204 hands · 13 entries · $650 pot · 2h 10m · two tables
A rebuy at 7:27 and the title at 9:15. Matt W. (MawTTM) won the tournament for $295, his first win at this table, twenty-two minutes after Chris G.'s set of queens cut him to 468 chips and Jordan D.'s aces finished the job. He bought back in, took the chip lead soon after the tables merged, and knocked out five of the six players who left the final table: Jordan D. with trip tens, Chris G. with a river queen against pocket kings, Alex B., Thomas D. on the bubble, and Amy M. with a six-high straight against her jacks. Heads up against J. (jfe) with about three chips to J.'s one, the two agreed to split the top two prizes by chip count, $295 and $225, and played on for the title. J. doubled through at once, ace-ten against queen-deuce for kings full, which left the stacks within 500 chips of each other. On the next hand J. shoved six-three, Matt called with jack-deuce, and a pair of deuces made him champion. Amy M. (amaxwell) took $130 for third, her second third-place finish since August.
Eleven players sat down, enough for PokerNow to run two tables until 8:11pm. Two of them took their first cards here, and both left a mark. Alex B. (j7spaded), back at the table after a break, knocked out Hope Coin holder Nick M. at hand 57, jack-eight for a jack-high straight against Nick's two pair, and took a Hope Slayer skull. He is the third player to hold one. Nick's first stack had already gone to Thomas D.'s pocket aces at hand 32; he bought back in. Jordan D. (JojiBerry) ended Table 2 by knocking out Beau G. and then Josh B., the September champion, in back-to-back hands: pocket nines against Beau's six-five, then ace-eight against Josh's ace-jack with an eight on the river for the full house. Amy M. won the biggest pot of the night before the last hand, 17,854 chips at hand 71, queens and jacks against Jordan's queens and sevens. Mike M. (kmikeym) went out eighth at hand 68, all in with ace-eight against Chris G.'s ace-king and J.'s pocket queens. Nobody showed down seven-deuce, and Gene did not play, so Cain and Abel stays open.
| Finish | Player | Handle | Payout | Rebuys | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt W. | MawTTM | $295 | 1 | 🏆 first win · rebought at 7:27 · five knockouts · won the title hand after the chop |
| 2 | J. | jfe | $225 | 0 | chopped by chip count · doubled up heads-up, then lost the last hand with six-three |
| 3 | Amy M. | amaxwell | $130 | 0 | biggest pot before the final hand, 17,854 chips · second third place since August |
| 4 | Thomas D. | spladow | $0 | 0 | bubble · the August champion · took Nick M.'s first stack with aces |
| 5 | Alex B. | j7spaded | $0 | 0 | back at the table after a break · 💀 Hope Slayer, skull 1 of 3 |
| 6 | Chris G. | LEWD | $0 | 0 | pocket kings cracked by a river queen · had cut Matt W. to 468 chips at Table 2 |
| 7 | Jordan D. | JojiBerry | $0 | 0 | first game at this table · knocked out Beau G. and Josh B. in back-to-back hands |
| 8 | Mike M. | kmikeym | $0 | 0 | ace-eight into ace-king and pocket queens |
| 9 | Nick M. | nickmershon | $0 | 1 | the Hope Coin holder · out twice · the Coin stays |
| 10 | Josh B. | joshb | $0 | 0 | the September champion · out on Table 2's last hand |
| 11 | Beau G. | bg | $0 | 0 | hosted the tournament |
Pot verified by chip conservation: final stacks totalled 65,000 at a 5,000 starting stack, so 13 entries, $650. Paid three places at 50 / 30 / 20. The last two players split first and second by chip count, $295 and $225, and played the final hand for the title alone.
Every elimination, checked against both official logs. Table 2 hands are numbered from that table's log.
| Hand | Out | By | The hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| T2 · 69 | Beau G. (11th) | JojiBerry | pocket nines against six-five suited |
| T2 · 70 | Josh B. (10th) | JojiBerry | ace-eight against ace-jack, an eight on the river for the full house. The last hand at Table 2; the field merged |
| 57 | Nick M. (9th) | j7spaded | jack-eight made a jack-high straight against ten-seven two pair. 💀 the Hope Slayer skull, taken off the Coin holder |
| 68 | Mike M. (8th) | jfe | pocket queens held in a three-way all-in with ace-king |
| 75 | Jordan D. (7th) | MawTTM | king-ten flopped trip tens against ace-jack |
| 78 | Chris G. (6th) | MawTTM | queen-jack hit a river queen for trips against pocket kings |
| 81 | Alex B. (5th) | MawTTM | king-queen, kings and eights against ace-nine |
| 96 | Thomas D. (4th) | MawTTM | ten-nine turned two pair against ace-queen. The bubble |
| 128 | Amy M. (3rd) | MawTTM | ace-three, a six-high straight against pocket jacks |
| 134 | J. (2nd) | MawTTM | jack-deuce paired the deuce against six-three, one hand after J. doubled up. Champion |
Nick M. keeps the Coin. Alex B. took a skull on his return, so Chris G., Thomas D. and Alex B. each hold one of the three it takes. The Kevin Deuce has still never been claimed.
Every stack, every hand, across two tables.