Tue. 2/26 Recap

Hey all -
Before I begin with the recap, I want to send out the next 2 poker events. Bearman will be hosting Wednesday (tomorrow) at 8:00 PM. Next week's tourney will be another morning event as we will play at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, March 5th. There's a number of you who work late, have the day off or have career days who can make it happen!

We had our first 5-person tournament in the 52 Irving Poker League this season. Ketaineck, Willis, Edge, McCallum and Clutch braved the dreary day to play some poker action. This was a ho-hum event as there weren't any big spectacular hands like we on the 18th. JMAC, coming off his impressive victory in the Bristol WSOP, was the first to the rail. As the blinds got higher, JMAC went all-in with his pocket 7's and Willis called with his pocket queens. They both made a flush when the board had 4 diamonds but Willis obviously had the higher flush.

Willis was next to go as he went all with KQ but Clutch had ace 9. An ace hit on the flop and Willis failed to improve and he was sent to the rail in another disappointing finish after a strong 2007. Edge, Ketaineck and Clutch played 3-handed for awhile. Clutch was low stack for much of the time until Ketaineck doubled him up. Ketaineck got very healthy again when Edge went all-in with AK and Ketaineck called with A6. The turn came a 6 and no king hit on the board, sending Edge to a 3rd place finish.

Clutch and Ketaineck played for at least an hour heads up, waiting each other out but Ketaineck held a slight chip lead throughout most of that session. The hand that broke the stalemate was when Clutch went all-in with 99 and Ketaineck called with A8. An eight hit on the flop but no more action came for Ketaineck and that left him cripped. After one double-up, the tourney came to an end on the day's best hand. Both players limped in. The flop came 4c5c8s. Clutch pushed all-in and Ketaineck quickly called. Ketaineck flipped over the straight with 6h7c and Clutch flipped over Kc2c for the flush draw. Ketaineck was a 66.8% favorite but when the turn came the ace of clubs, the tournament was over as Clutch took it down and Ketaineck was able to pick up his first cash of the season.

Here's the listed order from Feb. 26th:
5th place - Jason McCallum - 1 point
4th place - Matt Willis - 2 points
3rd place - Brett Edgerton - 3 points
2nd place - Matt Ketaineck - 5 points (4 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 7 points (5 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)

52 Irving Poker LeagueCurrent Poker Batting Averages Thru 2/26
BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) David Rose 1.000 13-13 1 1
1) Scott Randall 1.000 7-7 0 1
3) Dennis "Clutch" Renno .974 37/38 2 4
4) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
5) Jason McCallum .710 22/31 2 2
6) Vince Masi .684 13/19 1 1
7) Brett Edgerton .667 16/24 0 1
8) Kevin Conlon .500 3/6 0 0
9) Matt Ketaineck .469 15/32 0 1
10) David Bearman .429 9/21 0 0
11) Matt Willis .368 7/19 0 0
12) Stu Mitchell .143 1/7 0 0
12) Nick Loucks .143 1/7 0 0

**Poker Bonanza pot stands at $76

Thanks,
Clutch