2014 - Game Two - Result

PP$ Baby Coup

Wee Rambo snaffled the 20 points in his first appearance of 2014, concurrently launching a takeover of the PP$ by it's Baby Crew, Petawatt having taken Game 1.

With the virility of youth taking a tight grip on this years championship, questions will increasingly be asked about the fitness of some of the older members of the collective, at least until these whippersnappers relinquish their monopoly of the wins column.

Wee Rambo's match winning hand was an 8-5, having earlier dispatched a dispeptic GingaGrandRadge with an 8-6. The crotchety response to this unfortunate exit from the ornery former champion had your humble scribe grabbing for his thesaurus.

Bonfire - Back in fashion

The Grandfather of Gingia left the game third to last in 7th place. The first departure of the night, from both game and premises belonged to the reigning champ, El Abuelo Bonfirio, dumped out on his 'airy 'erse in 9th by Dr Old. The board including K-Q-J-10 favoured the former, but the ageing Dr made a club flush. The Greying Bonfire can console himself with this observers observation that the beard appears to be making a return to commonplace usage.

Fallen giant, Killawatt, soon to be renamed something as amazingly witty as K'oldandpastit, finished 8th. He was splatted in a three way involving the then Championship Leader, Petawatt (K-K) and comedy goofball The Gynaecologist (A-J suited). K'oldandpastit grimly clutched his pocket 9's life raft as his chips drifted off slowly into the distance.

The Brittleneck was surprising even himself at his continued involvement, not bad for a man of his years, but it wasn't to last. His method of dispatch was an A-3 v A-10 with a 10 on the flop, Wee Rambo being the ruthless assassin taking the third of his five victims for the evening.

Beardicus Australicus

With big blinds now at 600, Doctor Auld finished 5th. Having taking a right kicking in turns from rapscallions-in-arms Petawatt and Dunderfunk, Wee Rambo performing the last rites as The Doc found himself down to 300 in chips. I followed soon after, bleeding down to 200 and not finding the necessary miracles for a resurrection.

Baby Crew co-chairman Petawatt expired in 3rd, another creditable performance. Somewhat unfortunate to see his A-7 shafted by 8-7 clubs when the board brought J-10-9 clubs for Wee Rambo. But only one stripling could win and it wasn't to be him. The senicide was delayed only momentarily.

Dunderfunk was all that stood in the way now for the Peni-Mini-Stallone. But when ageing Aces D tripped a 10 on the flop and sat on them, he was gazumped by another Wee Rambo flush on the river swinging the game towards the Phantom Phlusher. The end was harsh for Dudderflunk who felt quite chirpy atop Q-8, especially when his adversary showed a dominated 8-5. But big Wee Rambo stormed home from behind to take the shekels and first place in the fledgling 2014 Championship Table.

1. Wee Rambo
2. Dunderfunk
3. Petawatt
4. The One True Gentleman
5. The Doctor
6. Bottleneck
7. GingaRadge
8. Killawatt
9. Shantanamo Away


Game 3 - Kev's Colosseum - 15th March

Result & Report - Saturday 3rd March

Nuff said

1. Wee Rambo
2. The Raiser
3. KillaWatt
4=. PetaWatt
4=. The Doctor
6. GingaStinga

Apologies: The Damage (Babysitting), The Dunkin Donut (Gout), Bottleneck (Camping it up), The Professor (Last game of suspension?), Sea Cock (Ogling strapping young men in tights).

The richness of the depth of the PP$ skill pool was on full display at Kev's Colosseum on Saturday evening. The previous match's last two, The Raiser & Wee Rambo, flipped from worst two to first two. Wee Rambo walked off with the spondoolicks with the help of back to back Big Slix, puncturing, rupturing and blowing to smithereens the efforts of The Raiser who hadn't been in any trouble all evening.

The Ginga Prince, in a fine vein of form recently was sent packing early doors being on the wrong end of spectacular hands more times than he'd care to revisit, the peach being a 'lucky' escape with 4 Queens in a hand of draw against Wee Rambo's 5 Aces.

Divulging pre-match that his recent fine form had been nothing other than fine cards and that they had categorically run out at the end of the last game, Mr P entered this match shrouded with an air of grimness that wasn't to lift. Time and again he received half decent cards against better cards and couldn't elbow his way into this one meaning he was tucked up in bed by 10.15pm.

The rest of the crew made it to the Munchy Break, Wee Rambo in particular enjoying that milestone. Time and again he thought about all-ins to go crashing out, but the benevolent barracking from the other end of the table ensured his continued participation. "Stay in, stay in, stay in, stay in, NO, JUST STAY IN", was oft repeated so stay in he did despite 2nd last place being on offer.

Killawatt continued in his sage-like manner, informing anyone and everyone what they should and shouldn't be doing. The Raiser accepted every piece of advice, consulting the Great Sage if he'd forgotten to provide guidance (this for once is not sarcasm). However this advice also came with a sting in the tail. Too much checking inevitably being met with a sort of loud miaowing from The Champion. However, when Killawatt indulged in some fey checking of his own, Petawatt riled the elder sibling with some brilliantly timed Pussybaiting of his own.

The Raiser & Killawatt had built decent stacks whilst PetaWatt (1200), Wee Rambo (1500) & The Doctor (1200) were beginning to fidget. With The Raiser to act and those three to follow in that order, a somewhat reluctant raise of 1500 was made with 6-6 whilst muttering 'this is going to be carnage'. Petawatt called with J-10, Wee Rambo declined, but The Doctor also waded in with K-5 (these kickers may be incorrect). You can imagine The Raiser's reaction when the first card out was a J propelling PetaWatt into a great position. You can then imagine The Raiser's demeanour when the next card on the flop was a K. The Greatest Flop in PP$ history was complete when the third card came. 6. Greatest flop if your name wasn't The Doctor or Petawatt I suppose. The turn and river brought running 9's giving an emotionally fragile Raiser an unassailable Full House. This ejected Petawatt & The Doctor in joint 4th place/second last. It goes without saying that your scribes bravery wasn't appreciated at that point, especially by Mr Medical Profession.

The Raiser & Killawatt now towered over Wee Rambo, but he soon found that there is power in such an apparently weak position. Some well timed double-ups and some nice cards soon turned him into a real contender from at one point being down to just 500. Killawatt couldn't find any cards and departed atop a Q-10 that couldn't compete with Wee Rambo's A-10.

Last hand

A light Heids-up tussle then ensued and although The Raiser wasn't compelled to get involved chip-wise, the match finished soon after as Wee Rambo hit A-K two hands in a row. The first time The Raiser escaped after an initial re-raise was robustly re-raised and the next hand all your narrator could do was push his chips behind a K-5, usually not too bad a hand heads-up, but a terrible hand when your opponent holds AK.

An excellent game and another new winner for the season making it look like it could be a real cliffhanger this year.

There was no talk of the next game, but I'm sure the Wattleneck committee will meet soon to arrange and email a new date. Keep an eye on your emails and please respond to Him soon afterwards as its Pure Bad Manners to leave the poor lad hanging.