Card Night 29-Apr-2008

Although his overall win was only $11.00, Warren had a very good night, scooping some big pots and winning jackpot with four 10s in Omaha Hi-Lo.

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Mark Huyser told an interesting story he had heard about how in the olden days, manure had to be safely stored when being transported on trains and ships so that it didn’t generate highly flammable methane gas.  The manure was labeled “Ship High in Transit,” and the acronym for that label became the vulgar name for feces that we all know and love.  (Unfortunately, as Mark H suspected, it’s just an urban legend.)

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During a hand of Five-Card Draw, Deuces Wild, Lyndon bet $1.00 before the draw and got a whopping four callers: Warren, Mark H, Mary, and John.  However, the hands couldn’t have been that good, because everyone then drew three cards each (aside from John who only drew one).  After the draw, Lyndon again bet $1.00.  Warren, and Mark H folded, and Mary raised a dollar.  John folded.  Lyndon thought for a good while and finally decided to re-raise another dollar.  Mary called.  Mary turned over a natural two pair; Lyndon turned over a straight with wild cards.

So let’s review: It was a wild-card game, and Mary raised with two pair.  Then Lyndon re-raised with a straight, again, in a game with wild cards.  Then Mary called.  Did I mention the game had wild cards?

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Warren’s win was thanks to some good deception on his part.  In Hi-Lo games it often looked like he was going one way when in fact  he was going the other way.

He also had a lot of luck.

On one of the final Omaha Hi-Lo hands of the night, Paul, Warren, Mark H, and Mary were still in when the turn brought a board of A♥–10♣-2♣-Q♦.  Everyone checked.  The river brought the jack of clubs.  So now the board was A♥–10♣-2♣-Q♦-J♣.  Everyone checked around to Paul.  Paul had the ace-high straight, and since everyone had checked, he figured no one had the flush.  Paul bet.  Everyone called, first Warren, then Mark, then Mary.  They all had the ace-high straight… except for Warren, who had the nut flush with A♣-8♣.

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Mark D	+$10.00
Mary	‑$8.00
Mark H	‑$47.00
Paul	‑$31.00
Warren	+$11.00
John	‑$17.00
Lyndon	+$79.00

Card Night 22-Apr-2008

Many of our regulars were unable to make it tonight, so there was some question as to whether or not we would even play.  However, Warren and John came through, giving us a total of five players.  And then Mark Huyser, who had previously said he couldn’t make it, unexpectedly showed up a little after 8:00, rounding out the table nicely with six.

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If anything could be said about our little group, it’s that players often don’t fold when they should.  However, tonight it was the opposite.  Players were folding when they should have at least called, especially on the river.  Time after time, players folded on the last betting round, then announced, “I would have won.”  Paul seemed to benefit the most from all this folding, although on one hand he himself folded the low end of a straight that would have given him half the pot.

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Mark H, Warren, Lyndon and Paul all saw a flop in a hand of Texas Hold ’em that came 6-6-2.  Everyone checked.  The turn was another 2.  Everyone checked.  The river was another 6.  So now the board was 6-6-2-2-6.  Paul bet, Mark folded, Warren folded, and finally Lyndon folded.  Paul was only playing the board and scooped the pot.

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John called Five-Card Draw, Deuces Wild each time he was the dealer.  It turned out to be Paul’s game as he won twice, both times with four of a kind.

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John left early because he was quite tired.  It obviously affected his play, as on one hand of Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare he announced, “I’ve got a straight: 3-4-5-6.”

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Mark D	+$8.00
Mark H	‑$35.00
Paul	+$63.00
Warren	‑$32.00
John	‑$40.00
Lyndon	+$60.00

Card Night 15-Apr-2008

No real fireworks tonight as only $74.00 was exchanged between winners and losers.  Mark Huyser was an unannounced no-show, leaving only five players total.

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Mike had a great read on Lyndon in an Omaha Hi-Lo hand.  Mike had pocket queens on a flop of Q-9-9, but by the river, he suspected he was up against quads based on Lyndon’s betting.  Mike slowed down, opting only to call at the end.  Lyndon flipped over pocket nines for the jackpot ($32.25).

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Mark D	‑$22.00
Mary	+$9.00
Paul	+$11.00
Lyndon	+$54.00
Mike S	‑$43.00

Card Night 07-Apr-2008

Card Night was on Monday this week so we could watch the NCAA Men’s Basketball Finals.  In the pool, Paul had Kansas and Mike had Memphis.

Memphis was ahead by nine points with 2 minutes, 12 seconds left, but their poor free-throw shooting allowed Kansas to catch up and tie the game, sending it into overtime.  Kansas ultimately won 75-68.

(Mike complained that Memphis was the worst free-throw shooting team in all of men’s college basketball.  Although they were bad (61.4%, placing them in 329th place), the worst team was Washington (58.6%, 341st place).)

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At showdown in a Texas Hold ’em hand, Paul didn’t realize he had a flush until his brother pointed it out to him.

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Mark Huyser folded a winning A-3 for low in a Texas Hold ’em hand, forgetting that the game was Hi-Lo Declare.

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During a hand of Pass the Buck Hi-Lo (with down-cards wild), Mary chose to keep a 7 that was dealt to her as her first card (making it look like she had a 7 down).  The last card dealt up to her was another 7.  However, when it came time to buy a card, she tossed one of the 7s, announcing “Psych!”

She lost the hand.

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In a Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare hand, Warren flopped an ace-high flush.  Mark DeVol bet, and Warren just called.  Mary called as well.  The turn was a non-threatening low card.  Mark bet, and Warren raised.  Mary and Mark both called.  The river was another blank low card.  Mark checked, Warren bet, and Mary and Mark called.  When it came time to declare, Warren inadvertently went low, while Mark and Mary went high.  Mark won high with a queen-high flush, and Warren won low as the only low declaration.  Warren would have scooped if he’d gone high as he intended.

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As the night went on, Mike was obviously tired, still sick with a cold, and losing.  He pretty much gave up on trying to play, folding the final Omaha Hi-Lo hand of the night without looking at his cards.

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Mark D	+$20.00
Mary	+$76.00
Mark H	‑$10.00
Paul	‑$13.00
Warren	‑$20.00
Mike S	‑$73.00

Card Night 01-Apr-2008

The April Fools joke was on Mark DeVol and Paul, who sat by themselves watching the Padres game until 7:30, when a third player (Lyndon) finally showed up.

Mark Huyser limped in around 7:45.  And Mike, hacking and coughing, hobbled in some time after 8:00.  And those were the only players.

It wouldn’t be a five-player game for the entire rest of the night, however, as Mark Huyser took a quick beating for $66.00 and opted not to play for the final half hour.

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There were a couple misreads of note.

In a Texas Hold ’em hand, Lyndon and Paul got to the river.  Lyndon bet, Paul raised, and Lyndon re-raised.  Then, Lyndon looked at the board and said, “Oh, no.”  He had failed to notice that there were four diamonds out there, and he had re-raised with just two pair.  Paul cut Lyndon some slack and didn’t re-raise again (or maybe he just didn’t re-raise because he’d run out of chips).  Paul then showed him pocket aces, one of which was the ace of diamonds for the nut flush.

Later, Mark Huyser and Paul were involved in another Texas Hold ’em hand.  Mark thought he had a straight, but ended up losing to Paul with just queen-high.

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With just ten minutes left, it was Mike’s deal.  He said, “Okay, Buck ’em, and you have to put in $10.00 each deal.”  He wasn’t serious, of course, but he said that if he ever really did call that game, he’d refer to it as “F*!k ’em.”

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Mark D	+$53.00
Mark H	‑$66.00
Paul	‑$3.00
Lyndon	+$26.00
Mike S	‑$2.00