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Newsletter Volume 18 Issue 15 December 21, 2006 |
David "Da Boz" Bosley turns in a 17 point card to edge out Chris Thoreson
(Guest) for 1st Place. Dewayne "Big E" Eisenbarth and Pat "Driller"
Jungmann pegged their way to 3rd and 4th Place.
Winners
from Last Week's Event
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1st Place |
David "Da Boz" Bosley 17 pt, 8 wins, 98 Net Spread, and 117 Positive Spread |
$56.00 |
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2nd Place |
Chris Thoreson (Guest) |
$40.00 |
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3rd Place |
Dewayne Eisenbarth |
$25.00 |
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4th Place |
Pat Jungmann |
$19.00 |
Ms.
Sweety had an average night, moving only 5 times. She started the evening
by getting to know John "Saweet" Hensley in Game 3, unfortunately she was
not a good luck charm as John lost the game. Ms. Sweety decided to visit
"Bad" Betty Morehouse in Game 4 who beat her opponent by exactly 24
points! Wayne "Super Trooper" Von Clasen discarded a 24 to his crib
in Game 5 against Dewayne "Big E" Eisenbarth. Dewayne had the last
laugh as he declared 24 in the next game and Ms. Sweety helped him beat Helen
"The Hellion" Daniels. Dewayne's glory didn't last long, Chris
Thoreson (Guest) held onto a 24 in Game 7, it helped him skunk Helen.
Chris held onto Ms. Sweety for the rest of the night and took home $16 for his
efforts.
EVENT HAPPENINGS
First was David "Da Boz" Bosley who turned in a
17 Gm Pt, 8 W, +98 Sprd Pts card tonight.
David was on fire tonight losing only Game 8 to Dick "The Grumbler" Taylor
who played the role of "Spoiler" tonight. Although several of the games
were not close, 4 of David's wins came by less than 10 points. He skunked
his last opponent of the night....John "Saweet" Hensley. Good job
David, keep up the good peggin'!
Second was Chris Thoreson (Guest) who
turned in a 16 Gm Pt, 6 W, +67 Sprd Pts card. Yes, that was a 16 point 6
win card. Mr. Thoreson skunked John "Saweet" Hensley in Game 1.
He had to wait a few games until his second skunk in Game 5 against "Devil"
Dean Van Donge. He followed that up with skunks in Game 6 & 7 against
Wayne "Super Trooper" Von Clasen and Helen "The Hellion" Daniels.
Chris finished the night with a narrow victory over over Jim "Teacher" Duff
by 2 points to finish with a 16 point card....not bad for a guest. Good
job Chris!
Third was Dewayne "Big E" Eisenbarth who turned in
a 14 Gm Pt, 6 W, +123 Sprd Pts card. Dewayne
turned in a 14 point card that would have been in the top two spots most other
nights.... He got off to a rocky start by losing his first two games of
the night and turned around and beat his next two opponents by 29 & 30 points.
He then lost a close Game 5 but put together a 4 game win streak to finish the
night. Dewayne skunked 2 of the last 4 opponents of the night to make up
for his early losses. Good job Dewayne!
Fourth was Pat "Driller" Jungmann who turned in a 12 Gm Pt, 6 W,
+39 Sprd Pts card. Pat has been on a roll
lately, he has placed in the payout positions all three weeks in December.
Pat got off to a rocky start also but finished strong. He won the opening
game of the night only to lose the next two games including a close 2nd Game
against Chris Thoreson (Guest). He got things back on the right
track by winning Game 4 but turned around and got skunked in Game 5 by Helen
"The Hellion" Daniels. He finished strong by winning the last 4 games
of the night by an average margin of 15 points. Good job Pat!
HONORABLE MENTION
Dick “The Grumbler” Taylor and Wayne "Super Trooper" Von Clasen both
recorded 12 point cards and received Grass Root Points for their efforts.
They came up a few spread points short of placing in the top 4 positions
tonight.
CLUB POINTS RACE (TOP 5 POINTS
LEADERS)
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1st Place |
Pat Jungmann |
97 |
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2nd Place |
Jim Duff |
72 |
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3rd Place |
John Reed |
69 |
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4th Place |
Martin Hellberg |
52 |
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5th Place |
John Hensley |
51 |
SPECIAL POOLS
David "Da Boz" Bosley
held onto the Wheel and received $10 for his efforts.
Raggedy Ann is the only special pool that remains open.
28/29 POOL
No 28/29 draws
reported. The 28/29 pool
started at $414 and went up by $15 to $429.
SKUNK FUND
The skunk fund
received $3.75 at the end of the evening, WE THANK ALL OF YOU!!
PLAYING TIPS FROM GEORGE RASMUSSEN
Another way you can put pressure on dealer is to plan to close the count at 31-2. There are a number of hands which allow you to plan this strategy. If you pick up your cards and retain 3-3-5-J, lead the 3. Hope dealer makes the count 13 with a Jack. If so pair the Jack for 23 at which time dealer will likely play a five for 28, close the count with the play of the trey. Remember you still have the five and the dealer's likely lead after showing you the Jack and a five is to play another X-pointer. Now if the dealer doesn't have the Jack and puts any other X-pointer on your trey lead, you drop the other trey for a count of sixteen. Dealer cannot play the five on the trey and will make the count 26 since he is holding a five. You slip that five in and close the count at 31-2. As non-dealer be looking for 3-card eleven combinations. They often will work to close the count and take a dealer advantage away in the pegging game. As we move through this pegging section, will spend some additional time on "elevens from heaven" or "magic elevens" as you prefer.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
"Lethal" Lisa Duff was the head judge tonight, thanks for your help. 15 weeks down, 21 to go.....
By: Jeremy Morris (Technical Assistant), Sweet Onion Peggers, Club #274