Tuesday 4/15 Recap

Hey Folks - Before we get to the recap let's let people know when the next game is....

THURSDAY April 24th at 11AM.

I will say this, it was very close between Monday morning and Thursday morning. There were plenty each day, but there was at least one more person who could play on Thursday. I know DROSE and Bearman can only play on Monday so if there's interest we could play 2 next week. We will definitely play on Thursday, but I'll leave it up to Bearman and DROSE if they want to play Monday and can get at least one more person to play (because JMAC and Clutch will play on Monday as well), we could have 2 tourneys next weeks. GOOD STUFF!

After Yinz went around last night getting confirmations we had 7 confirmed but Kenton Wong must have been too tired to make today's tourney after a strong showing Monday. So we had six for today....Randall, Yinz, Fallica, Paul Carr, JMAC and Clutch.

Game played for about a half hour before the first fireworks hit. Fallica raised, Paul went all-in and Fallica called. It was AQ for Fallica and KK for Paul. The flop came with a Q and 2 diamonds and turn followed with A of diamonds to give Fallica 2 pair but Paul could win with a K or a diamond. Unfortunately for Fallica and certainly not the first time this has happened to him, Paul hit a diamond on the river and Fallica lost 4 to a flush again. It was decided that the phenomenon of losing 4 to a flush would now forever be known as "KAMALAKIN MAKIN" in honor of Rob Tracy.

After Fallica was forced to the rail, the table played 5-handed for quite awhile. We did have another AA vs KK preflop all-in situation between Yinz holding the aces and the Paul Carr holding the Cowboys. Luckily Paul Carr was the chip leader and luckily for Yinz there was no "KAMALAKIN MAKIN" situation going on and Yinz was able to take the chip lead. Randall was next to go when he went all-in short stacked after a JMAC call and a Clutch call. JMAC elected to fold and Clutch called with A10 of spades. Randall found he was dominated when he flipped over J10 and nothing hit and Randall was forced to the rail in 5th place.

Shortly thereafter Conlon crippled Paul Carr. Again the two were all-in preflop with Yinz showing AK and Paul Carr had 88. The board flopped an ace and Paul couldn't find the eight. That left Paul Carr with 119 chips, with the blinds at 50/100 and in the small blind in the next hand. The very next hand, Yinz raised to 200, Paul obviously pushed all in but JMAC moved all-in for about 580 total. Yinz hemmed for a minute and called so we had a 3-way all-in action. Yinz flipped over K10, Paul Carr had 910 and JMAC had pocket 7's. Again Yinz hit a King on the flop and neither of the other 2 shortstacks improved and Yinz had knocked both guys out. Because Paul Carr had fewer chips when they went all-in, he finished in 4th place and JMAC finished 3rd.
That left Clutch and Yinz heads-up for the 2nd straight day, however this time around Yinz started heads-up play with almost a 2-1 chip lead. Unfortunately for the gallery it was a brutal fight to the death heads-up play. Neither player was getting too many cards and both players dug their heels in. Eventually Clutch would chip away Yinz stealing many blinds pre-flop as Yinz was getting more than his fair share of 83 or 92 hands. About 35 minutes into heads up play we finally got our first all-in action when Clutch had a 1946-1054 chip lead on Yinz. Yinz raised all-in in the big blind and when Clutch looked down at 1010 he called. Yinz flipped over AK. True to form, Yinz hit yet another King on the flop and the tables were turned again, leaving Clutch with just 892 chips. The gallery growned constantly as the players went back into their shell of stealing blinds back and forth with a few flops sprinkled in. Clutch regained the chip lead but it would sway back and forth. After an hour and 14 minutes of heads up play, Clutch moved all-in with a slight chip lead and Yinz reluctantly called. Clutch had AJ and Yinz showed A8. The flop came AJ7 but when the turn came an 9, Yinz had four outs with a 10 to the straight. Unfortunately for Yinz he hit a two pair with an 8 and with no "KAMALAKIN MAKIN" , Clutch was victorious for the second day in a row.

Here are final results from Apr. 15:
6th place - Fallica - 1 point

5th place - Randall - 2 points

4th place - Paul Carr - 3 points

3rd place - JMAC - 4 points

2nd place - Yinz - 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) David Rose 1.000 25/25 2 2

2) Vince Masi .920 46/50 3 4

3) Jason McCallum .843 70/83 3 7

4) Clutch .780 71/91 4 6

5) Ryan McCrystal .750 15/20 0 1

6) Scott Randall .733 33/45 0 3

7) Kenton Wong .714 5/7 0 0

8) Matt Ketaineck .667 30/45 1 3

9) Brett Edgerton .651 43/66 1 2

10) Yinz .608 31/51 0 2

11) David Bearman .569 37/65 1 2

12) Paul Carr .564 22/39 1 1

13) Matt Willis .529 36/68 0 1

14) Chris Fallica .405 15/37 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 $226

NEXT GAME at 52 Irving: 11 AM, Thursday, April 24th (maybe 11AM on Monday, April 21)