Jena Delk’s Blog

Ladies,

My good friends at the High Heels Poker Tour and HHPT Academy are headed to Jacksonville, FL later this month.  They will be at Orange Park Kennel Club on May 22-23, 2010 for a HHPT Academy and a HHPT Tournament. (Sorry, guys, this is a ladies only event).

The Academy will be taught by none other than the “Queen of Poker”: Barbara Enright.  The academy was designed for women of all skill levels from beginner to seasoned player. The Academy is taught as a lab based experience, allowing the student to learn by true live hand by hand instruction.  Barbara and the HHPT staff will bring lots of personal interaction to ensure a positive learning environment.  For this event, HHPT is offering a BOGO (Buy One, Get One) deal.   The cost of the Academy for two is $495, which includes your entry into the May 23 tournament, instruction by Barbara Enright, and lunch.  They offer a payment plan, should you desire. Great deal!

Ms. Enright has been playing poker for over 30 years. Her record is unmatched. She is the ONLY women to make the final table of the WSOP Main Event and the only woman in the Poker Hall of Fame, Women’s Poker Hall of Fame, and Seniors Hall of Fame.  When I grow up, I want to be like her!

After the Academy, use your new skills in the $150 tournament.  This ladies tournament is being held May 23 at 1 pm.  Two seats to the WSOP Ladies Event will be given away as the 1st and 2nd second prize and even includes cash for travel ! The WSOP Ladies Event will be held at the RIO, Las Vegas, June 11, 2010.

To reserve your seat to the Academy, call 954-817-2992.  Additional information can be found at www.highheelspokertouracademy.com

Hey Jena!

I haven’t talked to you for awhile, so I thought I would give you an update. My buddies and I started playing at a new place around here and I have to say it is perfect for me as I won $300+ the first night, probably just beginners luck I’m sure : )

I wanted to tell you about a hand I had to see if you would have played it differently. The table had 9 players, blinds .50/1 typical stack between 60 and 150 and I am at 120.

I am in fourth position with pocket 3’s, with crappy position and such BIG cards I just call the BB. A lady 2 spots after me raises to 6 and the table folds besides the man next to me who calls. So I get in to the flop relatively cheap.

Flop come 8c 3s kc. The man before me checks, I want to set a trap but the clubs worry me.  But I know the lady next to me is very aggressive so I just check instead. She bets nearly the pot 18 and the man next to me instantly calls, as do I.

The turn is the final 3 in the deck. The man instantly goes all in for 36. I try to take my time calling his all in in order to get a third caller, but she ends up folding and I nearly double my stack.

Other than this life is great! Class is almost done for summer and football couldn’t be better!

Hey Chad!

Great to hear from you!  I am glad everything is going well for you and that you have found a great place to play poker.

As far as your hand goes, you probably got as much money out of the villains as you could.  I am guessing you held the trey of spades in your hand or the flush draw would have completed.  I put the woman on the flush draw and the guy had an obvious big king.  Once the flush did not materialize, she had to drop out of the hand.  If the flush completed, the man probably would have dropped instead.  Nice hand!

Jena

Come play me in the PPI Bounty Tournament.

Featuring a $1,000 prize pool, the PPI Elite Bounty Series pits members against some of the biggest names in professional poker. To sweeten the pot, each of the PPI Elite players has a $50 bonus bounty on his head – so when you knock ‘em out, you walk away with an extra $50 bucks!

PPI Elite Bounty Series is scheduled for April 21st at 9PM ET and the tournament will appear in the game lobby as ‘PPI Bounty $1K.’ So keep an eye out as this event returns and be sure to bring your “A game” because the PPI Elite crew plays to win.

I am sitting alone in the quiet of my house. Watching several movies that are speaking to me. The first one is Family Man and the second is Unfaithful.

In Unfaithful, Richard Gere nailed the part of the torn husband, Edward. I sense the pain in his voice and eyes. This movie has always been disturbing for me to watch.

When Edward finds the snow globe that he had given his wife who re-gifted it to her lover, his pain becomes visceral and raw. Unrelenting. Complete anguish. Broken. No words are necessary. Resolute and finally he kills the lover with his bare hands

While sitting in the apartment with the dead lover, Edward realizes what he has done and begins to frantically clean up the blood and wipe off his fingerprints. Then he hears his wife’s break up over the answering machine saying she can’t live like this and that the affair is over. He then tends to the body. The lover’s dead body is in the trunk of his Mercedes when he pulls into his daughter’s school to watch a play. He cleans up the blood from his body and then joins the wife in the audience. She touches his hands as she watches their son’s solo. They cry together and then he looks at his wife and puts his arm around her. A hug is given and you can feel the husband resign himself to his family. She is visibility relieved as she melts into him.

He disposes of the body and begins the cleansing ritual. To remove the stain from his life. Then he begins to pretend everything is fine

The music accents his torment. Pain. Fear.

This movie has me paralyzed. I see so much of my own life in it. I see a man who would do anything for his family, his wife. He puts his family in a perfect house, in the perfect location, gives them everything, and she spat in his face. But yet, still he loves her.

Edward watches his wife lie to the police and the couple exchanges a look of knowing. Connie is told her lovers body was found. As the police begin to press her, Edward cuts them off. He becomes her protector, even in her great betrayal. After the police leave, he gives her space and watches Connie cry for her lost lover.

Then, later, she is confronted with the fact Edward does indeed know of her affair when she discovers the private eye’s pictures in his jacket. She is starting to realize what Edward has done for her, for them, for the family. Then back at the house, Connie sees the snow globe that she had given the lover. And then her fear is confirmed, she knows Edward, killed for her.

“I gave you everything. That’s right everything and what did you do? You threw it all away, like it was nothing. For what? He’s a fucking kid! You think, I wouldn’t know. Wouldn’t feel it. I knew from the very first day, because I know you Connie. I know you and I fucking hate you. I didn’t want to kill him, I wanted to kill you!”

“Oh my God”

Crying –sniff— sigh

“Edward, oh my God”

Anguish

Silence in the house.

“We can get through this one day at a time.

They live “in the moment” every day realizing how precious their remaining time is …Passion and despair comingles.

At the end of the movie, they are sitting in front of the police station.

“We could get some money and disappear. Mexico. We could fish all day. Take a small house at the beach. We could spend the rest of our life on that beach. When we die, we can just push their body out to sea. How does that sound? Perfect.”

I am working with Paul Kobel to create my own radio show on Poker Radio Network. We are going to be playing my vinyl records and talking about whatever memory the songs bring up. We need a name for the show. Ideas??

I am sitting on the back porch watching Corky drink a chocolate milk shake. I am about to pop after eating too much of a Georgia Fudge Mud blizzard from DQ. We had to make an ice cream run after getting knocked out of my tournament on PokerStars. Gotta love those three outers. Isn’t it a rule that pocket kings will draw an ace on the flop?

Hand #42294152183 begins at 2010/04/06

Dealt to AUDITOR NURS [Kd Kc]

AUDITOR NURS raises to 1,800 (Standard three times the big blind)

llobre007 raises to 3,000 (Just what I wanted).

AUDITOR NURS raises to 8,091, and is all-in.

llobre007 calls 5,091.

Dealing Flop [3c As 4s]

Dealing Turn [6s]

Dealing River [7d]

Levigose is playing Civilization. Levigose seems to really like this Civilization game. He played until 4 am last night to log over 12 hours of play. He is at 1620 AD, which is about half way through the game. He is in the process of expanding to a continent. I am not sure what all that means, but it does seem to keep him happy. However, it does impact the quality of conversation. One syllable answers become the norm when he is in the computer daze.

Baby-Kitty came home from the vet yesterday. She was spayed and declawed last Friday. We boarded her for the weekend, so we didn’t have to deal with the acute recovery period. Lazy sort, I am. Talk about a happy cat. Baby was very glad to be home and see her parents. I held her for over an hour, scratching her ears. Kitty-Kitty seems please with the change in the Baby. Now the older cat can hold her own.

I am feeling tired, so I’ll talk to you later.

You are invited to play in the upcoming Poker Gives charity event. For just $10, you can help a special charity, play with some of your favorite pros, practice your tournament skills, earn some cash, and have a shot at lots of bonus prizes!!!!!

A tournament to benefit Poker Gives (see www.Pokergives.org), a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization founded by Mike Sexton, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, and Lisa Tenner is being held on Full Tilt this Sunday April 4 at 2pm EST. The entry fee is $5 + $5 ($5 to Poker Gives and $5 to the prizepool). The format will be no-limit hold’em with a double starting stack of 3,000 tournament chips.

To register, log into Full Tilt, click on tournaments, and then click on the “private” tab in the tournament lobby. Scroll down to the event on April 4 that starts at 14:00 (it is listed in red). It is also possible to locate the tournament by clicking on Requests, then Find Tournament by ID 137491817. You will need the password PokerNations to register.

You will be able to play and chat with many pros including Andy Bloch, TJ Cloutier, Jan Fisher, Susie Isaacs, Jena Delk, Linda Johnson, Karina Jett and Eric “Rizen” Lynch. To reward you for your donation, participants will have a shot at winning lots of bonus prizes, which have a current value at more than $3,900. Bonus prizes are still being donated so keep checking the list. Visit http://www.pokernations.com/charity.php for more details and to sign up to be eligible for the bonus prizes.

Hand #41439837-1 at 9pm-PPIBounty-136 (No Limit tournament Hold’em)
Started at 24/Mar/10 21:02:55

randapanda is at seat 0 with 1000.
The Prestige is at seat 1 with 1000.
alore is at seat 2 with 1000.
5 P iz Me is at seat 3 with 1000.
bLUTOBluff is at seat 4 with 1000.
damerritt is at seat 5 with 1000.
offbeat is at seat 6 with 1000.
abigail83 is at seat 7 with 1000.
JenaDelk is at seat 8 with 1000.
jdenty is at seat 9 with 1000.
The button is at seat 7.

JenaDelk posts the small blind of 5.
jdenty posts the big blind of 10.

randapanda:  — –
The Prestige:  — –
alore:  — –
5 P iz Me:  — –
bLUTOBluff:  — –
damerritt:  — –
offbeat:  — –
abigail83:  — –
JenaDelk:  Ah 5h
jdenty:  — –

Pre-flop:

randapanda calls.   The Prestige folds.   alore folds.
5 P iz Me raises to 45.   bLUTOBluff folds.
damerritt folds.   offbeat calls.   abigail83 folds.
JenaDelk calls.   jdenty folds.   randapanda calls.

Flop (board: Jh Kd 2h):

JenaDelk checks.   randapanda bets 10.   5 P iz Me
calls.   offbeat calls.   JenaDelk calls.

Turn (board: Jh Kd 2h Kh):

JenaDelk checks.   randapanda bets 50.   5 P iz Me
calls.   offbeat calls.   JenaDelk raises to 100.
randapanda goes all-in for 945.   5 P iz Me folds.
offbeat folds.   JenaDelk goes all-in for 945.

Tournament all-in showdown — players show:

randapanda shows 9h Qh.
JenaDelk shows Ah 5h.

River (board: Jh Kd 2h Kh Qd):

(no action in this round)

Showdown:

randapanda has 9h Qh Jh 2h Kh: flush, king high.
JenaDelk has Ah 5h Jh 2h Kh: flush, ace high.

Hand #41439837-1 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
JenaDelk wins 2220 with flush, ace high.

ClubWPT PPI Elite Bounty Series

Featuring a $1,000 prize pool, the PPI Elite Bounty Series pits ClubWPT members against some of the biggest names in professional poker. To sweeten the pot, each of the PPI Elite players has a $50 bonus bounty on their head – so when you knock ‘em out, you walk away with an extra $50 bucks!

PPI Elite Bounty Series is scheduled for March 24th at 9PM ET and the tournament will appear in the game lobby as ‘PPI Bounty $1K.’ So keep an eye out as this event returns and be sure to bring your “A game” because the PPI Elite crew & I play to win. Here’s a link to ClubWPT.

The following pros are scheduled to play:

Ralph ”RP-Law” Pecorale
Tony “TonyLayPPI” Lay
Joey ”JoeyTheB_PPI” Brooks
Jonathan ”J_Tamayo_PPI” Tamayo
Frank “frankyfuneral” Cieri
Jena ”JenaDelk” Delk

Poker Players International is a full service agency for poker players. PPI and its clients also serve to further the poker community, both on and off the felt, through educational and charitable efforts.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT:

January 27, 2010 Apoorva Stull

(703) 837-3687

apoorva.stull@preventcancer.org

Famed Poker Player Jena Delk Joins Prevent Cancer Foundation
Bad Beat on Cancer Initiative

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Famed poker player Jena Delk will partner with Bad Beat on Cancer, pledging to donate one percent of her winnings towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Proceeds from Bad Beat on Cancer™ members go towards the Foundation’s mission: the prevention and early detection of cancer through scientific research, education and community outreach to all populations, including children and the underserved. Jena will join current Bad Beat on Cancer™ top professional poker champions such as Phil Gordon, Andy Bloch, Lee Childs, Rafe Furst and Howard Lederer.

“I am so excited to be a part of the Bad Beat on Cancer™ team,” explains Jena. “It’s wonderful to be a part of an organization that raises funds for Cancer Prevention and I hope this will be a long-lasting partnership.”

During the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP), poker professionals Phil Gordon and Rafe Furst started a drive to help fund cancer prevention research and education ― by playing poker. They asked their friends to pledge just one percent of their winnings at the WSOP Championship Event to the Prevent Cancer Foundation as a tax-deductible donation, resulting in enough money to fund a research grant for an entire year. This grand gesture capitulated into the Bad Beat on Cancer™ initiative. Since its inception six years ago, Bad Beat on Cancer™ has raised nearly $3 million for cancer prevention research and has grown to include other major poker tournaments, leagues and home games. The initiative has inspired amateurs and pros alike to pledge one percent of their winnings for life, including stars Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Paul Wasicka, Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Mike Matusow and Dennis Phillips.

If you’re interested in holding a Bad Beat on Cancer™ tournament or poker game in your community to benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation, visit: www.preventcancer.org for more information.

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About The Prevent Cancer Foundation
As a leading health organization for 25 years, the Prevent Cancer Foundation has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence and provided more than $113 million in support of cancer prevention and early detection research, education and community outreach programs across the country. The Foundation’s peer-reviewed grants have been awarded to nearly 500 scientists from more than 150 of the leading academic medical centers nationwide. This research has been pivotal in developing a body of knowledge that is the basis for important cancer prevention and early detection strategies. Through healthy lifestyle choices, you can reduce your risk of breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, oral, prostate, skin and testicular cancers. For more information, please visit www.preventcancer.org.

We live in the most amazing place on earth.  I am surrounded by beauty.

Join a Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge volunteer to get close views of adult American Bald Eagles and young on their nest through a spotting scope. No need to make reservations, just drive your own vehicle to the site. Weather permitting; a volunteer will be stationed along the Black Point Wildlife Drive between stops 11 and 12 on the following days:

• Mondays - 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

  Wednesdays - 2 pm to 4 pm

  Thursdays - 1 pm to 3 pm

  Saturdays - 1 pm to 4 pm

  Sundays - 1 pm to 3 pm

  Call 321-861-5601 for information. http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/Calendar.html