The tournament started off quite slow, we only lost one player in the 1st hour of play. We quickly dwindled down to one table around the two hour mark. The blinds got too much for the small stacks and around three hours in we were down to the final four.
fourth place went to John G who was all in vs Charlotte with A2 vs A7. The flop managed to hit both the rag cards with: 7 2 6 out on the board, no more cards hit on the turn and river. John received a cap for the bubble.
The podium finishers were; James, Kirby and Charlotte
third went to James, he went out vs Kirby, J2 against KT. The board came out 3 4 J, 8, Kirby needed the King on the river..... And she got it!! well done, started and finished ahead.
Heads up was between Charlotte and Kirby. The play only lasted a couple of hands, with both players getting dealt *premiums* two hands in a row. The final hand, Charlotte went all in with TT and got called by Kirby with AK. A King came out on the flop, 7 J K and some insignificant rags came out on the turn an river, 6 8. After a double up on the previous hand, Kirby now had Charlotte covered and took the Gold!
Well done to James, Charlotte and Kirby on a well played tournament, and that concludes the first round of the NZ Masters Games Poker. The next round is on Friday at 3:30pm, with the $20 freezeout final on Saturday, also with a 3:30pm start.
For more details, here is a link to the Masters Games website.
