Greek Squad

Congrats to Eman! he is basking in the sun high atop mount Olympus with his well deserved 2nd DEEPStack victory. while his brother George struggles to prove he can play with the big dogs of the FCPC, Eman wins. Eman has joined the elite of the club with this 2nd official first place. many others talk about their poker proficiency while Eman quietly plays his game and has earned the respect of everyone. here is a picture of the winner:



ok, so let's recap the actual order of finish, (the order i predicted), and the "Magic Dice":

1. Eman (9) "7"
2. Cathy (7) "5"
3. Eitan (3) "1"
4. Jane (8) "8"
5. Simon (1) "12"
6. Bill (2) "6"
7. Bob (11) "2"
8. 240 (10) "4"
9. Kent (5) "3"
10. Sean (4) "11"
11. John (6) "9"

i apologize to the following for not giving you enough respect...Eman, Cathy, Jane, Bob and 240.

i expected more from these folks and am disappointed by how they played...Bill, Kent, Sean & John.

the game started out with a bang! On the 8th hand we had our first casualty when John checked-shoved a 4s 6s 9h flop. Eman earlier in the hand check-raised Kent's flop bet only to see John make his move. Eman knew he was up against a draw but did eventually make the all-in call with the nuts, pocket 9s. John tabled 2s 3s and the board came brick-brick for John and Eman virtually doubled up right out of the chute. John expired in 11th

a little while later Sean took his pockets 7s up against Bill who (i think) flopped top pair and called the all-in. i didnt actually see the hand so i dont know the way it played out. if i am wrong ill make the change later. Sean exited in 10th

it took some time before we lost our next player. Kent engaged in some butt-play with AK but Eman who had limped UTG with pocket 10s re-popped him to virtually put Kent all-in and of course he called. the flop came out with a 10 and when a Q hit the turn Kent was looking for some river love but no J arrived. Kent was out in 9th

240 was nursing the short stack for a while but managed to hang in there for quite a well. eventually 240 shoved in all-in with A9 but was called down by Eitan and his AT. the board came A-2-5-2-brick and the nicest man on the planet was mortally wounded in 8th.

after 240's exit the next 3 players went out in quick succession.

Bob was eliminated by someone (i forget who sniped him)

Bill's K9 was terminated by Simon's JT

Simon was rudely shown the door shortly afterwards when his AT did not improve vs Eman's AQ. Simon will not invite Eman to his next birthday party.

Jane took the bubble honour in the only bad beat Eman laid on someone. in a battle on the blinds the flop came out A-J-brick. Eman came out firing with his J4 thinking Jane would have raise preflop with an Ace. When Jane announced "all-in" Eman was confused but figured his J was the best pair and made the call. he was surprised to see Jane table AT and commented on how well she played the hand but was even more surprised when a J fell on the river to send Jane to the rail. RIP Jane Quennell in 4th, bubble girl.

Eman would end up eliminating the last 4 players on the night. Simon, Jane, Eitan and Cathy.

3-handed the play was short on flops but when we did see a flop the pots were big! Cathy went on a bit of an all-in fest to accumulate chips and watched when Eitan got them all-in with pocket 7s. Eman had a relatively easy call with pocket 10s and hit a needless 10 on the river to secure a 3rd place finish. for Eitan. Simon correctly predicted a 3rd place finish for Eitan so that means Simon is a poker genius.

Heads-up Eman had roughly 75% of the chips vs Cathy and they played for about 20 minutes before the final confrontation occurred. Cathy put her life on the line with A6 but Eman quickly called with AJ. when a J hit the flop it looked bleak for Cathy. however the turn gave her an out for the straight but it didnt show up. Cathy took home another top 3 finish.

all in all it was a good night even though it took a while to finish. i was dog tired at the end of it all and didnt get to sleep in either! see you all next time

The "Magic Dice"

Before every DEEPStack i will try to remember to consult the "Magic Dice" and ask them what the results will be. i expect that the "Magic Dice" will be pretty accurate in determining the correct finish of our tournies.

Here is how it will work: i will randomly pick a name from the lineup and toss a set of non-magic dice. whatever number appears will be associated with that player. i will do this for all 10 or 11 players. then i will roll the "Magic Dice" to see where thay think everyone will place. the first number i roll will be the last place finisher and i will continue until the "Magic Dice" reveals its indisputable prediction. anyone who chooses to argue with the results of the "Magic Dice" will unknowingly have a curse placed upon him/her, so i suggest you just accept your fate.

having said all this, here are the reults of the "Magic Dice"


the number associated with each player came out like this:


simon 8
eman 5
john 9
eitan 2
bill 6
sean 4
jane 10
cathy 7
bob 3
kent 12
240 11

the order of finish according to the "Magic Dice"

1. eitan
2. bob
3. kent
4. 240
5. cathy
6. bill
7. eman
8. jane
9. john
10. sean
11. simon

hmmm, well....i guess they might be broken but let's see what happens

DEEPStack 11 Preview

this friday is our 11th installment of the DEEPStack series.

im going to preview the players and give my predictions on who will be in the money. some of the trash talk here will be sarcastic, some will be fact-based real stuff and the rest will be fantasy...you can decide what is what

first, the lineup:

simon
eman
john v
eitan
bill
sean
jane
cathy
bob
kent
240

second, the order of finish

1. simon - no surprise really. the most talented poker player in the group should handily walk away from this game with his 2nd DEEPStack series victory and 3rd 1st place (one was chopped with Eman). unless i get involved with someone trying to make a donkish move on me and somehow gets lucky in the hand, my spewage of chips will be minimzed. blessed with an uncanny ability to read the pulse of most of the people in our group, i can see myself winning probably the first 6 or 7 pots i enter without much resistance. after all, who wants to get involved in any hands with someone who can use x-ray vision to view the beating of his/her heart? if i sense a flutter or irregular beat in your breathing i will jump all over it and put you to the test by saying those four special words..."im all in fag!"

everyone else is playing for 2nd place

2. bill - bill is a lucky mofo who is on an incredible run right now. i had a dream last night that bill was following his usual strategy of playing 120% of the hands dealt to him. every hand is a potential winner according to bill so why not give them all a try? if bill doesnt lose his stack in the first hour he will have a comfortable enough stack to cruise into the top 3. he will finish in 2nd after limping in with K4 suited, then calling the 2nd preflop raise cold, he will flop a King and get it all in vs AK and go runner-runner flush to crush the hopes and dreams of our 3rd place finisher

3. eitan - he will go ballistic after bill pops him in the goolies with the K4 suited. a speech containing the deficiencies in bill's game will ensue and an silent volcano will erupt deep within the belly of our resident jew. without outwardly critisizing his opponents play too much, eitan will get his point across with short, pointed barbs that cut like a knife...and then we will see him the following week. its about time eitan finishes in the money so he really should feel good about this result.

the rest:

4. sean - gets it all in "with the best hand preflop" but loses

5. kent- back from his self-imposed exile, kent leaves a lot of wreckage behind him as he puzzles his dejected opponents with his choice of starting hands.

6. john v - standard huge stack 20 minutes in then he slowly pisses it all away with top pair no kicker after preflop raising it up with Kx, Jx and Ax. "TOP PAIR IS GOLD AT THE FCPC AND I HATE THIS F'N PLACE!"

7. cathy - takes a bad beat from sean and bows out after playing 5% of the hands she gets dealt

8. jane - her marvelous run of late comes to screeching halt when her aces gets ravaged by john's 55 all in preflop

9. eman - simon takes care of him early when he tries to run an unimproved 67 suited by simon's 35 of diamonds on a 58A flop. Eman cont bets the flop but simon's x-ray vision foils all attempts to be bluffed. getting invlolved in a big pot with simon is foolish so this is noone's fault but eman's

10. 240 - this is a standard finish for 240 who's new baby has forced him to attend only select FCPC events. he wont get any cards but wont complain. when he does get a premium hand he jams and gets called by someone with one overcard to his pair and it hits on the turn

11. bob - sorry bob, but your time has come, you will be uttlerly destroyed by everyone you tangle with. y0u wont win a pot and you'll be home in time to catch the soft-core porn on showcase

Let's get this thing going

this blog has been "live" for over a year now and i didnt even remember i created it. i dont know why i bothered to create a blogger account but i did, so i thought id use it to recap action from the FCPC.

i am by far the best player in the FCPC and i plan to destroy all those who dare to challenge that fact.

peace out and werd up!