The Tao of 519....

Yup! Our Pauly dragged 519 of his closest friends out for a little poker game last night. Say it with me kids...
FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN !
How cool is that?

I personally think it's well deserved that he had that many show up for him. And that was the case by the way. Pretty much everyone I talked to over the last day or so, even a few during the game last night, all agreed that Pauly was the reason to be there. Payback for the man that "tosses Limes," and tells the tales.

Me personally, I was there for the Red Stripe drinking friend from 'The Hooker Bar.' I bailed halfway through my plans last night, as the need to be there started to eat me away from the inside out. It wasn't a popular decision with those I had made the plans with, but a drink here and there will make them forget it over time. I wasn't having any fun anyways. Missing the game was all I could think about. I made the right decision! Seeing some of my friends from past blogger events and running into a few from past BBT3 games, made it a great night.

519 players involved in that damn game, and Pauly thinks it's funny that he and Derek draw each other at the same table. At least he took the time to notice the draw from heaven/hell (can't decide! ;o) ) I got.

"As I made my rounds, I stumbled up one stacked table that included lucko21, BamBam, Alexe55, TNSpaceman, surflexus, AlCantHang, chase26utley, o reills3403, and dfense072."

To be honest, most of the tables were stacked. It was really a who's who of our little interweb community that came out for the fun. It was the best $5 I've spent in quite some time.

So I draw Al, Surf, Spaceman and Lucko. Nice! You have to believe they were licking their chops and rubbing their hands together at the probability, (*note* not possibility, but probability!) of my chips being theirs in the near future. How's that go again? If you can't see the fish at the table..... ;o)

I basically played five hands in that first hour. On two of them, I over played flopped sets, looking to chip up early and coast along if possible. One hand saw me get to the river with a really draw heavy opportunity, but I couldn't get there and had to let the hand go. Then there was this little beauty!

PokerStars Game #19393142767: Tournament #97513073, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/08/05 - 21:21:20 (ET)
Table '97513073 55' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: dfense072 (2090 in chips)
Seat 2: lucko21 (1415 in chips)
Seat 3: BamBamCan (1660 in chips)
Seat 4: Alexe55 (2725 in chips)
Seat 5: TNSpaceman (1535 in chips)
Seat 6: surflexus (1555 in chips)
Seat 7: AlCantHang (1125 in chips)
Seat 8: chase26utley (25 in chips)
Seat 9: o reills3403 (1370 in chips)
AlCantHang: posts small blind 15
chase26utley: posts big blind 25 and is all-in
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamBamCan [Th Ks]
o reills3403: folds
dfense072: folds
lucko21: folds
BamBamCan: raises 65 to 90
Alexe55: calls 90
TNSpaceman: folds
surflexus: folds
AlCantHang: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c Kd As]
BamBamCan: checks
Alexe55: checks
*** TURN *** [9c Kd As] [9h]
BamBamCan: checks
Alexe55: bets 150
BamBamCan: calls 150 (this was a stupid call, as my read has to be he's on an Ace)
*** RIVER *** [9c Kd As 9h] [Kc]
BamBamCan: bets 260 (I feel like I just got lucky)
Alexe55: raises 460 to 720 ( My read changed to any 9, most likely A-9)
BamBamCan: calls 460 (initially, I was going to jam here. I decided to call and I'm very proud of myself for doing so)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Alexe55: shows [9d 9s] (four of a kind, Nines)
BamBamCan: shows [Th Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Nines)
Alexe55 collected 1870 from side pot
chase26utley: mucks hand
Alexe55 collected 90 from main pot
BamBamCan said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1960 Main pot 90. Side pot 1870. | Rake 0
Board [9c Kd As 9h Kc]
Seat 1: dfense072 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: lucko21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BamBamCan showed [Th Ks] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Nines
Seat 4: Alexe55 showed [9d 9s] and won (1960) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: TNSpaceman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: surflexus (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: AlCantHang (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: chase26utley (big blind) mucked [Kh Ac]
Seat 9: o reills3403 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

That crippled the old stack I tell you. But bad poker can do that!

I then floated around 700 - 800 in chips, only having the blinds come my way once in a while. Nothing was happening for me and I certainly didn't see any descent cards. So when I saw to cards above 3's or 4's, I took my stab. It didn't really go so well, as you'll see.

PokerStars Game #19393847612: Tournament #97513073, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/05 - 21:51:03 (ET)
Table '97513073 55' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: dfense072 (1540 in chips)
Seat 2: lucko21 (1595 in chips)
Seat 3: BamBamCan (725 in chips)
Seat 4: Alexe55 (4410 in chips)
Seat 5: TNSpaceman (2610 in chips)
Seat 6: surflexus (2490 in chips)
Seat 7: AlCantHang (1015 in chips)
Seat 8: phishy1974 (3610 in chips)
Seat 9: YoungTRK484 (1070 in chips)
AlCantHang: posts small blind 50
phishy1974: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamBamCan [Qd Kh]
YoungTRK484: folds
dfense072: folds
lucko21: folds
BamBamCan: raises 200 to 300
Alexe55: folds
TNSpaceman: folds
surflexus: folds
AlCantHang: folds
phishy1974: raises 200 to 500
BamBamCan: raises 200 to 700
phishy1974: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [5s Js 4d]
phishy1974: bets 2910 and is all-in
BamBamCan: calls 25 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2885) returned to phishy1974
*** TURN *** [5s Js 4d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Js 4d 7d] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
phishy1974: shows [6s Ts] (a straight, Four to Eight)
BamBamCan: shows [Qd Kh] (high card King)
phishy1974 collected 1500 from pot
AlCantHang said, "oofa"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1500 | Rake 0
Board [5s Js 4d 7d 8h]
Seat 1: dfense072 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: lucko21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BamBamCan showed [Qd Kh] and lost with high card King
Seat 4: Alexe55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TNSpaceman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: surflexus (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: AlCantHang (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: phishy1974 (big blind) showed [6s Ts] and won (1500) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 9: YoungTRK484 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

AlCantHang said, "oofa"

Heh! EXACTLY AL !

I was done for the night. I made a few rounds to see a few friends and then made my retreat from the Tao of 519. Happy birthday Tao of Poker and thanks! You put on a great show.

My sincerest thanks for dropping by....