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Friday seemed to drag by slowly and I couldn’t get home quick enough to prepare for the rebuy tournament at the Big O. We had 16 players for the event including an appearance by blogger Mattazuma (Matt) who was in for the weekend from Chicago. We started out at the same table and Matt played well and chipped up slowly not having to take a single rebuy.

The action was fast and furious during the rebuy period and with blinds at 200/400 it wasn’t uncommon to see a preflop raise to 5,000 called by 3 players. Surprisingly there were only a total of 15 rebuys down from the usual 20′s. Stacey was ready to throw in the towel after her second rebuy but was talked into taking #3 which would end up working out for her.

Everyone took the optional add-on and we came out of the break to 500/1000 blinds. The first victim of the night was David when he got all in with TT against Tommy’s AA. When a Ten appeared on the flop it looked like David would double up but Tommy caught diamond-diamond for the Ace-high flush to win the pot and end David’s night in 16th place.

The eliminations came quicker than normal and Jessica was the next to exit when her two pair was no match for Anna’s set. A few minutes later Steve tried to make a move on a very short stack with Q8 and was called by Tommy with QT. The ten on the flop was enough to win the hand and Steve was done in 14th place. I was moved from my starting table to the table of death to keep the tables balanced. The first hand I played I stupidly slow-played a set and was rivered by Anna when she nailed a flush. I was running on fumes after this hand and was in push/fold mode.

I didn’t get to see the next few eliminations since they happened at my original table. Scott was the next player to hit the rail and the Wii when he fell to Henry and a minute later the defending champ Mike Baaa was out in 12th place. Down to 11 players we were on the final table bubble and it didn’t take long for it to pop. Jim KO’d Michael and the final table was set.

Here were the remaining players, their chipcounts and favorite TV show of all time:

Seat 1: Matt – 28,500 chips (Firefly)

Seat 2: Henry – 57,500 chips (Cheers)

Seat 3: Armando – 25,000 chips (Hawaii Five-O)

Seat 4: Todd – 93,000 chips (West Wing)

Seat 5: Mellissa – 19,500 chips (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

Seat 6: Stacey – 32,000 chips (I Love Lucy)

Seat 7: Anna – 65,500 chips (Law and Order)

Seat 8: Tommy – 101,500 chips (Boston Legal)

Seat 9: Mrs. Mookie – 38,000 chips (Lost)

Seat 10: Jim – 76,500 chips (Deadwood)

This was the quickest we’ve gotten to a final table in quite some time and it looked like we may have an early night. Blinds were at 1,500/3,000 and the average stack was 53,700. The eliminations kept coming quickly. Anna raised preflop with AQ and Matt moved all-in with 77. Anna called, a Queen came on the flop and Matt couldn’t find a 7 on the turn or river to finish in 10th place.

Anna went to the races again this time with 66 against Mellissa’s AQ. She flopped a six and sent another player home. Anna seemed to be in nearly every pot and when Clara moved all-in preflop she called as did Tommy. The flop was 7J3 and both Anna and Tommy checked. The turn was a Ten and Anna shoved all-in and Tommy thought a bit before folding. Anna tabled her K9 for a gutshot straight draw while Clara showed 77 for a set. Naturally a Queen fell on the river and Clara was out in 8th place.

Meanwhile I was on a very short stack and the blinds were 3,000/6,000. The action folded around to Henry in the SB who pushed all-in and looked down at two Aces for the first time all night and insta-called. He held KT and my Aces held up to double up but I was still below average. Two hands later Henry open-shoved and I quickly called with AK. He had QT and flopped a Queen but I turned a King to win the hand while Henry finished in 7th place.

Todd was on a shorter stack and got all-in with 55 against Jim’s 88. Presto wasn’t gold for Todd and his run ended in 6th place. With 5 players left everyone agreed to take money from 2nd-4th to pay out to 5 spots. Sporting some chips for the first time all evening I called Tommy’s PF all-in with AJ. He was short and was making a move with K2. By the turn he was drawing dead and took 5th place.

Five minutes later Jim pushed all-in with a shorter stack and I looked down at KK for the first time all night and insta-called. He was making a move with Q5 and The Kitty didn’t show him any love which netted him 4th place.

Down to 3 players, Anna had the big stack followed by me and then Stacey on the shorstack with blinds capped at 5,000/10,000. It wasn’t five minutes later and Stacey pushed all-in on the button and Anna called out of the SB as did I in the BB with AKo. The flop was As 7s Jd and Anna instantly pushed all-in having me well covered. Stunned I couldn’t believe the move. After everyone had given her a hard time earlier for the betting the dry-side pot without a made hand against Clara I didn’t think she would do it again. She kept saying I have this, I have this which led me to believe she was holding AJ or maybe a set. I finally folded disgusted and that was amplified when I saw her hand….Q9s. Doh! Stacey had the best hand after I folded with TT and it looked like she may triple up and be a major force. A Queen on the turn ended those thoughts and Stacey took 3rd place.

After having a “polite discussion” about the play, I went heads up with my sister Anna. She had a commanding chip lead with about 450,000 to my 90,000. We started at 12:08am which was pretty early for our tournaments and it looked like things would be over quickly. After a few hands I tried to make a move and lost and was down to around 50,000 chips. I started moving all in every time I had the button and stayed alive. I was able to chip up a little over time and was able to double up and take the lead when I flopped two pair with The Mook…T8. We decided to chop leaving $20 on the table to play for along with the title.

The heads up battle wore on and I ended doubling her up when I called her all-in with AT when she had TT. After playing for an hour she was ready to call it a night and begin pushing all-in PF very frequently. I wanted to play smaller pots and see flops so I found myself folding a lot of hands that I probably should have called with. But after an hour of working my way back I didn’t wanna lose the match on a stupid coin flip.

She raised PF and I called with 65 and we saw a flop of 967. I pushed all-in and she called with A8 and my pair of 6′s were enough to win the hand and take the lead back. At this point the heads up match was an hour and a half old and she had enough and called it a night. Technically I won but she still had chips left so my victory feels a little tainted. Because of that I opted not to have my picture taken.

Thanks to everyone who played, we’ll be back to hosting after we return from our Vegas trip in a couple of weeks. Picture dump below…

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