MASSuda Effect!

Congratulations to Nora Massuda for taking down the 3rd tournament of Season 13.  Nora’s excellent play and a little bit of luck which included a ROYAL FLUSH sent the other 22 players packing. Early in the Tournament- On a board of , Steve Stockmal in the BB checks and Ryan Drake Cbets from the button … Read more

AND HERE’S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON

Piranha’s 2nd tournament of Season 13 brought 22 players to sweat it out – literally!  It was an extremely hot day in Tara Hill making things quite sticky. After taking last season off,  Steve Stockmal came ready to play, but unfortunately the poker gods were not with him and he was our first of 2 bust-outs … Read more

Adrian Starts It Up

Welcome to Piranha Poker Team season 13! Our first event of the season kicked off on Saturday 25-Aug, with a crowd of 27 players, including two players new to Piranha. With new players, new table felts, and a fresh, empty points leaderboard, our new season was off to a start. First bust out was Dominic … Read more

Piranha Satellite Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our pre-season satellites, and our first full-season members! At the end of our Piranha live satellite on Saturday, Patrick Galamay, Ken Tramiel, and Judy Lepire decided to chop for three partial full-season packages. Then, on Thursday night, Dominic Chan won his full-season seat by taking down the Piranha Online satellite, … Read more

2 in a Row For Joe

Due to John Marsh’s heavy recruiting effort, 14 players came out to Fremont for the final event of the year.  Both John and Christine LaMonaca were still in contention for a seat. John’s day started out well.  In the first orbit at 25/50 John and Elaine On got into a raising war, eventually leading to … Read more

Bringing Down the Wiebelhaus

The penultimate event of season 12 brought a baker’s dozen to San Pablo to do battle.  5 of those players were still mathematically alive for one of the treasured WSOP seats.  Others who were already in the clubhouse after having played their full 12 events would have to wait to see if their fates changed … Read more

Email Issues

All, There seems to be some issue with the Piranha Poker email account.  I am currently unable to send out emails.  Everything comes back undeliverable and saying it was blocked by all recipients. Several have asked about the EOY Cash Event.  That will be taking place on June 9/10 at the Tera Hills complex. It … Read more

Sheng the Destroyer

26 players came to battle on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, with 10 making their final stand in Season 12. The final table was reached fairly quickly with the blinds at 200/400/50.  Troy Soult entered the final table as the chip leader.  Sheng Xie, Michael “Gordo” Gordon, and Eric Grady were bunched together with middle sized … Read more

Drake Dominates

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

Mamacita! Astarita!

Another sunny, but cool, day at Tara Hills in San Pablo brought 21 players to contend for Vegas seats as our 12th season is nearing its end. There are several players who are consistently making the final table. In fact, this final table had 5 players who have final tabled in at least 2 of … Read more