2013 Cold Deck Classic Results

January 26, 2013 was the first event in the 2013 World Series of Dip.  As always we start the series off with the Cold Deck Classic.

After a frightening cold week of -35 degree weather, the sun appeared for our game and we lucked out with a -18 game time temperature.

We had a full table of 10 brave souls show up this year with a couple of previous winners trying to win another coveted bracelet.

In the end, Ryan Dyck took down his very first WSOD bracelet in fine style.  He bubbled the first 2 feeder tournaments, but amassed a nice stack of chips in the final tournament which parlayed into a nice run at the final table.  Second place finisher, Schneider and third place winner, Big Stack Bobby Allen were left trying to make a dent in his chip castle before succumbing to Dyck's masterful play and stunning victory.

2013 WSOD Event #1 - Cold Deck Classic winner, Ryan Dyck

For more pictures and more coverage of the 2013 Cold Deck Classic, click the tab at the top or follow this link - Pass The Dip: The Cold Deck Classic

Please check the Upcoming Games tab for the upcoming tournament - 2012 WSOD Main Event

We All Took A Stab At The Kill Button And Kramp Got InTense - September 28th

On September 28th we had a poker game that included a bit, no make that a lot of everything.

It started with Nat X, Dandy Bloch, Co-Bra, Brain Kramp and I.  4 of us are comfortable playing and winning in a game where the money is flying around like it is hurricane season and Kramp is comfortable losing, so "Game On" it was!

Nat X had a great run of cards to start, although he had nothing to show for it except a small loss.  But then realized he was playing a bunch of fish (and one Co-Bra), so he laid back and collected a canoe full of checks.

Dandy was the best at getting the second best hand, which kind of sucks when only the winner wins.

Co-Bra got down early and, God bless him, resorted to the Co of old - Gamble-a-pot-u-mus reared his ugly head and the re-buy, blind shoves started.

Brain Kamp came out of the gate aggressive.  I guess he thought he would play his very best McPhilips Casino game and luck sack his way to a black mark in his Hee Haw collectable poker book he did!

I preferred to sit back and enjoy the action, ready with my bottle of tartar sauce.

As if this juiced up action game wasn't enough, we threw on the 7-2 game where you'd collect from all the other players if you won with 7 2 off suit.  And just for good measure we also played one of my favourite add ons, the Kill Button.  This is where you get a button that says 1 if you win a pot and if you follow it up with a second consecutive win, the kill is on.  The blinds double and the player with the kill button matches the big blind.  Pre-flop the money in the middle goes from 75 cents to $2.50.

Bob and Ali-G came out after the Jets game and that certainly didn't slow the game down at all.  Ali-G played solid and Big Stack stacked off.  There were lots of big hands and chips getting friction burn.

The jackpot was won again this week.  This marks the 8th time it has been won  and every time it has been by a new winner.  To check out which carrot-breath donkey dingleberry won this week, follow this link;

Proving that you don't have to be good to be lucky....

I have to comment on the hand featured in the last 2 pictures.  Co flops 2 pair, turns the boat - Kramp rivers a miracle two outer to sink the boat.  Not-Co's-Night.

3
2
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....begin justification now...

(I guess I shouldn't tap the glass too much, Brain Kramp was kind enough to send most of Co's my way by night's end, but did I really need to tell you what you already assumed?)

Dip on the Road - Week 4 of 10

Week 4 of 10 is now in the books and all it did was create more of a log jam in the standings. The game started with 4 of us showing up on time. That created a lot of quick hands and attempts to pick up small dead pots. As people trickled in the action kind of picked up. People were playing pretty tight and then Lemon showed up. He then proceeded to say (and I'm paraphrasing, but not by much) that he wasn't going to pay $10 to sweat players he thought were terrible...and then he named names. He got out four names before Colin began to defend his honour. Sloppy Slow Pots nodded as he agreed with Lemon that he wasn't a good player, and then he dominated the table.

Chocolate Chips took Gretzky quading and Dandy paid the bill.

Dycker treaded water for an hour in game #2.

X marked the spot, and that spot was in Toronto.

Cheeseburger didn't eat any of the snacks, he had enough chips of his own.

K-Diddy should take up teaching poker. "Those that can do, those that can't...."

Lemon repeatedly Rodney Kinged the table.

Sloppy Slow Pots tried to outlast and succeeded to go out last.

Big Stack sucked out on Jack Bauer who was not playing.

Philly could've used some aids on the streets of Philadelphia.

Dandy Bloch was a chip mule for everyone else.

I tripped up K-Diddy's dreams of a big night.

Winner of game 7 - Sloppy Slow Pots (stock photo)

Game 7

11 points - Sloppy Slow Pots
10 points - Lemon
9 points - Chocolate Chips
8 points - Cheeseburger
7 points - Big Stack Bob
6 points - Dycker
5 points - K-Diddy
4 points - X
3 points - C-Funk
2 points - Philly
1 lowly point - Dandy Bloch

Winner of game 8 - C-Funk (stock photo)

Game 8

11 points - C-Funk
10 points - Philly
9 points - Cheeseburger
8 points - Dycker
7 points - X
6 points - Dandy Bloch
5 points - Chocolate Chips
4 points - Lemon
3 points - K-Diddy
2 points - Big Stack Bob
1 lowly point - Sloppy Slow Pots

Again the tables turned from game 1 to game 2. Shepit went from first to worst. He was the first player to win 2 tournaments and he is still in last (albeit with the gap closing)! 4 players tied for 2nd with 14 points this week. The points are so close from top to bottom - a 10 point swing in one night alone seems to happen every session. This league is going to go down to the wire!

For all the current standings and lots of content check out our league page here; http://worldseriesofdip.blogspot.com/p/look-out-dip-on-road-ahead.html

The start of Game 7 - 4 of 11 when the cards started to fly

Game 8 - Dandy loses the vest and his chips and his smile

54900 chips for me vs 1 black chip for Philly

Next league game is October 4th and will be at Lemon's house.  Directions to follow.

2011 WSOD - Event #4 Heads Up Results and Pictures

I had 8 people signed up for the 2011 WSOD - Event #4 Heads Up (double knockout) tournament within a day of the announcement - and almost an equal number of unhappy regrets.  As advertised, if we couldn't hit 16 players commited to the event, I was going to cap it at 8.  And as it was written, so shall it be.

Even though we had our lineup a week in advance, the seat draws happened only 5 minutes before the cards were in the air.

ROUND 1

Game 1  - The Co-Bra v Dandy Bloch - This was a battle that needed to be fought.  They have had some great tilts at the home game with Co confounding Dandy time and time again.  This game was no different.

Winner - Co (1-0)
Loser - Dandy Bloch (0-1)

Game 2 - Big Stack Bob v Schneider - A great tournament rivalry has developed between BSB and I.  We have build quite a history of playing one another or often getting into game within a game situations.  Big Stack texted me earlier in the week wanting to draw me in the first game, and he got his wish.  Neither of us gave up much room and not surprisingly this was the longest match in the first round.  In the end the blinds were up there and Bobby pushed with 44 and I was lucky enough to turn up fishhooks.

Winner - Schneider (1-0)
Loser - Big Stack Bob (0-1)


Game 3 - Geppedo Harvey v V Dub - The recap I got was mid-big hand in my tournament but I think Kailey might've had Queens and Harvey cracked them.  Harvey raved about how well Kailey played and how it could have ended differently if a couple of hands had flopped differently.  Being a fierce tournament player, Geppedo might've rolled with it though - he always seems to be around in the end.


Winner - Harvey (1-0)
Loser - V Dub (0-1)


Game 4 - The Crantini Kid v Dycker - The Crantini Kid is the defending champion in this event, and even though he hasn't played much poker since he moved, he was definitely in the mix to win this thing.  Dycker on the other hand I thought provided him with probably the most interesting matchup as their styles could provide for some interesting hands.  I didn't get to watch any of this game, but when I looked down the table, I saw The Kid with all of the chips.  I would've liked to rail this one!


Winner - The Crantini Kid (1-0)
Loser - Dycker (0-1)

ROUND #2

Winner's Bracket

Game 5 - The Cobra v Schneider - The Co-Bra can play an aggressive style that is relentless, but he can be crafty and make some plays that are impossible to figure out.  I played a trapping game against Co which I felt got me in some great spots to win massive pots, unfortuately for me, Co has a magic coin and it wins hands for him.  In the end, I had to take my bad beat stories with me to the loser's bracket.

Winner - Co (2-0)

Loser - Schneider (1-1)

Game 6 - Gepeddo Harvey v The Crantini Kid - This is a matchup that begged to be played.  These guys have been clashing at our home game as long for as long as we've been playing cards.  They know one another's style and my guess is there was going to be a lot of putting one another to tough decisions. It was over in one hand.  Crantini was unlucky enough to get AA and Harvey (turned) the nut ball straight.

Winner - Harvey (2-0)

Loser - The Crantini Kid (1-1)

ROUND #2

Loser's Bracket

Game 7 - Dandy Bloch v Big Stack Bob - Dandy didn't wear a vest and Bob didn't bring out the gym teacher pose, so neither were relying on their secret weapons.  In the end Bobby got Lindros and Dandy got Gretzky.  Dandy was gushing when his 99 held up over the eights as Bobby was retired from the tournament.  I think that everyone was happy they wouldn't have to face him in the later rounds.

Winner - Dandy Bloch (1-1)

Loser - Big Stack Bob (0-2) - Eliminated in 7th

Game 8 - V-Dub v Dycker - Kailey and Dycker, now this was a match I've wanted to see for some time now.  This is probably not the best matchup for V-Dub, because Dycker knows her style to a T.  Dycker was firing at all times and played "Lemon aggressive".  He whittled Kailey's stack down to nothing and Dycker lives to play again.

Winner - Dycker (1-1)

Loser - V Dub (0-2) - Eliminated in 7th

ROUND #3

Winner's Bracket

Game 9 - The Co-Bra v Gepeddo Harvey - I wasn't able to watch much of this game, but it seemed that Mike had control of the chips from the beginning and Co's stack gradually got smaller until he was sent to the loser's bracket with the rest of us.

Winner - Harvey (3-0)

Loser - Co (2-1)

ROUND #3

Loser's Bracket

Game 10 - The Crantini Kid v Dandy Bloch - 2 amicable guys mixing it up with no history of play between them.  Because I was playing as this game was running I was only able to hear Dandy giggling as he claimed another victim.  The lowlight for all involved was Dandy singing J-Lo "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I've got (I'm still Dandy from the Bloch)"

Winner - Dandy Bloch (2-1)

Loser - The Crantini Kid (1-2) - Eliminated in 5th

Game 11 - Schneider v Dycker - This match was a marathon with both of us having 1/2 of the other guys chips at some point.  We were well into the late rounds when he raised, I shoved and he called and we flipped over a classic confrontation - AK of hearts for me and QQ for Dycker.  The window card was an Ace and the next card was a K and it was over.  A count of the chips revealed that I only had a couple chip lead when we both started with 10 000 chips.  A very very tight match indeed.

Winner - Schneider (2-1)

Loser - Dycker (1-2) - Eliminated in 5th

ROUND #4

Winner's Bracket

Bye  - Gepeddo Harvey

ROUND #4

Loser's Bracket

Bye - The Co-Bra


Game 12 - Dandy Bloch v Schneider - Well Dandy started with a couple of good hands and got me down a few 1 000 early.  I battled back and played aggressive to the point where Dandy's head was spinning and he didn't know where he was in any of the hands.  At least that's what he said.  I also avoided some pitfalls when I had garbage and folded preflop not knowing that Dandy had monsters.

Winner - Schneider (3-1)

Loser - Dandy Bloch (2-2) - Eliminated in 4th

ROUND #5

Winner's Bracket

Bye  - Gepeddo Harvey

ROUND #5

Loser's Bracket

Game 13 - The Co-Bra v Schneider - Round 2!  This was the more important of our matchups because the loser would be eliminated.  Co had a grin on his face and he hoped he still had my number.  I on the other hand was nervous because Co's style is such that he will force you to lose big pots even when you are trying to keep the pots small.  He made a few crafty moves that had me folding some big hands.  A couple of times he bet way more than what was in the pot (2 000 into 1 200) and I asked him why he overbet.  You know what the he said?  "I didn't overbet!"  Very very crafty!  In the end, I was able to hold off his aggression and took it down to exact my revenge.

Winner - Schneider (4-1)

Loser - Co (2-2) - Eliminated in 3rd

ROUND #6

Championship Match

Game 14 - Gepeddo Harvey v Schneider - Our history goes back to the days of 10 cent / 20 cent fixed limit poker in 2003.  In the last home game I outdrew Mike in a hand that he was all in on and he called my cards dead to rights, while others said, there was no way that is what I held.  I on the other hand was on a bit of a roll, having won 3 straight and we both wish we had an easier opponent in the end.  The game really went back and forth and was well played on both sides.  We played until the blinds got very high and we were both willing to move more chips around to steal the blinds.  In the final hand Harvey pushed all in with K9 of diamonds and I called with A5 off which held up.  The game took forever and was a mental strain, but it was finally over.

Winner - Schneider (5-1)

Loser - Harvey (3-1) 

Unfortunately Harvey rolled the dice a little bit mid-tournament and made a commitment for later in the evening.  When I won the first match, he congratulated me and stood to leave.  In all the excitement he had forgotten it was a double knockout!  I reminded him that we had to play again and he couldn't.  He took the championship picture, congratulated me for the win and was out the door.

Winner of the 2001 WSOD Heads Up tournament

Other photos from the tournament...

The Crantini Kid drawing the seat selections

The set up for round #2

The infamous 1 hand match

Crantini's Aces fall to Harvey's turned straight

Game #8 - A matchup we all wanted to see happen

The Co-Bra about to strike

My very best Hollywood

The vestless Dandy bloch dealing for himself for once

On tilt?

(please don't bet, please don't bet, please don't bet...oh crap he's betting)

A Dandy Impostor and the Return of the Gym Teacher - August 17, 2011 Results and Pictures

This week the players showed up early and stayed late.  There were lots of really interesting hands and it seemed like everyone had a really distinct and different style of play.  Two jackpots were won and the table was full all night.  It was a fun night, here are the highlights;

Brain Kramp, still reeling from his losses last session, showed up in a vest, "To channel the play of Dandy Bloch"  Unfortunately the vest must be a few years old, because he channeled the 2008 Dandy Bloch, not the game-crushing 2011 Dandy Bloch.  As X would say "That's a Bogey."

Speaking of Nat X, he played surgical like a Doctor, but unlike our house voodoo Dr., Dr. Kramp  - he had lots of patience.

Big Stack Bob was the night's big winner and dazzled with his play and his gym teacher pose.  He really played solid and justified his nickname.

 Following the game, Ali-G booked a consultation with a plastic surgeon for her bad hands.

The Co-Bra played strong, he played silent and he had a plate-full of chips.  He played like that kid from the McCain's commercial.

Army felt the heat and his stack went commando.

T-Money Mart didn't take great care of her little clay children.  CFS removed the chips from her care for being so aggressive and pushy with them.  Eventually with some good behaviour, she was able to earn some visitation rights with a few of them by the end of the game.

Cheeseburger played like rock star.  He came, he collected his appearance fee and he jetted.

OK - So that rock star is Cheeseburger's cousin, Whitney Houston, so it's really not that impressive, but a win is a win...

Harvey came late and was a little short (on his luck).

Lastly, I don't want to admit to money laundering, but I did make a Tidy profit.

The bonus was won twice last game, bringing the total times the jackpot has been won to 7.  No player has won the jackpot twice.  You can check out the 2 players that have been added to the jackpot club as well as the winning hands and jackpot amounts, by clicking here.

Here is more photo evidence of the good time had by most;

The last comment goes to our white board.  We tracked Kramp's losses throughout the night and even had a pie chart of who had the chips he lost.  By the end of the night we needed a longer white board...

Keep posted for another game coming soon.  The Crantini Kid is coming to town and that is as good a reason as any to get a game going.  

August 3, 2011 - Taking a Dip in the Fishbowl

The game on August 3 was a wonderful display of うんち.  I'll let the fine people at Babelhut.com explain this one...

Babelhut.com - explaining the play of Pass The Dippers since 2003.

Yes, we at Pass The Dip are not the only who are proud to display their うんち.  


The game was aggressive with Brain Kramp coming out of the gate with reckless abandon.  I guess having a few successful nights at McPhilips wore of on the little Kegel.  When Lemon arrived with the intent of playing snug, he saw Kramp trying to push the table around for exactly 16 seconds before his game plan went out the window.  The resulting play caused me to crack a champagne bottle over the shelf and christen our poker cave "The Fishbowl."

When Lemon walked in decked out in new Winnipeg Jets gear, I expected him to play dump and chase poker.

Dandy scoops a healthy pot.  I'm not sure why he bothered stacking it before he gave it to Lemon.

Whenever Dycker is all in, he assumes this pose.  And then he assumes the reach for the wallet pose.

I'm not sure where the other 5 players are...

The community cards in the biggest hand of the night.

This is why we play poker - For beautiful looking pots like this.

T-Money Mart with her toughest decision of the night.  In the end she made the right fold, saving the $68 river bet.  I promised to tell, so here it is...I had a full house with 85.

K-Diddy made a late entrance and played great to go home with some nice pocket change....

...this was largely to do with Brain Kramp re-buying and losing it all to K-Diddy in the very next hand. 

Pellets for the fish in The Fishbowl

T-Mart was (rightfully so) wishing the play would speed up as Lemon and I kept rehashing a big hand.  Here I am telling T-Mart to hang on just one minute.

Now I haven't yet mentioned the T-Mart - Kailey factor.  For whatever reason, T-Mart lovingly calls Kailey a name I'd prefer not to mention here throughout the game.  It morphs into Bug; you may follow the logic from the pictures below.