Angry Hank Thwarts Three-pete

The GPT drew a record-low nine for Stud/8. Good job guys! Candy was there, but I’m not allowed to talk about it. With all nine players at one table the tournament lost no one until the 150/300 level. The first person out (that I can talk about) was newbie Joey followed by Alex, both of whom were playing Stud/8 for the first time. Still, rook-on-rook violence resulted in Alex adding another kill to overtake JD for the lead. Alex’s departure doubled Hank’s kill total for the year.

Bearded Mike was crippled by Shelley (“Shelley!?”) in two hands – once when rolled-up trips fell to a flush on fifth street, and once after he hit the case king for KKQQ against her QQJJ – and she caught the case jack. He went out sixth and doesn’t like Stud/8 anymore.

Hank decided to get all of his kills in one tournament and knocked out Sean, Shelley, Tim, and Baklava successively to take his second title of the year.

I know readers of this space are disappointed to not see a picture of Hank making some kind of drunken, pseudo-sexual obscene pose, but alas, there are no pictures.

Tim’s third place finish helped him maintain the season lead with 97 points versus Hank’s 85. Candy is now third at 77, and Bearded Mike and Baklava are at 63 and 62 respectively. Alex, JD (with only four tourneys), and Sean round out the Top 8. Lee’s absence dropped him just out of the top.

The next tournament is Sunday at Bearded Mike’s house at 2pm – Ace-to-Five.