Tonight saw the return of Ike after more than three months, as well as the return of Mary after the birth of Clare. (Mary only missed one Card Night!)
The theme of the evening seemed to be “four cards to a straight”. An inordinate number of boards ended up such that a player needed just a single card to complete a straight. And once, the board had a straight showing!
Highlights:
- During a hand of Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare where no one was betting, Ike turned over 7-4 to take low. Mike told Ike that he should have bet because 7-4 is a good low hand when nobody’s betting. Paul agreed.
- In another Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare, Ike held A-3 and never bet it. He ended up splitting a painfully small pot.
- Paul folded 8-2 pre-flop in Texas Hold ’em. The board ended up with three deuces; Paul would have won jackpot. Lesson learned? Never fold anything.
- Ike and Paul were the last two players in an Omaha Hi-Lo hand that showed a board of 9-J-8-6-9. The two of them raised and re-raised each other till it was capped. On the final raise, Paul announced that he couldn’t be beat. Paul showed a J-9-x-x for a full house (turns out Paul could’ve been beat if someone had J-J), and Ike showed A-2-x-x expecting to win low (but there was no low). Paul scooped a huge pot.
- After the river in an Omaha Hi-Lo game, Warren folded the nuts (a jack-high straight).
- During a Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare game, Mark DeVol raised in the big blind with A-2 of diamonds. Mark Huyser, Mary, and Mike called. The flop had a deuce, messing up Mark D’s low, but it also had two diamonds. Mark D bet and all players called. The turn gave Mark D the flush and he bet. Mark H and Mary called, and Mike raised (he had made a flush also, albeit a lower one). At this point, Mark D foolishly just called, trying to disguise his nut flush. This move might have been good in straight Hold ’em, but in Hi-Lo Declare, he should have raised. He needed to get more money in the pot in case it was split at the end, or chase out the low players so that he could scoop the pot at Mike’s expense. The river was another diamond, so now Mark D had to bet since there were four diamonds on the board. Everyone called. Mark D split the pot with Mark H.
Quote from Mary following the Padres 5-4 loss to the Reds in 11 innings: “Padres, you stink.”
| Mark D | ‑$9.00 |
| Mary | ‑$15.00 |
| Ike | ‑$40.00 |
| Mark H | +$12.00 |
| Paul | +$85.00 |
| Warren | ‑$59.00 |
| Mike S | +$10.00 |
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