For the second week in a row - it was poker night in the Garage Around Back, and this time it was back to good ol' No-Limit Hold-Em! Legacy chips were in play and bounties as well - it was a whole lot of faces looking back up at our players - 14 total showed up to throw down. A smaller group than usual for sure, but a lively one at that!
There were zero bust-outs before the break, though we did have one re-entry from Ms. Julie. Shortly after we got back Ms. Carla was the first to fall, followed almost immediately by yours truly who saw a good chunk of his chips go to Ian several times before all of them finally went to him on an open ended straight draw that never got there.
Play carried on for a good while thereafter before it was final table time!
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| Before I punted it all away! |
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| Andrew is either screaming from a bad beat or yawning... |
It's really kind of amazing - even though I was mad at myself for not playing great and I had a pretty early exit - this was still a thoroughly enjoyable night! I really had a great time, which is really crazy to think about considering I played poker for less than two hours. I am one lucky guy to have such an amazing group of friends - and I was actually excited to see who would come out on top.
Final table action was hot and heavy with the chips flying yada yada yada... Allen R. was our bubble!
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| Allen awaits his fate... |
Cashing machine and 2019 Player of the Year Jerry was first to make the money, getting his buy-in back and some solace that he was going home with a decent amount of points for this year's POY race.
And then there were three...
Here's where I usually say - "Such and such was next to fall in third place for X amount yada yada yada..." But this time I must say - the heads-up battle was NOTHING compared to three handed play, specifically the play between Julie and Colin. That shit was cray cray!
Both players battled each other with ferocious aggression and it was amazing how many times mountains of chips flew back and forth. In the middle, and highly entertained by all of this, was Mr. Ian who maintained a good amount of chips without throwing them back and forth like his opponents did.
In the end, the dust eventually settled and it was Julie who came out the victor. Colin was all good with his $100 payout for third and departed as always with a gracious smile and both middle fingers raised.
Heads-up play between Ian and Julie couldn't help but be a bit of a letdown, but both players put forth a noble effort anyways. It wasn't long before Ian, for the second tournament in a row, was pocketing second place money - a payout of $160 and a couple bounties.
That meant that this one had taken it down, after finishing second only two tourneys prior...
1st place paid $280, plus Ms. Julie now also gets an automatic seat in the TOC and will soon have her photo on the wall with these other Champeens.
Yes we are certainly cranking along and making up for lost time in 2021 after that monster shit-show of 2020. Ideally I would like to get through the remaining 2020 tournaments (there are 7 left) before Christmas time, so that means there's going to be some stretches were we have poker tournaments several weeks in a row - and one of those stretches is right now!
That's right, poker next Saturday! No-Limit Hold-Em tournament for
POY points and a Tournament of Champions Seat - let's go baby! Remember, there will be 12 tournaments total but points will only count for your best 10, so if you miss a tournament or two it's ok.
Stay tuned for the Evite, it will be going out shortly - until then, peace and we out!
