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
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
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
Nine poker players joined us for the first event in Piranha’s double-header weekend. The tournament began at 12:00 and after a few late arrivals, we had our final table! With the final Vegas lineup still yet to be determined, point standings and math featured prominently in today’s table conversation. Play continued uneventfully for about two and a half … Read more
Event #15 fell on a pretty prefect today for poker as it was cold and rainy. What a great excuse to stay indoors and play a long game of poker with 32 of your Piranha Pals. The tournament ended by 8:30, unfortunately there isn’t much to report by way of epic hands. However, there was a multiway … Read more
The season apex kicks into high gear as 42 players show up in Foster City for event 14. The window to make points and win a seat this season is closing fast and everyone knows it. We had a high turn out of 42 people show up with 10 places getting paid in points and … Read more
Congratulations to Troy Soult who took down the 10th Anniversary event. Troy wins the special 10th Anniversary bracelet and a Lake Tahoe Time Share. There were a total of 50 attendees to our lunch celebration. Thanks to everyone who attended. Your generosity raised over $3000 that will help go towards much needed upgrades in equipment. … Read more
A field of 39 players show up to Foster City to battle for Piranha points. Some will try to lock up their seats while some will try to get on the board. Several folks even used their Piranha bucks for travel chips which I thought was pretty cool. The first levels turned out to be … Read more