Monday, March 01, 2004

Royal Flush Rumble:
Well, it finally went down, and as a result, a champion was crowned. James "Big Balls" Miranda walked away champion of the first semi-annual Royal Flush Rumble. Major props to "Big Balls" and Neil R for making it to the final table. Actually, a decent amount of our Tuesday night players did in fact make it pretty deep into the tourney, that is, expect me of course. The final two hands were rather intersting. Neil got dealt pocket Jacks, and called Miranda all in. Miranda called, had a better hand and ended up losing the hand with a Jack coming up on the turn and doubling up Neil. Next hand, Neil got dealt pocket Jacks again, and called Miranda all in once more. This time, Miranda threw down a Q-10 unsuited and pulled a Q and a 10 on the flop. Yes, the Q-10 unsuited is known as the "Miranda" for now on. Regardless, it was an amazing time.

Check out the pictures as well.

Major props to Mike and Lenny Cooper for hosting this event. It was very gracious of them and it was an evening that no one will forget, especially James "Big Balls" Miranda.

Below is the rankings from Saturday:

44th- Boom-Boom
43rd- Tio Harry
42nd- Binji Kanakaraj
41st- Rich Bible
40th- John Buchalter
39th- Dave F.
38th- Mattsui
37th- Paul Peno
36th- Shane Winter
35th- Tio George
34th- Steve Tressa
33rd- Mike Shnorr
32nd- Scott "The Shark" Spivak
31st- Alex Fisher
30th- Johnny C. Sr.
29th- Karl "Pocket 6's" Schapira
28th- Paul Kanakaraj
27th- Lenny Cooper
26th- Andy Zimmerman
25th- Jay Camhi
24th- Greg
23rd- Tio Glenn
22nd- Lenny Eusebi
21st- Tom Bible
20th- David
19th- Jared Butt
18th- Patrick
17th- Steve
16th- Jessie Weisty
15th- Adam Mendola
14th- Glenn Reinhardt
13th- Mad Maxx
12th- Unique
11th- Jim Carr
10th- John C. Jr.
9th- Mike Cooper
8th- Vinny
7th- Ilya Falkovich
6th- Ethan Schapira
5th- "Never Nervous" Morgan Mirvis
4th- Tim Desedero
3rd- Danny
2nd- Neil Rebinowitz
1st- James "Big Balls" Miranda