January 07, 2005

It was the first full night of OPT 2005 play, and with that came a record number of players for an regular OPT tournament, as 26 players put up their $3.00 at a chance to win over $60

OPT Game #:
2
Players:
26
Payouts:

1st - $62.00
2nd - $9.00
3rd - $5.00

With it still being early in the year, who would step up and jump onto the top of the OPT Leaderboard?

   
Third Place ($5.00)
Second Place ($9.00)
Kristi Coe
Mike Payne

Winner ($62.00)

Emily Bean

PLACE Name: Busted By:
26
Alison Mackie Steve Nehls
25
Jerry Pickering Tony Hartford
24
Ray Welch Silas Tsang
23
Tim Dugan Drew Wood
22
Jenell Armstrong Greg Krumnow
21
Jenni Crispen Greg Krumnow
20
Bethany Shortridge Josh Cowan
19
Sara Ritter Josh Cowan
18
Matt Braun Chris Rutkowski
17
Luke Shortridge Silas Tsang
16
Steve Nehls Christina Zimmerman
15
Sam Adebiyi Zach Bellman
14
Tony Hartford Christina Zimmerman
13 Stephen Howard Silas Tsang
12 Chris Rutkowski Zach Bellman
11 Emily Clark Christina Zimmerman
10 Josh Cowan Kristi Coe
9 Silas Tsang Zach Bellman
8 Greg Krumnow Mike Payne
7 Cory Stevenson Mike Payne
6 Zach Bellman Mike Payne
5 Drew Wood Emily Bean
4 Christina Zimmerman Emily Bean
3 Kristi Coe Emily Bean
2 Mike Payne Emily Bean

Emily smoked through the last few players of the tournament and finished on top.

The second game of the night started much later than normal, but still had 21 players ready to go.

OPT Game #:
3
Players:
21
Payouts:

1st - $49.00
2nd - $9.00
3rd - $3.00

Would Emily put herself even higher up on the Leaderboard, or would someone else take over?

     
Third Place ($3.00)
Second Place ($9.00)
Tony Hartford
Stephen Howard

Winner ($49.00)

Luke Shortridge

PLACE Name: Busted By:
21
Silas Tsang Luke Shortridge
20
Emily Bean Luke Shortridge
19
Emily Clark Josh Cowan
18
Alison Mackie Luke Shortridge
17
Josh Rutt Kristi Coe
16
Steve Nehls Josh Cowan
15
Mike Payne Luke Shortridge
14
Jenni Crispen Tony Hartford
13 Sara Ritter Josh Cowan
12 Zach Bellman Tony Hartford
11 Sam Adebiyi Kristi Coe
10 Josh Cowan Stephen Howard
9 Jenell Armstrong Chris Rutkowski
8 Tim Dugan Tony Hartford
7 Drew Wood Stephen Howard
6 Greg Krumnow Kristi Coe
5 Kristi Coe Stephen Howard
4 Chris Rutkowski Stephen Howard
3 Tony Hartford Luke Shortridge
2 Stephen Howard Luke Shortridge

Co-founder Shortridge took the game putting himself right back in second place on the leaderboard.