10/30/12 - Kirk Charles

Game two began with 18 players and by the break we were down to 9. Just as the final table was forming, Dave Lee went out and so the final table began with seven players. The final eight were Dave Lee, Heather Rein, Mike Breem, Claw Kelsay, Jacob Sawyer, William Darkow, Michael Lam, and Kirk Charles. Kirk Charles goes all in with King seven and is called by two players. He wins with king high and triples up. A few hands later Kirk goes all in with queens and is called by new player Mike Breem. Kirk wins the hand with a full house and takes out Breem. Claw Kelsay goes all in with king two against William Darkow with ace ten, the board gets two aces and William wins with trip aces. In a show down with Darkow who has queen ten of diamonds, Michael Lam had ace king of diamonds and wins the hand with ace high. Michael Lam took out Jacob Sawyer when Lam had ace jack and Sawyer had ace king, but Lam's jacks paired. Kirk goes all in with a pair of aces and is called by Lam with eight jack. The flop comes ten, jack, nine, and the turn is a queen giving Lam the queen high straight, but the river card was a king and gave Charles the higher straight and the win. Because both Charles and Lam have already qualified for the championship, William Darkow wins a seat, but Kirk wins an additional chip stack.

10/30/12 - Michael Gifford

Game one began with 19 players and by the break we were down to 9. A player from the early days of SPO, Richard Ermish showed up for the first game. Final table consisted of new player, Jared Hazen, William Yeung, Dave Lee, Claw Kelsay, Michael Lam, Dennis Mitchell, Bobby Videna and Michael Gifford. Bobby Videna all in with ace ten called by Dave Lee with ten King, but the ace held. Michael Lam went all in the dark and won with a pair of aces against Michael Gifford's pair of nines. Dave Lee went all in with Jack four and lost to Michael Lam with ace jack. Claw Kelsay went all in and was called by Michael Gifford who wins the hand with a pair of deuces. Bobby Videna, Dennis Mitchell and Michael Lam go all in at the same time, Bobby's ace two turns into two pairs and takes out Lam and reduces Mitchell's stack. Dennis goes all in with seven three against Bobby's eight nine. Bobby gets a pair of eights and takes out Dennis Mitchell. Heads up Gifford's four nine pairs up the four and takes out Bobby Videna, but because Gifford has already qualified, Bobby gets a set in the championship finals and Gifford gets an additional stack.

10/23/12 - Kate Kelsay

The second game of the evening began with 18 players and by the break we were down to 10. As in the earlier game there was a lot of action right before the final table formed, only 6 drew seating cards. The final eight were Linda Sauter, Kevin West, Sean Robinson, Jacob Sawyer, William Darkow, Joesph Deveraux, Kirk Charles and Kate Kelsay. Jacob was taken out with King nine, Kate had King Queen and another player had King ten, but it was the King Queen which one that hand. William Darkow lost to Kate with trip sevens to her flush. Kate's trip fives took out Joesph Deveraux. Against Kirk Charles, and with a impressive stack of chips in front of her, her pair of jacks eliminated him from the game. This was Kate Kelsay's first time playing with Seattle Poker Open.

10/23/12 - Annie Campos

We began with 23 players, a few new faces and one we hadn't seen for a while, Kurt Schendel, a regular from the Bridge days. By the break we were down to 16. William Yeung was the bubble for the final table and was taken out by trip eights. Before cards could be drawn for the final table, two more players were out and we had six players draw for seats. The final eight consisted of Dave Lee, Mary Dee, Sean Robinson, Michael Anderson, Michael Zhang, Kevin West, Kurt Schendel and Annie Campos. Early on at the final table, Michael Anderson went all in against Michael Zhang, and won the hand with queen high. Against Zhang again, Anderson's King Queen versus Zhang pair of deuces, and the deuces held, with Anderson going out. Zhang then goes all in with queen four against Kurt Schendel, who had jacks and the jacks held removing Zhang from the game. Kevin West with seven six took out Zhang who had a pair of sevens which turned into a set, but Kevin got a straight with his connected cards. With a ace four that turned into a pair of aces, Annie took out Kevin. And with only a king high she beat Kurt Schendel and won the first game.

10/16/12 - Andrew Muffley

Game two began with 27 players. Kirk Charles had queens work well for him in the early part of the game, seeing quad queens and not long after a set of queens both of which won the respective hands. By the break we were down to 16 players. The final table consisted of Dennis Mitchell, Dave Lee, Michael Lam, Tessa Jorgensen, William Yeung, Kirk Charles, Michael Gifford, and Andrew Muffley. With the blinds at 3000/6000 Michael Gifford goes all in with ace three and is called by Kirk Charles with two three. Charles wins the hand with a pair of twos. Both Andrew Muffley and Michael Gifford go all in with jack eight and end up chopping the pot. Blinds reached 7500/15,000. Andrew goes all in with a pair of sevens and is called by Michael Gifford with Queen six. A third seven appears in the flop giving the win to Andrew with a set of sevens. Because, Andrew, Michael, Kirk and William had all previously qualified for the championship finals, Tessa Jorgensen who finished fifth will given a seat in the championship finals.

10/16/12 - Phil Cordier

Game one began with 22 players. Early in the game Rick Gleason and Scott Carpenter both had pocket aces and had to chop the pot. By the break there were 15 players remaining. Both Bill Osteen and Michael Lam went out at the same time, but because Michael had more chips he finished 8th at the final table. The final table consisted of Michael Lam, Ian Ouimet, Dennis Mitchell, Annie Campos, Anton Cwik, Alexa Kulcyzk, Joesph Deveraux and Phil Cordier. Dennis Mitchell went all in with King Queen and was called by Alexa with King Jack. Both of her cards paired and she took out Dennis. With only three players left, Alexa goes all in with Ace Seven suited in hearts and was called by new player Joesph Deveraux. Alexa wins with a pair of sevens. Soon after Joesph goes all in with Jack seven and Alexa calls with ten eight. Joes wins the hand with Jack high. Final hand between Phil Cordier and Joseph Deveraux, sees Joseph going all in with two three and called by Phil with King ten. Phil wins with 2 pair, Kings and tens.

10/9/12 - Andrew Muffley

Game Two began with 20 players and by the break we were down to 13. Final table consisted of Kirk Charles, Dave Brummett, Ariel Levy, Alexa Kulczyk, Dave Lee, Jacob Sawyer, Scott Carpenter and Andrew Muffley. With a 5/4 Jacob calls Scott with King/10. First the four appears on the flop giving Jacob a pair of fours, but then the river gives Scott a King and the win. Later Jacob moves all in with 6/9 and Scott calls with King Jack, and the Jack hits on the turn and takes out Jacob. With 2 pair, Kings and 10's, Andrew won the last game of the evening.

10/9/12 - William Yeung

We began the first game with 22 players. By the break we were down to 16. Final table included Dave Brummett, William Darkow, Dennis Mitchell, Sean Robinson, Scott Carpenter, Kirk Charles, Alexa Kulczyk and William Yeung. Early at the final table Sean and Alexa chopped when they both played ace jack. Later Kirk Charles took out William Darkow, when Kirk's pocket 10's turned into a straight. William Yeung then took out Kirk with trip fours, which beat Kirk's 2 pair of Jacks and 5's. William's Big Slick won the tournament for him with Ace high, and he became the first player this season to double qualify and win an extra stack for the championship finals. Alexa took second and will be in the championship, too.

10/2/12 - Anton Cwik

Game two saw 27 players. 15 players at the break. Final table consisted of Scott Ball, Annie Campos, Dennis Mitchell, William Darkow, Jason Mizuta, Scott Hennes, Linda Sauter and Anton Cwik. Scott Hennes went all in with Kings, Scott Ball had 6's and Anton had 10's. Scott Hennes' Kings held and took out Scott Ball. Later, Jason Mizuta took out Annie and Dennis Mitchell with a fullhouse, Kings full of 5's. With a pair of 9's against Jason's 6's, Anton Cwik elminated Jason Mizuta. Linda Sauter caught Ace King twice in a row and doubled up. Heads up action featured last week's winner, Linda Sauter against Anton Cwik, a new player this season. Anton's pocket Kings won against Linda's 5 and 6 of hearts giving Anton the win for the second game.

10/2/12 - Kevin West

Game 1 started with 25 players and we welcomed back Win Maynard whom we had not seen since Pig and Whistle days in 2009. At the break we had 16 players remaining. Final table consisted of Linda Sauter, Win Maynard, Michael Lam, Anto Cwik, Annie Campos, Bobby Videna, Jason Mizuta and Kevin West. Jason Mizuta's queens against Win Maynard's pocket eights giving Jason the win. Kevin West hit a straight on the river taking out Michael Lam with pair of 10's. The 10 came on the river and completed Kevin West's straight. Jason Mizuta and Kevin West were heads up. With King/Crab (K/3) - Deadliest Catch for Kevin against Mizuta's Big Lick (6/9) Jason caught a six and won that hand. Later Kevin's kings held up against Mizuta's queens. The final action saw Kevin winning the first game with Ace 7 against Jason's Jack 3.