SOEST World Series of Poker

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The 28th Annual SOEST World Series of Poker will be 10/11/08 @ my place, please save this date. The prelims will be 1:00-5:00, note earlier time, with the potluck dinner starting @ 5:00 & the finals after dinner. This list is kluged together & undoubtedly contains errors & gaps, please forward to all the SOEST people you think might be interested. For those wondering how it happened that I'm hosting, here's a synopsis of last year's tournament. A record was almost set the 1st hand of my prelim table, when John Sinton & I, playing guts, each drew 3 & then started raising & reraising. When the smoke cleared his trip Q's lost to my full house, & he went out a couple of hands later in modern ($25 buy-in) record time, 16 min. On the last hand @ this table I knocked out both other remaining players, Brian Taylor & Steve Austin, to win all the $ @ the prelim table, the only time that's happened. Steve had Brian outchipped & so was awarded 2nd place & the coveted seat @ the Final's Table, joining Fred Duennebier, Chip McCreery, Jim Potemra, James Foster & me. This was a tough table including 4 previous winners, Fred, Chip, Jim, & me, & both James & Steve had made several recent final's tables. I knocked out Jim in LBO, with a pair beating his 2 bluffing pairs, & Fred crippled both Chip & James in a huge hold-em pot, so they were next out, & Fred was way ahead. Fortunately Steve doubled up thru Fred just before I eliminated him, so Fred & I started heads-up play almost exactly even, & history was going to be made, because 1 of us was going to finish 2nd for the 1st time after 11 wins between us. Fred went way out in front again using his normal technique of "skill", but I came back & went ahead by using the deceptively simple technique of being dealt good cards (thanks Chip!) & winning every time I was all-in. Eventually, holding a big pair of pocket 2's playing hold-em, I lured Fred into a huge final pot & won this last coin flip. Fred (or as I like to call him, Mr. 2nd Place) was gracious in defeat, & he & Terri were gracious hosts, but not gracious enough to go along with the popular opinion that they should host it every year, so Donna & I will be hosting this year, & hope to see you there.
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