“E’s” “E”xtra Special night at the Out Skirts!

It was looking to be the biggest tournament of the year with 15 players on tap to attend and the “E”xcitement was running high, but sadly we were down to 13 players when the two newest to the tour found more important things to do. Nonetheless, we were off to a great start. Some players had fought off life threatening illnesses to attend, and that was also the topic that dominated the “E”arly conversation.

First hour action is always very intense and this first hour was also intense. Sponge was doing his best to imitate the Meatsicle and others were not backing down when the all-ins were called… which is why Sponge was doing his best impression. As the first hour disappeared, the real meat appeared… fried chicken and all the fixin’s made their way to the tables as players piled their plates high! Turtle did his best to act like a real turtle and devour all the salad. The only difference was that he used a fork! Once the bellies were full, the hands were washed, and the timer was ticking down on break time, we took our seats and began our journey towards SBPT history!

The host (Slick) continued to falter at his place of residence and failed for the 13^th time to go back to back, in fact he wasn’t long for this tournament and was soon dealing the cards for “E”veryone “E”lse on table 1. Soon other players began to hit the rail. Mac Tonight “E”nded his streak of good finishes and was out 2^nd. Low and behold… look who joined us after about a year and a half… Fartman and Brawny who were out 3^rd and 4^th. Meanwhile some big stacks and impressive hands were appearing.  Scooter Doubled up when she rolls over quad 10’s, and “E”l Guapo and “E” were starting to pull away from the pack and “E”stablish a foothold at the Out Skirts.

The pack soon thinned out and we were now down to five with two big stacks (“E” and “E”l Guapo), one middle stack (Sponge) and to super short stacks (Scooter and Cha Cha), and this is where it gets good. “E” is just crushing “E”veryone at this point and it’s taking a toll on the players that are still alive in this tournament. She seems unbeatable at this point and no one wants to go out on the bubble but Scooter pushes all-in with her minimal stack so Sponge and “E” call her down to try to get her out and put themselves in the chip. The flop comes 10-10-J and with a heroic attempt at taking down a relatively small pot… he pushes his $900K all-in, then as if he just bet his life savings on a horse named Lucky that stumbled out of the gate, broke his leg, and had to be shot right there on the track to spare it misery, his jaw dropped, his face went blank, and his eyes darted around looking for reassurance as if to say… you agree with me right?... she must be cheating when she rolled over Ace-Jack, and Sponges King-Jack was in serious trouble. Not funny to Sponge, but funny nonetheless was that Scooters queen hit on the turn and another on the river to triple her up and send Sponge out on the bubble giving Sponge a 5^th place finish for the tournament.

Cha Cha was out shortly after and now it was just three. “E”l Guapo’s stack had been dwindling and “E’s” just continued to grow while Scooter was just hanging on. No one can deny that “E” can play a big stack well, something that the Saw was good at but now has taken the conservative road and become much more predictable. "E"l Guapo put up a good fight but ultimately, his money went in only to find that he was dominated and that left an all girl final!

Scooter did her best to hang on but when the stack difference is about 40 to 1, there is not much to do. I will say this about Scoots, She pushed her money in good in every hand heads up, but at this point “E” was just toying with her. Ultimately “E” caught her card and was crowned Tournament Champion! There have been players in the past that have dominated and this performance ranks right up there at the top! Congratulations,  we are looking forward to playing at the Fire Dragon Casino!

Slick