The evening began with the following player's, position's and chip counts:
1. Matt Pe. 130,000
2. Lolly O. 119,000
3. Jim O. 123,000
4. Keith K. 124,500
5. John M. 123,500
6. Kevin An. 128,500
7. Pat M. 120,500
8. Jim S. 127,500
9. Angie S. 131,000
Action began with blinds at a minuscule 500/1,000 however play started rather aggressive. Less than 20 hands into the tournament, Keith K. announced "all-in" on a board of Qh-Kd-Jh-3h-8c to head's-up opponent Jim S. Jim tanked for about 2 minutes before the clock was called by Kevin An. Jim took the whole minute before calling and showing Ks-Qs for two-pair, however Keith revealed pocket king's for the winning set. The hand left Jim S. with just 2,000 in chips. A few hands later brought the the night's first elimination. Jim S. moved all-in for 7k. Angie then re-raised all-in for about 120,000 more. Matt Pe. with about 70k in front of him thought about it for a few moments before stating "let's gamble" and calling. The action folded around and Jim S. revealed pocket deuces. Angie turned over pocket ace's while Matt rolled over pocket 4's. Jim flopped a set of deuces however the turn and river brought no help for Matt who shipped 63k to Angie. A few hands later Jim S. was eliminated in 8th place when he moved 16.5k all-in with Kc-10c and was called by John M's Jc-Qc. John hit top pair on a board of Q-10-8. The turn (4) and river (A) brought no help for Jim who was the evening's second elimination.
Angie was out next when she raised to 13k in early position with blinds at 1,500/3,000. The action folded to Kevin in the BB who called with a growing chip stack. The flop came out 7-9-J. Angie announced all-in and Kevin quickly called showing 7-9 for two-pair. Angie flipped over pocket king's. The queen on the turn and 5 on the river missed Angie who was eliminated in 7th place. Lolly was next when she re-raised John M's 10k raise all-in to 26k total with pocket king's. John called and showed pocket queen's. Lolly led all the way until the river brought a queen giving John the winning set. Keith followed Lolly when his 36k preflop all-in holding 10c-Jh was called by Kevin's 7s-8h. The 4d-7d-8s gave Kevin two-pair and Keith a gut-shot straight draw. The 5d turn was no help to Keith and the 8c river card made Kevin a full-house and sent Keith packing in 5th place.
After having his chip stack crippled to 32k when his pocket 5's ran into Jim O's pocket rocket's, Pat M. was out in 4th place when he moved his remaining 32k all-in holding 5-6 o/s. John M. called and showed pocket 10's. The 3-10-A flop gave John a leading set, however Pat picked up a gut-shot straight draw with the 7 turn. However John boated up with a 3 on the river which eliminated Pat in 4th place.
BSB play started between chip leader Kevin, Jim O. (3rd in chips) and John M. (2nd in chips) with the blinds at 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,000. Jim was out in 3rd when he raised to 30k with K-10 o/s and was called by Kevin. The flop came out 2c-10c-2s which Kevin checked. Jim instantly moved all-in for 58k more. Kevin quickly called and turned over pocket ace's. The 8h and 7d brought no help for Jim who went out in 3rd.
Head's-up play between Kevin and John started with blinds at 7,000/15,000 and a 2,000 ante with Kevin holding a 2-1 chip lead over his opponent. John continued to chip-up and and nearly evened the chip count but Kevin stayed aggressive and kept his lead. Little by little, Kevin wore down John by making him fold several raised and re-raised pots. On the last hand of the tournament, John moved-in with Js-7s for approximately 80k and was called by Kevin's Ah-10c. The Ks-Ad-8c put Kevin out in front with top pair. The 2h turn and 7d river missed John and gave Kevin the victory. With his win, Kevin will join this season's top 8 point finisher's in the league championship event.
Complete results can be viewed at http://www.wedgerock.com/fishnchips
Congratulations to Kevin and good luck to him in the championship!
~Jason Tr.
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