Barrington August Cup £5 re-buy frenzy

As seen by Rich 'Golden Delicious' Stevenson.......

Two handed the Mob may have been, but that was plenty enough guns to take down the £5 re-buy shoot-out and the Undisclosed first prize just in case Paul's father is reading this.

Congratulations to Paul who, once the final table was established held the chip lead and never let it go. I myself trickled away in seventh place and my final chips entered the pot with plop rather than a splash never to be seen again. As a partnership we were a kin to conjoined twins and in order for one us to survive the other had to die and the role of empty carcass was mine.

My own chances of making the money places (5 places paid) ended when Matt Bowden doubled up after calling an all-in raise from Paul Peros with A-8, which outdrew the A-K of Mr Peros. As "stacks" go, I was an 11 year old girl to the money places' Pamela Anderson and my plopping of chips came when dealt 10-9 and was unable to catch against Matt's Ace-3.

Paul however had no such problem and after relieving a mateyboy of his 20,000 stack, the tournament looked in the bag, even the crap shooty influence of rapidly increasing blinds and Paul's tendency to fall asleep were not to stand in his way of victory.

I was tucked up in bed with a mug of Horlicks and a copy of Womans Weekly by this time, so details of the final stages will have to be left to Paul, suffice to say he wasn't put off by the other players stacks (especially Rachel's) kept his focus and the undisclosed first prize was his.