{"id":2051,"date":"2017-10-23T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2017-10-23T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T01:38:55","slug":"astar-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/astar-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Astar is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Event 6 attracted 38 players- the biggest field to date this season. Most players at the top of the leader board coming into Event 6 did little to improve their standing. The door was open for new players to vault to the top. Points were available for the top 9 finishers.\u00a0 The points bubble AND Final Table bubble lasted over 30 minutes. John Marsh was the unfortunate bubble boy- an untimely bluff against Rob Astarita&#8217;s set of 2&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171021_185746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2055 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171021_185746-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171021_185746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171021_185746-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rod Flora got all in A5 &lt; A10 and was first to go from the final table and achieved 3 points for his efforts. Geoffrey Batuyong and Elaine On went out on the same hand by Victoria Dea. 99 &amp; AA were cracked by Vikki&#8217;s flopped J and vicious river J. Elaine finished 8<sup>th<\/sup> for 4 points and Geoffrey finished 7<sup>th<\/sup> for 6 points.\u00a0 Next to go was Jeannette Sims who earned 9 points for her 6<sup>th<\/sup> place finish. Rodney Resella kept his strong start to the season going with a 5th place finish and 13 points, propelling him into the top 10 for the season.<\/p>\n<p>It was at this point the escalating blinds were catching up to the final four. Victoria went out 4<sup>th<\/sup> with her K10 &lt; KQ and earned 19 points and her first score of the season. Patrick Galamay also continued his strong season with a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place finish and 31 points.<\/p>\n<p>Heads up play saw Piranha veteran Dennis Koeller matched up against newcomer Rob Astarita, playing in his 1<sup>st<\/sup> ever Piranha Tournament. Rob held a slight chip lead as heads up play began. Dennis was never able to forge ahead and settled for 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place and 46 points, vaulting him into the overall season points lead. The Final hand was Dennis\u2019 A8 vs Rob\u2019s 56. Rob flopped a 6 and emerged victorious, earning 59 points for the victory. \u00a0The night belonged to Rob. He played a tight and patient game. When he was low in chips he doubled when it was needed most. The stars were aligned on this night. Yes, a star was born. Congratulations Rob Astarita.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Try-again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2056 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Try-again-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Try-again.jpg 768w, https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rob-Try-again-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event 6 attracted 38 players- the biggest field to date this season. Most players at the top of the leader board coming into Event 6 did little to improve their standing. The door was open for new players to vault to the top. Points were available for the top 9 finishers.\u00a0 The points bubble AND &#8230; <a title=\"Astar is Born\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/astar-is-born\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Astar is Born\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":635,"featured_media":2056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-season-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piranhapokerteam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}