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Matt Showell is ready for… duh, duh, duh… The PokerListings Run Good Challenge Part Threeeeeeeeee! That’s right, starting today at 1pm central on PokerStars invited bloggers will make an attempt to “run good” in the race to win one of two seats into a $1500 WSOP event. Now that a WSOP seat is involved… play might be a bit more interesting.
Special thanks to Matt Showell and PokerListings for the event and invitation. Read more here.
As if PokerListings Run Good Challenge wasn't enough to make you run for your money, beginning this month is the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (see link below).
As for running good… well, my QQ flopped like a fish on the river when Kid Dynamite's 44 pulled a last second set. But, that's poker and I've done the same to others. Either way, I've made the final table which will be played this Saturday at 1pm Central on PokerStars.
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.
Registration code: 779289
Check out PokerListings Run Good Challenge today at 2pm ET on PokerStars. Don't forget new players in the line up including WSOP bracelet winner Jason Young and gaming historian David Schwartz. Yet, as I mentioned here, several new ladies have joined the tournament series.
The three ladies of the previous challenge took first, second and third… let's go girls.
Breyer Paddock Race Horse Photo courtesy Healthstones.
I was excited when I received Change100′s twitter that she had defeated Spaceman in the heads-up match securing her seat into the PokerListings Run Good Challenge Grand Finale. No offense Spaceman but this divided the final table equally in gender. I’ve been bugging Jeffrey Pollack to bring back a Mixed-Double’s event at the WSOP (Doyle Brunson and Starla Brodie won in 1979) but no word yet.
I was happy to make the final table considering I didn’t even play the second event due to my tardiness via a hurricane. I got off to a good start when I flopped a king high flush against Dan Skolovy. I will answer Pokerlistings Dan the reason I didn’t raise my flush on the river…in a private email. Can’t let anyone know why I did what I did because then people might think us Texans have strategery.
Anyway, Change "won" hundred took down the series after she crushed me heads up in one or two hands. Naturally, I received 83, J3, 83, 73 and finally picked up JT and pushed. As much as I love JT, I don’t like JT when my opponent has AA. The End.
The best news of the whole series… the three women playing the NL holdem tournament won first, second and third. I’d like to thank PokerListings Matt Showell again for the invite, he has the goods here.
I would go over the hand history for you but I will leave that to Shamus who sums it up nicely here. And my blog time is still minimal due to hurricane clean-up.
Looks like I ran well in the PokerListings Run-Good poker tournament, as I’ve made it to the final round despite missing the second event. I’d like to thank Matt Showell, Matt I couldn’t have done it without you.
A tie between Change100 and Spaceman has called for a dance to secure the 6th man/woman at the final table.
Shamus 14 points Dan Skolovy 12 points Dr. Pauly 8 points Amy Calistri 8 points Michele Lewis 6 points Change100 4 points Spaceman 4 points
A few things should be mentioned about the final six players…. Shamus read a few books before playing, likes Phil Collins and rarely chats. Amy Calistri, whose blog is in limbo, rarely chats either but she puts up with all the nasty talk so she’s cool. Dan “super user” Skolovy, promoted as a no-threat-player has now defined the meaning of Run-Good and likes beavers. I can’t pick sides between Change100 and Spaceman because they’re both my friends and they both laugh at get my jokes. As for Dr. Pauly… I have a read on him. He distracts by saying a lot of dirty words (most of which I need to google). He’s like an X-rated version of Marcel Luske. And me? Well, I lost all respect amongst poker bloggers when my set of jacks held up against Pokerati Dan’s hammer. But that’s just what happens when you jack up a hammer.
I’m very sad I won’t be playing my buddy Choppy Poo and will miss Kid Dynamite’s smart-arse-isms; however, I’m confident Kid will be there railing the freeroll with some Dynamite chatting. Like… “I can’t believe I’m railing a freeroll.” He probably won’t read this before the tournament on Saturday so don’t tell him I typed that…. let’s just wait and see what he says.
When you have some sort of disaster… sms, pins and internet via blackberry really comes in handy. Since Hurricane Ike hit Houston… I’ve received many supportive messages from friends and readers. For example, Eric Morris of Bluff Magazine and the Entities have checked on us several times. Joe Sebok sent some well wishes along with a mental hug, my PokerListings Run-Good Challengers were excited I missed the registration I was safe and Dr. Pauly (who is not related to Dr. Pepper) sent me a sweet message and a new nickname. And of course all of my friends from high school whom I met in real life.
My blackberry allowed me to stay in touch with family despite the hurricane causing the largest internet outage in the history of the internet which is not a long history.
So, the latest is… we have water, electricity and we are safe. My husband’s business on the oth er hand… not so great. Part of the roof came off, the 15ft bay doors blew in, half the side of the building has a crease along the outside from bending in half and that’s because the wind blew the nuts so hard they came unscrewed. Yep, I just wrote that outloud and it was not a pun because I’m not a perve (like some other poker bloggers) but I am married to someone and friends with people who will totally say something about the previous sentence. OK, I’ll be honest…I wrote nuts when it should have been bolts. Crazy.
Seriously though, while his business is a mess… we are grateful to be alive since we have heard some horrific rumors of a particular small coastal town. I just can’t even post what I’ve heard, as it’s too disturbing.
We’re finally leaving Houston after hours preparing for Hurricane Ike. Signs out of the yards, machinery to photograph and move indoors, pick up prescriptions and more importantly… packing the Wii games in the car. Whole Foods was rumored to have given away free steaks and fish before Hurricane Rita hit but I didn’t have time to grocery shop.
Since my husband’s woodworking shop is located south of Houston we were worried we would hit serious traffic back into town but instead had smooth sailing. We stopped for some water and 98.7% of the customers were purchasing gas, food, water etc. However, the 1.3% minority, some ganstas, were buying cases of beer. Now, I’m not saying they were ganstas because they were buying cases of beer, I’m saying they were ganstas because they looked like modern gangsters. It’s really too bad the news missed out on that interview because they do such a good job of making Houstonians look like total rednecks.
Last night my husband and I tried to decide whether or not to leave town then or wait until morning. After the infamous Hurricane Rita traffic jam we were concerned we would be stuck on the road for hours with two bored screaming kids. But here we are at 9am driving to Austin without any traffic (see photo) while my children are being entertained by Mike Meyers in “The Cat in the Hat.” Yet, the who-picks-the-next-movie fight is coming. Note to self, call Amy Calistri while in Austin to possibly hook up for poker or coffee. Second note to self, arrange baby sitting so I can play the PokerListings Run-Good Challenge.
I don’t know what will happen to our properties but I know my family will be safe in Austin or at the very least… relaxed and cool in the AC. My six-year-old can tell you anything you want to know about natural disasters and to make him sit through a hurricane in fear would be tormenting for him. And now, my thoughts linger on the people who chose to stay. I’m confident they will be safe but I hate to think of those dark scary moments when the wind blows and the house rocks. I’m hoping the owners picked up their beautiful horses at the equestrian barns next to my husband’s shop. Thanks for all the good lucks!
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