World Series of Roshambo

I've played the WSOR each year for the past 4. The first year, I got pwned by Rafe Furst on ESPN.

In 2006 I slapped Shrunk (I was actually supposed to play Matusow but he pulled out due to crazy) when I beat him in the 1st round and lost to Jim Worth in the 2nd.

Shronk Catches a Hot One at 3:15 in.

Last year... I don't remember what happened last year. It was at Phil Gordon's WSOP party and I lost in the first round to someone. I was probably on a lot of drugs.

This year I went into it being able to pick my first opponent due to Phil Gordon's shoddy organization. I decided to take on one Roland de Wolfe. Now, I've played Chinese poker with Roland and I know that his strategy in these types of games is severely lacking. Let's get it on!

I snap Roland off in the first to 5 with a 5 - 3 score. Take that you white shoe wearing euro!

In the second round I draw a RWG and in the first to 7 round, he gets me down 4 - 1. Never fear, I stage an unfamiliar comeback and beat him 7 - 5.

In the 3rd round we have a threesome. A player has to lose twice, once to each player, to get eliminated. I draw Mark Vos and Melissa Hayden. Wait what? Why the fuck do I have to have a Ménage à trois with two gingers?! And one's a dude!

I take on Mark first and blank him in a 5 - love match. Haha you faux-Euro.

Melissa dispatches Mark in quick fashion also. One ginger down.

Melissa and I swap 25% at this point to ensure a break even event for both of us since the winner is guaranteed 3rd place and will pocket at least $2k. Jay Greenspan said it was cheating but WTF does he know, he's a just writer.

It was an epic battle. Pretty sure we threw at least 25 times with a streak of 8 straight ties. My hand really hurt by the time we got tied up at 4 - 4 in the best of 5 match. In the end she threw rock and I threw scissors.



Melissa ended up finishing 3rd and pocketing $1500. I secured $500 to ensure my first non-losing WSOR in 3 years. Good times.

JDN

Matt Savage – 0, Golf Cart – 1

It was a pleasant day on the 10th hole at TPC canyons. We had just teed off and Layne and I were a seconds behind the other cart containing Matt Savage and Phil Gordon. We lost sight of them as they turned the corner and Layne and I discussed the pros and cons of being in the other fairway on this hole.

As we turned the aforementioned corner a sight lay before us that took me several seconds to comprehend. Why was Matt laying face first on the concert cart path? Was he looking for his ball or doing sprinkler maintenance? Layne observed, “Look at this twinkie here.”

Layne, being thoughtful human that he is, drove right past Matt’s limp body and said, “Walk it off.” We had to find his ball in the trees on the other fairway and it took precedence over injuries.

Phil is obviously new to cart driving techniques and apparently he turned into the turn, hit the curb and bounced poor Matt out of the cart.

Matt pared the hole and requested some Neosporin from the snack lady.

JDN