11/20/12 - Rupa Patel

26 players to start the final game of the season. By the break we were down to 18. The final table consisted of Michael Lam, Jeanine Anderson, Ariel Levy, Michael Gifford, Joesph Deveraux, Kirk Charles, Claw Kelsay and Rupa Patel. Claw Kelsay flopped a straight and Kirk Charles went all in with an open ended straight draw that stayed an open ended straight draw. This put Claw heads up against Rupa, who had taken second in the first game. They played back forth until the blinds were 5000/10,000. Finally, Claw goes all in with fours and is called by Rupa with ace five suited. She gets the flush and wins the tournament. Since Rupa had already qualifed and so had the top five, Ariel Levy qualifies for the championship.

11/20/12 - Kevin West

29 players for the first game including Jeanna Chapman, a player we have not seen since Halloween of 2011. By the break we were down to 17. Just as the final table was forming, we lost two players giving us six to start the table. The final table included Joesph Deveraux, Jeanna Chapman, Michael Anderson, Dave Lee, Ariel Levy, Ben Heimerman, Rupa Patel and Kevin West. Early on Kevin West went all in with ace king suited in clubs and won with a flush. Later, Rupa Patel goes all in with king six suited in diamonds and gets a flush which takes out Dave Lee who had a straight. West, who has ten eight calls Ben Heimerman and Kevin gets two pair and takes out Ben, leaving Kevin heads up with Rupa. West all in with jack queen, Rupa calls with ace king and Kevin gets the straight and the win. Kevin will get a second stack at the championship, and Rupa qualified for the event. This was Rupa's first night this season.

11/13/12 - Andrew Muffley

Game two began with 22 players and by the break we still had 18. The final table consisted of Ian Ouimet, Claw Kelsay, Michael Lam, Glenn Pruiksma, Kirk Charles, Dennis Mitchell, Annie Campos and Andrew Muffley. Annie, Andrew and Kirk went all in, but the board won and everyone got back their chips. Muffley all in in the dark gets a pair of queens against Dennis Mitchell and wins. Another three way all in with Muffley, Mitchell and Campos, with Annie winning the main pot with trip eights, Muffley getting the side with a pair of queens, and Mitchell was eliminated. Andrew wins the tourney when another pair of queens beats Annie's jack three. This gives Andrew his third win, giving me another additional stack at the championship. With Andrew, Annie, Dennis, Kirk, Glenn, Michael all qualifying earlier, Claw Kelsay now qualifies for the championship finals.

11/13/12 - Dennis Mitchell

We started with 14 but ended up with 18 players and by the break we were down to 10. The final table consisted of Jeanine Anderson, Ben Kerns, Kirk Charles, Annie Campos, Michael Lam, Kevin West, Dave Lee and Dennis Mitchell. Heads up was between Mitchell and Lee, Mitchell's ace king against Lee's king ten, gave Dennis Mitchell the win when his ace high was enough to take the hand. This gives Dennis an additional stack at the championship.

11/6/12 - Michael Lam

Game two began with 17 players and by the break we were down to 10. The final table consisted of Dave Lee, Michael Abadir, Kirk Charles, Dave Brummett, Anton Cwik, Glenn Pruiksma, Ben Kerns, and Michael Lam. Charles goes all in with king jack and is called by Ben Kerns with king queen. Ben wins and Charles is left with 200 in chips, forcing him to be all in in the next hand. Michael Lam's flush removed Charles from the table. Anton Cwik goes all in with a pair of jacks against Michael Lam, Anton gets a third jack giving him a set and the win of that hand. Dave Brummett's queen eight is called by Kerns with ace queen. The ace queen wins and Brummett is taken out. Anton Cwik goes all in with jack seven, but Ben Kerns calls with ace seven and wins with a pair of sevens, leaving only three players. Heads up Lam against Kern and Lam wins the tourney with king queen. Lam will get a second stack in the finals, Glenn Pruiksma won a set in the finals, because both Lam and Kerns had qualified earlier.

11/6/12 - Ben Kerns

Game one began with 19 players. By the break we were down to 13. The final table consisted of Dave Lee, Glenn Pruiksma, Dennis Mitchell, Michael Gifford, Claw Kelsay, Eric Noble, William Yeung, and Ben Kerns. This is the first time this season, that Ben had played on Tuesday night. Michael Gifford went all in with king jack and is called by Dennis Mitchell with a pair of fives. Gifford got the necessary jack on the river and took a bite out of Mitchell's chip stack. Dave Lee went out when Claw Kelsay's ace queen bested Lee's ace seven. Dennis Mitchell goes all in in the dark and is called by Glenn Pruiksma. Dennis's king three holds up against Glenn's queen seven. Both Dennis and Glenn go all in and were called by William Yeung. Yeung had queen six and a gets two sixes on the board to give him trip sixes. Gifford goes all in with three five and is called by Kerns with ace king. Ben won and took out Gifford. Claw Kelsay all in with ace jack against Ben Kerns' ace eight. Ben gets a straight and takes out Claw. William Yeung goes all in with fours and is called by Eric Noble with king jack. The fours hold up and William wins that hand. Eric Noble goes all in with ten king and is called by Yeung with a pair of fives. William's pocket pair wins and takes out Noble. The final play saw Ben Kerns win with a full house and secure a seat in the championship finals.