Canterberry Poker League · Tournament #106
Juan Lopez Knocks Out Seven and Loses Again
Third time this season the night’s biggest knockout total has finished second. Josh Martin took the tournament with four.
Twenty-two players sat down, matching the second-largest field this league has held, and Juan Lopez knocked out seven of them — in the fifth league tournament he has ever played. Josh Martin knocked out four and won it: four hours and eleven minutes, $160, a third career win and his second in two months.
The heads-up match took nineteen minutes and forty-one seconds. Juan took $105 for second, which is his third cash in five tournaments and his best finish.
It is the third time this season the man with the most knockouts has not won the tournament. Warren Mervin made six and finished second in June, Mike Conner made seven and finished second in September, and now this.
Dale Ellicott was third for $65, four weeks after his second win, and it puts him top of the standings. Rick Mazza took fourth and $40, a third cash in his last four, and Jeff Reichwein completed the money in fifth for $30 with three knockouts.
Where the money went
| Player | Prize | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Martin | $160 |
| 2 | Juan Lopez | $105 |
| 3 | Dale Ellicott | $65 |
| 4 | Rick Mazza | $40 |
| 5 | Jeff Reichwein | $30 |
The undercard
Steve McLean bubbled in sixth. Angela Cain played her first league tournament and came seventh — one place outside the money, and one place ahead of Mike Conner. Her husband Lance Cain was fourteenth.
Scott Dishong was the first player out after an hour and nineteen minutes. Andrew Shier, who had led the standings since August, came fifteenth and lost the lead with it.
The bigger picture
Six tournaments, five different winners. Dale Ellicott and Josh Martin have two each, and between them they have played eight tournaments this season.
Dale leads on 94 points from five starts, one ahead of Rick Mazza, who has played six. Juan Lopez is third on 85 from five — he first sat down in June.
| League standings — after #106 | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Ellicott | 94 |
| 2 | Rick Mazza | 93 |
| 3 | Juan Lopez | 85 |
| 4 | Andrew Shier | 84 |
| 5 | Josh Martin | 75 |
Canterberry Poker League #106 — Friday, November 9, 2018. 22 entrants, five paid from a $400 prize pool. Points shown are the league standings after six tournaments of the 2018-19 season, best five scores counting.