -1
8) Vince Masi .654 53/81 3 4 +1
9) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 +2
10) Matt Ketaineck .627 37/59 1 3 -2
11) Scott Randall .616 45/73 0 3 -1
12) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -
13) Matt Willis .535 53/99 1 2 -
14) Kenton Wong .519 14/27 0 0 -
16) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
15) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 +4
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -1
18) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
19) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $338
May 21st Recap
We had 7 players for the Wednesday morning affair including two newcomers. Kevin Hines from Elias played for the first time as did Intern Tom McKean. The other five included Clutch, JMAC, Willis, Yinz and Vince Masi.
Kevin Hines wasted no time getting in the mix as he was involved in the first out. But he avoided the first time jinx and even knocked out Vince Masi. After a flop of KQ6, Vince went all-in and Hines quickly called. Hines flipped over K6 while Vince showed K10 and when no help came, Vince was sent on the lunch run to Wings Over.
Willis would be the next player to go as he was getting shortstacked and he went all-in preflop and Yinz quickly called. Willis showed 55 while Yinz flipped over JJ. As the flop was being turned over the crowd could see a 5 but there was also a Jack underneath. Needing the case 5 to come, Willis was sent packing and Yinz spiked the case jack for fun.
Tom McKean and Yinz would battle in the next big hand. Yinz raised to 200 preflop and McKean called. After a flop of 1044, McKean went all-in and Yinz quickly called. Yinz showed QQ and McKean was behind with AK. Blanks came on the turn and river and McKean would be out 3rd in a respectable finish for his first time. Quick note, there were rumors that McKean was scouting out the players for his high school classmate Alok who will join the department in August. Obviously Alok has all the numbers down with his terminal degree in statistics but if he gets our tendencies down, he could have a big late-season run!
With 4 players left and the blinds 50 and 100, the chips were flying all over the table but they seem to go in a circle and not end up in Clutch's stack. So down to 400 in chips, Clutch went all-in blind under the gun. Hines and JMAC folded but Yinz in the big blind threw in the extra 300 with JQ suited against the blind hand. Clutch flipped over 46 offsuit. When the flop came Q79, with two spades, Yinz was a 91 percent favorite to knock Clutch out but the turn came a 4 of spades to give Clutch a 30% chance of moving on and when the K of spades fell, Clutch had hit a Kamalakin Makin and had doubled up to stay alive.
Clutch would then knock out JMAC shortly thereafter when JMAC went all-in with A4 and Clutch had AK in the big blind. JMAC did not improve and he was done in 4th place.
Kevin Hines who was all over the place in terms of chip count would get very healthy when Yinz would go all-in with 55 and Hines called with KK. When Yinz didn't hit anything he was gone in 3rd place.
This left Kevin with about a 3-2 chip lead over Clutch. The two would play fairly conservative for about a half-hour as Clutch struggled to stay alive. He would hit a few big hands that eventually gave him the chip lead. Time was getting short for Kevin Hines as he needed to get to work to help Baseball Tonight figure out the shortest tenure in a poker tournament (only to find out that fellow co-worker Rob Tracy was tied at 1 hand...)
In the final hand Clutch went all-in and Kevin reluctantly called with K9. Clutch showed AQ and when the Ace hit on the turn, Clutch had won but Elias vastly improved their standing...
7th place - Vince Masi - 1 point
6th place - Willis - 2 points
5th place - Tom McKean - 3 points
4th place - JMAC - 4 points
3rd place - Yinz - 5 points
2nd place - ELIAS - 7 points (6 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 9 point (7 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
Through Monday, May 19th
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .842 112/133 7 10 +1
2) Jason McCallum .816 102/125 4 9 -1
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) "All-Yinz" Conlon .689 51/74 1 3 +1
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +1
7) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 +1
8) "Quads" Edgerton .667 58/87 1 3 +1
9) Vince Masi .654 53/81 3 4 -4
10) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
11) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 -1
12) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 +2
13) Matt Willis .535 53/99 1 2 -1
14) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -1
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -1
17) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
18) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
19) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
20) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -1
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -1
Poker Bonanza Pot: $326
Kevin Hines wasted no time getting in the mix as he was involved in the first out. But he avoided the first time jinx and even knocked out Vince Masi. After a flop of KQ6, Vince went all-in and Hines quickly called. Hines flipped over K6 while Vince showed K10 and when no help came, Vince was sent on the lunch run to Wings Over.
Willis would be the next player to go as he was getting shortstacked and he went all-in preflop and Yinz quickly called. Willis showed 55 while Yinz flipped over JJ. As the flop was being turned over the crowd could see a 5 but there was also a Jack underneath. Needing the case 5 to come, Willis was sent packing and Yinz spiked the case jack for fun.
Tom McKean and Yinz would battle in the next big hand. Yinz raised to 200 preflop and McKean called. After a flop of 1044, McKean went all-in and Yinz quickly called. Yinz showed QQ and McKean was behind with AK. Blanks came on the turn and river and McKean would be out 3rd in a respectable finish for his first time. Quick note, there were rumors that McKean was scouting out the players for his high school classmate Alok who will join the department in August. Obviously Alok has all the numbers down with his terminal degree in statistics but if he gets our tendencies down, he could have a big late-season run!
With 4 players left and the blinds 50 and 100, the chips were flying all over the table but they seem to go in a circle and not end up in Clutch's stack. So down to 400 in chips, Clutch went all-in blind under the gun. Hines and JMAC folded but Yinz in the big blind threw in the extra 300 with JQ suited against the blind hand. Clutch flipped over 46 offsuit. When the flop came Q79, with two spades, Yinz was a 91 percent favorite to knock Clutch out but the turn came a 4 of spades to give Clutch a 30% chance of moving on and when the K of spades fell, Clutch had hit a Kamalakin Makin and had doubled up to stay alive.
Clutch would then knock out JMAC shortly thereafter when JMAC went all-in with A4 and Clutch had AK in the big blind. JMAC did not improve and he was done in 4th place.
Kevin Hines who was all over the place in terms of chip count would get very healthy when Yinz would go all-in with 55 and Hines called with KK. When Yinz didn't hit anything he was gone in 3rd place.
This left Kevin with about a 3-2 chip lead over Clutch. The two would play fairly conservative for about a half-hour as Clutch struggled to stay alive. He would hit a few big hands that eventually gave him the chip lead. Time was getting short for Kevin Hines as he needed to get to work to help Baseball Tonight figure out the shortest tenure in a poker tournament (only to find out that fellow co-worker Rob Tracy was tied at 1 hand...)
In the final hand Clutch went all-in and Kevin reluctantly called with K9. Clutch showed AQ and when the Ace hit on the turn, Clutch had won but Elias vastly improved their standing...
7th place - Vince Masi - 1 point
6th place - Willis - 2 points
5th place - Tom McKean - 3 points
4th place - JMAC - 4 points
3rd place - Yinz - 5 points
2nd place - ELIAS - 7 points (6 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 9 point (7 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
Through Monday, May 19th
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .842 112/133 7 10 +1
2) Jason McCallum .816 102/125 4 9 -1
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) "All-Yinz" Conlon .689 51/74 1 3 +1
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +1
7) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 +1
8) "Quads" Edgerton .667 58/87 1 3 +1
9) Vince Masi .654 53/81 3 4 -4
10) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
11) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 -1
12) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 +2
13) Matt Willis .535 53/99 1 2 -1
14) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -1
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -1
17) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
18) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
19) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
20) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -1
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -1
Poker Bonanza Pot: $326
May 19th Recap
Five players gathered on Monday for an intimate game of poker at 52 Irving, with hopes of seeing the return of Kamalakin Makin. They were not disappointed.
The game moved slowly at first, with chips gradually shifting around the table. Chris Fallica lost a chunk to Paul Carr when Carr flopped a set of aces, and Brett Edgerton also passed a good portion of his chips to Carr. With Edgerton virtually all-in in the big blind, Fallica moved his slightly larger stack all in from the button, and Carr called without looking from the small blind. This set up an epic showdown between Edge's 74, Carr's 63, and Fallica's monstrous K8. The flop came 10-6-5, giving Carr the lead, but both others with plenty of outs. The turn was a meaningless deuce, but the river brought a seven. It wasn't quads for Edgerton, but it was enough to triple him up and knock Fallica out to Carr's mighty 6-3.
Edge doubled up through Clutch with A4 vs AQ, hitting a four on the flop. Clutch got his revenge shortly thereafter. The same two were again all-in preflop, this time Clutch with A8 to Edge's suited AK. The flop showed an eight, giving Clutch the lead, but also featured two hearts, giving Edge a flush draw. The final two cards blanked, and Edge's day was done in 4th.
JMAC had been largely quiet, plagued with slightly above average hands like KT and pocket fours. He finally made his stand by going all in over Carr's raise while holding KQ. Carr quickly called with a pair of tens, and the race was on. The board brought little drama, with no cards above a nine, and JMAC's frustrating day died in 3rd.
At this point, you may be wondering, "Where is the promised Kamalakin Makin?? I'M READING THIS FOR THE KAMALAKIN MAKIN!!" Patience, young grasshopper.
JMAC's exit left only Carr to stop Clutch from winning his 9235th consecutive tournament. Fortunately, Carr had a 2-1 chip advantage when heads-up play began. The two jabbed at each other for some time, with nothing drastic happening. With the blinds at 40-80, Clutch had a little fun, blindly pushing his remaining 800 or so chips in pre-flop. Carr eagerly peeked at his cards, but a ten and a five weren't enough to gamble. A few hands later, Clutch again went all-in, this time after looking. Carr called with A8, giving Clutch with 99 a 70% chance to take the chip lead. The board came 6-7-2 with two clubs, eliciting a disappointed smirk from Carr. But the turn brought drama, with the eight of clubs, pairing Carr's 8, giving him four to the ace-high flush and 13 cards to win. Kamalakin Makin reared its head on the river, revealing the three of clubs and giving Carr his 2nd win of the season. Clutch could only laugh, appreciating the grandeur that is Kamalakin Makin and knowing that he would soon be back to take another crack at first place.
5th place - Chris Fallica - 1 point
4th place - Quads Edgerton - 2 points
3rd place - JMAC - 3 points
2nd place - Clutch Renno - 5 points (4 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Paul Carr - 7 point (5 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
No change at the top of the standings, although Clutch crept closer to JMAC with his runner-up finish. The biggest shakeup came in the middle, where Carr jumped four players into 7th, while Edgerton's failure to get quads dropped him two spots. Fallica slipped a spot, but more importantly, he qualified for the Year-End Bonanza by reaching 50 at-bats.
Through Monday, May 19th
52 Irving Poker League
Standings BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .831 98/118 4 9 -
2) "Clutch" Renno .817 103/126 6 9 -
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) Vince Masi .703 52/74 3 4 -
6) "All-Yinz" Conlon .687 46/67 1 3 -
7) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +4
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 -
9) "Quads" Edgerton .667 58/87 1 3 -2
10) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
11) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 -1
12) Matt Willis .554 51/92 1 2 -
13) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 -
15) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
16) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
17) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -
18) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
19) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -
20) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $312
The game moved slowly at first, with chips gradually shifting around the table. Chris Fallica lost a chunk to Paul Carr when Carr flopped a set of aces, and Brett Edgerton also passed a good portion of his chips to Carr. With Edgerton virtually all-in in the big blind, Fallica moved his slightly larger stack all in from the button, and Carr called without looking from the small blind. This set up an epic showdown between Edge's 74, Carr's 63, and Fallica's monstrous K8. The flop came 10-6-5, giving Carr the lead, but both others with plenty of outs. The turn was a meaningless deuce, but the river brought a seven. It wasn't quads for Edgerton, but it was enough to triple him up and knock Fallica out to Carr's mighty 6-3.
Edge doubled up through Clutch with A4 vs AQ, hitting a four on the flop. Clutch got his revenge shortly thereafter. The same two were again all-in preflop, this time Clutch with A8 to Edge's suited AK. The flop showed an eight, giving Clutch the lead, but also featured two hearts, giving Edge a flush draw. The final two cards blanked, and Edge's day was done in 4th.
JMAC had been largely quiet, plagued with slightly above average hands like KT and pocket fours. He finally made his stand by going all in over Carr's raise while holding KQ. Carr quickly called with a pair of tens, and the race was on. The board brought little drama, with no cards above a nine, and JMAC's frustrating day died in 3rd.
At this point, you may be wondering, "Where is the promised Kamalakin Makin?? I'M READING THIS FOR THE KAMALAKIN MAKIN!!" Patience, young grasshopper.
JMAC's exit left only Carr to stop Clutch from winning his 9235th consecutive tournament. Fortunately, Carr had a 2-1 chip advantage when heads-up play began. The two jabbed at each other for some time, with nothing drastic happening. With the blinds at 40-80, Clutch had a little fun, blindly pushing his remaining 800 or so chips in pre-flop. Carr eagerly peeked at his cards, but a ten and a five weren't enough to gamble. A few hands later, Clutch again went all-in, this time after looking. Carr called with A8, giving Clutch with 99 a 70% chance to take the chip lead. The board came 6-7-2 with two clubs, eliciting a disappointed smirk from Carr. But the turn brought drama, with the eight of clubs, pairing Carr's 8, giving him four to the ace-high flush and 13 cards to win. Kamalakin Makin reared its head on the river, revealing the three of clubs and giving Carr his 2nd win of the season. Clutch could only laugh, appreciating the grandeur that is Kamalakin Makin and knowing that he would soon be back to take another crack at first place.
5th place - Chris Fallica - 1 point
4th place - Quads Edgerton - 2 points
3rd place - JMAC - 3 points
2nd place - Clutch Renno - 5 points (4 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Paul Carr - 7 point (5 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
No change at the top of the standings, although Clutch crept closer to JMAC with his runner-up finish. The biggest shakeup came in the middle, where Carr jumped four players into 7th, while Edgerton's failure to get quads dropped him two spots. Fallica slipped a spot, but more importantly, he qualified for the Year-End Bonanza by reaching 50 at-bats.
Through Monday, May 19th
52 Irving Poker League
Standings BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .831 98/118 4 9 -
2) "Clutch" Renno .817 103/126 6 9 -
3) Dave Rose .744 29/39 2 2 -
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
5) Vince Masi .703 52/74 3 4 -
6) "All-Yinz" Conlon .687 46/67 1 3 -
7) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +4
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 -
9) "Quads" Edgerton .667 58/87 1 3 -2
10) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
11) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 -1
12) Matt Willis .554 51/92 1 2 -
13) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 -
15) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
16) Chris Fallica .360 18/50 1 1 -1
17) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -
18) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
19) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -
20) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $312
Thursday, May 15, 2008
May 14th Recap
The 1st order of business as usual is to announce the next game. They say you can't have too much of a good thing, and we at the 52 Irving Poker League agree, therefore for the 3rd week in a row we will have two games next week. In looking at the schedule we have decided to go with the same set we had this week. The very next game will take place Monday, May 19 at 7:45 PM. As always be there on time or risk seeing your stack blinded by those who are punctual. The 2nd game next week will take place Wednesday, May 21 at 11:00 AM SHARP! This night - day doubledip has been a breath of fresh air to the league and we are keeping it going.
Now to the reason you are all reading this… Wednesday's action. On a beautiful and sunny 75-degree day, 8 people gathered in the basement of 52 Irving. There were laughs, tears, and a few chicken sandwiches, but because Chris Fallica was not in attendance, there were no KAMALAKIN MAKINS.
The action began fairly quickly in this one. After just a few hands, 3-time winner Vince Masi decided to push all-in with a K-Q suited. Kevin "All Yinz" Conlon decided to call with his pocket queens. JMAC who had thrown a smaller raise in earlier decided to get out of the way and we had our first heads up. It turned out to be a dud with nothing coming on the table and Masi was left to ponder where and when to make the lunch run.
Play lasted for at least another hour with chips being passed around the table. Both defending champion Matt Willis and "Clutch" Renno were left somewhat shortstacked when both decided it was just about time to get the party going. Willis was the first to move as he went all in with his K-K pair. David Bearman, who at this time was the chip leader, decided that he would call with his A-8. It looked as though Willis would be doubled up after nothing came to help Bearman through the turn. But the vaunted river threw an A to Bearman and he eliminated Willis with the high pair.
"Clutch" didn’t wait much longer before making his all-in move as he was left as the table's short stack. Clutch drew K-10 suited and decided to move in. Kenton "the Asian Sensation" Wong called with his AQ. When nothing came on the table, Clutch was left defeated to the high card. Its like Pidto says, "he's never been clutch when I needed him" and Dennis was the third member out.
The three amigos left to make a lunch run while play continued at the table. Things began to get interesting when Jason Vida, shortstacked at the time, moved all-in with a pair of 3's. Conlon called with an Q-J and JMAC also called with K-Q of clubs. The flop came with three diamonds, both Conlon and JMAC checked. The turn card fell (another diamond) and Conlon had caught the straight 8-Q. Yinz put the rest of his chips in forcing JMAC to fold. Yinz looked to walk away with a huge pot, but the river card through yet another diamond, and Vida and Yinz split the pot with a flush on the table.
Not long after that play we would eliminate our 4th player. Kenton, dealt a pair of 10's, moved all in pre-flop. Yinz immediately calls with his own pocket pair A-A. The flop brought Yinz another Ace and he looked to be in pretty good shape heading to the turn. When the turn brought yet another Ace, the death blow was dealt to the "Asian Sensation" and he was eliminated by Yinz' quad aces.
At this point our boys were back from Wings Over and we enjoyed the pleasantries of buffalo chicken in the mid afternoon. It was a short break, however, and four players returned for the home stretch.
The return to the tables brought the return of Bearman, who was bringing the thunder all day. Bearman had begun to watch his chip lead slip away and decided to push all in with K-9. Vida called him with an A-9 and we went to the flop with Bearman holding a "live one". When Bearman caught a K on the on the turn, he crippled Vida, leaving Jason with the shortstack and Bearman was back in action.
The shortstack did not stop Vida from making a strong comeback as the Philly native went all in and was called by fellow Keystone state native Yinz. It was a classic Western PA vs Eastern PA showdown, but this one went to the East side as Vida's two-pair beat Yinz top pair. Vida had doubled-up and was back in the game.
The PA state war was not finished however, as Yinz would get his revenge just a short time later. Vida slow-played his pocket A's and called Conlon's big blind of Q-7 to get to the flop. When two Q came on the flop, Yinz raised and was called by Vida, still slow playing his huge pocket pair. The turn came with a 7 and Yinz had the full house. Yinz raised two-hundo in hopes of milking more chips from Vida. When Jason came back with an all-in call, Yinz was more than eager to oblige. Vida was surprised to see the house Yinz had and was eliminated. Yinz had now eliminated three players and won the battle of PA.
3 players remained with JMAC the chip leader, Yinz in second and Bearman back to the shortstack. The former Gator drew pocket 3's and went all-in. JMAC debated for several minutes before deciding to call with his pocket 7's. Nothing came on the flop, but you could sense something in the air as the turn came. Kenton Wong, who was dealing and had been handing out bad beats all day, dropped a 3 on the turn, giving Bearman the win.
This left an interesting position as all 3 players remaining were very close in chip count. Yinz held a slight advantage over the newly healthy Bearman, but JMAC was not far behind. The two R-2's would soon lock horns again, this time with JMAC making the first move. With an A-K, JMAC raised pre-flop. Bearman, not messing around, comes back with an all-in showing his pair K-K. When nothing came on the table to help, 52 Irving points leader JMAC was eliminated in third place, just missing an opportunity to become the first player with 10 total cashes.
And then there were two. The final pairing was an interesting one, as Yinz and Bearman went heads up for the fist time. For those of you who worked on Tuesday night, you may remember the following exchange in the research room.
Bearman: "Yinz you playing tomorrow?"
Yinz: "Yes, I am in."
Bearman: "Good that’s $20."
Edge: "Yinz tell him to look at the scoreboard."
Clearly, Kevin "All Yinz" Conlon would be using this as bulletin board material for the final. There was a lot of action between the final two, who played for over an hour before a winner was decided. It was not for a lack of trying, however, as both went all-in on numerous occassions. The final pair actually went heads up with all-in calls on four separate occassions before a winner was crowned. There was no documentation of a few of the hands, so lets just say it went like this.
Bearman entered the final as the chip leader, but doubled up Conlon when Yinz' A-K drew a K on the flop, and Bearman's A-9 was left in a loss. This brought the chip count a bit closer.
Conlon then crippled Bearman with a hand that no one can remember, but it left Bearman with just over 400 in chips and Yinz in a great position.
But, like they always say, you can't keep a good Gator down, as Bearman would double-up as his pocket 4's beat Yinz pocket 9's when a 4 came on the turn.
That left Bearman with about 1,500 chips before Yinz delivered his final knockout blow. Bearman calls all-in with a Q-J, and Yinz debates before calling with A-6. When the flop threw a Q to Bearman, Yinz was deflated as he thought about another potential 2nd-place finish. The turn left him no happier as a 7 came. But as was the trend of the day, Yinz got his A on the river and left a stunned Bearman in 2nd place.
So, for the 2nd consecutive tournament we have a 1st-time winner, as Yinz picks up his 1st ever tournament victory.
8th place - Vince Masi 1 point
7th place - Matt Willis 2 points
6th place - Clutch 3 points
5th place - Kenton Wong 4 points
4th place - Jason Vida 5 points
3rd place - JMAC 6 points
2nd place - Bearman 8 points (7 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Yinz 10 points (8 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
52 Irving Poker League Standings BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .841 95/113 4 9 -
2) "Clutch" Renno .810 98/121 6 8 -
3) Dave Rose .7443 29/39 2 2 +1
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 +1
5) Vince Masi .703 52/74 3 4 -2
6) "All-Yinz" Conlon .687 46/67 1 3 +4
7) "Quads" Edgerton .683 56/82 1 3 -1
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 -1
9) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
10) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 +2
11) Paul Carr .618 34/55 1 2 -2
12) Matt Willis .554 51/92 1 2 -
13) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 -
15) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1 -
16) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 +4
17) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
18) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
19) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -1
20) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -1
Poker Bonanza Pot: $302
Now to the reason you are all reading this… Wednesday's action. On a beautiful and sunny 75-degree day, 8 people gathered in the basement of 52 Irving. There were laughs, tears, and a few chicken sandwiches, but because Chris Fallica was not in attendance, there were no KAMALAKIN MAKINS.
The action began fairly quickly in this one. After just a few hands, 3-time winner Vince Masi decided to push all-in with a K-Q suited. Kevin "All Yinz" Conlon decided to call with his pocket queens. JMAC who had thrown a smaller raise in earlier decided to get out of the way and we had our first heads up. It turned out to be a dud with nothing coming on the table and Masi was left to ponder where and when to make the lunch run.
Play lasted for at least another hour with chips being passed around the table. Both defending champion Matt Willis and "Clutch" Renno were left somewhat shortstacked when both decided it was just about time to get the party going. Willis was the first to move as he went all in with his K-K pair. David Bearman, who at this time was the chip leader, decided that he would call with his A-8. It looked as though Willis would be doubled up after nothing came to help Bearman through the turn. But the vaunted river threw an A to Bearman and he eliminated Willis with the high pair.
"Clutch" didn’t wait much longer before making his all-in move as he was left as the table's short stack. Clutch drew K-10 suited and decided to move in. Kenton "the Asian Sensation" Wong called with his AQ. When nothing came on the table, Clutch was left defeated to the high card. Its like Pidto says, "he's never been clutch when I needed him" and Dennis was the third member out.
The three amigos left to make a lunch run while play continued at the table. Things began to get interesting when Jason Vida, shortstacked at the time, moved all-in with a pair of 3's. Conlon called with an Q-J and JMAC also called with K-Q of clubs. The flop came with three diamonds, both Conlon and JMAC checked. The turn card fell (another diamond) and Conlon had caught the straight 8-Q. Yinz put the rest of his chips in forcing JMAC to fold. Yinz looked to walk away with a huge pot, but the river card through yet another diamond, and Vida and Yinz split the pot with a flush on the table.
Not long after that play we would eliminate our 4th player. Kenton, dealt a pair of 10's, moved all in pre-flop. Yinz immediately calls with his own pocket pair A-A. The flop brought Yinz another Ace and he looked to be in pretty good shape heading to the turn. When the turn brought yet another Ace, the death blow was dealt to the "Asian Sensation" and he was eliminated by Yinz' quad aces.
At this point our boys were back from Wings Over and we enjoyed the pleasantries of buffalo chicken in the mid afternoon. It was a short break, however, and four players returned for the home stretch.
The return to the tables brought the return of Bearman, who was bringing the thunder all day. Bearman had begun to watch his chip lead slip away and decided to push all in with K-9. Vida called him with an A-9 and we went to the flop with Bearman holding a "live one". When Bearman caught a K on the on the turn, he crippled Vida, leaving Jason with the shortstack and Bearman was back in action.
The shortstack did not stop Vida from making a strong comeback as the Philly native went all in and was called by fellow Keystone state native Yinz. It was a classic Western PA vs Eastern PA showdown, but this one went to the East side as Vida's two-pair beat Yinz top pair. Vida had doubled-up and was back in the game.
The PA state war was not finished however, as Yinz would get his revenge just a short time later. Vida slow-played his pocket A's and called Conlon's big blind of Q-7 to get to the flop. When two Q came on the flop, Yinz raised and was called by Vida, still slow playing his huge pocket pair. The turn came with a 7 and Yinz had the full house. Yinz raised two-hundo in hopes of milking more chips from Vida. When Jason came back with an all-in call, Yinz was more than eager to oblige. Vida was surprised to see the house Yinz had and was eliminated. Yinz had now eliminated three players and won the battle of PA.
3 players remained with JMAC the chip leader, Yinz in second and Bearman back to the shortstack. The former Gator drew pocket 3's and went all-in. JMAC debated for several minutes before deciding to call with his pocket 7's. Nothing came on the flop, but you could sense something in the air as the turn came. Kenton Wong, who was dealing and had been handing out bad beats all day, dropped a 3 on the turn, giving Bearman the win.
This left an interesting position as all 3 players remaining were very close in chip count. Yinz held a slight advantage over the newly healthy Bearman, but JMAC was not far behind. The two R-2's would soon lock horns again, this time with JMAC making the first move. With an A-K, JMAC raised pre-flop. Bearman, not messing around, comes back with an all-in showing his pair K-K. When nothing came on the table to help, 52 Irving points leader JMAC was eliminated in third place, just missing an opportunity to become the first player with 10 total cashes.
And then there were two. The final pairing was an interesting one, as Yinz and Bearman went heads up for the fist time. For those of you who worked on Tuesday night, you may remember the following exchange in the research room.
Bearman: "Yinz you playing tomorrow?"
Yinz: "Yes, I am in."
Bearman: "Good that’s $20."
Edge: "Yinz tell him to look at the scoreboard."
Clearly, Kevin "All Yinz" Conlon would be using this as bulletin board material for the final. There was a lot of action between the final two, who played for over an hour before a winner was decided. It was not for a lack of trying, however, as both went all-in on numerous occassions. The final pair actually went heads up with all-in calls on four separate occassions before a winner was crowned. There was no documentation of a few of the hands, so lets just say it went like this.
Bearman entered the final as the chip leader, but doubled up Conlon when Yinz' A-K drew a K on the flop, and Bearman's A-9 was left in a loss. This brought the chip count a bit closer.
Conlon then crippled Bearman with a hand that no one can remember, but it left Bearman with just over 400 in chips and Yinz in a great position.
But, like they always say, you can't keep a good Gator down, as Bearman would double-up as his pocket 4's beat Yinz pocket 9's when a 4 came on the turn.
That left Bearman with about 1,500 chips before Yinz delivered his final knockout blow. Bearman calls all-in with a Q-J, and Yinz debates before calling with A-6. When the flop threw a Q to Bearman, Yinz was deflated as he thought about another potential 2nd-place finish. The turn left him no happier as a 7 came. But as was the trend of the day, Yinz got his A on the river and left a stunned Bearman in 2nd place.
So, for the 2nd consecutive tournament we have a 1st-time winner, as Yinz picks up his 1st ever tournament victory.
8th place - Vince Masi 1 point
7th place - Matt Willis 2 points
6th place - Clutch 3 points
5th place - Kenton Wong 4 points
4th place - Jason Vida 5 points
3rd place - JMAC 6 points
2nd place - Bearman 8 points (7 for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Yinz 10 points (8 for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for win)
52 Irving Poker League Standings BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .841 95/113 4 9 -
2) "Clutch" Renno .810 98/121 6 8 -
3) Dave Rose .7443 29/39 2 2 +1
4) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 +1
5) Vince Masi .703 52/74 3 4 -2
6) "All-Yinz" Conlon .687 46/67 1 3 +4
7) "Quads" Edgerton .683 56/82 1 3 -1
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 -1
9) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -1
10) David Bearman .630 51-81 1 3 +2
11) Paul Carr .618 34/55 1 2 -2
12) Matt Willis .554 51/92 1 2 -
13) Kenton Wong .524 11/21 0 0 -
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 -
15) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1 -
16) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 +4
17) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -1
18) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -1
19) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 -1
20) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -1
Poker Bonanza Pot: $302
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
May 12th Recap
Before we get started, let’s take care of a little bidness…next tournament’s going to be Wednesday the 14th at 11 AM. Word of advice…GET IN!!!
Monday night brought another round of the 52 Irving Poker League. There was pizza, a Celtics road loss and an 8-man field for the latest round.
Chris Lees saw a lot of action early, but the newcomer curse came one tourney later than expected. After a flop of A-K-10, we were down to 2 players, Lees and Brett Edgerton. The turn brought another 10 and the river a meaningless deuce. Lees bet on the river, and Edge pushed all-in. Lees thought briefly and called, showing a King for 2 pair, Kings and 10. Edge beat that with his 2 pair…2 pairs of 10’s. “Quads” Edgerton pocket 10’s were enough to send C-Lees to the rail to root on the C’s.
Scott Randall played a quiet game, and after slow playing his aces and losing left him short-stacked, he was forced to go all-in pre-flop with A-Q. J-Mac called with the A-K, and the board bricked out, giving Randall a 7th-place finish.
With 6 players remaining, Vince Masi pushed all-in before the flop with pocket queens, but Edge upped him with pocket aces. Quads weren’t necessary this time, but when a 3rd ace came on the flop, Masi was free to watch the Red Wings-Stars game, and Edge had his 2nd victim of the night.
The next big hand took place between two of the shorter stacks at the table, Paul Carr and Matt Willis. Carr pushed all in, and it was folded around to Willis, sitting to his right, who insta-called with pocket queens. After counting the stacks, Carr was left with 7 chips, and Willis had nearly doubled up. The next hand, Carr tripled up when he flopped trips, and Clutch and Willis couldn’t beat it. Willis did show pocket queens for the 2nd straight hand, after crippling Paul with them the previous hand. The next hand, Carr nearly quadrupled up when he turned trip queens, getting him to 109. The next hand wasn’t as fortunate, as Carr got his money in good with K-Q, when the priced-in Willis called with J-9. A jack was the first card out on the flop, and despite picking up a straight draw on the turn, a historic comeback wasn’t in the cards for Carr, as he went out 4th.
The remaining 4 players, Willis, Clutch, Edge and J-Mac fought it out and traded chips for awhile, getting up to the maximum blind level of 75-150. The stacks were switched up during this time when Edge, the big stack, pushed J-Mac all-in before the flop, with J-Mac showing pockets 7’s to Edge’s A-Q, a classic race situation. The board gave Edge no help, and J-Mac now had the big stack, and Edge was the new short stack.
Not long after, Clutch, from the small blind, pushed Edge all-in and showed A-K. Edge, forced to make his move had two live ones with J-3. Edge got none of his 6 outs, and Clutch had his first elimination of the day, sending Edge out in 4th place.
Not long after, Clutch was the short stack, and even though he moved in repeatedly, could not get any action to double up. Finally, with the blinds eating away his stack, Clutch moved all-in with 10-7 of spades, and J-Mac flipped over A-9. The board brought no help, and Clutch finished 3rd, on the money bubble.
Play went heads up between J-Mac and Willis with J-Mac holding a very slight chip lead. With a board containing 3 clubs and a queen, Willis bet 500 into a pot of 600 on the river, and J-Mac made the call. It was shown to be the call of the tournament, as Willis flipped over A-J, and J-Mac had A-K for a better ace high to take a 2-1 chip lead.
Those stacks were flipped shortly thereafter. J-Mac limped pre-flop and Willis moved all-in. This time the hands were reversed, with Willis showing A-K, and J-Mac had the A-J. A king hit on the flop, J-Mac picked up a straight draw on the turn, but Willis took the chip lead.
Willis chipped away at J-Mac after this, stealing blinds. Finally, after again raising to 450 before the flop, J-Mac pushed the rest of his stack in. Willis thought briefly, then called and showed an ace of clubs with an offsuit 5. J-Mac flipped over 6-9 of clubs, and was rewarded by flopping a flush, with a K-4-3 all clubs flop. However, Willis just needed one club to pick up the ace-high flush, and a 2 of clubs on the turn gave Willis the Kamalakin Makin. However, that card gave J-Mac one out to a straight flush. The 6 of clubs did not come on the river, and Willis took home his first tournament win of 2008.
Here are final results from May 8:
8th place – Lees – 1 point
7th place – Randall – 2 points
6th place – Masi – 3 points
5th place – Paul Carr – 4 points
4th place – Edge – 5 points
3rd place – Clutch – 6 points
2nd place – JMAC – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – Willis – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .848 89/105 4 9 +1
2) “Clutch” Renno .841 95/113 6 8 -1
3) Vince Masi .773 51/66 3 4 --
4) David Rose .744 29/39 2 2 --
5) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 --
6) “Quads” Edgerton .683 56/82 1 3 +1
7) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 +1
8) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -2
9) Paul Carr .618 34/55 1 2 --
10) “All-Yinz” Conlon .610 36/59 0 2 --
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2 --
12) Matt Willis .583 49/84 1 2 +1
13) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0 -1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 +1
15) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1 +1
16) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -2
17) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 --
18) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 --
19) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 --
20) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0 --
Poker Bonanza Pot: $286
Monday night brought another round of the 52 Irving Poker League. There was pizza, a Celtics road loss and an 8-man field for the latest round.
Chris Lees saw a lot of action early, but the newcomer curse came one tourney later than expected. After a flop of A-K-10, we were down to 2 players, Lees and Brett Edgerton. The turn brought another 10 and the river a meaningless deuce. Lees bet on the river, and Edge pushed all-in. Lees thought briefly and called, showing a King for 2 pair, Kings and 10. Edge beat that with his 2 pair…2 pairs of 10’s. “Quads” Edgerton pocket 10’s were enough to send C-Lees to the rail to root on the C’s.
Scott Randall played a quiet game, and after slow playing his aces and losing left him short-stacked, he was forced to go all-in pre-flop with A-Q. J-Mac called with the A-K, and the board bricked out, giving Randall a 7th-place finish.
With 6 players remaining, Vince Masi pushed all-in before the flop with pocket queens, but Edge upped him with pocket aces. Quads weren’t necessary this time, but when a 3rd ace came on the flop, Masi was free to watch the Red Wings-Stars game, and Edge had his 2nd victim of the night.
The next big hand took place between two of the shorter stacks at the table, Paul Carr and Matt Willis. Carr pushed all in, and it was folded around to Willis, sitting to his right, who insta-called with pocket queens. After counting the stacks, Carr was left with 7 chips, and Willis had nearly doubled up. The next hand, Carr tripled up when he flopped trips, and Clutch and Willis couldn’t beat it. Willis did show pocket queens for the 2nd straight hand, after crippling Paul with them the previous hand. The next hand, Carr nearly quadrupled up when he turned trip queens, getting him to 109. The next hand wasn’t as fortunate, as Carr got his money in good with K-Q, when the priced-in Willis called with J-9. A jack was the first card out on the flop, and despite picking up a straight draw on the turn, a historic comeback wasn’t in the cards for Carr, as he went out 4th.
The remaining 4 players, Willis, Clutch, Edge and J-Mac fought it out and traded chips for awhile, getting up to the maximum blind level of 75-150. The stacks were switched up during this time when Edge, the big stack, pushed J-Mac all-in before the flop, with J-Mac showing pockets 7’s to Edge’s A-Q, a classic race situation. The board gave Edge no help, and J-Mac now had the big stack, and Edge was the new short stack.
Not long after, Clutch, from the small blind, pushed Edge all-in and showed A-K. Edge, forced to make his move had two live ones with J-3. Edge got none of his 6 outs, and Clutch had his first elimination of the day, sending Edge out in 4th place.
Not long after, Clutch was the short stack, and even though he moved in repeatedly, could not get any action to double up. Finally, with the blinds eating away his stack, Clutch moved all-in with 10-7 of spades, and J-Mac flipped over A-9. The board brought no help, and Clutch finished 3rd, on the money bubble.
Play went heads up between J-Mac and Willis with J-Mac holding a very slight chip lead. With a board containing 3 clubs and a queen, Willis bet 500 into a pot of 600 on the river, and J-Mac made the call. It was shown to be the call of the tournament, as Willis flipped over A-J, and J-Mac had A-K for a better ace high to take a 2-1 chip lead.
Those stacks were flipped shortly thereafter. J-Mac limped pre-flop and Willis moved all-in. This time the hands were reversed, with Willis showing A-K, and J-Mac had the A-J. A king hit on the flop, J-Mac picked up a straight draw on the turn, but Willis took the chip lead.
Willis chipped away at J-Mac after this, stealing blinds. Finally, after again raising to 450 before the flop, J-Mac pushed the rest of his stack in. Willis thought briefly, then called and showed an ace of clubs with an offsuit 5. J-Mac flipped over 6-9 of clubs, and was rewarded by flopping a flush, with a K-4-3 all clubs flop. However, Willis just needed one club to pick up the ace-high flush, and a 2 of clubs on the turn gave Willis the Kamalakin Makin. However, that card gave J-Mac one out to a straight flush. The 6 of clubs did not come on the river, and Willis took home his first tournament win of 2008.
Here are final results from May 8:
8th place – Lees – 1 point
7th place – Randall – 2 points
6th place – Masi – 3 points
5th place – Paul Carr – 4 points
4th place – Edge – 5 points
3rd place – Clutch – 6 points
2nd place – JMAC – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – Willis – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Jason McCallum .848 89/105 4 9 +1
2) “Clutch” Renno .841 95/113 6 8 -1
3) Vince Masi .773 51/66 3 4 --
4) David Rose .744 29/39 2 2 --
5) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 --
6) “Quads” Edgerton .683 56/82 1 3 +1
7) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3 +1
8) Scott Randall .642 43/67 0 3 -2
9) Paul Carr .618 34/55 1 2 --
10) “All-Yinz” Conlon .610 36/59 0 2 --
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2 --
12) Matt Willis .583 49/84 1 2 +1
13) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0 -1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1 +1
15) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1 +1
16) Chris Lees .313 5/16 0 0 -2
17) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 --
18) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0 --
19) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 --
20) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0 --
Poker Bonanza Pot: $286
Friday, May 9, 2008
May 8th Recap
Before we begin with the action from Thursday night, I want to announce that we will go with another double-dip next week since there seemed to be enough this interest this week. The night edition will be Monday, May 12th at 7:45 PM and the morning edition will be Wednesday, May 14th at 11:00 AM. Please be prepared to start at those times.
The May 8th edition of the 52 Irving Poker League featured the debut of one Christopher Lees along with 7 others. Without question, Lees failed to disappoint both with his play and his comments. He bucked the trend of the newcomer going out first although he certainly flirted with it. Lees won a few early pots to take the chip lead but tn the early going, Edge got the best of Lees. The flop came j9q followed by 7 and an ace. Edge went all-in on the river and Lees quickly called. Edge showed the 810 straight and Lees flipped over K9 but he mistakenly thought he had the nut straight but after staring at the cards in disbelief, he handed over 80% of his chips to Edge and quipped..
"Whoops"
Many observers thought this would soon lead Lees to the rail but he doubled up twice, once through Fallica and another time through Clutch to get back into a healthy chip position and led to this quote:
"I'm not afraid to deal out the justice!…"
Shortly thereafter, Lees lived up to his promises. After a flop of A84 with two diamonds, DROSE went all-in and Lees called and had DROSE covered. DROSE flipped over AK (including the ace of diamonds) and Lees flipped the Q8 of diamonds and was a 3-7 dog to knock out DROSE. The turn came a harmless 3 of spades but an 8 of spades of the river gave Lees the improbable set and the standings leader would be out with his worse finish of the season. The win propelled Lees to the chip lead and Ryan McCrystal proclaimed:
"Now that is delivering the justice…"
Not too long after the justice hit, Fallica and Lees would get into a tussle. A preflop raise by Fallica was called only by Lees. A flop of A36, 2 diamonds on the flop led to more betting and calling. A turn of jack of diamonds led to Fallica going all-in for nearly 500 chips and Lees quickly called. Fallica flipped over the made flush of q7 but Lees flipped over A7 with the ace of diamonds for the nut flush draw. Fallica had a 84-16 percent advantage going to the river but inexplicably the 4 of diamonds fell for Lees as he knocks out Fallica with the "Kamalakin Makin". For Fallica it was the 3rd straight tournament he had been knocked out or crippled with the famous 4 cards on the board flush. Fallica was devastated and we had the following dialogue:
Fallica: "How can you call with that for so many chips?"
Lees: "That’s why they call it gambling!"
With that win, Lees took a commanding chip lead and it would grow a short time later when a flop of Q106, two spades, led Loucks to go all-in and in the theme of the night, Lees called. Nick flipped over A3 of spades and Lees flipped over queens up with Q6. Lees dodged a spade on the turn and river and Loucks was gone in 6th place. It should be noted that the 6th place finish actually improved Loucks’ standings in the Bonanza.
So after knocking the tournament’s first 3 players, Lees held nearly half the chips with 5 players remaining. Ketaineck who had been quiet throughout the evening, started to get the best of Lees. He won multiple pots leaning and raising on Lees, taking a large majority of his chips before Lee’s night came to a close with the following hand. The flop came 810Q and both players checked. The 7 fell on the turn and both players put chips in. The river came another Q and when Ketaineck went all-in, Lees called with showing a set with Q2 but Ketaineck sent Lees to the rail with the famous 69 for a straight.
This left play 4-handed with Clutch and McCrystal as the short stacks. With the blinds 25/50 McCrystal made the following statement after looking at his cards…
"Well, it’s about time for me to go all-in"
Clutch already in the big blind called the extra 105 with A3 of diamonds. McCrystal flipped over AA and doubled up. But Clutch would get his justice a little later when McCrystal went all with Q7 and Clutch called with K9. A king on the flop ended McCrystal’s near 2-month hiatus from the 52 Irving Poker League in 4th place.
This left the game 3-handed with Clutch the considerable underdog but he continued to chip away including a pretty improbable hand when he called a Ketaineck all-in with A4 against Ketaineck A2. This hand will chop nearly 50% of the time and despite not catching a 4, Clutch would win when he hit a straight on the river to get pretty healthy and hurt Ketaineck. A short time later, Clutch would call an all-in by Ketaineck with AQ and Ketaineck had AJ. Both players hit their non-ace card on the flop by Matt’s hand didn’t improve and he was out in 3rd place.
This is when the grind began. Edge and Clutch started heads up play around midnight with Clutch holding a 2300-1700 chip lead. They played back and forth for well over an hour before both players would go all-in. Clutch had Edge down to 429 chips but Edge survived a A4 vs KJ all-in when a jack hit. He would double up the very next hand when he survived and A8 vs J10 all-in when a 10 hit. The grind continued and again Clutch got Edge down to 600 chips and Edge survived all-in A10 vs J5 when a 5 hit for Edge. Edge would actually take the chip lead when Clutch’s K10 did not improve against Edge’s 66. It was then Clutch’s turn to catch a break when his A10 chopped against Edge’s AJ. And then Clutch survived another all-in when his A6 improved against Edge’s AQ when a 6 hit on the turn. Oh by the way, that last hand occurred at 2:20 as JMAC came back from doing the 11 to start dealing at 2:15. One of the longest tournaments in league history would conclude at 2:29 AM when Clutch holding a slim lead went all-in after a 778 flop. Edge called with 89 but Clutch flipped over the 79 set and Edge did not catch the 8 or running cards for the straight.
Clutch wins his 4th straight tournament and takes over the lead in the points standings.
Here are final results from May 8:
8th place – DROSE – 1 point
7th place – Fallica – 2 points
6th place – Loucks – 3 points
5th place – Lees – 4 points
4th place – McCrystal – 5 points
3rd place – Ketaineck – 6 points
2nd place – Edge – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – Clutch – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker LeagueCurrent Poker Batting Averages Thru May 8
BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) Clutch .848 89/105 6 8
2) Jason McCallum .835 81/97 4 8
3) Vince Masi .828 48/58 3 4
4) David Rose .744 29/39 2 2
5) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1
6) Scott Randall .695 41/59 0 3
7) Brett Edgerton .689 51/74 1 3
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3
9) Paul Carr .638 30/47 1 2
10) Yinz .610 36/59 0 2
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2
12) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .513 39/76 0 1
14) Chris Lees .500 4/8 0 0
15) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
16) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1
17) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0
18) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
19) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
20) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0
Poker Bonanza Pot: $270
The May 8th edition of the 52 Irving Poker League featured the debut of one Christopher Lees along with 7 others. Without question, Lees failed to disappoint both with his play and his comments. He bucked the trend of the newcomer going out first although he certainly flirted with it. Lees won a few early pots to take the chip lead but tn the early going, Edge got the best of Lees. The flop came j9q followed by 7 and an ace. Edge went all-in on the river and Lees quickly called. Edge showed the 810 straight and Lees flipped over K9 but he mistakenly thought he had the nut straight but after staring at the cards in disbelief, he handed over 80% of his chips to Edge and quipped..
"Whoops"
Many observers thought this would soon lead Lees to the rail but he doubled up twice, once through Fallica and another time through Clutch to get back into a healthy chip position and led to this quote:
"I'm not afraid to deal out the justice!…"
Shortly thereafter, Lees lived up to his promises. After a flop of A84 with two diamonds, DROSE went all-in and Lees called and had DROSE covered. DROSE flipped over AK (including the ace of diamonds) and Lees flipped the Q8 of diamonds and was a 3-7 dog to knock out DROSE. The turn came a harmless 3 of spades but an 8 of spades of the river gave Lees the improbable set and the standings leader would be out with his worse finish of the season. The win propelled Lees to the chip lead and Ryan McCrystal proclaimed:
"Now that is delivering the justice…"
Not too long after the justice hit, Fallica and Lees would get into a tussle. A preflop raise by Fallica was called only by Lees. A flop of A36, 2 diamonds on the flop led to more betting and calling. A turn of jack of diamonds led to Fallica going all-in for nearly 500 chips and Lees quickly called. Fallica flipped over the made flush of q7 but Lees flipped over A7 with the ace of diamonds for the nut flush draw. Fallica had a 84-16 percent advantage going to the river but inexplicably the 4 of diamonds fell for Lees as he knocks out Fallica with the "Kamalakin Makin". For Fallica it was the 3rd straight tournament he had been knocked out or crippled with the famous 4 cards on the board flush. Fallica was devastated and we had the following dialogue:
Fallica: "How can you call with that for so many chips?"
Lees: "That’s why they call it gambling!"
With that win, Lees took a commanding chip lead and it would grow a short time later when a flop of Q106, two spades, led Loucks to go all-in and in the theme of the night, Lees called. Nick flipped over A3 of spades and Lees flipped over queens up with Q6. Lees dodged a spade on the turn and river and Loucks was gone in 6th place. It should be noted that the 6th place finish actually improved Loucks’ standings in the Bonanza.
So after knocking the tournament’s first 3 players, Lees held nearly half the chips with 5 players remaining. Ketaineck who had been quiet throughout the evening, started to get the best of Lees. He won multiple pots leaning and raising on Lees, taking a large majority of his chips before Lee’s night came to a close with the following hand. The flop came 810Q and both players checked. The 7 fell on the turn and both players put chips in. The river came another Q and when Ketaineck went all-in, Lees called with showing a set with Q2 but Ketaineck sent Lees to the rail with the famous 69 for a straight.
This left play 4-handed with Clutch and McCrystal as the short stacks. With the blinds 25/50 McCrystal made the following statement after looking at his cards…
"Well, it’s about time for me to go all-in"
Clutch already in the big blind called the extra 105 with A3 of diamonds. McCrystal flipped over AA and doubled up. But Clutch would get his justice a little later when McCrystal went all with Q7 and Clutch called with K9. A king on the flop ended McCrystal’s near 2-month hiatus from the 52 Irving Poker League in 4th place.
This left the game 3-handed with Clutch the considerable underdog but he continued to chip away including a pretty improbable hand when he called a Ketaineck all-in with A4 against Ketaineck A2. This hand will chop nearly 50% of the time and despite not catching a 4, Clutch would win when he hit a straight on the river to get pretty healthy and hurt Ketaineck. A short time later, Clutch would call an all-in by Ketaineck with AQ and Ketaineck had AJ. Both players hit their non-ace card on the flop by Matt’s hand didn’t improve and he was out in 3rd place.
This is when the grind began. Edge and Clutch started heads up play around midnight with Clutch holding a 2300-1700 chip lead. They played back and forth for well over an hour before both players would go all-in. Clutch had Edge down to 429 chips but Edge survived a A4 vs KJ all-in when a jack hit. He would double up the very next hand when he survived and A8 vs J10 all-in when a 10 hit. The grind continued and again Clutch got Edge down to 600 chips and Edge survived all-in A10 vs J5 when a 5 hit for Edge. Edge would actually take the chip lead when Clutch’s K10 did not improve against Edge’s 66. It was then Clutch’s turn to catch a break when his A10 chopped against Edge’s AJ. And then Clutch survived another all-in when his A6 improved against Edge’s AQ when a 6 hit on the turn. Oh by the way, that last hand occurred at 2:20 as JMAC came back from doing the 11 to start dealing at 2:15. One of the longest tournaments in league history would conclude at 2:29 AM when Clutch holding a slim lead went all-in after a 778 flop. Edge called with 89 but Clutch flipped over the 79 set and Edge did not catch the 8 or running cards for the straight.
Clutch wins his 4th straight tournament and takes over the lead in the points standings.
Here are final results from May 8:
8th place – DROSE – 1 point
7th place – Fallica – 2 points
6th place – Loucks – 3 points
5th place – Lees – 4 points
4th place – McCrystal – 5 points
3rd place – Ketaineck – 6 points
2nd place – Edge – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – Clutch – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker LeagueCurrent Poker Batting Averages Thru May 8
BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) Clutch .848 89/105 6 8
2) Jason McCallum .835 81/97 4 8
3) Vince Masi .828 48/58 3 4
4) David Rose .744 29/39 2 2
5) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1
6) Scott Randall .695 41/59 0 3
7) Brett Edgerton .689 51/74 1 3
8) Matt Ketaineck .679 36/53 1 3
9) Paul Carr .638 30/47 1 2
10) Yinz .610 36/59 0 2
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2
12) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .513 39/76 0 1
14) Chris Lees .500 4/8 0 0
15) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
16) Chris Fallica .378 17/45 1 1
17) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0
18) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
19) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
20) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0
Poker Bonanza Pot: $270
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tuesday, May 6th Recap
Before we get into Tuesday’s craziness, a reminder that the next event will be Thursday night at 8:15 PM. Get in…
Tuesday brought 8 players to the table, including newcomer Jason Vida. We got going at around 11:15 AM (not bad) and the action started early and often, but nobody could gain full control. About 45 minutes in, we had our first all-in as Paul Carr put all his chips in the middle and Matt Willis called. Paul flipped over his pocket Jacks and Willis let out a stream of laughter before flipping over his own pocket Jacks. The flop gave no flush opportunity and the pot was chopped. This would set the tone for the day. Shortly thereafter, Paul decided it was time for another all-in, and Vida stepped up to the plate with the call. Each man flipped over Ace/King – and another chop was in the works…
Conlon and Willis would soon tangle in a hand after both raised and everybody else stepped aside. The calls were made and the flop came A-Q-2. Conlon makes the move to go all-in and Willis thought about it for a while before folding. He made the cardinal error, however, of rabbit hunting and showing that he folded a Queen. Conlon was nice enough to show his A-2 for two pair, but the rabbit hunting gave us a Queen on the turn and Willis could only think what might have been…
The chips moved around for a while with no big moves, but soon the blinds escalated and eventually there was a short stack at the table. Like so many other times in 52 Irving history, that short stack was the newcomer. Jason Vida was all-in with his Queen/Jack and faced a call from Willis and his Ace/Jack. No pair or draw came on the board, and Vida was done in 8th place for the day.
We didn’t have a major move again until J-Mac – easily the short stack at the table – went all-in from the button with pocket sixes. When Randall called with pocket fives there was no improvement for anyone and J-Mac had doubled up.
The action continued and nobody was eliminated by the time the blinds reached their cap of 50/100. That means that 7 of 8 players survived 10 raises of the blinds. At 15 minutes per blind level, that meant that 7 players survived 2 and a half hours. Shortly thereafter, Vince decided it was time to make a move and put all his chips in the middle. J-Mac, who had built a moderate stack by that time, made the call. Vince turned over Ace/Ten and J-Mac flipped Ace/Jack. The flop came 3-3-4, and the turn came Queen. Vince needed the ten for a win or for the board to pair to get a chop. Continuing the theme of the day, a 4 came on the river and the pot was once again chopped after an all-in was called.
A couple of hands later, Randall got the itch and moved all-in with Ace/King and J-Mac looked at pocket Queens and quickly called. When a King came on the flop and nothing else came out to help J-Mac, Randall was doubled up. Not more than 3 hands later, Vince went all-in with Ace/Six and got a call from Bearman, who had Ace/Jack of diamonds. The flop gave no help to Vince – plus 2 diamonds to Bearman. The turn was a blank and then the hammer dropped as Vince got his miracle non-diamond Six on the river for a winning hand of a pair of sixes. Vince doubles up through Bearman, and the table would stay at seven players…
Things never really got quiet in this one from here on out, as only a few hands later Vince raised from the button and Randall decided to go over the top and move all-in. Vince called and showed Ace/Nine suited and Randall flipped over pocket Kings. Randall’s cowboys held and Vince was knocked out in 7th place after having won his two most recent entries…
Randall held a pretty solid chip lead after this pot, but was put to the test almost immediately as Conlon went all-in with a short stack and pocket sixes. The pair held and Yinz doubled up through the chip leader, who didn’t suffer a major dent to his stack.
Willis, who had suffered a tough run of luck and was virtually crippled, was forced to go all-in from the small blind to a total of 187, and it was only another 87 for J-Mac in the big blind to call. J-Mac had King/Nine and Willis flipped over 2/5. The better starting hand held when a King came on the flop and Willis was sent to the rail in 6th place.
Randall, sitting on a mountain of chips, soon raised all-in with A/8 of clubs and got a call from Bearman, who turned over his pocket Jacks. A Jack came on the flop to give Bearman a set, but a 4th club came on the turn to give the leader a possible flush. When the river did not give Randall his flush, he had doubled up Bearman’s stack.
Randall had a full head of steam coming out of his ears after doubling up Conlon and then Bearman… and when J-Mac went all-in with pocket sevens, he got a call from the steaming chip leader – albeit with a pretty solid hand. Randall flipped his Ace/Queen and it was a coin toss. But nothing came on the board to help Randall and he was sent packing in 5th place.
J-Mac didn’t have time to relax, as two hands later he raised with Queen/Ten and Conlon immediately went over the top for all his chips with Ace/Five. The table folded around and J-Mac was pot-committed to a bet he didn’t want to make but had to. The flop came J-J-9 and J-Mac had the open-ended straight draw. The turn was an 8 and the straight was there. Yinz was sent to the rail in 4th place.
Bearman, Paul and J-Mac remained and the chip stacks were almost completely even. Not much happened for the first few turns around the table but soon Bearman was dealt pocket tens and decided to make his move. After a raise and a re-raise, Bearman moved all-in pre-flop and got a call from Paul, who had Ace/Queen. An Ace came on the flop and for good measure, a Queen came on the river and Bearman was crippled while Paul doubled up. Shortly after, Bearman was forced to go all-in with Six/Seven and got a call from Paul. Once again, Paul caught his pair of aces on the flop and Bearman went down in 3rd place.
As we moved to heads up, the action did not stop. Paul was the first to act on the very first hand of heads up and went all-in with Ace/Six of diamonds. J-Mac couldn’t believe his eyes when he then looked at his hole cards and saw a pair of Aces and made the call immediately. The first card of the flop was the King of diamonds, but the flush was not to be as J-Mac doubled up and pulled about even with Paul.
Heads up continued for a while as each player chipped away and gave back, but Paul made his move with Queen/Jack when he was down in chips and J-Mac called with Ace/Eight suited. The flop, turn and river failed to help Paul and J-Mac recovered from two consecutive last-place finishes with his 4th win of the season. Paul finished in 2nd with his 2nd cash of the year and improved his batting average by more than 70 points. J-Mac leapfrogged Vince and Clutch into 2nd place in the standings, as the idle D-Rose moved back into the overall points lead due to Vince’s finish.
Here are final results from May 6:
8th place – Jason Vida – 1 point
7th place – Vince – 2 points
6th place – Willis – 3 points
5th place – Randall – 4 points
4th place – Conlon – 5 points
3rd place – Bearman – 6 points
2nd place – Paul – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – J-Mac – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League
Current Poker Batting Averages Thru May 6
BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) David Rose .903 28/31 2 2
2) Jason McCallum .835 81/97 4 8
3) Vince Masi .828 48/58 3 4
4) Clutch .814 79/97 5 7
5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
6) Scott Randall .695 41/59 0 3
7) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3
8) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 2
9) Paul Carr .638 30/47 1 2
10) Yinz .610 36/59 0 2
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2
12) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .513 39/76 0 1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
15) Chris Fallica .405 15/37 1 1
16) Nick Loucks .222 6/27 0 0
17) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
18) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
19) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0
Tuesday brought 8 players to the table, including newcomer Jason Vida. We got going at around 11:15 AM (not bad) and the action started early and often, but nobody could gain full control. About 45 minutes in, we had our first all-in as Paul Carr put all his chips in the middle and Matt Willis called. Paul flipped over his pocket Jacks and Willis let out a stream of laughter before flipping over his own pocket Jacks. The flop gave no flush opportunity and the pot was chopped. This would set the tone for the day. Shortly thereafter, Paul decided it was time for another all-in, and Vida stepped up to the plate with the call. Each man flipped over Ace/King – and another chop was in the works…
Conlon and Willis would soon tangle in a hand after both raised and everybody else stepped aside. The calls were made and the flop came A-Q-2. Conlon makes the move to go all-in and Willis thought about it for a while before folding. He made the cardinal error, however, of rabbit hunting and showing that he folded a Queen. Conlon was nice enough to show his A-2 for two pair, but the rabbit hunting gave us a Queen on the turn and Willis could only think what might have been…
The chips moved around for a while with no big moves, but soon the blinds escalated and eventually there was a short stack at the table. Like so many other times in 52 Irving history, that short stack was the newcomer. Jason Vida was all-in with his Queen/Jack and faced a call from Willis and his Ace/Jack. No pair or draw came on the board, and Vida was done in 8th place for the day.
We didn’t have a major move again until J-Mac – easily the short stack at the table – went all-in from the button with pocket sixes. When Randall called with pocket fives there was no improvement for anyone and J-Mac had doubled up.
The action continued and nobody was eliminated by the time the blinds reached their cap of 50/100. That means that 7 of 8 players survived 10 raises of the blinds. At 15 minutes per blind level, that meant that 7 players survived 2 and a half hours. Shortly thereafter, Vince decided it was time to make a move and put all his chips in the middle. J-Mac, who had built a moderate stack by that time, made the call. Vince turned over Ace/Ten and J-Mac flipped Ace/Jack. The flop came 3-3-4, and the turn came Queen. Vince needed the ten for a win or for the board to pair to get a chop. Continuing the theme of the day, a 4 came on the river and the pot was once again chopped after an all-in was called.
A couple of hands later, Randall got the itch and moved all-in with Ace/King and J-Mac looked at pocket Queens and quickly called. When a King came on the flop and nothing else came out to help J-Mac, Randall was doubled up. Not more than 3 hands later, Vince went all-in with Ace/Six and got a call from Bearman, who had Ace/Jack of diamonds. The flop gave no help to Vince – plus 2 diamonds to Bearman. The turn was a blank and then the hammer dropped as Vince got his miracle non-diamond Six on the river for a winning hand of a pair of sixes. Vince doubles up through Bearman, and the table would stay at seven players…
Things never really got quiet in this one from here on out, as only a few hands later Vince raised from the button and Randall decided to go over the top and move all-in. Vince called and showed Ace/Nine suited and Randall flipped over pocket Kings. Randall’s cowboys held and Vince was knocked out in 7th place after having won his two most recent entries…
Randall held a pretty solid chip lead after this pot, but was put to the test almost immediately as Conlon went all-in with a short stack and pocket sixes. The pair held and Yinz doubled up through the chip leader, who didn’t suffer a major dent to his stack.
Willis, who had suffered a tough run of luck and was virtually crippled, was forced to go all-in from the small blind to a total of 187, and it was only another 87 for J-Mac in the big blind to call. J-Mac had King/Nine and Willis flipped over 2/5. The better starting hand held when a King came on the flop and Willis was sent to the rail in 6th place.
Randall, sitting on a mountain of chips, soon raised all-in with A/8 of clubs and got a call from Bearman, who turned over his pocket Jacks. A Jack came on the flop to give Bearman a set, but a 4th club came on the turn to give the leader a possible flush. When the river did not give Randall his flush, he had doubled up Bearman’s stack.
Randall had a full head of steam coming out of his ears after doubling up Conlon and then Bearman… and when J-Mac went all-in with pocket sevens, he got a call from the steaming chip leader – albeit with a pretty solid hand. Randall flipped his Ace/Queen and it was a coin toss. But nothing came on the board to help Randall and he was sent packing in 5th place.
J-Mac didn’t have time to relax, as two hands later he raised with Queen/Ten and Conlon immediately went over the top for all his chips with Ace/Five. The table folded around and J-Mac was pot-committed to a bet he didn’t want to make but had to. The flop came J-J-9 and J-Mac had the open-ended straight draw. The turn was an 8 and the straight was there. Yinz was sent to the rail in 4th place.
Bearman, Paul and J-Mac remained and the chip stacks were almost completely even. Not much happened for the first few turns around the table but soon Bearman was dealt pocket tens and decided to make his move. After a raise and a re-raise, Bearman moved all-in pre-flop and got a call from Paul, who had Ace/Queen. An Ace came on the flop and for good measure, a Queen came on the river and Bearman was crippled while Paul doubled up. Shortly after, Bearman was forced to go all-in with Six/Seven and got a call from Paul. Once again, Paul caught his pair of aces on the flop and Bearman went down in 3rd place.
As we moved to heads up, the action did not stop. Paul was the first to act on the very first hand of heads up and went all-in with Ace/Six of diamonds. J-Mac couldn’t believe his eyes when he then looked at his hole cards and saw a pair of Aces and made the call immediately. The first card of the flop was the King of diamonds, but the flush was not to be as J-Mac doubled up and pulled about even with Paul.
Heads up continued for a while as each player chipped away and gave back, but Paul made his move with Queen/Jack when he was down in chips and J-Mac called with Ace/Eight suited. The flop, turn and river failed to help Paul and J-Mac recovered from two consecutive last-place finishes with his 4th win of the season. Paul finished in 2nd with his 2nd cash of the year and improved his batting average by more than 70 points. J-Mac leapfrogged Vince and Clutch into 2nd place in the standings, as the idle D-Rose moved back into the overall points lead due to Vince’s finish.
Here are final results from May 6:
8th place – Jason Vida – 1 point
7th place – Vince – 2 points
6th place – Willis – 3 points
5th place – Randall – 4 points
4th place – Conlon – 5 points
3rd place – Bearman – 6 points
2nd place – Paul – 8 points (7 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place – J-Mac – 10 points (8 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League
Current Poker Batting Averages Thru May 6
BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) David Rose .903 28/31 2 2
2) Jason McCallum .835 81/97 4 8
3) Vince Masi .828 48/58 3 4
4) Clutch .814 79/97 5 7
5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
6) Scott Randall .695 41/59 0 3
7) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3
8) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 2
9) Paul Carr .638 30/47 1 2
10) Yinz .610 36/59 0 2
11) David Bearman .589 43/73 1 2
12) Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .513 39/76 0 1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
15) Chris Fallica .405 15/37 1 1
16) Nick Loucks .222 6/27 0 0
17) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
18) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
19) Jason Vida .125 1/8 0 0
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wednesday, April 30 Recap
Hey all -
Before we begin as always I want people to know when the next game(s) is. Next week as we move into the month of May, I wanted to give everybody a chance to play next week so we will be playing one game in the morning and one in the evening. The morning game next week will begin promptly at 11am on Tuesday, May 6th. The evening game will start promptly at 8:15pm on Thursday, May 8th. With the exception of Kenton Wong who has a couple of cruddy 12-10 shifts next week everybody should have a chance to play at least once next week. Any questions, let me know!
Ok back to the recap. So we finally got a game in after a 2-week hiatus. Six players avoided softball and played: Clutch, JMAC, Kenton Wong, Rob Tracy from Elias, David Rose and Scott Randall. It was a fairly ho-hum game as there was really one crazy hand and no "Kamalakin Makin" scenarios. The one crazy hand came about 35 minutes in as JMAC raised and David Rose called. The flop came k78 rainbow. JMAC checked, DRose bet, then JMAC re-raised and DRose went all-in. JMAC paused for a moment and then called with pocket aces. David Rose flipped over KJ and was immediately a 4-1 dog. But the turn quickly changed things as another King hit and when an ace didn't hit on river, JMAC was crippled. JMAC's day was over a little later when he went all-in after a flop of QJ7. Clutch called with AQ and JMAC flipped over K10 looking for a straight or a king. But neither came and JMAC was out in 6th place. Kenton Wong would go out a little while later when he went all-in with A8 but ran into Clutch's QQ. When his hand did not improve he was sent to the rail in 5th place.
Play moved to four-handed and play lasted about 45 minutes before David Rose shortstacked went all-in and Rob Tracy called with A3 of diamonds. DRose flipped over J9. A 3 hit on the turn and it was good enough to win and with DRose's defeat, Vince Masi moved into first place in the 52 Irving Poker League. When play was 3-handed, Randall shortstacked made many all-in moves and picked up quite a bit of blinds to move into a near 2nd-place tie in chips with Rob Tracy. However, he went all-in one too many times as Rob Tracy called him with AK. Randall was dominated with K9. Randall need a 9 or 6 on the river put it didn't happen and Randall was out in 3rd place.
Play moved to heads up and Clutch held the chip lead 1700-1300 over Rob Tracy. The two played cat and mouse for about 20 minutes until the final hand. Both players limped in and the flop came 443. Rob bet 100 and Clutch called. The turn came a 5 and again Rob bet 100 and the Clutch called. The river came a 10 and Rob moved all-in. Clutch quickly called with 84 and when Rob showed J3, Clutch took down the tournament.
Here are final results from Apr. 30:
6th place - JMAC - 1 point
5th place - Kenton Wong - 2 points
4th place - David Rose - 3 points
3rd place - Randall - 4 points
2nd place - Rob Tracy/Elias - 6 points (5 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 8 points (6 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League
Current Poker Batting Averages Thru 4/15 BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) Vince Masi .920 46/50 3 4
2) David Rose .903 28/31 2 2
3) Clutch .814 79/97 5 7
4) Jason McCallum .798 71/89 3 7
5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
6) Scott Randall .725 37/51 0 3
7) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3
8) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 2
9) Yinz .608 31/51 0 2
10) David Bearman .569 37/65 1 2
11) Paul Carr .564 22/39 1 1
12 Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .529 36/68 0 1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
15) Chris Fallica .405 15/37 1 1
16) Nick Loucks .222 6/27 0 0
17) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
18) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
**Poker Bonanza pot stands at $238
NEXT GAME at 52 Irving: 11 AM, Tuesday, May 6th and
8:15 PM, Thursday May 8th
Before we begin as always I want people to know when the next game(s) is. Next week as we move into the month of May, I wanted to give everybody a chance to play next week so we will be playing one game in the morning and one in the evening. The morning game next week will begin promptly at 11am on Tuesday, May 6th. The evening game will start promptly at 8:15pm on Thursday, May 8th. With the exception of Kenton Wong who has a couple of cruddy 12-10 shifts next week everybody should have a chance to play at least once next week. Any questions, let me know!
Ok back to the recap. So we finally got a game in after a 2-week hiatus. Six players avoided softball and played: Clutch, JMAC, Kenton Wong, Rob Tracy from Elias, David Rose and Scott Randall. It was a fairly ho-hum game as there was really one crazy hand and no "Kamalakin Makin" scenarios. The one crazy hand came about 35 minutes in as JMAC raised and David Rose called. The flop came k78 rainbow. JMAC checked, DRose bet, then JMAC re-raised and DRose went all-in. JMAC paused for a moment and then called with pocket aces. David Rose flipped over KJ and was immediately a 4-1 dog. But the turn quickly changed things as another King hit and when an ace didn't hit on river, JMAC was crippled. JMAC's day was over a little later when he went all-in after a flop of QJ7. Clutch called with AQ and JMAC flipped over K10 looking for a straight or a king. But neither came and JMAC was out in 6th place. Kenton Wong would go out a little while later when he went all-in with A8 but ran into Clutch's QQ. When his hand did not improve he was sent to the rail in 5th place.
Play moved to four-handed and play lasted about 45 minutes before David Rose shortstacked went all-in and Rob Tracy called with A3 of diamonds. DRose flipped over J9. A 3 hit on the turn and it was good enough to win and with DRose's defeat, Vince Masi moved into first place in the 52 Irving Poker League. When play was 3-handed, Randall shortstacked made many all-in moves and picked up quite a bit of blinds to move into a near 2nd-place tie in chips with Rob Tracy. However, he went all-in one too many times as Rob Tracy called him with AK. Randall was dominated with K9. Randall need a 9 or 6 on the river put it didn't happen and Randall was out in 3rd place.
Play moved to heads up and Clutch held the chip lead 1700-1300 over Rob Tracy. The two played cat and mouse for about 20 minutes until the final hand. Both players limped in and the flop came 443. Rob bet 100 and Clutch called. The turn came a 5 and again Rob bet 100 and the Clutch called. The river came a 10 and Rob moved all-in. Clutch quickly called with 84 and when Rob showed J3, Clutch took down the tournament.
Here are final results from Apr. 30:
6th place - JMAC - 1 point
5th place - Kenton Wong - 2 points
4th place - David Rose - 3 points
3rd place - Randall - 4 points
2nd place - Rob Tracy/Elias - 6 points (5 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 8 points (6 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)
52 Irving Poker League
Current Poker Batting Averages Thru 4/15 BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) Vince Masi .920 46/50 3 4
2) David Rose .903 28/31 2 2
3) Clutch .814 79/97 5 7
4) Jason McCallum .798 71/89 3 7
5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
6) Scott Randall .725 37/51 0 3
7) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3
8) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 2
9) Yinz .608 31/51 0 2
10) David Bearman .569 37/65 1 2
11) Paul Carr .564 22/39 1 1
12 Kenton Wong .538 7/13 0 0
13) Matt Willis .529 36/68 0 1
14) ELIAS .433 13/30 0 1
15) Chris Fallica .405 15/37 1 1
16) Nick Loucks .222 6/27 0 0
17) Jeremy Lundblad .166 1/6 0 0
18) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
**Poker Bonanza pot stands at $238
NEXT GAME at 52 Irving: 11 AM, Tuesday, May 6th and
8:15 PM, Thursday May 8th
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