The summary of the event was Jason Ta. dominated a field of 17 players. The tournament was arranged to have a full rebuy for a discounted rate to promote action and participation. The two tables to start the tournament played very different. The square table, which held Jason Ta., Bill B. Keith K., Larry P., Anita G., Eric W., Jason Tr., and Nick G. contained the first and only 5 rebuys mostly due to Jason Ta.'s aggressive pressure on multiple drawing hands. Once Jason Ta. doubled his stack he continued the pressure and put the smaller stacks to the test leaving him the prevailer.
The oval table consisting of Kevin A., Jim O., John M., Pat M., Fran D., Ray S., Mike T., Sean O. and Chris S. only displayed one bust out before the rebuy break with the busted player opting out of the optional rebuy. It was not long before the final table convened with most of the knockouts happening with stronger hands than one would see in a typical hold'em game. For the first time a third table opened for the busted out players to start playing cash. The degenerate gamblers could not wait.
The final table was made up of Jason Ta., Kevin A., Mike T., Sean O., Nick G., Fran D., Bill B., Jason T., and Anita G. Congratulation to those players on making the final table. The final table moved quickly and it seemed like it may be an early night. Not before long it was Fran D. busting out on the bubble.
The final four comprising of Jason Ta., Mike T., Sean O. and Nick G. played very slow relative to the rest of the tournament nearly lasting 3 hours to 2:00am. Sean O. was the first of the four to be dismissed. Jason Ta. held his dominate chip position, but it seemed like Nick G. and Mike T. were able to take small stabs at the chip stack. A critical position of the night was where Jason Ta. held ~200K, Nick G. held ~140K and Mike T. held ~80K. Nick G. got tangled with Mike T. in a pot where Mike T. called pot preflop with Nick G. calling and Jason Ta. folding. The flop came with 2 over card Kd-10d to Nick G.'s two medium pocket pairs and a flush draw. Mike T. came out swinging by potting it again and therefore going all in. Nick G. tanked for a couple minutes and ended up folding. Mike T. stuck the needle in by showing Ace high with a gut shot wheel draw. Nick's medium pocket pair was ahead and could have ended Mike T.'s night, but the bluff worked well or possible Nick misplayed his hand. Not too far after this key point which brought Mike T.'s chip stack equal with Nick G.'s, Nick G. put himself in a bad position against the chip leader Jason Ta. and was busted out leaving the final two. It didn't take long for Jason Ta. with a more than 3:1 chip lead to take out Mike T. who was quoted after finishing great in the tournament as calling the event "horrible", probably because of its uncomfortable nature.
The event can be summed up as a great success at something different and accomplished its goal of creating that something different. Congratulations to Jason Ta. who was chip leader only after a few minutes of the tournament and literally never looked back dominating the tournament from start to finish.
