BCPC Season 17, Game 1 – Friday 18 November 2016
Roll up! Roll up! Season 17 is here, and with 28 players it promises to be a cracker. Returning players are the legendary Matt McKinlay and the youthfully (though now 21, so can now legally gamble in Vegas) Jack Hipkiss.
New to the club we have Matt Cromwell, season 16 heads-up champion; Matt Price; and Tom Cawley. You are all very welcome.
Although we’ll have to start calling us the Matt Country Poker Club – 21% of our players are called Matt. Boom – stats!
Tonight’s game
Bountry game tonight – introduced last season, it was a big success so returns as a permanent fixture for the opening game of the season.
It’s been a few seasons now that we’ve had two tables down the bottom of the pub and one up the top, but I’m still trying to think of ways to capture details of interesting hands and anything else worth noting. When I drink (like I did this week) then it’s game over. But I should be sober for the rest of the season so I think I’ll ask people in the breaks what’s been happening on their table.
This week, the footy was on – Brighton v Villa. I never realised how many Brighton fans we had in the club. 🙂
Simon Smith seemed to be playing well early doors (well, later doors as well) – making big turn and river bluffs to get made hands to fold (or betting with the nuts and getting calls). Tony T also seemed to play well. Then giot lucky with 22 against 3 players and hitting a set on the river. The luck turned the other way after that, though.
On the other table, both Kevs seemed to be doing well. When I joined, Kev O’D in particular was playing very aggressively, raising most pots.
In the end the blinds did their work and claimed the short stacks at the final table, and it was down to Kev B, Matt Wilson, Steve Healey and Matt McKinlay to battle it out for the win. Steve Healey fell 4th, but cashing so always good. Matt Wilson then followed for a very creditable 3rd. Matt McKinlay marked his return with send place – almost like he’d never been away. And Kev B popped his cherry with his first league win. Well played, sir!
Kev B also cleaned up on the bounties winning £138. No one else was close
| BOUNTIES WON | |
| MATT CROMWELL 1 | £5 |
| NIC RAWLINGS 2 | £10 |
| TOM CAWLEY 1 | £7.50 |
| MARK ENGLAND 1 | £5 |
| KEV O’DRISCOLL 3 | £22.50 |
| JAKE POXON 1 | £5 |
| ADAM SMITH 2 | £13.75 |
| TOD WOOD 2 | £10 |
| SIMON SMITH 1 | £10 |
| STEVE HEALEY 1 | £11.88 |
| MATT WILSON 1 | £5 |
| MATT McKINLAY 2 | £15.94 |
| KEV BERRIE 7 | £138.43 |
The table after the first game was:
| Position | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Kevin Berrie | 15 |
| 2 | Matt McKinlay | 12 |
| 3 | Matt Wilson | 10 |
| 4 | Steve Healey | 8 |
| 5 | Graham Gorton | 6 |
| 6 | Simon Smith | 5 |
| 7 | Tod Wood | 4 |
| 8 | Lisa Whittingham | 3 |
| 9 | Adam Smith | 2 |
| 10 | Jake Poxon | 1 |
Cash game
There weren’t many of us, but I really enjoyed the cash last night. Mark England’s ‘show a card on each street’ game was great (needs a name though – Tony G has suggested MESACOES), and the old dice variant made a welcome return. And Jack had a lovely paddy when his quads lost to my SF. :
The website
Note that player records have been updated following season 16. And new player profiles have been added for all players who have played 2 seasons or more.
See also latest results, league table and rankings.
There is also of course the calendar of upcoming games and events.
If you’re new to the club, have a look around the website. If you have any comments, please let me know.
Next league game
Friday 2 December 2016.
TV
I’ve been catching up on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – if you liked 30 Rock, then you’ll like this.
Westworld is very good.
But of course it’s The Walking Dead that remains the absolute pinacle of TV drama. That Negan, he be a badass!
Lataz
