First weekly game of 2005, and notable for the fact that CR, ER, and EM had to rebuy. Wow. I can’t remember the last time, if ever, that ER has had to rebuy.

JC +$1.35
ER -$7.30
CR -$5.80
PC +$10.75
JB +$0.85
EM +$0.15

Ladies and gentlemen, I ran amok. Mostly due to some good cards combined with some good flops. However, I was able to extract relatively large sums from JC when I flopped trip aces and CR when I flopped a boat, threes full of Jacks with pocket threes. Both hands were marked by check-raises on the double value turn and payoffs on the river. After beating CR’s trips with my boat, CR threw his JX across the room. I don’t think we’ve ever seen that before.

Considering the fact that EM had to rebuy in the first hour or so, her comeback into positive territory was pretty damn good. On one hand she made quad sevens on the river after making a set on the turn. I was away from the table, so I can’t really say what the action was on the flop, but I think JC made a barely more than minimum bet on a flop that featured two Broadway cards and two to a flush. I guess EM put JC on a draw or something.

JB had the honor of showing down and winning with the hammer after 3-betting preflop. Woah. CR’s ace high couldn’t stand up to JB’s paired 7 on the turn. Or was it the 2? Either way, it was a nice play.

This was also the first weekly game where 4 of the 5 smokers did not smoke. Something to do with New Year’s resolutions, I think. I continued to suck away at my cancer sticks, but I’m going to join them in giving up the smokes. For the record, I am not quitting. I’m just not smoking until all four of them fall off the wagon. Considering they all have a 6 day head start on me, I guess technically I am not smoking until a week or so after the last of them gives in and lights up. Oh, that reminds me… I forgot to suggest betting on who was going to go out first and who was going to last longest. Next week.