Live Blogging: Poker Face January 2010

Buy in 5000
Registration 500
Starting stack 2000
Freeze out
54 players

3:05 pm Tournament will begin in a minute.
T1: Karloz, Kirby, Baldo, Maldy, John O, Richard L
T2: Loloy, Bong T, Ria J, Johann, Erwin, JJ, Henry, Roy
T3: Lala, Shylloh, Winston, Jib, Nilo, Ramil, Paolo P, Andrei
T4: Rebel, Mau, Rodel, Reggie, JVA, Richard, Ramil
T5: Boy A, Mike G, Ken, Regine, Alex V, Balong
T6: Mon S, Art, Alex C, Rhonson, Nate, Jeric, Apie
T7: Aris, Ali, Bong L, Rey, Beep, Alex C


5:25 pm Round 6, 200/400 blinds, 43 players left, 5 tables
AS 26,976
My stack 25,950
Best hand yet: 55 vs AK, K J 5 Q 6

6:40 pm Tournament resumes after dinner break. Won 4k+ with pocket 9s before the break, UTG raise pre-flop. Two callers. Set otf with a flush draw showing. Bet 3k, both opponents fold.

Won 10k+ with KJ suited diamonds after the break, limp at the big blind. Flop is K J 4 rainbow. Bet 4k, with 4 players on the pot. Beep raises to 10k at the button, I go all in with 19k+ more. Beep folds with J 4.

Round 8, 300/600 blinds, ante 50, 35 players, 4 tables
AS 33,142
My stack 40,200

7:40 pm Round 10, 500/1k blinds, ante 100, 29 players
AS 40K, Mine 35k
T1 Karloz, Alex Cruz, John O, Richard L, Rodel
T2 Art G, Ria, Johann, Erwin, Miyo, Alex Chua, Paeng
T3 Mike G, Boy A, Alex V, Ali, JVA, Richard
T4 Aris, Shy, Winston, Nilo, Mon, Andrei, Bong G

9 pm Round 13, 1k/2k blinds, ante 200, 19 players left
AS 52,727, mine 67k
Doubled up with pockets 5, set otf. Flop had 2 diamonds. Flush draw went all in.
Chip leader JVA
I'm the lone female player left.
Sharks everywhere!

9:09 pm R13
18 players, 2 tables
T1 Mon, Alex C, Paeng, Aris, Nilo, JVA, Rodel
T2 Bong G, Boy GS, Ria, Johann, Erwin, Boy A, Alex Chua, Mike G, Winston
Chip leaders JVA, Johann
10 players ITM
17 players with MPL points

10:45 pm R17
10 players
T1 Ali, Johann, Nilo, JVA, Rodel
T2 Bong, Ria, Erwin, Boy A, Mike
AS 105,454, mine 40k

11:15 Ria Jose out at 10th place.
Final Table: Mike G, Ali, Nilo, Johann, JVA, Rodel, Erwin, Bong G, Boy A

12:08 Nilo L out at 9th place.
Mike G cracks Nilo's pocket Aces with an Ace high straight.

12:28 Bong G out at 8th place.

12:50 Rodel G out at 7th place.

1:20 Erwin out at 6th place. Erwin's 88s vs Mike's Aces.

3 am Johan out at 5th place.
JVA out at 4th place.
Ali out at 3rd place.
Boy A is chip leader going into the final heads up.
Boy A is runner-up after Mike G wins 3 all in pots.
KJ vs QJ, K at the turn.
K8 top pair flush draw on the flop vs 83 two pairs otf, full house on the river.
A6 suited diamonds vs A5 suited spades, 4 spades cards on the board.

Michael "Mike the Duke of Hazzard" Gempesaw is this month's Poker Face Champion.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! :-)

See you next month! Up next Poker Face Warm-up Special from February 11 - 14. ^_^