Mikey Likes It + 1/26 Tourney Sign-up below

We had a great tournament and all the cool kids showed up. Unlike the last tournament, there were no controversies and it was very refreshing.

We had a full house of 20 players. With the format change to a freeze-out with onl;y one add-on, play was very tight for the first 3 rounds. Everyone added on and the chip count was a record 1,000,000 chips in play. This made the pot very large = $893. There was a safe for 7th and the prizes rounded out as follows:

1st = $325

2nd = $218

3rd = $128

4th = $94

5th = $58

6th = $40

7th = $30

Rico, the returning champion, was the first out. Then they fell fast down to my elimination when my 88 couldn't hold up to Jesse's 77.

The game summary follows:

8:50:53 pm 1/19/2008: Rico was busted out by Peter and got 20th
8:53:00 pm 1/19/2008: David O. was busted out by Carol and got 19th
9:15:23 pm 1/19/2008: Ian was busted out by Stacey and got 18th
9:19:29 pm 1/19/2008: Jim was busted out by Jesse and got 17th
9:27:46 pm 1/19/2008: Toby was busted out by Jesse and got 16th
9:53:07 pm 1/19/2008: Diana was busted out by Jeff and got 15th
9:55:19 pm 1/19/2008: Todd was busted out by Peter and got 14th
10:25:44 pm 1/19/2008: Henry was busted out by Cindy and got 13th
10:40:17 pm 1/19/2008: Jeff was busted out by Paul and got 12th
10:50:39 pm 1/19/2008: Joel was busted out by Armando and got 11th

Final Table

11:21:06 pm 1/19/2008: Paul was busted out by Jesse and got 10th
11:21:14 pm 1/19/2008: Cindy was busted out by Jesse and got 9th
11:39:16 pm 1/19/2008: Stacey was busted out by Michael Allan and got 8th

A $30 safe was declared

12:08:04 am 1/20/2008: Carol was busted out by Peter and got 7th = $30

12:08:17 am 1/20/2008: Armando was busted out by Stuart and got 6th = $40
12:15:51 am 1/20/2008: Stuart was busted out by Peter and got 5th = $58
12:33:24 am 1/20/2008: Jesse was busted out by Michael Allan and got 4th = $94
12:52:11 am 1/20/2008: Clara was busted out by Michael Allan and got 3rd = $128

Heads-up

12:57:13 am 1/20/2008: Peter was busted out by Michael Allan and got 2nd = $218

And the winner is Mikey = $325. On the final hand Peter pushed with QQ and Michael called with Q6o. The flop brought a 6 and the turn another one. It was over.

To honor Michael here is a little video in his name.

Tourney on January 26th - 6PM

All - we are hosting a tournament on Saturday January 26th at 6PM. Please RSVP by Thursday midnight for 2,500 chip bonus, show up ontime for another 2,500 chips.

$20 freeze-out (20,000 chips), $10 add-on (10,000 chips) - same blind structure as previous tourneys.

I will start keeping track of the Points and Money this season!

Signed-up so far (RSVP bonus chips):

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. David O.
4. Justin
5. Henry
6. Carol
7. Cristine
8. JoAnn
9. Cindy
10. Mookie - AKA Armando
11. Michael
12. Joel
13. Frank