Office poker tournament results

Eight people showed up for the office poker tournament. One guy freely admitted he didn't know much about it. That was cool, everyone was welcome to play. I think everyone else had played at least a little bit before.

It turns out one of the players once worked as a dealer at the Halifax casino. After a few hands he offered to deal the tournament. We all readily agreed. Actually, I readily agreed and as tournament organizer my decision was law. He was great, shuffling fast and flinging the cards easily across the long table.

I decided to go with a 40 chip stack instead of 30. Thirty just wasn't enough. The blinds went up fast according to the schedule. That worked well. One guy grumbled when he was short stacked and they were going up to 3/6, claiming it wasn't fair. But it was fair, he was just short stacked.

The play went well. It took around 1 hour. My goal had been for the tournament to run 45 minutes to an hour and a half, so I'm happy about that. The no side pots rule worked superbly to keep play moving fast and avoid any misunderstandings or disputes.

Sow how did I do, you're wondering. Well I won it!

I was getting good cards, AA once, KK twice, and QQ once. When I was strong people kept calling me and losing big.

When it got to heads up, the other guy had a slight chip lead. The blinds were 10/20 by this time. The first hand I had Q2o. I called the blind and he checked. Not much happened, he bet the turn and I folded.

The next hand I had K8o, but he folded preflop.

The next hand was the important one. I had KJs. I raised the preflop by 25. He reraised all in. I called and he showed KTs. yes! My dominant hand held up, leaving me with almost all of the chips.

After that he barely had enough chips to cover the big blind. He went all in with his remaining chips. I was getting about 6:1 to call so I did. I had high card but he caught a pair on the flop.

The next hand he suggested to go all in without looking at the cards. I agreed. He pushed without looking. I called without looking. He turned over 73s. I turned over QQ. ladies! He hit a pair on the flop to make the turn and river interesting but they were blanks and I was the winner.