Bountiful Kinda Night
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Our first ever (online) bounty format kicked off, but even with a bigger starting chip stack ($5K) it was expected to be an early night for some of us. Well, it took all of about 10 minutes for our first victim, the season leader to-date, Dharmesh Dass, thinking his trip Aces (w/ King kicker) was good, but nada against a mighty full house, and thus got kicked out first for his troubles too. Your hapless host was soon to follow within the next few hands, relegating himself to cheerleader status for the duration of the 3+ hours but got to witness some fun action in this no-rebuy format, including brother taking out brother (Hu over Jon) in this no-holds-barred kinda night.

The two tables whittled down to one, casting aside many of the usual regulars and leaving a quieter-than-usual group behind (I think there were crickets heard in the distance) but a modest musical soundtrack from your impromptu DJ host kept things rolling. The assassin-of-the-night honours go to Gerard Tang, powered by his fitting Game of Thrones (Zoom background), nailing an event-high 7 bounties, including the supersized $15 scalp off last event winner, Steve Bridge. Unstoppable.

G crushed it all night long riding a massive chip lead throughout, until meeting heads-up against that sage elder stateman, Lynn Wilcott, who played some cagey, calculated poker to snatch the victory. I guess his self-isolation swimming routine (in the freaking ocean) keeps him in top physical and mental shape for this crazy game. Other finishing honours went to Hu Brietkopf and Quincy Ko, with the latter missing out on taking the overall lead in the standings, only to be leapfrogged by Gerard, who now vaults into second overall.

Standings are now super tight with just $50 separating first through sixth positions, with more than a few weeks of online poker still on tap. Thanks to everyone for playing (and on time too!) and especially to Si for going the distance and joining me in the chaperone role tonight. See you all next time.

Bounty transactions (by hitman, victim), courtesy of Professor Simon Wong.

1. Gerry, Dharm
2. JLau, JLai
3. Vince, Norm
4. Gerry, JonS
5. Gerry, Steve
6. Hu, JonB
7. Gerry, Mark
8. Ian, Vince
9. JLau, Carlos
10. Quincy, Ray
11. Gerry, Walt
12. Lynn, Simon
13. Gerry, JLau
14. Gerry, Ian
15. Hu, Quincy
16. Lynn, Hu
17. Lynn, Gerry
18. Lynn (retains his own bounty)

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EVENT STANDINGS  1.  L Wilcott (est.2013) aka SasquachV19  ITM $150  2.  Gerry Tang (est.2013) aka Gpoke1  ITM $115  3.  Hu Brietkopf (est.2019) aka hukolo101  ITM $50  4.  Quincy Ko (est.2017) aka SharkyQ  ITM $25  5.  Ian Chang (est.2003) aka Eagle272727  ITM $5  6.  Jason Lau (est.2012) aka 3xovum  ITM $10  7.  Simon Wong (est.2010) aka Fulminatus    8.  Walt Woo (est.2012) aka Himongi13    9.  Raymond Chow (est.2013) aka RC_MDPL    10.  Carlos Alves (est.2011) aka chillinathome    11.  Vincent Fung (est.2009) aka Curatio  ITM $5  12.  Mark Yu (est.2009) aka RoyalBluff33    13.  Jonathan Brietkopf (est.2017) aka Jono-1712    14.  Steve Bridge (est.2015) aka CovidOrCohome11    15.  Jonathan Shih (est.2014) aka Solaraz    16.  Norman Chan (est.2003) aka cujo0435    17.  Jason Lai (est.2002) aka J-Lai    18.  Dharm Dass (est.2008) aka DharmD

MDHL STARS OF THE GAME    L Wilcott  $150    Gerry Tang  $115    Hu Brietkopf  $50    Quincy Ko  $25    Jason Lau  $10    Ian Chang  $5    Vincent Fung  $5 View the lifetime game star tally.