It was a lovely, almost cool, overcast day in Burbank. Perfect conditions to stay in the garage and play what was going to be a two table affair. But then at the last minute it turned into a three tables of 7 event. This was our annual crazy pineapple tournament, with the legendary tiki king chips in play as well as a couple of new accoutrements.
Unfortunately this year it was not to be for me. I was the fourth to bust out after Jeff S, Chris R. and Allen R. in that order.
I did get to play for a good solid 2+ hours, so I did enjoy it. It was especially great to see my brother who joined us, and by a not so crazy coincidence, sat at my table. It was nice catching up with him before we played cards, and it was great having him at the table. I also especially appreciated Jeff G dealing for our table. Jason dealt for the second table and Jerry was dealing over on table number three.
It was great to see the good Doctor David make the final table, unfortunately he was second to bust out after Jeff G. Yours truly continued to deal and then it was Marc D, Joe and then finally Lea Anne exiting as our unfortunate bubbler. The good news for her was, she and Ian decided to chop the last longer bet, so they got $90 apiece, meaning that she ended up with a $10 profit on the night!
And then it was in the money time! I have to say, the entire final table was an absolute crazy roller coaster. Giant stacks went back-and-forth more than a few times. Once again early on it looked like it was going to be the Joe show, when a massive pot between Joe and Jeff was pushed in the former’s direction. Alas, Joe was unable to hold on to his mountain. Jerry also had a huge pile of chips from an earlier 3 way all in where he spiked a set of jacks to crack AA and then lost a bunch, only to gain a lot of it back towards the end.
Arthur, was the first to bust out and collect some money. Fourth place paid a nice $160, making for $100 profit on the evening.
Three handed play lasted for a while between Eric P, Ian and Jerry. At one point Eric had the chip lead, then he took a hit and then another one, and finally had to settle for third place and $240.
And then there were two. I wish I could say it was an epic battle that lasted for hours, with exciting changes in momentum and chips flying back-and-forth. But if I said that I would be totally lying. Ian had a bit of a chip lead, but Jerry offered him a bit more money in exchange for the tournament title and locking up the TOC seat.
Ian accepted, taking $380 for second place along with the $90 from the last longer bet for a lovely $470 payday. Jerry got $340 plus the gorgeous PSP jumbo card cover. Well done sir! It’s been a minute!
As always, I want to say a huge thanks to all my great poker homies who came out and made it a good time, I truly enjoyed myself even though I busted early. You all make it super fun every time, and I really really appreciate it!
Our next tournament will be Saturday, 14th, at 5 PM. We are back to good old fashioned Texas no limit hold ‘em, but it will be our annual Dia de los Muertos event, meaning it will feature the other really cool ceramic chip set with plaques that I own!
In between there will of course be Friday night cash games! Hope to see you soon!
Until then, peace and we out!
