4th Street Poker Tour

4SPT Madness

Congratulations to Titillations Jubilee (ALternate) and the First Lady for their first and second place victories in the 4SPT Madness pool.

While I'm sure Al made his picks through educated sports research, the First Lady chose her picks by determining who would win in a mascot on mascot grudge match to the death. The prehistoric Gator mascot obviously trumped all others.

For their accomplishments, Al will take home $100 and the First Lady will get $60.

Speaking of which, if your name is on this list - please bring your unpaid $10 to this week's game.

• Bookie
• Dr. DILIH
• Machine
• C-Mint
• Dino

4SPT Madness

In the spirit of competition and gambling, the 4th Street Poker Tour would like to invite you to play in our March Madness Tournament pool.

Entry fee is $10. We'll determine the payout once all players have signed up and the tournament has started. You can pay us during check-in.

Sorry, G, but the First Lady is a Yahoo! employee, so we'll be using Drud's new and improved tournament system. To join:

• Go to Yahoo! Fantasy Sports Tournament Pick 'Em 07
• Click Join A Group
• Join a Private Group
• Group ID: 56501
• Password: 4SPT

Bookie's Line for SuS III

Player to finish Summer Season III with most points
All entries pay 4-1 (except Richie 3-1)
(tie = no action)

Slim
First Lady
Pick
Richard
Storm
Al

Bookie's Line - Spring Season II

As the coffers filled up nicely following a season of pathetic future wagering by the betting public, I've decided to offer increased odds on the upcoming Spring Season.

Bookie Updates His Books

With the season winding down, the Winter Future Pools remain hotly contested. 

Pool 1
King Richard       21
Richie Rich         15
Al                     14
Pick                  12
Cooler                 0 

Pool  2
Dino                 21
Eliot                 12
Max                   4
First Lady           1
Vaughn              0

Pool 3
Slim                15
Slew               12
Wou-Tang         6
Lo-Lo               6
Eastwood          6

And to re-open the books for the stretch run, I present the following, unprecedented "Winter Season Second Chance Pool!"

Odds to finish higher for Winter Season (tie = No Action)
Jun              5-2     18 pts.
High Noon     7-2     17
Storm          3-1     17
Shock G       5-2     16

Bookie's Line of the Week - WS05 2

by The Bookie

Since last week's future wagering pools saw previously unforeseen wagerers reaching deep into their pockets to forecast results for WS05, I thought I'd add one more pool into the fray comprised of five players who failed to score in week 1.

Pool 3
Slew                3-1
Slim                 3-1
Wou-Tang         3-1
Lo-Lo               3-1
Eastwood         3-1

And in a return of the heads up wagers that now seem like a distant memory on the tour, I'll feature two of my early favorites to figure prominently in the coming season.

Odds to last longer   

(reserve right to cancel prior to first hand)
Shock G      -125
Storm         +110

Bookie's Winter Future

Let the future wagering begin....

Odds to finish higher in WS05

Pool 1
Cooler            3-1 

Pick               3-1
Richie Rich      3-1 

King Richard    3-1
Al                  3-1 

Pool 2 

Eliot              3-1
Vaughn          3-1
First Lady       3-1 

Max              3-1
Dino              3-1

Bookie's Line of the Week - FS05 10

by the Bookie

In honor of Eliot's historic victory, I challenge the aforementioned red-head to a mano y mano battle.  Last one remaining , name your price...

Special Prop Bet
Will Brent make the chip up?

• Yes -400
• No  +300

Elimination Pools
The First Family (odds to last longest)

• Slim           2-1
• First Lady   5-2
• Cooler        2-1

The Rest

• Eliot         5-2
• Dino         5-2
• Richie       5-2
• Alison       5-2

Bookie's Line of the Week - FS05 9

by the Bookie

Some new faces for this week's elimination pool. Again, odds to last longer than the other entries and I reserve the right to cancel all action prior to first hand.

• Cooler - Don't misunderestimate The First Lieutenant. 7-2
• Radish - He's a maniac, maniac. 3-1
• Jun - Is he still always sideways? 7-2
• Wou-Tang - Always a wild card...just don't expect him to speak. 4-1
• Brent - Can you spell due with a capital D? 7-2
• Alison - Has she ever missed a final table? 3-1

Bookie's Line of the Week - FS05 7

by the Bookie

Last week's action was entirely one-sided as all bettors went for the value and slight underdog Dino.  The matchup proved to be an exciting one as both players were battling the felt by the end of the fourth level with about 500 chips remaining.

When the night's host moved in on one Vaughn Sandman on a flush draw board only to see him proudly turn over 82o for top pair and hear a boast about his hand reading skills (a fine read it was), it looked like the favored Pick might outlast a dwindling Dino. But Dino's aggressive play on the short stack coupled with another improbable aces up for Axel allowed him to outlast Pick for the win.

By the way, I'm having trouble figuring out how this guys finds a way to miss the final table with all those chips.  Truly the Randomizer. For this week, we'll try something a little different in an effort to induce some action out of the recalcitrant bettors in the group.

Elimination Pool -- Odds to be last one remaining

June -- Last week's winner will attempt to defend.	7-2
Richie -- Since he gave action last week.	5-2
Vaughn -- Two words: The Sandman.	11-5
Max -- Just don't let him get a short stack	7-2
Slim -- Final table machine.	7-2
Richard -- Since he called it "gratuitous."	5-2

(I reserve the right to cancel all action prior to first hand.)