New Digs and Great Plays....(some of the best highlighted in blue)

Thanks for the hostessing Chaos Man and Heather. Great Digs!

Now to the game....9 playa's showed for this week's challenge and indeed it was another good round of poker playing. No Knocks outs by the rebuy but we had some stacks shorter than others so a few rebought in, one who went on the place second. One great play....Heather moves allin preflop with $13, called by Tony. She holds AJ, Tony holds QQ. Board hits A6Ak3. James had folded 9s. Good fold, nice pot Heather!However, the tides turned after 10 and people began to say adios!

First to go was the man we were all scared of, especially Zeusy, who I am too sure folded pocket Aces at least once against him - CHAOS MAN himself back in the game life was taken down by Fireshirt James - Doug moved all in with 2 pairs but James had the straight. Doug went on to play an mansionpoker.com. Good show!

A great and sad play....Pete moves all-in after Stu reraised him after the flop hit Q24. Pete shows his pockets twos.. trips aha!. Stu has 2 pair, Turn hits a 10. But riverrat shows a Q - Full house for Stu. Could Pete come back with 50c?

Nope ~ Then to fall was sir Pete, taken down by Bacon (which was odd as Bacon only played 1 hand before 10 and in fact, this was the first hand he won for the night). Anyways, Bacon caught the flush so Petey's queens were no good. Blinds go up and two more will say goodbye - First, Zeus downed by Stuey. Had his chips lessened by Kodiak earlier on when she read him oh too well with her pocket fives to his "overcards" and stayed in to take a pot, Stuey went in for the kill> preflop all-in by Zeus with 10s, called with AQ - board fell 9A756 and the Aces hold.

Next to fumble was Bacon, taken down by his ringer man Tony the Tigress (Meow!) - Tony's Queen high flush hit on the turn while Bacon's flop flush, eight high, was, well, flushed away.....

The witching hour and how fast they fall...
First, our noble Hostess is taken out by Tony the Tigress after calling her preflop all-in. She held 5s vs his AJ - The board fell 9J3810. Jacks hold. Second to go was Kodiak, also by Tony. She moves all in with 9s (after being wiped moving all-in vs Rico with A4 but his A9 had hit two pair.....dang!). Cowboys for Tony and then held.

Another play of the night....Stu moves all in after the flop of QK5 with QK in the hole. James debates but calls with Bullets AA. Turn hits a 6. RIVERRAT hits a 5 - James has better two pairs. STu is down to 4.75...can he come back as we have seen before....

4 players so points are on. No $ till third so we also have a bubble boy brewing. And Brew he did - Sir Stu went out with no $ after being taken down by Tony. Stu moves all-in pre-flop with 89 suited and is called by Tony's AJ off suit. The Jack hit.

3 players vi'ing to double up the buy in at second.

THE BIG ONE
Mike Matasow would be proud and HELLMUTH WOULD be balistic.
Rico calls an all-in preflop with Cowboys after Tony goes all-in ($40 ttl) in response to Rico's $20 raise. Tony calls with 56 suited - spades. Say what?? Looks like it's Rico and James in the finale. Board falls J clubs, 8 diamonds, 2 spade. Turn shows a 3 of spades....by now smoke is begininng to billow when KABOOM! the Jack of spades hits the river and Tony lives with a flush no less!

So, it was not to be for James when Rico calls his all-in with A8 vs James' Jacks - AN ace hit so bye-bye.

No heads up as the two remaining players split the final pot with chips in hand - Rico takes first with about 65% of the chips remaining in play.

Quotes you dare ask??

Unidentified "You've got my back, I've got your back....that's the way we ride"

James to Bacon, re Tony "You brought him , you search him"

Rico to Zeusy, "Riding the short bus of momentum"

Rico, "Limp? That's not the nickname you want, unless you're in prison, then they leave you alone."......."Nah, then they make you catch" Tony.

Kodiak out.