Congratualations to Chino Lee Chung who outlasted 12 other players to take down Tournament #8. Chino who goes by the pronouns He/Him battled Mykel Rodriguez heads up. The final hand was a cooler as Mykel’s pocket Queens ran into Chino’s pocket Kings and did not improve. With his second win of the season, Chino vaults … Read more
Congratulations to Joe Wiebelhaus on taking down Tournament 7. Joe and Ricky Flora battled it out until the final hand when Joe’s Full House busted Ricky out of the tournament when his King 5 was better than Ricky’s King 10. Also of note- with his 3rd place finish, Dave Williams moves to 4th place overall … Read more
Congratulations to Chino Lee Chung who took down Tournament 6. Chino, playing in his first season with Piranha battled another Piranha rookie in heads up action. It came down to a coin flip in the end as Chino’s KQ came out ahead of Dave’s pocket Jacks when a King came out on the flop and … Read more
Ferdy Jimenez took down Tournament 5 and is on his way to locking down a seat to represent Piranha at the 2025 WSOP. Ferdy battled Sandy Sarmiento to take first and go back to back in wins. The final hand had Ferdy’s pocket 8s flop a set while Sandy flop a pair of Aces.
Congratulations to Ferdy Jimenez who won Tournament 4. With his win, Ferdy jumps into 1st place in the overall standings. Ferdy battled Andy Press who was going for back to back wins heads up. But it was not to be as Andy’s pocket 10s were no good against Ferdy’s Ace Jack when a Jack hit … Read more
Congratulations to Andy Press who took down Tournament 3. Andy battled Aaron Beckwith heads up. Aaron was going for his second win of the season but it was not to be as Andy took it down. Key to this victory was when Andy flopped a straight flush to Dave Williams flopped straight.
Congratulations to Ferdy Jimenez who battled 14 other players to take down Tournament 2. Ferdy battled Victoria Dea heads up where the final hand Victoria flopped a straight on a board of 6 4 2 with her 5 3 suited spades and all her chips when in the middle and Ferdy called with 6 5 … Read more
Congratulations to Aaron Beckwith who survived 23 other players to take down Tournament 1 of Season 19 on September 14th, 2024. Aaron battled Dom Chan who was trying to win his 3rd tournament in a row dating back to Season 18. Dom’s run of recent success was stopped as Aaron’s aggressiveness and unorthodox play took … Read more
I placed 222nd in the Monster Stack Tournament. While it was certainly a good run, I felt that I certainly could have gone deeper. Let’s go on the journey together as I revisit my run. One of the things I do to track my hands is that I text them to myself. However, since I was representing Piranha in this … Read more