Reece Takes A Piece in #7 A.K.A “The Marsh Cup”

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After a lively autograph session from Tony Gags, the 28 players were ready to battle for the 49 first place points and a shot at taking defending champion Magda down. Getting to the final table was no easy task as most of the field managed to hang in there over the 6 or so hours. Troy Soult busting in 10th brought us to our unofficial table as this tournament was only gonna pay the lucky 6. It was Tony Kinter and Lori Silver’s husband Syd Shebar who were next to go and we had our points bubble.  After a raise on the button from Alex Lum Ian Kawata shoved all in and Alex called.  Alex’s Ak coould not outrun the QQ of Ian and Alex was to walk away as the dreaded bubble.  Our final 6 was set, and it looked like it was gonna shape up to be a tough table.

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Ian Kawata

Lori Silver

Gordo

Rob Reece

Vlad

Esmerelda

Esmerelda and Lori were the first 2 too go earning 6 and 9 points respectivly for their efforts. Previous 2nd place finisher Vlad was Gordo’s 2nd victim in a row and he was out 4th  with 16 points.

Gordo could not suck out on Rob Reece’s kk after being trapped preflop with A10 and he earned 25 points for 3rd.  Our heads up battle was set with the winnner getting 49 points and the trophy, a.k.a John Marsh’s amazing wine class he left behind.

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In the end it was Rob Reece who took it down and earned himself a well deserved 49 points.  With Ian’s 2nd place finish and another final table added to this seasons resume he earned 36 points and now has 90 overall, which jumps him into 4th in the Overall Standings.

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Piranha will be on a 3 week break.  See you all in Foster City on Dec. 12th ready to battle for that WSOP seat!

3 thoughts on “Reece Takes A Piece in #7 A.K.A “The Marsh Cup””

  2. Thanks, John. I finally figured out the secret to winning one of these: get all your chips in with the worst hand against a better player, and then hit the card you need. In my case, it was Ian (twice). Sorry, Ian, but at least you didn’t go home empty-handed!

    My congratulations to all those who scored points – it was a very very tough final six. You all played very well. I have to especially commend Ian and Gordo. The three-handed phase of the tournament was particularly tough and interesting.

    And special thanks to Tony, who stepped up to direct after he got knocked out. It was a very well run tournament.

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