Canterberry Poker League · Tournament #118
Fifty Minutes Heads-Up, and They Had Already Split the Money
The longest finish this league has ever played — and both men were guaranteed $150 before it started.
When it got down to two, Josh Martin and Paul Coffman agreed to split the top two prizes evenly at $150 each — and part of the deal was that the winner would still be the winner. Then they played for forty-nine minutes and fifty-six seconds, the longest heads-up match in Canterberry Poker League history, and Josh won it.
The previous record was the forty-seven minutes Paul Coffman and Rick Mazza spent on it in January 2017 — so Paul has now played both of the two longest finishes this league has produced, and won the first of them.
It is Josh’s fourth league win, fifteen months after his third, and he made five of the sixteen knockouts getting there. The whole tournament ran five hours and fifteen minutes, and a sixth of it was the last two players.
Warren Mervin was third for $85 and Eric Denny completed the money in fourth for $65.
Where the money went
| Player | Prize | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Martin | $150 |
| 2 | Paul Coffman | $150 |
| 3 | Warren Mervin | $85 |
| 4 | Eric Denny | $65 |
The undercard
Juan Lopez bubbled in fifth with two knockouts, a month after winning his first. Steve McLean finished ninth having made three — the last three players in the field, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth, all went out to him.
Rick Mazza was the first player out after an hour and nineteen minutes.
The bigger picture
Eight tournaments, seven different winners, and two to play.
Jeff Reichwein still leads on 120 points but did not add to it — he came eighth, and with a full six-score card an eighth place is worth nothing to him now. Eric Denny closed to seven behind on 113. Jason Dailey is third on 101 and Andrew Shier fourth on 100.
| League standings — after #118 | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Reichwein | 120 |
| 2 | Eric Denny | 113 |
| 3 | Jason Dailey | 101 |
| 4 | Andrew Shier | 100 |
| 5 | Juan Lopez | 96 |
Canterberry Poker League #118 — Friday, February 21, 2020. 17 entrants, four paid from a $450 prize pool; first and second place were split evenly by agreement. Points shown are the league standings after eight tournaments of the 2019-20 season, best six scores counting.