The group was discussing how well the Padres have been playing lately, and Paul said, “Just wait till the playoffs.”
What was that? Did cynical Paul just predict the Padres will make the playoffs this year? HAS THE REAL PAUL BEEN REPLACED BY BIZARRO PAUL?
| Mark D | +$12.00 |
| Mary | ‑$10.00 |
| Paul | +$45.00 |
| Warren | ‑$106.00 |
| Jason | +$76.00 |
| Mike S | +$37.00 |
| Glen | ‑$36.00 |
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Phil wasted no time in taking down the biggest jackpot win in nearly six years. He did it on the first game of the night (Texas Hold ’em) when he made a 6-high heart straight flush to pocket $76.00.
Phil’s the hot player right now winning his sixth Card Night in a row (a personal record).
Buck ’em was kind to Mark DeVol who took down three pots in challenges against other players before finally winning the whole game. (The first hand dealt to him was A-2-Joker.) Total take-down: $81.00 (minus his $6.00 investment).
Two weeks ago on NBC’s 2010 Heads-Up Poker Championship, Annie Duke was in huge trouble against Paul Wasicka when she went all-in with A-10 and Wasicka called with A-A. Incredibly, Duke sucked out on the river to make a straight and double up.
Tonight, it was Paul’s turn. He had A-10, and Mark had A-A. Paul rivered a straight.
| Mark D | +$25.00 |
| Paul | ‑$59.00 |
| Phil | +$31.00 |
| Bill | ‑$8.00 |
| Jason | +$49.00 |
| Mike S | +$66.00 |
| Glen | ‑$30.00 |
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Jackpot has soared to $100.00. That’s the highest it’s been since February 2008. It’s the result of five Card Nights in a row with no one winning jackpot, the first time that’s happened since May 2003!
(Mary: Are you sure you can’t make it next week?)
Mike had promised to provide analysis of the data he’s been keeping on how likely a player is to win or lose in a certain seat at the Card Night table, but tonight he announced that he would not be providing that analysis because he feels that he is biased. Instead, he stated that a panel of minorities would study the data and report back their findings. Mike provided no completion date for this report.
Meanwhile, Paul stepped in to provide objective, unbiased analysis of his own: “Seats 1, 5 and 6 do pretty well.”
Decide for yourself by clicking on the figure on the right.
On an unusual hand of Texas Hold ’em (unusual for Card Night anyway), Mary raised Paul’s bet on the turn when the board paired queens. Jason and Paul both called the raise. On the river, everyone checked. Paul won the hand with just the pair of queens on the board and ace-jack kickers in the hole. No one had anything!
| Mark D | +$13.00 |
| Mary | +$65.00 |
| Paul | ‑$15.00 |
| Phil | +$15.00 |
| Bill | ‑$50.00 |
| Jason | +$114.00 |
| Mike S | ‑$125.00 |
| Glen | ‑$34.00 |
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Paul scooped the pot on a hand of Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare. Once he had collected all his chips, Bill looked down and said, “Hey! Where are the chips I declared with?”
Bill claimed that he had used one red chip ($5) and two white chips ($1 each) to declare which way he was going in his losing bid to win part of the pot, and that now the chips were missing. Since the chips were gone, it was possible that Paul had inadvertently scooped them up when he won the pot.
Paul took one red chip and two white chips out of his rack and was ready to hand them over to Bill when Bill reached into his own pocket and said, “Now, what are these?” Bill pulled three chips out of his pocket! For some reason he had stuffed them in there after he’d used them to declare. And they were two red chips and one white chip, instead of the other way around as he’d claimed.
Wha…?
Phil set a new personal record for himself by winning for his fourth Card Night in a row.
No one has won jackpot for four weeks now, the first time that’s happened since June of last year. It now stands at $83.00.
Mike has promised that next week he will provide analysis of the data he’s been keeping on how likely a player is to win or lose in a certain seat at the Card Night table. (Recall that his hypothesis was that players tend to win when they sit on the west side of the table and lose when they sit on the east side.) Exciting!
| Mark D | +$46.00 |
| Mary | ‑$1.00 |
| Paul | +$28.00 |
| Phil | +$11.00 |
| Bill | ‑$61.00 |
| Jason | ‑$96.00 |
| Mike S | +$49.00 |
| Glen | +$7.00 |
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