San Diego Syndicate

Congratulations to Steve for taking down the Season 20 Super-Major Holiday Hold’em Tournament! This season we increased the starting stack for this event to 75,000 chips, giving us a true ultra-deep stack tournament. This was Steve’s fourth victory since joining the Syndicate back in Season 10, with his last win coming in event 4 of Season 15.

Three-handed play began with Steve, Tombie and Jonkey all sitting behind comparable stacks. Jonkey was the first to exit when his A6 lost to Steve’s KQ. After that, everything seemed to go Steve’s way as his stack steadily grew while Tombie’s dwindled. The end came when Tombie was forced all-in holding 9♦4♦, only to find himself dominated by Steve’s 9♠5♣. The flop and turn came 10♦ 2♦ 7♦ K♥, giving Tombie hope as he rooted for a 4, a diamond, or a high card to chop – but the 5♠ on the river sealed the victory for Steve. 🏆

In 4th place, her second of the season, was Susan M. She was followed by Tom Czzz and Dana the Wizard in 5th and 6th places to round out our money winners.

Final Table:
1. Steve P
2. Tombie
3. Jonkey
4. Susan M
5. Tom Czzz
6. Dana “Dad” Wizard
7. Danny
8. Dr. Bob W
9. Jon Towers
10. Scotty N

Holiday Hold’em In recent years, Holiday Hold’em has been a standalone event, but this season – due to a rescheduled date – we combined it with Event #8, making for an extra-special night.

A huge thank-you to Patsy and Farid for serving up a wonderful holiday feast, and to all of our players for their generosity in helping raise $430 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

This 20th season of the club is dedicated to one of our founders, Mark Antis, and Make-A-Wish was his favorite charity. Thanks, Syndicators! 🎄❤️

The Leaderboard Scotty N extended his lead at the top, adding 20 points with a 10th-place finish this week. Robert and Tom L held steady in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

With his victory, Steve P move up to 4th place. Alan now sits in 5th, while Bob W and Jonkey climbed into 6th and 7th after their strong finishes this week.

Next Up: Our next event is Saturday, January 3rd at 3:15 pm. This will be a re-entry tournament with a 30k starting stack. Re-entries will be open until the start of level 7 (after the dinner break).

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Charles for his first Syndicate victory! Charles outlasted 49 other players, including the ever-formidable Jim H, who came in second place. This was Charles’ fifth Syndicate event and so far he has three scores, including two final tables and now a victory!

In 3rd place was the Syndi’s favorite clothes horse, Jon Towers. with his first score of the season. In 4th place was John B, followed by Jonkey’s nemesis, Dana the wizard, in 5th place. Amy came in 6th place to round out our money winners.

Final Table:
1. Charles
2. Jim H
3. Jon T
4. John B
5. Dana Wizard
6. Amy
7. Tom E
8. Jack
9. Bob the Builder
10. Anthony

The Leaderboard: The top four spots remained the same with Scotty N, Robert, Tom L and Alan holding on to 1st through 4th. Jim and Charles are now in 5th and 6th place respectively, knocking everyone else down a couple of places.

Coming Up: Our next event is Sunday, December 14th at 1pm. This will be a Super Major tournament with a 75k starting stack. This tournament will also serve as this season’s Holiday Hold’em event. The buy-in will be $180 and includes a full holiday dinner plus a $10 donation per entry to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Doctor Bob for winning his second Syndicate event with his first final table appearance of the season. He beat out an always spirited, some might even say vivacious, Mark Ross, who knocked out most of the final table. But when Bob busted TK out in third place the two were about even in chips. The lead changed several times until they finally got it all in and Bob’s 77 > Mark’s 44.

As mentioned, TK came in 3rd place with his third final table appearance in a row. Kevin and Andi came in 4th and 5th place respectively to round out our money winners.

Final Table:
1. Bob W
2. Mark Ross
3. TK
4. Kevin
5. Andi
6. Jim H
7. Jack
8. Alan
9. Julie
10. Don B

The Leaderboard: Scotty Najjar stays atop the rankings with two wins already this season. Scott is clearly being a good sport by tanking in two out of every three events so that he doesn’t run away with the lead. Robert remains in 2nd position after earning 10 points this event. Tom L hung on to his 3rd place spot, while Alan moved up to take over 4th place overall.

Coming Up: Our next event is Sunday, December 7th at 2pm. This will be a Big Stacks tournament with a 250k starting stack. We plan to end around midnight

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Here is a workbook called Syndi Winners with all of the Syndicate winners’ stats.

• The first tab, ALL WINS, has every player that has ever won a syndicate event listed from most to least.
• The second tab, WIN RATE, ranks all players’ win rate % that have a minimum of 50 events played.

SYNDI PLAYERS has the Syndicate player data from the first season through the current season.

There are four tabs:

• PLAYER LIST shows every player in Syndicate history, which seasons they played and who referred them. Players are divided into three groups: current/active players; occasional and/or Tiki players; and retired players.
• EVENTS PLAYED shows how many events each player played per season as well as their total number of tournaments.
• RANKED by EVENTS has the EVENTS PLAYED page sorted by most to least number of events.
• Finally there is a tab called BY THE NUMBERS. So far there have been 336 regular season events over 19.31 seasons. There have been a total 456 unique players and 12,361 entries.

Here is the Syndicate MoneyMinder, a workbook that we use to track the funds being saved for our WSOP endeavors and the money that we spend along the way. The first page is called EVENT $$ and it tracks the money coming in and out for each tournament; the second page is THE VAULT and it shows our vault balance (in green) , expenses outside of the tournaments, and the funds available for WSOP prize packages (in red); the third page is VAULT PROJECTIONS and it gives us a running estimate of how much money we will have at the end of the season for WSOP prizes. The numbers on this page will become more meaningful the deeper we go into the season. The final page is the WSOP CALCULATOR and it shows how many prizes we can award based upon the available funds.

Anders began his Syndicate career way back in event 10 of Season 8, finishing in 19th place out of 50 and having such a good time that he came right back… three seasons later! Anders returned for season 11, playing in 15 events, and has been a regular ever since. Since then he’s played in 129 Syndicate events and made a lot of deep runs, but the one thing he hadn’t done – was win a tournament!

Well that changed on Saturday!

In a 49 player field (with 22 re-entries), Anders claimed his first Syndicate title. As usual there were a lot of memorable hands that no one remembers, but the final hand of the night was fun! With the blinds at 50k/100k, Anders held the chip lead over Farid. Farid called from the button. Anders checked, and they saw a flop of 10♦ 7♣ A♠.

Anders bet.
Farid raised.
Anders shoved.
Farid snap-called, almost beating Anders into the pot.
Anders said “uh oh” and turned over the mighty 7♥ 4♣, while Farid proudly tabled A♥ 2♣,

The turn brought the innocuous Q♥.
The river delivered Anders’ new favorite card: the 4♥.

Only then did Anders remind the crowd (of Jonkey, Farid and Patsy) that this was his first Syndicate victory, prompting congratulatory hugs all around!

Here’s a picture of Farid congratulating Anders…

In 3rd place was Tom Luu, with his third final table of the season. Steve A followed in 4th, also with his third final table finish. Gonzalo grabbed 5th for his first points of the season, and Paul R, Matt G, and Charles finished 6th through 8th to round out the money winners.

Final Table:
1. Anders
2. Farid
3. Tom L
4. Steve A
5. Gonzalo
6. Paul R
7. Matt G
8. Charles
9. Alan
10. TK

The Leaderboard: Scotty “All or Nothing” Najjar stays atop the rankings with two wins already this season. Robert remains in 2nd position after his 11th place finish this week. Tom L moved into 3rd, followed by Steve A and Anders tied for 4th – all due to their strong finishes this week.

Coming Up: Our next event is Saturday, November 22nd at 3pm. This will be a regular tournament with a 40k starting stack.

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Another win for Scott N! With his second victory of the season, Scott now has two 1st-place finishes, two 2nd-place finishes, and an impressive ten final tables in just twenty Syndicate events.

In 2nd place was Mona, who came close to her first regular-season Syndicate win – until she rivered a flush, only to run into Scott’s higher flush on the same street!

Kelly took 3rd for his second final table and best finish of the season so far. Susan came in 4th, followed by Jonkey, Lena, and Tamer to round out our money winners.

Final Table:

1. Scott N
2. Mona
3. Kelly
4. Susan M
5. Jonkey
6. Lena
7. Tamer
8. Christopher
9. Robert
10. Matt G

The Leaderboard: With his second victory of the season, Scott N has taken over the top spot, bumping Robert- who made his third final table of the year – down to second place. Gaby now sits in third, while Lena moves up into a tie for fourth with Don and Tom L. Kelly jumps all the way to seventh following his strong third-place finish this week. Rounding out the current top ten and final guaranteed spots are Alan, Anthony, and Mona.

Coming Up: Our next event is Saturday, November 8th at 3pm. This will be a re-entry tournament with a 30k starting stack. Re-entries will be open through the end of Level 6.

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Don Bisco for taking down Event 3 — our first Big Stacks tournament of the season!

When heads-up play began, Dana Mendel held a commanding 3-to-1 chip lead, but Don chipped away until the two finally got it all in on this hand:

After a flop of 2♠K♥10♥, both players checked. The 2♦ hit the turn, Dana checked again, Don bet, and Dana called. The river brought the J♣, and this time Dana shoved. Don snap-called and announced, “I have a boat,” as he tabled J♠ 2♣. Dana showed 3♦ 2♥, for trips.

This marks Don’s first victory since Event 7 of Season 18 and his fourth overall. For Dana, it’s her best finish since joining the Syndicate at the start of Season 18.

In 3rd place was Ranjit, earning his first cash of the season. Tom Luu finished 4th, marking his second top-five in just three events. Steve A and Paul R rounded out the money spots in 5th and 6th place, respectively.

The Final Table:

1. Don B
2. Dana M
3. Ranjit
4. Tom L
5. Steve A
6. Paul R
7. Alan
8. Kelly
9. Dana Wizard
10. Gaby

The Leaderboard: The top three on the leaderboard remain unchanged, with Robert, Gaby, and Scott N holding their positions. Don Bisco moves up to fourth place following his victory.

Next Up: We play again this Saturday, October 25th at 3pm. This will be our first major of the season, featuring a 50k starting stack.

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Gaby on her second Syndicate win! Gaby outlasted a tough field of 51 players in one of our largest events in several years. With so many entrants and chips in play, the action ran deep – and by the time the infamous “level of death” arrived at 1:15 a.m., four players were still in the mix. At the 50,000/100,000/100,000 level, there were only 21 big blinds total in play!

It didn’t last long, though. The chip leader heading into four-handed play, Alan, doubled up Robert and was eliminated shortly after in 4th place. Lena followed in 3rd, setting up a quick heads-up battle between Robert and Gaby that wrapped up in just a few hands.

This marks Gaby’s second Syndicate victory, with her first coming back in Event 4 of Season 18. Rounding out the money finishers were Farid (5th), Tom L (6th), and Matt G (7th).

The Final Table:

1. Gaby
2. Robert D
3. Lena
4. Alan
5. Farid
6. Tom L
7. Matt G
8. Susan F
9. Kevin
10. Trinky

The Leaderboard: Robert Dean is off to a strong start this season with back-to-back top-3 finishes – 3rd in the opener and 2nd in the most recent event. He’s followed by our two event winners, Scott N. in 2nd place and Gaby in 3rd.

Next Up: Event 3 – Saturday, October 18 at 3:00 PM
Get ready for our first official Big Stacks Tournament! Players will start with a 250,000 chip stack, and blinds will kick off at 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,000.

The Season 20 results and information can be found  HERE

We were unable to use the studio on September 20 for the originally scheduled Event 2. So the entire first half of the schedule has been pushed forward and we will use the makeup date on December 14th for Event 8.

From the Comish:
On Saturday, we kicked off our 20th Season with a fantastic turnout as 50 players joined us for the first event!

As I mentioned before the tournament, this club began 20 years ago when Mark Antis and Chris Gregg convinced a bunch of their friends – mostly from the beach volleyball community – to start a poker series, with the winner representing the group in the WSOP Main Event. For the first five seasons, the club (which didn’t even have a name until its third season) sent just one player to the Main Event each year. These days, we typically send three players to Las Vegas for the Main Event, along with another dozen to compete in the $1,500 events.

Over the past two decades, the Syndicate has welcomed just over 500 unique players. Some only played a tournament or two, others stuck around for a couple of seasons, and each season we’ve gained players that are still with us today. While the Syndicate has certainly evolved over the years, there is also a continuity as our current membership includes players from all stages of our history, tying the very beginning to the present day.

So let’s keep this going and see how far we can go!

Season 20 • Event 1 Results

In first place, after crushing the final table, was Scott Najjar. Scott had such a commanding chip lead that the final four wrapped up in just about seven minutes. Anthony battled his way to 2nd place, with Robert and Lisa taking 3rd and 4th. Rounding out the money were Steve P, Keithy, Wendi, and Steve A.

Final Table:

1. Scott N
2. Anthony
3. Robert
4. Lisa
5. Steve P
6. Keithy
7. Wendi
8. Steve A
9. Anders
10. John B

Next Up: Event 2 is a regular tournament with a 40k starting stack on Sept 20 at 3:15pm

Season 20 at a Glance  The Season 20 results/info can be found  HERE

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The Syndicate schedule has been updated. It includes the upcoming Season 20, several special events and even the opener for Season 21!

Here are some changes/highlights to look for in Season 20:

• Most tourneys will start at 100/200/200 – we are no longer playing the 100/100/100 level.
• Starting stacks increased to 30k for re-entries; 40k for regulars; 50k for majors; and 75k for super-majors
• We are introducing the Big Stack events with 250k starting stacks beginning at the 1000/2000/2000 level. This will be similar to the events we ran in our Monster Tune-up tourneys.
• As always we have two Makeup Dates on the schedule. These will be utilized if we need to re-schedule an event.

Upcoming Special Events:

• The Tiki Tourney is coming up on Aug. 2 at 2pm at CaliFino in Carlsbad
• The Summer Fun tourney is on Aug. 24 at 2pm. At Joey’s studio 
• Holiday Hold’em is on Dec. 13 – location TBD

20th Anniversary Tourney

• The Syndicate turns 20 years old in January! [the first season had only 10 events beginning in January of 2006] So we’re going to have a big Reunion Tourney/Party on January 24th, 2026 at CaliFino in Carlsbad.  Along with all of our current players we’ll be inviting players from the first few seasons and from throughout our history.

The Schedule Looking Forward

• All Season 20 post-season events are already scheduled
• The Season 21 pre-season events (The Tiki and Summer Fun) are scheduled
• The Season Opener for Season 21 is scheduled.

Main Event Players:

1. Keithy
2. Scott New Guy
3. Alan

$1,500 Players

1. Farid
2. Andi
3. Robert
4. Ranjit
5. Wendi
6. Maryanne
7. Christopher
8. Mark Ross
9. Dana Wizard
10. Pat H
11. Jonkey
12. Anthony

Mini Syndi:

1. Don Bisco

Good luck to all of our Syndicate winners and players this summer at the WSOP!

Congratulations to Alan Ho for winning our third Main Event seat. Alan was the fifth seed at the start of the tournament and he held on until finally matching up with Ranjit heads-up with a 1.2m to 700k chip advantage. The two traded pots for about 30 minutes until the final hand happened with Alan’s 68hh besting Ranjit’s QQ on a 56T64 runout. This will be Alan’s third time playing the Main Event for the Syndicate!

Congratulations to our playoff winners! Mark, Dana, Pat, Jonkey and Anthony all earned $1500 WSOP seats and will play for the Syndicate in Las Vegas the Summer. Additionally, Mark and Dana advanced to play in our Bonus Main Event Final Table Tourney the next day.

Also, Don won the highly coveted Mini-Syndi seat for coming in 6th place!

The lineup & starting stacks for the Bonus Main Event tournament

The tournament starts at 2pm and will play down to a victor who will win the third Syndicate WSOP Main Event seat and represent the Syndi in Las Vegas.

We also have a side tournament, the Sunday Funday Tourney, starting at 3pm. This will be a full payout $100 buyin tourney with rebuys through level 6.

Congratulations to Christopher “Payday” Black for keeping his candy bar in our tie-breaker match on Thursday night. This was just our second tie-breaker in Syndicate history. The first was won by Craigy vs Joy back in Season 13. And it should be noted that Craigy went on to win a Main Event that season!

This mini-tournament was between Christopher, Paul H and Jonkey. The winner would advance straight to our Sunday Main Event Bonus Tourney. The other two players drop down into the Playoff Tourney on Saturday. They played an elimination match first with all three players. The first one out was Jonkey, who ran out of chips about 90 minutes into the match. After another 45 minutes Paul took down the first game.

The two remaining contenders played another match with Christopher coming out on top. So now they played a final rubber match and after a little over an hour Paul made his final stand with A6 while Christopher tabled QQ. The flop brought two more queens and no one even bothered to run the rest of the board out!

Congratulations again to Christopher and good luck in the playoff to Paul and Jonkey. And a big thank you to Ranjit for hosting this fun event!

The lineup and starting stack for the Saturday Playoff Tournament:

Congratulations to Jim “Oscar” Hernandez for his victory in Event 16. This was Jim’s second win of the season, though this one was especially sweet since he also got to give an Academy Award winning performance early at the final table! At 3000/6000/6000 Jonkey brought it in for a raise to 20k from under the gun; Jim flatted from UTG+1 and then Tombie 3-bet to 100k from UTG+2. It folded around to Jonkey who got out of the way. Then Jim squirmed in his seat, gave it a good long think, and finally said “ok, it’s late, if it’s time to go then it’s time to go” and pushed his final 130k into the middle. Tombie sighed and made the 50k call, leaving himself 50k behind. Jim then accepted his Oscar by turning over KK while Tombie tabled QQ. The board ran clean for the kings and Jim had a nice double-up that helped take him to victory!

In 2nd place was Ranjit “All or Nothing” Randhawa, giving him two wins and a 2nd place to catapult him into the middle of the guaranteed seat bracket. In 3rd place was Patsy, who made a great run for the victory but came up just short. In 4th place was that new guy, Scott N, who clinched a Main Event seat with his eight final table appearance of the season (the most this season). In 5th place was Jon Towers who earned just enough points to sneak into the playoffs. Likewise, Tombie rallied from Jim’s suck-out to get 6th place and also squeak into the playoffs.

Final Table:

1. Jim H
2. Ranjit
3. Patsy
4. Scott N
5. Jon T
6. Tombie
7. Mona
8. Wendi
9. Jonkey
10. Paul H

The Leaderboard: There was plenty of drama and suspense up and down the leaderboard on Saturday. Up at the top, Farid, who started the day in 2nd place, wasn’t able to add to his total when he got it all in with AK vs Tombie’s AJ. Both players hit their Ace on the turn and the stacks went in. A Jack on the river sent Farid to the sidelines and he no longer controlled his own destiny. This play also meant that Keith clinched his main event seat. This will be Keith’s third time representing the Syndicate at the WSOP Main Event – the most of any player in Syndi history!

The next contender was Scott Najjors, who started the day in third place. Scott clinched when Robert busted out in 12th place. This caps off a great Syndicate debut season by Scott and will be his first time playing in the Main Event!

That left Farid, Andi, Robert, Ranjit, Alan, Wendi and Maryanne in our guaranteed $1500 seats, with Wendi moving into her spot with an 8th place finish.

Next we have some fun coming up with a 3-way tie for the last guaranteed seat between Paul Hopkins, Christopher Chumbawumba and Jonkey the Commish. They will play a tie-breaker mini-tourney at Ranjit’s home at 6pm on Thursday to determine who will advance to Sunday’s final table tourney and who will be the top seeds in the playoff on Saturday. Spectators, fans and hecklers are welcome!!

Next Up: Our next event is Day 1 of the Playoffs. On Saturday, May 3, nineteen players will duke it out for five $1500 seats and the top two will return on Sunday for a one-table winner-take-all Main Event playoff.   

Guaranteed Seats – Sunday Main Event Bracket:

• Farid
• Andi
• Robert
• Ranjit
• Alan
• Wendi
• MaryAnne

Tie Breaker Match – one winner advances to Sunday. Two non-winners play on Saturday

• Paul H
• Christopher
• Jonkey

Playoff Seats – Saturday Playoff Bracket:

• John B
• Don B
• Mark
• Jim SR
• Pat H
• Steve A
• Anthony
• Kelly
• Paul R
• Matt H
• Dana Wizard
• Lena
• iJack
• Susan
• Wayne
• Tombie
• JonT

Congratulations to all of our winners and good luck to all of the players that are still in the hunt!

Season 19 at a Glance  The Season 19 results/info can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Dana the Wizard for taking down event 15! This is Dana’s first win since Event 3 of Season 18 and his eighth victory since joining the Syndicate at the end of Season 7. When heads-up began Dana had about 10-1 chip advantage over Jonkey and it was over pretty quickly when the commish made his final stand with the might 8-2 off. This was Jonkey’s fourth final table in the last six events and best finish since Event 13 of Season 17.

In 3rd place was Pat with his fifth final table and best finish of the season. In 4th place was Farid, who continues his strong run this season as he’s now in 2nd place on the leaderboard. In 5th place, for the second tournament in a row, was Maryanne. This was Maryanne’s fourth top-5 finish of the season and it moves her into 7th place overall. Robert Dean took 5th place to round out our money winners. This was Robert’s eighth final table of the season and moves him into 5th place on the leaderboard.

Final Table:

1. Dana Wizard
2. Jonkey
3. Pat H
4. Farid
5. Maryanne
6. Robert
7. Scott N
8. Tombie
9. Christopher
10. Jack

The Leaderboard We reported a few days ago that it was possible that the Syndicate would be able to award 4 Main Event seats this season. That would have resulted in adjustments to the projected guaranteed and playoff brackets on the leaderboard. However, after getting five cancelations for Event 15, the numbers do not allow us to make this happen. Our rules determine how many Main Event and $1500 seats we award depending on the funds available. So the leaderboard brackets remain the same as we have projected all season.

• The top 2 players will receive guaranteed Main Event seats (+$500)
• The next 8 places (3^rd to 10^th) will receive guaranteed $1500 seats (+ $300)
• The next 18 places (11^th to 29^th) will earn a seat at our playoff event on May 3^rd
• The top 5 finishers in the playoff will earn a  $1500 seat (+$300)
• The top 2 finishers in the playoff will advance to the Main Event final table tournament on May 4. They will join the 8 guaranteed seat players and play for the final Main Event seat.

Remember: anyone that qualifies for the playoff tournament still has a chance to win a Main Event seat!

Next Up  Event 16 is a Super-Major with a 50k starting stack at 1 pm on April 27th.

Season 19 at a Glance  The Season 19 results/info can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Keithy “Sun Run” Morgan for his second win of the season and his tenth since joining the Syndicate back in Season 5 (2009). Keith had a healthy stack going into the final table but ran into trouble when we were 9-handed and he ended up all-in with 10-10 vs Andi’s AA. They saw a flop of 298 and the turn brought a 6. Don Bisco quickly said, “It’s always a sweat”, right before a 7 landed on the river to knock Andi out and almost double-up Keith. Keith seemed to have an ace in every hand he played after that as he now takes over 1st place overall.

In 2nd place was Wayne, who is suddenly 🔥ON FIRE 🔥with points in two events in a row! In 3rd place was Jonkey, for his third final table in the last five events and his best finish of the season. In 4th place was Chris Blake, followed by Maryanne, Don B and newbie Matt G to round out our money winners.

Final Table

1. Keithy
2. Wayne
3. Jonkey
4. Chris Blake
5. MaryAnne
6. Don B
7. Matt G
8. Scott N
9. Andi
10. Christopher

The Leaderboard Keithy has taken a commanding lead now with two events to go as he’s now 70 points over Andi in 2nd place. In 3rd place is first year player Scott N, who came in 8th place this week to bump Farid down to 4th place. Alan, Robert and John B didn’t score this week but are still in contention at 5th, 6th and 7th places. Wendell, Christopher and Paul occupy 8th, 9th and 10th place to round out our guaranteed seat players. Don B is the new bubble-boy.

Next Up Event 15 is a regular tournament with a 25k starting stack on April 12th at 3pm.

Season 19 at a Glance The Season 19 results/info can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Ranjit for his second win of the Season! Ranjit never seemed to have a big stack throughout the tournament but he somehow managed to keep not busting out until he finally just won the event! This was Ranjit’s seventh Syndicate victory and the second time that he’s won two events in a season (in season 17).

In 2nd place was Alan for his eleventh runner-up finish in his Syndicate career. Alan’s first time as an almost winner was way back in Event 17 of Season 6 (yes, we played 20 event per season back in the day!)

In 3rd place was Matt Hopkins, for his third final table appearance and second top-3 finish of the season. In 4th place was the new guy Matt G, who had a solid finish in just his second Syndi event. Dana M, the Syndicate’s preeminent Steely Dan aficionado, came in 5th place.

And in 6th place, to round out our money winners, was our Season-9 overall runner-up and Syndicate Main Event representative, Wayne Moeck.

Final Table

1. Ranjit
2. Alan
3. Matt H
4. Matt G
5. Dana M
6. Wayne
7. Julie
8. Wendi
9. John B
10. Robert

The Leaderboard The top of the leaderboard stayed the same with Andi, Keithy, Farid and Scott N all hanging on to spots 1 through 4 – despite getting zero points between them! With his 2nd place finish this week, Alan moved up seven spots into 5th place and is now in striking distance of the main event spots. We also now have Wendi and Ranjit moving up into the guaranteed seats, bumping down Christopher and Steve.

Next Up Event 14 is a RE-ENTRY tournament with a 25k starting stack on Saturday, March 29 at 3pm. Re-entries (plus a surrender option) are allowed through the end of level 6.

Season 19 at a Glance All of the Season 19 results/info can be found  HERE

Congratulations to John Borges for taking down Event 12. It will come as a surprise to many that this is only John’s second Syndicate victory – but if you’re paying attention he’s much better than that and a really nice guy too! In 2nd place was Susan with her best Syndicate finish so far. Don Bisco came in 3rd place for his third final table of the season. Tom E came in 4th place, reminding us that he’s still alive after winning Event 5 back in early November. Andi and Wendi came in 5th and 6th place to round out our money winners.

We don’t typically announce the player on the money bubble but it’s worth noting this time because it was Anthony. The consensus is that Anthony should have made the money but he ran out of chips.

Final Table

1. John B
2. Susan
3. Don B
4. Tom E
5. Andi
6. Wendi
7. Anthony
8. Farid
9. Robert
10. Chris Z

The Leaderboard With her 5th place finish this week, Andi has moved into first place overall. This bumps Keithy down to 2nd place while Farid held on to 3rd place with his final table appearance this week. Scott N dropped down to 4th place.

Next Up Event 13 is a regular tournament with a 25k starting stack March 15 at 3pm.

Season 19 at a Glance The Season 19 results/info can be found  HERE

Congratulations to Andi for her second win of the season, which also happens to be the second win in her Syndicate career! Paul R came in 2nd place, which makes three final tables (including a win in event 7) in just four events this season. In 3rd place was Anthony, making him the only player in Syndicate history to get 3rd place in the 11th event of Season 19. Nice job Anthony! Robert came in 4th place for his fifth final table appearance (and eighth score) of the season. Scott and Steve A. came in 5th and 6th places to round out our money winners.

Final Table

1. Andi
2. Paul R
3. Anthony
4. Robert
5. Scott
6. Steve A
7. Paul H
8. Jonkey
9. Wendi
10. Jim H

Here’s a fun hand we don’t see very often – Farid had a Royal Flush early in the tournament!!

Next Up: Event 12 is a major tournament with a 40k starting stack (no re-entries) on Saturday, March 1st at 3pm.

Season 19 at a Glance – All of the Season 19 information can be found by clicking HERE