Eight Deuce · Tournament #55

The Last Two Standing Made Twelve of the Nineteen Knockouts

Eric Denny put out seven, Rick Mazza five, and the tournament was over in four hours.

Fifteen players, five rebuys, nineteen eliminations — and the two men who reached heads-up had personally made twelve of them. Eric Denny put out seven, played just under four hours and finished it in eight minutes and fifteen seconds for $460.

It is his seventh Eight Deuce win and the twenty-first of his career, more than anyone has across the two leagues, and it comes seven months after he took the Player of the Year and the Annual in the same autumn.

Rick Mazza made the other five and took $300. Juan Lopez rebought and was third for $205, his first cash since last September, and Warren Mervin fourth for $155 without a knockout.

Where the money went

The undercard

Angela Cain rebought and bubbled in fifth, and she took the biggest scalp of the night on her way there: Joe Johnson, winner of the first three tournaments of 2026, went out ninth to her.

Jeff Ferguson rebought and was the first player out after ninety-one minutes.

The bigger picture

Five tournaments, three winners, and the man with three of them lost his grip on the night but not on the season. Joe Johnson leads on 385.00 from four starts, a hundred and seventy-six ahead of Eric Denny.

Fifteen players and five rebuys made $1,120. Five tournaments have produced $6,140, a couple of hundred behind where last season’s record year stood at the same point.

Eight Deuce #55 — Friday, May 15, 2026. 15 entrants, 5 rebuys, four paid from a $1,120 prize pool. Player of the Year counts each player’s best eight scores.