Timmy - Stud for a Day

Jim had the chance to an unprecedented three-peat in Stud as a two-time reigning Champion, but he went out on the bubble and gave me a rare kill. Season-leader Candy made a rare early exit and was first out. Hank had a rare miss of the cash table, and joined Sean on the X-Box.

I made it to my first cash by outlasting a huge field of seven others. Baklava and I got all my chips in with me holding JQK of hearts, and the unluckiest stud player ever caught a third 10 on fifth to put me drawing to two outs or runner-runner.

Baklava was out next leaving Phil head-up with Tim. Tim was coming off a win in the on-like GPL after taking down Jason’s A6 flopped two-pair with a 74 that spiked trips on the river. Seriously. You can’t fade that, and he won.

After coming into the game with only one kill, I added three in a limit event – of course. Tim pulled a Hank, claiming only the last kill of the night. Candy’s early exit means JD maintains the lead in kills on the year.

The tournament page is updated (in the original post the TP software's site was down and not taking updates). Candy maintains the lead but it narrowed quite a bit, and she leads Tim by only six points. Hank is now third with 62. The next two spots needed no updating because they are held by people with only three events each: JD at 55 and Alex at 52. Lee and I are tied at 44 and Bak has 41. Sean is just outside of the Top 8 at 40, but his attendance at future events is in doubt anyway...