BCPC Season 13, Game 2 – Friday 12 December 2014
Good morning, everyone. I’m writing this whilst driving up to Sheffield so please forgive any typeeos (ß Joke) as it’s the brightest day ever and I can’t really see the screen.
Preamble
Look, let’s just get something out of the way. The cushions are awesome. Durable yet functional, perfect for an unsupported back, they are the perfect accompaniment to a night at the New Talbot. So fuck the lot of you.
£10 fine for Captain Yates this week for not bringing the card. Unlucky, fella.
A chilly night but would the poker be shit hot or just shit?….
Early jockeying
Nice-for-some as Matt Wilson flopped a nonchalant quad deuces. Adam P had bottom end of the straight and muggins here had top end so a few chips went Matt’s way.
In fact Matt W was on fire early on. Another hand saw him river a set of jacks after Sean had flopped a set of eights.
Ant however was struggling:
- In a hand with Kev Berrie he flopped top top on an AQsomething flop. Turn was a ten I think. Kev and Ant were both short on chips so Kev’s river bet of 1k saw Ant squirming like a Tory MP in a UKIP-contested bi-election. He eventually called and of course Kev had AQ. Ant’s response? “I knew he had AQ!!” Lolz
- Then very lucky against Matt Wilson, all-in with JJ v QQ, spikes a J to stay alive.
- BIG yawns.
- Slow on posting blinds
- More agony in a hand against Steve Redfern and Jay. On a board of 6h5sKc4c, Jay bet out 2kish, Ant called and then Steve shoved. Jay tank-called and Ant super-tank FLABed. Jay and Ant both had the same hand, 2-pair with K4 and Steve had his favourite hand (not sure why it is [sigh]), 7c9c. Anyway I know from personal experience the 79clubs hand never loses (what would happen if it ever came up against j6o? – a rift in the space-time continuum I assume) and the 5c on the river gave him a huge pot. Ant still ruminating over the hand half an hour later. (Claire was the original raiser in this hand and Steve said after that he thought it was a call so called himself. If he’d have known it was a raise he’d have folded. Poker, eh?)
Final table!
Or so I thought.
Bri: “Yer cock, there’s still 11!”
In my list Sean had got knocked out twice. Doh.
Jay was left with an uphill battle following the earler hand against Steve and in the end lost an all-in race with JQ to Tod’s 22, making him this week’s bubble boy.
Final table!
As we all waited for the final table to start, the conversation turned to Brother of the Crazy Currant, Freakface. Ant foolishly flicked the currant round the table. I wonder what impact that had on Ant’s chances?….
| Position | Pts | Name | Comment |
| 10 | 1 | Ant Williams | Ant shoved with AT. Freakface gave me the nod and I called with Js7s. The rivered ace gave Ant top pair but oh, what’s that? Oh yes it’s the ace of spades giving Team Todimus the flush. Boom! |
| With blinds getting big (well OK the big blind was already big, but you know what I mean) Steve open shoved with QK. Bri woke up with Eiffel Towers which held. C’est le vie. | |||
| 9 | 2 | Steve Redfern | Very next hand Steve again went max only to run into pocket 9s this time, held by Tony G. Again the pocket pair held.“Steve, any comment?”“Cunt!”OK. |
| Tony Tripps doubles up, 3-betting all-in against Tod’s button raise only for Bri to reshove with 77. TT’s TJ hits a ten on the turnChirping chips was back!#bants(Ant told me to put that hashtag; I had to ask him what it meant. He’s DWTK.) | |||
| 8 | 3 | Kev Berrie | Short on chips, Kev pushed with TJ, Foyie wakes up with two ladies (oo-er) which stay ahead. |
| Interesting hand as Bri tries to raise UTG but he’s actually in the BB. Everyone clocks this (actually it would be hard not to as there was a big discussion about it – having said that I didn’t have a Scooby what was going on) and so I (once worked it out) fold A7 suited on the button and Tony T folds AJ in the BB. Bri would not reveal what he had.Tony talks about this one or two times… and on the break, whilst Tony is using the facilities, Foyie jokes, “It’s not all about you, Tone!” Tony then joins us and immediately tells a story about how one of his previous girlfriends flipped out on him whilst on a date. After asking why she was upset, she apparently responded, “It’s not all about you, Tone!” Tony replayed his response at looking incredulous. You can’t make this shit up. | |||
| 7 | 4 | Brian Yates | Shoving blind on blind with K9o, Claire makes a great call with A3suited. The board bricked out. |
| Tony T not thinking straight as he also now starts physically abusing the currant. I wonder how that will work out for him?…. | |||
| Folded round to Tod in the SB who has 17.5k with Tony T in the big blind. The currant gives Tod the wink and he open shoves with K8. Tony T calls with AJ. Board runs out 3K7KQ. When will they learn? | |||
| He immediately doubles up though, shoving with AJh and called by Mooch with 8dTd. Not looking good for Tone as Mooch hits two pair on the turn but the river puts four hearts on the board to give TT the flush. | |||
| Further heartache for Mooch (heartache is perhaps a bit strong) when Tony G proves sticky on a 98QQ board and calls Mooch’s river bet to hit a 5 on the river to give him a straight with 67, Mooch having Q4. | |||
| 6 | 5 | Paul Foy | Card dead and very low on chips, Tod puts him all in with JJ and he calls with A6. The jacks hold. |
| 5 | 6 | Graham Gorton | All-in with Q7, his nemesis Tony G wakes up with big slick; an ace on the flop sealing Mooch’s fate. |
| A rigged hand goes wrong as Claire doesn’t know it’s a set-up and goes all in herself and Adam cocks up the river! So after one of the breaks the plan was to deal me KK and Tony T AA and I go all in and hit K on the river. So I go all in as planned. Tony looks a bit suspicious finding he has AA but reshoves anyway and Claire looks all troubled and calls as well. And then as we get to the river….it’s not a king. Frantic shuffling from Adam S finds the king, but to be honest by this point I’m not convinced Tony still believes it’s a legitimate hand. | |||
| Claire doubles up two hands in a row to bring her right back into contention. | |||
| We’re then four-handed for a long time, perhaps an hour, and the chips go back and forth between the players; the short stacks always doubling up when all in. As the blinds came up to 2000/4000/500 something had to give and so…. | |||
| 4 | 8 | Claire Thornton | Tod raised with J9, Clair went all in with 56, hitting a 5 on the flop but Tod hit a 9 and 2-pair by the river. |
| 3 | 10 | Tony Trippier | Tony open shoves with 66. Freakface gives Larnders the wink and he calls with A9, a 9 on the flop giving him the hand. |
| Runner up | 12 | Tony Griffiths | Tod raised to 8k with tens and Tony called. The flop came J22 and Tony G shoved with K5 and Tod called. The tens held to make Tony G runner up. Think Tony has cashed in each of the last few games which is pretty impressive, and he now tops the league. |
| Winner | 15 | Tod Wood | “If they hadn’t disrespected the currant, I wouldn’t have won.” |
Thanks to Smithy/Smithey (not sure how he spells it) for dealing. Top man.
Check out the latest league table on the temporary spreadsheet.
Cash game stuff
Brian and Nic embarked on an epic heads up dealer’s choice battle. Think Bri finished up ahead but regardless it sounded like great fun.
Next BCPC game:
Heads-up Friday 2 January 2015
Can Adam win a third title???
Next league game:
Friday 9 January 2015
Website
Hope to get this up and running asap.
TV
Still enjoying Forever. A likeable lead makes it a warm and snuggly watch. The Fall and The Missing are The Shit (I think that means they’re good – Ant will know). Looking forward to Black Mirror on C4 this Tuesday. Also Adam Buxton’s Shed of Christmas is on the same night on Sky Arts 1, which will obviously be great. If you fancy something a bit more sciencey, The Secrets of Quantum Physics can be seen on iPlayer with the second episode on BBC4 this week.
And finally
Happy Christmas one and all! Be safe. Laters.
