A December to Remember

Holy Mohly followed up his Final Table haul of around $900 by pulling about that same amount from a cash game with Giggity's crew. His final hand at the final cash game of the year at Porqchop's house is also shown above. A Royal Flush with AK in your hand aint a bad way to cap a good December run.

I didn't thing anyone could be having a better December than Mohly until I received an email from Space Jam this evening. It seems he took down a little over $4k for finishing third in an $11 re-buy tournament on PokerStars.com. He could have gone further if it weren't for the chip leader sucking out when his QQ los to AQ hitting a straight.

A nice month boys!

Live Blog of Final Table

Posting info as I get it from Marneus.

9:00 - MoeCephus was first out, Jack Chaser followed shortly thereafter.

9:15 - Marneus doubles through SpaceJam.

9:35 - Double D knocked out by the other DD (Devil Down), SpaceJam chip leader at $85K.

9:45 - SpaceJam at $105K in chips.

10:00 - SpaceJam doubles up Marneus again. AA vs AK.

10:20 - All knotted up. Holy Mohly making a move at $60K. Devil Down at $60K. SpaceJam still around $75K.

10:45 - All-in and Marneus out. Holy Mohly chip leader.

11:00 - Holy Mohly and Devil Down heads-up. Chips pretty even.

11:15 - Lost my feed to updates when SpaceJam went out. We'll have to see if Devil or Mohly post an update when it's complete.

- Signing off.

Morning update - Holy Mohly wins it heads-up!

League Membership for 2010

Keeping a live recap of who's interested in playing next year. Let me know if I missed you on this list or included you when you'd like to opt out.

In:
1. Porqchop
2. MoeCephus
3. Irish1
4. Jack Chaser
5. Skrawg
6. All In
7. Holy Mohly
8. Kepler
9. Marneus
10. Flush
11. Devil Down
12. Pfizer
13. Waterboy
14. SpaceJam
15. Plains Moses
16. Giggity
17. Hirp
18. The Face
19. Ice Man
20. McDaddy
21. Drifter
22. Kepler

Out:
1. Ace of Hades
2. Grunt
3. pSpice
4. Swag

Interested:
1. Mrs. The Face
2. Marneus + 1
3. Devil Down + 1 Nasty Nate

Final Table Starting Chip Counts

Gentlemen, I present your December Douchebags. Thinking we need to change Devil's handle to the "Darvin Down" with that chip stack. Can Marneus play Joe Cada? Stay tuned...

Devil Down: 42,200
All-In: 31,900
MoeCephus: 31,500
SpaceJam: 29,400
Iceman: 25,200
Double D: 23,800
Jack Chaser: 24,400
Holy Mohly: 23,700
Marneus: 17,800

OSTs 9 and 10, Play-In Game

It's not been a good season for keeping current on updates, but no one visits this site, so it really shouldn't matter. Here's where the last few games net out.

Play-In Game: Marneus
Bonus Game: Devil Down
OST 10: Irish1
OST 9: Jack Chaser

Good luck to all Final Table players. I hope you do realize you're all dead money to Devil Down.

Did You Hear That Sound?

It was the sound of the Devil (44) sucking out on Waterboy (KK) and SpaceJam (QQ). All three all-in pre-flop. Flop is 2-3-4. The rest is history. Ugly poker played here boys.

Sick

Typical Bad Beats play. Not.

League Message

Reminder: For those who chew, please police your spit cups during and at the end of games. If you can't make it to the trash can with your jug o' filth, please take it with you on the road. Thanks.

OSTs 5 through 8

I don't believe anyone reads this blog other than The Devil, but I've been requested to continue to make updates. If you jokers don't start making comments, we're going with email updates only next season. The power is in your hands.

So we've had a few tournaments since my last update, but All In is really the only story here (other than Devil Down coming in a close second a few times over). Here's the wrap-up:

OST 5: Holy Mohly drowns Water Boy for the win
OST 6: All In takes the Devil by the horns
OST 7: Jack Chaser takes the Devil to task once again
OST 8: All In beats Kepler heads-up

There you have it. Time is getting short on this season, and we have a log jam in the middle of the pack. Giddy'up.

WSOP updates

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/tournaments/tournament-updates.asp?tid=7283&grid=607

The World Series is under way...

...and here are a few links to interesting blogs/updates:

http://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/wsop-blog
http://www.cardplayer.com/

A few photos as a preview of my upcoming weekend in Mecca

OST 4: The Devil, You Say

He's in it to win it, and we're all just Satan's little bitches this season. Devil Down's a lock for the Final Table, and perhaps another coveted regular season points championship.

It was a late night for the Bad Beats crew, as the final three players ran the $5k/$10k blind level for close to 60 minutes before the final pitchfork jab to Skrawg's eyes and Porqchop's spleen. The old farts are back.

1) Devil Down - $240
2) Skrawg - $120
3) Porqchop - $60
4) Mrs. The Face - $20

Look for the old school to continue teaching class to the noob freshman in OST 5. Game on for Tuesday, May 19.

OST 3: Sorry, You Guys Got Jacked!

Just noticed that I didn't post the results from last month's game. Here's the finishing order for the March event:

1) Iceman
2) MoeCephus
3) Mrs. The Face
4) McDaddy

It's not that I didn't care, more that I didn't win. Sorry guys.

OST 2: Noobs PWN Veterans... Again

Another OST, another FNG wins the game. At this rate, we're going to see a brand new set of faces (note: not "The Face"s) at the Final Table.

Here's how the night rounded out, in the Devil's own words:

"All In and I got to heads-up with me having about 140K and him having about 80K. He got about 40K of Flush's chips through random raises and I got about 20K. Anyway, he was going all-in constantly when we got heads-up. I screwed up when I threw away A 7 to one of his raises, I am sure he had A crap or K crap.

He finished me off when we were about dead even and I limped with A K. Instead of raising all-in like he had the last two times that happened,
he checked. Flop was 10 7 3, he bet 25K and I shipped it for another
60K. He called with 9 3 and that was that."

Apparently his name rings true. The Final Table of the night didn't come together until just before 11:00, with the blinds hitting at $1/$2k.

OST 2 winners:

1. All In - $240
2. Devil Down - $120
3. Flush - $60
4. Skrawg - $20

Next month's game will be held a week early due to St. Patrick's Day falling on our regular night. Look for an eVite soon.

Something for the Noobs

OST 1: Busting Out

You're kidding me, right? An FNG wins our first game of the season. This certainly sets the tone for some of our supposedly seasoned league veterans.

Last night was a tremendous start to what we're hoping will be another great year of Bad Beats play. With all but one league player in attendance, it's safe to assume that we've dropped a lot of the more casual league players from the past couple seasons and that we'll average much better numbers for OSTs. We could see record points set for whomever ends up being the regular season points champion, so buckle up.

In the money last night:

1. Double D - $280
2. Marneus - $140
3. Giggitty - $70
4. Swag - $40

Our next game will be on Tuesday, February 17. Also, the Hall of Fame has now been updated (so quit your bitchin Devil Down).

One last point of business. Congratulations to Hirp for eclipsing his point total from all of Season 4 just one game into this season. He's a lock to win it all this year.

Just trying to figure out if I'm the donkey or not. Playing at Harrah's, under the gun, raise the pot to 10 with A Q off. One caller (thought about it, middle position, seemed to play very few hands). Flop is A A 3, rainbow. I bet $22 into a $23 pot and got called. Blank on the turn, throw in my remaining $75 (into a $45 pot), get called by pocket treys. How crappy was that play (I had played very few hands myself to that point)?

Final 2009 Season Roster

Here's our final roster for the season. As you can see, we have a lot of new blood this year. See everyone next week.

Dead Money:

Skrawg
Marneus
Porqchop
McDaddy
Devil Down
Holy Mohly
MoeCephus
Hirp
Plains Moses
Giggitty
The Face
Jack Chaser
Swag
SpaceJam
WaterBoy
Ferg
Drifter

Fresh Meat:

Iceman
Grunt
Flush
Kepler
pSpice
All-In
Irish1
Pfizer
Ace of Hades
Double D