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April's Event Results

Last night was our 4th event of the year and had 9 players. It had a $45 buy-in for $15,000 starting stacks, so there was plenty of room to play. Play was 9-handed for nearly 3 hours...

• Trinity was the first person out when he and Chris D. got it all in on a low flop. T's AK could not catch up to Chris' JJ.
• Derrick was next in line when he basically got priced into a pot where 3 players were all-in. Newcomer Mark got credit for the knockout.
• Chris vs. Chris with Sloce holding A-X and Daniels holding 88. The 8's held sending Sloce to the rail.
• Newcomer Mark evetually busted to past champion Brad as Mark was all-in in the dark.
• Brad didn't last long though because Chris D. added to his stack by busting Brad.
• Down to the bubble, Sean looks at JJ in the BB and Chris D. raises in the SB causing Sean to shove. Chris instacalls w/ QQ and Sean is the bubble boy.
• Brian's stack was up and down all night until he got in Chris' crosshairs and busted in 3rd place.
• Aris and Chris D. were heads up w/ Chris holding a nice chip lead. After a couple of hanbs, Aris shoves w/ KJs and Chris calls w/ A9off. A 9 on the river seals the victory for Chris D.

Sean takes over the RPL POY points lead w/ Trinity and Brad not far behind.

***Hand of the night***

Sean raises a couple of limpers since he held AA. Mark was the only caller. The flop came 55J rainbow. Sean bet and Mark called. Turn was an 8 and Mark decided to go all-in and Sean called holding A's and 5's. Mark turned over the "NUTS" w/ quad fives and Sean instantly mucked only to see a A hit the river for a sunken boat. Nice hand!

Payout:

3rd place: Brian $50

2nd place: Aris $100

Champion: Chris D. $200

Reed gets a nice score Sunday!

I played some online tournaments late Saturday night cashing in 2 early tournaments. About 11pm, I wasn't tired at all so I bought in for $11 to play a 6-max tournament. There were 969 entrants. I got a great table draw with some really bad players. I doubled early when I shoved AA pre-flop and got called by 33. Then the journey began. I eventually busted all the original players at my first table to build a top 5 stack and I held a top 5 stack til the final table.

At the final table, I came in 3rd in chips and lost a big pot when my AQ was beat by A10 and got KK cracked by 1010. Once it was 5-handed everyone was asking to chop it for about $1,200 each. I said "no" because I felt I could win the whole thing. Play continued until 3-handed and I was the chip leader. They kept asking for a even chop and I told them I would take 1st place money and they could chop 2nd and 3rd. That pissed them off and they gunned for me. I trapped one of them with my straight and then I was heads-up w/ a 3:1 chip lead. My opponent had over $40k in PokerStars winnings, so I knew he could play and he was very aggressive. The 3rd hand I had 33 and he raised, I re-reaised, he shoved and I called. The 3's held and I won the whole thing!!!

Ship the $2,228.71 my way!!!