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
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