We played some poker tonight. Some Hold ’em, some Omaha, some Stud 8, even some Razz.
Yet despite all that poker, people’s fortunes were basically won and lost on a little game called Four-Three. (“But wait,” you may say, “Four-Three is poker too!” Well, sure, we use poker hands to determine the winners and losers. But Four-Three plays less like poker and more like just flipping a coin.)
Mike Stefanidis called a round of Four-Three, and he bore most of the brunt. Of the consecutive $60.00 pots he lost, the final one was especially painful. Mike declared that he would play, and everyone folded to Jeff. Jeff didn’t like his hand, but said he would play only because he was on the button and he’d be heads-up with Mike and very likely to split the pot.
Jeff ended up scooping.
Mike lost $165.00 tonight, exactly matching his worst Card Night ever on 30-Dec-2001.
Four jackpots were paid out tonight, the first time that’s happened since 24-Aug-2010. And just like that night back in August, the jackpot carry-over is very small. ($3.00 tonight, $2.00 back in August. $2.00 was a record low carry-over.)
Bill got off to a good start trying to put his terrible 2010 behind him by winning $49.00 tonight.
| Mark D | ‑$68.00 |
| Mary | ‑$35.00 |
| Paul | ‑$59.00 |
| Phil | +$130.00 |
| Bill | +$49.00 |
| Jeff | +$68.00 |
| Mike S | ‑$165.00 |
| Glen | +$96.00 |
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