Live at Phillberto's

Final Results
Bigshot +HK$400
Phillberto +$300
Moocher -$200
Don -$500

With fewer participants than anticipated it was short handed action in storefor everyone. It actually led to a lot more action for everyone and theaction was pretty thick and fast. The action kicked off pretty early with Don trying to assert his aggressive mark on the game.

Mark limped on the button Don raised, I called and Bigshot then came back over the top forcing us both out of the pot.

Moocher trail-blazed an early lead after he took down a large pot against Bigshot. Moocher fired a big bet on the river which Bigshot opted to call.Moocher showed a surprise 'wheel' straight with A3 and with Bigshot mucking and leaving what he may have had an unsoved mystery. I suspect it was a bluff-catcher of sorts rather than a monster and was hoping to pick off a Moocher steal.

I managed to knock back a decent number of lagers with accompanying herbal enhancement so what I lack in preciseness of hands remembered I made up for in a relaxing Friday night chillin' on da roof.

As a short stack Bigshot repeated his trick of limping on the button. Don stuck in a big raise from the Small blind. With position and 99 I opted to call. Bigshot then moved all-in with his short-stack. Don folded, presumably looking to have stolen from a tight blind a weak limper. I called with very good pot odds hoping for a race with two overcards and finding Bigshot had made a move with 56s. He found one six on the flop and a second on the turn to save himself from the first felting of the night.

Bigshot and Moocher were to clash in a battle of the kickers. AJ versus AT but a Queen was to land on the river in an AA33 board ensuring the pot was split.

Don then inflicted some damage on me. I raised with 66 and bet out again on a low flop which Don called. I led out again on the turn with my open-ended straight draw with three of a suit on the board and was pushed all-in by Don leaving me in a pretty tough position. My pot odds were so good and I could well have been against a bluff with overcards and I made the call to find myself up against a flush with no outs.

After sitting on a short stack for a while it was agreed that buy-ins would be allowed and I exercised the option along with Don.

After that I found an opportunity to win some of my previous losses back. After seeing a flop for free on the Big Blind I stuck around with a flush draw which landed. Don bet into me on the river leaving himself only a small amount left and he called my raise putting him all-in. His top pair wasn't enough.

Bigshot and Moocher crossed swords in one of the defining hands of the night. An Action board of KQAJA with 3 suited. Moocher bet out with Top pair which improved to a straight on the turn but also filled up Bigshots flush. The board must have looked pretty scary to them both but with so much of the money in already and out of position Moocher pushed on the river. A fairly quick call from Bigshot on the river - although he probably wasn't beating much his pot odds just about justified it and Moocher showed what was pretty much a bluff while Bigshot's lowly flush held up.

I clashed again with Don. Bigshot raised, Don reraised and I came over the top, presumably signalling a pretty big hand. Bigshot read this as strength and folded but Don opted to call. A flop of Jxx and I bet out for half pot and was called. I bet half pot again on the river and was called. Don lead into me on the river and I called unsure as to where I stood. Don only held 66 and hoped to push me off my hand but lacked to $$$ to force me off my hand. I suspect a larger bet on the turn might have had a possibility of working but by the river I know what price to pay and my pot odds made it too hard to consider folding.

We clashed once again. This time with me holding JJ. I slowed up on an Axx flop and decided to c-bet. When a second Ace landed on the turn I bet out. Once again Don made a move on the river and I called with JJ with no obvious draws to see if he had the Ace he was representing. He did not.

A few brownie points for Bigshot on this hand. The two big stacks at the table clashed as both Bigshot and myself had in excess of $1,000 at the table. I got involved with 79o but in position. I flopped an open ended straight draw on a KT8 two suited board. Bigshot lead out and I stuck in a re-raise of $130. I thought I may have been able to fold top-pair and if I didn't reckoned my flop aggression would give me a good chance of seeing the next two cards for free. His response was a very ballsy shove for what must have been $900 more. An easy lay-down for me of course but a very nice time to re-raise as I could well have made that bet with trips not wanting to risk seeing a flush land and hoping to get some money out of AK or KT.

Bravest call of the day goes to Bigshot who called down yet another river bluff from Don holding A2 but holding only a pair of twos on a board of funnily enough lots of ovecards.

Looks like a typhoon is a brewing....