The B series ended with a lot of people perspiring. I’ll try to detail the need for Right Guard in the next post, but this post is just about the final event in the EMHD B-Series. 28 people showed up to make a run at the Deep Stack event. I’m sure that the overlay for B-5 created by meeting the series prize money helped a bit, but I also think that the large group vying for the second place series prize may have had something to do with it. At the start of the event an outright win with the right number of kills kept the top prize alive. Leave it to me to get things backwards and flame out in 27th.

Here’s how the good players finished:

1. John V. (JVB) – 1704 (1579 Event Points + 5 Kills)
2. Wisconsin Geoff – 982 (907 Event Points + 3 Kill)
3. Justin F. – 705 (605 Event Points + 4 Kills)
4. Mike S. – 319 (269 Event Points + 2 Kills)
5. Canadian Shawn – 234 (134 Event Points + 4 Kills)

Congratulations to everybody … especially JVB. He’s been one of the most consistent players in the B series and he finally broke through for the win in the event with the biggest pay out.

The overriding premise for planning the EMHD 2010 Series B was to promote and stimulate participation.  The initial change of waiving the EMHD withholding once we reached our stated goal of $2250 for the EMHD prize money was unanimously agreed upon by the staff.  We in turn discussed what to do with the remaining money and decided to add it to the prize pool of The Deep Stack event.   The first two Deep Stack events were lackluster draws (13 and 19 respectively) so we were simply looking for a carrot to stimulate that participation and secure a big field, or at least a field commensurate with the previous tournaments of that series.  Judging from the evite responses during the first 48-hours of its release, 27 players, the plan seems to working quite well.

Well it’s been a while since Saturday, but to say we’ve all been busy checking, double checking, and triple checking everything about EMHD B-4 would be a lie.  I was too forgetful to take note of the points awarded on Saturday, so I for one appreciate your patience.

Event B-4 was a pretty large re-buy tournament, 29 players and 60 total buys. This number was well short of the record and the action was not nearly as fast and loose as often happens in re-buy tournaments … we played well through past the first break before we were able to get into 2 tables.  Looking at the numbers it seems that there were actually more Add-Ons at the break than Re-Buys prior to the break. I’ve been saying all along this field is getting tougher, I’d like to believe this is further indication of me being right … if for no other reason than I so very much enjoy being right. I’ve rambled enough … onto the results:

Congratulations to the winners !

1. Lesley R. – 1692

2. Brian P. – 972

3.  Dan H. – 648

4. Canadian Shawn – 288

5.  John V.B. – 144

If anybody remembers the hope I said that Brian P. brought to the masses in the results for EMHD B-3 (look down, the time for postings on this blog has been cut short of late) you can kiss it good bye. Apparently taking that as a challenge Lesley R. decided to make it all but a formality for the last event by adding an outright win to her chopped win and a 2nd place this series.

Fortunately there’s a pool of people fighting for the second place prize that should bring enough drama to Event B-5 that it’ll be worth watching. OH ! And I almost forgot … we hit our prize money pay out for the series prizes … there will be no EMHD series money taken out, and we went over by 480 dollars so EMHD Event B-5 will have a little overlay to it.

Event B-5 takes place on Saturday, April 3rd … registration opens at 10:15 am and the cards hit the table at 11:00am. I’ll see you there.

Event B-3 was played this past Saturday. I wasn’t there to observe, so I don’t have too many details to share here. I do however have Chris’s spreadsheet to look at and here’s how it shook down:

Congratulations to the winners !

1. Brian P. – 1087

2. Lesley R. – 617

3.  Alan G. – 478

4. Faith L. – 168

5.  Canadian Shawn – 159

I know what you’re thinking … why do you just throw the same damned names up there and rearrange them so it looks good ?! I can assure you, it’s not like that at all. The repeats in the list are playing some good poker and deserve repeated mention. Lesley R. , Alan G., Faith L., and the Useless Ass Staff’s own Canadian Shawn are starting to make it look easy to get points. But before we all bow our heads in despair I present to you Brian P. ! A first time winner who reminds us in the immortal words of California’s governor “If it bleeds, we can kill it”. Congratulations, Brian.

Hope and points aplenty in EMHD B4 coming up at noon on March 20th. Show up at 11:15 to register.