Eight Deuce · Tournament #4

Paul Coffman Outlasts Jeff Holderman in a Five-Hour Night

Four tournaments, four different winners — and one man has now been in the last two of every one he has played.

Paul Coffman won the longest tournament the league has held — five hours and two minutes — and took $370 for it. He made two knockouts all night and did not need a third: Jeff Holderman had cleared most of the room for him.

Holderman made five eliminations, arrived heads-up for the third time in three attempts, and lost it in thirteen minutes. He is $220 better off and has now finished first, second and second in every Eight Deuce tournament he has entered.

Paul’s win is his first here and the fifth of his career; he won four at Canterberry across fifty-seven tournaments.

Josh Reel was third for $150 and Shawn Miller fourth for $120. Shawn has cashed twice in four now, still without a win in either league.

Where the money went

The undercard

Juan Lopez made four knockouts and bubbled in fifth, the busiest night anyone has had without being paid for it. David Doole was the first player out after an hour and thirty-four minutes — one of Juan’s four.

Jason Dailey played his first Eight Deuce tournament and finished eighth. Eric Denny, fourth in each of the last two, went twelfth this time.

The bigger picture

Four tournaments have produced four winners. Two of the previous three missed the money on Friday — Rick Mazza seventh, Lee Ugarte ninth — while the third was still there at the end.

Holderman’s three results put him top of the Player of the Year race on 162.67 from three starts, twenty-seven clear of Lee, who has played four.

Eight Deuce #4 — Friday, April 9, 2021. 13 entrants, 2 rebuys, four paid from an $860 prize pool. Player of the Year counts each player’s best eight scores.