Hachoo! Get these chips away from me!

The last Wednesday Night game for the month of March was indeed action packed. JacJr was apparently allergic to his chips, and Besmen felt bad for flopping a Steel Wheel against the guy who turned a not-so-nut flush during his previous appearance at the Corral... the two of them gave everyone else plenty of chips to play with for the rest of the night.

Combined with the action from the previous week, the Bad Beat Jackpot is now up to $4,258. This game is sick. Lost a pot with Aces Full of Jacks at showdown when you and your opponent use both hole cards and best hand gets 25% of the Jackpot. Runner-up gets 50%, and anyone else dealt into the hand splits the remaining 25%. You could be splitting up over $1050 just for being here!

In case you didn't hear, I've renamed Ali "The One-out Knock-Out King." Two Wednesdays ago, Pops, Ali, and Stirfry took a flop of . Long story short, the pot was well over $550 when the three of them got it all in on the flop and Jeff said "Just suck-out on me on the turn, don't wait until the river, please" and Jeff turned up top set. Turn brought a board-pairing tre, and Jeff was feeling good about top boat. Pops tossed his (now dead) hand in the muck. But why has Ali not mucked? River comes off a $4,100 non case Queen and Ali says, "Sorry, buddy." Ali then shows Jeff two small pair, black threes and red threes.

The BBJ dodged a one-outer that night. That's the closest I've seen face-up in a while.

Since then, Ali's been a ninja master at catching the right card at the right time.

If you're looking to play next Wednesday, you'd best get your balls in there quick. Subscribe to the new mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/wedsnights for an updated list of locked seats and the chance to lock it up as soon as possible for yourself.

Cards in the air at 1920 this coming Wednesday Night, 4 April 2007. Come get your balls in there!