Tom Takes Two

We had four -- count 'em, four -- players in Donkeytown for a rare Thursday night game!  Darren C., Ian B., Mike C., and Tom squeezed in 3 games in just under 5 hours.  The buy-ins were $20, $20, and $30.

In Game 1, Mike C. built a chip lead and took top honors, chopping for $50 with Ian, who took the other $30.

In Game 2, the pivotal hand was early on, as about two-thirds of the total chips on the table go into the middle on the flop.  Corky pushed all-in with top pair and a flush draw on a 10-high board consisting of all hearts.  Tom called with top pair and the nut flush draw, and then Ian moved all-in with a made jack-high flush.  Tom called Ian's raise, and when Tom spiked the king of hearts on the river, Corky was eliminated in 4th, and Ian was crippled.

Shortly after that, Darren had AQ and was all-in preflop against Ian's JJ.  Darren not only won the race and doubled up, but made quad aces on the hand.

Eventually, Ian was eliminated and Tom and Darren chopped ($50 and $30).

In the final game, Tom pushed all-in with another nut flush draw, and Ian again was victimized, as his flopped two-pair was no good when Tom made another flush on the river. 

Tom and Darren eventually made it into the money, and this time there was a heads-up match.  Darren took a few early pots, but eventually pushed all-in with A-6 and Tom called with J-Q suited.  Every card on the board hit one of the two players (J-Q-6-Q-6), giving both players full houses, but Tom's QQQJJ defeated Darren's 666QQ, and Tom took $80 for first, with Darren winning $40 for second.

Next game is at Corky's on Saturday the 25th!  Word is we'll have two games, with hopefully at least a full table for each game.  Should be a great time!