Deal me in.

Well let me try to take a few minutes to Blog here.

I’d Blog about Purdue but it still hurts to think about.
So Poker is the topic of the day.

Last Friday Jana and I went to a local Hold’em Tourney on the south side of town.
It’s a pretty neat tourney.

Top three players place in the money and the top 5 get points.

Top points winners each month get $100 and a free seat in the $750 buy-in tourney that sends one lucky person to the World Series of Poker!

I was so tired (I’m not exaggerating here) that I couldn’t even add up the chips in my stack to place a bet. Or count up what was in the pot. I had no business playing.

I made it past the first break but was eliminated shortly after.
Jana however kicked butt as usual. (I’m taking careful notes and trying to learn from her)

She made it to the final table and was the second largest chip stack.
She made it down to the final four which means she had earned some points and was one away from “in the money”.

The guy on her right was severely sort stacked and all Jana really had to do was wait for him to bust out (the blinds were killing him) and she’s be in the money.

But the poker player in her couldn’t resist calling an ALL-IN bet from the third place player as she had Ace-Queen.

The cards were flipped and he has two Kings.

A classic battle. The crowd around the final table gasped and everyone was silent as the cards fell.

If she could win this hand she’s have a commanding chip lead and would be able to bully the rest of the table.

She didn’t catch an Ace or a Queen, and was out in 4th place.
One away from the money.
But she played brilliantly.

Being our first time there not many people really knew our names.

This unknown girl made the final table and damn near won the whole thing. Everyone was calling her “Annie Duke” all night. It was awesome.

This Friday (tomorrow) we’re going back.

One or two coworkers are going with me and I’m going to get some sleep!

Stay tuned!

Posted Oct 21, 2004 by Doug | 2 comments | PermaLink
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So how did you guys do?

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Posted on October 25, 2004 by Kevin

Well it was an interesting weekend…

Purdue played like a drunken intramural team, but I played pretty well in poker.

The universe has gone all lopsided.

Jana didn’t fair too well this time.

She re-bought once but still didn’t make it past the first break.

I got put at a very interesting table.

Two of the most aggressive players were there… (I was right in the middle of them).

Had to play pretty tight to make it past the first hour.

(that’s when people can re-buy and super aggressive players call anything because they don’t have much to lose)

Well I made it past the first hour and then some.

All the way to the final table.

The Meade family representin’ each week so far.

Here’s how the action ended.

Nine players at the final table.

Two dropped out leaving seven and a couple were getting short staked. (Including me)

I got dealt K-10 and decided to play it.

The short stack called and the rest of the table folded.

The short stack is sitting there with two broken legs (literally!) and I think he just wanted to go home.

The flop came K,7,10

Wow top two pair. I thought I’d let him make the bet.

I checked, he bet, and I pretended to think a bit before I called.

The turn was a 6 and just as I’d hoped he bet ALL-IN.

He put me on a 7,8 straight draw. (a lower draw than his… he was wrong).

I called.

He flipped over A,Q He needed a Jack.

I flipped over my K,10 and he started packing up.

But … you guessed it… the jack came on the river and I was knocked out in seventh place.

I’m a little surprised he went all in that late into a straight draw… but hey whaddya gonna do?

Posted on October 25, 2004 by Doug


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