On Wednesday, March 20th, we held our inaugural WGA Poker Group tournament where 32 players battled for untold riches, bragging rights, and the coveted championship cup… I mean, beer mug!

After several hours, the competition had whittled down to our final table of nine prize winners. Once several opponents were eliminated, a discussion of cutting a deal was brought up, but was met with a resounding “No!” by Tracy “Pika Pika” Held, who was quickly amassing chips and had her eye on the top prize. She eventually got her chance at it, finding herself playing heads up against the formidable Dylan Brody. Dylan had been running red hot the entire night and started heads up play with a colossal chip advantage. Dylan kept the pressure up, and before long, Tracy found herself all-in preflop with Q♠ 3♦ against Dylan’s Q♥ T♠. After the board ran out A♥ 6♣ 4♥ K♥ 2♣, Tracy was unable to improve, solidifying Dylan Brody as our first ever WGA Poker Group champion!

Here is a summary of the tournament results. Congratulations to all our finalists!

1st – Dylan Brody
2nd – Tracy “Pika Pika” Held
3rd – Guy “River Rat” Yosub
4th – Jay “Moose” Moriarty
5th – Tyler Wong
6th – Andrew Hill Newman
7th – Dave “Bio Dave” Malkoff
8th – Nikhil “The Shook Rook” Jayaram
9th – Matt “Always Comes In 9th” Harry

Thank you to everyone who played on Wednesday, it was a lot of fun and I hope to see you all at another game soon. I’m aiming to host another tournament in May or June, but don’t let that stop you from organizing your own home games through the facebook group, that’s why it’s here!

I’d like to give a special shout out to Jay “Moose” Moriarty for his help in organizing this event, as well as to my wife, Nichole, for her tireless work registering players, running chips, and putting up with me in general.

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Please enjoy some photos from the tournament and a video capturing the final hand of the night. Good luck and see you on the felt!