Brandon Adams takes the early lead in the 2018 Poker Masters after taking down Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em, a few days shy of finishing fourth in Event #1: $10,000 NLHE.

Maxence Cyrin sends a melody into my mind, racing ahead of a piano desperate to slam its teeth into the tools of her trade.

Clubbed to Death. 

That’s how I feel.