a game of skill, right ?

welcome back, gentle reader.

its one of these "you decide" type posts.

the game is pl08b or rather noLimit 08b.

and the very first hand ...

klausimausi8: raises 80 to 100
mstallstars: raises 1400 to 1500 and is all-in
BabyChewawa: calls 1480 and is all-in
klausimausi8: calls 1400 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th Ts 8h]
*** TURN *** [Th Ts 8h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Th Ts 8h Jd] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN***
BabyChewawa: shows [Ad Ah 9c 4d] (HI: two pair, Aces and Tens)
klausimausi8: shows [Qc 9s 7h 7s] (HI: a straight, Eight to Queen) ... omfg
mstallstars: shows [4c Ac As 4s] (HI: two pair, Aces and Tens)
klausimausi8 collected 4550 from pot
No low hand qualified

holy $hit batman ... and it didn't take too long and he is at it again

*** FLOP *** [3s 6d 3h]
klausimausi8: bets 4390 and is all-in
flyersfan17: calls 2925 and is all-in
angelwing57: folds
NHRK11: calls 1045 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3s 6d 3h] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [3s 6d 3h Ts] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
klausimausi8: shows [9d 6h 8d 9h] (HI: a full house, Nines full of Threes)
flyersfan17: shows [Jh 2c Tc Ac] (HI: two pair, Tens and Threes)
klausimausi8 collected 3760 from side pot-2
NHRK11: shows [2s Qc Ks Ah] (HI: a flush, King high)
klausimausi8 collected 3135 from side pot-1
MIXALLICAS: shows [6s 8h 5s 5h] (HI: a flush, Ten high)
klausimausi8 collected 610 from main pot
No low hand qualified

at this point i was speechless. 5th level thinking indeed.

klausimausi8: raises 9260 to 9290 and is all-in
vivakelly: calls 1460 and is all-in
angelwing57: folds ResdentEvil: folds VaDog: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d Qh 4d]
*** TURN *** [7d Qh 4d] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [7d Qh 4d 7h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
klausimausi8: shows [Qs 5d Ks Jc] (HI: two pair, Queens and Sevens)
vivakelly: shows [3d 5s 2s As] (HI: a pair of Sevens; LO: 8,7,4,2,A)
klausimausi8 collected 1483 from
potvivakelly collected 1482 from pot

and after a whole 7 mins, i get a hand ... ok i couldn't take any more :)

Seat 1: angelwing57 (1180 in chips)
Seat 4: ResdentEvil (1275 in chips)
Seat 6: VaDog (1425 in chips)
Seat 7: klausimausi8 (9043 in chips)
Seat 8: vivakelly (691 in chips)
Seat 9: motor1963 (2786 in chips)
vivakelly: posts small blind 15motor1963: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to ResdentEvil [3h 6d Ad Ah]
angelwing57: calls 30
ResdentEvil: calls 30
VaDog: folds
klausimausi8: raises 9013 to 9043 and is all-in
vivakelly: calls 676 and is all-in
motor1963: folds
angelwing57: folds
ResdentEvil: calls 1245 and is all-in

*** FLOP *** [Qs 4c Kh]
*** TURN *** [Qs 4c Kh] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 4c Kh Td] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [3h 6d Ad Ah] (HI: two pair, Aces and Queens)
klausimausi8: shows [Jd 9c 9h Qd] (HI: a straight, Nine to King)
klausimausi8 collected 1168 from side pot
vivakelly: shows [5h 2d Js 7s] (HI: a pair of Queens)
klausimausi8 collected 2133 from main pot
No low hand qualified

as one posters', from rTr, signature says .......

nh ... gg ... where's the bar ?