Tournament Poker

Last Saturday, the Tournament Poker Club had five tables of six players. The two players with the highest hands were Wendy Wu (KKKA) and Jon Jones (66669). The promotional hand (62) was also won by Jones using the same cards that won the high hand.

The final table players were Guta Basner, Tom Pappas, Doug Wolf, Susan Dodson and Cleo Looney. There was plenty of action at the table, with Basner going out first in fifth place, followed by Pappas in fourth and Wolf in third. Two of the best women players, Looney and Dodson, continued the final table where the lead went back and forth between them until Looney finally came out on top with hole cards of A9 to beat Dodson’s A3.

Looney has lived in Leisure World for 22 years and has been a member of the club for 16 years. This was her seventh final table

Cleo Looney win. Besides poker, she also enjoys cribbage and spending time with her family.

Everyone is invited to play a fun and friendly game of Texas Hold’Em June 3. The club’s regular tournaments are still played on the first three Saturdays of the month in the lobby of Clubhouse 6, but its published schedule has changed.

Beginning June 3, the club will have a new schedule with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and cards are in the air at 10:30.

—Debbie Barner