2008 UCLA Statistics Series of Poker (UCLASSOP) Scoreboard:


2008 UCLASSOP Tournament Points Leader Board:
1 David -- 210 points.
2 Mingtian (Alfred) -- 100.
3 Jiashen -- 80.
4 Rick -- 60.
4 Earvin -- 60.
4 Thomas Zhang -- 60.
4 Yu -- 60.
8 Tom -- 50.
8 Colin -- 50.
10 Don -- 40.
10 Ting -- 40.
12 Esa -- 30.
12 Sean -- 30.
14 Jae -- 20.
14 Irina -- 20.
16 Ka -- 10.
16 Matt -- 10.
16 Brigid -- 10.
16 Nicolas -- 10.
16 Qing -- 10.




2008 Tournament Results:

Tourney #3 - Apr 30, 2008.
1st: Mingtian (Alfred) -- 100 points.
2nd: Thomas Zhang -- 60.
3rd: Earvin -- 40.
4th: Sean -- 30.
5th: Jiashen -- 20.
6th: Tom -- 10.
7th: Jae -- 10.
8th: David -- 10.
9th: Matt -- 10.
10th: Ka -- 10.
11th: Esa -- 10.
Rick -- 10
Don -- 10
Brigid -- 10
Colin -- 10
Nicolas -- 10
Who else? -- 10

Notes:  The third  UCLASSOP tournament of 2008 was a tournament for the ages.  With one of the largest fields in department history (21 players on 3 tables), this tournament was sure to have some drama.  Even a camera crew and the pocket-cam was ready for all the high stakes action.  The feature table, featuring Don, Tom and Rick sitting in a row, played fast but conservative, never having to go to a showdown in the first round.  After round 1, David had a dangerously healthy chipstack once again.  After round 2, the chipstacks of Sean and newcomer Alfred continued to grow while Jiashen and Tom steadily collected chips at my table.

With about nine players left in the tournament, Jae, the shortstack at the table, moved all-in with 2h4h after Tom initially raised the pot.  Tom called Jae with 9s9h which dominates Jae's hand by more than 4:1 (82% vs. 18%).  But the flop comes Ah8h5h and Jae flops a flush!  The turn is the 3h which gives Jae a 5-high straight flush to win the pot.  The river card wasn't needed as Tom could not win the hand after the turn, but with the rabbit-cam, we saw that the river card was the 6h which improved Jae's straight flush to a 6-high straight flush!  Unbelievable!

The final table did not seat David for the first time in like a zillion years, and the hopes of a faculty win rested solely with Tom.  I was one of the shortstacks and knew I had to act fast when this hand happened:  Blinds are 30-60 with antes of 10.  After Sean folded, I go all-in with As6s.  Jiashen goes all-in and has me covered.  Thomas folds.  Tom called and he's all-in, and why not, Alfred calls from the big blind with 5-3 offsuit, and has everyone covered.  The flop and turn gives Alfred two-pair, but the river gives me a straight.  I win the main pot and knock out Tom while Alfred wins the side pot and knocks out Jiashen.

With just 3 left in the tournament, I was shortstacked once again.  With the blinds at 50-100, Without looking at my hole cards, I go all-in from the big blind, and Alfred calls with K5 off-suit.  I turn over....AA!!!  I was so excited to just see Aces without having looked at them when I bet, that I didn't realize I was close to a 9:1 favorite (88% vs. 12%).  But when the board came KK9J6 giving Alfred trip Kings, my joy and tournament ended in a heartbeat.  Alfred finishes off fellow freshman Thomas on the very next hand, winning the tournament and the grand prize.




Tourney #2 - Feb 20, 2008.
1st: David -- 100 points.
2nd: Jiashen -- 60.
3rd: Rick -- 40.
4th: Tom -- 30.
5th: Colin -- 20.
6th: Irina -- 10.
7th: Esa -- 10.
8th: Jae -- 10.
9th: Earvin -- 10.

Notes: David comes in the defending 3 time champion, but with only nine players in the tournament, it was anyone's to take.  Figuring that I needed to play aggressive early in order to have a large chip count, I called Rick's all-in bet with As6s on a flop of Js5sQd.  Rick shows JQ for two-pair.  My hand did not improve, and I was eliminated in 9th place after the very FIRST hand!




Tourney #1 - Jan 23, 2008.
1st: David -- 100 points.
2nd: Yu -- 60.
3rd: Ting -- 40.
4th: Don -- 30.
5th: Colin -- 20.
6th: Irina -- 10.
7th: Tom -- 10.
8th: Rick -- 10.
9th: Earvin -- 10.
10th: Esa -- 10.
11th: Qing -- 10.



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