Tournament number 4 is now in the in the books.  This one saw some new faces in the money.  The night ended extremely early for me when my KK got run over by Jim B's AA.  I got sent to the rail before Mat and Linda even arrived.  Last weeks third place finisher Darlene followed my to the rail next.  As a matter of fact 3 of the first seven out this week were at last weeks final table with Matt F and Will also making fairly early exits. 

Jeff J got the first of the nights bonus hits by taking last tournaments winner Linda out in 10th place.  The next bonus hit went to Kelly M who took out points leader Gary R in 8th place.  This was pretty much the theme of the night with Kelly and Jeff combining for 11 hit on the evening.  Paul V was this weeks bubble boy when his AK lost not one but two hands in a row to send him to the cash game one spot out of the money.  Dave D had a good showing finishing 5th for his first cash of the season after being taken down by Kelly.  Next saw Jeff send Tom J to a 4th place finish.  Next it was Kelly's turn again as she sent Jim B, and my chips, home in 3rd place.

Jeff had a huge chip lead when he got to heads up with Kelly but hadn't had a chance to view the second disc of his Poker For Dummies DVD yet and let her right back into the game.  Both came to the heads up battle with 5 hits each for the evening.  The sixth hit for the night was the one to get.  After a short heads up battle Jeff finally got Kelly pot committed with her raise with K7 and came over the top with A10 and got Kelly all in.  When the board missed Kelly, Jeff had his first win of the season and a huge jump in the standings.

Sorry this update was so late.  The third tournament of the season was ladies night with 3 of the final 5 players being ladies.  Todd B was the first out of the night getting knocked out by Bob L.  Darlene then took out the next two players to start her night off well.  Steve N had the big knockout of the night by getting both bonus 2 point hits eliminating Gary R.

The final table was absolutely owned by Linda who ended up knocking out 8 of the other 9 players on her own.  First she eliminated her husband Mat, then she took down Steve and followed that up by sending Kevin C to the cash game.  Next saw Tom J bust out on the bubble, again at Linda's hands.  Paul V was next taking the 6th place money soon followed by Karen in 5th.  The only player not removed from the final table by Linda was Will who was taken out in 4th by Matt F.  Darlene parlayed her early success into a third place finish after being knocked out by the evenings assassin, Linda.

After a great heads up battle that lasted almost 20 minutes Linda finally finished off the most dominate final table we've ever had by sending Matt F home in second place and winning her first GPL tournament.