A Randy Success!

Because Juha dropped out the tourney was five players, with the top three getting POTY points. We all thought we would do well.

But the game started slowly; no one was donked out in the the first three rounds with lots of small pots being played. It was not until the last few minutes before the add on period that action really took hold;
Reinder who had been slowly losing money through the first levels was knocked out by Adam in a nasty little hand and he rebought.

After the break things really livened up; stacks went up and down for most of us except Brian, who with very aggressive play became the undoubted big stack. Brian power play became the them of the night.
Brian went all in in the dark after Liam limped in from 1st position and Roy called from the small blind. Liam folded straight away. After a few moments of consideration Roy called; he had j10 diamonds and Brian had an ace rag off suit. Brian won with a high card ace! Roy was out. Crazy play from Brian but it was profitable.

Liam was next out after suffering from various coolers; every pocket pairs he got he played nicely but he fell to some loose aggressive calls from the table. It was a night for him to forget; he played well! How could we all suck out on him?

Down to just three players Brian, who had been the big stack and now had nearly 75% of the chips in the game, went into overdrive. He was bossing the table and someone had to stand up to him, and that man was Reinder. Backing the strength of his starting hand Reinder called down one of Brian stronger hands to double up. Shortly after this Brian went all in with pockets 2s and Reinder called him down with a higher pocket. Brian was dumbfounded; it was an unbelievable blow up, one which will probably not be repeated in the history of poker.

Then it was a headz up between Reinder and Adam, chip stacks were about 20 k to Adams 3k, blinds were 300 and 600. Headz up lasted about 5mins, after one double up Adam was too aggressive with an A5 off suit which Reinder instantly called his all in with A9off. Reinder won.

It has been a remarkable effort by Reinder (nickname Randy) to take it down. Out of all the players so far he has the best tourneys to win ratio and moved himself a long way up the rankings, its a shame he doesn't play more often. He was amicable in victory stating that he got the good cards when its was important, but I know he also layed down a few good hands too, so well played Randy.

The rest of were left to drown our sorrows in the cheap wine and beer. My enduring memory of the night was Liam curled up like a baby on by sofa; crying softly like a baby..

Muttun Lam