Party Poker Blog

We had 32 players in our very first WPBT tournament.

151 last night. Amazing.

And the reign of dominance by the bloggers finally ended, with a reader, on_thg, taking it to the hoop. The bloggers won again! on_thg's blog is here. Congratulations! And a big thank you to everyone who played, I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

Well, considering I was bad beat out into 129th (by Tapin, who wins a Party Poker jacket), I didn't have THAT much fun. Actually, that's not true. I really enjoyed watching the festivities from the rail, rooting for the bloggers.

In case you missed the hand of the tournament, I'll post a hand history for perhaps the first time ever. But taking The Hammer allin versus AA and KK allows for rules to be broken.

The Power of The Hammer, as wielded by Dr Pauly.

PokerStars Game #1161867959: Tournament #4684031, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/02/02 - 21:36:24 (ET)
Table '4684031 9' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: NemoD (2445 in chips)
Seat 2: 787Style (2140 in chips)
Seat 3: DrPauly (2355 in chips)
Seat 4: kingtutt13 (1180 in chips)
Seat 5: MacDaKnife (1255 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: WAXMAN13 (1220 in chips)
Seat 7: kennycasino (2665 in chips)
Seat 8: MtDewVirus (1725 in chips)
Seat 9: SoxLover (2775 in chips)
kingtutt13: posts small blind 25
MacDaKnife: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 787Style [Ac As]
WAXMAN13: folds
SoxLover said, "blog fatger is ftrain?"
kennycasino: folds
MtDewVirus: folds
DrPauly said, " good luck man!!!"
SoxLover: folds
NemoD: folds
787Style: raises 100 to 150
DrPauly: raises 2205 to 2355 and is all-in
kingtutt13: calls 1155 and is all-in
MacDaKnife: folds
787Style: calls 1990 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7h 5d 7d]
SoxLover said, "if not, he fell too"
NemoD said, "wow"
787Style said, "LOL"
NemoD said, "WOW"
kennycasino said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [7h 5d 7d] [9d]
kingtutt13 said, "LOL"
TNSpaceman [observer] said, "WHOA"
hank987 [observer] said, "omg!"
*** RIVER *** [7h 5d 7d 9d] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
787Style: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
DrPauly: shows [2s 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Fives)
DrPauly collected 1920 from side pot
kingtutt13: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
NemoD said, "holy ****"
787Style said, "that sucks"
DrPauly said, "lol"
TNSpaceman [observer] said, "that is incredible"
DrPauly collected 3590 from main pot
leftyhoyt is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5510 Main pot 3590. Side pot 1920. | Rake 0
Board [7h 5d 7d 9d 5h]
Seat 1: NemoD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 787Style showed [Ac As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 3: DrPauly (button) showed [2s 7c] and won (5510) with a full house, Sevens full of Fives
Seat 4: kingtutt13 (small blind) showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 5: MacDaKnife (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: WAXMAN13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: kennycasino folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: MtDewVirus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: SoxLover folded before Flop (didn't bet)

God Bless you, Pauly.

Here's the final standings - I tried to link everyone as best my memory permits. Let me know if you're a blogger so I can add your link.

1: on_thg (Grand Haven), $906.00
2: pokerlife (La Canada), $604.00
3: WAXMAN13 (LAFAYETTE), $359.38
4: Grasp (Midland), $241.60
5: ZeRat11 (Berwyn), $196.30
6: Quillayute (Travelers Rest), $151.00
7: a104l9 (West Columbia), $105.70
8: mirven (Austin), $78.52
9: Tapin42 (Campbell), $51.34
10: Riddim Killa (Birmingham), $36.24
11: Count Fosco (Toronto), $36.24
12: jerge88 (Ames), $36.24
13: myradiohead (Huntsville), $36.24
14: jcostale (Burnaby), $36.24
15: S.t.B (Milwaukee), $36.24
16: Joanne1111 (Calgary), $36.24
17: Bugsy 99 (Toronto), $36.24
18: darice (Kimberly), $36.24

Check out the official WPBT web site with a leaderboard and everything. Cool stuff.

Can't wait for the next one. Early February, perhaps? Mebbe do the next one on a Sunday evening?