Happy New Year everyone! Although it is raining, it could be worse…..SNOW! Today is our eleventh $10,000 Monthly Championship of Season 33! Just a few more Monthly’s before we get to our Season 33 Finals. Details coming very soon! Last month, we saw Les Mildenburg take down the November $10,000 Championship. Everyone today has qualified […]
Greater Lowell region had a great representation at this Final Table today. One hundred fifty-three started the day here at the Walpole VFW. Les Mildenberg, from the Greater Lowell region defeated fellow region player Giselle Albertelli in a very long heads-up battle for the win. With this Top eight finish, Les earns a “Double Stack” […]
Blinds – 50,000/100,000 Players Remaining: 2 Giselle raised to 275,000. Nada quickly moved all-in with pocket Aces. Giselle snap calls showing pocket Jacks. The board went J♥ 10♠ 9♥ J♠ K♣ to give Giselle quad jacks! Great job Nada!
Blinds – 40,000/80,000 Ryan jams his last 225,000 with Ace/King however Les had a pair of eights. An eight hits the turn to give Les trip eights and the pot.
Blinds – 40,000/80,000 Jim earned a “Double Stack” by finishing in 5th. With his last 80,000 he lost his Jack high to Giselle’s King high.
Blinds – 30,000/60,000 Players Remaining: 5 Jeff Weinberg went all-in for 230,000 and got called by Les quickly. “I got bagel boy” said Weinberg showing 10♥ 3♠ vs. Les’s pocket fives. The board went 10♦ 8♦ 7♣ 5♦ 2♥ giving Les trip fives.
Blinds – 30,000/60,000 Players Remaining: 6 Wayne went all-in with Q♠ J♠ vs Jim Erker’s A♠ J♥. Once again, the board ran clean knocking Wayne out in 7th.
Blinds – 30,000/60,000 Players Remaining: 7 Alan Lopes had just lost a 600,000 in chips to Giselle the hand prior leaving him with 70,000. He went all-in blind on the very hand vs Nana Smith. Nada had J♠ 8♣ vs Alan’s 8♠ 4♠. The board ran clean and Nada takes the pot.
Blinds – 30,000/60,000 Players Remaining: 8 Mike Powers went all-in for his last 90,000 with K♥ 10♠ vs Les’s A♠ K♥. An ace hit the flop which sent Mike home in 9th place. Les and Jim have now earned a “Double Stack” for the Season Finals
