We were six-handed last night with the nuttiness beginning right from the very first hand. Poor, unlucky Action\Drunk Dan was all-in pre-flop with A A against Michael J. Hauer’s Q Q with a queen burnt by a folding player. Mike, of course, hit the case queen on the river and Dan was down $300 before his VO had a chance to even chill. How unfortunate. Unfortunately for both Dan and Mike, that was the high points of both of their nights.
The big winner of the night was the often unassuming Kevin T. Cooper who took a $1200 pot with an Ace high flush versus a King high flush for Mr. Hauer. Cooper briefly crossed the $1,000 mark before settling for a +$920 night which was his third straight winning session (the longest such streak) and moved him firmly into the black for the year. Cooper’s endless Favre-like retirement talk has, once again, been put on hold.
As for other players, Mr. Hauer went straight downhill after his quick start losing $540 for the evening to close out an absolutely dreadful August. That’s -$840 lost AFTER the bad beat he put on poor, misunderstood Dan and represented Mr. Hauer’s fourth straight $400+ losing session. Mr. Hauer, once atop the leaderboard for the year-to-date standings, is firmly in second place but needs a telescope to see Lawrence after losing nearly $2,000 during August. Mr. Hauer was always known as a September player anyway and we’re sure he’ll turn his fortunes around next week.
In other action, our host, Sir Lawrence, finished out an extremely impressive August of +$3,000 with a +$570 haul last night despite his penchant for paying Mr. Cooper when he knows he is beat. Lawrence had the call of the night with his river call on Drunk Dan (he was no longer Action Dan at this point) for $50 with QUEEN HIGH. Something tells us we might be reminded of that call for the next couple of years. Lawrence, job well done the last several weeks and the pumpernickel pretzels you served were also an excellent addition to the game. Keep up the good work, Sport.
Joseph Crawford broke his typical pattern last night and actually did NOT get cracked with his first buy-in and, instead, started out winning, then lost, then won again and finally yielded a minor loss of -$49 for the night. On the positive side, Msgr. Crawford was able to finish his thesis and mow two lawns while waiting for Lawrence to finally, FINALLY make his killer call on Drunk Dan.
As for Drunk Dan, he lost another $779 bringing his total losses to $2,389 for the month of August alone which is even more astonishing considering he only played 3 times during the month. That’s nearly a loss of $800 per session for the month. Dan’s year-to-date losses in the FIVE months we have played are just a shade under $6,000. For those counting at home, that pro-rates to $14,400 over a full year and $144,000 over the next 10 years. Let’s hope his liver holds out and he lives that long. Dan’s mistakes are too numerous to mention and this is a commentary, not a research paper. Let’s just say, calling and folding remain two weak spots in his game.
Finally, last but certainly not least, this commentator’s new favorite player, Mr. Chad, lost $122 for the night. Mr. Chad did have the bluff, and the play, of the night when he raised to $15 pre-flop with 2 4 suited and won a $3 pot. For those who like coincidences, $3 is also the exercise price for Mr. Chad’s oldest SEI stock options.
Have a great Labor Day weekend, see you next Thursday.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21st action
Well, once again, the action at Shady Larry’s managed to reach new and dizzying heights last night as we played 10 handed for those of you who were unable to attend. World records were set on both sides of the ledger with our beloved host, Sir Lawrence, winning a stunning $1,750 on the night putting him up over $4400 year-to-date which represents 44% of all the winnings available. Of course, there is another side to that story and, shockingly enough, that other side was Action Dan (or Mortgage Broker Dan or Drunk Dan as he also affectionately called). Dan was down more than $1400 at one point but doubled up on the last of his many buy-ins after a late night ATM stop at the Wawa (mmmmm Shorti’s). That late night rally allowed Dan to “only” lose $1,020 for the night. Well done. Dan’s night started poorly when he rivered a full house with his pocket Jack’s (over Aces) only to discover that our hero, Sir Lawrence, had made his higher full house long before with his Ace King. It was certainly quite a preview of things to come as Lawrence kept winning (and rivering) and Dan kept, well, you know. Dan’s year-to-date statistics need to be put in perspective. He is now down $5203, 49% of all the money lost in these games which is quite impressive since 21 different players have made it to this game at some point. In addition, Dan has had just three winning sessions in 15 tries and in one of those three winning sessions, he took home the grand total of $8. Dan’s AVERAGE night now clocks in at -$347. Hopefully Dan’s 54 year old blind date this weekend likes fast food and does not mind the smell of alcohol and desperation.
Although most of the universe revolves around Lawrence and Action Dan, there was other play to note. Vietnam Vet Kevin (aka Kevin from the Best Western at Kulpsville) made his second straight $300 donation but bested his play from last week by making it until 9:41pm. Good job and we look forward to seeing you next week. Michael J. Hauer, my favorite player, continued to prove that tilting can go own for weeks at a time by dumping $400 plus dollars to the winners for the third straight week. August has not been kind to Mr. Hauer as he has followed his huge $1,232 win on July 31st with losses of $499, $427 and $400 over the last three weeks. Frightening. Joe Crawford ended his Mike McD like retirement and returned back to the island last night and we were all better people for spending more time with our favorite thesis writing landscaper. Young Joseph kept his familiar and predictable pattern by getting busted with his first buy-in before battling all the way back and ultimately returning an impressive $350. Crawford’s “lose early, dust yourself off and battle back for the win” routine is very formulaic and played at this point but we still get sucked in and love watching him do it every week. Well done, brother.
As for other players, John Keegan joined the game and turned a minimal buy-in into $165 of winnings. Good job. More importantly, while watching Action Dan play, John was seen with the same look in his eyes that G Ron had the first time he was changing in the boys locker room in junior high school. Very confused and wildly intrigued. I do not think we have seen the last of Mr. Keegan. In other play, TJ misplayed Big Slick more times than he can remember and quietly lost $500. TJ will lose plenty of sleep over the next several nights over his pre flop laydown of 6 6 with three way action with Lawrence and Action Dan (the subsequent flop was 7 7 6……ouch). Dan Krueger had a nice session, his first winning one since these things have been recorded, although Dan will tell you in great detail how much he has won prior to the creation of this spreadsheet. Nobody cares. As for Dana, he magically turned some early wins into some disappointing late night losses. Fortunately for Dana, he is currently on his way to Aruba while the rest of us sit at our PC’s waiting for updates on Reggie Brown’s hamstring injury. Maybe Dana was the real winner for the night.
And, finally, yours truly, had his second straight modestly positive session which is quite the achievement for playing a hand every two hours (and usually misplaying that hand when it comes).
Although most of the universe revolves around Lawrence and Action Dan, there was other play to note. Vietnam Vet Kevin (aka Kevin from the Best Western at Kulpsville) made his second straight $300 donation but bested his play from last week by making it until 9:41pm. Good job and we look forward to seeing you next week. Michael J. Hauer, my favorite player, continued to prove that tilting can go own for weeks at a time by dumping $400 plus dollars to the winners for the third straight week. August has not been kind to Mr. Hauer as he has followed his huge $1,232 win on July 31st with losses of $499, $427 and $400 over the last three weeks. Frightening. Joe Crawford ended his Mike McD like retirement and returned back to the island last night and we were all better people for spending more time with our favorite thesis writing landscaper. Young Joseph kept his familiar and predictable pattern by getting busted with his first buy-in before battling all the way back and ultimately returning an impressive $350. Crawford’s “lose early, dust yourself off and battle back for the win” routine is very formulaic and played at this point but we still get sucked in and love watching him do it every week. Well done, brother.
As for other players, John Keegan joined the game and turned a minimal buy-in into $165 of winnings. Good job. More importantly, while watching Action Dan play, John was seen with the same look in his eyes that G Ron had the first time he was changing in the boys locker room in junior high school. Very confused and wildly intrigued. I do not think we have seen the last of Mr. Keegan. In other play, TJ misplayed Big Slick more times than he can remember and quietly lost $500. TJ will lose plenty of sleep over the next several nights over his pre flop laydown of 6 6 with three way action with Lawrence and Action Dan (the subsequent flop was 7 7 6……ouch). Dan Krueger had a nice session, his first winning one since these things have been recorded, although Dan will tell you in great detail how much he has won prior to the creation of this spreadsheet. Nobody cares. As for Dana, he magically turned some early wins into some disappointing late night losses. Fortunately for Dana, he is currently on his way to Aruba while the rest of us sit at our PC’s waiting for updates on Reggie Brown’s hamstring injury. Maybe Dana was the real winner for the night.
And, finally, yours truly, had his second straight modestly positive session which is quite the achievement for playing a hand every two hours (and usually misplaying that hand when it comes).
Thursday, August 14th action
Attached, please find the weekly updated earnings list from Shady Larry’s weekly game. Last Thursday night featured some more exciting 7 handed action with everyone’s favorite Orangeman, the beloved Dana Cottrell, the big winner taking home $552. The win broke Dana’s 3 session losing streak and was his first winning session in Lederach since May 1st (not that anyone is counting). The hand of the night was Dana river-ing his fourth Ace to beat Mr. Hauer’s Ace high flush which he simply wasn’t a strong enough player to lay down (his words, not mine).
In other developments, Kevin from the Best Western in Kulpsville, made his debut losing a cool $300 in a little over an hour. Michael J. Hauer, this writer’s favorite card player, had his second straight rough week and fell $6 behind host Larry Nelson for the total earnings leader for the year. Meanwhile, Mr. Chad had a steady and solid night winning $156 which moved him modestly back into the black year-to-date. Finally, TJ and yours truly, Mr. Cooper, had an exciting night of folding.
In other developments, Kevin from the Best Western in Kulpsville, made his debut losing a cool $300 in a little over an hour. Michael J. Hauer, this writer’s favorite card player, had his second straight rough week and fell $6 behind host Larry Nelson for the total earnings leader for the year. Meanwhile, Mr. Chad had a steady and solid night winning $156 which moved him modestly back into the black year-to-date. Finally, TJ and yours truly, Mr. Cooper, had an exciting night of folding.
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