41 hopefuls showed up to battle it out in event #9 at Foster City. The field moved slow as we only lost about 5 people in the first 3 hours. This left a flurry of bustouts in the midstages as people tried to gain position on the field. In one of the craziest hands in … 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
Party time and excellence for John Huang who took down the first Tournament of Season 11. John took it down by outlasting 43 other players and taking home 66 points for his victory John and second place runner up Elaine On duked it out until he took it down with by drawing Broadway while holding … Read more
The final chapter has closed and season 10’s story has been written. After 20 battles, and an amazing fundraiser event, 11 people won WSOP seats into the Monster Stack. For the 9th straight year we had someone cash as Adrian Aguilar made a nice run to finish 536th for $3482. Now we move … Read more
Piranha’s last regular season tournament brought out a field of 14 players to our Foster City venue. Unlike in years past, there was only one player attending, Paul Albert, who could secure a seat at WSOP. Unfortunately Paul went out before the final table. Many thought the tourney would be short, but it actually didn’t … Read more