Tater 10-uples up.... (PKR 9/18/06)

This is my first contribution to any blog so here goes. Last night chips were flying at the $1/2 NL game at PKR. For the most part I sat and watched the action (losing $60 for my first losing Monday in a while) which was fine since it was my first experience playing with wildmen Eli and Akash (who were on my left nonetheless) Action was hot early as Akash got busted on the third hand by a new player from New Jersey named Ron. Shortly after the table went ten handed I got to witness the wildest hand I've ever seen as one of the college kids from Wilson, Tater, quintupled up by hitting a straight flush on the river. On the hand I raised to $10 from the big blind with KQ off suit and got 7 callers. The flop came out Ad 3d 4h. Of course I'm pretty well out of the hand after Eli (~$100 in his stack)(sitting two seats to my left bets), G-man (Big stack @ ~$400)immediately follows Eli with a raise. Akash (Had recovered from his early hit and had roughly $400 in front of him)then goes all in right after G-man. Tater was short stacked (~$80) and took a gander with his straight and flush draw <4d>. Wally (~110 in his stack) joined the fray with his nut flush draw (Kd 8d), and Eli made his call of the all ins as well. A 2 hit on the turn, and then wham!!! 5d on the river!! Tater suddenly assumed the big stack @ $450. Wally managed to break even on the hand due to his flush. And G-man and Akash split the rest due to the straight on the board.

Tater wasn't done though. Later he and Eli were involved in another killer suck out hand. Eli was flailing around with 5c 2c after a preflop raise and flopped trips after the 9 2 2 flop. He eventually managed to get Tater all-in with his pocket 10s. Then POW!!! a 10 on the turn, and Eli drops his head into his folded arms in disbelief. This added another $260 to Tater's stack and eventually grew to $840 by the time he left.