‘Granny’ Enters First Poker Tournament and Runs Deep After Favorite Slots Removed

A on line casino eliminated an 88-year-old girl’s favourite slot machines, so she determined to enter a $1 million assured poker event as a substitute, the place she went on to almost win the factor.

Linda Hammons, who’d by no means performed in a poker event, entered the $500 Thriller Bounty occasion at The Beau Rivage Heater, a Gulf Coast Poker Tour (GPT) collection in Biloxi, Mississippi.

She greater than held her personal within the no-limit maintain’em event, ending in 14th place out of two,628 entrants for a $10,100 payday ($8,400 from the primary prize pool and $1,700 in bounties). Name it newbie’s luck in case you should, however poker gamers in attendance have been so impressed with the deep run that native media picked up on the story.

‘I Confirmed Them’

Hammons constructed up fairly the rail contained in the Beau Rivage as she approached the ultimate desk. Her deep run ended when Harold Evans, who had Q♠Q♣ within the small blind, put her all in preflop and she or he referred to as with Ok♣9♣ from the massive blind.

“Good luck, granny,” a participant on the desk mentioned simply earlier than the vendor revealed the flop.

The flop got here out 5♣J♠2♥, minimal assist for the inexperienced poker participant. She’d choose up two additional outs when the ten♦ on the flip gave her a gutshot straight draw. However the 2♦ on the river was a clean, and the inconceivable run was over. The gang gave her a rousing ovation upon exiting the event. Evans would later bust in seventh place for $16,335.

Ultimate Desk Outcomes

Hammons, following her elimination, spoke with the Biloxi Solar Herald, an area information outlet, to dicuss her efficiency. She defined to the reporter that she went to the slot machines “that I at all times play,” however found that they had been eliminated.

“So I simply wandered up right here,” Hammons mentioned about how she entered the poker event.

Hammons jokingly mentioned, “I confirmed them,” referring to her opponents within the event. The 14th-place finisher mentioned she will be able to’t shuffle chips, however she gave it a attempt in order to slot in with the opposite gamers within the event.

“I feel my fingernails get in the best way. I am not giving up my fingernails,” she defined.

Randall Chase Cummins and World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Michael Lech would go on to cut the event evenly ($115,136 a chunk), with Cummins being topped champion.

*Picture courtesy of Gulf Coast Poker.