That's it for now

That's all the updates I can get done tonight. We are all caught up on the Money Board until I get the official payouts for last week's Brawl. FTP should be sending it anytime now.


So yeah, I had to back off my poker session for the night to get this thing updated, but I still managed to double my buy-in on my cash game while posting these updates.


Guess I can't complain...


Damn Donkeys,


Bmore

R.I.P John Bonetti

I went to CardPlayer to grab a pic of Scotty for my last post, and came across the news of John Bonetti. He passed away this week at his home. He was 80 years old.

One of my first memories of poker involved John Bonetti. In 1999, he finished 2nd to Daniel Negreanu. Bonetti actually had Negreanu all in on the ropes heads up when Negreanu called an all in with a spade draw. Negreanu sucked out on the river with a spade (man, I thought that was the coolest thing) and beat Bonetti who was holding top pair.

I also remember watching replays of the 1993 WSOP Main Event where Bonetti made the final table as well. Betchell, the eventual champion that year, flopped a set against Bonetti's AK which had made top top. They were the two big chip stacks and collided in a perfect storm. (and Betchell made an awesome trap as well)

R.I.P Bonetti, and I'm sorry I never got to take a flop with you...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Shout out to Scotty baby!

Wow...

Congrats to Scotty on winning the $50k HORSE event at this year's WSOP. He defeated a star-studded to take down the coveted Chip Reese trophy and the $2,000,000 first place prize.

This is Scotty's fifth bracelet, and he has now taken down the WSOP Main Event and the $50k HORSE championship, considered by many pros to be the new king-of-the-mountain tourney to win.

I can't wait for this one on TV...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl Money Leader Board Up to Date!

Well, almost...

For those who played last week, you'll know that AltronIV and myself were having router issues and we were unable to connect. We both finally got in for one push-and-pray a piece, but both came up short of the double-up.

I'll have the official payouts from FTP very soon and I'll be all caught up. For the time being, congrats to AltronIV, purplerain05 and yours truly for moving up on the Money Board.

If memory serves me correct, I saw jmlabrie18 in the top five when the router cut out again. If he cashed, he secured the top spot on the board moving into the 2nd half of 2008.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Money Board Updated through #22

Okay, just cruising along here...

The Brawl Money Leaderboard has now been updated to include results from Brawl #22. Three Brawlers climbed up the chart, but most impressive was jmlabrie18's victory which brought him within $4 of the top spot.

Okay, now I'm anxious to see the next set of payouts, so I'm moving on...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl Money Leader Board Updated

Okay, the 2008 Brawl Leader Board has been updated to include results from Brawl #21. I'm a little disappointed in myself that I didn't get this updated up quicker because we had some Brawlers cross some milestones.

xojones, with his back to back wins of Brawls #20 and #21, propelled himself into third place on the Money Board and crossed over the $200 threshold in winnings.

Yours truly got a 4th place finished, and got over the $200 mark as well.

And jmlabrie18, with his third place finished, was able to cross over the $300 mark and really close the gap on roccav for the top spot on the board.

More updates to follow...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Catching up on the Blog

Okay, I've carved out an hour here tonight where I'm going to sit out of the cash games...scratch that, I'll single table for an hour so I can get all caught up on the blog.

No excuses for not being caught up. Work, as always, is getting in the way of the important stuff. I've had some places to be the last couple of weekends, and finally, live action has finally picked back up after everything that happened a couple of months ago. It's a pain in ways, with new places to go and top security invites at the last minute. But hey, at least we're rounding again.

The good news on the live game is that I haven't had a losing session since it picked back up. A nice Borgata trip in the middle of that, to the winner, and I'm pretty happy with my live play with all things considered...

Okay, first goal is to get the Money Board updated. Wish me luck!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

AltronIV's trophy on display

I finally got AltronIV's trophy up. If he asks, just tell him it was there all week. He'll never know the difference...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

AltronIV takes down Brawl #23

Congrats to AltronIV for taking down Brawl #23. This was his 2nd Brawl title, and it was perfect timing, as he was headed out to the WSOP days later. My apologies for not having the trophy up all week, but something tells me he's not checking his blog roll while he's in poker heaven. Good luck grinding with the big boys...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

jmlabrie18 takes down Brawl #22

Congrats to jmlabrie18 on his third Brawl title. He's inching closer to the top spot on the Money Leaderboard with his consistent play. Full recaps on #22 and #21 as soon as I get a chance to breathe.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

xojones goes back to back!

xojones has just gone back to back taking down Brawls #20 and #21. This is the first time we've had a Brawler accomplish this feat!

Congrats!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Long Duong goes deep!

Congrats to Long Duong for going deep in Event 2 of the WSOP. The size of Long Duong's weaponry was very intimidating to the field, especially the female players. Throughout the day, whispers were uttered of the legend. Everyone wanted a picture of the Long Duong. In the end, he shoved it all in, and it wasn't enough.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl #20: Tourney Recap

Quick recap of last week's action. Congrats to OMRounder for getting his first cash in the Brawls. He, xojones and yours truly would battle it out for the title. It wasn't my night, as I went out 3rd on this hand:

That left xojones and OMRounder heads up. The final hand went down like this:

Congrats to xojones for his first brawl victory. He's only $2 behind me on the Money Leaderboard.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl Money Leaderboard Updated

The 2008 Brawl Money Leaderboard has been updated to include results from Brawl #20.

Congrats to OMRounder for getting his first cash last week. roccav remains on top, but there are a few closing the gap.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore