by James "Tao" Murphy
Photos by Emily "Kara" Murphy
What you missed at the Stacked Deck event:
Lots of good food, like seriously, we had too much, people brought stuff home some really amazing stuff (all in crock pots!).
Many games of chance and skill were presented, some cribbage, some checkers.
Return of both the craps table, and the roulette tables to join the Clontarf Casino traditional Let-It-Ride and Blackjack.
Not one but two poker tournaments, we ended the 1018 season and opened the 1019 season on the same day (congrats to Sir Trent for being the early leader in 1019)
And for the final tournament of the 1018 season:
Belle was first
The straight she wanted
But several hours in
She was thwarted
Gordon was next
With his Jack Queen
But aces won out
Kind of mean
Rubarb all in
When he hit his eight
But the ace with a jack
Sealed his fate
Rillan was unlucky
Ace jack vs ace nine
When the nine hit
The opponent was fine
Trent with few chips
Moved in with Queen Jack
But the King Queen called
And that was that
Runaris tried to double up
All-in with king seven
But the board had an ace
And he was out at eleven
The final ten
moved to one table
the players to play
as best they were able
Evita was first off
her Queen ten hit trips
but Queen Jack played
and she lost all her chips
Rorin was next
unlucky with big slick
Ace Jack had called
and hit the jack quick
Jack made a move
with ten five suited
but when the king called
he was booted
Zatarra moved in
but his king got the blues
when the big blind called
and hit trip two’s
Karmha's queens fell next
She’d been on a rush
but by the river
she lost to a flush
Daekara had lasted
all the way to bubble
but King 10 vs King Queen
and he was in trouble
Therian looked down
Pocket sevens for the fight
Pairs are strong pre-flop
But Ace Ten ended his night
Mathies lasted
All the way to Third
But sixes lost to King Jack,
His final word
Many hands later
Two diamonds and a jack
The stacks had shifted
Vawn fighting back
Avendar led out
A min of a bet
Vawn considered his hand
His course was set
He went all in
His game on the line
Avendar to consider
Was his hand fine?
He had seven eight
The eight he had matched
But the jack to consider
A plan was hatched
He called the all in
It was kind of chancy
To end the tournament
His odds he did fancy
Vawn's big bet
He had gone in on a draw
Diamonds would be good
But his stack would fall
The turn was a four
The river a six
Both were red
But hearts were the pips
Avendar had won
A mighty feat
The prize delivered
The game complete
