I'm All-In '08 for the Bridge Program Poker Tournament!
Join me Sunday, April 13th, 2-6 pm, at the ECHOPLEX and play for some great prizes, and an exciting party. Or sponsor me by contributing to my buy-in goal and watching me play. Or join the party afterwards.
From 6 pm on there will be music, dancing, food and drinks. Register now by going to http://bridge.kintera.org/poker. All funds raised will help support the Bridge Program, one of the most innovative education programs in Los Angeles. Your donation will help purchase textbooks and class materials, provide quality instruction and tutoring, and cover meal and transportation costs for Bridge Program students. If you'd like to learn more about Bridge, please visit www.thebridgeprogram.org.
Please join me by becoming an All-In player yourself or by sponsoring me as I play on April 13th. Follow This Link to visit my personal web page and help me in my efforts to support The Bridge Program.
Cheers from team Seven-Deuce, P
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Don't Speak
Just take all your chips and run.
5 players in each of the first two rounds last night. It was culminated with Andrew taking the first round after a miracle recovery. Tim went into heads up after busting both Robert and I on the same hand, 4 handed. Blinds were at 3-6, and Tim called, followed by a call by Jordan. Robert then raised to 12, and I made my move all-in for my last 90. Tim went into the tank and finally called with A-Q os, Robert called almost immediately. I turned over Jh-10h, and Robert had pocket 4's. The flop came out A-Q-9 (no hearts), the turn was another 9, and the river blanked everyone. Tim's two pair gave him a massive lead heads up as Andrew was the short stack at around 40 chips.
The first pot went to Drew, doubling him, and slowly he whittled away all of Tim's chips before beating him with two pair on the final hand.
I took round two after a marathon heads up with Jordan. I took a large pot in the beginning flopping a set of Q's, when Tim hit top pair. Tay had raised the action, and I re-raised, Tim called, and Tay laid down. After the flop I pushed all in, and Tim made a smooth call to find himself drawing almost dead. Head ups with Jordan was about 40 hands. Finally I took down the pot hitting a flush on the river. Jordan hit his straight and re-raised me all in. I called and that ended it.
In round three, Tim, Drew, and I went three handed with a 125 start. I was first to go, after hitting a monster hand, I got stuck in reverse and never recovered. Drew eventually busted me flopping a straight. Heads up with Tim, Drew dominated action until the end.
Next week looks good to go for right now. I'll let you know if anything changes through twitter. I'm thinking that we should all BBQ beforehand. BYOM. Pass it along, and get more people over to pablosplace.
Cheers, P
5 players in each of the first two rounds last night. It was culminated with Andrew taking the first round after a miracle recovery. Tim went into heads up after busting both Robert and I on the same hand, 4 handed. Blinds were at 3-6, and Tim called, followed by a call by Jordan. Robert then raised to 12, and I made my move all-in for my last 90. Tim went into the tank and finally called with A-Q os, Robert called almost immediately. I turned over Jh-10h, and Robert had pocket 4's. The flop came out A-Q-9 (no hearts), the turn was another 9, and the river blanked everyone. Tim's two pair gave him a massive lead heads up as Andrew was the short stack at around 40 chips.
The first pot went to Drew, doubling him, and slowly he whittled away all of Tim's chips before beating him with two pair on the final hand.
I took round two after a marathon heads up with Jordan. I took a large pot in the beginning flopping a set of Q's, when Tim hit top pair. Tay had raised the action, and I re-raised, Tim called, and Tay laid down. After the flop I pushed all in, and Tim made a smooth call to find himself drawing almost dead. Head ups with Jordan was about 40 hands. Finally I took down the pot hitting a flush on the river. Jordan hit his straight and re-raised me all in. I called and that ended it.
In round three, Tim, Drew, and I went three handed with a 125 start. I was first to go, after hitting a monster hand, I got stuck in reverse and never recovered. Drew eventually busted me flopping a straight. Heads up with Tim, Drew dominated action until the end.
Next week looks good to go for right now. I'll let you know if anything changes through twitter. I'm thinking that we should all BBQ beforehand. BYOM. Pass it along, and get more people over to pablosplace.
Cheers, P
Thursday, April 3, 2008
The show must go on.....
with, or without regulars. With Jordan being in Fresno, Andrew holding up pablosplace pride in Las Vegas, and Tim hanging with relatives, I thought that Pablosplace would be a no-go last week. But, thanks to Robert and Tay bringing some added people (Sherman, who took the pot and brought tequilla), we had ourselves a game.
5 handed for both round 1 and round 2, Sherman put the beatdown on me during round 1. Heads up, I got worked over four straight hands and Sherman came out on top.
Traci didn't join us for round two, but Tim did make it in time, and ended up taking the pot down. I was eliminated on a really interesting hand. From the big blind, I checked my option, and we went 3 handed to the flop. I was holding J-5 offsuit. The flop came 4-5-6, 1 spade. I made a bet of 12, and Tay raised to 24. Robert folded and I called. The As came on the turn, and from UTG, I immediately went all in for my last 72. Tay went into the tank for a while and finally made the call, having me covered by 20. I commented "You've got me," only to have her turn over Qs-7s. She had a lot of outs (any 3, 7, 8, Q, or spade would've done the trick), and alas, the 7 of diamonds hit the river and I was eliminated. Tim controled action from there on out as the story goes, as I moped to the chair in the living room and proceeded to pass out.
Tomorrow looks to be a go for the moment, although I may have to fly into Fresno (more on that later probably through twitter). I'll let you know. Cheers, P
5 handed for both round 1 and round 2, Sherman put the beatdown on me during round 1. Heads up, I got worked over four straight hands and Sherman came out on top.
Traci didn't join us for round two, but Tim did make it in time, and ended up taking the pot down. I was eliminated on a really interesting hand. From the big blind, I checked my option, and we went 3 handed to the flop. I was holding J-5 offsuit. The flop came 4-5-6, 1 spade. I made a bet of 12, and Tay raised to 24. Robert folded and I called. The As came on the turn, and from UTG, I immediately went all in for my last 72. Tay went into the tank for a while and finally made the call, having me covered by 20. I commented "You've got me," only to have her turn over Qs-7s. She had a lot of outs (any 3, 7, 8, Q, or spade would've done the trick), and alas, the 7 of diamonds hit the river and I was eliminated. Tim controled action from there on out as the story goes, as I moped to the chair in the living room and proceeded to pass out.
Tomorrow looks to be a go for the moment, although I may have to fly into Fresno (more on that later probably through twitter). I'll let you know. Cheers, P
Friday, March 28, 2008
GAME ON!!!
Tay just e-mailed and it looks like we're a go. Right now we have 5 confirmed with another stand-by in the wings. I'm feeling a little BBQ action is necessary before the game. Let me know if you can make it. Cheers, P
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Marathon
Last week was the round 1 that wouldn't end. It began with 6 players at 8 PM, and wrapped up with Jordan taking the last chips from Tim at around 12:30 PM.
Tim actually was bounced first on a bad call with Jordan moving all in catching a straight on the turn. His two pair didn't do any good. But a re-buy and a couple of double up's made him competitive. I was the next to go and then re-bought, only to get bounced again on my second hand back in. A big blind special with 10-9, the flop came out 10-9-K, and I moved all in with my two pair. Jen was already all in with the small blind. Traci called, and then Tim called. The turn came 7, giving Traci a straight with J-8, and the river was another club giving Tim a club flush. I was toast.
Jen went out next, followed by Michelle (who's play was really impressive for a first timer). Traci, Jordan, and Tim went 3-handed for almost 2 hours, before Traci bowed out. Jordan and TIm's heads up was about 30 minutes, and then it was over. Most everyone cleared out for round 2, but Andrew showed, and we went three handed. Tim came out on top of that one.
Next week looks like a no-go. Most everyone has something else going on, so we'll consider it a pass for this week. Cheers, P
Tim actually was bounced first on a bad call with Jordan moving all in catching a straight on the turn. His two pair didn't do any good. But a re-buy and a couple of double up's made him competitive. I was the next to go and then re-bought, only to get bounced again on my second hand back in. A big blind special with 10-9, the flop came out 10-9-K, and I moved all in with my two pair. Jen was already all in with the small blind. Traci called, and then Tim called. The turn came 7, giving Traci a straight with J-8, and the river was another club giving Tim a club flush. I was toast.
Jen went out next, followed by Michelle (who's play was really impressive for a first timer). Traci, Jordan, and Tim went 3-handed for almost 2 hours, before Traci bowed out. Jordan and TIm's heads up was about 30 minutes, and then it was over. Most everyone cleared out for round 2, but Andrew showed, and we went three handed. Tim came out on top of that one.
Next week looks like a no-go. Most everyone has something else going on, so we'll consider it a pass for this week. Cheers, P
Friday, March 14, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Pablosplace Returns
Thank goodness this site hasn't taken off. Otherwise, someone could've bought the domain name, and whew, what would we do.
I forgot to pay go daddy.com the necessary hosting fees to keep the site up, so I lost the domain name temporarily. Good news is, the renewal was for 2 years, and now we're looking at Pablosplace postings until the year 2010. Seems a lot farther away when I see it written.
Last couple of updates, from three weeks ago - Tim rocked all of us. He basically took us all out one by one until he had all the chips. He and I ended up heads up, but it didn't really matter. He'd had a sizeable chip lead, and I was toast on the third hand.
Last week, Tim and I took turns winning pots. He took round 1, and I round 2. Both hands we were heads up at the end. It was a strange round 2 because Drew had some stuff to do with work right in the middle, so it took a while to get going, and then a large break right smack in the middle of it. But we got it in.
Traci and I also played on Saturday night with great success. We went over to my bosses house and made them feel like we were ringers. We played an 8 person tourney with no re-buys, $20 buy in. Before hand, we declared the pot to be $120-40 for the first and second place finisher. Three handed, Traci and I were still neck and neck with one other person.
On a board of A-K-J-10, she made a move all-in, and I sat and thought for a while. I was holding A-10, and finally made the call. She flipped over Q-3 and I thought that I was toast. I got saved however by a miracle Ace on the river giving me a full house. I had her covered, and Traci and I were heads up for the pot. We agreed to chop the pot, but played one hand face up to see who won, and her A-8 was a lot better than my 8-3. She made two pair on the river for the record.
It was a nice come-up. This weekend, we're a no-go. I'll be in Dallas, TX partying with Brett. Week after next looks ok. I think we can plan on that one.
I forgot to pay go daddy.com the necessary hosting fees to keep the site up, so I lost the domain name temporarily. Good news is, the renewal was for 2 years, and now we're looking at Pablosplace postings until the year 2010. Seems a lot farther away when I see it written.
Last couple of updates, from three weeks ago - Tim rocked all of us. He basically took us all out one by one until he had all the chips. He and I ended up heads up, but it didn't really matter. He'd had a sizeable chip lead, and I was toast on the third hand.
Last week, Tim and I took turns winning pots. He took round 1, and I round 2. Both hands we were heads up at the end. It was a strange round 2 because Drew had some stuff to do with work right in the middle, so it took a while to get going, and then a large break right smack in the middle of it. But we got it in.
Traci and I also played on Saturday night with great success. We went over to my bosses house and made them feel like we were ringers. We played an 8 person tourney with no re-buys, $20 buy in. Before hand, we declared the pot to be $120-40 for the first and second place finisher. Three handed, Traci and I were still neck and neck with one other person.
On a board of A-K-J-10, she made a move all-in, and I sat and thought for a while. I was holding A-10, and finally made the call. She flipped over Q-3 and I thought that I was toast. I got saved however by a miracle Ace on the river giving me a full house. I had her covered, and Traci and I were heads up for the pot. We agreed to chop the pot, but played one hand face up to see who won, and her A-8 was a lot better than my 8-3. She made two pair on the river for the record.
It was a nice come-up. This weekend, we're a no-go. I'll be in Dallas, TX partying with Brett. Week after next looks ok. I think we can plan on that one.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)