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Poker Shuffle Season 3-Stotter steps up a notch to win the finals

February 1, 2010

Season 3 has by far been the most exciting and competitive season to date. The re-structuring of the points system and limited games (12 in the season) gave every player something to play for.

The first casualty of the system was Bryan Botha, Season 2 Champion, who miscalculated his points and missed out on the finals narrowly. The rest of the players were fortunate enough to secure their places well before the final week.

The stage was set- a Tropical Poker Themed Tournament, palm trees, snacks, cocktails and enthusiastic poker players. The final table players lounged around, talking about big hands of the past season while waiting for the rest of the Shuffle Gang who were playing for the “wild card”. The “wild card” seat eventually went to Yourek Dotan, who came blazing out with his loose aggressive play to bluff the rest of the players off their hands.

The final table was made up of strong player, who were all gunning for the top spot. The game play was very divers with some of the players mixing up their game a bit to try and out fox each other. It was by far the best game of the season.

The final three poker players left were Mike Barfoot, Manuel Mota and Brian Stotter. All three players were playing for the win but of course only one of them could be crowned as the season 3 champion.

Mike Barfoot was the first casualty but achieved a solid 3rd place. The heads-up battle between Manual and Brian was fierce, both having a bit of history. Manuel overtook Brians season long lead in the league standings by winning the final game of the season and obviously Brian wanting revenge by taking the Season 3 title.
Brian Stotter finally edged Mota on a showdown with his Qh3h suited to Mota’s Kc2c suited. The flop was ks3s9hQsQd. Brian Stotter took the win with 3 of a kind Queens.

Congratulations to all the players and venues who have contributed to the success of Poker Shuffle, your ongoing commitment ensures that we continue to grow. A big thanks to Jim Sher who took photographs on the evening, Duke of York for sponsoring the Platters and for great specials and to Gavin Paulse who sponsored some prizes.

Mike Barfoot 3rd, Brian Stotter 1st, Manuel Mota 2nd

Mike Barfoot 3rd, Brian Stotter 1st, Manuel Mota 2nd

Top 10 places for Season 3 Finals:

  1. Brian Stotter
  2. Manuel Mota
  3. Mike Barfoot
  4. Jade O’Brien
  5. Ricky Collins
  6. Reza Abrahams
  7. Andre Joubert
  8. Ryan Hannival
  9. Carol Strapp
  10. Yourek Dotan

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One Response to “Poker Shuffle Season 3-Stotter steps up a notch to win the finals”

  1. Neil on February 2nd, 2010 9:15 am

    Great win guys, well done!!!

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