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22.08.04

The 2004 WSOC (in the words of one of the players) was “the longest 16 player tourney in history”. That comment wasn’t an overstatement!.

What a day

The BBQ was fired up at 1.15pm and cooking commenced at 1.45pm. Thanks to Hambo and Arbernaut for their chef duties on the day, which left me free to prepare all the other food that went with all that meat. Wouldn’t have been able to do it without you

The phone never stopped ringing. Jeff and Priscilla were stuck in traffic, AGAIN! Jamie and Dicky had somehow completely missed J13 off the M1 and ended up at J15!! A few people that hadn’t been here before (and some that had) kept ringing for directions. Eventually everyone arrived and we got stuck into the BBQ.

By 3.05pm we had all drawn for our seats and were ready to play. At 4.25 the first person was out. I found AA (just for a change) and Neil went all in on a low flop with QQ. I called and the turn and river gave him no help

A hand that Mark (Prince Charles) was telling me about against Jeff (Nuts Nathan) went something like this….
Nuts Nathan flopped quad 10s and Prince Charles continued to represent that HE had the 10 . Luckily Prince Charles had “plenty of chips” and it didn’t damage his stack too badly.

The next person didn’t go out for an hour or so after that. Then no one seemed to go out for hours . By 10.30pm we finally got to 9 players. “Final!”. 7 ½ hours and still not half the field gone . We were having a 5-10 min break every 2 hours (2 levels) just to get up and stretch our legs and, of course, talk about most recent bad beats.

Talk of changing the clock from 1 hour to 45 mins was discussed at the final table, and dismissed, as there were a few low stacks and those with the low stacks thought it unfair. So we carried on with the 1 hour levels.

I was first to depart the final table in 9th position when Nuts Nathan raised into me with JT of spades. I re-raised all in. He thought forever and eventually called. Cards on their backs. I turn over pocket 8s. Flop came AKQ I needed a miracle to get out of this one I thought. My miracle never came and I got up and did the washing up (as usual ).

WSOC 2004 also saw our first ever Royal Flush since the game has been running . Prince Charles had the AK of clubs and knocked out James (Arbernaut) in 6th position with his Royal.

By 3am it was 3 handed with Chris (The_Ace), Prince Charles and Jamie (Jokers Full) left battling for the and first prize cash.

The_Ace went on a mission and damaged the HUGE stack in front of Jokers Full in a couple of hands and then Jokers Full was eventually taken out in 3rd by Prince Charles when they both hit a straight. Prince Charles had a straight (5-9) and Jokers full had a stright (4-8)

Heads up didn’t take too long between The_Ace and Prince Charles. Here is the final hand……

Prince Charles called from the small blind with J7
flop was 2 spades with a Jack and a deuce
The_Ace made it 10k.....Prince Charles called
turn came a deuce
The_Ace made it 15k......Prince Charles re-raised all in
The_Ace called for another 25k or so. Cards on their backs.
The_Ace turns over 34 of spades, showing a flush draw.
The_Ace needed a Spade to win (except the J of spades)
last card was 9 spades....


So, finally, after over 13 hours of poker and very few breaks, The_Ace was the winner.

It was a fantastic game. Almost everyone came up to me at some point during the day and said what a great game it was. “The best one ever” was a comment by more than one person.

By 5.10am I was tucked up in bed dreaming about the next home game. Thanks again to everyone who attended and made it yet another great day of poker.



AwesomeAli

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