Are You Donkier Than a 5th Grader?

We had 12 players who set out to get a positive answer to that question on Friday night, as they took on Dani, the resident fifth grader.  Each player bought in for $15, with the question of donkier/not donkier being determined by who had more chips at the end of 7 levels of play. 

As it turned out, 11 of the 12 players were "not donkier", as Dani busted out during the 7th level, on the same hand that Darren busted out.  Truth be told, they may or may not have been out-donked by Dave Cl., as Darren later pointed out, "The worst hand won."  The other 11 players thus collected $5 for having more chips.  Dave Cl. also took the most money at the end of the 7th level for having the most chips.

The 11 players finished at one table, tournament-style, with the top 5 earning the rest of the prize pool.  To make time for the second game, the last five players decided to chop the pool.  Christy T. had the most chips and took the biggest piece of the pool, but Dave Cl., on the strength of his earlier chip stack, finished with the biggest profit of the game, followed by Dave C., with Christy 3rd, Greg P. 4th and Ian B. 5th.

Most importantly, Dani had a great time.  I would like to thank everyone for being so nice to her and helping her out.  It is great to know that the same group that provides great poker games and a great time from an adult perspective is also the same group that I feel good exposing my stepdaughter to.

The second game was a straight-forward, 9-handed, $25 buy-in tournament.  Jeremy J. came back from an early deficit to dominate late.  After a few hands of heads-up against Tom H., and after Jeremy pointed out to the host, "You know, Tom, it IS after 1:00," the two players decided to play all-in on every hand.  Only took one hand, though, as Jeremy's K-6 was better than Tom's 7-6, and a King on the flop sealed the deal to give Jeremy the $110 first place prize.  Tom took $70 for finishing 2nd, and Ian again rounded out the in-the-money positions by taking $45 for third.

It was a fun night!  I apologize to all who may have been overtired on Saturday after the late night.  The empty cans and bottles scattered about the first floor of Donkeytown indicate a great night was had by most, if not all!