The Genius of a Simple Man

Unlike other casino table games, poker (especially no limit hold em) is not a particularly easy game to learn or master. It's a game that requires a lot of things to go right to have sustained success. That brings us to Jerry. He is a man who has seemed to have done just this; figured out how to have the right things fall in his favor while ushering his success (at least at our game). Watching him work can be an exercise in frustration, if you only watch from the surface. Peel back a layer or two and you might actually find an artisan at work; a skilled craftsman honing his craft, full of patience and free of the ego that plagues other players.

On this Saturday night in game one, Jerry was again one of the heads up participants, his opponent; arch-rival Bipp Reynolds, who last week put Jerry in the second place column. This week was a different Jerry. He was , dare I say; aggressive at times and cocky. One might think this not a speed that works in favor of a man who for the most part, plays in the slow lane. Make no mistake about it; Jerry can switch gears and when he does, people can get run over. Just ask Bipp.

In the second game a player was gained so we moved up to 9 which changed this to a 10 point game. It was a game that again saw stalwarts Jerry in the mix, eventually taking third but players like Molly , Pierre, and Bipp busting out early. Joe, who isn't able to grace us as often was faced with the likes of Adrian, Don, Andrew, and Jerry and he made his rare appearance count. Chips kind of just changed hands for awhile but eventually Adrian and Andrew were chipped off and made desperation moves that did not pay off. When it was down to three, Jerry was very short sacked and just trying to find his huckleberry. He found it a few times via Joe and Don but still, he would eventually bust out.

This was Don's first game finishing in the money and on the leader-board so congrats to him. It was a brief heads up showdown; no more than 5 hands were played. Joe would eventually take the bread and the 10 points, effectively putting him in comfortable position to break through to the Invitational Six.