2nd Kev Mc
3rd Paul
4th Mark
5th Tatter
6th Steve
Also Ran: John, Chris,Rob, Briggs, John T
Total: 11
Venue: Riley's Snooker Club
TPS10 `08 saw the first historic ‘away game’ as we ventured out of the safety of each others houses and into the big bad world, or at least the vast deserted space of Riley’s Snooker Club.
The huge trampoline-esque tables meant that all 11 players managed to squeeze round one, so this would be a 1 round game with the top six scoring points.
And there was a lot to play for with John needing at least a first or second place to have any sniff at overtaking Paul at the top of the league and Kev Mc hot on John’s heels for second place.
John T was the first unlucky fucker of the night when his all-in with KQ took one in the face from Marks pocket Aces – a third Ace on table giving him the trips and an early lead.
Chris was next to fall – his A 6 of Hearts against Tatters pair o’ Nines- 2 hearts on flop gave Chris a glimmer of hope but the next card was black and the 9’s held. Rob was the second to fall under Marks massive poker sword, going all-in with K J but this time Mark was wielding pocket Queens.
It was the second league place rivals John and Kev Mc who where next to face off, both of them betting big against a King on an otherwise low value board, when it came to the show down John was holding K Q but Kev Mc had K A leaving John with just a ‘pitiful rookerfull’ of chips.
It was soon time for Jordan to make one of his usual All In moves and this time he had a half decent hand to back it up- pocket Jacks. Briggs took the bait with KJ but it wasn’t enough and Jordan got his first scalp of the night.
Soon the field started thinning like Tatters barnet when John, whose chip stack had been reduced to less than the next big blind pushed all in with a massive 8-2 of clubs. Mark called it followed by Steve, who was holding pockets Aces but even this monster wasn’t enough as Mark hit a Straight- with two more players out Mark was way ahead of everyone else and taking up most of the table with his chip-pile. Tatter went out next when his massive 7-3 suited lost to Jordan's high card King.
Then, in what must count as one of the oddest calls in TPS history, Jordan declared himself all in with KJ suited to which Mark, who had been haemorrhaging chips in the last couple of hands and to the astonishment of everyone, calls with just 9-4 off, needless to say Jordan’s KJ stood up and Mark, who looked certain to take his second TPS win was out. From then on it was all Jordan’s game, making short work of Paul with a pair of 4’s, and Kev Mc, (who’s lack of a TPS victory this year remains a mystery to everyone), when they clashed with a pair of 5’s (Kev) and a pair of 6’s (Jordan), the third 6 on the flop making The Mark Of The Beast -surely a sign of impending apocalypse - and giving Jordan his first ever win.
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