1st ($65 / 10pts): Brad P
2nd ($10/ 7pts): Ray F
3rd ($0 / 4pts): Randy R
4th ($0 / 2pts): Martin G
Low Stakes / 10 Players / 1 Table / 130a Endtime
This was my first win at McJo's poker. It didn't look like it was going to go my way early in the evening as it seemed I was doomed to get hole cards like 94o, J30, etc. I also had the distinction of Adam and Ray sitting directly on my left, so it seemed like there was a raise on every hand.
There were some interesting hands early on, in particular a hand where I folded top pair after the flop. I held Q9, and the flop was something like 962. Staci led out with 5,000 and Randy raised to 10,000. I was compelled to fold my hand, and at the time I couldn't believe I was folding top pair with a very decent kicker. The turn and river brought a 10 and a J. Staci bet a sizable portion of her stack and Randy called. Staci showed a K9 and Randy showed a A9. I would have been out-kicked twice with my Q. I spent most of the rest of the evening guffawing about that hand.
I managed to linger until it got down to three players: Ray, Randy, and me. Randy had been knocking out folks left and right, and had a nice stack. Ray had also accumulated chips. I had about 20,000 left, and could only hope Ray or Randy would knock each other out. Which happened when Randy went all-in with a pair of aces and four to a flush. Ray had flopped a set of tens. Ray now had most of the chips and it appeared I would be bludgeoned like a baby harp seal.
There were several pivotal hands in the heads up game. On one, I went all-in with K9o and Ray called with AQs. My hand improved with each street and I ended up with a full house and some chips to play with but still way behind. Later, Ray raised with AQ and I went all-in pre-flop with pockets threes. The board did not help Ray, and I think at that point I took the chip lead. Ray also got unlucky; he went all-in with AJs and I called with A5s. The board paired our aces and also had a pair of tens with an Q as the kicker. So we ended up splitting a pot, which if Ray had won it would had made us about even in chips.
Fortunately, my best hand of the night was the last hand. Ray went all-in with Ax (a four, I believe), and I called with pockets jacks. I have to say my hand quality improved immeasurably once it got to heads-up, but that may just be perception. I flopped a set of jacks, but if I remember correctly, the turn gave Ray both a straight draw and a flush draw. The river brought the case jack and I won the game with quads. I think that was my only kill on the night as well.
Everyone played really well and it ended up being a good night, so I apologize to Adam and the poker gods for bitching about my hands earlier in the evening. I thank those who stuck around to deal and bear witness to my quads.
2nd ($10/ 7pts): Ray F
3rd ($0 / 4pts): Randy R
4th ($0 / 2pts): Martin G
Low Stakes / 10 Players / 1 Table / 130a Endtime
This was my first win at McJo's poker. It didn't look like it was going to go my way early in the evening as it seemed I was doomed to get hole cards like 94o, J30, etc. I also had the distinction of Adam and Ray sitting directly on my left, so it seemed like there was a raise on every hand.
There were some interesting hands early on, in particular a hand where I folded top pair after the flop. I held Q9, and the flop was something like 962. Staci led out with 5,000 and Randy raised to 10,000. I was compelled to fold my hand, and at the time I couldn't believe I was folding top pair with a very decent kicker. The turn and river brought a 10 and a J. Staci bet a sizable portion of her stack and Randy called. Staci showed a K9 and Randy showed a A9. I would have been out-kicked twice with my Q. I spent most of the rest of the evening guffawing about that hand.
I managed to linger until it got down to three players: Ray, Randy, and me. Randy had been knocking out folks left and right, and had a nice stack. Ray had also accumulated chips. I had about 20,000 left, and could only hope Ray or Randy would knock each other out. Which happened when Randy went all-in with a pair of aces and four to a flush. Ray had flopped a set of tens. Ray now had most of the chips and it appeared I would be bludgeoned like a baby harp seal.
There were several pivotal hands in the heads up game. On one, I went all-in with K9o and Ray called with AQs. My hand improved with each street and I ended up with a full house and some chips to play with but still way behind. Later, Ray raised with AQ and I went all-in pre-flop with pockets threes. The board did not help Ray, and I think at that point I took the chip lead. Ray also got unlucky; he went all-in with AJs and I called with A5s. The board paired our aces and also had a pair of tens with an Q as the kicker. So we ended up splitting a pot, which if Ray had won it would had made us about even in chips.
Fortunately, my best hand of the night was the last hand. Ray went all-in with Ax (a four, I believe), and I called with pockets jacks. I have to say my hand quality improved immeasurably once it got to heads-up, but that may just be perception. I flopped a set of jacks, but if I remember correctly, the turn gave Ray both a straight draw and a flush draw. The river brought the case jack and I won the game with quads. I think that was my only kill on the night as well.
Everyone played really well and it ended up being a good night, so I apologize to Adam and the poker gods for bitching about my hands earlier in the evening. I thank those who stuck around to deal and bear witness to my quads.
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