Chips and Chair ( Jimbo Cleans up again )

Our Home Game Page is Here We play a No-Limit Texas Holdem tournament every Friday night. 10 - 18 people on average. $20 buy in.

We had a big turnout tonight, the biggest in a few months. 17 players tested fury of the poker Gods. We had three new players thrown into the mix. Carl (my dads buddy), Mike (who works for me) and "No Show" Brian (we recently met at our Pool). I drew my favorite table again and I'm feeling good so let's get the cards in the air.

The action started off slowly for some reason. Nobody played a monster pot for the first hour it seemed. The only thing I remember was knocking Carl out with TPTK and watching him rebuy. I did take some notes when BJ was all in however. In middle position BJ pushed in his last 340 remarking "I must be out of practice I guess". Well, that's what happens when you miss out on a month of games. I reraised him to shut everyone else out and my pocket Jacks send BJ to the rail.

The next hand I make a 4xBB raise from the button with a suited 9 10. Toby calls out of the small blind and Brian folds his Big Blind. On the short stack again, Carl pushes all in for his last 400 or so. To his left, Bosey , who had limped, makes a raise of $100 to create a sidepot. I have no idea why. I call the $100 and so does Toby.

FLOP !!! 9 Q 5 giving me a pair of nines. Toby checks, Bosey Checks. I bet $200 into the side pot, Toby folds and Bosey calls.

TURN !!! 6 I bet $200 more and Bosey calls again.

RIVER !!! 8 Bosey checks to me and with only a pair of nines I decide to check as well.

Carl shows A7 suited and Bosey has AJ off. I take down a monster pot of over $1500 with nines.


Well, it's 10:03 PM and the big stack at the table is "No Show" Brian who has yet to show his cards even once. Everyone folds when he makes a big bet and he has been raking it in for 2 hours.
It's at this time the "No Show" nickname was applied. The next hand he makes a raise and gets a few callers. Everyone folds out when he bets at the flop. The whole table chastises him into showing his mucked cards and he digs them out to show us AK suited. Nice.

Chip Count !!!
10:17pm
Me - 3100
TJ - 1000
Jimbo- 1990
Brian- 2200
various short stacks.
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10:35
Final Table looks like this.......
ME
<----- to my left
Wesley
Brian
Jimbo
Jack
Bill
TJ
FNG Tony

blinds 100-200
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The payouts are set at $200 $100 and $40. We had one rebuy.

Somehow, my dad (Jimbo) has managed to stick around after having dropped down to $190 in chips on not one, but two occasions leading up til now. He got into a 4 way pot and quadrupled up to become a force at the table. Uh Oh. Chips and a Chair I guess.

I was just about as card dead as you can hope for at the final table. I never had a pair for the first half hour of play and when I saw a suited KQ it looked like Aces. I had been knocked down to 2000 chips by one suckout and a lost coinflip. On my right,TJ a.k.a Food Lion makes a small raise for $200 and I reraise $600 more. TJ ponders briefly before pushing all in. TJ shows me a A4 offsuit. I flop my Queen then TJ turns an Ace to double through me.

One rotation later the blinds are hitting me and I only have $490 left. I wait as long as I can and then find AK suited in the Big Blind. I am tickled to get my chips in the pot with such a hand and even more ticlked when TJ calls from the button with 10 7 of spades. My excitement is soon squashed by a 10 on the turn and I'm gonzo. I have a few chioce words for TJ as I stand up and head to the fridge for a cold one.
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HAnd of the Week


From the Small Blind, in an uncontested pot, Brian raises $400 into Jimbos Big Blind with a pair ofpocket rockets. Not knowing this of course, Jimbo likes his hand enough to call the modest bet while exclaming "I'll call it, but a 10 never hits when I need it".

FLOP !!! 10 8 5

Brian make a pot sized bet after some careful consideration of Jimbos comment about the ten. At this point I am personally putting the old man on a set of tens and I'm pretty sure that "No Show" Brian has a big hand as well.

Peering back at his cards, Jimbo announces that he is in fact all in for about $3000 more . Brian goes into the tank for nearly two minutes and somewhat sheepishly calls while simultaniously slamming down his aces. Jimbo takes his time turning over a 10 8 offsuit for two pair. Brian does not improve and he is eliminated finally showing down a hand. Too bad. That sucks. Nice job old man.
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Moving right along. Blind are $200 - $400 still. It's heads up with Jimbo and Food Lion. I decide to sit down with my beer and deal for them. It takes only about 6-7 hands before TJ raises $1000 with J 10 suited and Jimbo comes over the top with A 8 for all his chips. TJ calls kinda quick and they turn them over.

Jimbo make Trip 8s and TJ comes away with nothing but a busted straight and 2nd place money. That's it. Jimbo wins again. Congrats.

I taught him too much I think.

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editors note - Jimbo never took a single chip off of me once the whole night.

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It's 1am and 7 of us pitch in $10 and decide to play our first TURBO tourney. Each man got $1000 in chips and the blinds would be set at an astonishing $100 and $200. At this rate you could barely make three rounds before getting blinded off. Action is sure to come.

The draw for the dealer puts me UTG the first hand and Jimmy is nice enough to deal me AQ of hearts. I say fuk it and go all in thinking this will be the best hand I'll see in the whole tourney most likely. JImbo folds. Bill goes all in too with A6s. Jimmy folds on the button with (a7o no less) Ronnie calls fromt he SB with KQo. Then Michael the BB goes all in and shows his own suited AQc.

Jimmy does a "5 card turbo all at once flop" since everyone is all in. Jimy slams down the stack of cards and slowly separates them. Ronnie yelps when he spots his King !!! "Whoo Hoo" !

Oops ! My eyes however are focused on the 3 hearts emerging slowly from the pile. Heart Flush for your hero! I have the mortal nuts. Amazing. Poor Michael with his own AQ suited is dejected but composed. Ronnie sits stunned, still refusing to admit there are three hearts on the board.

The action heats up fast and we are down to heads up. Myself and Jimbo are about to butt heads once again. Jimbo is dealing and limps. I push in with a suited A8 and he calls with K 9. The ace high wins the hand and I go from down $20 on the night to up $40. That's better.

PS> sorry this took forever to get up this week. It's 101 degrees here and my office is in the front of the house and it stays kinda warm. I hope you buy that excuse.

Look for a Bad Beat and a Big Hand to be posted tomorrow.


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