Live Blogging: Poker Face Warm-Up

A live blog of the Poker Face Warm-Up Tournament of the Metro Card Club Davao...

3 pm Tournament starts. 55 players in the tournament.

3:20 pm Won a pot for pocket 5s with JJ10 flop. Then lost a pot with a top pair on the flop after turn showed a flush of diamonds.

3:30 pm T1 AA vs KK. AA (Rene VA) is full house on the flop.

3:51 pm T4 Mike G, Franz A, Hans K, Ritchie R, Andrei M, Ria J, Bong T, Nilo L, Henry H, and Winston P. All legit tournament and cash game players except for.... Hope nobody tilts. Already had a rebuy.

6 tables. T1 Flo, RVA, Rey R, Patrick H, Carlos D, Iceman, Paulo, Natz L.
T2 Erwin, Boy A, Jomans, Basil H, Kirby T, Meloy.
T3 JJ, Jonee A, John O, Jesse C, Baldo, Hilda, Tata A, JVA, Maui VA, Aris C.
T5 Joel A, Mike D, Maui A, Beep, Lala M, Rebel M.
T6 Sam, Art G, Rodel, Tom, Jib G, Erwin R, Mitch A, Jeric S.

3 uncles, 1 aunt, and 2 cousins are playing.

4 pm T4 Pre flop Henry N raises 750, at 100/200. Hans K re-raises to 1500. Henry N re-re-raises to 4500. Chris calls.
Flop A 10 8 (2 clubs) Henry checks, Hans goes all in. Henry calls. Henry is KK, Hans is AA.
Turn 4 clubs. Henry has a flush draw.
River Q diamonds.

4:10 pm Break for add on.

4:30 pm Bong T First to act bets 750 (150/300). Andrei at the small blind raises to 2500. Ria at the big blind re-raises to 7500. Bong & Andrei fold. Bong AK,Andrei QQ, Ria KK.

5:50 pm Round 8 300/600, Ante 50. Ave stack 27,884. My stack 38,225.

6:25 pm End of R9. Ave stack 30,697. My stack 46,000. Dinner break.

8 pm R13, 1000/2000. 30 players left. Ave stack 44,000. My stack 30,000. 2 moves. T4 dissolved. Now in T3 with 2 uncles.

8:30 pm R15, 1.5/3k blinds. Just won 3 consecutive hands. Stole the pot at the big blind.
At the small blind, Baldo at the button raised 10k. I went all in. Baldo calls for less. Baldo KK loses to my AA.
Hilda goes all in with 19k+ under the gun. I call. Hilda's A3 suited diamonds was defeated by my AK offsuit.
23 players left. Ave stack is 57,391. My stack is 89,500.

9:15 pm Attempted to steal the pot with A8 offsuit. Tata A calls with pocket 10s. I win with a runner 5 high straight. R17 2.5/5 k blinds. 21 players. Ave stack 62,857. My stack 119,500.

9:20 pm R18, 3/6k. T3 dissolved. At T1 with 117,500.
T1 Baldo, Ria, Mitch, Hans, Carlos, Tom, Mike, Baloy, JVA, and Winston.
T2 Tata, Lala, Maui, Jomans, Rebel, Jesse, Bong, and Rodel.

10 pm R19 Transferred to T2 with 12 players left. Jomans all in with AK, Bong all in with KK. Board is Q54Q7. 11 players left. My stack is 92,500. Bubble time!

10:25 pm Final table. R20 5/10k. 106,000 chips. Players: Ria, Winston, JVA, Maui, Jesse, Carlos, Lala, Mike, Bong, and Baldo.

10:35 pm Jesse C out at 10th place. R21, Winston is all in. Out at 9th place.

10:44 pm JVA out in 8th place.

10:55 pm Mike G out in 7th place after being defeated by Maui.

11 pm Ria is all in. Out at 6th place.

11:05 pm Carlos Datumanong is out at 5th place.

11:20 pm Baldo Recones is out at 4th place.

11:30 pm Lala Mejaro is out at 3rd place. Final heads up between Mau (Nov 08 PF Champ) and Bong T (June PF & August WU Champ).

Past 12 midnight Bong T is out at 2nd Place. Mau Abella is the Poker Face Warm-Up Champion for November 2009. :)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!