I apologize for the delay fellow RPTers. I have been pretty prompt with updating the results over the last year and a half but had a pretty busy weekend and travel for work which prevented me from doing my true calling: RPT Administration. As Tony pointed out, there could also be a correlation between how well I do in the tournament and how quickly the results get put up… very possible. 🙂
Thanks to Eric Johnson for hosting. His place is a big open space, with plenty of parking, and in a pretty central location for most of the players. It is always a treat to play there.
Now – on with the results. As it has been almost a week since we played… I have forgot most of the little hands and stories. Or… I am simply blocking out the pain of getting knocked out so early. Vince Powers brought in the new Beer Bitch hat and Mark Mandell was the lucky player to christen the hat. It was his first Beer Bitch finish. Alex Johnson was not in attendance but his streak is still at live at a possible 4 straight Beer Bitch finishes the next time he plays.
The real story of the tournament was Tony Huckestein. There was basically nothing that he could do wrong. If there was a card in the deck he needed to make his hand, he caught it. I watched him catch river cards and runner runners to make straights and everything in between. His table presence was so intimidating, when he bet people just folded. Tony caught on to this and with his chipstack, he was basically leaning on throats… and it was working.
At the Final table, Tony was responsible for knocking out the last 5 players in the tournament. When it was down to 3 (Michelle, Voldemort, and Tony), Tony was just betting at basically everything and it was tough to watch Michelle and Voldemort fold basically everything. By the time Michelle went out in third place, Voldemort was down to basically 1000 chips (which was 1 big blind at the time) and Tony had everything else. Heads up lasted 1 hand with Voldy showing a Q-7 and Tony showing a K-7. Dominated. And to make matters even worse: Tony catches the King as well to seal the deal.
To put this in perspective: Tony’s performance in the April tourney was tied for 3rd best ALL TIME as he single handedly put out 9 players of the 20 in the tournament. As he can’t put himself out, think of this as basically half of the tournament falling to Tony. This also moved him up the kills per tourney metric to 1.63 and second to Voldemort and his 2.0 kills per tourney.
I do want to give a shout-out to Brian Bennett who finished 4th and in the money after grinding through all tournament with a pretty lean stack. Solid grinding there Brian to get some more points and a couple RPUs.
This win was Tony’s 7th and further solidifies his place on top of the all-time RPT wins list. Tony had 3 wins last year alone. When Tony is on, he is hard to beat. The second place player in career wins is me with 5. Tony is 4th in career top-3 finishes with 12. He is 9th in career tournament placement where he finishes in the top 40% on average of every tournament he plays.
The RPT Standings are changing monthly as there is still a lot of time in the season. Tony’s finish moved him up to 9th. I hope to see everyone in May. Happy NFL Draft Day.