Monday 4/14 recap

Before we get to the recap, not that the now-cocky (see below) Kevin Conlon has called for another game TOMORROW. And Yinz gets what Yinz wants.

NEXT GAME at 52 Irving: 11 AM tomorrow, Tuesday the 15th

It didn't take long for the fireworks to start today. Before the blinds had gone around once, J-Mac was the first victim, when his seemingly mighty KK ran into the omnipotent AA of Clutch. Both players were all-in preflop. The board was no help, and J-Mac was out in seventh, left to wonder what might have been.

Not long after, another cooler hand emerged, as three players limped to see a flop of 533. Randall led out from the small blind, and Bearman raised. Randall pushed all in, and Bearman quickly called, confidently flipping over his A3. But Randall then revealed the real monster hand, a pair of fives that gave him the winning full house after Bearman could not hit the case trey or running aces. Bearman, done in sixth.

Five-handed, action slowed a bit, until Paul raised preflop and Clutch called right behind him. The flop came KT8, and Paul check-called a bet from Clutch. The turn blanked, and the two got all in. Paul revealed KQ, but Clutch had flopped two pair with his suited T8. A meaningless river card ended Paul's day in fifth.

The blinds rose as four-handed play progressed, and soon many players were in push-or-fold mode. Randall pushed form the small blind, and Yinz thought for a moment before calling for most of his chips with two nines. The first four cards were small, then the final card brought a frightening face card, but it was merely a queen, and Randall finished fourth despite picking up AQ forty-seven times in the first hour.

Kenton Wong made his first appearance at 52 Irving today. Short-stacked, he survived a few desperate all-in maneuvers, before his 44 in the small blind collided with Clutch's JJ in the big blind. The flop brought a crushing jack, and there was no runner-runner miracle for Kenton, who made a very respectable third-place showing in his first try.

With a dominating chip lead, Clutch soon called Yinz's all-in holding jack-ten. Yinz showed queen-ten, which made him about a 2:1 favorite to double-up. But a jack again fell on the flop, and the other four cards were no help for Yinz, who was elated at his first 52 Irving cash, along with the fact that his InsidePRI is now over the .500 mark.

After a series of unfortunate events at his home table, Clutch finally emerged victorious, earning his first win since February in dominating fashion. He took J-Mac's chips right away (household collusion?) and never looked back.

Here are final results from Apr. 14:
7th place - JMAC - 1 point
6th place - Bearman - 2 point
5th place - Paul Carr - 3 points
4th place - Randall - 4 points
3rd place - Kenton Wong - 5 points
2nd place - Yinz - 7 points (6 points for 2nd, 1 bonus for cashing)
1st place - Clutch - 9 points (7 points for 1st, 1 bonus for cashing, 1 bonus for winning)

52 Irving Poker LeagueCurrent Poker Batting Averages Thru 4/14

BA H/AB Wins Total Cashes
1) David Rose 1.000 25/25 2 2
2) Vince Masi .920 46/50 3 4
3) Jason McCallum .857 66/77 3 7
4) Scott Randall .795 31/39 0 3
5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1
6) Clutch .741 63/85 3 5
7) Kenton Wong .714 5/7 0 0
8) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3
9) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 1
10) Paul Carr .576 19/33 1 1
11) David Bearman .569 37/65 1 2
12) Yinz .556 25/45 0 1
13) Matt Willis .529 36/68 0 1
14) Chris Fallica .452 14/31 1 1
15) ELIAS .292 7/24 0 0
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 $214

NEXT GAME at 52 Irving: 11 AM tomorrow, Tuesday the 15th

- Paul Carr