Poker tournaments, skins, derbies, other ramblings

As perhaps a bit of foreshadowing, I'm posturing to make up for the last month or so of non-substantial posts. While I do not offer an appology for the lack of posts, I shall point out that I've got a million of projects running simultaniously, all of which take up a great deal of time. In addition to family responsibilities, along with the additional duties of breathing; when I actually have time to sit down and write, I've just got no gas left in the tank. That being said, today the tank is full and I just might have something to say!

Freeroll weekend

For starters, in case you didn't get the memo, tournaments all weekend long at the grand opening of Pharaoh's Poker Palace. CheckRayz will be there for the festivities, as we have THREE private tournaments scheduled there this weekend, two of which are freerolls. Download Pharaoh's poker palace here.

Nordic Poker

Along the same topic, it's been asked of me several time if I am supporting a poker room that is a skin of poker.com. I'm going to preface this by stating up front, I am a poker.com guy. That out of the way, I obviously support Carbon Poker, as it's an evolution of sorts that is going to be the focal point of the Merge Poker Network. Carbon was created out of the need to mainstream advertising, which was uncovered due to logistical challenges in Australia with respect to branding.

Upon the conclusion of the Aussie Millions, Carbon Poker and Merge Gaming Networks were revealed. Nordic is a skin in the Merge Network. "In theory" networks of this sort are created to help several different marketplaces come together to create 1 pool of players. The benefit is that each of these standalone marketplaces (skins) will combine to help support one another, in that more players will equal more games, bigger tournaments; and thus all parties involved will benefit, because more players more opportunity to play, more game selection, bigger prize pools, and more money all around.

In theory, each skin brings it's own marketplace. When asked if I am promoting Nordic Poker, the answer is "no." I have my marketplace in the Merge Network. I represent the Carbon Brand and/or the dotcom brand. It's neither right, nor ethical for me to utilize the Nordic brand to market a network I'm already marketing. The goal, once again, is to bring new players to market, not to recycle the marketplace. My understanding is that all current players are... or will be barred from having duplicate accounts at Nordic, if they already participate at dotcom or Carbon. And additionally, I will not encourage anyone to get accounts in their wife's or dogs name either. That, again, is unethical and is very used car salesmanish in recommending such a thing (no offense to any honest salesman out there). Disclaimer: There's nothing wrong with Nordic, it's just not my marketplace, and I will not resell my market on a place they already are, period.

TRANSLATED: MArketing Nordic under the premise of "You'll need to use a unique email addy and a unique screen name (unique from poker.com/Carbon) when installing (hoping that solves the prob)" <=== shady - unethical, very AP/V247-like... not doing it, not condoning it and will report when/if discovered.

Now, all that being said, I will be "properly" positioning the Poker.com and Carbon Poker brands by offering a special CheckRayz First time deposit bonus and Reload bonus. THIS is how one would/should properly represent the network. Details of the deposit bonuses, as well as the codes, all will be revealed at the top of next week.

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Moving on...

Derbies

This is the weekend of Derbys - the Kentucky Derby and the Manchester Derby. Usually, I closely follow the KY Derby, however, partially because I've been extremely busy, and also because this race is so wide open, with little in track records to follow; I have no prediction. Not that I'm a horse picking expert, but I have been a bit fortunate in my predictions, specifically with the Derby - but this year, I don't see anything that gives me a bettors edge in this race. Thus, no predictions, no bets. Greenstein would advise me to sit this one out and rest.

However, one Derby I do know something about is the Manchester Derby. I do not see the UEFA defeat sitting well with United. Look for United to wrap up the Premiership this weekend, and focus on the Double with the FA.

Other Ramblings

I mentioned the Aussie Million a bit earlier in this post. I have to say, I've managed to see very little of it on TV. My friends mention seeing me a few times, and they talk of seeing "that Jimmy kid." I'm waiting (for more free time) to watch it in full. I have so much stored upstairs, that I want to watch the television taping from start to finish so that I can brain dump and reflect all at once.

Finally, I'd like to give a shoutout to one of my partners in crime Matt a.k.a. - "bornsupreme." Look for Matt to have a guest spot right here at the Poker Pub in the near future. He's got lots to say and knows his stuff, and I'm thinking it's time to bring in a guest blogger or two, as well as to attempt to refocus my energy.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mike

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Freerolls all weekend long at Pharaohs Poker Palace!

This weekend marks the launch of Pharaoh's Poker Palace. To properly celebrate the opening, Pharaoh's Poker Palace will be having freeroll poker tournaments all weekend long.

CheckRayz will also be holding two private freeroll poker tournaments at Pharaoh's Poker Palace, and one money added buyin. We'll be holding a CheckRayz $100 freeroll on Saturday May 5 at 4pm EDT, and Sunday May 6 at 12pm EDT. The password for these events are at the checkrayz tournament schedule and passwords page.

Additionally, there will be a $3+.30 buy in, with a $100 overlay to the prize pool.

This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor at this new, innovative poker room, as there will be lots of free and added money floating around, along with players who are acting accordingly. I know I've had tremendous success at rooms of this nature in their infancy stage, and I expect this to be no different.

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Pharaoh's Poker Palace is offering various first time deposit bonuses:

25% bonus up to $100
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or 500% bonus up to $1000!

Additionally, Pharaoh's Poker Palace is positioning itself as the first poker room that utilizes webcams during poker play. This is a great way to show off your poker face.

Freerolls and other promotions will be going on all weekend at Pharaoh's Poker Palace, so be sure to stop by. Download Pharaoh's Poker Palace here and get playing!

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Small CheckRayz Freeroll tonight

9pm tonight, poker4ever - CheckRayz Player's Club $100 Freeroll. I'm only expecting about 40 people tops tonight, as I did not mass advertise.

No cost to enter, but must be a member of my player's club. Download Poker4ever here to join the CheckRayz Player's Club.

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BeerGuy's Agenda between now and Wednesday

It's gettin real close... Under 1 week until I am on the plane leaving Pittsburgh, stopping in LA and then straight to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions. There's seemingly so much to do and such little time to do it... I'm really not complaining though - not at all, as a matter of fact. I am very much looking forward to this opportunity of mine and plan to make the best of it.

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Between now and then, I have lots to do... I expect that I'll be playing very little poker between now and Sunday, as I'll be spending quality time with the twins. We plan to watch some football and play our hearts out. This trip will mark the longest amount of time I've ever been away from them. The longest I've been apart from them prior is when they go to their mother's house (we have shared custody of the twins). So, this will be an experience - being away from them for over ten days.

On the work front, I have tourneys to enter into the server, as we have lots of freeroll poker tourneys and money-added buy-ins with some sweet overlays on the horizon while I am away... And additionally, the CheckRayz League at Bugsy's Club... All this stuff to tend to and such little time.

Additionally, I have to pack, test drive and surely update the laptop (I am borrowing one, as I am not generally a fan of laptops).

I imagine I will make another blog entry or two, but no promises...

So, until then, head over to CheckRayz to check out the tourney schedule, subscribe to receive the Poker Pub in your email... and thanks for supporting!

Mike

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Better Yet...

Better yet, here's the CheckRayz plan for Jan.

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Not sure, but I think that's a CheckRayz record for free or added money and definitely for number of events in a month.


Mike

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More 2007 CheckRayz Poker Talk

1 holiday down, another to go... and then Aussie here I come! Now that the excitement has settled in a bit, and the rush of Christmas is behind me, I want to talk a bit about the CheckRayz Poker Tour in the year 2007.

For starters, I have indicated that we're continuing the overall CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tour. There will be some key additions to the Tour, which we'll discuss below.

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First of all, perhaps the most noticable of all the changes, is that there will be two distinctly seperate CheckRayz Leaderboard Poker Tours. We'll have the main CheckRayz Poker Tour --- which all players will be eligable to participate in.

We will additionally have a CheckRayz International Poker Tour. This tour will be for our non-US players. The International Tour games will take place at the poker rooms that no longer accept US Players, but CheckRayz has maintained a relationship with. Rooms such as Kiwi Poker and Noble Poker will be the home of these poker tournaments. Additionally, these games will take place during times better suited to our international marketplace.

Our first CheckRayz International games will take place January 8th at 3pm EST at Kiwi Poker and will be a $5+.50, $100 added buy-in. We'll follow that up on January 9th at 3pm for a $50 freeroll for those who participated in the buy-in. The International Group will have their own leaderboard, eventually - and will help contribute to the overall growth of the CheckRayz Network.

As for the main CheckRayz tour... all will be welcome to participate. We will be using rooms that all players have access to. Our Bugsy's Club League will continue under the main tour and be a league within a league.

I'll talk more about this as the days progress. Have a good 1!

Mike

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BPT Grand Final Coverage

We're a bit under six hours until the start of the Blogger Poker Tour Grand Final Event. Each of the seven tournaments in the second season of the Blogger Poker Tour have been about leaderboard points. Register, play, go as deep into the tournament as possible, to accumulate as many leaderboard points as possible (and as an added bonus, finish in the money and tap into the $500 prize pool for each tournament). Do more "away from the felt" to refer players, which racks up more leaderboard points.

And throughout this second season, 188 BPT participants managed to accumulate leaderboard points. The chase is over, we're down to 20 players - the top 20 on the BPT Leaderboard. Gone is the $500 prize pool; there's no more leaderboard points to be had. This is it, what we've all been playing for - the Grand Final - the Quest for the tourney seat in the Aussie Millions... 20 of the best players on the tour, and there can be only one.

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Today there will be over $25,000 worth of prizes awarded as a result of this Grand Final Event and the Blogger Poker Tour.

Players finishing 16th-20th will get a "second chance" of sorts, as they'll be awarded a Grand Final Coupon, which is redeemable for a grand final tournament of one's choice at Poker.com - to compete for a seat in the Aussie Millions, WSOP, WPT.

11th through 15th place will receive a complete poker.com chipset and poker.com playing cards.

Breaking through the top ten, the fourth through tenth place finishers will receive a special edition 4 gig poker.com Ipod Nano.
BeerGuy note: I received this prize for my finish in season 1's BPT Grand Final --- sweet prize, I must say!

3rd place receives a custom built poker.com/blogger poker tour six foot poker table, made by Keystone Poker Tables, which by the looks of it seems to be right down the road from the BeerGuy (or at least in the same area code... hmmmmmmm...). The winner will also be given the option to customize certain aspects of the table.


Second place receives a custom built 8 foot poker.com/Blogger Poker Tour poker table, again custom built by Keystone Poker Tables. The winner will also be given the option to customize certain aspects of the table.

And of course the Grand Prize for the 1st place finisher of today's BPT Season 2 Grand Final will receive round trip airfare to Melbourne, Australia, a $10,000 seat in the Aussie Millions, which is being played at the Crown Casino. Hotel accomidations, $2500 spending money and a poker.com/BPT prize package also will be awarded to the Grand Final Champion.

It doesn't stop there, by the way... A second "major prize" will also be awarded today as well. The Blogger judged as providing the best coverage of this season’s Blogger Poker Tour will be flown to Melbourne, Australia, to cover the Aussie Millions main event on behalf of Poker.com. This winner will also enjoy all of the benefits and perks of being a member of the Poker.com team, with 8 nights accommodation in the Crown Towers Hotel, a private freeroll in the Crown Poker Room and invitations to official Poker.com parties and the Australian Open Tennis.

Best of luck to everyone. I'll be checking back throughout the day and remember... be gentle at the Grand Final... I am, after all, the new guy.

Pre-game Shoutouts

Before the Grand Final gets underway... I want to take a moment to acknowledge some BPT peeps...

Actually, to start out, I think it's appropriate to first acknowledge everyone who played in, participated in, and embraced this Second Season of the BPT. Lots of time and effort and blogging and poker playing has taken place during this second season, and I am proud to have been a member of the community with each of you. Here's to the BPT Community, may it continue to prosper!

Second, a huge Poker Pub toast to Shane, our Commissioner of the Blogger Poker Tour (beerguy note: I did not figure out how to spell Commissioner, nor did I use spell check, copy and paste when you're in the right place sometimes does wonders). Shane did a phenominal job of putting up with us, keeping the tour organized, compelling, and real, not to mention his 5am walk through, coffee in hand on tourney days. Without him and the rest of the poker.com crew, the BPT doesn't happen. Here's to Shane, his hard work, and dedication to making Season 2 a success!

Thirdly, not that I am trying to open up a wound... but I have to give it up to the bubble - Rahaboss. He was 3 points away from making the Grand Final. OhioMike - event seven winner (hosted by your's truly) ran the table and just barely beat him out for the final spot - just cracking the top 20. Here's to breaking the bubble next season!

If I mention Rahaboss, I have to also mention Quackpot. He didn't bubble, but he was 1 referral away from Grand Finaling... Each referral was worth 20 leaderboard points...

Here's to Grand Finalists - Skinski, Irongirl, imjusthere4thebeer (referral leader), Kufolem, ZowieZ, natsdad, JayNYC, EgonOlsen, and Pearlsnapman, who each made at least one referral to the BPT this season.

Additional shoutouts to Caroon (3 referrals), gohabs1234 (6 referrals!), bergeroo, Sexygirl (5 referrals), actyper (3 referrals), drawdeadcom (3 referrals), thepurdle (2 referrals), and all others who have made referrals to the Blogger Poker Tour this season. Here's to taking an active role in molding and growing our community!

Next, a shout out to the hosts of the Blogger Poker Tour this season. Thanks for working on the organizational and marketing end to make this tour happen!

And finally, to our Grand Finalists... Each and every person today will walk away a winner. Best of luck (and skill) to all. Here's to one hell of a Grand Final!

Stay tuned...


Personal Thanks

Geez, the "new guy" seems quite thankful today... and rightfully so, I guess... He's part of this great Blogger Poker Tour, has a great family, and a great support group in the stands today. So, a special thanks to the greatest kids in the world, Abby n Zack... and to the greatest support group that money cannot buy, the members of CheckRayz.

Also, a special thanks goes to Mitch for causing me to lose faith, when he sucked out on my hammer drop...

Good luck and see everyone at the Grand Final!

Tourney Time

We're about ready to go and just now getting our seats...

Here's the link for an up to the second Grand Final Chip Count. Blinds will begin at 5/10 and progress every ten minutes. Starting stack for this event is T5K.

And the official BPT Grand Final Thread at the poker.com forum

Table 1 ("my table table") --- seating starts with me and goes to my left: imjusthere4thebeer, irongirl01, zowiez, pearlsnapman, astinaguy, freeroll26, cerberi, jaynyc, brodoughno, and kufolem.

Table 2 ("not my table table") --- evil666, hacksaw2000, natsdad, dawgroyal, iyatoni, skinski, purechaos, ohiomike, viezeman, egonolsen.

And we're under way...

Blinds - 5/10 Generally tight game being played thus far...

3.13 --- Huge hand table two...

OhioMike Posted Small Blind 10
ViezeMan Posted Big Blind 20
Dealing Cards
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Calls 20
DawgRoyal Calls 20
iyatoni Calls 20
skinski Folds
purechaos Folds
OhioMike Calls 10
ViezeMan Checks
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Dealing Flop (5s,2d,7c)
OhioMike Checks
ViezeMan Checks
natsdad Checks
DawgRoyal Bets 60
iyatoni Folds
OhioMike Folds
ViezeMan Folds
natsdad Calls 60
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Dealing Turn (3h)
natsdad Checks
DawgRoyal Bets 140
natsdad Raised to 280
DawgRoyal Calls 140
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Dealing River (3d)
natsdad Bets 780
DawgRoyal Raised to 1,560
natsdad All In for 3,565
DawgRoyal Calls 2,785
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natsdad has (7d, 7h)
DawgRoyal has (5c, 5h)
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natsdad Wins 9,470 from pot 1 with : Full House, Sevens over Threes -- and alex is off to an early lead.

3.15 --- 10/20 --- dawg doubles through iyatoni with the hilton sisters holding up over toni's nines... Dawg has T640 now and still has breath...

3.20 --- 21 observers on table one and 25 on table 2, and perhaps rightfully so, as it seems to be a tale of two tables... Table 1 seems to be a bit tighter, whereas chips are seemingly flying positionally on table 2...

3.25 --- 15/30 --- cerberi Posted Small Blind 15
JayNYC Posted Big Blind 30
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jd, 9d)
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Calls 30
Irongirl Raised to 90
ZowieZ Folds
PearlSnapMan Folds
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi Folds
JayNYC Calls 60
imjusthere4thebeer Calls 60
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Dealing Flop (3c,5d,Td)
JayNYC Checks
imjusthere4thebeer Checks
Irongirl Bets 120
JayNYC Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Calls 120
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Dealing Turn (3h)
imjusthere4thebeer Bets 300
Irongirl Calls 300
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Dealing River (8s)
imjusthere4thebeer Checks
Irongirl Checks
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imjusthere4thebeer has (Jd, 9d)
Irongirl has (Qs, Qh)
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Irongirl Wins 1,125 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Queens and Threes

3.35 --- 25/50 --- kufolem Posted Small Blind 25
imjusthere4thebeer Posted Big Blind 50
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (6h, Js)
Irongirl Folds
ZowieZ Folds
PearlSnapMan Folds
astinaguy Raised to 100
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi Raised to 150
JayNYC Calls 150
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
astinaguy Calls 50
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Dealing Flop (4h,5h,5s)
astinaguy Checks
cerberi Bets 200
JayNYC Raised to 500
astinaguy Folds
cerberi Calls 300
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Dealing Turn (Ts)
cerberi Bets 100
JayNYC Calls 100
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Dealing River (Ad)
cerberi Bets 200
JayNYC Calls 200
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cerberi has (Qd, Qh)
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cerberi Wins 2,125 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Queens and Fives

3.44 --- 50/100 --- ohiomike seems to be taking down the pots at table two that no one wants...

3.54 --- elimination hand...

skinski Posted Small Blind 75
purechaos Posted Big Blind 150
Dealing Cards
OhioMike Folds
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Raised to 450
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Folds
DawgRoyal Folds
iyatoni All In for 485
skinski Folds
purechaos Folds
EgonOlsen Calls 35
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EgonOlsen has (2h, 2s)
iyatoni has (Td, 9d)
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Dealing Flop (Kd,6s,Ad)
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Dealing Turn (Kc)
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Dealing River (Ks)
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EgonOlsen Wins 1,195 from pot 1 with : Full House, Kings over Twos
iyatoni OUT

iyatoni finishes in 20th place...

End of the first hour.

4.05 --- 100/200 --- CTU

OhioMike Posted Small Blind 100
ViezeMan Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Folds
DawgRoyal All In for 705
skinski Folds
purechaos Folds
OhioMike Calls 605
ViezeMan Calls 505
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Dealing Flop (7c,9s,Jd)
OhioMike Checks
ViezeMan Checks
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Dealing Turn (4d)
OhioMike Checks
ViezeMan Checks
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Dealing River (Jc)
OhioMike Checks
ViezeMan Checks
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OhioMike has (As, 9d)
ViezeMan has (Ah, 7d)
DawgRoyal has (Ac, Jh)
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DawgRoyal Wins 2,115 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Jacks

4.08 --- 100/200 Big hand - EgonOlsen Posted Small Blind 100
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
Hacksaw2000 Calls 200
natsdad Folds
DawgRoyal Folds
skinski Folds
purechaos Calls 200
OhioMike Raised to 800
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
purechaos Calls 600
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Dealing Flop (Td,Kh,3s)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Bets 800
purechaos All In for 2,405
OhioMike Calls 1,605
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purechaos has (Th, Jh)
OhioMike has (Ad, Kd)
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Dealing Turn (Jd)
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Dealing River (9s)
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purechaos Wins 6,910 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Jacks and Tens

4.12 --- 100/200 - elimination hand...

rongirl Posted Small Blind 100
ZowieZ Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Kc, Kd)
PearlSnapMan All In for 2,015
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi Folds
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Folds
imjusthere4thebeer All In for 4,610
Irongirl Folds
ZowieZ Folds
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imjusthere4thebeer has (Kc, Kd)
PearlSnapMan has (9h, 9s)
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Dealing Flop (8h,6h,3s)
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Dealing Turn (5h)
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Dealing River (Td)
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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 2,595 from pot 2 with : Pair of Kings
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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 4,330 from pot 1 with : Pair of Kings
PearlSnapMan finishes in 19th place... your's truly breathes easier, with the straight and four to a flush possibilities on that board...

4.14 --- 50/100 --- big hand - dawg doubles again!

natsdad Posted Small Blind 100
DawgRoyal Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
skinski Calls 200
purechaos Folds
OhioMike Calls 200
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Calls 100
DawgRoyal Checks
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Dealing Flop (Ts,6s,8d)
natsdad Bets 800
DawgRoyal All In for 1,715
skinski Folds
OhioMike Folds
natsdad Calls 915
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natsdad has (Jc, Tc)
DawgRoyal has (6c, 6h)
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Dealing Turn (Js)
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Dealing River (3s)
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DawgRoyal Wins 4,230 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Sixes

4.20 --- smoke break... and somewhat sizable pot...

brodoughno Posted Small Blind 150
kufolem Posted Big Blind 300
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (2s, Jd)
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ZowieZ Folds
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi Folds
JayNYC Raised to 777
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Calls 477
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Dealing Flop (7c,Js,Kc)
kufolem Checks
JayNYC Bets 1,222
kufolem Calls 1,222
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Dealing Turn (Kh)
kufolem All In for 2,336
JayNYC Folds
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kufolem Wins 6,484 from pot 1

4.24 --- 150/300 --- Post smoke Hammer drop

astinaguy Posted Small Blind 150
freeroll26 Posted Big Blind 300
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (2s, 7c)
cerberi Folds
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Raised to 900
Irongirl Folds
ZowieZ Folds
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 1,350 from pot 1
imjusthere4thebeer has (2s, 7c)

4.26 --- 200/400 --- big hand

brodoughno Posted Small Blind 200
kufolem Posted Big Blind 400
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ts, Qc)
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ZowieZ Folds
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi Folds
JayNYC All In for 2,186
brodoughno Folds
kufolem Calls 1,786
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kufolem has (5c, Ac)
JayNYC has (Jc, Td)
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Dealing Flop (9c,6h,Jd)
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Dealing Turn (6c)
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Dealing River (7s)
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JayNYC Wins 4,572 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes

Elimination hand:

EgonOlsen Posted Small Blind 200
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 400
Dealing Cards
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Folds
DawgRoyal Folds
skinski Folds
purechaos Folds
OhioMike Raised to 800
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Calls 400
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Dealing Flop (3h,6c,Kd)
Evil666 Checks
OhioMike All In for 2,000
Evil666 Calls 2,000
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Evil666 has (Qd, Qs)
OhioMike has (2c, As)
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Dealing Turn (9s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (9h)
-------------------------------------------------
Evil666 Wins 5,800 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Queens and Nines
OhioMike finishes in 18th place.

4.29 --- 200/400 --- elimination hand:

skinski Posted Small Blind 200
purechaos Posted Big Blind 400
Dealing Cards
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
natsdad Folds
DawgRoyal All In for 3,380
skinski Folds
purechaos Calls 2,980
-------------------------------------------------
DawgRoyal has (8s, Jd)
purechaos has (Qh, Tc)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (9c,Td,6s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Ac)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (6d)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 6,960 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Tens and Sixes
DawgRoyal finishes in 17th... ZowieZ transfers to table two.

4.36 --- 300/600 --- elimination hand...

atsdad Posted Small Blind 300
ZowieZ Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
skinski Folds
purechaos Folds
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
Hacksaw2000 Raised to 2,400
natsdad Folds
ZowieZ All In for 12,650
Hacksaw2000 All In for 1,170
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Hacksaw2000 has (2h, Ad)
ZowieZ has (Kc, As)
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Dealing Flop (Th,6h,9d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (9h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (3s)
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ Wins 9,680 from pot 2 with : Pair of Nines
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ZowieZ Wins 7,440 from pot 1 with : Pair of Nines
Hacksaw2000 finishes in 16th place...

Next few finishers receive chip sets... no sooner said...

ZowieZ Posted Small Blind 300
skinski Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
purechaos Folds
ViezeMan All In for 2,685
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Folds
natsdad Folds
ZowieZ Folds
skinski All In for 1,785
-------------------------------------------------
ViezeMan has (Jc, Jh)
skinski has (As, 8s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6d,9s,7d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (2d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (4d)
-------------------------------------------------
ViezeMan Wins 300 from pot 2 with : Pair of Jacks
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ViezeMan Wins 5,070 from pot 1 with : Pair of Jacks
skinski OUT

cerberi Posted Small Blind 300
JayNYC Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (7c, Qs)
brodoughno Calls 600
kufolem Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
astinaguy Folds
freeroll26 Folds
cerberi All In for 623
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno Calls 323
-------------------------------------------------
cerberi has (Qh, 8h)
brodoughno has (Ad, Kd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Ah,Kc,5s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (5d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (6c)
-------------------------------------------------
brodoughno Wins 2,446 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Aces and Kings
cerberi OUT
kufolem to table 2


EgonOlsen Posted Small Blind 300
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
natsdad Folds
ZowieZ Folds
purechaos Folds
kufolem All In for 3,348
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
Evil666 Calls 2,748
-------------------------------------------------
Evil666 has (Qc, Qs)
kufolem has (Qd, As)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Jc,3s,2h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (7h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (2s)
-------------------------------------------------
Evil666 Wins 6,996 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Queens and Twos
kufolem OUT in 13th place...

bustouts continue...

imjusthere4thebeer Posted Small Blind 300
Irongirl Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ah, 6c)
astinaguy Raised to 1,200
freeroll26 Folds
JayNYC Raised to 1,800
brodoughno Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
astinaguy Calls 600
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (3c,5h,As)
astinaguy All In for 240
JayNYC Calls 240
-------------------------------------------------
astinaguy has (Tc, Ad)
JayNYC has (5c, 5s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (6h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Ks)
-------------------------------------------------
JayNYC Wins 4,980 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Fives
astinaguy OUT - 12th place

Final table formed!

purechaos Posted Small Blind 300
ViezeMan Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
EgonOlsen Raised to 1,200
Evil666 Folds
natsdad Calls 1,200
ZowieZ Folds
purechaos All In for 12,190
ViezeMan Folds
EgonOlsen All In for 2,860
natsdad Folds and Shows 5h Ah
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EgonOlsen has (9c, 9h)
purechaos has (Qd, Kc)
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Dealing Flop (Js,Kh,3s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Ts)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Ac)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 8,430 from pot 2 with : Ace High Straight
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purechaos Wins 9,920 from pot 1 with : Ace High Straight
EgonOlsen - season champ eliminated in 11th place...

Final Table

ipods on the line until 4th place now...

4.42 --- 300/600 --- phantom leader eliminated...

brodoughno Posted Small Blind 300
natsdad Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ts, 6d)
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ViezeMan Folds
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Raised to 1,200
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno Folds
natsdad Raised to 3,000
ZowieZ Calls 1,800
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Dealing Flop (9h,Qs,Js)
natsdad All In for 6,360
ZowieZ Calls 6,360
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natsdad has (Kc, Ah)
ZowieZ has (7s, 8s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (As)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (8d)
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ Wins 19,020 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
natsdad - 9th place...

Chip Count

1 ZowieZ 28,580
2 purechaos 18,350
3 Evil666 14,098
4 freeroll26 13,520
Average Stack : 11111
5 JayNYC 8,612
6 Irongirl 6,300
7 imjusthere4thebeer 5,375
8 ViezeMan 2,970
9 brodoughno 2,195


4.48 --- 400/800 --- big hand...

JayNYC Posted Small Blind 400
brodoughno Posted Big Blind 800
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (5h, Ts)
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ViezeMan Folds
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Raised to 3,200
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno All In for 1,395
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ has (Kc, 8h)
brodoughno has (Qs, 9s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (7d,2c,9h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (9d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (8c)
-------------------------------------------------
brodoughno Wins 4,790 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Nines
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ Wins 1,005 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Nines and Eights


4.50 --- 400/800 --- back to back action for ZowieZ...

imjusthere4thebeer Posted Small Blind 400
Irongirl Posted Big Blind 800
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (5s, Ad)
ViezeMan Folds
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Raised to 1,600
JayNYC Folds
brodoughno Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl All In for 5,700
ZowieZ Calls 4,900
-------------------------------------------------
Irongirl has (7c, 7h)
ZowieZ has (Jc, Tc)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (5c,Qc,As)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (5h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (6s)
-------------------------------------------------
Irongirl Wins 13,400 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Sevens and Fives

big/elimination hand 2...

Irongirl Posted Small Blind 400
ViezeMan Posted Big Blind 800
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (6h, 5s)
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Raised to 3,200
JayNYC All In for 8,312
brodoughno Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ViezeMan Folds
ZowieZ Calls 5,112
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ has (Qh, Qs)
JayNYC has (Ts, Th)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6c,7s,3c)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (6d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (9c)
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ Wins 17,824 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Queens and Sixes
JayNYC OUT in 8th place

4.53 --- 400/800 - elim hand...

ZowieZ Posted Small Blind 400
brodoughno Posted Big Blind 800
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (7c, 8s)
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
ViezeMan All In for 570
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Folds
-------------------------------------------------
ViezeMan has (Td, Ks)
brodoughno has (7s, Ad)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6d,6s,9d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (4d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Qd)
-------------------------------------------------
brodoughno Wins 1,540 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
-------------------------------------------------
brodoughno Wins 230 from pot 2 with : Flush, Ace High
ViezeMan OUT

4.55 --- 500/1000 Elim hand...

reeroll26 Posted Small Blind 500
ZowieZ Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qc, Ts)
brodoughno All In for 4,960
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Calls 3,960
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ has (8s, Ad)
brodoughno has (As, Jd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (8d,3s,4d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (3c)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (7c)
-------------------------------------------------
ZowieZ Wins 10,420 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Eights and Threes
brodoughno OUT

I am now the short stack with six remaining...

4.59 --- big pot ---

purechaos Posted Small Blind 500
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
purechaos Raised to 3,000
Evil666 Raised to 6,500
purechaos Calls 3,500
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6d,Ac,7c)
purechaos All In for 13,850
Evil666 Folds
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 26,850 from pot 1

5.02 --- and another

Irongirl Posted Small Blind 500
purechaos Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Raised to 3,000
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Irongirl Folds
purechaos Calls 2,000
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (2h,9c,3s)
purechaos Checks
ZowieZ Bets 3,000
purechaos All In for 23,850
ZowieZ Folds
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 33,350 from pot 1 - now chip leader...

P.S. - I'm card dead

and my bustout hand...

ZowieZ Posted Small Blind 500
imjusthere4thebeer Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (3s, 3c)
Irongirl Folds
purechaos Raised to 3,000
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Folds
ZowieZ Folds
imjusthere4thebeer All In for 2,675
purechaos Calls 675
-------------------------------------------------
imjusthere4thebeer has (3s, 3c)
purechaos has (As, Tc)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Ts,4c,5s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (4d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (7c)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 7,850 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Tens and Fours
imjusthere4thebeer - 5th place...

it's then announced, with my elimination... I've won BPT Prize number two and will be heading to Aussie to cover the Millions!



5.08 --- play resumes with blinds sitting at 750/1500, 5 players remaining...

p.s. - my connection really sucks right now...

irongirl lays claims to the Blogging prize for next season... she is by far one of the better pure writers on the tour, I should note...

5.09 --- 750/1500 --- irongirl pushes allin utg... all fold to her...

5.10 --- 750/1500 --- sick!!!
Irongirl Posted Small Blind 750
purechaos Posted Big Blind 1,500
Dealing Cards
Evil666 Folds
freeroll26 Raised to 3,000
ZowieZ Folds
Irongirl Folds
purechaos Calls 1,500
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (2s,2c,4h)
purechaos Checks
freeroll26 Bets 1,500
purechaos All In for 34,025
freeroll26 All In for 8,220
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (6d, 2d)
freeroll26 has (As, Ac)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (8s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (7s)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 24,305 from pot 2 with : Three of a Kind, Twos
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purechaos Wins 26,190 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Twos
freeroll26 - 5th place finish... freeroller is in the tank...

5.11 --- 750/1500 --- irongirl all in UTG runs into ZowieZ's AK and is eliminated in fourth place...

evil is the short stack with 8700... tables and trips left...

750/1500 --- chaos comes over the top of zowiez yet again, reclaims the chip lead at 59K...

750/1500 --- chaos raises into evil, who has QQ... the sisters hold, evil to 28K...

750/1500 --- evil switches gears and climbs towards the chip lead... until the big pot...

purechaos Posted Small Blind 750
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 1,500
Dealing Cards
ZowieZ Folds
purechaos Raised to 3,250
Evil666 Calls 1,750
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (8s,Qd,7d)
purechaos Bets 3,500
Evil666 Calls 3,500
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (4c)
purechaos Checks
Evil666 Bets 6,750
purechaos Calls 6,750
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (2h)
purechaos Checks
Evil666 Checks
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (8d, Jd)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 27,000 from pot 1 with : Pair of Eights

chaos 55K, evil 20K, zowieZ 22K...

Elimination hand!!!

purechaos Posted Small Blind 1,000
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 2,000
Dealing Cards
ZowieZ Raised to 4,000
purechaos All In for 41,401
Evil666 Folds
ZowieZ All In for 26,807
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (Jh, Jc)
ZowieZ has (Ac, 7s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Kc,5h,9d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (8s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (5d)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 11,594 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Jacks and Fives
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purechaos Wins 63,614 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Jacks and Fives
ZowieZ OUT

We're now heads up... chaos leading 77-22...

hand 4 - chaos allin on the button to a fold...

hand 5 --- evil allin, chaos calls... JJ v 66... chaos spikes a six on the flop and it's over!!!

Chaos and the BeerGuy will be heading to Aussie for the Millions, courtesy of the blogger poker tour...

Great tour and great season everyone, congrats to all the winners!!!

Mike

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This is the last week for our first ever CheckRayz League at Bugsy's Club. There's still time to enter. Tourneys will be played Monday, Weds, and Friday this week. At the end of the week, a league champion will be crowned. First place pays $150, second pays $100, third place pays $50. Click to view the current CheckRayz League Leaderboard. With one week to go, it's still anyone's game.

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Last Call - Poker Pub Live Coverage of BPT Event 7

9.15am... Once again, we're starting early... tailgating. But no worries, we don't have a drinking problem here at the Poker Pub Poker Blog --- after all, it is fifteen minutes into happy hour in Moscow right now and I'm all kinds of wound up about hosting this event seven of the Blogger Poker Tour - Poker Pub's Last Call.

Admittedly, I was extremely pumped about being the first host of a newly added game, Omaha Hi/Lo. The upgrade did not roll out in time, unfortuantely. Now the game is deep stack no limit texas hold'em. 5000 chips to start on our normal blind schedule. This style of game benefits the technician, as it allows for one to be far more creative in their strategy.

Additionally, did I mention the launch bonus on me? I'm putting up my host bonus. Launch me, satisfy the additional criteria I've set up to collect the launch bonus, and you have a better than xscrewballx's snowball's chance in hell of making the grand final.

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I'll be back throughout the day with more tailgating coverage of the Blogger Poker Tour's - Poker Pub's Last Call Event.

9.45... I've certainly been known to really mess up my simple math, but assuming that we have roughly the same number of entries we had last week, and taking into consideration launch bonuses, the top ten on the current leaderboard have secured a spot in the grand final. I believe the top 13 have, but as I said... I'm not a math major. I'm certain on the top ten though, assuming that we remain around the same number of entries as last event. Sitting at 98 entries currently, it appears as if that assumption may be correct, if not a bit optimistic.

10.15... Interesting leaderboard matchups and notes... If the tour ended right now, referrals would be the difference maker in who is in and who is not... Caroon leaped three spots into the last grand final spot with three referrals, giving him 60 referral points.

Additionally, did you see the log-jam at the bottom of the bubble?

19. Egonolsen, our season 1 grand final winner who represented the BPT and poker.com in the 2006 WSOP Main Event, has 1 referral (20 pts) and 450 leaderboard points overall.

20. caroon - 1 referral (20 pts) and 445 leaderboard points.

21. Hacksaw2000 - 0 referrals and 445 leaderboard points.

22. kdollar00 - 1 referral worth 20 pts and 444 leaderboard points.

23. MTLDon - 1 referral and 436 pts

24. Rahaboss - 433 leaderboard points.

To me, this is as exciting as watching the drop zone play out in the Premiership. Speaking of the drop zone, my boyz have West Ham United, who is in the drop zone, facing religation, tomorrow. Why is it that I'd not be surprised to see us barely squeak through this with a draw? I'll also be pulling for Everton to knock Chelsea down.

Frustrating sidenote, blogger is currently having issues with their comments feature. I use haloscan - does a phenominal job of filtering spamming commentary, so I am not affected, however, it sucks as I am going around reading and commenting on other's blogs.

11.00am... Visiting blogs, saying hi, wishing GL and mentioning the code to some who it applies to.

11.30... 101 peeps now entered. I see some notable names missing. Hopefully, they'll be registering.

1.00pm... 106 registered for the 3pm start time. I've visited everyone's blog in the top 50, left messages and wishes on many of the blogs. I think I'm going to pre-make dinner for the kids. With this being a deep stack tourney, I envision it lasting a bit longer than reasonable dinner time. Fortunately, the one and only thing I can make well is spaghetti and I can pre-make it.

Word of caution, the younglings will not be here next weekend for the grand final, though they've been here for each of the seven events less the rescheduled one.

Speaking of the younglings, I will take this opportunity to brag that my six year old twins are perhaps the best behaved children on the planet, bar none. It's amazing as to how well they listen and do not get into anything, even when my back is turned. 1 word - HOMETRAINING (being a single Dad with 50/50 custody, being organized and having disciplined children is of paramount importance)! Here's to daddyz lil angels, Abigail and Zachary!



This is the twins after their kindergarten school play at the end of last school year. More updates after I get dinner made, when we'll get back to talking poker and BPT.


2.00... if i don't make it to your blog to wish you luck... Best of Luck!

2.20... Currently, there's 108 registered. I believe I've visited at least that many blogs today from BPT members. By the numbers, this puts us around the size of the house of poker blues tourney, which means that if my math was correct earlier, the top 13 are secure, and perhaps even the top 15... Both launch me, AND final table, and you're pretty much guaranteed a spot in the Grand Final...

Commercial Break --- Because I'm the host, and I'm blogging on my blog, I'm gonna take this opportunity to throw yet some more shameless self-promotion out there. I own a small poker website, called CheckRayz. We orgnaize and broker freeroll and money-added poker tournaments. Registration for CheckRayz is free. I invite everyone to join and come Play free poker with CheckRayz.


2.30... Here's the link for the up to the minute chip count for BPT event 7. And additionally, here's the BPT Leaderboard. I have mine open to help determine who may or may not be playing desperate...

2.45... 112 registered right now. Good luck, good cards, and good skill to all. Remember, grand final trip is on the line, in addition to the normal $500 in the freeroll!

2.50... I plan to follow those close to the bubble today for my coverage. Hopefully a few of them will be grouped on the same table to make my life easier, as I only follow 2-3 tables... and not very closely, when I am playing in the early rounds.

table assignment - host table... me, playspoker, phreaux, schzol, killashandra, luckylulo, bardiya, ohiomike, redeyed030, abstratto.

Bubble table 1 - skinski, luvthegame, sweblackbird, armbarsalot, kufolem, newfie25, lauradm, prokrind333, mtldon, zowiez

BubbleTable2 - hacksaw20, egonolsen, kanyezee, iamsolitary, rockthefella, blacktyson, mada1970, brunsie, Ossssss

I'll b looking in at some of the other tables as the game progresses... Best of luck to all!

3.00... 5/10... the increased starting chip count seems to have allowed everyone to survive the first hand...

3.08... not that i am holding my breath, but did i actually get enough starting chips so that 10% of the field doesn't bust out in round 1?

3.09... teanter doesn't disappoint and goes out at the buzzer.

3.15... 10/20... Bubble table 2 breaks down... switching to the Cawtbluffin, neobahamut, rahaboss, actyper, riley31, cerberi, brunsie, muratore, xxrockinxxd, tartip table.

3.16... 10/20... tartip tries to make headlines by pushing 4320 chips allin preflop utg. The table correctly folds AA, KK, and 2-7 to tap's ridiculous preflop raise.

3.20... 15/30... is it my imagination or is the donk of a host seeing a lot of flops? 4 players now eliminated by round 3... guess the blinds were pressuring?

3.25... Jaynyc, the hottest player on the tour right now, moves in as the early artificial chip leader...

3.28... 15/30... imjusthere4thebeer pushes allin on the river, but not called.

3.35... 25/50... Rahaboss pushes, brunsie stands down in battle of the bubble 1.

3.36... 25/50... Leader eliminated in a big hand...

SweBlackbird All In for 7,255
ZowieZ Folds
Luvthegame All In for 1,910
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skinski has (Jc, Jh)
Luvthegame has (As, 9h)
SweBlackbird has (Ad, Tc)
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Dealing River (5h)
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SweBlackbird Wins 4,945 from pot 3 with : Pair of Aces
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Luvthegame Wins 4,620 from pot 2 with : Nine High Straight
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Luvthegame Wins 3,710 from pot 1 with : Nine High Straight
skinski OUT --- 103rd place... Enjoy the time with your grandson!

3.38... 25/50... Picture Perfect flop for Lauradm (hint!) ---

SweBlackbird Posted Small Blind 25
Armbarsalot Posted Big Blind 50
Dealing Cards
kufolem Folds
newfie25 Raised to 175
Lauradm Calls 175
Porkrind333 Folds
MTLdon Folds
ZowieZ Folds
Luvthegame Calls 175
SweBlackbird Folds
Armbarsalot Folds
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Dealing Flop (3s,3c,2s)
newfie25 Bets 600
Lauradm Raised to 2,400
Luvthegame Folds
newfie25 Calls 1,800
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Dealing Turn (8c)
newfie25 Checks
Lauradm All In for 2,140
newfie25 Calls 2,140
newfie25 has (Js, As)
Lauradm has (3d, Kd)
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Dealing River (Td)
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Lauradm Wins 9,680 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Threes

3.41... 50/100... another big hand from that table... newfie v Armbarsalot... KQs v JJ... jacks hold, newfie to the rail. btodoughno joins the already deadly, action filled table.

3.42... peacefulpaul currently resides in 98th of 98 places.

3.47... 50/100... action at the table 1 continues... Sweblackbird fails to realize the hammer is not suited, and despite flopping two pair, gets rivered to a higher two pair, thus eliminated in 98th place.

3.50... 75/150... redeye knocked out by ohiomike AQ v 88, when the pocket eights hold up. Mike's up to 13.5K and has been very dangerous with chips in the past.

3.50.30... 75/150... no sooner do I write this than mike's dealt AA. Phreaux flops top pair, gets allin and rivers out to have trip queens. Mike down to 9300.

3.50.45... Table 1 - laura gets allin with KK v ZowieZ's ace. Ace holds and a short stacked zowiez doubles up. Laura down to 8300ish.

End hour 1...

up to the minute chip count

hour 2

1 Luvthegame 17,275
2 Mada1970 13,045
3 JayNYC 13,038
4 lightning36 11,640
5 BobbyOlsen 10,190
6 Lauradm 10,120
7 Evil666 10,025
8 Brunsie 9,980
9 purechaos 9,690
10 Irongirl 9,660
Average Stack : 6086
37 imjusthere4thebeer 5,950

4.05... 100/200 - 92 players remain

4.06.. 100/200 HAMMER TIME!

laysPoker Posted Small Blind 100
phreaux Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (2s, 7h)
SchZol Folds
Killashandra Folds
luckylulo Folds
Bardiya Folds
OhioMike Folds
abstratto Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Raised to 600
PlaysPoker Calls 500
phreaux Folds
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Dealing Flop (Kc,7c,3h)
PlaysPoker Checks
imjusthere4thebeer Bets 700
PlaysPoker Calls 700
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Dealing Turn (2d)
PlaysPoker Checks
imjusthere4thebeer All In for 4,350
PlaysPoker All In for 2,405
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imjusthere4thebeer has (2s, 7h)
PlaysPoker has (Tc, Ac)
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Dealing River (5h)
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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 1,945 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Sevens and Twos
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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 7,610 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Sevens and Twos
PlaysPoker OUT


:)

4.08... blacktyson takes playspoker's spot to my left with 4600 chips.

4.10... I'm still laughing about the hammer holding up...

4.20... smoke break...

4.22... 150/300... oops!

Dealing Flop (5s,5c,4c)
SchZol All In for 3,325
yakdyar All In for 3,080
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yakdyar has (Ah, 5d)
SchZol has (As, Jh)
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Turn (Ad) River (9s)
SchZol Wins 245 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Aces and Fives
yakdyar Wins 8,260 from pot 1 with : Full House, Fives over Aces

4.25... caroon's queens hold up v ajs, just as armbarsalot has aces cracked by a straight to the king by now chipleader luvthegame.

4.27... 200/400... shortstack gone on the table via your's truly. seat now open, as 77 remain.

4.30... 200/400... it happens again...

OhioMike Posted Small Blind 200
yakdyar Posted Big Blind 400
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ts, Kh)
abstratto Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
BlackTyson Folds
phreaux All In for 3,020
Killashandra Folds
luckylulo Folds
Bardiya Folds
OhioMike Folds
yakdyar Calls 2,620
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yakdyar has (Ks, 9s)
phreaux has (2h, 7s)
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Dealing Flop (As,Th,8h)
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Dealing Turn (2d)
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Dealing River (8s)
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phreaux Wins 6,240 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Eights and Twos

Phreaux finishes the job with A10 v j10... priceless...!

4.32... while we're throwing hammers around, laura is playing poker...

brodoughno Posted Small Blind 200
Luvthegame Posted Big Blind 400
Dealing Cards
Lauradm Raised to 800
MTLdon All In for 4,020
Lauradm Calls 3,220
MTLdon has (Ah, Jd)
Lauradm has (Kd, Ac)
Dealing (7d,4c,Kh) (4d)(3d)
Lauradm Wins 8,640 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Kings and Fours
MTLdon OUT in 74th place... odds are don will not have enough with that finish to make the grand final...

Table 2 breaks...

New table to follow...

Joey, cashline, jaynyc, ________, cazwil, hacksaw, lightning36, purechaos, peacefulpaul, and xscrewballx...

4.40... 300/600... paul falls victim to purechaos' button, aggression and trip 8s, v 44...

4.40.30... irony... despite screwball getting game of choice, he falls short of the grand final by running into pocket aces. I can't help but chuckle as he does what he does best... Awesome job John!!!

Screwball continues to whine like a lil biatch baby. Guess he needed more than the scale tipped in his favor. Guess he needed help playing.

4.43... action continues at that table 300/600...

ightning36 Posted Small Blind 300
purechaos Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
RayBans Folds
astinaguy Folds
DamRiver All In for 4,035
cashline Folds
JayNYC All In for 4,556
Surfersandi All In for 3,365
cazwil Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
lightning36 Folds
purechaos Calls 3,956
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purechaos has (8d, Ad)
DamRiver has (Qh, Ac)
JayNYC has (9c, 9h)
Surfersandi has (Kh, Ks)
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Dealing Flop (2h,Td,Qs)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Qd)
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Dealing River (7d)
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purechaos Wins 1,042 from pot 3 with : Flush, Ace High
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purechaos Wins 2,010 from pot 2 with : Flush, Ace High
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purechaos Wins 13,760 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
DamRiver OUT
JayNYC OUT
Surfersandi OUT

WOW!!!

4.45... wvugirl (very short stack) and mufc00 (29K)join the table as mike busts Neo's cowboy party up.

4.47... 400/800... mufc knocks bardiya out.

4.48... sitouts hittin the rail now 41 remain.

4.50... hacksaw joins to my left with 16k, to my 10kish... shortstacked fishymcdonk also joins as a short stack/sitout...

4.55... 500/1000... wade79 transfers in with 16.6k in chips.

4.58... 500/1000... astinaguy relives his prom memories when he catches a 69 on the flop to survive and crack cowboys.

31 remain

5.00... 500/1000... i gots chips...

imjusthere4thebeer Posted Small Blind 500
Hacksaw2000 Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8s, Ac)
phreaux All In for 12,630
imjusthere4thebeer All In for 9,460
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imjusthere4thebeer has (8s, Ac)
phreaux has (Tc, Kh)
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Dealing Flop (7h,As,4h)
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Dealing Turn (2s)
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Dealing River (7d)
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phreaux Wins 2,670 from pot 2 with : Pair of Sevens

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imjusthere4thebeer Wins 20,920 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Aces and Sevens

at the same time... evil confirms he has a royal, and yet still gets called!

Evil666 Posted Small Blind 500
Irongirl Posted Big Blind 1,000
Dealing Cards
cerberi Folds
Quackpot Calls 1,000
BobbyOlsen Folds
RayBans Folds
mpgabriel Folds
Evil666 Calls 500
Irongirl Checks
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Dealing Flop (Ah,Qh,Jh)
Evil666 Checks
Irongirl Checks
Quackpot Bets 1,500
Evil666 Calls 1,500
Irongirl Folds
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Dealing Turn (Th)
Evil666 Checks
Quackpot Checks
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Dealing River (2s)
Evil666 Bets 2,000
Quackpot Calls 2,000
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Evil666 has (Kh, Js)
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Evil666 Wins 10,000 from pot 1 with : Royal Flush

I transfer tables, now with mphabriel, evil666, irongirl01, cerberi, quackpot, wade79 and raybans.

table 2 --- astinaguy, luvthegame, rahaboss, ndkyjoker, hacksaw2000, lauradm, purechaos, dangermouse420

table 3 --- stevenslb159, mada1970, killashandra, ghabanosim, egonolsen, ohiomike, azozo23, and dawgroyal...

Break...

up to the minute chip count

1 Luvthegame 91,720
2 OhioMike 75,555
3 purechaos 50,263
4 Rahaboss 38,016
5 Evil666 36,075
6 azozo23 33,497
7 Quackpot 32,487
Average Stack : 23333
8 EgonOlsen 22,540
9 imjusthere4thebeer 19,920
10 NOKYJOKER 16,105
Prize Bubble
11 Mada1970 15,750
12 Killashandra 15,110
13 Wade79 14,610
14 Hacksaw2000 14,348
15 Lauradm 12,280
16 Irongirl 11,760
17 cerberi 11,170
18 Stevenslb159 10,980
19 GhabanoSim 10,069
20 DangerMouse420 7,235
21 mpgabriel 7,085
22 RayBans 6,780
23 astinaguy 4,320
24 DawgRoyal 2,325

Hour 3

5.08... 750/1500... dawgroyal runs into 99 and is ousted, just as quackpot flops an ace and ousts raybans, sporting pocket 8s.

5.10... mada dominated by ghabanosim ak v aq... 1 hand later and short stacked, goes out vs killashandra.

21 remain.

5.12... 750/1500... qq from evil takes out 77 of mpgabriel.

I move to the laura table and we're hand for hand.

5.17... bustout

Wade79 Posted Small Blind 750
Stevenslb159 Posted Big Blind 1,500
Dealing Cards
Irongirl Folds
Killashandra Folds
Quackpot Folds
Evil666 Folds
GhabanoSim Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
OhioMike Raised to 3,000
azozo23 Raised to 4,500
Wade79 Folds
Stevenslb159 Folds
OhioMike Calls 1,500
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Dealing Flop (5s,7d,4d)
OhioMike Checks
azozo23 Bets 2,250
OhioMike Raised to 9,000
azozo23 All In for 9,781
OhioMike Calls 3,031
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OhioMike has (6d, 3d)
azozo23 has (Ah, Jd)
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Dealing Turn (Ts)
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Dealing River (6s)
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OhioMike Wins 35,312 from pot 1 with : Seven High Straight
azozo23 OUT

5.19... 1000/2000...
cerberi Posted Small Blind 750
purechaos Posted Big Blind 1,500
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8s, 4h)
DangerMouse420 Folds
astinaguy Folds
Luvthegame Folds
Rahaboss Folds
NOKYJOKER Raised to 5,000
Hacksaw2000 Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Lauradm Folds
cerberi Folds
purechaos Calls 3,500
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Dealing Flop (Th,3h,9d)
purechaos Checks
NOKYJOKER All In for 16,355
purechaos Calls 16,355
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purechaos has (Ad, Td)
NOKYJOKER has (Ah, Ks)
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Dealing Turn (Ac)
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Dealing River (Qh)
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purechaos Wins 43,460 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Aces and Tens
NOKYJOKER OUT

angerMouse420 Posted Small Blind 1,000
astinaguy Posted Big Blind 2,000
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (7c, Qs)
Luvthegame Folds
Rahaboss Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
imjusthere4thebeer Folds
Lauradm Folds
cerberi Folds
purechaos Raised to 7,000
DangerMouse420 Folds
astinaguy All In for 70
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (Ah, 6h)
astinaguy has (6d, 9h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (5h,Tc,Td)
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Dealing Turn (4d)
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Dealing River (Kc)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 5,140 from pot 1 with : Pair of Tens
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purechaos Wins 4,930 from pot 2 with : Pair of Tens
astinaguy OUT

5.26... 1000/2000... wade dodges a bullet as his dominated ace does not come into play, splits pot with quack.

5.28... 1000/2000...

EgonOlsen Posted Small Blind 1,000
OhioMike Posted Big Blind 2,000
Dealing Cards
Wade79 Folds
Stevenslb159 All In for 11,730
Irongirl Folds
Killashandra Folds
Quackpot Folds
Evil666 Folds
GhabanoSim Folds
EgonOlsen Folds
OhioMike Calls 9,730
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OhioMike has (Jd, Ah)
Stevenslb159 has (9s, 9h)
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Dealing Flop (4d,6h,Ad)
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Dealing Turn (2d)
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Dealing River (Tc)
-------------------------------------------------
OhioMike Wins 24,460 from pot 1 with : Pair of Aces
Stevenslb159 OUT

5.30... flushed...

Dealing Flop (9d,9c,2d)
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Dealing Turn (6d)
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Dealing River (Kd)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 16,370 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
imjusthere4thebeer OUT = 16th place.

5.31... 1500/3000... oops!

Rahaboss Posted Small Blind 1,500
Hacksaw2000 Posted Big Blind 3,000
Dealing Cards
OhioMike Raised to 9,000
Lauradm Folds
cerberi Folds
purechaos Folds
Luvthegame Calls 9,000
Rahaboss Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
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Dealing Flop (8d,9d,8h)
OhioMike Bets 9,000
Luvthegame Calls 9,000
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Dealing Turn (Tc)
OhioMike All In for 101,316
Luvthegame All In for 75,470
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Luvthegame has (Th, Ah)
OhioMike has (Jc, Qh)
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Dealing River (Ac)
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OhioMike Wins 25,846 from pot 2 with : Queen High Straight
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OhioMike Wins 191,440 from pot 1 with : Queen High Straight
Luvthegame OUT


Purechaos is verified and collects the bounty!

Scenarios

irongirl is already in...

killashandra must win to come close.

quackpot is in 35th on the leaderboard. A final table may put him through.

Evil666 is in the same boat, sittin in 37th place.

Ghabanosim must finish top 3 for a shot.

Wade79 - must final table and change.

Rahaboss now in 24th place is surely through, as is egon.

OhioMike must finish top 3-5 for a chance.

Laura must clear the final table and go a bit.

Purechaos - has pretty much made it through.



5.36... 1500/3000 - ohiomike dumps hacksaw flopping 2 pr vs. brad's 3s...

5.41... 2000/4000... laura chips up through egon as the final table is formed.

5.44... 2000/4000 - egon out in 10th

GhabanoSim Posted Small Blind 2,000
purechaos Posted Big Blind 4,000
Dealing Cards
Killashandra Folds
Wade79 Folds
Evil666 Folds
Irongirl Folds
EgonOlsen All In for 7,806
Quackpot Folds
OhioMike Calls 7,806
Lauradm Folds
GhabanoSim Folds
purechaos Calls 3,806
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Dealing Flop (7c,Kc,6s)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
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Dealing Turn (2d)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
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Dealing River (Td)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (Th, 7d)
EgonOlsen has (Jd, Ad)
OhioMike has (Jc, Js)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 25,418 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Tens and Sevens
EgonOlsen OUT

5.45... killashandra cdu's through wade, who is now in the SB and the short stack, only for wade to be ousted by evil in the big blind, during an attempted CDU...

5.46... 2000/4000... laura in the bigblind 2180 remaining, chip leader in the small, who raises up. Laura folds. SB has her down to 180 now. Iron girl raises, laura calls with 3-5 to ig's A9 and laura is on the rail in 8th place. Here's to hoping 8 is enough! too close to call right now...

5.52... 3000/6000

GhabanoSim Posted Small Blind 3,000
purechaos Posted Big Blind 6,000
Dealing Cards
Evil666 Folds
Irongirl Folds
Quackpot All In for 24,788
OhioMike Folds
GhabanoSim Folds
purechaos Calls 18,788
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purechaos has (7s, Ks)
Quackpot has (4s, As)
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Dealing Flop (2d,2h,Kc)
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Dealing Turn (Kh)
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Dealing River (9c)
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purechaos Wins 52,576 from pot 1 with : Full House, Kings over Twos
Quackpot OUT 6th place...

5.53... OhioMike Posted Small Blind 3,000
GhabanoSim Posted Big Blind 6,000
Dealing Cards
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Folds
Irongirl All In for 25,240
OhioMike Calls 22,240
GhabanoSim Folds
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Irongirl has (Ad, 6c)
OhioMike has (Kh, Kd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (2h,5h,6d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (5c)
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Dealing River (Kc)
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OhioMike Wins 56,480 from pot 1 with : Full House, Kings over Fives
Irongirl OUT

4 handed... ohiomike 295K, ghabanosim 20K, purechaos 178k, evil666 54K...

5.57... 3000/6000... bustout

GhabanoSim Posted Small Blind 3,000
purechaos Posted Big Blind 6,000
Dealing Cards
Evil666 Folds
OhioMike Raised to 18,000
GhabanoSim All In for 19,152
purechaos Calls 16,152
OhioMike Calls 4,152
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Dealing Flop (Ad,6d,Td)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
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Dealing Turn (4d)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
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Dealing River (8s)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Checks
-------------------------------------------------
GhabanoSim has (Ah, 4s)
purechaos has (5c, 6c)
OhioMike has (9h, 7h)
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OhioMike Wins 66,456 from pot 1 with : Ten High Straight
GhabanoSim OUT


3 handed...

amazing, mike said he had to win to make the grand final... now here he is playing for the win.

6.00... 4000/8000... big hand

Evil666 Posted Small Blind 4,000
OhioMike Posted Big Blind 8,000
Dealing Cards
purechaos Folds
Evil666 Calls 4,000
OhioMike Checks
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Dealing Flop (2s,5d,6h)
Evil666 Checks
OhioMike Bets 16,000
Evil666 All In for 51,393
OhioMike Calls 35,393
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Evil666 has (6s, 7d)
OhioMike has (2d, Kh)
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Dealing Turn (6c)
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Dealing River (Qh)
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Evil666 Wins 118,786 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Sixes - ironic, isn't it...

mike has 243,473, chaos 193,741, evil now with 110,788...

6.05... relentless preflop and flop action... lots of bet/fold going on... 24 players looking on as the final three battle it out.

6.06... 4000/8000... we're heads up...

purechaos Posted Small Blind 4,000
Evil666 Posted Big Blind 8,000
Dealing Cards
OhioMike Raised to 32,000
purechaos Calls 28,000
Evil666 Folds
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Dealing Flop (2h,Js,Qs)
purechaos Checks
OhioMike Bets 24,000
purechaos All In for 147,741
OhioMike Calls 123,741
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purechaos has (Ac, Jd)
OhioMike has (8c, Qd)
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Dealing Turn (4h)
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Dealing River (6s)
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OhioMike Wins 367,482 from pot 1 with : Pair of Queens
purechaos OUT


509-51 in favor of mike...

hand 3 - evil allin preflop, it's over... mike takes it down! Great finish by all...

Let's anxiously await the grand final listing... and the finalists are......

skinski
irongirl01
purechaos
imjusthere4thebeer
viezeman
kufolem
zowiez
astinaguy
iyatoni
freeroll26
natsdad
jaynyc
dawgroyal
brodoughno
evil666
egonolsen
cerberi
pearlsnapman
hacksaw2000
ohiomike ---- by three points!!!!

Congrats and see you all next week!

Mike

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