Bmore's Brawl #11: Title goes to Cali

Thanks to all those who came out for Brawl #10. We had two new Brawlers this week as we welcomed OMRounder and Full Tilt Pro Chris Klecz. 30 Brawlers came out last week, and we just made the minimum for getting the FTP t-shirt and full buy-in back to whomever could KO the pro. mind27 got his 2nd Pro KO, and I'm sure we'll see the 2nd t-shirt on Ebay...

On to the action:

Amstel34 had another strong showing in the Brawl, but his luck ran out when he pushed on this hand against AltronIV:

hslaw06 got a double-cash this week, finishing runner-up to yours truly in The Horsey Ride, and this 6th place finish in the Brawl below:

Along with his FTP Pro KO, mind27 had a good night making the money, and going out in 5th on this hand:

It looked like blowpar68 was going to make another run at a title, but his run ended when his nut flush draw bricked out on 4th and 5th:

AltronIV cashed in his third straight Brawl, but the title eluded him for at least one more week when he ran into AK on this hand:

That left us with jmlabrie18 looking for his third Brawl title, and MikeB82. This was a classic battle as it brought two old school Owings Mills Brawlers together at the same table even though they were 3,000 miles apart. For a moment, it seemed like MikeB82 had never moved to Cali and they were duking it out in jmlabrie18's apartment. I was pretty happy to see this match, as one of my main reasons for putting these Brawls together was to link up old school (and new school) players who don't get to meet up as often as they would like to take some flops.

Well, the grudge-match picked up right where it left off. MikeB82 made some sick bluffs and traded the chip lead with jmlabrie18 until the final hand developed. In the end, jmlabrie18 ran into a better hand and was unable to come away with his 3rd Brawl title:

MikeB82 takes down Brawl #11 and sends the title to the West coast for a week. Final lobby is below:

Congrats to MikeB82 for taking down Brawl #11. He's been the bubble boy a couple of times, and it was nice to see him get a cash and the title.


Brawl #12 is this Wednesday. Brawlers- we've got the bring the title back to Maryland!

See you Wednesday!


Damn Donkeys,


Bmore