BRETT EDGERTON CLASSIC (JUNE 23RD)
Please join the members of the 52 Irving Poker League for the Lindsay Lohan Skins Game on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7 ET.
The inaugural Brett Edgerton Classic drew a strong field of 7 players, including 3 of the league’s top 8 ranked players, to the bowels of 52 Irving on Monday evening. Tournament host Jason McCallum, David Rose, Matthew Willis, Chris Lees, Matt Ketaineck, and Brett Edgerton were joined briefly after the first chips hit the table by late arriver Jason Vida.
After a relatively uneventful first hour full of small raises and few showdowns, the betting and swings increased noticeably as the blinds climbed higher and higher. When Matt Willis raised 3 times the big blind before the flop, it represented one of the most aggressive moves to that point of the night. The table folded around to Chris Lees, who called quickly. A flop of 5-2-2 seemingly helped neither, and when the turn brought another 5, Willis moved all in and was called quickly by Lees, who triumphantly flipped over Q2 for a boat that dominated Willis’ KK. Fifth street brought no help for Willis, who was left short-stacked.
Willis was shortly joined at the bottom of the chip standings by the guest of honor himself, who found himself with very little to play for most of the night. When Brett moved all-in vs D-Rose, it looked like his night would end prematurely against Rose’s pocket 8’s. But luck intervened as the birthday boy caught a one-outer on the river to cripple D-Rose, who once again lost out on a large pot to a pair of 10’s.
Having rebuilt his stack, Willis again squared off against Lees for the night’s biggest pot to that point. A raise of 200 from Willis didn’t scare off Lees with his 8-6 suited, and when the board paired his 8 and the players checked down the rest of the hand, Lees’ 8’s had busted Willis’ AK. Unmoved by his improbably victory over big slick with 8-6, Lees exclaimed that the preflop raise of 200 would usually have caused him to fold, but in this case, "they were suited." For his bravado, Lees earned a commanding chip lead, which he would use to knock out D-Rose shortly after. After more than 2 hours and one truly bad beat, D-Rose had nothing to show for his efforts and exited in 7th place.
He would soon be joined by Matt Willis. After Brett Edgerton moved all-in with less than the big blind, he was called by Vida and Willis, who himself made a small raise on the big blind to put himself all-in. The three-way pot tripled up Brett and Vida outlasted Willis for the two-way pot, sending Matt away with a 6th place finish. Still short-stacked, Brett moved all-in with KQ soon thereafter, and lost out to Vida’s pocket 3’s in a coinflip. A fifth-place finish would be the result for Mr. Edgerton on his own inaugural event.
Down to four players, Lees, Vida, and Ketaineck all held sizable chip leads over J-Mac. After pairing the J in his hand on the flop, J-Mac moved all-in and was called by Vida and his pocket Q’s. The turn and river would bring no help, and J-Mac was eliminated in 4th place.
After seeing his once insurmountable chip lead vanish over the past 90 minutes, Lees pushed all-in against Ketaineck after a flop of K-Q-Q. With K-Q in his hand, the decision was simple for Matty K, who called and sent Lees home in third place, his best finish in a 52 Irving tourney this season.
The heads-up match between Ketaineck and Vida was long and filled with it’s share of peaks and valleys, as the two players traded big pots and the chip lead for the next hour. With a chip lead of approximately 3-1, Ketaineck (AK) quickly called Vida’s preflop all-in raise. When Vida flipped over A7, the issue seemed to have been decided and both players began to get up from the table. But those actions were halted when the flop brought a 7 and put on permanent hold when the turn brought another, giving Vida the improbable victory and evening the chip count. After more than 90 minutes of heads up play, Vida, with a 2-1 chip lead, put Ketaineck in pre-flop. Ketaineck called and flipped A8. Vida’s pocket 4’s would hold up in the ensuing race, however, giving Ketaineck a runner-up finish and Vida his first victory of the season.
Do the back-to-back victories by Wong and Vida represent a changing of the guard in the 52 Irving Poker League? Will the next tournament produce a third-straight first-time champion? Can Lees build on the momentum of his third-place finish? Will the grueling heat and humidity of the 52 Irving Arena force players to change their strategy as we enter the summer months? We’ll find out the answer to all these questions and more at the Lindsay Lohan Skins Game next Wednesday at 7 ET. Hope to see you there.
Of note in the B.E. Classic:
- Avg Pre-Tourney Rank of Top 3 finishers: 16.33
- Avg Pre-Tourney Rank of Bottom 4 finisher: 7.25
- Jason Vida: 2nd straight first-time winner
- Chris Lees: 3rd place finish is best of season
- Blinds reached 30/60 before first player eliminated (checking w/ Elias to see if this is a record)
Points Awarded at the Brett Edgerton Classic
7th Place: D-Rose (1 point)
6th Place: Matt Willis (2 points)
5th Place: Brett Edgerton (3 points)
4th Place: J-Mac (4 points)
3rd Place: Lees (5 points)
2nd Place: Ketaineck (7 points, 6 for 2nd, 1 for cash)
1st Place: Vida (9 points, 7 for 1st, 1 for cash, 1 for win)
52 Irving Poker LeagueStandings, Thru 6/23BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .850 130/153 9 12
2) Jason McCallum .803 118/147 5 10
3) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1
4) Vince Masi .695 66/95 3 6
5) Kenton Wong .694 25/36 1 1
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3
7) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 +2
8) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 +2
9) Jason Vida .652 15/23 1 1 +8
10) "Quads" Edgerton .648 68/105 1 4 -2
11) Scott Randall .621 54/87 0 3
12) Dave Rose .617 37/60 2 2 -5
13) Matt Ketaineck .600 45/75 1 4
14) Matt Willis .562 68/121 1 3 -2
15) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
16) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -1
17) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -1
18) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 -1
19) Chris Lees .342 13/38 0 0
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0
Poker Bonanza Pot: $392
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
TUPAC SHAKUR SHOOTOUT (JUNE 16TH)
Of course as you know, before you can read the recap, we need to announce the next tournament. The next tournament will be Monday, June 23rd at 8 PM!
We had a big turnout at Irving despite a massive storm that was dropping sideways rain. Nine people showed up to battle it out at the 1st Annual Tupac Shakur Shootout. Two More came to hang out and bask in the festivities (Justin Ray and Harold Shelton).
Chris Lees jumped out to the early chip lead after he made a couple of flushes in large hands. Chips were being pushed around the table and eventually Matt Ketaineck got short on chips and pushed with the Q7 of hearts. He was called by Scott Randall who held Ace-10. Scott hit 2 pair on the flop when the board came down A109. Ketaineck failed to improve on the turn and river and was the first one out.
Shortly after, with four to a straight on board (9, 10, J, 8) Chris Lees moved all in. After thinking it over for a bit, David Rose called with QJ, giving him a straight. Lees had a lot of outs as he flipped over pocket 9's and needed the board to pair to make a boat. The river brought a harmless 6 and Chris was the second one out of the shootout.
Matt Willis, short on chips pushed with AJ offsuit and was called by Clutch with A10. Clutch didn't improve and was now the short stack as Willis doubled up. Shortly after in the most exciting hand of the night Clutch saw his KJ go up against Randall's AK. A king came on the flop, but Clutch was still drawing to just 3 outs as he was outkicked. The turn brought exactly what Clutch needed as a Jack dropped. But a miracle ace on the river provided the redraw Willis needed to eliminate Clutch in 7th place.
Next to get short on chips was J-Mac, who pushed with a Q10. After deliberating for a while, Vince Masi called him down with QJ offsuit and had him dominated. The flop came down 9JJ giving Vince trips and J-Mac an open-ended straight draw. The turn was a deuce and the river a 10, so Vince eliminated J-Mac in 6th place.
A round or so later, Vince raised in late position. DRose moved all in and was called immediately by Masi who flipped up a pair of kings. David held A9. The flop was 468 and Rose still needed an Ace to take the lead in the hand. The turn wasn't an ace, but a 7, giving 8 more outs. A river queen was no help, and Vince had quite a large stack at this point as he eliminated DRose.
Now down to 4 players, Scott Randall was the short stack and from the button moved all in with KJ. He was called by Kenton in the small blind who held A9. An ace came on the flop and Randall's hand did not improve as he busted on the bubble.
Down to the final three, with a large chip lead, Kenton moved all in and was called by both blinds. Vince held a Q4 and Matt Willis had A6. Wong had pushed with pocket 3s, but was definitely not a favorite to hold up as he faced 4 overs. The flop came 7, 10, 9. The turn brought an ace giving Willis a strong lock on the hand and eliminating Masi, the river paired the board and Willis survived to move into heads up play.
On the 2nd hand of heads up, Kenton moved all in from the small blind and was called by Willis. Unfortunately for Matt, Wong had his 85 dominated with his Q5. When a Q came on the flop, Willis was in trouble. The runner-runner straight didn't come and the last man standing at the Tupac shootout was Kenton, representing the West Coast.
Here's how the points shook out:
9th place: Ketaineck (1 point)
8th place: Lees (2 points)
7th place: Clutch (3 points)
6th place: J-Mac (4 points)
5th place: DRose (5 points)
4th place: Randall (6 points)
3rd place: Masi (8 points, 7 for 3rd, 1 for cash)
2nd place: Willis (9 points, 8 for 2nd, 1 for cash)
1st place: Wong (11 points, 9 for 1st, 1 for cash, 1 for win)
52 Irving Poker League
Standings, Thru 6/16
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .850 130/153 9 12 -
2) Jason McCallum .814 114/140 5 10 -
3) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
4) Vince Masi .695 66/95 3 6 +2
5) Kenton Wong .694 25/36 1 1 +9
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 -1
7) Dave Rose .673 36/53 2 2 -3
8) "Quads" Edgerton .663 65/98 1 4 -1
9) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 -1
10) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 -1
11) Scott Randall .621 54/87 0 3 -
12) Matt Willis .579 66/114 1 3 -
13) Matt Ketaineck .559 38/68 1 3 -3
14) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
17) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 +1
19) Chris Lees .258 8/31 0 0 -
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $378
We had a big turnout at Irving despite a massive storm that was dropping sideways rain. Nine people showed up to battle it out at the 1st Annual Tupac Shakur Shootout. Two More came to hang out and bask in the festivities (Justin Ray and Harold Shelton).
Chris Lees jumped out to the early chip lead after he made a couple of flushes in large hands. Chips were being pushed around the table and eventually Matt Ketaineck got short on chips and pushed with the Q7 of hearts. He was called by Scott Randall who held Ace-10. Scott hit 2 pair on the flop when the board came down A109. Ketaineck failed to improve on the turn and river and was the first one out.
Shortly after, with four to a straight on board (9, 10, J, 8) Chris Lees moved all in. After thinking it over for a bit, David Rose called with QJ, giving him a straight. Lees had a lot of outs as he flipped over pocket 9's and needed the board to pair to make a boat. The river brought a harmless 6 and Chris was the second one out of the shootout.
Matt Willis, short on chips pushed with AJ offsuit and was called by Clutch with A10. Clutch didn't improve and was now the short stack as Willis doubled up. Shortly after in the most exciting hand of the night Clutch saw his KJ go up against Randall's AK. A king came on the flop, but Clutch was still drawing to just 3 outs as he was outkicked. The turn brought exactly what Clutch needed as a Jack dropped. But a miracle ace on the river provided the redraw Willis needed to eliminate Clutch in 7th place.
Next to get short on chips was J-Mac, who pushed with a Q10. After deliberating for a while, Vince Masi called him down with QJ offsuit and had him dominated. The flop came down 9JJ giving Vince trips and J-Mac an open-ended straight draw. The turn was a deuce and the river a 10, so Vince eliminated J-Mac in 6th place.
A round or so later, Vince raised in late position. DRose moved all in and was called immediately by Masi who flipped up a pair of kings. David held A9. The flop was 468 and Rose still needed an Ace to take the lead in the hand. The turn wasn't an ace, but a 7, giving 8 more outs. A river queen was no help, and Vince had quite a large stack at this point as he eliminated DRose.
Now down to 4 players, Scott Randall was the short stack and from the button moved all in with KJ. He was called by Kenton in the small blind who held A9. An ace came on the flop and Randall's hand did not improve as he busted on the bubble.
Down to the final three, with a large chip lead, Kenton moved all in and was called by both blinds. Vince held a Q4 and Matt Willis had A6. Wong had pushed with pocket 3s, but was definitely not a favorite to hold up as he faced 4 overs. The flop came 7, 10, 9. The turn brought an ace giving Willis a strong lock on the hand and eliminating Masi, the river paired the board and Willis survived to move into heads up play.
On the 2nd hand of heads up, Kenton moved all in from the small blind and was called by Willis. Unfortunately for Matt, Wong had his 85 dominated with his Q5. When a Q came on the flop, Willis was in trouble. The runner-runner straight didn't come and the last man standing at the Tupac shootout was Kenton, representing the West Coast.
Here's how the points shook out:
9th place: Ketaineck (1 point)
8th place: Lees (2 points)
7th place: Clutch (3 points)
6th place: J-Mac (4 points)
5th place: DRose (5 points)
4th place: Randall (6 points)
3rd place: Masi (8 points, 7 for 3rd, 1 for cash)
2nd place: Willis (9 points, 8 for 2nd, 1 for cash)
1st place: Wong (11 points, 9 for 1st, 1 for cash, 1 for win)
52 Irving Poker League
Standings, Thru 6/16
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .850 130/153 9 12 -
2) Jason McCallum .814 114/140 5 10 -
3) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 -
4) Vince Masi .695 66/95 3 6 +2
5) Kenton Wong .694 25/36 1 1 +9
6) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 -1
7) Dave Rose .673 36/53 2 2 -3
8) "Quads" Edgerton .663 65/98 1 4 -1
9) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 -1
10) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 -1
11) Scott Randall .621 54/87 0 3 -
12) Matt Willis .579 66/114 1 3 -
13) Matt Ketaineck .559 38/68 1 3 -3
14) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
17) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 +1
19) Chris Lees .258 8/31 0 0 -
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $378
Monday, June 2, 2008
BOB HOPE CLASSIC (POKER STYLE)
Of course before we begin, a reminder that the next tournament is Thursday, June 5th at 11am SHARP....GET IN!
For the night portion of the doubleheader, we had 5 players...Randall, DRose, Edge, Clutch and Vinny Masil. The chips started flying fast and furious as raising was the name of the game on this night! Right away Vince crippled Edge as they both had a flush but Vin's King high flush beat Edge's queen-high (in what would be a tough theme of the night for Edge). Eventually Edge would be all-in with AQ and Randall would call with AK. The flop came Q73, giving Edge the huge advantage and when a jack hit on the turn, Edge was an 84% percent favorite to stay alive. But Randall hit one of his 7 outs when the King hit and Edge was out early in a rare early exit for Edge.
Vince Masi would be the next one to put all his chips in the middle and DROSE would call with about 250 more chips than Masil. Vince flipped over a 44 and it was strictly a race situation when DROSE flipped over A10. Vince would double-up because DROSE's hand did not improve. On the very next hand Clutch sensing the possibility that DROSE might be on tilt, pushed all-in in front of David Rose and he immediately called. Clutch flipped over AJ and DROSE again flipped over A10. The board came three 8's and some junk and DROSE would be out in 4th place.
That left Clutch as the clear chip leader because he had been using the strategy of raising to 80 almost every hand. The power of 80 would go away as Clutch would double up both Randall and Vince Masi and it left the table fairly balanced. Vince Masi would take the chip lead when he continued to play aggressive and take chips from both Randall and Clutch.
Clutch went all-in with Randall in the big blind. Randall made the great call with AJ and Clutch sheepishly flipped over A10. Randall was in good position to double-up but in a remarkable run that has lasted nearly the whole season, Randall was to the rail by Clutch when a 10 showed up in the window on the flop and there was no Jack to be found.
This left Clutch heads up with Vince but Clutch had about a 2-1 chip lead to start the heads-up play. Remarkably everybody left when heads-up play started so it was just Vince and Clutch chatting it up. Right off the bat Vince would turn the tables on Clutch and made a great play with Aces. He just called the big blind and when Clutch looked down at JJ, he went all-in and Vince quickly called. The board did not help Clutch and Vince now had the 2-1 chip lead. Neither player made any big moves, basically one player would go all-in the other would flow. Vince continued to lean on Clutch but Clutch eventually would start fighting his way back. After about 40 minutes of heads-up play, Clutch got back to 1150 chips (compared to Vince's 1350). Clutch would push all-in with A9 and when Vince looked down at AK he quickly called. However, the Clutch snakebites would continue as Clutch nailed a 9 on the turn and would take all but 200 of Vince's chips. Clutch would take Vince out a hand later when Vince went all-in with K8 vs Clutch's A10. Clutch would hit a 10 on the flop and spike an ace on the river as he lived the charmed life during the Bob Hope Classic.
Final show from the Bob Hope:
5th place: Edge (1 point)
4th place: DRose (2 points)
3rd place: Randall (3 points)
2nd place: Vince Masi (5 points,4 for 2nd, 1 for cash)
1st place: Clutch (7 points, 5 for 1st, 1 cash, 1 win)
Through Thursday, May 29th (Bob Hope Classic)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .882 127/144 9 12 -
2) Jason McCallum .840 110/131 5 10 -
3) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 +1
4) Dave Rose .705 31/44 2 2 -1
5) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +1
6) Vince Masi .674 58/86 3 5 +3
7) "Quads" Edgerton .663 65/98 1 4 -2
8) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 -1
9) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 -1
10) Matt Ketaineck .627 37/59 1 3 -2
11) Scott Randall .615 48/78 0 3 -1
12) Matt Willis .543 57/105 1 2 +1
13) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
14) Kenton Wong .519 14/27 0 0 -
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
17) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 +1
19) Chris Lees .273 6/22 0 0 -
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $360
For the night portion of the doubleheader, we had 5 players...Randall, DRose, Edge, Clutch and Vinny Masil. The chips started flying fast and furious as raising was the name of the game on this night! Right away Vince crippled Edge as they both had a flush but Vin's King high flush beat Edge's queen-high (in what would be a tough theme of the night for Edge). Eventually Edge would be all-in with AQ and Randall would call with AK. The flop came Q73, giving Edge the huge advantage and when a jack hit on the turn, Edge was an 84% percent favorite to stay alive. But Randall hit one of his 7 outs when the King hit and Edge was out early in a rare early exit for Edge.
Vince Masi would be the next one to put all his chips in the middle and DROSE would call with about 250 more chips than Masil. Vince flipped over a 44 and it was strictly a race situation when DROSE flipped over A10. Vince would double-up because DROSE's hand did not improve. On the very next hand Clutch sensing the possibility that DROSE might be on tilt, pushed all-in in front of David Rose and he immediately called. Clutch flipped over AJ and DROSE again flipped over A10. The board came three 8's and some junk and DROSE would be out in 4th place.
That left Clutch as the clear chip leader because he had been using the strategy of raising to 80 almost every hand. The power of 80 would go away as Clutch would double up both Randall and Vince Masi and it left the table fairly balanced. Vince Masi would take the chip lead when he continued to play aggressive and take chips from both Randall and Clutch.
Clutch went all-in with Randall in the big blind. Randall made the great call with AJ and Clutch sheepishly flipped over A10. Randall was in good position to double-up but in a remarkable run that has lasted nearly the whole season, Randall was to the rail by Clutch when a 10 showed up in the window on the flop and there was no Jack to be found.
This left Clutch heads up with Vince but Clutch had about a 2-1 chip lead to start the heads-up play. Remarkably everybody left when heads-up play started so it was just Vince and Clutch chatting it up. Right off the bat Vince would turn the tables on Clutch and made a great play with Aces. He just called the big blind and when Clutch looked down at JJ, he went all-in and Vince quickly called. The board did not help Clutch and Vince now had the 2-1 chip lead. Neither player made any big moves, basically one player would go all-in the other would flow. Vince continued to lean on Clutch but Clutch eventually would start fighting his way back. After about 40 minutes of heads-up play, Clutch got back to 1150 chips (compared to Vince's 1350). Clutch would push all-in with A9 and when Vince looked down at AK he quickly called. However, the Clutch snakebites would continue as Clutch nailed a 9 on the turn and would take all but 200 of Vince's chips. Clutch would take Vince out a hand later when Vince went all-in with K8 vs Clutch's A10. Clutch would hit a 10 on the flop and spike an ace on the river as he lived the charmed life during the Bob Hope Classic.
Final show from the Bob Hope:
5th place: Edge (1 point)
4th place: DRose (2 points)
3rd place: Randall (3 points)
2nd place: Vince Masi (5 points,4 for 2nd, 1 for cash)
1st place: Clutch (7 points, 5 for 1st, 1 cash, 1 win)
Through Thursday, May 29th (Bob Hope Classic)
52 Irving Poker League Standings
BA Hits-AB Wins Cashes +/-
1) Clutch .882 127/144 9 12 -
2) Jason McCallum .840 110/131 5 10 -
3) Ryan McCrystal .714 20/28 0 1 +1
4) Dave Rose .705 31/44 2 2 -1
5) Paul Carr .683 41/60 2 3 +1
6) Vince Masi .674 58/86 3 5 +3
7) "Quads" Edgerton .663 65/98 1 4 -2
8) "All-Yinz" Conlon .663 53/80 1 3 -1
9) David Bearman .655 57-87 1 4 -1
10) Matt Ketaineck .627 37/59 1 3 -2
11) Scott Randall .615 48/78 0 3 -1
12) Matt Willis .543 57/105 1 2 +1
13) ELIAS .541 20/37 0 2 -1
14) Kenton Wong .519 14/27 0 0 -
15) Tom McKean .429 3/7 0 0 -
16) Jeremy Lundblad .417 5/12 0 0 -
17) Jason Vida .375 6/16 0 0 -
17) Chris Fallica .375 21/56 1 1 +1
19) Chris Lees .273 6/22 0 0 -
20) Nick Loucks .257 9/35 0 0 -
21) Stu Mitchell .143 2/14 0 0 -
Poker Bonanza Pot: $360
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