Results of last 3 Games & Overall Table

3 more games, 3 more bad beats for The Gent

As I've fallen behind with posting results and reports, this post will provide an all-encompassing round up before normal service resumes (hopefully) after the next game this coming Saturday.

Unfortunately due to the passage of time, specific details of the games are too hazy to record, so I'll stick to sharing with the reader my own typically ludicrous bad beat ejections in this by now tiresome run of rotten poker fortune.

3rd last game - My pocket 7's were trumped by Wee Rambo's mighty 9-5 suited. Silly old me!!!
2nd last game - My AJ is no match for GingaRadge's QJ. What on earth was I thinking???
Last game - My Q9 suited got stung by a 7-2 off suit. The GingerRat striking again. Beggars belief.

Please can someone work out how I cannot win when going into a hand ahead, over and over again. The amount of times I'm beaten by worse cards simply isn't fair. Needless to say, the likelihood of me winning a hand from behind, when I can't win from ahead, is completely non existent.

Last 3 results:
1) Oui Rambo. 2) GingerRadge. 3) Dr Doctor. 4) Killawatt. 5) The Gent. 6) Petawarrior. 7) Robberneck.

1) DirtyGingerRat. 2) Wee Rambo. 3) The Gent. 4) L.He.Is. 5) Petawatt. 6) Sea Cock. 7) Dunderfuncle. 8) Killawatt.

1) Bottleneck (not a typo). 2) Sea Cockles. 3) Petawatt. 4) Killawatt. 5) GingaRat. 6) The Gentleman. 7) Wattinlaw (poker name pending). 8) Weewee Rambo. 9) Android.

Championship Table (NB: there is a statistical anomaly that I'll sort out in due course - extra last place)

9 games completed, half plus 1 = 5
                                                              Played     Wins     2nd     Last    Points    Ave
1. GingaPrince                                      9              3          1         0         122         13.556
2. Wee Rambo                                     6              1          2         1          71          11.833
3. The Doctor                                       5              1          0         0          57          11.400
4. Killawatt                                           9              1          2         2          92          10.222
5. Dunderfunk                                       6              1          0         2          35           5.833
6. The One True Gentleman of Poker   8             0          2         1*        98          12.250
7. Petawatt                                           9              0          0         0          84            9.333
8. Sea Cock                                         7              0          1         2          40            5.714

below half plus one

9. The Bonfire                                      4               1          1          0         45          11.250
10. Bottleneck                                      4               1          0          2         27           6.750
11. The Baptist                                     4              0           0          0         29           7.250
12. Wattinlaw                                       1              0           0          0          5            5.000

* I played two hands and came up against A's that held up both times.

Nickname Quandary

James 'J' Watt

I have discovered a PETAWATT. Surely MegaWatt's nickname is in jeopardy. According to Wiki a Petawatt is;

equal to one quadrillion (10¹⁵) watts and can be produced by the current generation of lasers for time-scales on the order of femtoseconds (10⁻¹⁵ s). Based on the average of 1.366 kW/m² of total solar irradiance^[13] the total energy flow of sunlight striking Earth's atmosphere is estimated at 174 PW (cf. Solar Constant).


Try as I might I cannot find a Luckibawbagwatt to replace KillaWatt's moniker.

Nickname required

One of our Brethren survives without a nickname. Time for a baptism. Due to his sailing predeliction, I've raided a glossary of sailing terms and invite you to pick your favourite. Of course, if you come up with something better, put it forward but there are surely enough to suffice in this lot. Firstly my top 5, then a pile of the cream of watery words with their meanings.

Here are my Top 5:
Keef 'The Buoy' Milruoy
K 'The Gollywobbler' M
K 'The Jiffy Reefer' M
K 'Sea Cock' M
K 'Monkey Deck' M

Baggywrinkle - Clumps of frayed rope that protect the sails from chafing against the lines.
Bilge - A rounding of the hull along the length of the boat where the bottom meets the side.
Binnacle  - A support for the compass, raising it to a convenient position.
Boom - free swinging spar attached to the foot of the sail with forward end pivoting on the mast.
Boomkin (bumpkin)- Short spar extending aft from the transom. Used to anchor the backstay or the sheets from the mizzen on a yawl or ketch.
Boot Top - A painted stripe that indicates the waterline.
Bulkhead - An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull. May be watertight.
Bunk - Sleeping Berth
Buoy - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.
Capsize - To turn over.
Chafing Gear - Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface.
Charley Noble - Galley stove pipe
Coxswain - Sailor in charge of and steering a small boat
Cuddy - A small shelter cabin in a boat.
Ditty Bag - Small bag used for carrying and stowing small personal items or kits
Dodger - A screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.
Gollywobbler - A full, quadrilateral sail used in light air on schooners. It is flown high, between the fore and main mast, and is also known as a fisherman's staysail.
Gooseneck - The fitting that connects the boom to the mast.
Head Knocker - A block with a jam cleat, located on the boom and used to control the main sheet on small boats.
Jiffy reefing - A fast method of reefing. Lines pull down the luff and the leech of the sail, reducing its area.
Lazy Jack - Light lines from the topping lift to the boom, forming a cradle into which the mainsail may be lowered.
Monkey Deck - A false deck built over a permanent deck.
Roller reefing - Reduces the area of a sail by rolling it around a stay, the mast, or the boom.  Most common on headsails.
Sea Cock - A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.