Tonight was another Friday session, allowing us to play past midnight. There was a lot of talk towards the beginning of the night about how people’s styles had changed along with the new year. But as the night wore down, it was clear that things were “business as usual.”
Mark DeVol had his biggest single Card Night win ever: $140.00. And yet, he wasn’t even the biggest winner of the night! That honor went to Paul: $142.00.
Mark won jackpot on a very questionable hand. Paul was dealing Texas Hold ’em, and Mark had 9-5 offsuit in the big blind. The flop was 10-5-5. Mark bet, and only Bill called. When the turn brought another 5, everyone noticed that the next card on top of the deck (the one that would be burned before the river) was blue, but the rest of the deck was red! A quick analysis revealed that only two blue cards were mixed in with the red deck, and none of them had been played in the hand yet. So the hand continued. Mark checked and Bill checked. The river was a queen. Mark bet and Bill folded. Mark won the pot and collected a $14.75 jackpot with four 5s.
Old 2-11 Poker came back to bite Bill again. On the river, it came down to just Mark and Bill. Mark bet and Bill raised. Mark thought for a second, and said, “I don’t think you hit a full house. I re-raise.” Bill just called, and announced, “I have 3-4 for low.” Unfortunately, Bill had forgotten the 7-high low rule in 2-11, and thought he was playing an 8-high for low. Mark scooped the pot with the nut flush.
| Mark D | +$140.00 |
| Mary | ‑$150.00 |
| Paul | +$142.00 |
| Bill | +$24.00 |
| Jason | ‑$173.00 |
| Mike S | ‑$60.00 |
| Glen | +$59.00 |
Card Night Blog 
Gentlemen:
It is still good to see you continuing to include my game in your forum.
About how many hands of it do you play of an evening?
We don’t play 2-11 all that often any more. Maybe once every two months.
We play a lot of Omaha in our game, and I think 2-11 has fallen out of favor with our group because it’s much harder to figure out where you stand in a hand (compared to Omaha where you have a pretty good idea where you stand). We’re just stuck in our Omaha ways.