Faldo Squeaks Out a Victory

Waiting in Faldo's suite at Niks Poker Palace. It's hard work being Faldo.

In spite of one of the dumbest plays Faldo has ever made (and he has made many), Faldo comes back to win it from a hard – charging Douge2.
Douge2 has been on fire in this 1^st quarter. In spite of Faldo’s win, Douge2 still holds the lead in the 1^st quarter. Nice rounding Douge2.
The rest of the field had to be rooting for Faldo because Douge2 would have been pulling away with another win. But with Faldo playing Faldo’esqe poker, they had to be worried.
The hand will be explained below – where it happened.
We welcomed a new player tonight – Tim481. He made the final table and actually earned points in his first tournament. Way to go Tim!
Anyway, the race is still tight for the 1^st quarter seat, so come on and sign up!
On to the action:

24 min: Theedouble*d (16^th)

25 min: Sanster89 (15^th) sees his (Ad Kd) run into Douge2’s (AA).

30 min: Derf-63 (14^th) runs into Tomservo2’s trip Sixes.

31 min: ThePunk75 (13^th) ran into Tomservo2’s full house. Someone is hot!

34 min: A short-stacked (SS) Wingsfancurt (12^th) with (AQ) loses to Tomservo2’s pair of Eights as an [8] hits the board. Yep, hot all right!

44 min: Tomservo2 (11^th) sees his (TT) run into Mikeniks-Faldo’s (KK). Tom got cold.

52 min: 95corolla (10^th) missed it as table closed.

53 min: K9isadog (9^th) blinded out

1^st break:

Douge2     5810

Tim481    5405

Mikeniks-Faldo    4303

Lump2    3497

Suetman123    2100

LittleRedElf    1530

T3chlady     690

Absea98    665

69 min: LittleRedElf (8^th) with (55) runs into Absea98’s (KK).

74 min: A SS T3chlady (7^th) runs into Mikeniks-Faldo’s flush.

82 min: A SS Absea98 (6^th) goes with (4) and runs into Lump2’s trip Queens.

91 min: A SS newcomer Tim481 (5^th) loses to Lump2’s pair of Queens.

94 min: Suetman123 (4th) runs into Douge2’s pair of Jacks.

95 min: A SS Lump2 (3^rd) with (KJ) falls to Mikeniks-Faldo’s pair of Twos.

Heads up:    Douge2   16700     -     Mikeniks-Faldo     7300

100 min:      Douge2   16100     -     Mikeniks-Faldo     7900

105 min:      Douge2    9000     -     Mikeniks-Faldo     15000

Mikeniks-Faldo has (QQ) and forgets himself for a minute – staring at those lovely Ladies. After the flop Faldo moves all-in on a flop of [7K3]! What can Douge2 possibly call with except a (K) or trip Threes or trip Sevens? Of course he calls with a King. A case can be made for moving in to prevent an Ace from falling, but a decent size bet and a re-raise all in by Douge2 would have been a whole lot cheaper.

Sometimes Faldo’s brain air locks.

110 min:      Douge2   20000     -     Mikeniks-Faldo     4000

115 min:      Douge2   12000     -     Mikeniks-Faldo     12000

117 min:  Douge2 (2^nd) tries it with (JT) but Mikeniks-Faldo has (KJ).

1^st – Mikeniks-Faldo

2^nd – Douge2 

3^rd – Lump2

4^th – Suetman123

5^th – Tim481

6^th – Absea98

7^th – T3chlady

8^th - LittleRedElf

9^th – K9isadog

10^th – 95corolla

11^th – Tomservo2

12^th – Wingsfancurt

13^th – ThePunk75  

14^th – Derf-63

15^th – Sanster89

16^th – Theedouble*d

The 1st Quarter Standings are on the right side of the blog!