mookie99

Right now I’m sitting in a conference room listening in on a phone interview with a candidate in Bangalore, India. Naturally I’m paying attention browsing through blogs in Google Reader. Of course one of the first things I come across is this link from Drizz…so now I’m listening to this guy talk about his qualifications while I imagine him wearing that sweet red jacket.

Tonight Fuel will be trying to go back to back in The Mookie. Last week he came out on top after a long duel with NumbBono to become the first Mookie champ of 2007. I hope to see many of you at the tourney tonight, it’s always fun (even if you get kicked in the jimmy) and the chat at the tables is worth the price alone.

For tonight’s 2nd Chance tournament (10:30 PM CT) we’ll have a different event…$10+1 NLHE Turbo Token tourney. For every $75 in the prize pool, a token will be awarded which can be used this Sunday for Don’s Big Game.

I’m always looking for a break from the live-blogging duties so if you wanna try your hand at this, please leave me a comment and I’ll get you setup.

Here are the people looking to dethrone Fuel tonight:

1. mookie99
2. DontKnow
3. jeciimd
4. Fuel55
5. Bone_Daddy84
6. katitude
7. smokkee
8. Patchmaster
9. MiamiDon
10. SirFWALGMan
11. iam23skidoo
12. TripJax
13. GCox25
14. Astin
15. cracknaces
16. HighOnPokr
17. BuddyDank
18. Columbo
19. Dachrsty
20. Don Morris
21. enZo714
22. hoyazo
23. Schaubs
24. surflexus
25. weak_player
26. bdidde
27. love_elf
28. rmbj494
29. wwonka69
30. boneyardxxx
31. chipperdh
32. Obie315
33. drraz
34. Zeem
35. Mattazuma
36. hacker59
37. lightning36
38. NumbBono
39. Budohorseman
40. STeelerJosh
41. dnasty13
42. pokerenthusiast
43. willwonka
44. TexansBaby
45. KrazyBangs
46. NewinNov
47. Steve_The_Bull
48. GScottW
49. DuggleBogey
50. MrSubliminal
51. lucko21
52. pokerpeaker
53. yestbay1
54. DonkeyPuncher74
55. jjok
56. moku
57. xkm1245

*** LIVE BLOGGING *** with props to the original and best…Dr. Pauly

8:00 PM CT … 1 hour till game time and we have 28 people signed up so far. Don’t forget about the 2nd Chance tourney…gotta get your tokens for the Big Game on Sunday.

9:00 … Tip Off ! We have a great turnout of 57 players. Thanks for coming out to play
tonight and good luck.

9:04 … What could have been an entertaining table with Waffles and Weak seated together…never materialized since Weak is the first one out tonight when his JJ falls to AK.

9:07 … A shortstacked Dachristy runs into KK and is out in 56th place. 7 spots pay tonight with first taking $199.50.

9:09 … We’ve lost lucko21 and now down to six tables.

9:10 … Ouch. Smokkee flopped a set of Aces put Jordan turned the wheel…another man down. It’s already gettin’ dirty.

9:17 … pokerenthusiast got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and ran into AA…they are falling fast.

9:19 … Holy Shit !!! xkm1245 drops a reverse hoy on a TT94 board putting jjok all in. JJ calls with 44 while xkm has 99…the ol’ set over set. Dynomite for JJ though, when the case 4 falls on the river. Sick, sick…sick.

9:21 … With all the excitement of the last hand I missed what happened to wwonka69…but he is out in 52nd. Jordan (HighOnPkr) is leading the pack with over 5K already.

9:23 … Another one bites the dust…columbo was eliminated.

9:28 … Love elf gets all in on a Jack high flop with KK…she’s up against AJ…looking good until the runner, runner straight. Ouch. iam23skidoo is out too and we are left with 46.

9:30 … Ouch…my jimmy hurts…left with 250 after getting turned by cracknaces.

9:31 … I was too busy icing down my junk to notice what happened to TexansBaby and Steve_The_Bull…I’m 45/45.

9:33 … I’m out…don’t forget to come take my money in the 2nd Chance tonight at 10:30 PM CT…same password – vegas1.

9:41 … dnasty’s flush draw doesn’t get there and after taking a tough beat earlier Hoy falls. Speaking of tough beats…Kat takes yet another one and her Aces are cracked by a set of 2’s. SteelerJosh and MiamiDon also hit the rail just now so just like there are 39 left.

9:43 … Donkeypuncher’s QQ holds up against yestbay’s 77…another one done. This is gonna be a lllooonnnggg night just watchin’ from the sidelines. Lots of brutal beats to keep me entertained though.

9:47 … Trip pushes with KT and is called by Astin with KQ…no love for Trip and he is the latest to join us on the rail. Last week’s runner up, NumbBono is out and they are down to 4 tables now.

9:51 … GCox all in with A8c and JJ calls with A6s after raising preflop…Of course a 6 flops and GCox is out. Table 1 has had more 1,2 and 3 outers tonight…crazy, crazy, crazy.

9:56 … A shortstacked Schaubs pushes with A8s and is called by xkm1245…Kings shows up and ends Schaubs night…coming up on the first break.

9:57 … Defending champ Fuel’s AQ is no good vs. MrSubliminal’s JJ no repeat tonight.

9:58 … A8 is truly the deadman’s hand tonight…GScott can’t get it past 88. Waffles AK loses the race against 99 and 31 are left.

9:59 … JJ flops an Ace with AK and gets all in against cracknaces with a flush draw. No frush and another one done.

BREAKTIME … Here are the chipcounts:

1. jjok – 9,246
2. HighOnPoker – 7,400
3. MrSubliminal – 5,745
4. drraz – 5,680
5. xkm1245 – 4,070
6. willwonka – 3,419
7. DontKnow – 3,375
8. Astin – 3,361
9. KrazyBangs – 3,360
10. Patchmaster – 3,065
11. DonkeyPuncher74 – 3,055
12. boneyardxxx – 3,045
13. pokerpeaker – 2,385
14. enZo714 – 2,355
15. Don Morris – 2,125
16. Budohorseman – 2,120
17. moku – 2,120
18. BuddyDank – 1,922
19. Zeem – 1,895
20. NewinNov – 1,840
21. rmbj494 – 1,645
22. Mattazuma – 1,585
23. jeciimd – 1,570
24. chipperdh – 1,530
25. lightning36 – 1,410
26. surflexus – 1,265
27. bdidde – 1,250
28. Obie315 – 1,240
29. DuggleBogey – 1,227
30. hacker59 – 1,195

10:10 … Table 1 is the table of death…jeciimd pushes with AA and is called by Don Morris with 33. 3 on the flop and yet another jimmy kick delivered.

10:12 … Jordan’s top pair and straight draw is enough to send enZo714 packing…28 left.

10:14 … Surflexus has his KK outflopped by AK and they are down to 3 tables now. I love this pace…at this rate I’ll get in bed soon and get some much needed ZZZ’s before I have to get up at 5:45AM.

10:16 … Table 1 action – Duggle ATo…BuddyDank AKc….Ten on the flop….uh-oh, but a King on the river. Wow the best hand actually held up…weird.

10:17 … Wow…7h 2d for KrazyBangs..all in preflop…bdidde has Ah Ac….classic race hehe…Flop – Td 3d 9d…uh-oh…6d on the turn and the Hammer wins ! bdidde is out followed by pokerpeaker who had his QQ outraced by AK.

10:20 … AK for Don Morris, AQ for hacker59…AK is goot and 24 remain. Jordan leads the way with 9K followed by jjok with 8800.

10:22 … In less than 10 minutes the 2nd Chance event will start…Hurry and sign up !

10:27 … Jordan flopped two pair with Q8 and knocked out NewinNov with KQ. drraz has A8 and Don Morris AK…AK holds and again the Dead Man’s hand goes down. moku has 55 and KrazyBangs 99…9’s are gold and after the dust settles a bit…21 are left.

10:29 … KQ for BuddyDank and A8 for xkm…Again !! A8 falls…xkm still has a few crumbs left.

10:30 … Time to multi-task…the 2nd Chance is starting…14 peeps… 1 token awarded and 3 other spots pay out a little cash.

10:32 … Zeem’s A2 is money against chipper’s J9.

10:34 … lightning has KQ and Patchmaster KT…a flush on the turn seals the deal for lightning and they are closing in on the final two tables. Lightning gives most of it back on the next hand when he runs into the nut flush. Duggle has AQ and xkm 44…Ace on the flop and they are at 2 tables now. Lucky for everyone…table 1 was broke down.

10:37 … Zeem has AJo and BuddyDank KK…Ace on the river and Buddy is crippled. A6o for Obie and K5o for Jordan. King on the flop and that ends Obie’s run.

10:42 … Duggle has 44 BuddyDank 83…the ol’ double pair counterfeit and Buddy wins with the 8 kicker. Duggle doubles through JJ on the next hand to get him back to 6K in chips. JJ also has 6K.

10:45 … JJ has JJ and that is good against lightning’s 77… Budohorseman leads the way with 13K.

10:49 … Zeem, AK Don Morris 88…Ace on the river and Don is all in the next hand in the BB…his AK is good and he is up to 435 chips. Next hand he gets TT against A9o…good again…1,270 chips now.

10:54 … AKo for Budo, Jordan has JJ…KAQ5T…Jordan now has 13K.

10:59 … JJ just went through a few tough hands and ran his JT into Duggle’s TT. 13 left.

11:02 … BuddyDank is all in and called by two other players. (Meanwhile Budo falls to DontKnow in 13th) Buddy’s JT falls to 83o. 11 left.

11:05 … I was on diaper duty and missed the eliminations of rmbj494 and Don Morris. Final table time with Duggle leading the way followed closely by Jordan and Astin. 7 spots pay.

11:06 … KrazyBangs moves in with KJo and is called by MrSublimanal with 88…King on the flop and MrSub is left with just 55 chips.

BREAKTIME … Here are the chipcounts:

1. DuggleBogey – 14,064
2. HighOnPoker – 14,045
3. KrazyBangs – 12,550
4. Astin – 11,537
5. DontKnow – 11,170
6. Zeem – 10,670
7. DonkeyPuncher74 – 7,225
8. willwonka – 4,184
9. MrSubliminal – 55

11:11 … MrS is all in preflop and called by two others…he falls to DontKnow’s AK. Bubble Time ! I’m out of the 2nd Chance in 6th place..uggh..couldn’t get anything going in either one tonight. Waffles bubbles in the 2nd Chance and they are in the money (ski, surf, jeciimd and jjok).

11:15 … Wow, the ol’ suck resuck…All in on the flop – Astin TdT and KrazyBangs 33 on a flop of 3d 9c 4d…7d on the turn and the Jd on the river… Flushed on the river and Krazy bubbles on a very tough hand.

11:22 … Raise, re-raise preflop…DontKnow pushes on a JJ4 flop with KK..Astin calls with QQ and the Kings are good and DK has 19K now and takes over the chiplead.

11:27 … Zeem takes a nice sized pot from DK and along with it the chiplead.

11:30 … Astin TT, Jordan 33….Tens hold up and Astin doubles up.

11:36 … Raise and Take…no flops lately.

11:39 … Jordan’s QQ runs into Donkey P’s AA…6 left. DP has the chiplead with 21K followed by Zeem with 19K.

11:40 … Astin moves in on a Jack high flop and is called by DK with A8. I don’t think A8 has won all night as Astin’s KJ holds up. 5 left.

11:41 … Astin TT, willwonka AJo…Tens hold up and another man out…Astin has the lead now with 25K.

11:43 … Counts: Astin 30K, DP 20K, Duggle 19K and Zeem 15K.

11:47 … They’re playing the Raise and Take It game right now…flops are becoming extinct.

11:49 … Duggle A6c…Zeem ATo…Ten and a Six on the flop but no mo sixes after that and Duggles finishes in 4th.

11:50 … Astin AJ, DP A7…Ace on the flop and a 7 on the river. Snap. Ouch. DP has 45K, Zeem 31K and Astin 7K.

11:53 … We now return you to your regularly scheduled program…”Raise and Take It”.

11:55 … Astin QQ, Zeem 55…The whores are good and Astin has 13K now.

11:56 … Zeem scoops a big pot and now has 45K…DP 30K and Astin 10K.

11:57 … Astin A5h, DP 55…77986 board. Chop it up !

11:58 … Astin A7o, Zeem A2o….Chop !

11:59 … Counts: Zeem 41K, DP 33K, Astin 8K

12:00 … Zeem QJ, Astin KT…King high is money…Astin has 15K now.

12:02 … Counts: DP 36K, Zeem 36K, Astin 12K

12:05 … Astin 66, Zeem Q9…Astin hits a straight flush and doubles up to 14K.

12:06 … Astin QJs, Zeem 88….Quad Jacks for Astin and he doubles up again to 26K. Zeem has 13K and DP 42K.

12:09 … Ok, who let the monkeys in ?? The pushmonkeys !! Lots of preflop pushing now…blinds are 800/1600 200 ante.

12:10 … Counts: DP 47K, Astin, 20K, Zeem 16K

BREAKTIME … Here are the chipcounts:

1. DonkeyPuncher74 – 50,466
2. Astin – 19,200
3. Zeem – 15,834

12:13 … Zeem 98s, DP AKo…Ace on the flop and Zeem finishes in 3rd. Heads Up ! DP has 69K and Astin 15K.

12:15 … Astin Hammer, DP 99…Donkeypuncher’s 9’s crack the Hammer and he wins his first Mookie title. Congrats ! Nice momentum for his Vegas trip tomorrow.

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