Dr Fill Good, SkillBox Extrordanaire: Or How LAPPIN learned to hate the suckout

[Dr Fill Good]

Tonight was the night for many things, Galactus X destroyed the FTOPS 24. It was the NBA All Star Game. Guys and Girls alike munched down on delicious V-Day Chocolate, and some BBP'ers decided to play a game of HORSE.

It started off, as it usually does, with LAPPIN and I making a select few sidebets. We made our standard bets, of a last longer and picking last longer teams. We also made a couple more bets, I picked the bubble boy (pegboy1) and we both bet on ourselves to win at very reasonable odds.

It was a classic confrontation, Dr Fill Good Chipless Wonder Wreaks and some random VS LAPPIN phishingirl pegboy1 and some other random. I clearly had obscene confidence in my teams ability to destroy our admittedly strong opponents in this game. Until after the first five minutes.

My team started off weakly would be an understatement. Every minute or so Chipless would chime in with

"Why do I have so many cards?"
"Why on earth did I not get the low there"
"I'm so confused?!:S"
"I hate this game"

All the while wreaks and I were struggling as well, never getting anything going and soon enough all three of us were down to around 300ish, from our starting stack of 1500. While LAPPIN and crew were laughing it up around 3k.

I was worried at this point, furiously trying to spur my team onto victory but at this point I was just hoping to only lose 40$.

Chipless went out in a very friendly 8th, but luckily LAPPIN's random was kind enough to bow out in 7th. Wreaks did his best to start a comeback that fizzled out in 6th.

At this point I've basically given up on the team section, and my last longer bet with LAPPIN was all but decided as I have around 600 chips and he was sitting very comfortably near the top of the leaderboard with 3k. I have some longshots but things could get very messy.

Then my skillbox skills took over.

I split a couple pots in Omaha and Stud Hi/Low until I picked up a sneaky pair of 7's in Stud HL. LAPPIN insta raises the bring in with an ace showing. I decide this is my time to shine and call 1/4 of my stack to see another card.
The turn brings him a K, which again he bets very aggresively. We get it all in, and he has air and doesn't improve.

This hand shifts the balance a bit, I have a stack now and LAPPIN has been has been hurt, but not crippled. I now have a chance to get into the black.

Tune in tomorrow for our exiting conclusion to this stunning tale.

[LAPPIN]

HEY FILLY - WE CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE - THIS IS THE VIRTUAL WAR ROOM!

[DevilFish73]

So how does it all end? I'm on the edge of my seat here? Will Lappin prevail or will Fill Good make another huge (Jif like) comeback???

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
J. Handey

[Chipless Wonder]

Every minute or so Chipless would chime in with

"Why do I have so many cards?"
"Why on earth did I not get the low there"
"I'm so confused?!:S"
"I hate this game"

Could you tell that I didn't understand the Stud, Razz and high/low games?

Sorry if you lost money on me. I was just donking around and didn't realize there was a wager on the line.

[DevilFish73]

Don't worry Scott, all games need bottom feeders.. We are always welcome with this group or any other.. We are what makes the pot grow.. lol If i was playing or better yet donating in this group I would have given you a serious run for last place... Oh well maybe next time.. LOL

[pegboy1]

I witnessed the whole thing to the explosive final..........please continue!!!

[Dr Fill Good]

I witnessed the whole thing to the explosive final..........please continue!!!

Explosive final is very true, it was a ridiculous ending... The entire second half of the game was just nuts....

-----Added 16 Feb 2009 at 11:41:34-----

Haha I guess I should finish it then

[Jifsrt8]

lol JIF LIKE COMBACK sounds cool

[Dr Fill Good]

We left off with our intrepid hero in over his head. Things were looking bleak for the good Dr. Half his team was out, and him and his random team mate would need to pull a rabbit out of the hat for Fill to have any chance not to donate more money to the LAPPIN fund.

LAPPIN is a keen eye for good plays, and is never one to let truly excellent play go unnoticed, typed a very complimentary "WHAT A LUCKBOX" into the chat after the previous hand.

I corrected him, as I knew it was just an honest mistake, "Dont you mean what a skillbox?"

LAPPIN was down but not out, until he ran into the beast known as pegboy1. The hand was stud hi I believe. Lappin woke up with a king showing and a king in the hole pegs had two aces in the hole. The whole encouter was fishy from start to finish. Lappin picked up a second pair on the next street. And they promptly got all in. Here is how Lappin describes it

"I STACKED OFF BY GETTING RIVERED WHEN I HAD A MADE 2 PAIR ON 5TH VS PEGBOYS ACES, 6TH BRINGS ME A FLUSH DRAW FOR SOME INSURANCE BUT PEG PAIRS HIS 6 ON THE RIVER AND I MISS MY FLUSH -"

How I like to describe it


"LAPPIN GOT SCHOOLED!!"

This dramatically shifts the balance of the sidebets. Booom I get last longer bet. I'm still behind in the team bet, and I need some serious magic to KO our new chipleader pegboy1 next. Especially as I was deep in the redzone at the beginning of limit holdem.

33... Is staring back at me from my computer, my heart starts beating faster and faster. All I want to do is type "ALL IN" into the chat box, but I have to hide the strength of my hand. So I play it uber cool, and flat call phishingirls raise.

I have roughly a third of my stack in the pot at this point, I was looking to get it all in but I wanted to see a flop. 3XX comes on the flop and all in we go. Phisingirl flips up JJ and my set of 3's holds.

Phishingirl shares LAPPIN's appreciation for amazing poker plays, so she chimed in with a:
"skillbox lolololol"

I assume she was laughing out loud in admiration.

I Now have a stack to get messy with. And with pegboy1 to my left, and the bubble not yet burst, I know where my target is.

All it takes is me flopping a straight and pegboy1 flopping top two pair, in limit holdem, for me to jump into first.

My conversation with LAPPIN at this time went a little something like this:

[15/02/2009 11:38:38 PM] David Kilmartin Lappin says: I HATE U
[15/02/2009 11:38:43 PM] Patrick McAllister says:
[15/02/2009 11:39:29 PM] Patrick McAllister says: damn
[15/02/2009 11:40:27 PM] Patrick McAllister says: BOOOOM
[15/02/2009 11:40:40 PM] Patrick McAllister says: its looking bad
[15/02/2009 11:40:53 PM] David Kilmartin Lappin says: HOW THE **** CAN IT FALL APART ON ME LIKE THIS


Now I get a large amount of help from the unlikeliest of sources. Phishingirl (LAPPIN's squeeze) KO's pegboy1 on THE BUBBLE. I had picked pegboy1 to bust on the bubble for a few reasons.

1. He was to my left.
2. He is tight/solid enough that I knew he was going to last until then.
3. I'm effing psychic and I knew phishingirl was gonna take him out.

At this point, I'm ahead in the sidebets significantly. I had pretty decent odds on the bubble boy pick, and I was still a marginal chip lead going into three handed play.

All this time, my inconspicuous random player was just sitting there, doing his thing. Biding his time until making a massive misstep against the wrong player.

It was Omaha HI/LO and somehow phishingirl had managed to get this random player all in with her having two pair and him having absolute air. No low draw on the board, and he legitimately had no draws. Or so I thought at the time.

Runner runner diamonds come giving him the backdoor flush and me the team victory. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm up a very significant amount now. And with the chip lead in headsup against this random losing player, things could get messy real quick.....

Unless of course this player turned out to be a HU HORSE player extraordinaire!!!

Then he disconnected.

My laughter shook the halls of my apartment, as pot after pot came to me. Until he reconnected, but I would not be denied! Not sure exactly how the hand went down, but I know I got it in and was behind. Not dead, but I had to hit to win. Which of course I did.

[16/02/2009 8:40:37 AM] David Kilmartin Lappin says: AND THEN IN THE FINAL HAND GOT IT IN BEHIND BUT OBV WON
[16/02/2009 8:40:46 AM] David Kilmartin Lappin says: KA-****IN-CHING
[16/02/2009 8:40:49 AM] David Kilmartin Lappin says: I HATE YOU

GG LAPPIN

[pegboy1]

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!!!!

Your finely tuned writing skills and knack for the little details had me rivited to my seat!! Felt like i was living it all over again!!!

NEXT TIME BUBBLE BOYS GUNNIN FOR YOU THOUGH

LOTS OF FUN!!!