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February 6, 2010

Season V - Event #12:  Twenty players entered in this event - our 3rd rebuy tournament of the year.  There were 44 rebuys and 19 add-ons which led to an exciting tournament with A LOT of action!  Mark especially had fun after he went out with a huge hand against Matt and then watched his chips move clockwise around the final table from Matt to Bob to Cal to Mike to me and eventually back to Cal.  Good times Mark!  

Back to the results:  we had yet another new winner last night when Heath held on against the juggernaut that is Cal to take down his first Syndicate event ever.  Heath, Cal and Jonkey were locked into three-handed play for 75 minutes and at one time, early on, Cal had about 80% of the chips in play.  Heath steadily built his stack back up while Jonkey held on by his hoofs until he hit a miracle flush against Cal when he shoved with 10d4d found a 5th diamond on the river.  Cal got even though by knocking Jonkey out in a race to set up a heads-up match against Heat.  Although they started out about even in chips, heads-up went quickly as Cal gambled at the wrong time with 2 big bluffs when Heath had hit the flop hard.

 

The Final Table:

1.  Heath

2.  Cal

3.  Jonkey

4.  Matt S.

5.  Mike P.

6.  Bob

7.  Gail

8.  Steve

9.  Paul H.

10. Mark

 

There was no movement at the top of the leaderboard as Paul H. held on to the top spot.  Tim Fishman is still in 2nd followed by Mark in 3rd and Keith in the bubble spot.  Full standings will be posted to the website quickly.

 

Other news:

After 12 events we have almost $13,000 in our bank account.  If we maintain our current pace we'll have enough to send our Main Event winner, 2nd place, 3rd place, plus up to 4 players from our Playoff Event, to the WSOP in Las Vegas next summer.

 

Scheduling:

There will be no more changes to the schedule for the rest of the season.  We realize that Valentine's Day Eve is a tough day for several players but it is too late in the season to make changes that are fair to everyone - thus the only thing to do is to play it out as it stands.  Make sure you check the Schedule posted on the site  - a few weeks ago we did make that change to accommodate the Charger's playoff game.  That tournament was moved to March 27th and the format of the events was arranged to keep the schedule balanced.

 

Coming up:

Event #13 will be Saturday, February 13th at 4:00PM.  This will be a short-handed event with no more than 6 players per table throughout the event.  It will be a 10,000 chip freeze-out for $100.

 

January 9, 2010

Season V - Event #11:  This week's event was won by Tim (don't call me Jamie) Fletcher, for his second victory of the year.  He took down Mark who tried gamely to come back from a significant chip disadvantage heads up.  However,  Tim was catching pretty good cards and played them aggressively to knock Mark out after about 40 minutes.  Paul H. took 3rd place after recovering from being micro-stacked at about the 4 hour mark.

 

The Final Table:

 

1.            Tim

2.            Mark

3.            Paul H.

4.            Tom S.

5.            Heath

6.            Gail

7.            Eddie

8.            Craig

9.            Linn

10.          Mike P.

With his win Tim moved closer to the P-man who still retains the top spot on the leaderboard.  Mark moved past Keith to take over the 3rd spot.  Keith is now the bubble boy.

 

 

Coming Up:

Event #12 will be Saturday, February 6th at 4:00 PM.  This will be a rebuy tournament.  The buy-in is $50 for 2,000 in chips.  Re-buys are $25 for 2,000 chips anytime you are at or below your starting stack.  You may start the tournament with a re-buy.  One add-on is available for all players that remain in the tournament-- this cost is $25 for 3,000 chips at the conclusion of the 4th level.

 

Schedule Change:

Please note the schedule change-  we now have a tournament scheduled for Saturday, March 2th to replace the event we just missed.  We have also rearranged the formats of the events somewhat to keep the schedule balanced.

 

Other News:

John Kral (Jonkey) is hosting a home tournament on Friday, January 29th at 7PM.  The buy-in is $125 for 10,000 chips.  Levels will be 20 minutes long.  There will also be room for a $1/$2 cash game for players as they bust out.  If you didn't receive an Evite please contact John by email at sdsyndicate@san.rr.com

 

December 20, 2009

Season V - Event #10:  Week 10 was our second Major Tournament of the season.  Bob outlasted a field of 21 players including Sy (2nd place) and Tim (3rd) to win his second Syndicate event ever. 

The Final Table:

 

1.   Bob

2.   Sy

3.   Tim

4.   Paul H.

5.   Paul R.

6.   Ron

7.   Phil

8.   Cal

9.   Todd

10. Linn

At the top of the leaderboard Paul H. remained in first place while Tim and Keith changed places with Tim moving up to the 2nd spot.  Mark still holds the bubble-boy spot but there are a lot of players charging right behind him.

 Coming Up:

Event #11 will be Saturday January 9th at 4:00 PM    This will be a regular freeze-out event with a 10,000 chip starting stack and a $100 buy-in. 

December 6, 2009

Season V - Event #09:  We had yet another great turnout last night - 23 players turned up to play in our 2nd short-handed event of the year.  It was a tough tournament as we didn't lose a player until almost 7:00pm.  After that players went out steadily until we got down to 4 handed with Jonkey, Felix, Todd and Paul H.  We played like that for a little over 2 hours with Felix surviving several all-ins - he must have doubled through Paul 3 times to keep going.  Finally Jonkey was crippled when Todd caught a back-door flush to beat his trip deuce's.  Jonkey went out soon after that and Felix finally fell on his 97th all-in bet. 

    

Heads-up started with Paul having a 3 to 2 chip advantage but Todd soon turned that around and took the chip lead for a short time.  They traded small pots for some time until Paul retook the lead when he made an all-in move on a board with 3 clubs - Todd called with a flopped flush but the turn was another club and Paul's 10c stole the gigantic pot away from Todd.  Soon after that Paul took down the final pot of the night to earn his first Syndicate victory after two years of very solid play.  Congratulations to Paul, and to Todd for a gutsy second place finish.

 

With his win, Paul retook the overall lead and now has put some distance between himself and Keith, who went out last night in 9th place.  Tim held on to 3rd place and Mark still resides in the bubble spot.

 

 

 

The Final Table:

1.   Paul

2.   Todd

3.   Felix

4.   Jonkey

5.   Eddie

6.   Matt

 

Coming Up:

Event #10 will be on Sunday, December 20th at 4:00 PM.  This will be our 2nd Major Tournament of the season.  We'll start with $12,500 in chips with 30 minute blinds.  The buy-in is $100 (+$5).  The top 5 finishers will also receive bonus playoff chips that will be added to their starting stack should they qualify for the playoff tourney.

 

November 22, 2009

Season V - Event #08:  We had our biggest turnout of the season so far with 24 players.  This event was won by Felix, who came out of semi-retirement to defeat Keith.  It looks like we have achieved some kind of parity in the Syndicate as this is our eighth different winner in eight events.  Third place this week was taken by Sy.

The Final Table:

 

1.   Felix

2.   Keith M.

3.   Sy

4.   Todd

5.   Paul R.

6.   Mark A.

7.   Eddie P.

8.   Paul H.

9.   Brian M.

10. Heath

The top of the leaderboard was shuffled up yet again as Keith moved into 1st place overall.  This bumped Paul H. down to second and Tim F. down to 3rd.  Mark now resides in the bubble spot.

 

Coming Up:

Event # 9 will be Sunday, December 6th at 4:00 PM    (We will be starting at the conclusion of the Charger game)  This will be a SHORT-HANDED 10,000 chip freeze-out with a $100 buy-in.  We will play with only 6 players per table throughout the tournament.

 

November 1, 2009

Season V - Event #07: Second tournaments must be lucky since this week's winner Matt S., like Phil last time, was playing in just his second event ever.  Matt made a huge comeback against Brian M. (also playing in just his 2nd Syndicate event) who had him out-chipped 4 to 1 going into heads up.  Matt finally showed pocket Aces to take down the last pot of the night.

 

We continued our streak of good turnouts with 22 players entering this re-buy event.  This time we had 41 rebuys and 21 add-ons and deposited $1275 into our WSOP prize pool.  We now have $7,450 saved up for the year which is slightly ahead of last year's pace.

 

The Final Table:

 

1.   Matt S.

2.   Brian M.

3.   Steve L.

4.   Paul H.

5.   Brady

6.   Bob C.

7.   Tim F.

8.   Mike P.

9.   Larry I.

10. Chad

This week the leaderboard was shuffled up as Paul H. moved into first place overall, followed by Tim F. in second place and Mark A. in third.  Tom S. still holds the bubble spot. 

 

Coming Up:

Event # 8 will be Sunday, November 22nd at 4:00 PM.  This will be a 10,000 chip freeze-out with a $100 buy-in.

October 11, 2009

Season V - Event #06: Six events and six different winners!  This week Phil Tencer, playing in just his second Syndicate tournament ever, took down first place after a heads up match with Mark Antis.  We had another good turnout with 20 players including 4 brand new players: Cullen, Christina, Gus and Tai.  Welcome!!

 

The Final Table:

 

1.   Phil

2.   Mark

3.  Tom S.

4.   Paul H.

5.   Mike P.

6.   John K.

7.   Gail

8.   Cullen

9.   Chad

10. Todd

 

There was some movement at the top of the leaderboard as Mark's second place pushed him up to 2nd overall.  Paul H. follows in 3rd and Tom S. is our new bubble boy in 4th place.

September 26, 2009

Season V - Event #05:  Last Saturday we had our first Major Event of the season and it proved to be a fantastic event.  We had 23 players including several first timers.  We also had several returning players making their first appearance of the season.  One such returnee was Paul R. who decided to show up for his first tournament of the year and took home 1st place for his effort.  He defeated a new player to our Syndicate, Gail, in a long and well played heads up match.

 

We had several other new players to the Syndicate and many of them did quite well.  We'd like to welcome Gail (2nd),  Brian (4th), Heath (5th) and Matt.  We hope you had a great time and will not only come back and play again but will invite your friends as well. 

 

Since so many of the new players had such great results there was no movement at the top of the leaderboard.  Tim is still in first followed by Keith, Eddie and Paul H. in the bubble spot.

 

 

 

The Final Table:

 

1.   Paul R.

2.   Gail

3.   Jake

4.   Brian M.

5.   Heath

6.   Mike P.

7.   Mark A.

8.   Tom S.

9.   Eddie

10. Todd

We also had a fun $1/$1 cash game going over in the loser's bracket, forcing the Syndicate to buy a couple bottles of tequila from our host Todd.  We don't have a lot of Saturday events - but when we do they are a lot of fun!!

 

Coming Up:

 

Event #6 is coming up on Sunday October 11th at 4:00PM.  This will be a 10,000 chip freeze-out event.  The buy-in is $100.

September 13, 2009

Season V - Event #04:  Steve L. took down the first short-handed event of the season after besting Tom S. for his first Syndicate victory ever.  Congratulations Steve!  Mike P. took 3rd place this week. 

The final table:

 1.  Steve L.

 2.  Tom S.

 3.  Mike P.

 4.  Paul H.

 5.  Craig C.

 6.  Chad

 7.  Keith M.

 8.  Larry I.

 9.  Brady

10.  Todd

 There was no movement at the top of the leaderboard-- Tim, Keith and Eddie held on to the top 3 spots and Paul H. is still the bubble boy.  With their strong finishes Tom and Steve did move up into contention for the top spots.

 

Coming Up:

Event #5, on Saturday, September 26th,  will be our first Major Tournament of the season.  This event features a starting stack of 12,500 chips and 30 minute blinds.  The buy-in is $100.  The top 5 places will also receive bonus playoff chips to add to their starting stack should they qualify for the end of the season playoff tourney:  1,000 to 1st;  750 to 2nd;  500 to 3rd;  300 to 4th;  200 to 5th.

August 30, 2009

Season V - Event #03:  Our first Rebuy Event of the season had 19 players with 46 rebuys and 18 add-ons.  That put $1225 into our savings toward the WSOP prizes.  After 3 events we already have $3125 saved up!

 

Congratulations to Tim F., who has continued his string of strong results  and took down first place.  He now holds the overall lead for the season.  Tim's big hand came when he lead out for from early position for $5000 (blinds were at 1000/2000/200).  Jonkey went all in for $6500 and Mike P. went over the top for a total of $11500.  Tim thought for minute and called showing 44.   Jonkey showed 9s10s and Mike showed a big Ace.  The flop missed everyone but with two spades it gave Jonkey the statistical advantage at that point.  The turn and the river missed everyone again though and Tim more than doubled up and rode his new stack to victory. 

 

In Second place was Mark A. and in third was Keith M. 

 

The Final Table:

1. Tim F. 

2. Mark

3. Keith

4. Eddie P. 

5. Larry

6. Todd

7. Phil

8. Chad

9. Paul

10. Mike P

 

Our overall leaderboard shows Tim on top followed by Keith M and then Eddie P. in third.  The bubble-boy spot belongs to Paul H. right now.

 

Coming Up:

Event #4 will be Sunday, September 13th at 4:00 PM.  This will be a $100 buy-in freeze out event featuring a shorthanded format.  We will play with no more than 6 players per table throughout the night.  Look for the Evite soon and please RSVP - it really helps!  The full leaderboard and results will be up on the website soon so check that out for more info.

August 23, 2009

Season V - Event #02:  We had another great turnout this week with 22 starters including four new players.  Welcome to our newest Syndicate members: Craig, Dan, David and Keith. 

 

Our new players continue to thrive as Keith, in his first appearance, took down Paul H. for 1st place and 100 points.  Going into heads up Paul had Keith down about 3 to 1 in chips but Keith started to turn things around when he rivered two-pair to crack Paul's aces.  Then Keith doubled up again when his 22 held up against Paul's A9 that seemed to improve as he flopped an open ended straight draw to go with his two overs.  With a big lead now they grinded it out for awhile with Paul trying to make something happen.  The cards just didn't come for Paul and ultimately Keith took it down at around 11:30 as the blinds and his now huge stack were too much.

 

Larry (this reporter's new nemesis!) went out in 3rd place on an interesting play: at 1500/3000 blinds Larry opened for about $10k.  Paul called.  The flop came 828.  Check - check.  The turn put up a second club.  Paul checks and Larry shoves showing a flush draw that is drawing dead to Paul's flopped boat with pocket deuces.

 

The Final Table:

1.            Keith M.

2.            Paul H.

3.            Larry I.

4.            Bret C.

5.            Tim F.

6.            Steve L.

7.            Bob C.

8.            Eddie P.

9.            Linn H.

10.          Mark A.

 

Our leaderboard is now shaping up.  Frick and Frack (look it up), aka Eddie & Tim are now tied for 1st place overall with 120 points each.  (Hopefully that will give them something to talk about besides the hand Tim [Frack] kept pouting about.)  Paul H. and Keith are now tied for 3rd place with 105 points.

 

Coming Up:

Event #3 will be Sunday, August 30th at 4:00 PM.  This will be our first re-buy tournament of the season.  For $50 you receive a 2000 chip starting stack.  You may re-buy another 2000 chips (for $25) anytime you are at or below your starting stack during the first four rounds of the event.  Yes - that mean you can get a re-buy at the very beginning of the tournament.  There is also an add-on available for $25.00 for 3000 chips at the end of the 4th round to everyone who is still in the tournament.  Beginning with round 5 it becomes a freeze-out event.

August 18, 2009

Schedule Changes:  Please take a look at the schedule page, as we have made several changes.  The start times for most events have been changes.  Also, Event #7 has been changed from 11/8 to 11/1, and Event #10 has been changed from 12/19 and 12/20.

 

August 9, 2009

Season V - Event #01:  Our first tournament of the year is now in the books.  We had a great turnout of 18 players including several first timers.  Welcome to our new players: Eddie, Tim, Julie, Larry, Sy and John- thanks for coming out and playing!  Of course we had many regulars back and we expect a bigger turnout over the next couple of events since several players were out of town this week.  Remember to tell your poker playing friends to come check us out- the best time to start is at the beginning of the season.

 

Speaking of new players - they made quite a splash this event taking the top two spots.  Congratulations to Eddie Pfeiffer who took down his buddy, Tim Fischer, after a very tough (and long) heads up duel.  Tim started off with almost a 3 to one advantage but after an early double up they changed leads a few time until Eddie, with a relentless series of big bets and pushes finally prevailed.  Our 3d place finisher was Bob and in fourth place was Chad.

 

The final table:

 

1.            Eddie P.

2.            Tim F.

3.            Bob

4.            Chad

5.            Tom S.

6.            Jake

7.            Paul H.

8.            Jonkey

9.            Mark A.

10.          Julie A.

 

 

Coming Up:

Event #2 will be Sunday, August 23rd at 3:00 PM.  This will be another $10,000 chip freeze-out for $100.  The Evite will be out by the end of the week.

 

July 10, 2009

Our Season IV champion, Jake Tilley, busted out at 6:04 PM on day 3 of the main event.  Jake had struggled throughout the tournament to get traction as round after round would go by without any decent cards.  Then when he finally picked up some hands his opponents never had anything to pay Jake off with.  Of course he made moves and picked up some pots here and there but after starting with 30,000 in chips was only to get to $61,000 on day 3 when the average was well into 6 figures. 

After suffering a dearth of good cards and losing a couple of hands Jake made a final stand when he open shoved with KQhh for 33k.  The blinds were 1k/2k/300 and the small blind, who had him covered of course, called with AK.  The flop was AAK and it was over.

Jake went out in about 1100th place out of 6,494 players. Every year we've gone a bit deeper and this was the closest we've been to the money.  Congratulations Jake - nice run!!

To check out more about Jake's event you can go to the blog he set up at www.allredbaby.blogspot.com 

Here was Jake's message to us after the event:

Thanks to the Syndicate for a great year and another opportunity to play the main event. I had a fantastic experience and learned a lot about patience. Being short stacked from the beginning of day 2, I knew it was going to be an uphill battle, but the card rush never came.....  Thanks for your support.

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