We are now nearly half way with the Season 3 of the Friday Freezeout, and looking at the top of the table shows how close the race for the 1st prize will be. Only 4 points separate the top four places, and with 5 points awarded for turning up each week, anything can happen.
The top two places have been occupied by Warren Mudge and Craig Hartley pretty much from the first couple of weeks, I have slowly caught them up and sit in third, and now with Whippy getting two first places followed by last night’s 3rd he has jumped from nowhere in the last three weeks – which shows anyone has a chance of winning or making the top ten. With two packages to the UK Genting Poker Series guaranteed there is great added value in trying to make the top ten.
Last night I was running pretty steady until I found Pocket Kings under the gun, after raising it up Sam Jackson decided to push all-in for just over double what I had put in there. We had just seen KK vs AA and I was hoping it wasn’t the same, after I turned my Kings over Sam turned over KJ of Clubs so was absolutely dominated!! After the flop of Q,Q,10 this not only gave Sam the up and down straight draw, there were two clubs giving him the chance of a royal flush draw, which he amazingly hit on the Turn, the Ace of clubs completing Sam’s Royal Flush!! Mind you he was dealing himself, and I have seen him spending plenty of time with Shakey Joe the magician, I think I’ll need to check his sleeves next time! In all my time playing I have only had one Royal Flush and that was on Joker Stars (Sorry I mean Poker Stars)
Anyway last night ended with a heads up battle with two of the games tightest players Phil “The Crippled Carp” Caie, and Charlie “Waterworks” Du Fue, with the waterworks finally taking it down with his pocket Jacks....
