xojones takes down Brawl #20

Congrats to xojones for taking down Brawl #20 just a few moments ago. We had nine Brawlers come out this week, which gave us a one table tourney with deep stacks. This gave the Brawlers the chance to get in some good poker without having to worry about gambling. All in all, a very nice display of poker by everyone...

Updates to the Money Leaderboard and a full tourney recap to follow...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Phil Ivey vs. Paul Jackson

This video clip is more than a year old, but I felt compelled to post it in case there is anyone out there who hasn't seen it yet. Truly amazing...

I read an article about this hand months ago, as it was discussing the multi-level battle that was unfolding, and READING about the hand was exciting. Surfing the net a few days ago, I came across the video, and was simply amazed.

Granted, the video is out of context. We are only looking at one hand out of potentially hundreds that they played together at this tournament or even in the past. Yet, I can't get over the five-bet by Ivey at the end.

Sick!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl #19: Tourney Recap

Thanks to all those who came out to Brawl #19. I've been slacking with the marketing each week, but I promise to get on the ball with it. We had 14 Brawlers come out last Wednesday, and after the bubble, three remained to cash.

First out was HarleyFund who, when low on chips, pushed in on the following hand:

Congrats to HarleyFund for another impressive run in the Brawl. That left a heads up battle between yours truly and The9to5. I was personally glad to get past the money bubble for the first time in a few weeks, and I was also looking forward to this match. This is the first time that The9to5 has gone deep in the Brawl, and we've never played live together.

Unfortunately, The9to5 came into Heads Up with a nice chip lead, and I couldn't really get anything going. The match was over in less than ten hands, when I pushed below preflop:


A bit of a bad beat, but The9to5 had plenty of chips and could afford the gamble. Final results below:

Congrats to The9to5 for his first cash and Brawl victory. It sucks that I couldn't get my second title, but I'm glad to see you take one down...

See you all tonight!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl Money Leaderboard Updated

The 2008 Brawl Money Leaderboard has been updated to include results from Brawl #19.

Congrats to The9to5 for getting his first Brawl cash and making it to the Leaderboard. Harleyfund also jumped a few spots with his cash last week as well.

See you this Wednesday!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

The9to5 wins Brawl #19

Congrats to The9to5 for taking down Bmore's Brawl #19 just a few moments ago. Yours truly was able to get heads up with him for the title, but he had amassed a chip lead that laid the hammer down pretty quickly.

Full recap to follow...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

2008 Money Leaderboard Updated

The 2008 Money Leaderboard has been updated to include results through Brawl #18. saveparmk72 moved passed AltronIV to take 3rd place on the board. jmlabrie18 stayed in 2nd but got closer to the $300 mark and closed the gap between him and roccav.

purplerain05 jumped 6th places and moved over the $100 mark with his top-three finish last week.

We've got a lot of Brawlers poised to clear the $100 mark with a cash this week. Will it be your week to climb up the ladder?

See you Wednesday!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

KOs have been officially KO'd

The KO Leaderboard has been officially removed from the blog. roccav will go down as the KO Champ and the only Brawler to surpass the 30 KO mark.

If Full Tilt gets everything together, and is able to provide me these results on a consistent basis, I will bring the board back. There is a chance that I can add results retroactively, and we may have a complete 2008 Leaderboard. However, for the time being, they have been removed.

KOs will still get you $2 bounties on all Brawlers, and when we have FTP Pro guests, you still get the full buy-in back as well as an FTP t-shirt.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl #18 Tourney Recap

We had another small Brawl this week with 11 entrants. For a moment, it looked like we would finish early, getting down to three Brawlers within about 90 minutes. However, the three would battle it out in an epic three handed gridlock until there was a champ. On to the action:

purplerain05 would be first to hit the rail. A nice flop for both, but the board ran out as below:

That left jmlabrie18 and saveparmk72 to battle it out for a title. They would switch positions back and forth, but in the end saveparmk72 was able to capture his first title on this final hand below:

Congrats to saveparmk72 on his title. Final lobby below:

I hope to have more Brawlers out next week. We've had a couple of small Brawls, which are fun in their own way, but it would be nice to get back to 20-25 Brawlers. Come on guys, don't tell me you all felted...

:0)

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

saveparmk72 wins Brawl #18

Congrats to saveparmk72 for taking down Brawl #18 a few minutes ago. He's got the trophy for a week and he earned it in an epic three-handed battle.

Full recap to come...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl Money Leaderboard is Updated

The 2008 Brawl Money Leaderboard has been updated to reflect all results through Brawl #17. Now that I am going to get rid of KO tracking, I should be able to stay on top of keeping just the one board current.

Congrats to momx2 and PraireDogMg for getting two cashes out of the last three Brawls. momx2 was on a hot streak tonight too, but fell just short of her third cash in four tries.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

KO'ing the KOs

I'm making an executive decision to stop keeping track of the KOs in the Brawls. Originally, when I set this thing up, Full Tilt told me that they would be able to send me KO reports after each tourney. I received them for a couple of the Brawls, but I haven't been able to get them on a consistent basis.

This leads to a lot of administrative work during the actual tournament. I've got to keep every table open and make sure that I don't miss any KOs or attribute them to the wrong Brawler.

Full Tilt has been very consistent with providing me Payout reports, so I will continue to keep the Money Leaderboard in tact.

I'm also considering some other options regarding my private tourneys below:

1. Removing the double-stack feature and starting with 1500 chips- This would create less "play," but it would get the tourney over quicker each night. I'll probably set up a poll on the site and let you guys vote on this one.

2. Opening the tournament up to the public- I've been battling with this back and forth. Making the Brawl public wouldn't open flood gates, but it would give other people outside of my inner circle a chance to participate. With my participation with Battle of the Bloggers 3, I've met a lot of great Full Tilt grinders, and it would be nice to see some of them join in from time to time. (Most of the other weekly tourneys hosted by these guys range in players from 20-100, so I know it wouldn't get out of control.

3. Hosting a higher-stakes tournament once a month- After some feedback from some Brawlers, I'm thinking of running a couple of higher stakes tourneys as well. Perhaps a $24+$2 on Thursday nights weekly, and maybe a "big game" once a month with a buy-in ranging from $50-$100.

There are a lot of options concerning the above mentioned items. I could host a single stack $24+$2 on Thursday and make it open to the public, leave the Brawl alone...I could make the Brawl public and the others private with the core group. There are a lot of different directions to go.

At any rate, I'm thinking about it, and any opinions are greatly appreciated...

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Quick Update

Okay, Brawl recaps are up to date. I still need to update the money and KO leaderboards along with some FTP pro profiles for the guests who have joined us so far.

I also need to update the email list to include a lot of the new Brawlers who have joined us over the past couple of weeks. I've kept the Brawl private. The new guys are typically friends of friends, which is okay with me.

All of these updates hopefully will be done before game time on Wednesday.

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Brawl #17: Tourney Recap

We had a nice quiet Brawl #17 with 11 entrants. A couple of people asked me why the decline in entrants. The simple answer is I haven't been marketing the Brawl hard the last couple of weeks. I forgot to get the email out until three hours before the tourney. We had some Brawlers in Atlantic City, etc. I've kept the Brawl private to keep the entrant count down, but honestly 11 entrants was even low for me. I think if I get the email out in a timely fashion, we should have 20-25 Brawlers each week. Nevertheless, these small Brawls gives everyone a chance to get a title in a smaller field. So, on to the results:

With only three Brawlers cashing, heydaynow got past the bubble and was first out in 3rd, when he lost the following race:

This left a very interesting match up between previous champ Serious4 and momX2. They battled back and forth, and the final hand got all in preflop below:

Congrats to momX2 for her first Brawl victory. Final results are below:

That catches me all up on Brawl results. I still need to update the Money and KO boards, which I will work on as soon as I can.

See you all this Wednesday!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Bmore's Brawl #16: Tourney Recap

Brawl #16 welcomed one of my favorite FTP pros as a guest, Brad "Yukon" Booth. I've been following Brad Booth long before he was an FTP pro, railing him as LFISGD. It was an honor to have Brad take some flops with us in the Brawl. On to the cashes:

mind27 was the first out after the bubble on this hand:

momX2 has had a very nice run in the last couple of brawls. Her tourney this week came to an end in 4th place, when she went out on this hand:

Next out was PrairieDogMg, when he was outflopped on this hand:

That left a heads up battle with GetYoMoneySon and GreatOne5731. Both of these contenders were first time Brawlers, and it was fun to watch some newbies get deep. GetYoMoneySon had controlled the final table action, and it was his tourney to win as he got his money in good on this flop and watched his hand hold up:

Congrats to all Brawlers who cashed, and GetYoMoneySon for his first entry and first victory. Final results below:

See you all next week!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore

Tourney Recap: Bmore's Brawl #15

Ugh...another Brawl, another bubble for thebmorekid. But hey, this isn't about me, right? We had a nice small outing for Brawl #15, which gave a lot of play with the double stacks, and a chance to see some really great match ups.

coleman410 was able to make it to the money, but his run at a title fell short, when his all in couldn't hold up in a three way pot here:

Next out was PrairieDogMg in third. He got a light on chips and had to make a stand. It wasn't meant to be, as he busted on this hand:

That left AltronIV and roccav battling for the title. The moral of this story? I guess if you get yourself a blog, you can make it to the final table. The long awaited, anticipated battle only lasted a few hands when to heads up monster pairs collided preflop:

Congrats to AltronIV for taking down his first Brawl Title and getting the monkey off his back. Final results below:

Okay MomX2, now it's your turn!

Damn Donkeys,

Bmore