2016.08

A surprisingly mild September afternoon in Burbank turned into a lovely evening and I made the call to bring the tournament back inside.  In hindsight, I probably should've kept it out on the patio as it was just a bit too hot in the garage.  20 gamblers sweated it out, despite the wide open garage door.

True the garage was hot, but there were also a few new additions that more than made up for it.

The cookies on the left tasted as crazy as they looked.

Well what do we have here?

Treasure chest.

About time.

As hot as the garage was, the action was even more so.  Especially at my table.  We had cooler after cooler, and quads a whopping 2 1/2 times. (Half because it didn't make it to showdown, but Priya was kind enough to show, after Barb had joked about me probably having quads.)

Nobody busted before the break, and it was a ways afterwards when we had our first casualty - the go big or go home poker powerhouse that is Jason.

The final table formed after the second break and it was well over an hour before the bubble burst.

Eric L. thought he had won his money back when he busted, because I told him he had.  Then I realized that he finished 6th and we were only paying 5.  Oops.

It was awhile after his exit, just after midnight when Sheyna was the 5th place finisher, winning her buy in back and also collecting a single bounty to finish even for the night.

Next to bust, returning to her cashing ways, was Barbara who scooped up $100 in fourth place.

Next out was Marc, finishing third after a good half hour of play and a brutal suck-out, courtesy of yours truly - my  K5 cracking his AK AIPF.  Good call Chris.

And then there were two.  Me and newish player Emanuel.  The hour was late and although I had a chip lead I proposed we chop the money evenly and play for the seat.  E agreed and we each locked up $250 plus $20 apiece in bounties.   And then it was on!

Actually, it just lasted 2 hands.  Emanuel got unlucky when I binked top pair, one pip above his pocket jacks and that was that.  Congrats Emanuel on the deep run and cash and congrats to me for being lucky enough to take one down in 2016.

Dork dork dork.

Thanks everyone so much for coming out and making it yet another fun evening at Pepper Street.  I feel so lucky to have such a great group of friends old and new who love the game as much as I do and also appreciate a social and friendly atmosphere and work to keep it that way.   You all rock!

Our next monthly looks like it will be the 15th.  Stay tuned for the evite.

Until then, peace and we out!