Vet's Club Tournament - Roger Tangen takes 3rd!!
This Saturday, there was a field of 60 players at the Vet's Club tournament in Wahpeton, ND. The buy-in was $100 and everybody started with $2,500 in chips.
Final table was Clair Filbert, Dave Pauly, Dave Taylor, Bill Bilben, Jessie Schuler, Dennis Whalen, Robert Whalen, Eric Hanson, Ken Quam, and Roger Tangen. The blind structure at this tournament was extremely fast paced, which I will make a comment on later.
Clair Filbert was eliminated first in 10th and received a bottle of booze from the Vet's, 9th was Dave Pauly for $150, 8th was Dave Taylor for $200, 7th was Bill Bilben for $250, and 6th was Jessie Schuler for $350.
As blinds started skyrocketing up Robert Whalen made a move with A high for a total of $12,000 and was called for the extra $4,000 by Ken Quam with K2, the A high held up and he was safe for another round. That put Roger Tangen on the hot seat, when UTG, he moved all-in for just $4,000 with blinds at $4K/$8K. Ken Quam moved all-in behind him and then Dennis Whalen called all-in behind him, the small blind and big blinds folded. Roger Tangen was all-in for $4,000, Dennis was all-in for $14,500. Roger had 55, Ken had AJ, and Dennis had AK. Flop is 533!!! and Roger flops his full house, the turn and river were blanks, and Dennis won the side pot of $25,000, while Roger won the $20,000 main pot. Ken Quam ended up being next out in 5th for $450.
4 handed, and blinds at $6K/$12K, Dennis limps in, and Robert moves all-in for an extra $2K ($14K) total, Eric calls from the SB, and Roger and Dennis call the extra $2K ... a 4 way family pot worth $56K, which is over 1/3 of the chips in play. The flop is A53, and Dennis moves all-in. Eric and Roger fold and Dennis shows A8 much to the chagrin of his brother who is holding 44. The A holds and Robert is out in 4th for $550.
3 handed, the play is cautious, but with the blinds as high as they are, there isn't much waiting around. Eric moves all-in from the SB, and Roger calls immediately from the BB with KT, Eric bemoans that he got caught with 84. Roger had $12K in the BB and another $25,500 back. So the pot will be worth $75K, or exactly half the chips in play. The flop is 84Q, and Eric takes a stranglehold lead on the hand, with a 6 on the river, Roger's fate is sealed in 3rd for a take home of $800.
The final hand of the night saw Dennis moving all-in from the SB with A5 for a total of $26K, Eric called the remaining $14K (he had an approximately 5-1 chips lead going into the hand) with 37o.
The flop is 254, and the turn bring the 6 and Eric makes the straight, eliminating Dennis in 2nd for $950, and taking home $1,700 for first.
Congratulations to all players!
My comments on this tournament are this. It was advertised to be taking up to 100. When people arrived, they said they only had room for 60. The blind structure was insanely fast for people putting up $100. The rounds were only 25 minutes long and they doubled every round, plus you only started with $2,500 in chips.
I understand that you may not run tournaments on a regular basis, and while I can say it was nice to see only 10% being taken out vs. some heftier cuts by houses, this does not make for an enjoyable process for almost anyone playing the tournaments. Blinds increasing as fast as they did make it too much of a crapshoot for all players involved and skill becomes almost obselete as a factor. Also there should have been a better process of balancing and breaking tables down. I wish the Vet's all the luck in their future tournaments, and personally I am willing to offer my help to them or any other site who is looking to run a charitable tournament.
Final table was Clair Filbert, Dave Pauly, Dave Taylor, Bill Bilben, Jessie Schuler, Dennis Whalen, Robert Whalen, Eric Hanson, Ken Quam, and Roger Tangen. The blind structure at this tournament was extremely fast paced, which I will make a comment on later.
Clair Filbert was eliminated first in 10th and received a bottle of booze from the Vet's, 9th was Dave Pauly for $150, 8th was Dave Taylor for $200, 7th was Bill Bilben for $250, and 6th was Jessie Schuler for $350.
As blinds started skyrocketing up Robert Whalen made a move with A high for a total of $12,000 and was called for the extra $4,000 by Ken Quam with K2, the A high held up and he was safe for another round. That put Roger Tangen on the hot seat, when UTG, he moved all-in for just $4,000 with blinds at $4K/$8K. Ken Quam moved all-in behind him and then Dennis Whalen called all-in behind him, the small blind and big blinds folded. Roger Tangen was all-in for $4,000, Dennis was all-in for $14,500. Roger had 55, Ken had AJ, and Dennis had AK. Flop is 533!!! and Roger flops his full house, the turn and river were blanks, and Dennis won the side pot of $25,000, while Roger won the $20,000 main pot. Ken Quam ended up being next out in 5th for $450.
4 handed, and blinds at $6K/$12K, Dennis limps in, and Robert moves all-in for an extra $2K ($14K) total, Eric calls from the SB, and Roger and Dennis call the extra $2K ... a 4 way family pot worth $56K, which is over 1/3 of the chips in play. The flop is A53, and Dennis moves all-in. Eric and Roger fold and Dennis shows A8 much to the chagrin of his brother who is holding 44. The A holds and Robert is out in 4th for $550.
3 handed, the play is cautious, but with the blinds as high as they are, there isn't much waiting around. Eric moves all-in from the SB, and Roger calls immediately from the BB with KT, Eric bemoans that he got caught with 84. Roger had $12K in the BB and another $25,500 back. So the pot will be worth $75K, or exactly half the chips in play. The flop is 84Q, and Eric takes a stranglehold lead on the hand, with a 6 on the river, Roger's fate is sealed in 3rd for a take home of $800.
The final hand of the night saw Dennis moving all-in from the SB with A5 for a total of $26K, Eric called the remaining $14K (he had an approximately 5-1 chips lead going into the hand) with 37o.
The flop is 254, and the turn bring the 6 and Eric makes the straight, eliminating Dennis in 2nd for $950, and taking home $1,700 for first.
Congratulations to all players!
My comments on this tournament are this. It was advertised to be taking up to 100. When people arrived, they said they only had room for 60. The blind structure was insanely fast for people putting up $100. The rounds were only 25 minutes long and they doubled every round, plus you only started with $2,500 in chips.
I understand that you may not run tournaments on a regular basis, and while I can say it was nice to see only 10% being taken out vs. some heftier cuts by houses, this does not make for an enjoyable process for almost anyone playing the tournaments. Blinds increasing as fast as they did make it too much of a crapshoot for all players involved and skill becomes almost obselete as a factor. Also there should have been a better process of balancing and breaking tables down. I wish the Vet's all the luck in their future tournaments, and personally I am willing to offer my help to them or any other site who is looking to run a charitable tournament.
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