Since my meltdown at Julie’s in early September, I hosted a small 10-person SNG on 9/16 that I ended up winning. I also hosted a HA tournament on 9/22 that drew 15 runners, the highest draw since I’ve started hosting. I wasn’t able to host during the month of October. I actually had a game scheduled for 10/14 but Dana was sick and I had to cancel.
Another reason I didn’t host in October is because I’ve been busy playing at the JACK downtown. I hadn’t played live poker in a casino since I was 21 or 22 years old — I think I stopped shortly after playing the WSOP Main Event in 2005 — but Doug Poker convinced me to join him bright and early one Sunday morning for the Flushball promotion at the JACK. He said their $4/$8 Omaha-8/b game qualified for the promotion, which awarded $200 for the highest ranked flush of each suit every hour from 8am - noon. Royal flushes did not qualify for some stupid reason, so the highest qualifier was AKQJ9.
It’s pretty easy to hit a flush in Omaha. Sure enough, our measly $4/$8 O8 table hogged all the flushballs. I didn’t hit any the first time Doug and I played and ended the day stuck about $70. I went back the next Thursday though and hit a flushball and won a few hundred dollars. The next Sunday I fared much better. Doug hit 2 flushballs and I hit another one myself. I left the day up $410 between the flushball and O8 winnings. Last Sunday, I gave $300 back to the O8 villains, but video poker bailed me out and I left bailed won $430 on the day.
It’s been a roller coaster October, but I’m excited to kick off November with a some home games that I’ll be posting to the CPMG site soon. I eventually want to host a $3/$6 O8 cash game w/Kill and a High Hand payout at the end of the night (voluntary $10 or $20 HH entry before you play any hands qualifies you). Hope to see you guys soon!
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