16 players sat down for what would turn into five hours and five minutes of high adrenaline (but very friendly) No Limit Texas Hold-em tournament play.
For an hour and twenty minutes the rebuy period lived up to it's name as aggression and reloading were ever present. By the time the rebuy period ended the prize pool had swelled to where the first place winner would be walking away with $166. Not too shabby for a super friendly and low key home game tournament.
Ironically, the first player to bust out was the winner of the last tournament - Noah P. He took it in stride and with good humor, and headed home to count his money from last month.
We were down to one table in just under three and a half hours, and the blinds entered painful mode. By 1130 the bubble burst, with Dan I. getting the unlucky honor for the second month in a row.
The cooler of the night occurred about midway through the evening with a set over set. Danielle's trip tens on the river fell to Tom S.' made set of aces.
Dan G. got the first cash, finishing fourth and winning back his buy-in plus a few dollars more.
Yours truly, who had fought back from a short stack through most of the evening, managed to finish third.
Yet another epic heads up battle ensued between visiting Bay Area poker player Noah S. and our resident fountain of poker knowledge and good will Mike P.
In the end, after crippling blows had been exchanged multiple times in both directions, with dramatic back and forth shifts in the chip lead - it was Mike P. who took home the trophy and the $166. $111 went to Noah S. who could use it to cover most of his plane ticket.
All in all a great night! The next tournament is set for Saturday night, November 22, the week before Thanksgiving week. It will be a mixed event of Hold-Em and Omaha/8. A cash game is also on the horizon for Friday night, December 5. See you there!
