Most of the time the posts on this site are about poker. Once in a while we celebrate the players, regardless of their taste in fashion. Last Wednesday one of our own turned 30, and on Saturday night celebrated with some friends at one of the finer bowling establishments in Norther Virginia. This joint was so fine that a jacket and tie were required, so Elliot (EMG) obliged.
The second event in the B series went down TONIGHT ! (well, this afternoon into the evening). The fields are getting larger, deeper, and stronger. At the start of the tournament I overheard several conversations about which table people would have rather drawn, and don’t think I heard a consensus amongst anyone.
This single buy-in tournament began with 29 able bodied rounders, and the top 5 would take home points, the top 4 took home their buy-in and some walkin’ around money. Without any further adieu (adieu is a funny word to type) here’s how it finished:
Congratulations to the winners !
1. EMG – 1363
2. Hulk – 783
3. Canadian Shawn – 522
4. Faith L. – 232
5. Jocko – 116
No joke, 4 of the top 5 were members of the EMHD‘s Useless Ass Staff (ask mh62) and the 5th member of the group was not Alan G. ! Faith L. played her way into some points and spending cash. Canadian Shawn made another cash and exploded from an extreme short stack to near the chip lead before his Ace/Jack ran into EMG’s Ace/King. Heads up play between myself (Hulk) and EMG lasted exactly one hand, and although we began discussions of a deal, I wasn’t about to fold pocket 7s heads up, and EMG sure as hell wasn’t running away with Ace/Queen. As you can see from the finish order EMG won that race and the tournament.
To hear EMG tell the story, he was fed cards all night. Perhaps he was, but to get through the field that started today he also needed to know what to do with them … it’s very tough to make the right decisions for an extended period of time, to know when your top pair is strong enough to win, and when it’s been cracked by the cheeky bastard in seat 8 that saw a flop with baby suited cards and hit 2 pair. Congratulations EMG, it’s been a long time coming.
*The scores listed above include only event points, and do not reflect attendance or kill points. For a quick look at the standings, check the column to the right, and for a more in depth break down, take a look at the Full EMHD Leaderboard.
I woke up this morning (that’s as good as this story gets) with to the best of knowledge was a small creature with a sledgehammer smashing the insides of my head. It was bad enough to call out of the office, since focusing wasn’t gonna be my strong suit today and the potential for self inflicted pain at work was high. So I got the bright idea to try a couple of sit & goes, and try to get my mind off of the pain. What followed was the throwing away of the modest profit that I had earned in three sit & goes, culminating in this ridiculously simplistic misplay at the end of the 3rd:
It starts out well enough, a standard under the gun raise to 150, and my decision to flat call there was an attempt to not race so early in the tournament. I thought about the raise, but I didn’t want to get over involved with pocket Queens when it’s very possible that this guy’s raising in that position with Ace King and a raise will induce him to shove.
The raise behind me should have set off all kinds of bells and whistles but instead I decide he’s just trying to squeeze with his 2nd place stack (a horrible conclusion) and decide to do EXACTLY what I didn’t want to do … get over involved with pocket Queens this early in a tournament when there’s so much play left. I guess the good news is that it’s only a $5+.50 sit & go, but for this day, I break my rule by playing when I can’t stay focused and go out like a Mexican Clydesdale.
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| 1 | Lesley R. | 4358 |
| 2 | John V. | 2825 |
| 3 | Alan G. | 2477 |
| 4 | Brian P. | 2359 |
| 5 | (EMG) Elliot G. | 2188 |
| 6 | Justin F. | 1985 |
| 7 | (Canadian) Shawn S. | 1853 |
| 8 | (Wisconsin) Geoff M. | 1683 |
| 9 | (Hulk) John H. | 1433 |
| 10 | Faith L. | 1025 |
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