# Turn off your \*&$#@\*&! video game and get a reality check. SDMB Poker 1st Qtr 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594 "2012-01-06T04:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/62 "2012-03-30T00:08:25Z")
Thursday evening bump. Last chance to improve your position this quarter. Maybe we can see Meeko pass Mensa tonight. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/63 "2012-03-30T00:12:47Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > Thursday evening bump. Last chance to improve your position this quarter. Maybe we can see Meeko pass Mensa tonight. Et Tu, Brute? If I got to be the sacrificial goat to get more players, so be it ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/64 "2012-03-30T03:35:27Z")
Last Game of the Season (3/29/12): 1. Yeti 2. Mensa 3. Ast 4. Ghost 5. BobArrgh 6. Fubbs 7. Maserschmidt 8. Missy 9. Bootis 10. Root 11. Meeko 12. Mr. Duality 13. Frosty 14. Dag 15. Mental _Rawr!!!_ ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/65 "2012-03-30T20:56:46Z")
Final standings: 1 **Green Hell** 84.0 2 Yeticus Rex 75.73 3 Gray Ghost 75.66 4 MentalGuy 70.2 5 MrDuality 68.5 6 MrBootis 64.2 7 Frosted Glass 63.9 8 Dag Otto 58.5 9 maserschmidt 57.7 10 notfrommensa 55.9 11 asterion 52.4 12 BobArrgh 49.8 13 Meeko 48.5 14 Craneop2 48.3 15 MissTake 47.7 16 Roooooot 42.9 17 fubbleskag 40.6 18 Cyberhwk 32.1 19 TexCat 20.2 There was some discussion that playing in only three games should disqualify a player from winning the quarter, but rules are rules. Congrats, Green Hell! Wins this quarter: 4 Gray Ghost 3 MG, Yeti 2 Dag 1 Green Hell Cashes: 7 Gray Ghost (wow!) 4 Dag, Frosted Glass, MG, Yeti 3 MrBootis, NFM 2 Green Hell 1 ast, BobArrgh, Crane, fubbs, maserschmidt, MissTake, MrDuality, Roooot Bubbles: 2 Meeko, NFM, Yeti 1 ast, BobArrgh, Frosted Glass, Gray Ghost, MG, MrBootis, MrDuality Off to a new quarter! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/66 "2012-03-31T02:08:58Z")
I prefer the Knockout Statistic, as it rewards participation: ```auto Player K-O's Ghosty 34 Mensa 25 MntlGuy 15 Yeti 15 Dag O 11 Bootis 11 Hellboy 10 Frosty 7 meeko 7 fubbs 5 B.Arrgh 4 size12 3 Crane 3 Missy 2 Aster 2 NotSang 1 ``` ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594/67 "2012-04-03T18:08:06Z")
[Second Quarter, 2012 SDMB Poker thread here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647236) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-your-video-game-and-get-a-reality-check-sdmb-poker-1st-qtr-2012/608594.md?page=3)