Canterberry Poker League · Tournament #91

Eric Denny Takes the Lead Alone at Eleven

Thirty-nine minutes heads-up to open a season in which the buy-in has gone up to $30.

Eleven months after his last one, Eric Denny won his eleventh Canterberry Poker League tournament and left Josh Reel and Warren Mervin behind him on ten — four hours and seven minutes, four knockouts, $105.

It took a thirty-nine-minute heads-up match to get there, the fourth-longest this league has played and the fourth to pass thirty-nine minutes in two years. Paul Coffman lost it and took $65 for second with four knockouts of his own, matching the winner.

Charlie Drotar was third for $45 and Steve McLean completed the money in fourth for $25, both with two knockouts.

Where the money went

The undercard

Warren Mervin bubbled in fifth. Jeff Reichwein played his first league tournament, made a knockout and came ninth — and the man he put out was Lee Ugarte, gone after thirty-two minutes, the second-quickest exit this league has seen.

Brig Coupe, who won the last tournament of the previous season and then took $710 for second at the Annual a month ago, came seventh.

The bigger picture

The buy-in is $30 this season, up from the $25 it has been for as long as this league has run. Fifteen players produced a $240 pool — $16 a head, where last season it was $15.

The standings again count each player’s best five scores — the third season running under that rule. Eric Denny leads on 25 points, and he starts this season having won more league tournaments than anybody ever has.

Canterberry Poker League #91 — Friday, June 9, 2017. 15 entrants, four paid from a $240 prize pool. First tournament of the 2017-18 season; standings count each player’s best five scores.