# What would Ponzi Jesus Do? He'd go Full Tilt and Scheme on my Social Security! SDMB Poker, 4th Qtr. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 3, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483 "2011-10-03T21:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**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 16, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/61 "2011-12-16T06:51:17Z")
Standings with not much time to improve: 1 MentalGuy 77.5 2 Cyberhwk 73.9 3 MrBootis 64.4 4 Frosted Glass 62.8 5 Dag Otto 62.5 6 Gray Ghost 61.2 7 asterion 58.3 8 MissTake 57.1 9 Craneop2 52.9 10 notfrommensa 51.4 11 cutebut dumb 44.7 12 Yeticus Rex 44.3 13 Meeko 33.2 MG slips again, MrBootis enters the ratings rather nicely - can Cyberhwk steal this quarter? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/62 "2011-12-23T04:32:13Z")
1. ghosty, 9 fubbs, 2. yeti, 3. meeko 4. Mental guy 5. Dag 6. Cyberhawk 7. missy 8. Crane 9. NFM Whew, goods Crane had about 9:1 chip advantage to start, lost it, then I had a 9:1 chip advantage, lost it, and finally beat him. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/63 "2011-12-23T05:54:53Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. ghosty, > 9 fubbs, > 2. yeti, > 3. meeko > 4. Mental guy > 5. Dag > 6. Cyberhawk > 7. missy > 8. Crane > 9. NFM > > Whew, goods Crane had about 9:1 chip advantage to start, lost it, then I had a 9:1 chip advantage, lost it, and finally beat him. Wow, thought Hawk was going to run away with it there when I left. Shows what I know (if my 4-bet cib of QQ in position and later overvaluing Q6o—only 50% vs a random?!—in a shove or fold situation weren’t already proof of how little I know…) Hell, if I knew what I was doing, I’d have gone broke earlier with a 55 shove when meeko showed up with AK. Oh well, I clicked it back hoping you’d shove, and go me, you did. With Aces. Which is pretty much what I’d guess to be the tables’ 4-bet and 5-bet range. Hard to stay focused and think about levels when I’m in the heat of it. ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/64 "2011-12-23T05:55:10Z")
The standings, with one week left to improve: 1 MentalGuy 75.6 2 Cyberhwk 72.1 3 MrBootis 64.4 4 Frosted Glass 62.8 5 Dag Otto 61.9 6 Craneop2 59.8 7 MissTake 58.8 8 asterion 58.33 9 notfrommensa 58.29 10 Gray Ghost 56.8 11 cutebut dumb 44.7 12 Yeticus Rex 42.4 13 Meeko 33.7 I think we know our top two… Lets get cracking on theme ideas for the next quarter! ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/65 "2011-12-30T02:16:16Z")
Congrats to **Mental Guy**. Something came up and i’m going to have to give up without a fight. Good luck tonight everyone. I won’t be able to make it. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/66 "2011-12-30T02:40:55Z")
I’ll play for you, not that that will help you at all or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/67 "2011-12-30T04:21:46Z")
In one of those freakish events that never occurred when real money was involved, I played my first SDMB tournament and inexplicably won. So, here is a brief, shining moment of glory: 1. maserschmidt 2. Notfrommensa 3. Gray Ghost 4. craneop2 5. Dag Otto 6. fubbleskag 7. MentalGuy 8. Yeticus Rex 9. Meeko 10. Mr.Bootis Next week back to normalcy! ---
**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 30, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/68 "2011-12-30T05:04:54Z")
Congrats to the cherry on top of the quarterly sundae, **Maserschmidt**. Final standings of the quarter: 1 MentalGuy 73.6 2 Cyberhwk 72.1 3 Frosted Glass 62.8 4 Dag Otto 61.3 5 notfrommensa 61.1 6 Craneop2 60.4 7 Gray Ghost 59.0 8 MissTake 58.8 9 asterion 58.3 10 MrBootis 55.0 11 cutebut dumb 44.7 12 Yeticus Rex 40.9 13 Meeko 31.7 Congrats to MG on an awesome quarter! Wins: 3 MG 2 Cyberhwk, NFM 1 dag, gray, maser, MrBootis, yeti Cashes: 7 MG 5 NFM 4 dag 3 ast, crane, gray, missy 2 cyberhwk, frosty 1 CBD, maser, bootis, yeti bubbles: 2 ast, missy 1 crane, CBD, cyberhwk, dag, frosty, gray, meeko, MG To 2012, and beyond! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/69 "2011-12-30T05:16:17Z")
Two weeks ago, I was in 10th place. Worked my way up to 5th in the Qtr.! Hard work and dedication. ---
**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 30, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483/70 "2011-12-30T05:18:24Z")
p.s. Gee, **Maser** , it’s too bad that players have to play three games to be standings-eligible, because your one victory would have scored a 90.9. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-ponzi-jesus-do-hed-go-full-tilt-and-scheme-on-my-social-security-sdmb-poker-4th-qtr/598483.md?page=3)