Results for OST 3

Recap for the last game (in case you hadn't heard):

1) Porqchop - $240
2) SpaceJam - $120
3) The General - $60
4) The Face - $20

Results for OST 2

Pretty sure this is how things shook out last night... could have 3 and 4 reversed.

1. Plains Moses - $220
2. Kepler - $110
3. Ice Man - $50
4. Holy Mohly - $20

We're moving next month's event back one week due to St. Patrick's Day.

World Series of Poker Europe

Just wanted to be sure everyone was aware that this is being televised on ESPN2 on Sundays.

Here is the upcoming schedule as far as I can tell:

February 15 -- 12 a.m. - 1 a.m., ESPN2

WSOP Europe Episode 7 and 8

February 28 -- 9 p.m. - 10 p.m., ESPN2

WSOP Europe Episode 9 and 10

Results for OST 1

WaterBoy brought a big stack to the final table last night, and he effectively used it as an enema to flush out the detritus that surrounded him. The player with the lowest points total from last season is now the man to beat. Good luck.

1. WaterBoy - $230
2. SpaceJam - $120
3. Ice Man - $50
4. Devil Down - $20

The Syckness

I'll go ahead and play the role of Sammy Farha tonight. Just sayin...

2010: New Crew

Recapping players for this season. Looking forward to getting our first game off the ground next week. Please remember to bring an extra $40 for league buy-in.

Returning:
1. Porqchop
2. MoeCephus
3. Irish1
4. Jack Chaser
5. Skrawg
6. All In (late scratch, now out)
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

New:
1. Nasty Nate
2. Mrs. The Face
3. The General
4. Buffalo

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

Flights to Vegas

Are 1/2 price if booked today or tomorrow on Southwest. Dates the flights are good are from January 13 through mid-March. Anyone interested in slapping something together? I can get a good price on rooms...

2009 Membership Drive

This will be a fluid post, capturing the names of league members who opt-in for 2009. If your name's not on the list, you will not be considered a league member.

Back for More:
1. Hirp
2. Porqchop
3. Marneus
4. Devil Down
5. Holy Mohly
6. Jack Chaser
7. Skrawg
8. McDaddy
9. SpaceJam
10. The Face
11. MoeCephus
12. Plains Moses
13. Drifter
14. Ferg
15. Giggity
16. Waterboy
17. Swag

Opting Out:
1. Flops
2. Ron Mexico
3. Tayjack
4. Chappy
5. Bronco
6. WhoDogg
7. Dakota Skye
8. GunButt

The Devil Wins

The Devil's pair of 6s took out Holy Mohly's flush draw heads-up. Good game played by all. Congrats to the Devil.

Heads-up... of Biblical Proportions

Holy Mohly vs. The Devil. Evil vs. evil. We will have a repeat champion tonight.

Marneus Out

All-in shorter stacked against the Devil with A8 off suit. Devil had J9 off suit, ended up getting a higher straight when his 9 hit the top end of the straight on the board. Down to heads-up with the Devil and Holy Mohly.

McDaddy Out

Three-way all-in. The Devil flopped the nut straight, Marneus flopped a flush draw and McDaddy flopped two pair. Marneus was short and hit the flush on the River to double up. McDaddy got no help and lost to the Devil. Stacks are pretty even. Lots of game left.

Porqchop and SpaceJam Out

On the same hand. The Devil did it. Space had KQ, Porq had A6 suited and the Devil had them chipped with 99. No help to anyone.

Ferg Out

Ran into McDaddy's pocket JJ when he had A9 suited. McDaddy big stacked again.

MoeCephus Out

SpaceJam laid a big ole suck out on our regular season points champ when he hit his lower under card. both had an Ace on the flop.

11:00 Update

8 players still alive. McDaddy, Mohly and Marneus have the big stacks. Everyone else is getting short.

$1k/$2k

MoeCephus is short stacked. McDaddy's rush continues. Can anyone stop this jack-o?

Blinds at $500/$1,000

Mohly just took another big pot from MCDaddy. Starting to look like these two mind end up playing heads-up.

Blinds Up Again

Holy Mohly just took a big pot from McDaddy, but Daddy is still in the lead. SpaceJam and Marneus are the short stacks, but still very much in the hunt.

Blinds Up Again

McDaddy still chip leader. Milk Duds and Whoppers nearly gone.

Pushing It Around

Blinds finally up to $200/$400. Still not a ton of action. McDaddy big stack. Ferg is short.

We Have A Chip Leader

McDaddy is large and in charge. The cost of poker just went up.

Jack Chaser Out First

McDaddy took him out when both hit a straight on the River. McDaddy's was higher.

Game Underway

Nearly asphyxiated everyone with the fireplace. The Devil took charge.

Live Blogging of Final Table

Sending this test message from my phone, but if this works... we'll have live blogging from the Final Table tonight. Be sure to tune in even if you couldn't turn out.

The Trophy's Here

And it isn't leaving my house. Come try to take it from me on Tuesday, December 16. Get your game on boys, this one's gonna be a grinder.

Congrats to all league members on another great season. We only dipped below 20 players for two OSTs this season. I'm anticipating that we may have a couple of open slots for next year, so be thinking about what players we may want to add to the league. We typically take folks who have played as guests for one or two events, or past players who would like to rejoin.

We might also all consider upping the OST entry fee in complement to the league entry fee increase we saw last year. A little extra scratch for the winners in a recession wouldn't be a bad thing.

Happy holidays to all.

Chips Ahoy

Because the Devil bitched.

1. MoeCephus - $31,500
2. Porqchop - $31,250
3. Marneus - $30,750
4. SpaceJam - $29,500
5. Holy Mohly - $28,250
6. McDaddy - $27,250
7. Ferg - $27,000
8. Devil Down - $26,750
9. Jack Chaser - $17,000

Post Season Play: Make Room for McDaddy, Hirp Gets Jacked

McDaddy swept the play-off and bonus games last night, while Jack Chaser survived a major short-stack move by Hirp to win the play-in game. It was suck-out city for Ferg and McDaddy at the bonus game table, please us the Comments section to share any big hands at the play-in table.

Three official games in one night? The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has nothing on Bad Beats league play.

The Final Table is set. Here's the crew:

1. MoeCephus
2. Porqchop
3. Marneus
4. SpaceJam
5. Holy Mohly
6. McDaddy
7. Ferg
8. Devil Down
9. Jack Chaser

Chip stack allocations forthcoming. Congratulations to everyone on a great season!

Shut Out No Moe

An outright OST victory may still elude him, but MoeCephus has proven that this is not a requirement for the Hall of Fame. Slow and steady is now the way to win a regular season points championship, and a solid footing in the top tier of chips to start the Final Table (at least until after the Bonus game).

The Final Table:

1. MoeCephus
2. Porchop
3. Marneus
4. SpaceJam
5. Holy Mohly
6. Ferg
7. Devil Down
8. The Face/McDaddy (heads-up tiebreak winner)
9. Winner of the play-in game

Chip totals will be determined after the November game has determined final tallies. Good luck to everyone!

OST 10: Out of the Doghouse

Ron Mexico's doggy style, come from behind victory took the bite out of the hopes of a number Bad Beats bubble boys hoping to grind their way to a Final Table spot on Tuesday night. But Mr. Mexico's big win was overshadowed by the impact of MoeCephus' second place finish, which propelled him to a regular season points championship.

Congrats to Moe on a great season.

OST 10 Winners:

1. Ron Mexico - $180
2. MoeCephus - $90
3. Holy Mohly - $30

The play-in and bonus games are up next, and will be held on Tuesday, November 18. If you haven't already earned a seat at the Final Table, you're not finished yet... but your odds are narrowing. As the chips will be distributed at the play-in game based on your current league points as of OST 10, it is imperative that you RSVP in advance for this game. We will have a hard cut-off for announcing your intentions for this game. More info to come via eVite.

Sitting Out

It feels weird to be missing my first OST, but good luck to all (and congratulations to whoever overtakes me for the points lead).

How was Vegas, Chop? I'm guessing it didn't look like what I've affixed above...

OST 9: A Return From Exile

Ho Chi McDaddy won a marathon final table last night, marking the first time in 3 months a league member has won an OST. Thank God for that.

The final table was a marathon, with the short stack doubling-up almost every time they pushed in. The blinds hit their cap at $5/$10K well before it was down to heads-up. In the end, McDaddy won it all with pocket AA and a slight chip lead.

Your top four:

1) McDaddy - $220
2) Holy Mohly - $120
3) MoeCephus - $50
4) The Face - $20

We're back at Skrawg's next month for the final game of the regular season.

OST 8: Rollin' With The BenzO

A Mercedes should never win the Cadillac of poker. Another OST, another non-league winner. The Bad Beats Boys are definitely not representin' this year.

We ended up with only 15 players last night (one less than the number of years ultra-snack gymnast Shawn Johnson's has been on this Earth). It all came down to McDaddy and BenzO grinding it out heads-up over some soft-porn on Skinemax (or was that actually the Haitian version of Reservoir Dogs on TV?). You already know how it ended.

Top tier for this event:

1) BenzO - $190
2) McDaddy - $80
3) Iceman - $30

Two OSTs left. Lots of points still available. Even if you're short-stacked, you're still in the game. But you've to SHOW UP to win.

Busting My Online Cherry

Two weeks ago, the good folks over at PokerStars.com decided to throw me $5.00 in *real money* to jack around with. I'd been playing in the *play money* games for a few weeks, and had clicked on the *make a deposit* tab a few times to see what the process looked like to get in the game for real. My inquiries likely peaked after I accepted and invitation to play in a *free roll* tournament with about 2,000 players the week before (top prize was $100). Their marketing folks are good.

Since receiving the free stake, I've made a nice little run and had a blast playing in the 1/2 cent micro-level no limit hold'em games as well as 10 cent no-limit hold'em tournaments with *turbo* blinds (360 players/40 tables/$1,500 to start/blinds up ever 5 minutes - it is INSANE). The tournaments generally pay-out the top 10 percent of the field.

As of tonight, after winning my first real money tournament, I'm sitting at $16.50 available for real money play. Plenty to keep playing at the micro level for a while, and well on my way to entering some $2.00 + .20 cent higher pay out games.

If you're looking to get in on some online play without making a deposit, try taking the path that I took above. I'll likely make a larger real money deposit to take advantage of the deposit bonus, but I'm truly enjoying playing with the house's money for now!

You can find me playing under *Porqchop*, with SpaceJam playing online as *SpaceJam08* (he plays in higher stakes games than I do!). Hope to see you guys out there.

This is how you crack Aces: (click image to enlarge)


Heading into heads-up play: (click image to enlarge)


Representing the Bad Beats boys: (click image to enlarge)

This Is How We Roll

OST 7: The Iceman Cometh

For the first time since league play started, the top three finishers were non-league members. As Marneus would say, "that's weak sauce." Only Porqchop scored in the bonus for this event (and it was the ass-end of the bonus structure at that).

Everyone's homework assignment for next month is to repeat the following phrase before bed every night, "Not in our house... Not in our house... Not in our house..."

Our newest Cooler, the Iceman, carved his way through a large field of players beating T-Bone in a grind-it-out heads up match. Look out for him if he joins the league next year.

OST 7 top four:
1. Iceman - $240
2. T-Bone - $120
3. Mrs. The Face - $60
4. Porqchop - $20

There are still three regular season games left, and plenty of time to go on a nice rush to make the Final Table. See you all next month!

Louisiana Hold’em

I was cleaning-up my hard drive, and stumbled upon this game variant from some time back. Lets give it a shot at our next cash game.

There’s a new game in town… and it’s chock-full o’ suck outs. As you burn your way through a single deck at a time, and the River rises quickly, this game’s designed for insanely fast play… and some mighty fine pots.

During our traditional weekly post-game email exchange, Hirp, Marneus and I stumbled upon an idea for a new game that’s turned out to be quite fun. As we waxed poetic about the seemingly endless string of River suck outs we’ve all endured at one time or another, we pondered whether or not we should devise a game where you skip the Flop and the Turn… and head straight down to the River to deal with the inevitable draw out.

Hirp and I had a chance to try this new gem of a game out through two rounds of tournament play on Saturday night (the lil’ beyotch owes me $2).

Here’s how you play:

- With it’s limited betting opportunities, the game absolutely has to be played no limit to enable bluffing and sizable pots.
- Similar to traditional Texas Hold’em, you start out with two cards down, bet and wait for the Flop.
- What’s different between this game and how it’s played in its neighboring Texas is, that the Flop consists of one card, which also serves as the River and the last round of betting.
- The game is played with a single deck at a time, so Blackjack players and card counters will have a slight advantage over those with short-term memory disabilities.
- The game can be played in either cash or tournament formats.
- In tournament play, the blinds go up each time you burn through a deck.
- In cash game play, you play through a deck and reshuffle when you don’t have enough cards for another round. It’s recommended that you burn through at least three decks before the end of the game and the pass of the deal to a different format cash game.
- Information is king in this game. With a single deck in play at any one time, knowing what cards have been played will allow players to make better decisions later in a round.
- If all players check at the River, all must show their cards. If a bettor is not called, he need not show his cards (nor would the players who folded their hands).
- With three cards, Full Houses and Quads are not possible, nor are simple straights or flushes honored. However, to add some spice, the Straight Flush is in play – and as such beats Three-of-a Kind, a Pair and High Card.

OST 6: Resistance Is Futile

You people really should listen to me more. I don't bluff.

Yesterday afternoon I called a Marneus/Holy Mohly heads-up match to end the night, and that's exactly what we got. If only I could see the future of my own cards so well.

If you have any recap to offer on the night's play, feel free to use the Comments section below.

Your top four for OST 6 were:
1) Marneus -$250
2) Holy Mohly - $130
3) Space.Jam - $60
4) Skrawg - $20

OST 7 will be back at my place on Tuesday, July 15.

Rock God

Okay, so this is a bit of a change of pace. But you've got to check this kid out (and watch all the way to the end).

I suck bad at Guitar Hero, but I can appreciate those that can throw the silicone hammer down. This kid supposedly holds the Guiness World Record for highest single Guitar Hero score at 97% and some insane number like 840,000 points for strumming to this song from a band called Dragonforce ("Through The Fire And The Flames"). He breaks that record, hard.

Mad, stupidly sick skills. I've got my work cut out for me if I'm going to put Guitar Hero God on the resume for the job search.

OST 5: Back From The Dead

Another weak turnout brought new life to many players seasons, and lead to Porqchop's first win of the of the year.

We only had 16 players in total this evening, two of those being non-league players. Let's all hope that we get better representation from all league members as we head closer to the dog days of summer.

Tonight was definitely the night of the quads, with at least four players hitting them in pots that played all the way to The River. Porqchop hit a set of sixes on the flop that turned to quads to take out Holy Mohly and Jack Chaser in one of the larger pots of the night. Crazy stuff!

Top three:
1. Porqchop - $190
2. Giggity - $90
3. Holy Mohly - $40

OST 6 will be played on Tuesday, June 17. Put it on your calendars boys!

OST 4: Space.Jam Goes All The Way

After making a dozen or so Final Tables and bonus point finishes, Space.Jam finally popped his OST champ cherry last night, beating Skrawg in a grind-it-out heads-up match.

Ferg was bubble boy in what seemed like an endless four-way match to get to the cash and bonus level. There may have been more money in the cash game last night than the main event. McDaddy, The Devil, Jack Chaser and Giggity all finished with a net positive cash flow. Up and Down the River definitely won the ugly game of the night award, followed closely by The Devil's subjective rules version of Razz.

I'm not sure of the payouts as there was some discrepancy over the player numbers for last night, but here are the top three finishers:
1. Space.Jam
2. Skrawg
3. MoeCephus

Skrawg will be in Europe next month, so OST 5 will be played at Porqchop's place on Tuesday, May 20.

Bad Beats Open : 7 Top

It was a disappointing turnout for the Spring Bad Beats open last night. 48 invitations went out, seven players showed up (and only four were league players). I think that's pretty lame. Especially when the NCAA basketball regional finals are on TV.

In the money:
1. Devil Down - $90 (chopped heads-up)
2. Mrs. The Face - $80 (chopped heads-up)
3. RayFull - $20

The Devil and I ended up playing two $10 buy-in heads-up tournaments after the first game ended. I'm expecting much better league attendance the next time out!

Projected Final Table Redline

So what does everyone think the magic number will be as the cut-off for the Final Table this year? Last year, it was right at 1,000 points.

I'm projecting that if you have 1,150 points this season... you're in!

OST 3: The Devil, You Know

Devil Down finally returned to Season 1 form at last night's game.

The dry aces were hitting hard, and he caught the dream hand (pocket rockets) on a big blind as the blinds were creeping towards the $1,000/ $2,000 level.

You'd better plan on hitting junk if you're going to beat The Devil this year.

Your top three for OST 3:
1. Devil Down - $220
2. Chappy - $110
3. Ron Mexico - $50

Drifter and Rog4Gov have decided to sit out this season.

Last night also marked the first time we've had under 20 players in over a year. Let's try to make a better showing for the April game!

One More Thing...

Devil Down's new infatuation seems to be focused on Jennifer Tilly. His taste buds must have become totally numbed by that incessant chewing at the table. That, or he's fallen in love with a spit/dip cup.

OST 3: Update

Still playing when I left at 11:15: Ron Mexico, Chappy, Devil Down and McDaddy. Still a lot of chips in play, but it appeared that Ron Mexico had the chip lead. Only 19 players total tonight. A weak league turnout.

Error Correction

If you've checked the standings out here in the last couple of days, they were wrong. We inadvertently doubled-up on Holy Mohly's score, and shorted MoeCephus. All is good now, and the standings to the right are accurate. Sorry for the F-up.

The Devil's Plaything

You were right Devil Down, she's smokin' hot. She's hotter than scat. I don't know what I was thinking.

But the sheer magnitude of hottness displayed in the photo above is dwarfed by the level of class displayed in this photo (warning don't view at work, or with a full stomach). What a skank hole.

If you dare to view, spend some time with the Comments section. "Was she a man?" and "It looks like a stitched up clam" are two of my favorites.

Hilarious.

OST 2: Ron Mexico, Back From Siesta

Ron Mexico tattooed his trademark Filthy Sanchez on a majority of the players last night, enabling him to pull an OST victory out in his first trip back to the league since last season. Muy bien, bendeho.

I think we had three players out before the second set of blinds ended, and five players left with blinds at $3,000/$6,000. What began as a wild night ended up as a slow, grinding dry hump of a poker game.

In the money:

1. Ron Mexico - $230
2. Porqchop - $120
3. Ferg - $50
4. Dakota Skye - $20

Our next league game is set for Tuesday, March 18. Hope none of you screwed yourself by making some kind of lame-ass spring break plans. Updated stats will be posted when available.

Skrawg On The Prowl

Thought I'd share some pics from Skrawg's big family outing to the Magic Kingdom in advance of our next game. Apparently, OSTs aren't the only place Skrawg's fond of showing he's playa'. The only question I have is whether Snow White's writing down her number... or giving him directions on how to get in touch with the other Six Dwarves (I'm sure she assumed that he already had Hirp's digits).

Grinding It Out

If we're all still playing together in 20 years, it feels like a name change might be in order. How 'bout the Bad Livers? Other ideas?

Courtesy Wipe

If you're ever faced with the decision of either raking a pot you just won, or cleaning the mess you just created by spilling your beer in your over exuberant victory celebration, here's a tip... clean up your mess. And then tip your dealer.

OST 1: Marneus Reclaims Throne

The Hordes of Marneus swept through The Plains of Moses to take OST 1 of season 4 last night. Overall, it was a sparsely attended game that introduced two new players to the league (Water Boy and Ferg), and marked the exit of two players from last season (Flushed and Worm Boy).

With four players out within the first hour, there was a lot of action early. Things slowed considerably until the blinds hit $1,000/$2,000, but we made it all the way to the $3,000/$6,000 blind mark for the heads-up match between Marneus and Plains Moses

The four-player cash game started just before midnight and provided 90 or so minutes of $2-limit Follow The Queen and Pick Your Poison w/Black Mariah thrown in for good measure. We definitely need to see some "manning-up" for the cash game as the season moves forward.


Top 4:
1. Marneus - $220
2. Plains Moses - $110
3. Ferg - $50
4. Johnny B. - $20

Our next game will be on the third Tuesday of February, which I believe is the 19th. Look for the rules docs we reviewed last night to be posted on this site soon.

Upping The Ante

We have officially decided to increase the league buy-in from $25 to $40 beginning with this season. Individually OST buy-ins will remain $20 for each event.

Don't sweat bringing the entire amount tomorrow night, but please plan to pay the league treasurer (Skrawg) no later than OST 3.

We'll see those of you playing in OST 1 on Tuesday night!

Time Is Running Out

Reminder: If you haven't already done so, please confirm by EOD today via email or the eVite for OST 1 if you plan to participate in league play this year. If you don't, we may pass your seat along to another player. Thanks!

Confirmed players include:
Porqchop
Skrawg
Hirp
Marneus
McDaddy
Holy Mohly
MoeCephus
Giggitty
Ron Mexico
Bronco
Tayjack
SpaceJam
Dakota Skye
The Face
WhoDogg
Devil Down
GunButt
Jack Chaser
Swag

Dropped players include:
Flushed

In limbo:
Drifter
Chappy
Flops
Rog4Gov
Worm Boy
Plains Moses

Proposed additional players:
T.C. (Skrawg's neighbor)

League Confirmation eMail

You should all be receiving an email today inviting you to the league for 2008. By way of this email, please confirm that you are interested in league play again this year.

We're anticipating a few adjustments to the rules with regard to late arrivals and related blinds penalties, but there shouldn't be any other significant changes other than that (we'll cover all of this at our first game). We're looking to keep games on the third Tuesday of every month, keep the play-in game in place, keeping the league buy-in at $25 and individual game buy-in at $20 (unless everyone's ready to up the ante).

To provide ample time to adjust membership if necessary, our first game this month will be on Tuesday, January 15th. Please confirm by Wednesday, January 9 that you are indeed interested in league play to allow us time to find alternates if you'd like to opt-out.

Looking forward to another great season!

Moses Wins Final Table!

More to come tonight.

The Trophy Has Arrived

And you're going to have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Final Table Chip Stacks

At $250K, here's what it looks like.

Plains Moses: 1635 pts > 13.3% > $33,300
SpaceJam: 1610 pts > 13.1% > $32,800
WhoDogg: 1440 pts > 11.7 > $29,300
Marneus: 1340 pts > 10.9% > $27,300
Giggity: 1310 pts > 10.6% > $26,500
Jack Chaser: 1270 pts > 10.4% > $26,000
Hirp: 1245 pts > 10.1% > $25,300
Bronco: 1230 pts > 10% > $25,000
Porqchop: 1185 pts > 9.6% > $24,000

Total Points: 12,265
Chips in Play: $250K (rounded $50s up to the next $100)

There it is... all you can eat!

Play-In Game: Pulled Porq

Porqchop won the season 3 play-in game last night, becoming the first ever wildcard ("party crasher") player for the Final Table.

All-in, there were only nine players for the play-in game (a disappointing showing). The night definitely had a Final Table feel with players trading chips in small amounts early, setting the stage for the bigger blinds later in the evening.

The night ended with complete suck-out by Porqchop. Bboth players were all-in pre-flop with MoeCephus looking to double up on pocket Kings, and Porqchop looking to draw-out with pocket 6s. Things would have been back to even in terms of chip stacks, had Porqchop not pulled a Devil 6 on the River.

Marneus, PlainsMoses and Hirp all showed for some side action, but the grinding nature of the feature event never provided another player for the kiddie table. Top three at the play-in event were:

1. Porqhcop - $110 + seat at the Final Table
2. MoeCephus - $50
3. Holy Mohly - $20

Porqchop will host the Final Table. Details to come.

Play in

Any details on the play in? Or have I missed that e-mail?

The Eager Eight

The Final Table qualifiers are listed below. Feel free to kick them in the gonads the next time you see them.

Unfortunately, it's the play-in game for the rest of us. Feel free to take some solace in knowing that these eight players will have to wait a month to find out which play-in scrub will be embarrassing them at the championship game.

The players: Plains Moses, SpaceJam, WhoDogg, Marneus, Giggity, Jack Chaser, Hirp and Bronco

Oh yeah, one more thing... "Go Bearcats!"

OST 10: The Tenth Commandment

A commanding performance, indeed. Plains Moses parted the sea of grinders at OST 10 , likely solidifying his position (and prize) as the season 3's points leader, and potentially taking the chip lead at the Final Table.

Porqchop failed to pull-off a coup when his pre-flop all-in with A-Q was called by McDaddy with 7-8 suited. Needless to say, much sucking ensued. PChop needed a third place finish to bump Hirp from the Final Table, but finished in fourth. The final hand of the night came down to McDaddy ($98K) and Moses ($102K) all-in pre-flop with two dry Aces. In the end, the weaker kicker prevailed as Moses' 7 played with the board over McDaddy's 5.

OST 10 top four:
1) Plains Moses - $220
2) McDaddy - $110
3) The Face - $50
4) Porqchop - $20

Official results noting who's set for the Final Table and who's relegated to the play-in game should be available sometime today. The play-in game will be held on the third Tuesday in November, which looks to be the 20th. Skrawg or Porqchop will host.

My Disappointment

On the eve of the biggest game of the season, there's absolutely no chatter out there. If none of you want this that bad, then why don't you just give it to me? I'm planning on taking it myself, regardless. Bitches.

Mr. & Mrs. WormBoy Take The South

Big news coming out of Savanah this morning, WormBoy's wife (previously referred to at The Chophouse as Pageant Queen, but heretofore referred to as Captainess Cook) took the Grand Prize in Southern Living's 2007 Cook-Off. If you can't read the numbers on the check, that's $100,000!

Here's a recap, in WormBoy's own words:

Mrs. WormBoy (my edit) won the Southern Living Contest tonight. She can hardly believe it, but she smoked the competition with her ice cream dessert. I got some funny looks trying to stuff the big check in my pants. Anyway, I am sure she will fill you all in on the contest when we get back. PS Guess I shouldn't of complained so much about cleaning up after her cooking episodes in the kitchen......

Congrats to the entire clan. I'm looking forward to dining at the Chateau de Croissant when you get it openend!

Hats Off To GunButt

Everyone's favorite league gunslinger (GunButt), now has a couple of hats to go with those fancy Colt sidearms. Check out this article in the Kansas City Star for more details.

Either of these would make one Hell of a card guard!

OST 9: Non-League Winner

Just finding out tonight that we had our first non-league (though he's certainly regular player) winner of the season. Holy shit.

Benz pulled out a major victory in one of the most crucial OSTs of the season. Shutting many a bubble player out of some serious bonus points, and shielding the points leaders from any players that may have potentially shot up from the rear.

Cashing in:
1. Benz - $220
2. Dakota Skye - $110
3. SpaceJam - $50
4. Plains Moses - $20

Two games left. The potential for much shuffling still pending.

Giggity's Game

Rumor has it that Holy Mohly and Devil Down did the Beats proud at Giggity's big mid-year tournament. I'm not sure how much they won, but they took 2nd and 3rd (respectively) in a 30-man/$50 buy-in game.

Congrats to both!

OST 8: The Bitch Is Back

Hirp made a nice move into the top 8 last night by winning-out at OST 8, but it's still anyone's game.

WhoDogg's the only one who's got a lock on a Final Table seat with 1210 points (including two "0" drops), but the next seven players are separated by a range of points from only 1070 to 955.

Show up. Pony up. And you could win a trip to the Final Table.

Last night's top four:

Hirp - $220
Dakota Sky - $110
WhoDogg - $50
Jack Chaser - $20

Career Winnings Update

Bad Beats Open

Finally getting a chance to post the results from the Bad Beats open. All-in-all, 12 players total showed up. The players included a mix of league players, their brothers, neighbors, wives and girlfriends. As I'm sure is the case with most events they engage in together, Hirp couldn't outlast his girlfriend, Coco.

Top three for the night:

1. IT Terry - $140
2. Porqhop - $70
3. Coco - $30

I'm not done lobbying for bonus points to be awarded for this event!

OST 7: Can't Be Broken

Bronco's busted out of his pen, and it's not looking like anyone will be putting him up soon. Winning two OSTs in a row puts him in solid position for the Final Table.

Places/payouts for OST 7 below:

1) Bronco - $220
2) Giggity - $110
3) WhoDogg - $50
4) Plains Moses $20

It's time to form a posse, bring back the bounty, and put this bad bitch down. Hope to see you all next month.

"Beam Me Out" Scotty

Scotty Nguyen busted out of the Word Series of Poker this morning. He finished in 11th place.

Friday night roadie

Hit Ameristar (and left after surveying the games) and then Harrah's on Friday. While I wanted to get into the 1/2 NL I ended up on a 3/6 due to the wait time for the 1/2 at Harrah's.

Ameristar looked brutal...two tables of 1/2 and the games did not look good (a few old fat guys, a few 30 somethings with ipods, etc....not one kid). Harrah's was much better, but I didn't want to wait an eternity so I started at a 3/6 table that was too good to leave. I ended up a few bucks ahead but it would have been much more if an unsuited 2/9 hadn't hit diamond/diamond to run down my pocket kings on the river (and yes, that was calling raises the entire way). Of course, that kind of play was why I was up in the first place, so I can't complain. Another oddity, I have never seen so many calls or checks when different players had the nuts (I saw it three times in the night by two three different players).

OST 6: Results

Recap from Skrawg:

Bronco beat McDaddy heads-up for the title.

My take is the poker Gods favored Bronco last night -- not bad beats
against McDaddy, just back luck.

I think he went all in with a decent sized chip lead with pocket 10's
against pocket jacks and lost. Then, still with a chip stack big enough
to do some damage, went all in with A-J and ran up against A-Q and lost
that one.

Recap from Porqchop:

Granted I likely couldn't have been run out of the game earlier in the evening, but I ended up going out after pushing all-in with pocket 6s (blinds were at $3/$6k) for about $30K, McDaddy called with A-K of hearts. He was chip leader with a little over $100K at the time.

Looking good on the flop when another 6 hits to make my set, and K comes to make a pair for McDaddy (so Aces and Kings alone are now no good as they float a boat for me). So it's only running Aces, Kings or hearts that can send me packing. And you guessed it, hearts it is... we don't call it "Bad Beats" poker for nothing boys.

Top Four:

1.) Bronco: $220
2.) McDaddy: $110
3.) Flops: $50
4.) Porqchop: $20

OST 7 will be played on July 17. Location TBD. If you didn't get your league entry fee to Marneus at this event, please do so before OST 7... or you're out!

OST 5: Late Results

I suck. I should have reported on this last month. Perhaps I was bitter that Marneus pulled another one out of his keester.

At any rate, here are last month's winners (hope none of them attend our next event):

1.) Marneus - $230
2.) Plains Moses - $120
3.) Jack Chaser - $50
4.) Vistor - $20

See everyone on Tuesday.

New structure?

Was curious about changing up thoughts for changing up the OST blinds for next year to the following:

50-100
100-200
200-400
300-600
400-800
500-1,000
600-1,200
1,000-2,000
1,500-3,000
2,000-4,000
3,000-6,000
4,000-8,000
5,000-10,000

Worst case scenario is we hit the 6 1/2 hour mark, which would end it around 1:30ish. Thoughts?

Phuck Poker

Porqchop and I made a quick run to Argosy for a little $3-6 action, but calling a quick deposit would be more accurate. Maybe it's just me, but when there's a player at the table that I see every time I'm there, I just expect him to be a better player than the guy who routinely hit runner runner to win huge pots.

And maybe this makes me an asshole, or maybe it's just one of the many thoughts that makes me an asshole, but playing someone with Parkinsons just isn't fair. Not that I can ever get a read on a player anyway, but sitting across from someone that's moving like Muhammad Ali and I couldn't help but think each tremble meant something more than "I'm playing A10 off suite and calling everything when all I have is a back door straight draw"

I hate poker.

OST 4: Bring Out The Giggity

In what seemed like a ridiculously quiet game for 22 Bad Beaters, only Giggity stepped up to the role of highwayman, demanding emphatically that everyone "Gimme me your chips!" Eventually, all complied.

The Devil took one on the chin early when his hidden Cowboys fell to Marneus' cleverly disguised pocket Rockets, ending a string of top tier finishes the likes of which we'll likely never see again (I for one say, "good riddance!"). Other than that, I don't recall any particularly surly hands. If you have a story to share, use the Comments button below

At the end of the night the wieners were:

1. Giggity > $230
2. Flushed > $120
3. Drifter > $60
4. MoeCephus > $20

OST 5 is on deck for May 15. The location is TBD, but we're looking at possibly moving this game back to Dakota Sky's house to keep the peace in Skrawg's domain. Look for an eVite later on this week to confirm.

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