Conor is a highly respected tournament pro and in 2008 cashed in the Irish Open Main Event and Three of the WSOP Bracelet Events. He is ranked number 2 on the Northern Ireland All-time Money List and has earned nearly $1,000,000 in tournament earnings... piece of cake, then!
Generous to a fault, both Soxy and Conor pledged to donate their winnings to next week's prizepool if either of them came 1st or 2nd and also offered a bounty prize of a free buy-in to next week's tournament for the player or players that knocked them out of the tournament.
I was on fire, and went a whole 36 minutes before winning a meaningful pot! I managed to go bust twice in that time... legend.
With about 15 minutes to go before the end of the Re-buys, I make a loose call with King, 4 suited and catch trip 4s for a nice pot.
With 2 minutes to go I win a massive pot when Captainvice refuses to believe that I had a King in the hole when a Cowboy came out on the flop and calls my All-in with his pocket Jacks.
jsyvixen went on a bullying spree and dominated the table for the first hour or so... even the Beast got an arse kicking from Mrs. Soxy!
I eliminate MROTheAnteChrist when he pushes with King, 4 suited and my pocket 8s hold. Captainvice is next to go, when I isolate him with my Ace, 8 and it looks like I may be in trouble when he flips over pocket Kings! Luckily for me, I flop an Ace and send the smut captain home.
BEATABLOCK joins our table and goes on a bullying spree with his chip lead. Raise, Re-Raise, Re-Re-Raise! But the BLOCK has a bad run and his chip stack is up and down like a yo-yo. In the meantime, jsyvixen and the Beast have moved ahead in chips.
I pick-up pocket Jacks but no-one wants to play, and I have to fold 4s pre-flop against a raise and re-raise.
Just when it looks like Beast is going to finally kill off BEATABLOCK after humping him left right and centre in lots of small and medium sized pots, the BLOCK calls the Beast's all-in with pocket Queens and the ladies convert into a flush, pumping the Beast's 10s... but this is merely a flesh wound to the Beast's stack.
As if the table weren't fed-up enough of being jsyvixen's bitch for 2 hours, Soxy joins the table and we enter what I like to refer to as the 'black period' as I am raised and re-raised by Soxy and his missus for a sustained period... lovely.
I make a move with Ace, 2 suited and walk into BEATABLOCK's pocket 10s. I flop four to the flush and turn the nuts for a nice double-up.
My pocket Kings eliminate doughel with her 9s and I become the chip leader as we approach the final table. Soon after jsyvixen takes out BEATABLOCK.
The Beast doubles through jsyvixen when he turns a flush, cracking the lady's pocket Aces!
I finally get tired of Soxy's raising and make a desperation Re-raise with Ace, 5 suited. Soxy goes into the tank, wishes me good luck and calls with his ducks. An Ace comes out on the flop, making my stack healthy again.
The vixen had been grinding away, building her chip stack back up but I finally caught her when she pushed with Ace, 9 and I insta-called with Ace, King taking her out of the tournament.
At last, we have our final table and dauntingly, it's full of pros and the bloody Pomme 2008 Tournament Champ in the form of Cat Thrash.
Don't tell anyone, but in the very first hand on the final table, the player under the gun pushes and I fold pocket Jacks in the next seat with six players to act... they all fold and I punch myself in the face for folding. Shhhhhhhh.
We get some Pro on Pro violence, when Conor's own Jacks (Why did I fold mine!!!) stay ahead of Soxy's Ace, King all the way and Sealey even rivers a flush. We now have a major chip leader and NOT the person we want with chips!
Conor let's Shaken007 bluff off all of his chips and smooth calls him out of the tournament with pocket Queens.
Soxy pushes with Queen, 7 and Cat Thrash calls with Jack, 10 suited. Sox has to sweat his lead until the flop, when three clubs come straight out for the flush, and put the Cat in great shape chip-wise and of course, earns himself free entry into next week's tournament by eliminating a Pro!
wtfdonklolgg is next, when Conor flops a set against his big slick, we're now down to the 5 players who will earn points for the leaderboard.
The Beast is hurt, when Daynesy rivers a straight against his pocket 8s, and that must explain his Rocky-like (well, they are related) donk call against my shitty Ace. He hits a Jack on the flop and ends my tournament life... stupid, baldy, suckout, FIEND!!!
So I earn one point... dancer!
The Beast is out next when his pocket 5s go behind when Cat Thrash flops a Queen with Ace, Queen and converts it into a nut flush on the river. 2 points for the Beastnog.
Daynesy10 was always behind by a curly hair with his Ace, 6 against Cat Thrash's Ace, 7. They both hit their Ace on the flop, and only having to dodge a 6, the Cat Thrasher hits his 7 for two-pair just to teach the youngster a lesson.
We now have a mouthwatering heads-up showdown between Pro, Conor Tate, and professional cat fiddler, Cat Thrash...
Everyone is watching the match and for a while it goes back and forth. With a flop of 8, 9, 6 the Thrasher makes a semi-bluff with his open ended straight (holding Jack, 10). Conor thinks for a few ticks and makes an amazing call with Ace, King. The turn is a blank, but the river gives the Cat a 10 and it's all over!
Cat Thrash is our Champ!
The final points go as follows:
Cat Thrash - 5 Points
Conor Tate - 4 Points
Daynesy10 - 3 Points
Beastnog - 2 Points
AnteherojT - 1 Point
MASSIVE thanks again to Conor for his generosity, next week's tourney has $480 in the pot before anyone even registers!!!
Bring it on...
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