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.