Buck ’em led to some fireworks tonight.
Bill went in high with a straight on a five-cards-out-of-seven round, and was called by three people, all of whom beat him! (Mary had a flush, Paul and Jeff each had full houses.) Bill had to pay each of them $15.50.
Later, Bill went in high in late position with 10-10 on a two-cards-out-of-three round, and was called by a dogging Mark DeVol who had originally passed with a pair of aces. Damage: $38.75.
At the end of the game, on the two-cards-out-of-three round, Jeff asked for clarification on how the joker plays. “Completely wild for low, and just an ace for high.” Jeff, who had one leg at the time, went in low. Phil checked him off. Jeff had Joker-2, Phil had A-2, so they tied. Two more cards were dealt to each player, and this time Jeff went in high. The pot was $69.75, and Jeff had already lost quite a bit in the game. Phil thought for a good long while before deciding not to check Jeff off. No one else played, and Jeff ended up winning the game and the $69.75. Both Jeff and Phil revealed what they had had on that last round. Jeff had Joker-2-2, misreading his hand for trip 2s when in fact he just had a pair of 2s with an ace. Phil had had a pair of aces, and was afraid Jeff had him beat, even though Jeff had only shown him Joker-2 on the first round.
We played Four-Three again tonight, but it didn’t provide much action. Six people stayed in for the first round, producing a $30.75 pot for the next round which was quickly split between two winners to end the game.
On a hand of Happy Pineapple (Crazy Pineapple Hi-Lo Declare), the flop was 10-10-Q. Lyndon’s hole cards were A-A-4, and he was trying to decide which card to get rid of. Lyndon ended up getting rid of the 4, leaving him with pocket aces.
The turn was a 2, making the board 10-10-Q-2. Now it was looking like Lyndon had gotten rid of the wrong card, because A-4 would have given him a pretty good low.
Bingo, bango, bongo, the river was an ace! Lyndon now had aces full of 10s.
At showdown both Lyndon and Bill went high. Lyndon tabled his full house. Bill showed quad 10s.
(Despite Bill’s awful Buck ’em round earlier, this jackpot hand helped him to a $60.00 win for the night.)
On another hand of Happy Pineapple, Mary had the nut low on the turn with 2-4 in the hole and A-8-9-3 on the board. The river was a 5, giving Mary the wheel. Paul, who had not bet or raised the whole hand, suddenly bet out. Mary thought Paul had also hit the wheel with 2-4 in the hole, so at showdown, she decided to declare high so that she would not be quartered if Paul went low. It turned out everyone went high, and Paul scooped the pot with a 9-high straight.
On a hand of Screw Your Neighbor (Chase the Ace), it came down to Mark and Paul, each of whom had two stacks of $2.00 left. Mark was on the button with a 6. Paul passed him an ace. Mark drew a 2 off the deck and lost one stack.
On the next deal, with Paul on the button, Mark looked down at a king and said, “I’m good.” Paul had a 3 and asked for a card off the deck. The two players were advancing to a final one-stack-each showdown unless Paul drew a king off the deck.
Paul’s card: A king.
Paul scooped the huge $40.00+ pot, helping him on his way to a huge $196.00 win for the night.
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