Tournament #3 of Season 4

Another great turnout with 34 players this time.  Don G decided he wasn't going to stay long this time exiting 33 minutes into the tournament when Ron T busted him out.  He was helped out the door on the third hand of the tournament by Janine R when her quad queens beat his full house and crippled his chip stack.   Bob L followed him out the door a couple of minutes later at the hands of Mark L.  Theresa C picked up the extra bounty points when she took previous points leader Linda K out in 25th.  The final table was set when Mark L was taken out by Karl M in tenth place.  The other extra bounty went to Karl M when he took out last weeks winner Dom D in ninth, the first to leave the final table.  Mike S was next to go in eighth when Theresa C got him.  That left the next out on the bubble.  This week's honor goes to Janine R who was sent to the rail by Matt F.  The first one out in the money was Theresa C when she was eliminated by Karen D.  I then managed to get the next three taking out Karen in fifth followed by Steve S in fourth then Matt F in third.  This left myself and Karl M heads up.  Our heads up battle lasted only about ten minutes when I got all my money in with 4,4 and was called by Q,J.  The flop came A,8,2 and I was feeling good.  The turn brought the Q and the river missed me with a 10 and I was done.

This was the longest final table I can remember.  The final nine were seated at 10:16 and the tournament didn't end until 12:56.  Over 2.5 hours has to be our record.  The chips stacks were very even with the final nine and it seemed every time someone got all in they caught the right card to hang on.  Steve S went from having less than a big blind to having a very strong chip stack at least four or five times.  When we play again in two weeks both the bounties will be on Karl M as the previous winner and points leader.