After taking a week off, poker returned to The Garage Around Back in beautiful Burbank. Yes, it was a tournament - but it was NOT No-Limit Hold-Em. This time it was a long overdue battle for Omaha Eight or Better supremacy. 12 players who were not chicken-shit to play different games showed up to throw down, and it was a heck of a lot of fun.
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| Havana Room Chips in Play - the chip of choice for Mix Games |
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| If you didn't come - you missed out... |
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| ...on this amazing collectible chip! |
Fixed Limit of course requires an entirely different skill set of poker. Tournaments present a particular challenge because it always seems like everyone is super deep, until suddenly they are not. This was the case last night, but the good thing was that all 12 players got a good solid 3 hours of play in before the bust outs began.
It was well after 8pm when we finally lost enough players to combine into a "final table". We were paying 4 players (a third of the field!) with the 4th place finisher (who turned out to be yours truly) would get their money back.
After I got my buy-in back, Mike P was the next to exit with a double buy-in payout for $80 in third place. Though dismayed that he only got the bronze, he was also less sad when he remembered that this finish puts him firmly atop the Player of the Year points leaderboard. Don't forget that all non-No Limit Hold-Em events are worth DOUBLE points!
And then there were two -
Although at first glance it looks like a ferocious battle - this picture was actually completely staged. It was already over by the time I remembered to take a heads-up pic, so they faked it.
Ian had already lost and took home $140 in second place, while Kenny took down 1st and $220 along with it! Ken, I forgot to give you your 1st Place Card Protector - be sure to ask me for it the next time I see you.
So, I was going to wait another 2 weeks before our next tournament, but then I realized we are rapidly running out of time before the WSOP - so I think we want to play again sooner rather than later.
Although as of this moment they are requiring masks in Vegas, if it's still that way in October I'm not doing it blah blah blah...
So our next tournament is, next weekend! Ah!!!! Crazy!!!
Since we only had 12 players last night, I'm sure we will get more this next time. Remember, I'm aiming for 12 events but only 10 will count towards POY points so you can miss one if you have to.
As always, it was a great time - and I thank each and every one of you for coming out and throwing down! Very much looking forward to next weekend and a return to good ol' fashioned No-Limit Hold-Em.
Until then, peace and we out!
