Outdoor / Indoor

The weather cooperated in full on Friday evening to allow a 6-player game on the Donkeytown patio!  We had 6 players for a $20 "Turbo" tournament (2 hours):

Dave Ck.
Dave Cl.
Eric
Greg
Ian
Tom

Despite the fact that the average stack for the last 3 players was only 8 big blinds for the last 15 minutes, we could not determine a winner by 9:00pm and chopped the pool three ways:  Ian took $43 for his slight chip lead, Dave Ck took $40, and Tom $37.  And a thumbs up to the mosquito-repelling citronella tiki torches.

After that, we headed indoors and Corky joined us for a seven-player Game 2, with a $40 buy-in.  Corky got his $40 back for finishing in third place, and 2 of the original Donkeytown founders, Greg and Tom, squared off heads-up for the title.  In the seven plus years of Donkeytown tournaments, this was the first heads-up battle between the two, and they very likely broke the unofficial record for longest heads-up battle. 

Tom began with about a 4:3 chip lead, but Greg took a few early pots and eventually built over a 2:1 chip advantage.  Tom battled back to reclaim the chip lead, but then Greg regained the momentum and was back up to over a 2:1 advantage before the fnal hand.  Tom had 7-8 and flopped an open-ended straight on a 9-6-2 flop, while Greg had 7-6 for bottom pair.  A bet by Greg and a call by Tom set the stage for the turn card, a seven, giving Tom the lead with a pair of sevens.  Another bet and call, and when a 6 hit the river, Greg went all-in, and Tom deliberated for a while and called.  Greg's trip 6's were good to take down the $150 first prize, and Tom took $90 for second.

And when there are many beer bottles (and one Bartles & James?) to clean up the next morning, it's always a good sign that a good time was had by all.