Downtown Donkeytown

We had 6 players at Jeremy's for the first-ever Downtown Donkeytown game:

Seat 1: Steve C.
Seat 2: Tom H.
Seat 3: Bryan O.
Seat 4: Jeremy J.
Seat 5: Ian B.
Seat 6: John C.

Congrats to Jeremy for winning on his home turf!  He took home, er, was paid at home, $80 for first place.  Tom took second place for $40.  The game was decided on what amounted to a $40 coin flip when Jeremy, with J-10 and about a 19000-18000 chip lead, outflopped Tom's A-9.

There were 2 quads made in the first hour of the game -- Tom rivered quad 9's with his 9-9 early in the game, and shortly thereafter, John flopped quads when a 7-7-3 board greatly improved his pocket 7's.  And, John would've flopped quads a second time when Q-Q-Q hit the board, but he had folded preflop.

Perhaps one more game in the works next week?  Stay tuned...   Thanks again to Jeremy for hosting!

(Last) Tuesday Night Results

Sorry, RaisedByDonkeys readers, I slacked off this week on posting.  Too busy trying to figure out where my money went that night!

The first $20 is easy to account for.  I raised with a nut flush draw, Ian went all-in with his flush draw (for slightly more than my raise), then Eric pushed over the top with top-pair top-kicker, and mathematically I had to call.  Top pair held up, and I was cripplled and gone several hands later, while Eric took a huge chip lead.

The game ended rather quickly as Eric continued his landslide, taking first place in the 8-player game for $90.  A.J. continued his hot streak by taking runner-up honors and $45, while Jeremy rounded out the in-the-money portion with $25 for third place.

Several of us that busted out early joined quite the lively cash game.  It took me a week to figure it out, but I accidentally gave everyone $25 worth of chips to start the game for their $20 buy-in.  You're welcome, Donkeytown customers!

I made a nice profit of $66 in the cash game, while several rebuys didn't help an unlucky few.  And unlucky/stupid me lost most of that profit with a costly brain fart...

Game at Jeremy's this Wednesday (tonight as I'm writing this)!  It will be the first "Downtown Donkeytown" game!

Outdoor / Indoor

The weather cooperated in full on Friday evening to allow a 6-player game on the Donkeytown patio!  We had 6 players for a $20 "Turbo" tournament (2 hours):

Dave Ck.
Dave Cl.
Eric
Greg
Ian
Tom

Despite the fact that the average stack for the last 3 players was only 8 big blinds for the last 15 minutes, we could not determine a winner by 9:00pm and chopped the pool three ways:  Ian took $43 for his slight chip lead, Dave Ck took $40, and Tom $37.  And a thumbs up to the mosquito-repelling citronella tiki torches.

After that, we headed indoors and Corky joined us for a seven-player Game 2, with a $40 buy-in.  Corky got his $40 back for finishing in third place, and 2 of the original Donkeytown founders, Greg and Tom, squared off heads-up for the title.  In the seven plus years of Donkeytown tournaments, this was the first heads-up battle between the two, and they very likely broke the unofficial record for longest heads-up battle. 

Tom began with about a 4:3 chip lead, but Greg took a few early pots and eventually built over a 2:1 chip advantage.  Tom battled back to reclaim the chip lead, but then Greg regained the momentum and was back up to over a 2:1 advantage before the fnal hand.  Tom had 7-8 and flopped an open-ended straight on a 9-6-2 flop, while Greg had 7-6 for bottom pair.  A bet by Greg and a call by Tom set the stage for the turn card, a seven, giving Tom the lead with a pair of sevens.  Another bet and call, and when a 6 hit the river, Greg went all-in, and Tom deliberated for a while and called.  Greg's trip 6's were good to take down the $150 first prize, and Tom took $90 for second.

And when there are many beer bottles (and one Bartles & James?) to clean up the next morning, it's always a good sign that a good time was had by all.