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