Here’s the wrapup from our Oct. tourney:
The tourney last Thursday was, as expected, a crowd pleaser. Pardon the cliche, but the action was fast and furious. The waiters must have put something into the water because the event seemed crazier than any past tourney. A couple highlights:
Rini was 86′d early in the evening by Steve “Suited” Pratt. Bill had pocket Jacks and brought it in pre-flop for a raise. Pratt called the raise with 10-5 hearts and flopped a straight draw. He ended up making the straight and knocking Bill out. When asked about the hand, Pratt professed “They were suited.” That’s poker for ya.
The Reynosa Brothers were in true form at the $2-$4 side game. Craig Cooke played KK against Ray’s 84, raising all the way. Ray ended up winning with trip 4s on the river. On the very next hand, Craig again got pocket Kings. This time, Ronnie played an 84 and won with two pair (8s & 4s) on the river. Keep coming around, guys.
Results:
The total prize pool was $3540.
1st place – Michael Forman – $1,380 (40%)
2nd place – Steve Tandberg – $1,035 (30%)
3rd place – Jason Semeleng – $690 (20%)
4th place – Shayam Markus – $345 (10%)The $100 Head Hunter bonus went to Steve “Thor” Tandberg for knocking Christina out of the tourney.
On a personal note, I was short stacked when we got down to 2 tables and then I tripled up after pulling 2 top pair with 4 scary spades on the board. (Nobody made the flush.) I made it to the final table and then got booted out in 7th place (thanks to Como and then Forman).
Enjoy the prize money while you can, guys. I am coming after you next month.We are tentatively planning on Nov 11 for the next event.
See you all then,
-Zengy (and Kevin and Bill)
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Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
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