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
1
....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.

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.  

From the Vault - October 30th, 2008 - 2008 WSOD Event 4 - Razz

Another "From the Vault entry from 2008.  In honour of my recent posting for the rules of Razz, I am giving you a few pictures from our first and only Razz tournament and the cash game that followed.

I vividly remember that Big Stack had this mildly entertained look on his face the entire game, which I've never seen him do at poker before or after.

I expected a little more RAZZle-Dazzle out of Bridesmaid Bobby.   

X brought his own abacus - now you know why his math is usually off

This is an abacus that hasn't been smashed around like X's

Yeah the card is from the bottom, what's the big deal?

Mike knows he is the front runner for any game where the worst hand wins.

Spanky took a deep breath, and blew it.

The 3 best of the worst.

It looks like my 2 chips are just enough for the toll on Mike's Great Wall of China-chips.

Whoever took this picture is cut off.

Mike wins Razz - Everything in the world is right again!

Tom and Joe, not from 92 CITI FM

X is a shadowy figure.

I don't seem to recall why there are 18 chips on the table between all the players.  Strange indeed.  Hordyk must have a huge stack hidden behind Joffa, although it is unlikely...

Well the cash game was kind of smallish but did get bigger once the tournament finished, although I stopped taking pictures at this point.  The tournament was fun and happens to be the only stud game that we've played in the WSOD to date, although we will try and add another one very soon.

I hope you enjoyed the blast from the past...

Dip on the Road - Week 3 of 10

Week three was held on Tuesday night and this time we took the show on the road.  Philly's doublewide garage was the perfect set up for a summer game except for the fact that our usual done-at-12 timeline pushed to 3 AM and Philly had a really really early appointment at 10:30 AM.

The first game started without Dandy Bloch who was in T.O. in what I imagine was a second trip for underground poker lessons. The other no-show was Cheeseburger who called from my house as the first few hands were being played.  Apparently he lives in a box (under a heat lamp) and didn't bother to check where the game was being played.  He didn't receive a ticket, racing back to Philly's who basically lives across the street from him.


Big Stack had more points than the Phil Ivey lawsuit
X marked the spot, and that spot was by the door.
K-Diddy brought his chip management team.
Mike took the Lemoncoaster to 9th street.  Twice.
Dandy played tight like a tiger in his absence.
Cheeseburger played like it was 9 at the mall - he closed the Gap.
Philly walked blindly into a full house.
Sloppy had the chips in his windshield removed by Lemon Autoglass
Dycker played game 1 like the Bruins, and game 2 like the Canucks.
Chocolate Chips was only semi-sweet.
I delivered BSB a big plate of rotten beets.

Winner of game 5 - Dycker

Game 1

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

Winner of game 6 - C-Funk

Game 2

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

Note:  One session after Big Stack Bobby set an almost unbeatable low point record with 3 points in a night, he came back with a new record for high points with 19.  It kind of sums up BSB's game.  NIce work buddy!

June 5th 2011 Results and Insults

The Butcher

Dandy knows that if he dresses ridiculously enough, his wife will kick him out of the house and he will be free to play cards for the night.  This get-up should buy him at least 3 nights out.

Our latest home game was a rare Sunday game and Dandy and Brain Kramp reminded me of 2 movies;

Pass The Dip: Dandy Bloch and Brain Kramp in T.O.yland - Original Pass The Dip Video

and...

Dandy played 3rd pair to a winner 60% of the time.  He played Q9 off preflop to a $15 raise 80% of the time and he was downright awesome 100% of the time.  But then again, I'm not really a math guy.

I tried a new strategy - the C.H.i.P.S. strategy.  I burst onto the scene, had everyone watching and then I self destructed.  In the end my C.H.i.P.S. went away.

Kailey and Dycker were like a young Forrest Gump - they ran bad.

Papasan had Jacks 3 times that were shown and each time shoved all in.  After successfully winning all 3 pots, I think the poker community can lay to rest the age old question "How the hell do you play Jacks?"

For being new to the game I was impressed with his play.  He had built a nice profit for himself, and gave very few free chips back to the pot.  And then he met the Anti-Chris.  7 Nation Army and Papasan got in  a big action pot and the postman delivered!  Army's J high flush out pipped Papasan's 8 high flush and Army had crushed another stack.

Co played great and had the chip stack to prove it.  The man has been silently crushing the game for months now.

Brain Kramp was admittedly not only running bad, but playing (and I'm paraphrasing her, despite the official quotes) "as bad as anyone has ever played in the history of the world, ever.  Even worse than if Hellen Keller and the cast of Dumb and Dumber had a baby and then shut it in a room so that the only thing it was ever exposed to was Jersey Shore and then gave it a deck of cards and told it to play poker."  It got so bad that he started frantically texting Sheldonkey to try and goad him into coming for the last hour.  He did manage to have a remarkable turnaround, mainly at my expense, and for that I tip my hat and pin a participation ribbon on his jacket.

I found out why Nat X is in such good shape - he must of been losing a lot at poker lately.  There is nothing like a very very very very long walk to clear your head and shed some pounds.

The night was a very fun one with plenty of frustration in the cards to go around.  The company was good, the conversation was lively and Brain Kramp finally won, so we know he'll be back!

Here are some pictures from the game:

"He has missed parties he has never attended.  He once had a winning hand, just to see how it feels.  He's  lost money betting on solitaire.  He only makes the right folds while doing Origami.  When he was younger, he wrote a song named 'Beck'.  His mother has a tattoo that reads 'childless'.  He can roll his eyes in three different languages.  He is the unluckiest man in the world." 

Planning a Second Trip to T.O.

I offer you Kramp's head on a platter.....of chips

Poker for idiots is for idiots indeed.

By the way I kinda feel like Sheldonkey and T-Money Mart got a little gypped in this post.  They both came to play and not only are they not in the pictures, but there is nary an insult in this post to be found.  I will give them their comeuppance next time around.  (That was your comeuppance under your chair was it not, T-Mart?)  I think Sheldon lost his to Brain Kramp in a massive bluff...