21 leprechauns converged on Dublin over St. Patrick’s Day weekend in search of Irish luck and sweet Piranha points. We’re at that time in the season where players who have barely made it into the top 10 are defending their Vegas seats, while the remainder of the field, many within striking distance of a seat, are … Read more
Congratulations to Pepito Pea who outlasted a field of 42 to win his 2nd Piranha Tournament of the year having won Tournament 12 just a few weeks earlier. Pepito and Geoffrey Batuyong were battling it out head to head where the chip lead changed several times. Finally as the blinds were about to go to … 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
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
Another nice turn out for event #8 in Foster City. 40 players competed. 9 earned points. 1st Patrick Galamy 2nd Gerry Shebar 3rd Eugena Talvola 4th Jeanne Massuda 5th Vineet Kumar 6th Alex Lum 7th Jeffery Dong 8th Rodney Resella 9th Jeanette Sims Bubble Bill Sims On level 12 10 handed. Bill Sims bubbled with a … Read more
Event 6 brought Piranha Poker Team back to Dublin, where 27 contenders showed up to fight for some more early-season points. Some notable hands of the day: Early in the tournament, at level 4, Brad shoved all-in with and then Bill shoved all-in over the top with . Brad rivered the club flush, hanging on and … Read more
Event 5 went smooth and well. Only 2 TD decisions that were already taken care of prior before I got to the table but was summoned to confirm and formally continue. I appreciate players being responsible of controlling the table when it’s their turn to play dealer and as asked at the beginning of the … Read more
Piranha Season 11 Tournament 4 brought out a field of 24 players, including several new players to this season and a few returning veterans who we didn’t see much last year. One of the early notable hands is between Anne Stewart with KJ spades and Rod Flora with KQ off. Flop comes J 8 9, … Read more
Piranha’s 3rd Tournament of Season 11 was one of the longest I have witnessed, even though we only had a field of 27 players. After starting a little late due to some confusion on which venue we were using, we only lost three players before the first break. One notable hand that brought us … Read more
We were back at the LaQuinta Hotel in Dublin where we hadn’t played for awhile. We started with 40 players both old and new faces with 39 sign-ups and one guest. The final table of 9 players was set when Adrian Aguilar (the only Piranha player to cash at last year’s WSOP) got knocked … Read more