The podium

The Poker podium ratings used to be figured out using a deviously complicated mathematical equation that gave an exact indication of the top three players in the HighHander poker club.

Unfortunately this formula mainly told people that they were actually much crapper at poker then they realised and were spending more money than they could really afford.

Well as nobody likes the cold hard truth I'm shelving that idea. Instead the podium will be the last 3 people to have won a jacket. Below you can see the running Tally.

Move of the month

This relates to the last jacket game of 2003:

Irish Holdem is the game. Dumbo has been dominating the table but folds early as betting starts to increase on the 4th street. The Piranha tries to start a feeding frenzy on the river card with some random bluffing until Buzz puts in a hefty raise of 5 quid. There's a pair of 4s and a pair of Kings on the table and Buzz has King in his pocket. Pauly stomps in there with a 10 quid raise sending the piranha running for cover. Buzz sees the 10 quid to make it a 60 quid pot. Buzz remarks "I think we have the same hand Pauly..." until Pauly shows his natural poker of 4s. The table erupts, Buzz sees red, and Friends Pauly starts cackling manically. A crazy hand on a night of amazing cards - a perfect game to end the year on.

Current Jacket statistics for individual HighHanders 2004

The Sharks	In a most poker games you're either a shark or a small fry. The sharks install fear in their opponents, while the small fry give confidence to their opponents. In HighHander poker, your status is determined by how many times you've won the Jacket.	The Small Fry
Dumbo x 1	NO MANS LAND	2 Kings
Dirty Turk x 1		Backgammon Tom
		Buzz
		Cindy
		Friends Pauly
		Iron Tris
		Kamikaze
		Les Noisettes
		Mona Lisa
		Origami
		Portuguese Piranha
		Spaghetti

2003 standings:

Winger x 13

Si x 9

Charly x 6

Offord x 5

Danny x 2

Nutters x 1

Jally x 1

Pete x 1

Paps x 1

Pauly

Spaghetti

Toby

Tris