The Masters 2005

	The Masters 2005
	Winner: Paul
	Runner Up: Kev Mc
	3rd: Sean
	4th: Kev R
	5th: Yvonne
	6th: Andy
	7th: Rob (DNS)*

Well here it is Poker Fans, the TPS night of the year, the night where one brave Poker Warrior will go home the King of Kings. After 11 gruelling tournaments the mighty gladiators gathered, like some kind of card playing Highlanders to see who would become 'The One'.

A night that would become legend got off to a shaky start when TPS 1 winner Rob failed to materialize due to a 'prior engagement'. The first hour was a tense affair with nun-minge tight play all round until Andy, feeling the need to make a move, went all in with Ace-Rag, but it turned out to be Ace-Jam Rag when he became the first victim of the night crashing head first against Kev Mc's Full House: Queens Full Fours. Kev R pulled a Dick Dastardly style sneaky bluff to win a big pot and showed the world he likes to go large with a pocket pair of Snowmens. Fuelled with his success he saw Yvonne All In; Yvonne was holding Jack King of Hearts and was looking for a flush, but the flop was a bastard and she fell foul to Kevs pair of 5's.

It was TPS 11 winner Sean's turn to 'make a break make a move' next seeing Paul all in with Bitch and a Bullet - Paul was holding Ace Deuce and hit second Duck on 4th Street. This was too much for Sean's, Queen Ace and, "qwack qwack oops", Paul took the chips and a Hairy-Cuntflake sized chunk out of Sean's stack. Sean was still in the game but only just.

This left Kev R in last position and so, needing to make some chips faster than Harry Ramsden he began to make raises, scaring everyone off and purloining some blinds along the way until Kev Mc saw him all in. In a truly audacious Roots Manoeuvre Riggers saw the all in with a -witness the shitness- 4-5 off suite, he must have shat when Kev Mc turned over King King; The Kaisers held up and Kev R was out for the count.

By now Kev Mc was the Poker Daddy with nearly twice as many chips as Paul and Sean combined and it looked like a battle for second place. After being 'Johnny Chip-Lack' for most of the night Sean managed to build up a pile until he was called all in by Paul. Sean thought his Ace 6 was worth a punt - Paul revealed a Queen 8 - The flop came down 7, 6, Ace- Sean had Two Pair! He can taste the Play Off! Then… a 4 on Fourth Street! Can Paul get a Straight?! There's only 1 card that can stop Sean getting to Heads Up and it's a… a 5! On the River! And Sean's Masters Dreams are in ruins, he's down, he's out, he's Mr. Blobby World, he's 'Police Academy 7 (Mission to Moscow)'.

And so this is it. The final of finals. And who better to face off than the two time champ Kev' The Ice-Box' McVittie and the three time champ and league winner Paul 'The Godfather' Taylor. They're pretty equally matched for chips with Paul having the slight advantage. A couple of hands are played…cards are folded blinds are exchanged… it's the third hand of the final…the flop comes down… Jack, Jack, Ace… a brief, tense pause… the champions face each other across the table… Paul speaks: "All In"… Kev looks at the deck…he checks his hand…thinks...speaks… "I'll see it".
This is it, the final showdown, the decider, the moment, the culmination of 11 Tournaments and hundreds of hands of Poker and it's all down to this hand... Paul turns over his cards… Jack, 3!! Kev's head slumps into his hands, his cards fall on the table - 5, 10! The next cards' a 5 but it's not enough, Kev's drawing dead! A 3 on the river gives Paul a Full House: Jacks Full Salad and take-this-game-out-of-the grill-and-serve-it-up-with-onion- gravy it's done, it's over! He is the Champion; Paul is the TPS Master 2005!

The Masters Poster		Andy Feels The Pain!