by James "Sir Tao" Murphy
Feast of Folkestone 1015: 11 players, 50 Blackwood or 60
other gold buy in. This was our second biggest number of players, our second
largest prize pool. Late entry was
allowed for the first blind level (20 minutes) which did work out for second
place.
With 11 players and a dealer gathered around 1 table it was
kind of tight but good play ensued. (thanks to Brandon who dealt the tournament
so I did not have to).
Early play was lively with several people entering pots and
chip stacks going up and down. And for once Sir Shawn was not the first to go
out (he did not play) but that honor fell to Jace (of Eagle’s Rook). When it
was down to 5 players Rillian caught a set, and crippled Mythias, and
eliminated Slade in 5th place (again).
By the time court and the auction were over we were down to
our final 4; Jayce of Neden, Tao of Blackwood, Mythias of Folkestone, and
Rillian of Invicitus.
With Tao and Rillian tied in deck points it was going to be
interesting to see which would come out on top, however the earlier hand where
Rillian had had a set had crippled Mythias and he was never able to overcome
the chip deficiency. He was our first point earner in 4th place.
Three handed play went on for a bit before the hand that would determine the eventual
winner happened. At this point Rillian was far and away the chip leader, Tao
was second (barely) and Jayce was third.
Jayce folded his button hand, Tao called the small blind and
Rillian checked off his hand. The board came Jack, six, seven, rainbow, (no two
cards were the same suit). Tao checked, and Rillian checked behind him. The
turn came another Jack, Tao checked again and Rillian checked again. Tao then
blind bet 1000 before the river came as the card was falling Rillian raised to
3000, Tao quickly went all in for about 12000 and Rillian called. Rillian
showed the Ace Jack he had been slow playing, but Tao showed Jack six. Tao
doubled up, Rillian had his leg cut out from underneath him and Jayce could
never catch up.
There was one more notable hand which did not change the
chips much, but Rillian had folded on the button saying he could not even bluff
with the hand he had, Jayce called the small blind and Tao checked off the
large. The flop came 9,9,(something I don’t remember), both Jayce and Tao
check, the turn is a third 9, check, check, and the river is (something I don’t
remember, Jayce checks Tao shows is small pair (six’s) and wins the small pot.
This entire time Rillian is verbally regretting his choice to fold. After the
hand is over he shows his folded hand 9, 2; he would have had quads.
So as the midnight hour chimed the tournament was over, Jayce
with 13,900 chips in third earning 60 gold, Rillian with 17,500 in second earning 165 gold,
and Tao with 27,700 chips took first and 325 gold.
1)
Tao
|
5
|
2)
Rillian
|
3
|
3)
Jayce
|
2
|
4)
Mathias
|
1
|
This puts the year to date standings at:
1)
Tao
|
17
|
2)
Mathias
|
10
|
3)
Jinx
|
9
|
4)
Rillian
|
8
|
5)
Jayce
|
7
|
6)
Eamon
|
6
|
7)
Shadow
|
6
|
8)
Sir K
|
5
|
9)
Damion
|
3
|
10)
Daekara
|
3
|
11)
Pheonix
|
3
|
12)
Meds
|
2
|
13)
PJ
|
2
|
14)
Nova
|
2
|
15)
Mestoph
|
1
|
16)
Eldritch
|
1
|
Upcoming:
Feast of Blackwood, Sep 25-27,
Blackwood Clontarf Casino, Table games, 50/60 (50 Blackwood 60 other) gold buy
in. This will start at 12:30 and will play to a time limit. (More than 4 hours,
exact schedule to be determined)
Black and White had gambling last
year, I do not know if they will again (I hope so)
Feast of Fairhaven Nov 7th,
Blackwood Clontarf Casino, Table games, 25/30 (25 blackwood/30 other), exact
start time to be determined. (This might be the last event that will have a
tournament at it)
Creathorne Hulu Girl Casino will be
at Order of the list on Nov 14th Table games
Feast of Autumns twilight on Nov
15th had gambling last year, no word yet if it will again.
While Unc’s is not on the calendar
yet, I fully expect it to make it, and I fully expect there will be gambling.
If you know of
gambling that will be happening at an event that is not listed here, or if you
have more details about gambling happening at a listed event please let Sir Tao
know and he will include it in future updates.