Canterberry Poker League · Tournament #101

Dale Ellicott Wins the First One He Ever Played

Four players sat down here for the first time. One of them took it, and the man who made the most knockouts finished second again.

The league’s second hundred opened with twenty players, four of whom had never played it before — and Dale Ellicott, one of the four, won it. Five knockouts, five hours and twelve minutes, $145.

Six players have now won the first Canterberry Poker League tournament they entered. Three did it in the league’s opening season, when everybody was new; the others are Scott Dishong in 2012, Kenny Jones in 2013 and Dale now.

Warren Mervin knocked out six — more than the winner, more than anybody — and lost the heads-up match in three minutes and two seconds, taking $85 for second.

Jeff Reichwein was third for $55, Andrew Shier fourth for $45 in his first tournament as League Champion, and Jeff Holderman completed the money in fifth for $30 without a knockout.

Where the money went

The undercard

Jeff Ferguson bubbled in sixth. The other three debutants finished spread across the field: Jason Dailey seventh, Juan Lopez eighth with a knockout, Shawn Miller nineteenth.

Eric Denny was the first player out after forty-one minutes — one of Warren’s six, as were the men who finished tenth, twelfth and thirteenth.

The bigger picture

The scoring is unchanged: a win pays 30 points and the standings count each player’s best five scores, the fourth season running under that rule.

Last season produced ten different winners from ten tournaments, which had never happened. This one has started with a name that was not on any list at all.

Canterberry Poker League #101 — Friday, June 15, 2018. 20 entrants, five paid from a $360 prize pool. First tournament of the 2018-19 season; standings count each player’s best five scores.