# March of The Penguins - SDMB Pokertropolis Fourth Quarter, 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609 "2005-10-03T17:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/281 "2005-12-23T02:23:30Z")
I’m in. I need all your guy’s money for Christmas shopping. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/282 "2005-12-23T02:33:48Z")
I’m leaving work right now. It’s gonna be close. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/283 "2005-12-23T05:23:30Z")
Results for Dec. 22 1 Capn Pitt 2 Miss Take 3 Kyyrewyyoae 4 Gangster Octopus 5 Oslo Ostragoth 6 Dag Otto 7 Only Mostly Dead 8 Robot Arm 9 Nanook of the North 10 Duke of Rat 11 Aholibah 12 Asterion 13 Exploding Kitchen And up-to-date fourth quarter standings 1 Gangster Octopus 76.1 2 Oslo Ostragoth 72.6 3 Kyyrewyyoae 68.1 4 Aholibah 67.9 5 Nanook of the North 65.4 6 nesta 64.6 7 Dag Otto 61.3 8 elucidator 60.6 9 Robot Arm 58.3 10 Duke of Rat 56.9 11 MindWanderer 54.9 12 Miss Take 54.9 13 Capn Pitt 53.3 14 Asterion 49.4 15 Yeticus Rex 48.1 16 Only Mostly Dead 34.8 17 Exploding Kitchen 27.4 ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/284 "2005-12-23T05:32:16Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > 1 Gangster Octopus 76.1 > 2 Oslo Ostragoth 72.6 > 3 Kyyrewyyoae 68.1 > 4 Aholibah 67.9 Cracked the top 3! Take that, **Aholi**! I’m out for next week. Happy holidays to you mf’rs and I’ll see you all next quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/285 "2005-12-27T21:18:50Z")
Ok, I’m back (left both kneecaps at Disneyland)…I see congrats are in order to **Capn** for laying a smackdown on the contenders. I’ll be back for the role of SPOILER for the last game of the quarter. I will not go quietly this Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/286 "2005-12-27T23:18:25Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > My head is red no longer. I pillaged the $.01/.02 NL tables at PokerStars for about $35 in one session. However, until I move up in class, I guess I will remain the step-child of the crew. > > Now I’m off to study those hand histories and see what I was doing right… I had to run down to the drugstore for some “Flaming Red” hair dye. Over the last couple of weeks, I not only lost the $35, but another $20 on top of that. :o **Those** are the hand histories I need to study. Actually, I think the biggest problem is my table selection. Pot raises mean nothing to people who have 250 times the big blind sitting in front of them. I did manage a fifth-place finish in a 5TT, though. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/287 "2005-12-28T05:05:07Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > I see congrats are in order to **Capn** for laying a smackdown on the contenders. Thanks Yeti. It was a tremendous suck out comeback. Kneecaps not withstanding, hope you had a great time at Disney. Not sure if I’ll be there on Thurs or not. Nothing like having to drive two hours to go to a holiday season funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/288 "2005-12-28T18:09:38Z")
Well guys, looks like I am out for tomorrow night. I feel kinda guilty, since I am the leader and it will make it very hard for someone to catch me. But I did participate in 8 this quarter so I guess I earned it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/289 "2005-12-30T00:26:54Z")
Just so y’all know, I’ve been trying to get PokerTropolis to list the tournament for about an hour now. I’m not falling down on the job – they are. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/290 "2005-12-30T05:05:36Z")
Tonights Results (12/29/05): Final Game of the Quarter: 1. Dag\_Otto (.50) 2. nesta (.30) 3. MissT (.20) 4. Aholibah 5. Asterion 6. Duck 7. Robot Arm 8. OMD 9. Yeti 10. Nanook ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/291 "2005-12-30T06:12:23Z")
The final results for the quarter: 1 Gangster Octopus 76.1 2 Oslo Ostragoth 72.6 3 Kyyrewyyoae 68.1 4 Aholibah 67.5 5 nesta 66.9 6 Dag Otto 66.6 7 Nanook of the North 62.5 8 elucidator 60.6 9 MindWanderer 56.7 10 Miss Take 56.7 11 Robot Arm 56.3 12 Duke of Rat 56.0 13 Capn Pitt 53.3 14 Asterion 49.9 15 Yeticus Rex 45.9 16 Only Mostly Dead 34.2 17 Exploding Kitchen 27.4 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/292 "2005-12-30T16:41:04Z")
That was a nice heads up match at the end. I was sweating a few hands as I was trying to raise 3x the big blind on both real hands and steals. When Nesta called it was only my steal attempts most of the time. I wish PT had hand histories via e-mail, because I’d like to review them and post a few here. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/293 "2005-12-31T02:22:16Z")
Oh right. We play poker on Thursday nights. Sorry I missed it guys. Congrats DagMan! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/294 "2005-12-31T02:29:33Z")
It was an interesting night. Seemed like somebody sucked out on every hand. And in the heads-up, Otto was way down at one point and put on a great rally to come back. **Nanook** , if it’s any consolation, I went out in seventh place and the fatal blow was when Otto made trip jacks on the river. The new quarter can’t get here soon enough for me. This last one was brutal. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/295 "2006-01-05T20:29:19Z")
Well, your in luck. The new quarter IS here. Somebody who finished better than 12th or so ought to start a new thread for the quarter. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/296 "2006-01-05T21:48:49Z")
Hey, I’m out for tonight. I’ve got…a date? Can that be right? Yep, it seems to be correct. With a real woman too, not one of them vinyl ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/297 "2006-01-05T22:52:17Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Hey, I’m out for tonight. I’ve got…a date? Can that be right? Yep, it seems to be correct. With a real woman too, not one of them vinyl ones. 🙂 Let’s not disparage the vinyl type, though connoisseurs do prefer the real ones. So many plays-on-words leap to mind here, involving dating, poker, and the phrase “getting lucky,” but I’m far too classy to mention any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609/298 "2006-01-05T22:57:46Z")
**GO** has started a [New Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352712), FWIW. **Capn** , glad you’re gettin’ some action (even if it’s not vinyl), but come on man, a date on _Thursday_? 😉 Hope you are a Lothario better than a bettor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-penguins-sdmb-pokertropolis-fourth-quarter-2005/324609.md?page=14)