The David Lee Roth Experience - October 10

The first of what we hope to be many Friday night editions of the 52 Irving Poker League (still seeking sponsorship for the 2009 season) took place with the long-waited return of the first SC Live segment producer to sit at the felt, David Rose.
Unfortunately, D-Rose's night wouldn't last too long. First he lost about half of his stack when his ace-high flush ran into the full house (5's full) of Matt Ketaineck. Not long after, with the blinds still at 2-4, with a board of A-5-A, Kevin "All-Yinz" Conlon bet, D-Rose went all in, prompting a fold from Jason McCallum. D-Rose made the call with A-10 for a set, but Yinz showed pocket 5's for the flopped boat. The second edition of 5's full was enough to send D-Rose home in 6th place.
D-Rose stuck around, the jokes were flying, but the chips remained somewhat stationary at this point. The storyline at this point was split between Matty K not remembering the name of the Dog on the Jetson (Rover, seriously?) and the what-could've-beens for Brett Edgerton.
Edge got a walk in the big blind, and per table rules, flipped over 4-5 of diamonds. Edge would've turned a straight flush on the hand. Later, Edge had Matty K all-in and dominated with K-Q against K-4 of hearts. However, a straight on the board gave Matty K a new chance at life.
Yinz was the second player to be eliminated from the tournament, as his A-Q couldn't catch up to Matt Willis's cowboys. The two denied rumors that their fantasy sports relationship was in trouble, but in the end it was Willis eliminating the other half of Iranian Hercules in 5th.
The blinds got up to 40-80 with 4 players still remaining. Ketaineck pushed all-in, and it was only 69 more for J-Mac to make the call. He did so sheepishly with 8-6 of hearts, but had live ones against A-10. The flop (9-5-8) gave J-Mac the lead, and the turn (6) gave him two pair, but left Matty K with 4 outs to a straight. But the miracle straight couldn't come again, and Ketaineck went home in 4th.
Now 3-handed, the action was hot despite playing on the money bubble. Finally, Willis raised from the button, J-Mac folded, and Edge called for less. Willis had A-2 of hearts, Edge, thinking he had at least 2 live ones, disappointedly turned over 10-2 suited. Even Doyle Brunson couldn't have helped Edge, though, as the board failed to give him spades or a 10, and he went out in 3rd.
The tournament was a lengthy one, especially for 6 players, but heads-up definitely trimmed that time down. Perhaps feeling the revenge of Mr. Gurgles, J-Mac pushed all-in on the first hand into the monster chip stack of Willis. Willis immediately called with pocket jacks, but had a coin flip against J-Mac's K-Q of hearts.
A non-threatening flop of 2-A-9 kept Willis out front. A jack on the turn gave Willis a set, but only trimmed J-Mac's outs from 6 to 4. But the 3 gave Willis his 4th 52 Irving Poker title of the season.
52 Irving Poker League
Oct. 10 Results
6th - David Rose (1 pt)
5th - Kevin Conlon (2 pts)
4th - Matt Ketaineck (3 pts)
3rd - Brett Edgerton (4 pts)
2nd - Jason McCallum (6 pts)
1st - Matt Willis (8 pts)