2025.19

Well it had been a minute since our last bout of poker at Pepper Street,   almost three full weeks!  While the World Series of Poker was great   (read all about it by clicking here) I was very glad to be back in the   cozy confines of The Garage Around Back playing poker with the   friends I know so well - as opposed to the weekend warriors of Vegas   ha ha.

 Also, this wasn't a tournament - it was a cash game!  More social, more   friendly, but no less excitement - especially with the Cadillac of poker   front and center for the evening.  No-Limit Texas Hold-Em only for the   first three hours, followed by a 2/1 orbit mix of NLHE and the mighty mighty PLO.

The line up was mostly the usual suspects, with one new addition.  Though he's been in the tournament streets at Pepper Street for awhile (most notably with a tournament win in June) this was Mark S.' cash game debut.  He, along with Art, Colin, Jeff G., Ian, Priya, Wiz, Lea Anne and yours truly - brought the fun and the action for a raucous first few hours.

We had lots of splashing around early on - with bomb pots a poppin' left and right!  Your humble host had a tough time getting things going at first...

  

As you can see, we also had the Nit Game, which kicked off at 9:30, that really ramped up the action!

It was during the Nit Game that I finally managed to start spinning up the chips.  Of course, sadly, this also meant that some players took a few hits.  As always in the course of the cash game session, some were down a little, some up a little and then there were the big winners and the couple of people who left with dust.  Oh poker!

My Stack - a story in three acts.  Act 1 - 9:45pm

Act 2 - 10:45pm

Act 3 - Midnight

Mark S. was looking to be the big winner, up several buy-ins early on.  Alas, he took a few hits late in the night (an especially big one against moi') but he still finished well into the black.

Mr. Art had treaded water most of the night, but thanks to several late hands - most notably QUADS in PLO, he finished well up into profit land.

Big bet and a raise and a call on the river that are out of frame, much bigger pot than what it looks like.

At midnight we were all pretty beat.  So we called it a night with one final double board PLO hand that I don't really remember because it wasn't that big of a pot (unlike previous DB PLO BPs earlier in the night!).  

Our next event is next Friday, once again cash, but this time it's the "Big Mix" - meaning all the games, both Fix Limit, Pot Limit and No-Limit - all spread in our usual dealer's choice format.  Very much looking forward to that, stay tuned for the Evite!

Until then, peace and we out!