Paul got off to a nice start tonight when he flopped four aces in Omaha for a $12.50 jackpot payoff. But as the evening wore on, things went south for him in a big way. The cards weren’t kind and he finished the night down $106.00.
On the flipside, Bill bought in for a second twenty dollars early, but then just went on a tear. He was a chip magnet, and finished the night with a $172.00 win, a personal best.
Mike got stuck for $70.00 pretty early on, but two hands in particular got him healthy real quick
In Buck ’em, with the pot at $17.25, Mike hestitated when dealt his first three cards, then declared high. When it got around to Mary, she declared low, and Mike quickly called her off. He had been dealt A-A-2, and he beat Mary’s low. Then on the next round (three cards out of five), things flip-flopped as Mike declared low and Mary declared high. Mike thought about it for a while and said out loud, “What could she have gotten?” Mike still had just a pair of aces for high, but decided to call off Mary again. As he did so, Mary said, “I misread my hand.” Mary had the joker and had mistakenly treated it wild for high. She had thought she had trips, when in fact she only had a small pair. Mike beat her again, making it a $34.50 profit for the deal.
Later, during a full-kill Omaha Hi-Lo hand, Mike, Mark DeVol, and Paul saw a flop of A♦–K♦–3♦. Mike had flopped the nut flush so he bet. Mark had flopped top two pair, and although he figured Mike had the flush, he raised to try to get Paul to fold. Paul was tilting a bit at this point and convinced himself to call. Mike re-raised and Mark capped it. Paul called again, and of course Mike called.
The turn was the 4 of diamonds, making the board A♦–K♦–3♦–4♦. Even though there was now a possible straight flush out there, Mike wasn’t worried at all because he had just backed into the nut low with a 2-5 in his hand! He bet with his flush and his wheel. Mark raised again; he had a slim chance of making a full house, but he also thought he had a chance to win low if he could get Paul to fold. Paul called. Of course Mike re-raised. Now Mark figured Paul wasn’t going anywhere so he just called. Paul called.
The river was the 6 of clubs. A♦–K♦–3♦–4♦–6♣. Mike bet. Mark called; he had A-2 in his hand and was hoping his 6-high was good for low. Paul missed whatever draw he was on but called because the pot was so big. Mike turned over his hand and scooped a huge pot, close to eighty bucks.
Despite having bought in for $100.00, Mary finished strong, hitting a J-high straight flush on the very last hand of the night. Her loss for the session was only $19.00
Ironically, the two jackpot winners for the night (Paul and Mary) both lost.
| Mark D | +$7.00 |
| Mary | ‑$19.00 |
| Paul | ‑$106.00 |
| Bill | +$172.00 |
| Lyndon | ‑$87.00 |
| Mike S | +$50.00 |
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