Card Night 26-Jul-2016

Unfortunately it was a night of mistakes.

First, on a hand of Bingo, Jeff realized he had failed to discard one of his cards.  He noticed his mistake about midway through the hand, and it actually ended up saving him money, because even if he had discarded correctly, he would have continued to showdown and lost.

Second, at the end of another hand of Bingo, Jeff (low) and Bill (high) were preparing to split the pot.  Then Jeff noticed that Bill had failed to discard a 9 in his hand.  (A 9 was one of the last two cards to be revealed on the board.)

Finally, yet again on Bingo, it came down to Chris (five cards) and Miguel (one card) at showdown.  Chris inadvertently put only one chip in his fist (indicating a declaration of low), and Miguel scooped the pot.

PLAYER	TONIGHT’S   RESULT	MINUTES   LATE
Mark D	+$13.00	ON TIME
Mary	‑$96.00	98
Bill	‑$78.00	ON TIME
Chris	‑$69.00	5
Jeff	+$116.00	1
Miguel	+$97.00	26

Jackpot is now $33.00.

Card Night 19-Jul-2016

Once all the cards had been dealt to players on a hand of Bingo, Jeff turn over his hand to reveal four 4s and an 8 kicker for jackpot.  However, when you’re dealt four of a kind in Bingo, you don’t need to show your cards right away, and you MUST play the game to the end.  (It’s only when you’re dealt a straight flush in Bingo that you show your cards immediately for jackpot, and then you don’t have to actually play the game.)

In any event, Jeff was still entitled to jackpot.  However, he had to play the game till the end…and everyone knew exactly what he had.  If he hadn’t shown his hand, he would have ended the game with at least four cards, and would have had a good chance of winning high.  But since he had shown his hand, everyone knew that he was going to end the game with a total of either 24 (with the 8) or 16 (without the 8).

An 8 was one of the first two cards revealed on the board, so now everyone knew Jeff was going to finish the game with 16.  With this knowledge, Jerry stayed in the game much longer than he normally would because he had 16 beat for high.

But the story had a twist ending when Chris ended up getting rid of all his cards for Bingo!

• Chris scooped the pot.
• Jeff won a $51.00 jackpot.
• Jerry lost more than he would have had he not known what Jeff’s cards were.

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Jerry was the only loser tonight.  It’s the tenth time in recorded Card Night history that there was only one loser on the night.  In every one of those cases (including tonight), at least one person won jackpot.

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PLAYER	TONIGHT’S   RESULT	MINUTES   LATE
Jerry	‑$201.00	7
Mark D	+$89.00	ON TIME
Bill	+$21.00	1
Chris	+$24.00	7
Jeff	+$41.00	2
Glen	+$101.00	18

Jackpot is now $16.00.

Card Night 12-Jul-2016

• Mark DeVol replaced the light bulbs in the fan with compact fluorescent lamps.  It seemed to cut down on the heat in the room, but they were too bright.  Removing one of the four lamps seemed to help.
• Once again a straight flush lost to five of a kind in a wild card game.
• Jeff brought two big bottles of Captain Morgan.
• The American League won the All-Star Game.  Again.

PLAYER	TONIGHT’S   RESULT	MINUTES   LATE
Mark D	‑$46.00	ON TIME
Mary	+$90.00	45
Bill	‑$66.00	5
Chris	+$78.00	5
Jeff	‑$177.00	ON TIME
Mike S	+$100.00	ON TIME
Glen	+$5.00	15

Jackpot is now $91.00.

Card Night 05-Jul-2016

Despite there being plenty of Card Night action, only $77.00 was exchanged between winners and losers tonight, the lowest amount since 10-Jun-2014.

In addition, the “big” loser only lost $40.00 (the smallest amount since 01-Sep-2015), and the “big” winner only won $41.00 (the smallest amount since 07-Jul-2011).

PLAYER	TONIGHT’S   RESULT	MINUTES   LATE
Jerry	‑$24.00	5
Mark D	+$41.00	ON TIME
Mary	‑$40.00	15
Bill	+$1.00	ON TIME
Chris	+$15.00	5
Jeff	‑$13.00	ON TIME

Jackpot is now $75.00.