Hashtagnight at Uncle Fil last time, with some good results for Fabster and Quattro Cane-Iz concerning the ranking. But what about my own achievements? Well, I thought my last performances already cut the head, but I added another losing session to my rankings: -29 points. But the ranking is not that important in my opinion, because overall I’m still about 340 up.

With Aces being absent, the starting line-up consisted of Uncle Fil, Gust ‘Crushing Grinder’ 9999, Pseudo-Pro, Fabster (who was just on a lunchbreak from work), Iranian Dutchman and the LP Genesis Live. While they preserved that last one like a bottle of precious wine, it was Mister Gershwin who brought them a first musical hand, with Fabster making the last bet before the song ended, resulting in a successful bluff against Uncle Fil. This was not the last time Fabster would shove a lot of chips in the middle, certainly after he completely confused the Pseudo Pro by stating that ‘hashtag’ is an actual word used by human beings.

Luckily I brought my own hashtags, which immediately helped me to crush the Grinder’s Kings with a set of neuffies. Fabster quickly recognized the danger that had come to the table and left with 45 points, being replaced by Quattro Cane-Iz, who you can always wake up for a decent christmas party in January. But let’s face it: the Magical Flying Fabster was right in his decision to avoid Biscotti. This is something the Pseudo Pro will never learn, as he lost almost his complete stack after I figured I had the best hand. Other players would have folded in that tough spot, but by sending a lot of mental staredowns and subtly interrogating this guy, I made an heroic call.

This was the beginning of an epic period with lots of things being very epic. First I shoved with more chips than I expected against The Grinder, who was also pretty deep due to a lot of gifts by the Iranian Dutchman in the six hands he played. We splitted the pot and so did the Pseudo Pro and Quattro Cane-Iz a couple of times when the latter one catched some miracle christmas cards. This made him the second  winner of the evening, only followed by Peter Gabriel and the guy from the nightshop. Maybe Cane-Iz can still be a threat to leader Aces, or wil somebody else stand up in the four remaining events? Let’s see when the club is open.

Leaderboard (total points+latest result):

1. Aces  300

2. Quattro Cane-Iz 109 (+31)

3. Fabster   40 (+45)

4. Iranian Dutchman   26 (-17)

5. Gust9999   1 (-41)

6. Uncle Fil   -13 (+9)

7. Pseudo Pro   -26 (+3)

8. Biscotti   -144 (-29)

9. Miyagi   -160

10. Fat Kid   -175