Waiting Sucks

Last week I did a $75 Free-roll (that ended up being $80) that had four people chop up a free $20 each. We then kicked off the game with Ricky Bobby, E-Honda, Tight Andrew, JacJr, Nevin, Bartender Pete, Pops, Kiki, Mikey, and Jefferson. All were seated from the one to the ten, in that order.

Before we even started the free-roll Haga and Steve were present and waiting for a seat. A new player from MD-Poker.com met up with Kiki, Nelly, and I at the Union Jack's $0+$0 donkament the night before, and she sent her husband, Jeff, to the game to play. He was third on the list, if I remember correctly. Maybe before Steve. Bessman found out the game was strong, and he got on the list from the comfort of his own home.

Around 2100/2130, Jeff's wife Katie showed up and if I remember correctly, as she was going on the waitlist, her husband still hadn't received a seat. He said it was worth the comic value. Mikey and JacJr and Ricky were tossing insults left and right with Pops chiming in from time to time.

Some time around 0030/0100, I had cleared the wait list and sat all the players. Bessman ran his $150 buy-in up to $900 even, and soon after he left, the game broke at an unheard-of 0230. Kinda sucks that neither Adam and Ryan nor Sun showed up to fill in for the late shift, and SuperDave cheated on us by going to AC. But I'll just have to forgive them.

But either way, it was a very good game. Tight Andrew finished the night for well-over $1K and Steve went from trying to throw a party to squeezing out a $100 win. Hell, even Pops made a couple of hundred dollars on some well-timed suckouts.

After the game broke Nelly, Ricky Bobby, Gypsy Pete, and Katie played a four-handed $40 Sit N Go. I dealt it, and before we got to fourth round, Gypsy and Ricky were h/u.

Katie had gone home, but like any true degenerate, Ricky and Gypsy weren't done getting their gamble on. So I joined the two of them to play a three-handed $25 buy-in PLHE SNG. I got off to a good start, but doubled-up Ricky when I c/r'd him on a flop and potted the turn dark. He didn't hesitate to call when he turned the nut frush.

All-in-all it was a fun time. But the moral of the story is get here on time if you can, and lock up a seat. I'm gonna do a 1915 start time this coming Wednesday, and if you'd like to lock up a seat for the start time, let me know via PM/AIM, or E-mail. Feel free to use Alexander Graham Bell's invention if you're that old-fashioned and know the number.

Nelly did some from-scratch Lasagna and it was yummy as always. Not sure what we'll put on the menu yet, but feel free to make a suggestion.

Thank you all for keeping our game alive, hope to see you again soon!