I will try to label these, but I am terrible with names, so if i left you out or got you wrong, please email and correct me.
Thursday Brunch. Clockwise from the
bottom left: Jerrod, JP Massar, Clark Olson (seated), Mike Caro - the Mad
Genius of Poker (standing), Max Shapiro (standing), Ploink (seated), Mike
Osborne (seated), Newjane (standing and looking down demurely), a tiny bit
of Big John Hartzell's face (seated, in yellow), and Lou Krieger (sitting
with back facing camera).
Thursday Brunch. Counterclockwise "S"shape, from right: Max Shapiro,
Albert Wang, Ron Garcia, Mike Caro, Jerrod (seated), JP Massar (seated),
Clark Olson (seated), Ploink (seated).
An early round of the Matchplay tournament in progress.
The infamous matchup
of Maverick against Caro. It ended thusly: Maverick made a preflop raise
with AK which Caro called with AJ. Maverick then made a blind all-in bet
on the flop, which came jack high. Caro called, and his pair of jacks
held up to win the round.
The final match, Mike Caro against Doug Sohn. Caro lost, but making it to the final match did a great deal to substantiate his wild claims of poker mastery.
Shh, don't tell Crystal Park...poker is even more fun without the rake! We played pot-limit, no-limit, Chowaha, lowball, draw, 5-stud, holdem hi/lo split, and even a little CRAZY Pineapple.