Live Blog, Part 1

I was looking forward to live-blogging this afternoon on Fawcett's qualifying round for the Texas Amateur, which will be played in June at venerable Dallas Country Club. The Texas Am has an impressive history, with past winners including Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite and Larry Seligmann. Shane was to caddy and report with hole by hole updates. However, our boy Scott was unable to make his early tee time this morning because he was still hammered from the previous night. Well done, Scott.

Ummm

Fawcett is learning...

Hmm....

Yikes. Very Tummy.

Things Fossilman May or May Not Have Said Last Last Night

1. I've played with a lot of great players...and Dan is about as good as any of them.
2. Where's Tim?
3. Shane, you ARE gay.
4. Are you guys sure you don't want to lower these stakes a little bit?
5. Comstock is a fucking jerk.

Well, he said at least one of these things.

Tips from Greg

Greg thinks aces are the best opening hand. He would go all in with aces against any hand pre-flop.

Donkey Dan

Surprisingly Dan just sucked out on
Raymer.

Carding with Fossilman

Tonight our gentle batface homegame will have the pleasure of testing our NL holdem mettle against the 2004 Main Event champion, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer. You may recall we were lucky enough to play with the 04 runner-up, David Williams, here and here. I'm sure Tulsa will wow us with phony tanks and big laydowns, and Tiny B will play his usual, tight-passive game. For me, I'll just try to keep on dominating.

Oh, Thanks, Donkey. And About That $4K...

As always, Phil Gordon proves he is the best poker columnist going. Direct, poker-related, insightful. Oh, and a nice dig at the end when he asks for his chit from The Mouth.

Nice Bet

Barry Greenstein is a great poker player. Joe Sebok is Barry's son. Joe is not a great poker player. If you read his entertaining blog on CardPlayer, you probably already know this. Here's one more example of his Michalski/Fawcett/Tum-like play, getting eliminated early in a tournament with a nice stack of chips by playing Q7 off-suit, out of position against John Juanda. Also TBR will be rooting against him at this years' WSOP, because of this bet he made Gavin.

Batface Links Tourney Update: Post Round One

Following a disappointing opening round, our heroes opted to vent some steam by touring Tyler's finest entertainment establishments. Unfortunately, the evening turned sour as Scott and Todd may or may not have gottrn drunk enough to:

• piss off their early evening hosts
• visited one of Tyler, Texas' nightspots, but completely forgotten the experience
• raced an 18-wheeler on the Interstate
• failed to entice any of the locals back to their hotel for a booty call
• gotten lost on the loop encircling Tyler
• consumed a plethora of Church's Chicken, again only to forget the experience
• vomited

Interestingly, our heroes may not have been the drunkest Batfaces this evening...or even the drunkest idiots in Texas. That honor may go to Batface exmplar Mark Craig, who may or may no longer be a member of Bent Tree Country Club, pending and emergency meeting of the board of directors and the disciplinary council. Additionally, Mark's girlfriend has also now eraned the title of honorary Batface.

These drunken exploits were greeted wholeheartedly by fellow Batface moron Tim Rogers.

Uh...go Batfaces?

Batface Links: Tourney Update...The End of the Round

At last, the round from hell is over. The gents parred the final hole to card a two-over par 74. At ten shots back they have a lot of ground to make up in the next few days. Still, with this round behind them, a good dinner in their bellies and a relaxing evening enjoying the sites and entertainment in Tyler, Texas, we expect our heroes to come back strong.

Go Batfaces!

Batface Links: Tourney Update #11

Unable to keep up their momentum, the boys just let their skirts fly up, making bogey on the short 167-yard, par three 17th hole.

Batface Links: Tourney Update #11

Known for his prodigious length off the tee, Scott Fawcett manhandled the 564-yard par five 16th hole. After blasting his drive in excess of 340 yards, he hit his long iron approach to the center of the green to set up an easy two-putt birdie. Our heroes now stand at just one over par for the round.

Batface Links: Tourney Update #10

Thank God! Todd managed abirdie on the 522-yard par 5 13th hole. After nutting his drive down the fairway, he laid up on his approach to set up a short wedge shot. He stiffed his wedge to 6 feet and made the birdie putt.

Batface Links:Tourney Update #9

The troubles continue for our heroes. They inexpicably double-bogeyed the 415-yard par fourther when both of their tee shots found the drink to the right of the fairway. Then Scott's ball went swimming again when he again found the water with his tee shot on the 408-yard par four 12th.

Todd Phillips said, "Shit."

Batface Links: Tourney Update #8

Bad news, sports fans, our heroes just ran into some bad luck. WIth Todd struggling on the tricky 343-yard par four tenth, Scott Fawcett's par was important. However, upon retrieiving his ball from the cup after making his par putt, Scott realized that the ball he finished the hole with was not his Titelist ProV1x, but rather a Fila Duro-Feel. He had mistakenly played the wrong ball on his second shot.

Our heroes had to settle for Phillips bogey and now sit at one over for the round.

Batface Links: Tourney Update #7

Our heroes scrambled like mad to par the short 388-yard par four ninth. After blowing his tee shot right, Scott Fawcett played his second shot short and right into the green side bunker. He then left his third shot from the trap 15 feet short of the pin. However, he redeemed himself by making his par putt. Fawcett celebrated the putt by chugging beer number three.

We sense interpersonal problems between our heroes, though. Just as he finished his beer, Fawcett firmly slapped Todd Phillips on the ass. Todd replied asking, "Hey asshole, just let me know when you plan on making a birdie, ok?"

Batface Links: Tourney Update #6

After hitting his tee shot stiff on the 223-yard par three eighth hole, Todd Phillps choked on his four foot birdie attempt and settled for par.

Batface Links: Tourney Update #5

On the par four 432-yard par four dog leg seventh hole, Scott Fawcett just shotgunned his second beer.

Batface Links: #4

ToddPhillips missed a golden opportunity for birdie on the treacherous 488-yard, par four sixth hole. After failing to hit his approach shot on the green, he lined up his chip from 35 feet. His ball lipped out of the hole and he settled for par.