Duke attempts the Impossible

[duke3016]

NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $0 Entry Fee, Level:19 Blinds(3,000/6,000-600 ante) - Saturday, May 01, 23:02:30 GMT 2010
APAT Central European Championship #384291
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)

Seat 1: TONYTRIPPSS ( 92,000 )
Seat 2: max4matt ( 130,591.20 )
Button: flopmonster ( 47,405.56 )
SB: cormach ( 57,000.80 )
BB: duke9999 ( 89,615.48 )
Tourney Level:19 Blinds(3,000/6,000-600 ante)
duke9999 posts ante [600]
TONYTRIPPSS posts ante [600]
max4matt posts ante [600]
flopmonster posts ante [600]
cormach posts ante [600]
cormach posts small blind [3,000]
duke9999 posts big blind [6,000]

Preflop: duke9999 is dealt J?, A?

TONYTRIPPSS raises to 18,000, max4matt folds, flopmonster folds, cormach folds,  duke9999 raises to 30,000, TONYTRIPPSS raises all in 91,400,  duke9999 calls all in 59,015.48, Returning uncalled bet 2,384.52 to TONYTRIPPSS

**Showdown**

TONYTRIPPSS shows 9?, 9?
duke9999 shows J?, A?

Flop: 6?, J?, 6?

Turn: 2?

River: Q?

duke9999 wins 184,030.96 from main pot with two pair, Jacks and Sixes

[MAIR]

Congratulations Ger nice one!

[cincicrappykid]

NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $0 Entry Fee, Level:19 Blinds(3,000/6,000-600 ante) - Saturday, May 01, 23:02:30 GMT 2010
APAT Central European Championship #384291
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)

Seat 1: TONYTRIPPSS ( 92,000 )
Seat 2: max4matt ( 130,591.20 )
Button: flopmonster ( 47,405.56 )
SB: cormach ( 57,000.80 )
BB: duke9999 ( 89,615.48 )
Tourney Level:19 Blinds(3,000/6,000-600 ante)
duke9999 posts ante [600]
TONYTRIPPSS posts ante [600]
max4matt posts ante [600]
flopmonster posts ante [600]
cormach posts ante [600]
cormach posts small blind [3,000]
duke9999 posts big blind [6,000]

Preflop: duke9999 is dealt J?, A?

TONYTRIPPSS raises to 18,000, max4matt folds, flopmonster folds, cormach folds,  duke9999 raises to 30,000, TONYTRIPPSS raises all in 91,400,  duke9999 calls all in 59,015.48, Returning uncalled bet 2,384.52 to TONYTRIPPSS

**Showdown**

TONYTRIPPSS shows 9?, 9?
duke9999 shows J?, A?

Flop: 6?, J?, 6?

Turn: 2?

River: Q?

duke9999 wins 184,030.96 from main pot with two pair, Jacks and Sixes

 dubios calls ...we all make em i guess wud ave been glad of call if u missed i guess was suprised at call due to stack size and position we were in prob cuda called to see folp ar well time to give up i think knock it on the head for a while well played anyhow

[hi_am_chris]

Wasnt the hand 15 bb"s effective? Duke put in 1/3 of his stack reraising an under the gone raise? im not saying you should fold but hes basically said hes not folding and hes not afraid of an utg raise

[AMRN]

Tony - think you are seeing demons here that don"t exist..... Once Ger 3-bets to 30k, he is simply never folding for 60k more when you move all in.  This is just one of those final table short handed hands that plays itself when there is no room for 3-bet/folding.

.....and anyway, not sure why you have a problem with it. Surely you WANT him to call his stack off when you are ahead (albeit marginally)

[Swinebag]

nh ger

was rooting for you HU, thats 2 silvers in online nationals now isn"t it? ul!

[cincicrappykid]

nh ger

was rooting for you HU, thats 2 silvers in online nationals now isn"t it? ul!

lol nh nice rub down

[zzBlizzardzz]

I"ve nver seen the Duke play a hand that good before. Ok fair enough Tony was 52% to Gers 48% but your dealing with the whole unstoppable force( Tony knowing Gers all in requirments) and the imovable object ( No chance in hell of Ger folding that hand) so the inevitable happens. Poker gods are mean *******s. Well done Ger, unlucky Tony..

[duke3016]

Rory McIlroy shoots a course record 62 to win at Quail Hollow, his first PGA title, and become the youngest winner on the Tour since Tiger Woods in 1996.

Well done that man

And what a final putt on the 18th WOW

[zzBlizzardzz]

[duke3016]

"You stay at the gate Ger and make sure they go up the road" says Marty
"No bother" says I

He strolled into the field and the cattle were moving towards the road. Well the vast majority of them anyway. One huge bullock seemed to be contemplating way this human was disturbing him from this richer grass. He stubbornly stood his ground.

The other cattle dutifully lined out the gate and with minor encouragement started back towards their own field. I looked up at the confrontation in the field and leant back on the open gate to see how this battle would unfold.

In the blue corner Marty Phelan weighing in at 16 stone

In the Red corner Mr Bullock weighing in at close to half a ton

My money was on the bullock.......

Marty grabbed a bit of a branch and losing his temper lashed a crack on the bullock's backside. Mistake!!. The bullock felt that this usurper was depriving him of his fine feed and was not going to give in without a fight. The bullock launched himself at Marty and caught him a glancing blow that knocked him flying. He sat up holding his shoulder as the bullock whirled round, ready to charge again.

I ran into the field roaring at the top of my voice trying to distract the animal. It worked, oh boy did it work. The bullock turned his attention to the eejit that was flapping his arms. The hunk of steak was reaching terminal velocity as he bore down on me.

Well, I did think to take my coat off and do my impression of El Cordoba. Instead I spied a tree to my left and took off. I broke every land speed record known to man as a distinct attitude of self preservation kicked in. My knees were reaching the level of my ears as I covered the ground in double quick time. I didn't even have to grab the lowest limb as I also broke the world high jump record and grabbed the branch above. I swung myself up like a gymnast on the high bars and sat on this branch looking down at snorter below who was looking a bit peeved that his punch bag was out of reach.

Marty meanwhile had regained his feet and was standing, looking forlorn in the middle of the field. Old Bullock face had resumed his grass munching as I slowly climbed down for the tree and made my way towards the gate.

Marty joined me at the gate.

"He can fecking stay there" says I

Marty said nothing but closed the gate and we made sure that the rest of the cattle were safely in their own field. I took Marty to the Docs where it turned out that he had dislocated his collarbone. No hospital for that man, a solid yank by the doctor, choice words from Marty as the waiting cleared when they heard the screams, a sling and back home.

We drove down to see how the devil was getting on and found him at the gate roaring in reply to the other cattle. I opened the gate (standing behind it of course) and the bullock trotted out and up the road. He went placidly into his own field.

Lonely for his mates I suppose

Priceless......................

[duke3016]

Off to Livingston next week for two days. It"s nearly a second home FFS

[AMRN]

re the bullock story - classic!!  huge lol

[MAIR]

LOL i laughed my head off, another priceless memory shared with us.

[duke3016]

OMG Dawn"s last post on her blog is typical of a night out in Killarney.

Abridged extract

It was a bank holiday in Ireland this past week-end.  I really should leave the country during bank holidays.  Seriously.  They never end well.  To be fair, a great time was had.  But I am currently injured.  Everywhere.  I blame Bridget and for a change, she"s not blaming me.


I"ve an old injury from a couple months back on my right ankle.  Been wearing an ankle brace with the past week as it was acting up.  But I was also wearing heels.  That sure was a good idea.  We were rushing to catch up with the gang when myself and a street curb had a bit of a falling out.   Managed to take out my left knee and my phone in the carnage.  Marv.  

continues with Guard trouble, Bridget calling the Guards names etc etc

sigh, typical and therefore Priceless.......

TBH leaving the country would only transfer the carnage elsewhere