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Got a bunch of little things to report so I'll just list them in no specific order.
HOMEGAME: We had our semimonthly homegame this weekend. It was supposed to have about 15 people with a few playing a live table and the rest playing tournaments, but we were all skeptical. Turns out we had 10 show up which is still good by our standards, but no one wanted to play a cash game so we all played turbo SNGs. I didn't make a dime in the tournaments but I made some stellar laydowns that I was proud of, so that kinda made it worth it. I did face off with Fatso in two $20 NL freezeouts and won them both so I still made a profit on the day. I also hooked up with Gambit on FullTilt and won a decent amount in Razz (not from him, just from the table). I've since gone back and won more, so I am convinced Razz is my "calling" aside from Hold Em. Simple game for a simple mind, huh?
KENNA JAMES: Our good friend came in second at the WPT's PartyPoker Million and took home a cool $700K. He's second in the player of the year standings (not sure which one, but that's what he said). You can check out his Updates from the road at kennajames.com. And if you saw him on the WPT last Wednesday you can really appreciate how amazing this guy is. He made perfect reads and still lost when the guy who just wanted to go home went all-in with J-10. Unreal. Kenna took it like a gentleman, that's why he's the COWBOY!
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Well, we had our tournament, and it went off about 75 minutes late because the golfers were still out on the course. When they finally came in most of them were drunk and loud but they settled down and had a good time playing poker. I had to explain a lot of things to people and I kept the tables balanced, but all in all it was smooth. At the end when it got down to the final table I dealt and as Playthrough poingantly pointed out, I might get tipped, and I did! Now, this Wednesday I have to teach a seminar to the ladies of the club! That should be fun, and maybe I'll have someone ask for lessons.
Anyone watch the Monte Carlo Millions on FSN? The hand between Ivey and Jackson at the end when Ivey had Q♥6♥ and Jackson had 6♠5♣ was sick! Is it any wonder why Ivey is my hero?
That's about it. Had a bunch of bad beats this weekend but still had the mettle to rally and show a nice profit for the two days of poker.
More later, and don't forget, Andy Bloch is Wednesday!
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
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