It was a cool and crisp 62 degrees on a Saturday in Burbank in The Garage Around Back. 25 hardcore gambling fools squeezed in and threw down for the final monthly event of 2021.
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| Legacy Chips in play! |
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| Allen also brought Gingerbread Oreos - they vanished quickly - these did not ha ha! |
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| Full house almost! |
Despite nearly 3 full tables, there were ZERO bust-outs before the break and only a handful of re-entries. When someone finally did bust it was the freshly inducted Legacy Hall of Fame playa Mr. Eric L. Second month in a row that the first out was a new Legacy player - Dan L. busted first last month! Uh oh! Is it a Hall of Fame curse? Probably.
Play continued into the night and it was awhile before the third table broke - but break, it inevitably did.
Alas, one of the early departures was non other than Legacy Palmdale resident Mr. Allen Q - who graced us with a rare appearance, bringing the much appreciated and aforementioned Gingerbread Oreos as well as his always effervescent poker persona. Great to see you my friend! Very much appreciate the effort, I know it's a heck of a drive!
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Often illuminated last night!
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| Photo courtesy of Mr. Ian |
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Photo courtesy of Mr. Ian
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The final table hit well after 8pm - alas, yours truly was the final table bubble - unable to overcome card deadness and dying a death of a thousand cuts rather than my usual spew time punting.
Our money bubble was Mr. Ian who just missed out on a $40 money back min-cash which instead went to Jeff G. in sixth place. He had re-entered so he was still stuck, but not by as much as he might have been.
Busting next in 5th place for $80 and some bounties was the always affable and energetic Mr. Andrew. Nice to see you back my friend, don't be a stranger in 2022!
Exiting quietly in 4th for $100, was cashing machine Mr. Josh.
And then there were three...
Three handed play lasted quite a bit longer than four and five handed play had. The chip lead rotated from player to player, but then Jeff S. was eliminated in third place after turning two pair only to have Carla spike the bottom end of a wonky straight on the river. Jeff got a very nice $180 for third and a grip o' bounties for a near $200 payout.
And then there were two...
In hosting for almost 15 years, I have dialed in the structure to near perfection - almost guaranteeing that we are done before 10:30 because the tournament ALWAYS ends on the 8K/16K level.
Well, that didn't happen last night. Not only did heads up play last through 10K/20K - it continued on into 15K/30K! Crazy! And an absolute record for the game.
Carla and Dan were both bringing their A-games, and neither wanted to chop or surrender. Heads-up play lasted well over an hour, and as I said, into levels heretofore unknown in the PSP Monthly. Crazy!
In the end though, it came down to a couple of flips, that both went to Carla - and so when the dust settled Dan had to settle for a chunky $280 plus bounties - an amount typically more in line with a first place payout.
Carla took the top prize of $360 plus another $20 in bounties, and the TOC seat and the coveted PSP Card Protector. Well done Ms. Carla!
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| da' Champ! |
A great big thanks to all who braved the chill and came out to gamble it up for one last time in 2021. It has been a long and fairly stressful year, though much better than 2020 that's for sure - and that's because we are back to doing what I love most - playing the greatest game on the face of the earth!
Our next event will be in January, the TOC is at 1pm on Saturday, Jan 8. The seat winners know who they are and should've already gotten their Evite.
The qualifiers who didn't win a tournament are - Colin, Ian, Allen R, Dan G, Jeff S, Lea Anne, Jason H., Joe S, Dan L. & Laura G.
If you see your name and didn't get an Evite be sure to let me know.
Our next open tournament won't be until two weeks after the TOC, Saturday Jan 22 at 5pm. I am going to wait until next year to send the Evite for that one as it's a ways out and my schedule may change of course.
There's a small chance also that there may be a small cash game this month, Saturday Dec 18 at 5pm - if there is an Evite it will go out well into next week.
Anyways, thanks AGAIN to all of you who made this year a heck of a lot of fun. I appreciate each and every one of you and value your fellowship and friendship! I'm all warm and fuzzy thinking about what a great year it turned out to be overall and I am SUPER excited about 2022. Stay tuned for a post with the traditional TOC preview profiles as well as our plans for the new year.
Until then, peace and we out!
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| Tournament Crusher/Beast - WSOP Legend 10K Winner |
