Mike arrived as usual with his dinner in hand, but tonight he got a surprise.
He had ordered two tacos and a burrito from Taco Bell. When the attendant handed him his food at the drive-thru window, Mike was talking to Lynn on the phone, so he didn’t notice how heavy the bag was.
When he got to Mark DeVol’s house, he discovered that the bag did not contain the three things he had ordered, but instead had a total of 14 various food items!
Mike shared all his bounty with the group. He figured that it made up for all the times Taco Bell has screwed him at the drive-thru.
Glen got so close to winning his first jackpot. Twice tonight he made natural quads, but was denied jackpot each time thanks to the Omaha jackpot rule. (Three of the four-of-a-kind were on the board, one was in his hand.)
Glen called 2-11 Poker tonight, and before he dealt the first hand, Mark reviewed the rules with everyone. He explained how there would only be four cards on the board, and that players could use two or three of their hole cards to make their hands. Mark took particular care to emphasize that a qualifying low hand was 7-high or lower, not 8-high or lower as in Omaha. Just to be sure everyone understood, Mark repeated, “Low is 7-high or lower.”
Glen dealt the first hand. At showdown only Bill and Paul were left.
Paul showed the winning high hand. Bill showed what he thought was the winning low hand: 8-high.
Paul scooped. Bill cussed.
That 2-11 hand contributed to what would be Bill’s worst Card Night ever (-$154.00).
Two other hands that hurt him:
On a hand of Buck ’em, playing two cards out of three, everyone passed to Bill who was one to the right of the button. Bill declared low. Action got back around to Mike who was in early position, and he checked Bill off. Mike’s A-3 beat Bill for $13.50.
Later Bill flopped a set of kings in Omaha Hi-Lo. The betting was capped or nearly capped on every street. At showdown, the board was K-7-2-7-9, giving Bill the nut full house. Mark turned over a pair of 7s for four-of-a-kind.
| Mark D | +$73.00 |
| Mary | ‑$147.00 |
| Paul | +$74.00 |
| Bill | ‑$154.00 |
| Lyndon | +$85.00 |
| Mike S | +$34.00 |
| Glen | +$49.00 |
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