Different Kinds of Records for Event 2

After last week’s numerous records triple draw set some of a different type – fewest players in over a year and biggest drop-off from one tourney to the next. I hold’em players really are chickenshit, except for JD, who showed up and ran over most of the competition. JD doesn’t play triple draw regularly – in fact, he may have never played it, but he brought his hold’em philosophy to the table which he described thus: “if you’re going to draw against me, you’re going to pay for it.”

We still saw a decent number of re-buys and so managed a nice pot. Travis went over an hour without re-buying, and then made up for lost time in level 3 including an all-in dark on his first hand after one re-buy. For his efforts he bubbled in fifth place. Tim came back from near-card-death for the first 90 minutes of play to finish fourth. He got some help on the last hand of the re-buy period when he got into a hand with Candy while holding a one-card draw, and he hit the nuts when she caught a #5.

A sober and on-call Hank made it to the final three with a chip deficit versus the hyper-aggressive JD and the lowball vet Baklava. Bak got off to a slow start but after the first hour of the tourney hit the keg and Heineken was like spinach to Popeye. After JD drew two against Hank’s made 9 and hit, he started heads-up against Bak with a chip lead. Bak first doubled-up, then got all-in with a slight chip lead and a 9. JD paired his six, ending the tourney stunningly early (which happens when you have 11 people).

Although Sean exited relatively early and didn’t collect a single kill, he remains atop the leader board in eliminations with six. In fact, the top three spots didn’t change with Scott in second and Candy in first. JD moved up to tie Alex with this three kills.

Hold’em was so huge that the current Top 8 includes four players who didn’t play in Event 2. Both Baklava and Hank moved into the Top 8 this week with their cashes. Shelley’s sixth place finish was enough to tie her with Hank for the eighth spot.

Next week’s tournament is Omaha (high) at Sean’s house in Deer Run. His e-mail will be in the cc that I send out and if you need directions and aren’t a douche you can e-mail him for them. Start time is 2pm as usual.

I forgot to drop a plug last week for a new on-line effort by one of our players – perfect for the mass of hold’em chumps. The Gainesville Poker League starts January 29 at 9pm on Ultimate Bet.