Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament   August 27, 2010 - Derby Lane in St. Petersburg

TBCS Poker Hall of Fame

A late rush got the poker field up to a respectable 28 players on Friday night at Derby Lane.  The beer and cards flowed quickly and a good 45 minutes went by before the first casualty of the night Brain Greer took the walk of shame with his “first out” prize.  Final table finally got down to 4 players, and with the players being paid, no one wanted to be “bubble boy” so when the chip stacks got close to level Mitch Claveaux, Tim Mogelgaard, Christopher Alverson and Dan Smith agreed to chop up the total purse of $924 ($231) each.  Congratulations go out to Dan Smith, who pulled out possibly the greatest come from behind story in Club Sport poker history when after being forced into the big blind with only one remaining purple chip (only 500 of the 2000 unit big blind) he doubled up multiple times to get back in the hunt and then played out the cards after chopping to take home 1^st place the coveted Club Sport poker trophy!  In the 2^nd chance game, Mark Donahue “sucked out” for  an aces over full boat on the river so best Brian Camp.  Mark walked out with $220, while Brian got $110 for his efforts.  Stay tuned and sign up now for our next tournament in mid/late October!

The night's final table was...

 First out - Brian Grier

 2nd Chance winners - Mark Donahue($220) & Brian Camp($110)