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Congratulations to .....Ren “Double Down” Buonomo
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You know the old saying…“It’s not the size of the dog in the
fight, but the size of the fight in the dog”. That old
adage certainly held true, in the third monthly Bar Tab
Satellite Tournament at Woody’s Grillhouse in Clifton, on
Sunday, April 29. Grizzled veteran Ren “Double Down”
Buonomo, who entered the final table with one of the
lowest chip stacks, tenaciously battled his way past nine
other competitors, to capture the victory.
John “Love Shack” Ishak, with only $500 in starting
chips, was quickly eliminated in 10th place, before he
could get anything going. But then the fun began; Tatyana
“The Mad Knitter” Kasmtanova, was the chip leader at the
outset, with over $18,000. Tatyana used her stack and her
no-fear, aggressive approach, to try to bully the other
competitors, and appeared ready to take a commanding lead,
at the expense of Jose Garcia, in what would constitute
our “hand of the match”.
Garcia, using the same tactic, that has defined his style
of play in recent months, made an authoritative move
against Tatyana, when he glanced down at his top pair of
10’s, with a Queen kicker, on the flop. Unfortunately for
him, “The Mad Knitter” had flopped a straight, and decided
to raise, rather than slow play. Now pot-committed,
Garcia eventually put all of his chips into the pot, and
then hung his head, when he saw his opponents straight,
fully resigned to the fact that his tournament life was
all but over.
History does repeat itself, and as in the previous Bar-tab
Satellite, 30 days ago, Rob “Lord of the River” Grosch
pulled a King, on the turn, and finally, in a moment that
even surprised him, dropped a Jack on the river, giving
Garcia a higher straight. As Jose stared at the board in
disbelief, Tatyana could not hide her absolute shock, at
being “runner-runnered” right out of the lead, with one
flip of Rob’s wrist. The lesson of the story … you can run
and you can hide, but you can never escape “The River”.
After that demoralizing loss, Tatyana became, what is
affectionately known as, “card dead” and eventually
bottomed out and finished in ninth place. From thereon,
the list of eliminated players read like a “who’s-who” of
veteran WFP players… Cynthia “Player Down” Wilkes, Ron
“Eyes Genie” Phillips, Joe “The Lip” Lipari, Jennifer
Groff, and Mark “Air Mail” Vega, were all knocked-out, in
quick succession.
And then there were three. After hanging around for as
long as could, Hung “The Mad Caller” Pham finished in a
very respectable third and a $50 satellite seat. Jose
Garcia used his amazing luck on that one hand to acquire
chips, which carried him into second place and a $100
satellite.
In the end, however, it was the experienced veteran of the
table, Ren “Double Down” Buonomo, who would eventually
prevail and claim his first place prize of a $150
satellite seat. This old-dog certainly knows plenty of new
tricks!
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Jose Garcia 2ND PLACE & Hung "Mad Caller" Pham 3RD PLACE
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