The Poker Mutant will be retiring (mostly) from poker on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the End of Times.

Dropped into the Wednesday Final Table $1K GTD NLHE Bounty just as the last level before break was about to start. Saigon Vic gulped up two bounties in the first two hands I was there, then I got one after a seemingly-discombobulated player sat down in one of the vacant seats, limped his AxKx in a multi-way pot, then shoved on a Jx7x9x flop when I’d called from the button with 7♥5♥. Nothing else went my way, though and I busted shoving A♥7♥ with 15bb from the cutoff into the button’s nines. The K♣K♠Q♣ flop gave me some outs, but it was over.

As the day draws to a close, I got in another Ignition Casino $4K GTD NLHE Turbo. Made the money then open-shoved 8bb with K♥J♥, and got called by two players, including the big stack with 11bb and 8♠8♣, and another player with K♠T♠. The big stack flopped a full house and I min-cashed, before another player with half a big bind got knocked out.