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
Piranha Welcomes Returning Veterans – One of Them Takes it Down Season 12 opened with 24 players coming out for a very warm day of poker at Piranha’s newest venue, Tara Hills in San Pablo by the Bay. Not sure if it was the heat or the new venue, but the numbers were small for … Read more
38 players showed up for the penultimate event of season 11, with 30 league players still mathematically alive to earn on of the 10 WSOP seats that will be awarded this season. By the time we reached hand-for-hand play, 5 of the 10 remaining players still had a chance to push themselves into the top … Read more
34 Showed up for tournament #17 in Foster City. Each hoping to move up into contention, or to lock up that coveted piranha seat with only 4 tournaments left. Aftr the dust settled in what seemed to be a slew of quick bustouts, we had a final table of 8 and were in the money. … Read more
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
40 Showed up hoping to climb into the top 10 and a chance at that covetd Piranha WSOP Seat. With the June 24th date set for THe Monster Stack, the earlier one can lock up a seat, the earlier travel plans can be made. By the time the dust settled on the non paying spots … 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