$20 Wednesday Tournament, good turnout.

We weren't expecting too much interest so soon after Christmas, we had a few players asking, so we put something together :) We ran a $20 R&A this week and with 20 players we got a final prize pool of just under $1,400.

Of the 20 who entered, it came down to four placings for the cash: Fraser, Andy, Tumua and Martin.

The game stood still for around 30 minutes until the final four hands.

In 4th place was Martin, who went head to head with the other big stack, Fraser. KQ vs 77. The community cards came out, A-2-3-5-J. The pair of 7's was strong enough for Fraser, the chip count was very close but Martin was just covered. A nice effort for his 1st attempt at one of our tournys.

The very next hand, the field shortened again! This time Andy gets involved with his 99.  Sadly he was up against bullets.  2-K-6-T-T, no 9 but Andy still took home a nice 3rd.

The next deal caused another pre-flop all-in.  Tumua pushed with KQ and got called by 52.  Tumua hit his Queen on the flop but still had to dodge an open-ender by the river to secure the pot, but the Q held and he managed to double up his small stack.

The very next hand, both players all-in again!  This time a fairer race, Tumua with 44 vs Fraser with 97.  The cards came out 9-3-J-5-8.  Fraser managed to hit his 9 on the flop and it held.  Another 1st timer to our tournaments, nice hit rate!

Damien The Bounty Hunter

Tonight's Thursday Turbo only had 16 players but we had 50 rebuys giving us a price pool of almost $800. We also had a $50 bounty on Tumua's head.

Top four were Damien L, Ji M, Tumua I, Sammy C.

Damien gets it all in with Q8 against Tumuas 97 and Sammys J10 and when the board pairs his queen he knocks out
Tumua, taking his bounty just one place away from getting it himself. This also crippled Sammy leaving him with very few chips.

Sammy shoves the rest of his chips in with A8 and Damien calls with Q2 hoping the queen will come through for him again but this time its the two that he hits on the flop. Sammy doesn't hit anything and is out in 3rd place.

Heads up between Damien and Ji last for a while until Damien manages to finally get Ji down to just a single Big Blind forcing him to go all in with K8. Damien calls with 46 and hits his 4 to take the win. Damien takes 1st place and Tumua's bounty, well done!

Peasant finds a way into the castle

Tonight we had 21 players sign up for the Wednesday $30 R/A. The prize-pool got to $2340.

Top four in the $$ this week were, Greg, Alex, Sheldon and Andrew.

4th place went to Andrew, he pushed it in pre-flop for 11,500 with A5 and got the call from Greg with *the mutt* K9 off. Greg spied a King in the window and his pair held up.

Three way play went on for over an hour, at stages the players were almost dead even.

The next out in 3rd place was Greg.  Alex shoved and Greg called him with A5 - Alex had K7.  Community cards came out 7 Q 5 6 T. Alex's pair of 7 was good enough to send Greg home.

Final two were Sheldon and the Peasant himself, 9-4 pro, Alex El-Mayo.  The final hand was a real tribute to the Peasant community of Dunedin and abroad.  Pre-flop, Sheldon limps on the button, Alex checks.  Flop 3 9 3. High Peasant Alex checks, a bet is sent his way from Sheldon, Alex calls.  The turn a 6, the river a 10.  Alex gathers his chips and goes all-in. Sheldon calls and reveals 2 bullets.  In true Peasant style, Alex reveals the pre-flop nuts.... 3 4 off.  Well done to Alex and all his loyal fans.

Tumua The Triumphant

 Small game this Thursday, with only 13 players showing up.

 Final 3 were Thom H, Ji M and Tumua I.

 First out was Ji when he calls Thom going all in. Ji was holding A,7 and Thom Q,K and he hits his Q on the flop and it holds.

 Last hand Thom and Tumua limp in. Flop comes 10,7,7 Turn comes a 6 and Tumua bets 10K. Thom ships and is insta called. Tumua rolls his 10,7 over and Thom flips A,6. Thom is dead by now but manages an A on the river so he at least gets 2 pair. Well done Tumua, winning with a boat, 7's over 10's.

22 entries in the $2,000 guaranteed

Tonight we had 22 entries and paid out $2000. The pot didn't quite make it to $2k so we added some cash to the prizepool.

Top five this week were, Chris S, Chris R, Greg S, Sheldon and Brendan.

Brendan knocks out the classic champ on the bubble when his A2 holds against Sheldons KQ.

Soon after Chris S ships it with Q9 into Scottys AK and knocks himself out when Greg hits a King on the flop, 9 K 7 7 4.

After a deal is cut Brendan ships with 89 and Scotty calls with A5 but when the flop gives Brendan trip 8s and the turn boats him up with a 9 its down to the final two.

Chris R gets it all in with 78 hoping to take the lead from Brendan calling reluctantly with pocket deuces. Chris flops a gutty but when a two comes on the turn and Brendan dodges the 6 on the river we have a winner of the penultimate Wednesday $30 tournament.

Xmas Classic Final 2016

A few late arrivals and one substitution, but otherwise the Xmas Classic Grand Final kicked off on time and hosted a full field of 30 entrants, and, with a prize pool exceeding $6,000, it was well worth the effort for a lucky few.

December Poker Schedule

Short Field, Juicy Pot.

We had 18 players tonight at the $600 guaranteed $10 Turbo tonight. The prize pool
ended up just shy of $700.

Top three this week were Danny, Charlotte and Jake.

in 3rd was Jake who went all-in UTG with 88 vs AQ. Board came out A 7 6, K and on the river.... a Q! Bad luck Jake.

Top two agreed to a deal of $250 each and to play it out for the rest. Final hand was between Danny and Charlotte. Dan had AQ and Charlotte had Q9. Community cards were, 3 7 2 9 J. The nine of the turn was good enough to take the Victory for Charlotte. A double knockout was also done a few hands earlier by Charlotte with KK.

Well done Charlotte, nice to see you in the money$$$.

Peasant to King

Tonight we had 18 players and a prizepool of just under $2200.

Final four this week were, Alex the 9-4 Peasant Maynard, Sheldon, Alex H and a DC tourny 1st timer Mel.

There were only three prizes this week and Sheldon was unlucky and bubbled in a race between 7,7 and Q,9. Alex M flopped a pair of 9's and it held up for him.

Alex the Peasant set his sights on Alex H and took him out when he paired his King and it held.

Final two were Alex M and Mel. The chips got in pre-flop, Alex with J,9. Mel with 7,10. the table came out 10 4 8 A 7. At a glance, Mel looked good with two pair but Alex had managed to snag a straight on the river.

Well done to Alex! I'm sure your fans and the community at Peasant Poker will be very excited about this result.