[8:35] Tis the season... for more poker. Love is in the air as we kick this 10th season of the BPC off with some announcements and take a moment to reflect on our blessings, accomplishments, loved ones, and donkeys. We have all of them here. Congratulations again to our very own Sponge Bob Jeff Hall, for winning last season's final table, his second win in 3 years. Very well done. He spent the last few weeks of the season sweating out maintaining his position in the Top 9, and ended up tightly sandwiched in the 8th spot just one point behind 7th and one point ahead of 9th. I didn't see a single hand at the final table because I was too busy donking off my chips to Nisha The Velvet Hammer in the loser's bracket, but by all accounts Jeff played excellent poker and was able to claw his way to the top and take down the the dominate chip leader Chester in heads up play. Also congrats to Jeff Potts for strategically showing up about 4 1/2 hours late for the second table, and taking down Nisha in heads up play for the win.
Once again we also give thanks to the Burnetts for hosting the club and the rag tag group that decends upon Taffeta Lane every week. And finally, big congratulations to Sapna, Sonny, Bagu, Ruby and Jaclyn... they are expecting twin boys!!! Great, more Tejwani-like peeps to beat down on me.
One final announcement in case you missed it, there will be additional bonus chips this season. Each 5-week winner will receive an extra 250,000 in chips to bring with them to whatever table they end up at. Meaning, the 25 week season will be separated into 5 5-week periods, and whoever scores the most points for EACH 5-week mini-season will get an extra 250,000 to rub all over their greased up bodies for the final tables. (Ok maybe its just Chess that does that.) This should create very competitive mini-sprints that help increase the focus and action even more over the long season.
And now on to the action...
[8:40] A full 5 minutes into the new season and we have our first all in. Cupcake and Jackass heads up and there's a King high flop with 2 spades. The Cup has K-7 spades for top pair and second nut flush draw, and Jackodonkey has A-K. No help comes, and Cup is our first casualty. No fair though, that was 3 against 1.
Speaking of which, Jackolope, Sapna and Kikoo will be playing as a team this year under the banner of SoupOrSalad (pronounced sah-laad'.) Also, The Cake and the Karrie will be tag teaming as well under team KarrieCake. I will continue to give away all my chips by myself.
"For my 40th, I had a mexican luau. Want to hear it?" - Kurt
Not sure why I wrote that down, but its not something you hear every day.
[9:06] Still so early in the season, and I look down and see... my feet. But I look a little higher and I see, oh crap, he's back already... pkt Kings. Yikes, pkt Kings. Damn you pkt K's, its far too early for me to deal with you, I should just toss you back in the muck.
PK: "No Kumo, don't do that, its a new season, I'll treat you right."
Kumo: "Yeah right. It IS a New Season though."
PK: "With all new possibilities and opportunities, c'mon let's bury the hatchet and start fresh."
Kumo: "Bury the hatchet? Take it out of my back first you slimey piece of sh..."
PK: "Awe Kumo, don't talk like that. Come on, its a new season, and you know I love you."
Kumo: "You do look good tonight. Have you been working out?
PK: "Its all for you Kumo, now let's do this."
Kumo: "Ok."
Its a new season though, right? With new results, right? Everything should be back to normal and Kings should be a relatively decent hand, right? Right! Let's do this! Eh, better just call and walk this one through, you just know I'm behind, no matter what everyone else has. 5 players end up smooth calling, and the flop comes Queen high. Perfect!...ish. You really can't ask for much more, right? Still though, I can't shake that Charlie Brown feeling that Lucy is holding the ball long enough for me to run full speed into it, just to pull it away at the very last second, sending me flying into the air and landing shamed and bewildered on my ass.
There's about 750 in the pot, how about jogging into it with a 700 bet. Snap call from Jagu. Damn, does it really have to be Jagu? Really? He more than anyone, has completely had my number EVERY time we run into each other. No matter what I have, over the last few seasons he always manages to find a way to come from behind and suck out. Why couldn't it have been someone else? BUT, its a new season right? Right! Turn comes a rag, and Jagu checks. Ok, enough of this nonsense, time for a gallop... 3000 bet. Call from Jagu. Crap. He's gotta have a Queen, but it doesn't feel like he's proud of his kicker. There's no flush draw, no straight draw, if he had a set he probably would have went over the top of the 3000 bet. Ok New Season, let's take this one home, time for the river, which comes... a Queen. :(
You know that Price Is Right music with the trumpets that they play whenever someone has a chance of winning, but doesn't. Yeah, loud and clear. Jagu checks and I can't bet in to it, he shows Q-5. Ouch, that's a big call with that crappy a kicker. My first instinct was that he made a bad read and didn't put me on a strong Q or an over pair, but clearly he put me exactly on the pkt K's, knowing full well I couldn't possibly win with them. Well played.
That's a tough loss so early in this "new season", so far its just like the old. But I still got about 7000 in chips, plenty to play with.
[9:18] We're down one Ant. Not sure what happened, Sunj shipped about 4000 chips to him earlier in the night, but it looks like she got them all back, as well as all of his.
[9:20] 9-8-3 rainbow flop and Jagu puts Nicole all in for about 5000 with about 4000 in the pot. Nicole calls with pkt Kings, and Jagu shows pkt 10's for the overpair, but still behind. For now at least, wait for it... Kings never hold up. Turn comes a rag, and river a rag, and Nicole doubles up with the Kings. Wuh? Wait, huh? What happened? I don't get it, it looks so easy.
[9:25] Padma shoves all in with a K and a K-8-3 board. Jagu calls from the big blind with 8-3, two pair. No help and Padma is out.
[9:33] I got 9-3 in the hole. Cool, this could be a fun hand, time for some revenge. Jagu has beaten up on me with 9-3 on at least 2 very significant occasions in our history. Huge huge pots with either chip lead or money position on the line, and ever since then its been a goal to beat with with that very same hand and return the favor. Some people aspire to win tournaments, maybe cash at the main event. No, not me, my main goal in poker, second only to winning a hand with pkt Kings, is to beat Jagu with 9-3. He plays it only because it was the birth weight of his first grandson. Hey, whatever works, and this one has worked for him in the past. But this is the New Season!!! And its my turn to show him some birth weight.
So I min raise from middle position with the 9-3, and of course get the call from Jagu. Fine. Flop comes 9-6-3, holy crap, I did it, I flopped 2 pair with this crappy hand, AND have Jagu hooked. Thank you New Season!!! Checks around to me and I bet out 1800, getting the snap call from Jagu. Perfect, and the turn comes a King, which I'm not worried about at all. This is proceeding nicely. Jagu bets out 3000, and I shove for the rest. There's about 15,000 in the pot, and he shows A-9, flopping the initial top pair-top kicker against my two pair. No worries, I got him right where I want him, he's only got 9 outs with one card to go, I'm over 4-1 favorite.
River comes... a 6.
Counterfitted, and I'm sent packing. Welcome to the "new season".
Sorry, I wish I had more hands to write about, but that's all I got. Here's how it ended up:
Week 1:
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Nicole 15
Jeremiah 12
Ruby 9
Jagu 6
Kurt 3
Jeena (Bubble)
Note that the Food Schedule is on the points sheet in a separate tab for reference. Let Sungina know of any conflicts and we'll get it updated.
Steven - you're up for next week.
Week Date Player
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1 December-10 Burnetts
2 December-17 Steven
3 December-23 Karrie
4 December-30 Amit
5 January-07 Cake
6 January-14 Mike
7 January-15 Padma
8 January-21 Kurt
9 January-28 Bagu
10 February-04 Nicole
11 February-11 Nisha
12 February-18 Judy
13 February-25 Cupcake
14 March-04 Scott
15 March-11 J Potts
16 March-18 Arjan
17 March-25 Eric
18 April-01 SoupOrSalad
19 April-08 J Hall
20 April-15 Jeremiah
21 April-22 Sungina
22 April-29 Kelly
23 May-06 Ruby
24 May-13 Omar
25 May-20 Jagu
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