Rodney Resella
This week getting to the final table was only 5 bust outs away as the tournament started with only 14 players. With our tournament 16 1st place finisher two weeks ago, Robert Astarita’s 10th place final table bubble bust out on the last hand before the lunch break we came back from lunch to the final table … Read more
36 players showed up to do battle at Event 14. Even with the bulk of the season in the rear window, there are still dozens of players in the running for a 2018 WSOP package. Nine spots earned points in Event 14. Cathy Seferi finished 9th and earned 2 points, Rod Flora finished 8th and … Read more
For the third tournament in a row, 31 players battled for points in Foster City. This was the first tournament directed by Cathy Seferi. Ricky Flora finished on-the- bubble. Ryan Drake had bet 4,200. But after Ricky went all-in and Bharad Parthasarathy called, Ryan folded. I did not make note of the hands… But I … Read more
For the second tournament in a row, 31 players showed up to do battle in Foster City. Again 7 spots with points were up for grabs. The final 7 played out comparatively quickly in just over an hour. Bharad was looking for back-to-back wins and Haisam was looking for his second win of the season … Read more
28 players showed up to do battle in Event 7. Many of the players at the top of the leaderboard were not in attendance which presented an opportunity for several players to move up the leaderboard. Event 6 winner Rob Astarita was not able to repeat and went out just shy of the final table. … Read more
Piranha Tourney 4 of Season 12 brought a very small field of only 14 players, but thoughts of an early finish faded as the sun began to set before we declared a winner. Early in level 1, before all players had arrived, we had a limped family pot at a table of 4 players. Flop … Read more
Written by Gerry Shebar Piranha Poker Tournament 2, Sept 9, 2017 Early in the 2nd level the following hand was played. With the blinds at 50-100 Jan opened pocket Queens for 250. Dom flat called with pocket sixes. Then, Mario Stefanidis, holding KK, three bet to 1,200. Jan called with her QQ, Dom, however, folded … Read more
34 players show up on a beautiful sunny day to play Piranha event 14 and to fight for the top 8 places. The first two levels were fairly quiet and no one going out. However into the first break Pepito and Andy were in a hand where Pepito moved all in on the river with … Read more
49 players show up on a rainy day in Foster City to play in event 12 just halfway through season 11, and the first game of 2017. The power might as well have been out as we were registering, table drawing, table balancing, and clocking the levels with no computer. It was off to a … Read more
32 Players showed up for the first Piranha event of 2017. The action was fast-paced and we reached the final table during the 300/600/75 level when Gerry Shebar shoved all in over Vlad Troyanker’s raise. Vlad called and showed TT and Gerry showed QQ. The flop brought Vlad a set and Gerry didn’t improve to … Read more