Up on the Roof

Two pairs of shades on display but more likely linked to the sunny holiday sun than hiding the windows to the soul. We get some live action at last. Subjective summary follows. Feel free to add your own.

American Chris
Only a short stay with other plans for the day. Buys-in for HK$200. Leaves with nothing but a couple of cold beers in him.

-HK$200

Jack the lad.
Clutching a summary sheet of hand strengths. Flush beats straight etc Jack looked like he might be in for a poker lesson or two. Dropped a buy-in after having his Q flush losing to Deadly's over king flush. Not an easy one to get away from. Sat out for a bit before re-buying. In the end he mostly got his money in with decent hands despite a few showdowns with Sham where both seemed willing to call down with close to nothing. Ends up almost recovering his original stake and makes a slightly losing debut.
-HK$34

Moocher
His confidence from the morning's internet play seemed to have him in a buoyant mood. Catches some nice hands at times even managing to hit quads two hands in a row. Milks his four sixes nicely but not getting the reraise he was hoping for. With an ace and a queen on the board and three sixes it looked likely someone had a full house. Finishes with a big hand against the host. Two aces on the board and two queens on the board. Big overbet on the the river from moocher accompanied by a speech about it being the last hand of the night. The host's hand reading skills don't appear to be on the clairvoyant side of the scale and he calls with the weaker full house.
+HK$326

The host with the most
Our host doesn't like to fold. Also seemed to be the one most in need of Jack's hand strength charts as he takes two pairs on a flushing and straightening board to the wire in a big pot. Takes a nice pot from phillberto though as he pushes all in with a straight on the river inducing a crying call with two pair and pot odds that proved just too tempting. It takes the final hand against moocher though to change a winning session into a slightly losing one.
-HK$60.

Deadly
Gets involved in only a handful of big pots and shows down the winning hand on the majority of occasions. Starts off taking down a medium pot early with a better 2 pair against phillberto. Overflush against Jack the lad adds to his stack and betting a made but vulnerable flush against the host who chases hoping his killer ace will hit. It doesn't and Doug cashes out early to the good.
+HK$258

Phillberto
Disclaimer - excuses, excuses excuses to follow! Think I can be fairly comfortable in claiming to be cold decked. In terms of starting hands I have pocket queens early which hit trips on the flop but dont get any action. Next premium hand I get is JJ with ten minutes to go which isnt too happy to see a board which includes A, A , K and Q. The host calls a first and second bullet and then bets minimum on the river. Any higher and I would have folded but I called HK$4 to be shown pocket fours. Didn't see the big slick once. AQ just once which I had to lay down when moocher connects with a third eight and his overbet lets me get away. AJ I see once, when under the gun, making it a marginal raising hand which connects and lets me take a small pot.
In terms of connecting with the board I offer the following as evidence of being cold-decked. This is for 5 hours play...
Straight flush/quads - as if . Total 0
Full house - Get one but it faces moochers quads. Total : 1 (behind).
Flush - No made flushes all day. Get only two flush draws which I bet. Neither hit and both get called.
Straights - Zero.
Two pairs - Twice. Lose once to deadly's better two pair and once to the host who hits his two pair on the river. Total 2 (both behind).

HK$-290