This is only for the more sophisticated humorists among us….
1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, “I’ll serve you, but don't start anything.”
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walked into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: “A beer please, and one for the road.”
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: “Does this taste funny to you?”
7. “Doc, I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home.”
“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.”
“Is it common?”
“Well, It's Not Unusual”
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field….
Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.”
“I don't believe you,” says Dolly.
“It’s true; no bull!” exclaims Daisy….
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
10. Déjà Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, “Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!”
The doctor replied, “I know, I amputated your arms!”
13. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, “Dam!”
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.
After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse.
“But why,” they asked, as they moved off.
“Because,” he said. “I can’t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt , and is named “Ahmal.” The other goes to a family in Spain ; they name him “Juan.” Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, “They’re twins! If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.”
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (oh, man, this is so bad, it’s good): a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
20. A dwarf, who was a mystic, escaped from jail. The call went out that there was a small medium at large.
21. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to her friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
Hat tip to Douge2....I think.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Beerhog Returns …and Wins in a Roll!
Twenty-five players made it to NPP for Round 8 and an NPP legend stops by to add to his win total on the Walk of Fame, in his first appearance of 2008.
Beerhog was on fire tonight. [“That’s what she said.” – He also brought with him the joke line of the evening from the TV show “The Office”, which Faldo did not let go all night either. Go figure.]
We also welcomed a new player to the NPP stable – Fusciadi. On to the action:
2 min: Tigercub8189 made it into the tourney under the wire, as Sirgash (25th), fresh off his MI Forum League win, has his (QQ) run into RKidder51400’s (KK).
14 min: Douge2 (24th) bows out as he runs into Beerhog’s straight.
20 min: Didn’t see it as I was getting hands early, but Fusciadi (23rd) got the usual NPP greeting for 1st time players and is out early.
22 min: Smookie27 (22nd) was out next.
30 min: Mistermusic5 (21st) was next.
49 min: A short-stacked CrackBuyer (20th) tries it with (A9) but finds Suetman1 with (AQ).
53 min: Nahanni (19th) has her (55) crash into Beerhog’s (KK).
56 min: Tigercub8189 (18th) now wishes Sirgash would have lost quicker.
57 min: RKidder51400 (17th) runs into LittleRedElf’s (AA).
Break:
Beerhog 4890
ThePunk75 3740
Rennzzo 3490
LittleRedElf 3235
7Jokers 2570
Theedouble*d 2495
Kensik 2410
Biglou93 2150
Bighousea2 2110
Suetman1 1900
Absea98 1890
Nixi44 1600
Whilden 1485
Mikeniks-Faldo 1390
Gumby888 1275
Akensi 870
65 min: Mikeniks-Faldo gets a gift here and poor Suetman1 (16th) earns the “bad beat of the night” award. As you can see, my chip level was low and I have to make a move. I had picked up a few more chips in the play after the break.
I raise from early-middle position with (TT), hoping for folds or all-in raises to make the decision easy on my head. Suetman1 calls and we see the flop 3-handed as the BB called (I think it was ThePunk75).
The flop is [898] and I do not want Claudia’s AK or AQ to run me down, so I move all-in. My Ray Charles hand reading skills are on display again as she actually is holding (KK)! I ruthlessly hit my [T] on the river. Ouch!
66 min: Whilden (15th) was out next. I didn’t see it as I was still apologizing to Suetman1.
73 min: Akensi (14th) was next.
77 min: Biglou93 (13th) next.
79 min: Mikeniks-Faldo got some more dealer love as a Big Blind special nails Bighousea2 (12th). Just for clarification, I had taken some BB crushes by 7Jokers and Beerhog, so I was not getting all love all the time. [That’s what she said!]
I had (Th 6h) and got to limp in from the BB with three other players. The flop is [8h-T-6] – a beauty for me. I bet it and get called only by BigH. The turn is a beautiful [6]. I bet again and get called again. The river is a [3] and I bet again and get raised all-in!
I tank for a while before calling and my small full house crushes the Bighousea2’s Ladies.
83 min: Nixi44 (11th) has her (QQ) run into Beerhog’s (AA). That is scalp #3 for the Hog.
90 min: Interesting hand here. A short-stacked 7Jokers (10th) has to go all-in with (AJ). I see the stack and decide to try and remove not only a very dangerous player, but one that just outplays me regularly. All-in is the only way I can play 7Jokers. He is that good!
Beerhog calls too and we take the flop of [AT8] 3-handed. I check my (AQ) to see what Beerhog will do. He pimps me by betting to start a side pot with (KK). I take the bet to mean he has AT and wants 7Jokers heads up – when in reality – he wants my stack!
The problem I see with this strategy is that he is vulnerable to an Ace, which surely one of us can have. But he succeeds in making me fold and gives 7Jokers life.
The turn and river are cruel to 7Jokers (tying Suetman1 for “bad beat” honors) as the [Q] [J] give Beerhog a straight and his 4th scalp – and would have had Faldo’s too if I had called!
Note to Beerhog: Checking it down gets the same result. Comments anyone on the play of this hand? Forget the result, but was Beerhog right? Was Faldo a wuss folding? I can make a case for Yes Yes, No No, YN and NY.
102 min: A short-stacked and league point leader Rennzzo (9th) has to try it with (A2) and runs into Beerhog’s straight. Victim #5.
107 min: Kensik (8th) cannot get his (KJ) to catch Theedouble*d’s (88).
110 min: Theedouble*d and Beerhog were the two big chip leaders. But with lots of betting on every street of a board of [3 5 J 8 K], Beerhog captures a big pot and chip lead as he moves all-in and DD can’t call.
120 min: Theedouble*d’s (7th) luck does not improve as Absea98 hits an [A] on the river to eliminate DD.
2nd Break:
Beerhog 18610
Absea98 7275
Gumby888 4750
Mikeniks-Faldo 3570
ThePunk75 2835
LittleRedElf 460
It is a little early to be standings watching, but I know LittleRedElf, ThePunk75 and I are well aware of what the next hands can mean to us. Rennzzo will be replaced as league leader, but by whom and by how many?
128 min: Absea98 (6th) had lost a tough hand to ThePunk75 and has to try it with (K6). Gumby888 (5th) has to go with (As Ks), leaving the Beerhog in the think tank. He eventually calls with (55) and the pair holds up! Vicitms #6 and #7! LittleRedElf picks up valuable points on Rennzzo with that result.
129 min: LittleRedElf (4th) finally becomes Beerhog’s 8th victim as the Hog trips Aces.
132 min: I can’t avoid the Beerhog hot streak as Mikeniks-Faldo (3rd) tries with (Ac 3c) but can’t catch Beerhog’s (TT). 9th victim!
Heads up: Beerhog 28500 – ThePunk75 9000
135 min: EVEN!!!!
140 min: ThePunk75 27000 - Beerhog 10500
144 min: Back to near even when ThePunk75 (2nd) bets the flop of [2T7] and with (J5) and gets called. The turn is a [7] and he bets again thinking his over card might be good, but he gets called. The river is his [J] and thinking he has the pot, moves all-in. Beerhog has (75) for the win. Victim #10 tonight that I know of!
Congratulations to ThePunk75 for his 4th straight final table (Rennzzo has done it too this year) and to Beerhog on his triumphant return to NPP in 2009.
1st – Beerhog 20 points
2nd – ThePunk75 14 pts
3rd – Mikeniks-Faldo 10 pts
4th – LittleRedElf 7 pts
5th - Gumby888 5 pts
6th – Absea98 4 pts
7th – Theedouble*d 3 pts
8th – Kensik 2 pts
9th – Rennzzo 1 pt
League standings on right side of blog!
Beerhog was on fire tonight. [“That’s what she said.” – He also brought with him the joke line of the evening from the TV show “The Office”, which Faldo did not let go all night either. Go figure.]
We also welcomed a new player to the NPP stable – Fusciadi. On to the action:
2 min: Tigercub8189 made it into the tourney under the wire, as Sirgash (25th), fresh off his MI Forum League win, has his (QQ) run into RKidder51400’s (KK).
14 min: Douge2 (24th) bows out as he runs into Beerhog’s straight.
20 min: Didn’t see it as I was getting hands early, but Fusciadi (23rd) got the usual NPP greeting for 1st time players and is out early.
22 min: Smookie27 (22nd) was out next.
30 min: Mistermusic5 (21st) was next.
49 min: A short-stacked CrackBuyer (20th) tries it with (A9) but finds Suetman1 with (AQ).
53 min: Nahanni (19th) has her (55) crash into Beerhog’s (KK).
56 min: Tigercub8189 (18th) now wishes Sirgash would have lost quicker.
57 min: RKidder51400 (17th) runs into LittleRedElf’s (AA).
Break:
Beerhog 4890
ThePunk75 3740
Rennzzo 3490
LittleRedElf 3235
7Jokers 2570
Theedouble*d 2495
Kensik 2410
Biglou93 2150
Bighousea2 2110
Suetman1 1900
Absea98 1890
Nixi44 1600
Whilden 1485
Mikeniks-Faldo 1390
Gumby888 1275
Akensi 870
65 min: Mikeniks-Faldo gets a gift here and poor Suetman1 (16th) earns the “bad beat of the night” award. As you can see, my chip level was low and I have to make a move. I had picked up a few more chips in the play after the break.
I raise from early-middle position with (TT), hoping for folds or all-in raises to make the decision easy on my head. Suetman1 calls and we see the flop 3-handed as the BB called (I think it was ThePunk75).
The flop is [898] and I do not want Claudia’s AK or AQ to run me down, so I move all-in. My Ray Charles hand reading skills are on display again as she actually is holding (KK)! I ruthlessly hit my [T] on the river. Ouch!
66 min: Whilden (15th) was out next. I didn’t see it as I was still apologizing to Suetman1.
73 min: Akensi (14th) was next.
77 min: Biglou93 (13th) next.
79 min: Mikeniks-Faldo got some more dealer love as a Big Blind special nails Bighousea2 (12th). Just for clarification, I had taken some BB crushes by 7Jokers and Beerhog, so I was not getting all love all the time. [That’s what she said!]
I had (Th 6h) and got to limp in from the BB with three other players. The flop is [8h-T-6] – a beauty for me. I bet it and get called only by BigH. The turn is a beautiful [6]. I bet again and get called again. The river is a [3] and I bet again and get raised all-in!
I tank for a while before calling and my small full house crushes the Bighousea2’s Ladies.
83 min: Nixi44 (11th) has her (QQ) run into Beerhog’s (AA). That is scalp #3 for the Hog.
90 min: Interesting hand here. A short-stacked 7Jokers (10th) has to go all-in with (AJ). I see the stack and decide to try and remove not only a very dangerous player, but one that just outplays me regularly. All-in is the only way I can play 7Jokers. He is that good!
Beerhog calls too and we take the flop of [AT8] 3-handed. I check my (AQ) to see what Beerhog will do. He pimps me by betting to start a side pot with (KK). I take the bet to mean he has AT and wants 7Jokers heads up – when in reality – he wants my stack!
The problem I see with this strategy is that he is vulnerable to an Ace, which surely one of us can have. But he succeeds in making me fold and gives 7Jokers life.
The turn and river are cruel to 7Jokers (tying Suetman1 for “bad beat” honors) as the [Q] [J] give Beerhog a straight and his 4th scalp – and would have had Faldo’s too if I had called!
Note to Beerhog: Checking it down gets the same result. Comments anyone on the play of this hand? Forget the result, but was Beerhog right? Was Faldo a wuss folding? I can make a case for Yes Yes, No No, YN and NY.
102 min: A short-stacked and league point leader Rennzzo (9th) has to try it with (A2) and runs into Beerhog’s straight. Victim #5.
107 min: Kensik (8th) cannot get his (KJ) to catch Theedouble*d’s (88).
110 min: Theedouble*d and Beerhog were the two big chip leaders. But with lots of betting on every street of a board of [3 5 J 8 K], Beerhog captures a big pot and chip lead as he moves all-in and DD can’t call.
120 min: Theedouble*d’s (7th) luck does not improve as Absea98 hits an [A] on the river to eliminate DD.
2nd Break:
Beerhog 18610
Absea98 7275
Gumby888 4750
Mikeniks-Faldo 3570
ThePunk75 2835
LittleRedElf 460
It is a little early to be standings watching, but I know LittleRedElf, ThePunk75 and I are well aware of what the next hands can mean to us. Rennzzo will be replaced as league leader, but by whom and by how many?
128 min: Absea98 (6th) had lost a tough hand to ThePunk75 and has to try it with (K6). Gumby888 (5th) has to go with (As Ks), leaving the Beerhog in the think tank. He eventually calls with (55) and the pair holds up! Vicitms #6 and #7! LittleRedElf picks up valuable points on Rennzzo with that result.
129 min: LittleRedElf (4th) finally becomes Beerhog’s 8th victim as the Hog trips Aces.
132 min: I can’t avoid the Beerhog hot streak as Mikeniks-Faldo (3rd) tries with (Ac 3c) but can’t catch Beerhog’s (TT). 9th victim!
Heads up: Beerhog 28500 – ThePunk75 9000
135 min: EVEN!!!!
140 min: ThePunk75 27000 - Beerhog 10500
144 min: Back to near even when ThePunk75 (2nd) bets the flop of [2T7] and with (J5) and gets called. The turn is a [7] and he bets again thinking his over card might be good, but he gets called. The river is his [J] and thinking he has the pot, moves all-in. Beerhog has (75) for the win. Victim #10 tonight that I know of!
Congratulations to ThePunk75 for his 4th straight final table (Rennzzo has done it too this year) and to Beerhog on his triumphant return to NPP in 2009.
1st – Beerhog 20 points
2nd – ThePunk75 14 pts
3rd – Mikeniks-Faldo 10 pts
4th – LittleRedElf 7 pts
5th - Gumby888 5 pts
6th – Absea98 4 pts
7th – Theedouble*d 3 pts
8th – Kensik 2 pts
9th – Rennzzo 1 pt
League standings on right side of blog!
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Sirgash Wins Round 1 of the MI Forum League
In an exciting come from behind victory, Sirgash overtook Whilden on the last round of the 7 week league.
Sirgash HAD to win the last tourney while Whilden could not finish 4th or better – in order for the rally. Both players made the final table.
When Sirgash himself sent Whilden to the rail in 8th place, the stage was set. GvSu2009, who finished 2nd to Faldo Tuesday, was the heads up opponent. Try as he might, he could not take the chip lead away from Sirgash once heads up.
Congratulations to GvSu2009 for back to back 2nds, to Whilden for a great 7-tourney run in round 1, and of course to Sirgash for that exciting rally!
See more details on this tourney, this league and the start of the next round at the Michigan Poker Forum link on the right side of the blog.
Sirgash HAD to win the last tourney while Whilden could not finish 4th or better – in order for the rally. Both players made the final table.
When Sirgash himself sent Whilden to the rail in 8th place, the stage was set. GvSu2009, who finished 2nd to Faldo Tuesday, was the heads up opponent. Try as he might, he could not take the chip lead away from Sirgash once heads up.
Congratulations to GvSu2009 for back to back 2nds, to Whilden for a great 7-tourney run in round 1, and of course to Sirgash for that exciting rally!
See more details on this tourney, this league and the start of the next round at the Michigan Poker Forum link on the right side of the blog.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Standard Golf Terminology Not Heard on the Golf Channel
Golf has given us some unusual and colorful terms to describe shots such as:
"Shank" - Sent the ball sideways
"Chili-dip" - Big divot taken
"Skull" - Line drive an iron shot
"Duck-hook" - A shot that bends severely and quickly
"Worm-burner" - A shot along the ground (not a putt)
Here are some new ones to add to your vocabulary:
“Paris Hilton” - a very expensive hole.
“NY Times” - putt that's impossible to read.
“Rock Hudson “ - it looked straight, but wasn't.
“Saddam Hussein” - from one bunker into another.
“Yasser Arafat” - butt ugly and in the sand.
“John Kennedy Jr.” - didn't make it over the water.
“Elephant's Ass” - it's high and it stinks.
“Rodney King” - over-clubbed.
“O.J. Simpson” - got away with it.
“Princess Grace” - should have used a driver.
“Princess Di” - shouldn't have used a driver.
“Condom” - safe, but didn't feel very good.
“Brazilian” - shaved the hole.
“Rush Limbaugh” - a bit too far to the right.
“Nancy Pelosi” - way too far to the left.
"Barbara Streisand" - ugly, but still working.
"Teddy Kennedy" - goes in the water, but jumps out.
“Peewee Herman” - too much wrist
“Sonny Bono” - straight into a tree.
Hat tip to Bigbrimar and Douge2!
"Shank" - Sent the ball sideways
"Chili-dip" - Big divot taken
"Skull" - Line drive an iron shot
"Duck-hook" - A shot that bends severely and quickly
"Worm-burner" - A shot along the ground (not a putt)
Here are some new ones to add to your vocabulary:
“Paris Hilton” - a very expensive hole.
“NY Times” - putt that's impossible to read.
“Rock Hudson “ - it looked straight, but wasn't.
“Saddam Hussein” - from one bunker into another.
“Yasser Arafat” - butt ugly and in the sand.
“John Kennedy Jr.” - didn't make it over the water.
“Elephant's Ass” - it's high and it stinks.
“Rodney King” - over-clubbed.
“O.J. Simpson” - got away with it.
“Princess Grace” - should have used a driver.
“Princess Di” - shouldn't have used a driver.
“Condom” - safe, but didn't feel very good.
“Brazilian” - shaved the hole.
“Rush Limbaugh” - a bit too far to the right.
“Nancy Pelosi” - way too far to the left.
"Barbara Streisand" - ugly, but still working.
"Teddy Kennedy" - goes in the water, but jumps out.
“Peewee Herman” - too much wrist
“Sonny Bono” - straight into a tree.
Hat tip to Bigbrimar and Douge2!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Punk Has Got His Groove Back
I don't know what has happened but since winning the NPP tounry two weeks ago, Ive been running good online.
[Ed. Note. Hanging with the players at NPP is good for anyone’s game. Word up to all peeps.]
The latest came last night. I bought into the Full Tilt Doubles tourneys, and finished 3rd in "B". I would of cashed in both "A" and "B" but I took a beat on a terrible call.
But back to the highlights, I was actually down to about 750 chips at one point and worked my way back and caught pocket aces at the right time against two all-ins.
I was running good most of the night after that. My big pockets weren't getting run down, and I always seemed to have a better kicker when I needed it.
At the final table I was middle of the pack, and worked into the chip leader for a little while, Eventually it ended up with three of us left, and I got QQ and raised, got reraised all in from the BB and I insta-called. A-3 showed from him and he ran down that damn Ace on the river.
That hurt. But I ended up with about 93 times my buy in, so it didn't hurt that bad. – The Punk75
Nicely done Punk75!
[Ed. Note. Hanging with the players at NPP is good for anyone’s game. Word up to all peeps.]
The latest came last night. I bought into the Full Tilt Doubles tourneys, and finished 3rd in "B". I would of cashed in both "A" and "B" but I took a beat on a terrible call.
But back to the highlights, I was actually down to about 750 chips at one point and worked my way back and caught pocket aces at the right time against two all-ins.
I was running good most of the night after that. My big pockets weren't getting run down, and I always seemed to have a better kicker when I needed it.
At the final table I was middle of the pack, and worked into the chip leader for a little while, Eventually it ended up with three of us left, and I got QQ and raised, got reraised all in from the BB and I insta-called. A-3 showed from him and he ran down that damn Ace on the river.
That hurt. But I ended up with about 93 times my buy in, so it didn't hurt that bad. – The Punk75
Nicely done Punk75!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Faldo Wins His 1st NPP Tourney in a Year
It was the first victory at NPP – Poker Stars for Faldo since February 26, 2008. So it happened again exactly one year later. See you all at the end of next February, I guess. Even I can figure this read.
We tied the record for the most players ever, welcoming three new players: Frace08, Gumby888 and Wwsatando. More talent added to the NPP stable. No wonder it took me a year – and it will probably be a longer stretch now!
Onto the action:
1 min: Once again a quick exit prevented any late arrivals from getting seated as Duder1123 (27th) lost to GuSu2009’s straight. This all-in pattern – right at the start -happens at the start of play after the two breaks too! Weird.
14 min: CrackBuyer (26th) is gone. No info.
15 min: Frace08 (25th) sees his (22) get run over by Wwsatando’s (AA).
21 min: Mistermusic5 (24th) has a rough minute as his trip 5’s lose to Nixi44’s trip 7’s and then his pair of Jacks loses to ThePunk75’s Queens.
33 min: Acesovru (23rd) is gone next.
37 min: Theedouble*d (22nd) follows.
46 min: Nixi44 (21st) has her (TT) get run over as Suetman1 sees a flop of [8QQ] while holding (AQ).
48 min: A short-stacked Whilden (20th) panic move runs into Mikeniks-Faldo’s (AA).
53 min: RKidder51400 (19th) gets ganged up on as both 7Jokers and UMichPoker call her all-in and UMich wins it with (JJ).
Break:
Gumby888 4065 (new player with chip lead!)
UMichPoker 3695
Absea98 3555
Mikeniks-Faldo 3175
Suetman1 3140
Douge2 2565
GvSu2009 2505
Kensik 2455
Smookie27 2450
TheNewY2K 2270
Wwsatando 2195
ThePunk75 2125
Akensi 1465
Tigercub8189 940
Sirgash 775
Biglou93 770
7Jokers 745
61 min: 7Jokers (18th) is gone quickly. So fast, I never saw it.
62 min: Sirgash (17th) has to move with (77) and Biglou93 has to call with (Ad Qd) and an [A] hits the flop.
66 min: The husband and wife team exit as a pair as Akensi’s (16th) straight is one card shorter than UMichPoker.
69 min: Kensik (15th) hits a [AKJ] flop with (Ah Th) but Smookie27 is holding (JJ).
76 min: Tigercub8189 (14th) has to try it with (A7) and sees UMichPoker has (A9).
87 min: A short-stacked Douge2 (13th) tries it with (JT) and can’t catch TheNewY2K’s (99).
97 min: Wwsatando (12th), a veteran of the Wednesday MI Forum Tourney, but an NPP rookie, makes a good showing, but in the end his (A6) cannot catch Absea98’s (JJ).
102 min: Our league point leader Rennzzo (11th) tries to make his 5th straight NPP final table, but his (AQ) can’t catch Suetman1’s (TT).
106 min: The bubble position went to a rookie with another great showing in his first NPP battle. Gumby888 (10th) is double-teamed by Mikeniks and UMichPoker with UMich winning her second straight threesome with trip fours. There has to be a joke in there someplace.
112 min: UMichPoker was not finished with threesomes. Her, Absea98 (9th) and Biglou93 (8th) get all the chips in the center and UMich is holding (AA). Wow! Women always win in threesomes, it seems.
113 min: ThePunk75 (7th) gets punked as his (AJ) is run down by Suetman1’s (KJ) as two [xKKxx] hit the board.
119 min: But the deck returns the favor to Suetman1 (6th) as her (K5) has TheNewY2K’s (K2) dominated, but the [2] hits on the river.
Break 2:
GvSu2009 13175
TheNewY2K 7707
UMichPoker 8478
Mikeniks-Faldo 6925
Smookie27 4215
121 min: Again with the all-ins after the break. Smookie27 (5th) doesn’t believe Mikeniks-Faldo’s big bet and moves all-in with (QJ). Faldo calls with (AK) and it holds up. Two starts for Smookie and two final tables. Another NPP stud!
127 min: TheNewY2K (4th) goes with (99) and is called by GvSu2009 with (JT) and the flop is [J74] with no change in standing on the turn and river. By the way, Y2K easily has the Points per Round lead! Show off!
135 min: UMichPoker (3rd) makes a bluff all-in with (97) and runs into Mikeniks-Faldo’s (AA). Bad timing is all.
GvSu2009 has a 25,000 to 15,500 chip lead on Mikeniks-Faldo.
140 min: Even now in chips.
145 min: Still even in chips.
147 min: Faldo takes a big lead as his (K7) beats GvSu’s (JT)
148 min: Back to almost even as Faldo has his (KQ) run into GvSu’s (AA).
150 min: Finally, GvSu2009 (2nd) has to go with (98) and Mikeniks-Faldo calls with (A9). The flop of [xA8] and Faldo holds on and wins his 1st NPP tourney in EXACTLY one year!
1st – Mikeniks-Faldo 20 points
2nd – GvSu2009 14 pts
3rd – UMichPoker 10 pts
4th – TheNewY2K 7 pts
5th – Smookie27 5 pts
6th – Suetman1 4 pts
7th – ThePunk75 3 pts
8th – Biglou93 2 pts
9th – Absea98 1 pt
League standings on the right side of the blog!
We tied the record for the most players ever, welcoming three new players: Frace08, Gumby888 and Wwsatando. More talent added to the NPP stable. No wonder it took me a year – and it will probably be a longer stretch now!
Onto the action:
1 min: Once again a quick exit prevented any late arrivals from getting seated as Duder1123 (27th) lost to GuSu2009’s straight. This all-in pattern – right at the start -happens at the start of play after the two breaks too! Weird.
14 min: CrackBuyer (26th) is gone. No info.
15 min: Frace08 (25th) sees his (22) get run over by Wwsatando’s (AA).
21 min: Mistermusic5 (24th) has a rough minute as his trip 5’s lose to Nixi44’s trip 7’s and then his pair of Jacks loses to ThePunk75’s Queens.
33 min: Acesovru (23rd) is gone next.
37 min: Theedouble*d (22nd) follows.
46 min: Nixi44 (21st) has her (TT) get run over as Suetman1 sees a flop of [8QQ] while holding (AQ).
48 min: A short-stacked Whilden (20th) panic move runs into Mikeniks-Faldo’s (AA).
53 min: RKidder51400 (19th) gets ganged up on as both 7Jokers and UMichPoker call her all-in and UMich wins it with (JJ).
Break:
Gumby888 4065 (new player with chip lead!)
UMichPoker 3695
Absea98 3555
Mikeniks-Faldo 3175
Suetman1 3140
Douge2 2565
GvSu2009 2505
Kensik 2455
Smookie27 2450
TheNewY2K 2270
Wwsatando 2195
ThePunk75 2125
Akensi 1465
Tigercub8189 940
Sirgash 775
Biglou93 770
7Jokers 745
61 min: 7Jokers (18th) is gone quickly. So fast, I never saw it.
62 min: Sirgash (17th) has to move with (77) and Biglou93 has to call with (Ad Qd) and an [A] hits the flop.
66 min: The husband and wife team exit as a pair as Akensi’s (16th) straight is one card shorter than UMichPoker.
69 min: Kensik (15th) hits a [AKJ] flop with (Ah Th) but Smookie27 is holding (JJ).
76 min: Tigercub8189 (14th) has to try it with (A7) and sees UMichPoker has (A9).
87 min: A short-stacked Douge2 (13th) tries it with (JT) and can’t catch TheNewY2K’s (99).
97 min: Wwsatando (12th), a veteran of the Wednesday MI Forum Tourney, but an NPP rookie, makes a good showing, but in the end his (A6) cannot catch Absea98’s (JJ).
102 min: Our league point leader Rennzzo (11th) tries to make his 5th straight NPP final table, but his (AQ) can’t catch Suetman1’s (TT).
106 min: The bubble position went to a rookie with another great showing in his first NPP battle. Gumby888 (10th) is double-teamed by Mikeniks and UMichPoker with UMich winning her second straight threesome with trip fours. There has to be a joke in there someplace.
112 min: UMichPoker was not finished with threesomes. Her, Absea98 (9th) and Biglou93 (8th) get all the chips in the center and UMich is holding (AA). Wow! Women always win in threesomes, it seems.
113 min: ThePunk75 (7th) gets punked as his (AJ) is run down by Suetman1’s (KJ) as two [xKKxx] hit the board.
119 min: But the deck returns the favor to Suetman1 (6th) as her (K5) has TheNewY2K’s (K2) dominated, but the [2] hits on the river.
Break 2:
GvSu2009 13175
TheNewY2K 7707
UMichPoker 8478
Mikeniks-Faldo 6925
Smookie27 4215
121 min: Again with the all-ins after the break. Smookie27 (5th) doesn’t believe Mikeniks-Faldo’s big bet and moves all-in with (QJ). Faldo calls with (AK) and it holds up. Two starts for Smookie and two final tables. Another NPP stud!
127 min: TheNewY2K (4th) goes with (99) and is called by GvSu2009 with (JT) and the flop is [J74] with no change in standing on the turn and river. By the way, Y2K easily has the Points per Round lead! Show off!
135 min: UMichPoker (3rd) makes a bluff all-in with (97) and runs into Mikeniks-Faldo’s (AA). Bad timing is all.
GvSu2009 has a 25,000 to 15,500 chip lead on Mikeniks-Faldo.
140 min: Even now in chips.
145 min: Still even in chips.
147 min: Faldo takes a big lead as his (K7) beats GvSu’s (JT)
148 min: Back to almost even as Faldo has his (KQ) run into GvSu’s (AA).
150 min: Finally, GvSu2009 (2nd) has to go with (98) and Mikeniks-Faldo calls with (A9). The flop of [xA8] and Faldo holds on and wins his 1st NPP tourney in EXACTLY one year!
1st – Mikeniks-Faldo 20 points
2nd – GvSu2009 14 pts
3rd – UMichPoker 10 pts
4th – TheNewY2K 7 pts
5th – Smookie27 5 pts
6th – Suetman1 4 pts
7th – ThePunk75 3 pts
8th – Biglou93 2 pts
9th – Absea98 1 pt
League standings on the right side of the blog!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Conversations Between NPP Co-Founder Dave "Fourputt" the Dog and his Caddy
1. Dave the Dog: "Think I'm going to drown myself in the lake."
Caddy: "Do you think you can keep your head down that
long?"
2. Dave the Dog: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on
this course."
Caddy: "Try heaven, you've already moved most of the
earth."
3. Dave the Dog: "Do you think my game is improving?"
Caddy: "Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now."
4. Dave the Dog: "Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?"
Caddy: "Eventually."
5. Dave the Dog: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the
world."
Caddy: "I don't think so, sir. That would be too much of
a coincidence."
6. Dave the Dog: "Please stop checking your watch all the time.
It's too much of a distraction."
Caddy: "It's not a watch - it's a compass."
7. Dave the Dog: "How do you like my game?"
Caddy: "Very good, sir, but, personally, I prefer golf."
8. Dave the Dog: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday?"
Caddy: "The way you play, sir, it's a sin on any day."
9. Dave the Dog: "This is the worst course I've ever played
on."
Caddy: "This isn't the golf course. We left that an hour
ago."
10. Dave the Dog: "That can't be my ball, it's too old."
Caddy: "It's been a long time since we teed off, sir".
11. Dave the Dog: "You can tell me. What is the problem with my golf game?"
Caddy: "Well sir, you are always too close to your ball AFTER you hit it."
Hat tip to Douge2 for the hidden tapes of the conversations.
Caddy: "Do you think you can keep your head down that
long?"
2. Dave the Dog: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on
this course."
Caddy: "Try heaven, you've already moved most of the
earth."
3. Dave the Dog: "Do you think my game is improving?"
Caddy: "Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now."
4. Dave the Dog: "Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?"
Caddy: "Eventually."
5. Dave the Dog: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the
world."
Caddy: "I don't think so, sir. That would be too much of
a coincidence."
6. Dave the Dog: "Please stop checking your watch all the time.
It's too much of a distraction."
Caddy: "It's not a watch - it's a compass."
7. Dave the Dog: "How do you like my game?"
Caddy: "Very good, sir, but, personally, I prefer golf."
8. Dave the Dog: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday?"
Caddy: "The way you play, sir, it's a sin on any day."
9. Dave the Dog: "This is the worst course I've ever played
on."
Caddy: "This isn't the golf course. We left that an hour
ago."
10. Dave the Dog: "That can't be my ball, it's too old."
Caddy: "It's been a long time since we teed off, sir".
11. Dave the Dog: "You can tell me. What is the problem with my golf game?"
Caddy: "Well sir, you are always too close to your ball AFTER you hit it."
Hat tip to Douge2 for the hidden tapes of the conversations.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Little Red Elf Can Multi-Win
While going deep in our NPP tourney before losing a coin flip hand to your host, Little Red Elf was winning a Razz tourney – at the same time!
Who in their right mind would play against Faldo and not give their full attention to that task – let alone win that event while out playing Faldo? Little Red Elf, that’s who! I’ll let him tell it:
Little Red Elf: “I won a Razz tourney that had 48 players. I won $15X my entry. It lasted 4 hours and 40 minutes. The final table lasted about 1.5 hours and heads up play lasted about 20-25 minutes.”
Nice job LRE!
Who in their right mind would play against Faldo and not give their full attention to that task – let alone win that event while out playing Faldo? Little Red Elf, that’s who! I’ll let him tell it:
Little Red Elf: “I won a Razz tourney that had 48 players. I won $15X my entry. It lasted 4 hours and 40 minutes. The final table lasted about 1.5 hours and heads up play lasted about 20-25 minutes.”
Nice job LRE!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Faldo Wins Wednesday MI Forum Tourney
When it is rolling - it's rolling. A 1st and a 2nd - back to back for Faldo.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was mired in a slump that seemed endless. It wasn't of course, but as that college commercial says "The mind is a terrible thing! We must eliminate it in our time!" Something like that.
Well, my mind's attitude at the time was a terrible thing. I was wondering why I could not catch a break (when I thought I should 'zig', I should have 'zagged') or some cards. Of course now I am getting both.
The best advice I can give - which I am pounding into my own head now from the up side as I had tried from the down side - is you are never as bad as you think you are when you are when you are in a slump; and you are never as good as you think you are when you are on a streak. That goes for golf, softball, etc.
I bested 20 players (see MI Poker Forum and scroll down this blog), many of them NPP regulars, for my 1st win in that league.
The highlight of the tourney was a 10-15 minute heads up battle - back and forth - between Faldo and Whilden, before an incredible run of cards enabled me to win it.
Even so, the talented "Sir" Whilden and Nixi44's 'understudy', Sirgash, have a strangle hold for the Wednesday 1st Round Tourney title.
Sirgash has to win - and if he does, then Whilden has to finish at least 4th to still edge Sirgash out. All us NPP players should tune in (and play) for this one!
As for me, two weeks ago I needed someone to pull me off the ledge. Now I need someone to pull me out of the clouds! But that is poker - pure and simple.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was mired in a slump that seemed endless. It wasn't of course, but as that college commercial says "The mind is a terrible thing! We must eliminate it in our time!" Something like that.
Well, my mind's attitude at the time was a terrible thing. I was wondering why I could not catch a break (when I thought I should 'zig', I should have 'zagged') or some cards. Of course now I am getting both.
The best advice I can give - which I am pounding into my own head now from the up side as I had tried from the down side - is you are never as bad as you think you are when you are when you are in a slump; and you are never as good as you think you are when you are on a streak. That goes for golf, softball, etc.
I bested 20 players (see MI Poker Forum and scroll down this blog), many of them NPP regulars, for my 1st win in that league.
The highlight of the tourney was a 10-15 minute heads up battle - back and forth - between Faldo and Whilden, before an incredible run of cards enabled me to win it.
Even so, the talented "Sir" Whilden and Nixi44's 'understudy', Sirgash, have a strangle hold for the Wednesday 1st Round Tourney title.
Sirgash has to win - and if he does, then Whilden has to finish at least 4th to still edge Sirgash out. All us NPP players should tune in (and play) for this one!
As for me, two weeks ago I needed someone to pull me off the ledge. Now I need someone to pull me out of the clouds! But that is poker - pure and simple.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Nixi44 Wins Her 1st NPP Tourney – Beating the Biggest NPP Field Ever!
I think it was revenge against the guys – especially your host – for the married couple golf joke I posted. My bad - not that I learned my lesson or anything.
Nixi44 becomes the 2nd woman (Nahanni74 the other) to win here at NPP. Guys, we didn’t lose to a beginner. Like Nahanni, this lady can play. Remember she won the Heads Up tourney in December 2008 to close out the year!
A BIG welcome to our new players; MJMorrison, Smookie27 and TheHaacker – with a welcome back to Bighousea2!
We set a new attendance record as 27 players play tonight – beating the old record by three – and we almost beat it by five! On to the action:
2 min: Kensik (27th) got knocked out by tonight’s biggest killer, as you will soon see, Rjmech. I could not see the hand with a record 4 tables going, and this quick knockout prevented the late arriving Addictedtoem and Whilden from joining in.
23 min: RKidder51400 (26th) was next and I could not see who did it.
25 min: Suetman1 (25th) had her (AJ) run into Rjmech and his (QQ). He is only getting started folks.
35 min: Acesovru (24th) is next out. No info.
36 min: Akensi (23rd) had her (KK) run into Smookie27’s (AA). I so do hate when that happens.
45 min: I missed Umichpoker (22rd) and her ‘No Poker Stars Nub’ night.
46 min: Ditto for a tired, overworked and stressed out Tigercub8189 (21nd)
48 min: Sirgash (20th) was having a rough night running into set vs set early in the evening. His (AT) does not improve against Mikeniks-Faldo’s (66).
49 min: While playing the last hand, I failed to see Douge2 (19th) go out.
56 min: The Poker Stars Break Monster begins his work. Bighousea2 (18th) does not get his (KJ) to improve against Absea98’s (88).
58 min: MJMorrison (17th) cannot get his (AQ) to pass Theedouble*d’s (99). The smaller pairs holding on tonight – until the LAST hand of course. But I am whining way ahead of time.
59 min: While watching the previous hand, I fail to see McGuiness007’s (16th) Break Monster demise.
Break:
Rjmech 6627
Theedouble*d 5820
Smookie27 5510
ThePunk75 3400
LittleRedElf 3360
Nixi44 2355
Nahanni74 2180
Crackbuyer 2115
Absea98 1978
GvSu2009 1660
Rennzzo 1405
Mikeniks-Faldo 1355
Biglou93 1330
Hlam14 880
TheHaacker 525
60 min: We open the 2nd hour with a three-way all-in fest. Poor Hlam14 (15th) of course puts his short-stack in with (KK) – only to see Mikeniks-Faldo move (AA) as does Rjmech (99). My top pair hang on – for once.
67 min: The short-stacked TheHaacker (14th) tries with (A5) and Biglou93 calls from the blind with (Jd 3d) and hits two pair.
75 min: GvSu2009 (13th) has to try with (AJ) but Thedouble*d calls with (KT) and hits a [T] on the flop.
86 min: Biglou93 (12th) takes a tough beat as his (Ac Tc) gets run down by ThePunk75’s (A9) as an [A9x] appears on the flop.
88 min: Short-stacked Absea98 (11th) has to go with (8s7s) and runs into Rjmesh with (As 4s). That is three he has taken out that I have seen and is not done yet!
103 min: The point bubble spot – usually reserved for Faldo – is taken by Crackbuyer (10th), who bluffs with (Q2) and is called by Rjmech with (44). That’s four knockouts for RJ! This starts an avalanche of action!
104 min: Point Leader Rennzzo (9th) is next to go just as the final table arrives and I miss the hand.
105 min: A shorter stacked Nahanni74 (8th) goes all-in with (77) and is called by Theedouble*d with (AQ) and an [A] spikes on the river.
107 min: New player Smookie27 (7th) tries it with (AQ) and cannot overtake Rjmech with (99). That is five victims by RJ, but a nice run for the 1st timer at NPP, Smookie27. We got another good one in the NPP stable!
116 min: The smoke cleared for a little while before ThePunk75 (6th) moved all-in and put Mikeniks-Faldo into tank mode. Both of us on the shorter side of the chip count with about equal stacks in the 4th-5th area, with me holding the slightly bigger one in the big blind with (AT).
I put him on AK, KQ or a small pair – and I knew the small pairs had held up all night against over cards. I honestly decided it was a small pocket pair he held and was hoping they were ‘due to lose’ a coin flip to over cards – and it was coin flip time. He had (Kc Jc) - which put me in better shape than I thought – until the flop. [T2K]
Ouch! But an [A] spiked on the river putting the ‘ouch’ on The Punk. Sorry there Punk. I know “Nothing is due but the rent and taxes,” but I felt it was time to gamble.
2nd Break:
Rjmech 11280
Mikeniks-Faldo 10310
Theedouble*d 9830
LittleRedElf 5670
Nixi44 3410
121 min: Everyone attacking Faldo right after the break. The ever dangerous LittleRedElf (5th) – who won a Razz tourney on Poker Stars while kicking our butts at NPP at the same time! (incredible!) – raises from the button or SB.
I have (Ah Kh) in the SB or BB and re-raise all-in hoping he does not have the pocket pair I think he does. I am hoping they are small enough for him to fold but (TT) is not. But I hit a [K] on the flop. Faldo getting NUB down the stretch, which you just have to have against this group.
I too play multiple tourneys and multiple games too LittleRedElf….only unsuccessfully.
131 min: The ever aggressive Rjmech (4th) tries a move with (J7) and finds a dance partner in Theedouble*d with (33) and the pairs hold up AGAIN! Nice run though RJ.
132 min: No time to bask in that hand victory as Theedouble*d (3rd) tries it with (KQ) against Nixi44 holding (AJ).
134 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (2nd) just captured Nixi44’s 27900 – 12600 chip lead on me at the heads up time. I was preparing to write down where we would be at the 135 min mark when I go all-in with (66) expecting a quick fold.
Nixi instead calls with (K8) and spikes a [K] on the flop! Congratulations to Nixi44 on her first NPP win!
1st – Nixi44 20 points
2nd – Mikeniks-Faldo 14 pts
3rd – Theedouble*d 10 pts
4th – Rjmech 7 pts
5th – LittleRedElf 5 pts
6th – The Punk75 4 pts
7th – Smookie27 3 pts
8th – Nahanni74 2 pts
9th – Rennzzo 1 pt
League standings on the right side of the blog!
Nixi44 becomes the 2nd woman (Nahanni74 the other) to win here at NPP. Guys, we didn’t lose to a beginner. Like Nahanni, this lady can play. Remember she won the Heads Up tourney in December 2008 to close out the year!
A BIG welcome to our new players; MJMorrison, Smookie27 and TheHaacker – with a welcome back to Bighousea2!
We set a new attendance record as 27 players play tonight – beating the old record by three – and we almost beat it by five! On to the action:
2 min: Kensik (27th) got knocked out by tonight’s biggest killer, as you will soon see, Rjmech. I could not see the hand with a record 4 tables going, and this quick knockout prevented the late arriving Addictedtoem and Whilden from joining in.
23 min: RKidder51400 (26th) was next and I could not see who did it.
25 min: Suetman1 (25th) had her (AJ) run into Rjmech and his (QQ). He is only getting started folks.
35 min: Acesovru (24th) is next out. No info.
36 min: Akensi (23rd) had her (KK) run into Smookie27’s (AA). I so do hate when that happens.
45 min: I missed Umichpoker (22rd) and her ‘No Poker Stars Nub’ night.
46 min: Ditto for a tired, overworked and stressed out Tigercub8189 (21nd)
48 min: Sirgash (20th) was having a rough night running into set vs set early in the evening. His (AT) does not improve against Mikeniks-Faldo’s (66).
49 min: While playing the last hand, I failed to see Douge2 (19th) go out.
56 min: The Poker Stars Break Monster begins his work. Bighousea2 (18th) does not get his (KJ) to improve against Absea98’s (88).
58 min: MJMorrison (17th) cannot get his (AQ) to pass Theedouble*d’s (99). The smaller pairs holding on tonight – until the LAST hand of course. But I am whining way ahead of time.
59 min: While watching the previous hand, I fail to see McGuiness007’s (16th) Break Monster demise.
Break:
Rjmech 6627
Theedouble*d 5820
Smookie27 5510
ThePunk75 3400
LittleRedElf 3360
Nixi44 2355
Nahanni74 2180
Crackbuyer 2115
Absea98 1978
GvSu2009 1660
Rennzzo 1405
Mikeniks-Faldo 1355
Biglou93 1330
Hlam14 880
TheHaacker 525
60 min: We open the 2nd hour with a three-way all-in fest. Poor Hlam14 (15th) of course puts his short-stack in with (KK) – only to see Mikeniks-Faldo move (AA) as does Rjmech (99). My top pair hang on – for once.
67 min: The short-stacked TheHaacker (14th) tries with (A5) and Biglou93 calls from the blind with (Jd 3d) and hits two pair.
75 min: GvSu2009 (13th) has to try with (AJ) but Thedouble*d calls with (KT) and hits a [T] on the flop.
86 min: Biglou93 (12th) takes a tough beat as his (Ac Tc) gets run down by ThePunk75’s (A9) as an [A9x] appears on the flop.
88 min: Short-stacked Absea98 (11th) has to go with (8s7s) and runs into Rjmesh with (As 4s). That is three he has taken out that I have seen and is not done yet!
103 min: The point bubble spot – usually reserved for Faldo – is taken by Crackbuyer (10th), who bluffs with (Q2) and is called by Rjmech with (44). That’s four knockouts for RJ! This starts an avalanche of action!
104 min: Point Leader Rennzzo (9th) is next to go just as the final table arrives and I miss the hand.
105 min: A shorter stacked Nahanni74 (8th) goes all-in with (77) and is called by Theedouble*d with (AQ) and an [A] spikes on the river.
107 min: New player Smookie27 (7th) tries it with (AQ) and cannot overtake Rjmech with (99). That is five victims by RJ, but a nice run for the 1st timer at NPP, Smookie27. We got another good one in the NPP stable!
116 min: The smoke cleared for a little while before ThePunk75 (6th) moved all-in and put Mikeniks-Faldo into tank mode. Both of us on the shorter side of the chip count with about equal stacks in the 4th-5th area, with me holding the slightly bigger one in the big blind with (AT).
I put him on AK, KQ or a small pair – and I knew the small pairs had held up all night against over cards. I honestly decided it was a small pocket pair he held and was hoping they were ‘due to lose’ a coin flip to over cards – and it was coin flip time. He had (Kc Jc) - which put me in better shape than I thought – until the flop. [T2K]
Ouch! But an [A] spiked on the river putting the ‘ouch’ on The Punk. Sorry there Punk. I know “Nothing is due but the rent and taxes,” but I felt it was time to gamble.
2nd Break:
Rjmech 11280
Mikeniks-Faldo 10310
Theedouble*d 9830
LittleRedElf 5670
Nixi44 3410
121 min: Everyone attacking Faldo right after the break. The ever dangerous LittleRedElf (5th) – who won a Razz tourney on Poker Stars while kicking our butts at NPP at the same time! (incredible!) – raises from the button or SB.
I have (Ah Kh) in the SB or BB and re-raise all-in hoping he does not have the pocket pair I think he does. I am hoping they are small enough for him to fold but (TT) is not. But I hit a [K] on the flop. Faldo getting NUB down the stretch, which you just have to have against this group.
I too play multiple tourneys and multiple games too LittleRedElf….only unsuccessfully.
131 min: The ever aggressive Rjmech (4th) tries a move with (J7) and finds a dance partner in Theedouble*d with (33) and the pairs hold up AGAIN! Nice run though RJ.
132 min: No time to bask in that hand victory as Theedouble*d (3rd) tries it with (KQ) against Nixi44 holding (AJ).
134 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (2nd) just captured Nixi44’s 27900 – 12600 chip lead on me at the heads up time. I was preparing to write down where we would be at the 135 min mark when I go all-in with (66) expecting a quick fold.
Nixi instead calls with (K8) and spikes a [K] on the flop! Congratulations to Nixi44 on her first NPP win!
1st – Nixi44 20 points
2nd – Mikeniks-Faldo 14 pts
3rd – Theedouble*d 10 pts
4th – Rjmech 7 pts
5th – LittleRedElf 5 pts
6th – The Punk75 4 pts
7th – Smookie27 3 pts
8th – Nahanni74 2 pts
9th – Rennzzo 1 pt
League standings on the right side of the blog!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Golfer Goes to the Dentist
A man and his wife walked into a dentist's office.
The man said to the dentist, “Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic, just pull the tooth, and be done with it. We have a 10:00 AM tee time at the best golf course in town and it's 9:30 already. I don't have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!”
The dentist thought to himself, “My goodness, this is surely a very brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything to kill the pain.”
So the dentist asks him, “Which tooth is it sir?”
The man turned to his wife and said, “Open your mouth Honey, and show him.”
The man said to the dentist, “Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic, just pull the tooth, and be done with it. We have a 10:00 AM tee time at the best golf course in town and it's 9:30 already. I don't have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!”
The dentist thought to himself, “My goodness, this is surely a very brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything to kill the pain.”
So the dentist asks him, “Which tooth is it sir?”
The man turned to his wife and said, “Open your mouth Honey, and show him.”
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
ThePunk75 Wins His 2nd NPP Tourney in a Marathon!
It was a marathon after the 2nd break. No, we didn’t make a record 3rd break, but I don’t think we ever had such long gaps in between eliminations as we did this tourney. It is more proof that we have some serious poker players in this league.
We had 20 players make it to the virtual felt tonight – including two new players – GvSu2009 and Rjmech. Welcome Jacob and Randolph to the NPP league. On to the action!
9 min: Crackbuyer (20th) thinks it is safe to take a stab at a big pot holding (KK) and finds Addictedtoem had the case (6). That is not the last flop the lady nails on a great poker player. Who could that be I wonder? I’m just say’in.
15 min: GvSu2009 (19th) gets the patented NPP welcome for new meat. I didn’t see it but I know it almost always happens.
20 min: Jager244 (18th) I heard had his (44) killed off by RKidder51400’s flush after being called in four places! Talk about schooling and a feeding frenzy!
30 min: Short stacked LittleRedElf (17th), our current point leader, is treated rudely this evening as his (T6) is met by Akensi’s (A8) after a flop of [268].
32 min: Suetman1 (16th) has her (AQ) run into ThePunk75’s (AA). Must have been sitting in an ex-Faldo chair, Momma Sirgash.
39 min: Whilden (15th) has his (TT) get squashed by Kensik and his (AJ) with a [J] on the flop.
43 min: Theedouble*d (14th) blinds out here. His (44) had lost a coin flip to Douge2’s (AK) earlier and was too short-stacked to continue.
46 min: In a battle of two other short-stacks, Absea98 (13th) has his (TT) get bowled over by Tigercub8189’s (AJ) with an [A] on the flop AND river.
1st Break:
Douge2 6685
ThePunk75 3720
Kensik 3670
RKidder51400 2835
Akensi 2530
Rjmech 2305
Tigercub8189 2070
Mikeniks-Faldo 1905
Biglou93 1665
7Jokers 1120
Addictedtoem 970
Rennzzo 575
64 min: I, Mikeniks-Faldo (12th) refuse to believe Addictedtoem has hit the flop – HARD. I over-play my (QQ) and am shown that my Ray Charles - Stevie Wonder – Helen Keller - opponent reading ability is still on full display. The flop is [87A] and she has (A7), instead of the open-ended straight draw or flush draw I thought I was up against. I thought the [A] on the river was a nice touch also.
65 min: While doing primal screams and sticking pins in a Poker Stars voodoo doll after my debacle, I missed Rjmech (11th) and his tale of woe. Making the break is a nice showing for an NPP 1st timer.
68 min: I also missed Tigercub8189 (10th) and his bubble finish. You took my spot bro!
72 min: A short-stacked 7Jokers (9th) goes all-in with (Ts 9s) and is called by ThePunk75 with (KQ). Even though a [9] hits the flop, a [Q] is in there too.
79 min: Addictedtoem (8th) took a big hit earlier (that is what happens when someone holds Faldo’s ‘lucky’ chips) and is extremely short-stacked. She makes her stand with (A4) and is called by Rennzzo with (K2). She gets a [4] on the flop, but runner –runner [2][2] come on the turn and river. I think it is my chips that did her in.
80 min: RKidder51400 (7th) has her (A4) run into ThePunk75’s (AT).
With six players left, we battle on here for 15 minutes.
95 min: Interesting hand here. After a flop and turn of [598][7], Douge2 (6th) moves all-in with (87). After using just about all his bank, BigLou93 makes the call with (99), and the river changes nothing.
With five players left, we battle on for another 17 minutes!
112 min: The shortest stack Kensik (5th) has to try it with (Ad 6d) and a flop of [634]. ThePunk75 makes the call with (55) and a [2] hits the river again.
119 min: Fearing the Poker Stars Break Monster is a real concern. Short stacked Akensi (4th) goes all-in with (93) and a flop of [3J4] and is called by ThePunk75 with (QJ).
2nd Break:
ThePunk75 16327
Rennzzo 9268
Biglou93 4405
Ok, the big stack should make quick work of these guys, right? Uh….no - 15 minutes later….
135 min: ThePunk75 12500, Biglou95 8500 and Rennzzo 7500. What a battle!
147 min: Rennzzo (3rd) survives a couple times, but finally his (JT) is crushed by ThePunk75’s (AT)
Rennzzo’s effort here was unbelievable and shows why he is the current point leader. Due to family duties at his house, he sat out 45 minutes of the 1st hour and was down to 300 chips! He came rocketing back to finish 3rd. Great job, Rennzzo.
Heads up: ThePunk75 17500 – Biglou93 12500
155 min: Biglou 16700 - The Punk 13300
160 min: ThePunk 16000 - Biglou 14000
165 min: ThePunk 18500 - Biglou 11500
Yeah, another marathon battle of 19 minutes before:
168 min: Biglou93 (2nd) calls all-in with (JT) and sees ThePunk75’s (A8) hit two pair on the flop. Just a great fight by these two fine players and congratulations to ThePunk75 on his second NPP win!
1st – ThePunk75 20 points
2nd – Biglou93 14 pts
3rd – Rennzzo 10 pts
4th – Akensi 7 pts
5th – Kensik 5 pts
6th – Douge2 4 pts
7th – Rkidder51400 3 pts
8th – Addictedtoem 2 pts
9th – 7Jokers 1 pt
Current standings on right side of the blog!
We had 20 players make it to the virtual felt tonight – including two new players – GvSu2009 and Rjmech. Welcome Jacob and Randolph to the NPP league. On to the action!
9 min: Crackbuyer (20th) thinks it is safe to take a stab at a big pot holding (KK) and finds Addictedtoem had the case (6). That is not the last flop the lady nails on a great poker player. Who could that be I wonder? I’m just say’in.
15 min: GvSu2009 (19th) gets the patented NPP welcome for new meat. I didn’t see it but I know it almost always happens.
20 min: Jager244 (18th) I heard had his (44) killed off by RKidder51400’s flush after being called in four places! Talk about schooling and a feeding frenzy!
30 min: Short stacked LittleRedElf (17th), our current point leader, is treated rudely this evening as his (T6) is met by Akensi’s (A8) after a flop of [268].
32 min: Suetman1 (16th) has her (AQ) run into ThePunk75’s (AA). Must have been sitting in an ex-Faldo chair, Momma Sirgash.
39 min: Whilden (15th) has his (TT) get squashed by Kensik and his (AJ) with a [J] on the flop.
43 min: Theedouble*d (14th) blinds out here. His (44) had lost a coin flip to Douge2’s (AK) earlier and was too short-stacked to continue.
46 min: In a battle of two other short-stacks, Absea98 (13th) has his (TT) get bowled over by Tigercub8189’s (AJ) with an [A] on the flop AND river.
1st Break:
Douge2 6685
ThePunk75 3720
Kensik 3670
RKidder51400 2835
Akensi 2530
Rjmech 2305
Tigercub8189 2070
Mikeniks-Faldo 1905
Biglou93 1665
7Jokers 1120
Addictedtoem 970
Rennzzo 575
64 min: I, Mikeniks-Faldo (12th) refuse to believe Addictedtoem has hit the flop – HARD. I over-play my (QQ) and am shown that my Ray Charles - Stevie Wonder – Helen Keller - opponent reading ability is still on full display. The flop is [87A] and she has (A7), instead of the open-ended straight draw or flush draw I thought I was up against. I thought the [A] on the river was a nice touch also.
65 min: While doing primal screams and sticking pins in a Poker Stars voodoo doll after my debacle, I missed Rjmech (11th) and his tale of woe. Making the break is a nice showing for an NPP 1st timer.
68 min: I also missed Tigercub8189 (10th) and his bubble finish. You took my spot bro!
72 min: A short-stacked 7Jokers (9th) goes all-in with (Ts 9s) and is called by ThePunk75 with (KQ). Even though a [9] hits the flop, a [Q] is in there too.
79 min: Addictedtoem (8th) took a big hit earlier (that is what happens when someone holds Faldo’s ‘lucky’ chips) and is extremely short-stacked. She makes her stand with (A4) and is called by Rennzzo with (K2). She gets a [4] on the flop, but runner –runner [2][2] come on the turn and river. I think it is my chips that did her in.
80 min: RKidder51400 (7th) has her (A4) run into ThePunk75’s (AT).
With six players left, we battle on here for 15 minutes.
95 min: Interesting hand here. After a flop and turn of [598][7], Douge2 (6th) moves all-in with (87). After using just about all his bank, BigLou93 makes the call with (99), and the river changes nothing.
With five players left, we battle on for another 17 minutes!
112 min: The shortest stack Kensik (5th) has to try it with (Ad 6d) and a flop of [634]. ThePunk75 makes the call with (55) and a [2] hits the river again.
119 min: Fearing the Poker Stars Break Monster is a real concern. Short stacked Akensi (4th) goes all-in with (93) and a flop of [3J4] and is called by ThePunk75 with (QJ).
2nd Break:
ThePunk75 16327
Rennzzo 9268
Biglou93 4405
Ok, the big stack should make quick work of these guys, right? Uh….no - 15 minutes later….
135 min: ThePunk75 12500, Biglou95 8500 and Rennzzo 7500. What a battle!
147 min: Rennzzo (3rd) survives a couple times, but finally his (JT) is crushed by ThePunk75’s (AT)
Rennzzo’s effort here was unbelievable and shows why he is the current point leader. Due to family duties at his house, he sat out 45 minutes of the 1st hour and was down to 300 chips! He came rocketing back to finish 3rd. Great job, Rennzzo.
Heads up: ThePunk75 17500 – Biglou93 12500
155 min: Biglou 16700 - The Punk 13300
160 min: ThePunk 16000 - Biglou 14000
165 min: ThePunk 18500 - Biglou 11500
Yeah, another marathon battle of 19 minutes before:
168 min: Biglou93 (2nd) calls all-in with (JT) and sees ThePunk75’s (A8) hit two pair on the flop. Just a great fight by these two fine players and congratulations to ThePunk75 on his second NPP win!
1st – ThePunk75 20 points
2nd – Biglou93 14 pts
3rd – Rennzzo 10 pts
4th – Akensi 7 pts
5th – Kensik 5 pts
6th – Douge2 4 pts
7th – Rkidder51400 3 pts
8th – Addictedtoem 2 pts
9th – 7Jokers 1 pt
Current standings on right side of the blog!
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Full Tilt Poker Back on Faldo’s Good Side
I finally got my cash out – which is really what it is all about. Oh the trials and tribulations a US citizen has to go thru, simply because the government has not figured out how to get THEIRS. If you think gambling laws are there to protect people, I want some of what you are drinking because it has to be strong stuff.
I asked for a cash out from Full Tilt Poker in mid-November, doing a transfer. My bank had changed hands since the last time tried to do this, but the account number was the same. I didn’t expect a problem.
Well, after three weeks, the money was nowhere. Not in my bank and not in my Full Tilt Account. Emails to Full Tilt Poker’s 24/7 support team got me no response for two weeks! This did not give me a ‘warm fuzzy’. Now I was even worried about the cash still left in Full Tilt.
Finally, I got a response saying the money was on hold at their bank for some reason and that my cash out would be arriving soon. For my wait, they loaded 10% of my cash out back into my account for my trouble.
After Christmas, I got another email stating the money would be back in my account soon. In mid-January, the money re-appeared as promised and another 10% was added to my account for the delay!
I then asked for a check, and they asked for a fax of my driver’s license and some utility bill statements. Once they accepted that, the check arrived this early February. So it took two and a half months from start to finish, but I think the slide is greased for the next time and I will ask for a check.
Ok, in Full Tilt’s defense:
A) My bank did change and maybe their policies were different.
B) Maybe my bank never contacted me that there was a deposit they were not accepting
C) They added 20% to my account (10% a month) for my trouble – a nice ROI
What Full Tilt did wrong:
A) Their 24/7 support was awful, pathetic and disgraceful. Not to answer an email about someone’s money for five weeks is unacceptable.
B) Their lack of follow up emails for another month is not good either.
C) Full Tilt said it was their bank that was the hold up, but never explained why.
Bottom line is that money in limbo is never a good thing, and Full Tilt needs to be more responsive in their customer service. Their 20% ‘apology’ is generous now that I received the cash out, but a daily return of emails should be their policy, since they don’t have a phone line.
Anyway, Faldo returns to playing on Full Tilt and will be working hard to build up to another request for a check.
I asked for a cash out from Full Tilt Poker in mid-November, doing a transfer. My bank had changed hands since the last time tried to do this, but the account number was the same. I didn’t expect a problem.
Well, after three weeks, the money was nowhere. Not in my bank and not in my Full Tilt Account. Emails to Full Tilt Poker’s 24/7 support team got me no response for two weeks! This did not give me a ‘warm fuzzy’. Now I was even worried about the cash still left in Full Tilt.
Finally, I got a response saying the money was on hold at their bank for some reason and that my cash out would be arriving soon. For my wait, they loaded 10% of my cash out back into my account for my trouble.
After Christmas, I got another email stating the money would be back in my account soon. In mid-January, the money re-appeared as promised and another 10% was added to my account for the delay!
I then asked for a check, and they asked for a fax of my driver’s license and some utility bill statements. Once they accepted that, the check arrived this early February. So it took two and a half months from start to finish, but I think the slide is greased for the next time and I will ask for a check.
Ok, in Full Tilt’s defense:
A) My bank did change and maybe their policies were different.
B) Maybe my bank never contacted me that there was a deposit they were not accepting
C) They added 20% to my account (10% a month) for my trouble – a nice ROI
What Full Tilt did wrong:
A) Their 24/7 support was awful, pathetic and disgraceful. Not to answer an email about someone’s money for five weeks is unacceptable.
B) Their lack of follow up emails for another month is not good either.
C) Full Tilt said it was their bank that was the hold up, but never explained why.
Bottom line is that money in limbo is never a good thing, and Full Tilt needs to be more responsive in their customer service. Their 20% ‘apology’ is generous now that I received the cash out, but a daily return of emails should be their policy, since they don’t have a phone line.
Anyway, Faldo returns to playing on Full Tilt and will be working hard to build up to another request for a check.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Little Red Elf Heated Up in January
Tales from the Poker Stars wars! NPP players kicking butt!
Let Little Red Elf {Dave} tell it:
“I've been fortunate to win 3 tourneys and finished 2nd in two others on PokerStars in this past January.
The first win was in Pot Limit Omaha on the 8th. There were 90 people paying the entry and it lasted about 5 hours before the final hand was played. I took down 20 times my buy in for my efforts.
On the 15th, I won a Limit 7 Card Stud tourney. There were only 56 people, (not many stud players out there). The payout for that event was 17 times my buy-in for about 3.5 hours work.
The last win was on the 20th and the event was Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. There were 108 players. This tourney lasted 5.5 hours before I was able to take down the 23 times entry prize.
And finally, on Feb. 4, I entered a Razz tourney at 7:45 PM Tuesday, 15 minutes before the NPP league. It was just over 100 players and just finished after 6 hours. I got 2nd place. My payout was 17 times the buy-in.”
Wow! I win two or three tourneys a year and LRE wins that many in a month - with 3 seconds!
The other thing that is special is that LRE plays all the games, just like Faldo does – only successfully!
Nice job Little Red Elf!
Let Little Red Elf {Dave} tell it:
“I've been fortunate to win 3 tourneys and finished 2nd in two others on PokerStars in this past January.
The first win was in Pot Limit Omaha on the 8th. There were 90 people paying the entry and it lasted about 5 hours before the final hand was played. I took down 20 times my buy in for my efforts.
On the 15th, I won a Limit 7 Card Stud tourney. There were only 56 people, (not many stud players out there). The payout for that event was 17 times my buy-in for about 3.5 hours work.
The last win was on the 20th and the event was Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. There were 108 players. This tourney lasted 5.5 hours before I was able to take down the 23 times entry prize.
And finally, on Feb. 4, I entered a Razz tourney at 7:45 PM Tuesday, 15 minutes before the NPP league. It was just over 100 players and just finished after 6 hours. I got 2nd place. My payout was 17 times the buy-in.”
Wow! I win two or three tourneys a year and LRE wins that many in a month - with 3 seconds!
The other thing that is special is that LRE plays all the games, just like Faldo does – only successfully!
Nice job Little Red Elf!
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Jager244 Wins His First NPP Title!
The second largest field in NPP history was no problem for Jager244 tonight.
Round five of the new season welcomed new players, CardHockey15 and Wrongwayman, and an old player and past tourney winner McGuiness007. Welcome and welcome back gentlemen.
On to the action:
17 min: A family pot ensues with six limpers. What a nice friendly table this is. Mr. Action, Mikeniks-Faldo folds. The flop is [5h Kc Ks]. Maybe my AK-suited was worth a call there. Oh well.
Acesovru (23rd) makes a pot size bet and only McGuiness007 calls. The turn is a [Qh] and McGuiness leads out with a baby bet which is called. The river is a [Th] and they get all-in and 007 has the higher two pair.
34 min: The talent at NPP is undeniable as it takes twice as long for our next exit as 7Jokers (AA) and McGuiness007 (QQ) eliminate Wrongwayman (22nd). Don’t take it wrong, man. We treat all newcomers this way. Jager244 met the same fate his first round.
37 min: Douge2 (21st) is out and I didn’t catch it.
42 min: Nixi44 (20th) had her (JJ) run into Mistermusic5’s (QQ). She must have had Faldo’s seat at another table. Ouch – but it is called poker.
58 min: The Poker Stars Break Monster works overtime to eliminate CardHockey15 (18th) and Sirgash (17th).
1st Break:
Whilden 4214
Biglou93 4085
McGuiness007 3695
Absea98 3690
Mistermusic5 2920
Mikeniks-Faldo 2405
7Jokers 2363
Theedouble*d 1860
Jager244 1715
Tigercub8189 1515
RKidder51400 1433
Hlam14 1300
Rennzzo 1275
LittleRedElf 1126
Suetman1 505
Crackbuyer 399
A new record for the number of players alive at the break! Wow!
63 min: Theedouble*d (16th) tries it with (AJ) and sees 7Jokers (88) hit an [8] on the flop.
65 min: Last week’s champ CrackBuyer (15th) is short stacked and makes a stand with (Ah 2h) against another short stack – Suetman1 with (Ac Jc), and loses and goes out soon after.
74 min: McGuiness007 (14th) has been bleeding chips since the break and gets a chance to load up as his (KK) all-in is met by LittleRedElf’s (A8). The cards stay sour for him as LRE hits his [A] on the flop. Ouch!
77 min: The valiant short stack battle of Suetman1 (13th) ends cruelly as her (QJ) loses to Rennzzo’s (35) call as [55x] falls on the flop. Carnage begins for 3 minutes.
82 min: Two more short stacks collide as RKidder51400’s (12th) call with (Ah Th) gets run down as Tigercub8189’s bluff with (96) in the blind as [875] falls on the flop. Wow!
83 min: Whilden (11th) has his (44) run into Tigercub8189’s (KK) AND Mistermusic5’s (AA).
84 min: This made Tigercub8189 (10th) have to try with (KJ) but he cannot over take Jager244’s (77). And then calm fell over the poker final table.
97 min: Hlam14 (9th) has his (JJ) run into to Jager244’s (QQ).
100 min: Absea98 (8th) has his (AJ) run into Jager244’s (AK). Can you feel the rush coming?
108 min: Our short-stacked 1st quarter point leader Rennzzo (7th) has to try with (A4), but 7Jokers runs him down as his (KQ) gets help from a [Q5Q] flop.
113 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (6th) goes with (Ad 5d) only to see that 7Jokers is holding (AA).
2nd Break:
7Jokers 9063
Mistermusic5 7839
Jager244 7463
LittleRedElf 6730
Biglou93 3405
125 min: BigLou93 (5th) goes it with (KQ) and runs into LittleRedElf’s (JJ).
130 min: A seesaw hand sees Mistermusic5 (4th) with his (AT) spike an [A] on the flop against LittleRedElf’s (KK), but Poker Stars wants the table and a [K] arrives on the river.
140 min: LittleRedElf (3rd) with (Ah 6h) cannot run down Jager244’s (A8).
Heads up with Jager244 (24000) and 7Jokers (10500).
145 min: Just getting ready to get the chip counts for the next update when after a flop of [T6J] 7Jokers goes all-in with (T8) and is called by Jager244 with (Q9) and the open ended straight draw – which hits!!! Ouch to 7Jokers, a nice comeback to LittleRedElf, and congratulations to Jager244 and welcome to the NPP Walk of Fame!
1st – Jager244 20 points
2nd – 7Jokers 14 pts
3rd – LittleRedElf 10 pts
4th – Mistermusic5 7 pts
5th – BigLou93 5 pts
6th – Mikeniks-Faldo 4 pts
7th – Rennzzo 3 pts
8th – Absea98 2 pts
9th – Hlam14 1 pt
The point standings are on the right side of the blog.
Round five of the new season welcomed new players, CardHockey15 and Wrongwayman, and an old player and past tourney winner McGuiness007. Welcome and welcome back gentlemen.
On to the action:
17 min: A family pot ensues with six limpers. What a nice friendly table this is. Mr. Action, Mikeniks-Faldo folds. The flop is [5h Kc Ks]. Maybe my AK-suited was worth a call there. Oh well.
Acesovru (23rd) makes a pot size bet and only McGuiness007 calls. The turn is a [Qh] and McGuiness leads out with a baby bet which is called. The river is a [Th] and they get all-in and 007 has the higher two pair.
34 min: The talent at NPP is undeniable as it takes twice as long for our next exit as 7Jokers (AA) and McGuiness007 (QQ) eliminate Wrongwayman (22nd). Don’t take it wrong, man. We treat all newcomers this way. Jager244 met the same fate his first round.
37 min: Douge2 (21st) is out and I didn’t catch it.
42 min: Nixi44 (20th) had her (JJ) run into Mistermusic5’s (QQ). She must have had Faldo’s seat at another table. Ouch – but it is called poker.
58 min: The Poker Stars Break Monster works overtime to eliminate CardHockey15 (18th) and Sirgash (17th).
1st Break:
Whilden 4214
Biglou93 4085
McGuiness007 3695
Absea98 3690
Mistermusic5 2920
Mikeniks-Faldo 2405
7Jokers 2363
Theedouble*d 1860
Jager244 1715
Tigercub8189 1515
RKidder51400 1433
Hlam14 1300
Rennzzo 1275
LittleRedElf 1126
Suetman1 505
Crackbuyer 399
A new record for the number of players alive at the break! Wow!
63 min: Theedouble*d (16th) tries it with (AJ) and sees 7Jokers (88) hit an [8] on the flop.
65 min: Last week’s champ CrackBuyer (15th) is short stacked and makes a stand with (Ah 2h) against another short stack – Suetman1 with (Ac Jc), and loses and goes out soon after.
74 min: McGuiness007 (14th) has been bleeding chips since the break and gets a chance to load up as his (KK) all-in is met by LittleRedElf’s (A8). The cards stay sour for him as LRE hits his [A] on the flop. Ouch!
77 min: The valiant short stack battle of Suetman1 (13th) ends cruelly as her (QJ) loses to Rennzzo’s (35) call as [55x] falls on the flop. Carnage begins for 3 minutes.
82 min: Two more short stacks collide as RKidder51400’s (12th) call with (Ah Th) gets run down as Tigercub8189’s bluff with (96) in the blind as [875] falls on the flop. Wow!
83 min: Whilden (11th) has his (44) run into Tigercub8189’s (KK) AND Mistermusic5’s (AA).
84 min: This made Tigercub8189 (10th) have to try with (KJ) but he cannot over take Jager244’s (77). And then calm fell over the poker final table.
97 min: Hlam14 (9th) has his (JJ) run into to Jager244’s (QQ).
100 min: Absea98 (8th) has his (AJ) run into Jager244’s (AK). Can you feel the rush coming?
108 min: Our short-stacked 1st quarter point leader Rennzzo (7th) has to try with (A4), but 7Jokers runs him down as his (KQ) gets help from a [Q5Q] flop.
113 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (6th) goes with (Ad 5d) only to see that 7Jokers is holding (AA).
2nd Break:
7Jokers 9063
Mistermusic5 7839
Jager244 7463
LittleRedElf 6730
Biglou93 3405
125 min: BigLou93 (5th) goes it with (KQ) and runs into LittleRedElf’s (JJ).
130 min: A seesaw hand sees Mistermusic5 (4th) with his (AT) spike an [A] on the flop against LittleRedElf’s (KK), but Poker Stars wants the table and a [K] arrives on the river.
140 min: LittleRedElf (3rd) with (Ah 6h) cannot run down Jager244’s (A8).
Heads up with Jager244 (24000) and 7Jokers (10500).
145 min: Just getting ready to get the chip counts for the next update when after a flop of [T6J] 7Jokers goes all-in with (T8) and is called by Jager244 with (Q9) and the open ended straight draw – which hits!!! Ouch to 7Jokers, a nice comeback to LittleRedElf, and congratulations to Jager244 and welcome to the NPP Walk of Fame!
1st – Jager244 20 points
2nd – 7Jokers 14 pts
3rd – LittleRedElf 10 pts
4th – Mistermusic5 7 pts
5th – BigLou93 5 pts
6th – Mikeniks-Faldo 4 pts
7th – Rennzzo 3 pts
8th – Absea98 2 pts
9th – Hlam14 1 pt
The point standings are on the right side of the blog.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Faldo Finishes 6th and 7th in the Same Day
Faldo not playing well. Faldo not getting cards, flops, turns, rivers or nub! Faldo getting set over setted, turned, rivered and bluffed. Faldo getting every move countered. Faldo’s confidence and table presence shot to heck.
Well, there are two cures for this my fellow poker players:
Making the wife shovel more snow (without gloves or boots) and having her walk 5 miles to the beer store to buy two cases for me didn’t work by the way. (Hey, I thought it would.)
Nope, the two cures are either:
A) Take a break for a while – and then return to regular play or drop down in stakes
B) Drop down in stakes and bear down
Since I have time on my hands (thanks to Democrats, Granholm, labor unions, Washington and half the American voters not knowing what makes this nation great), option A was not considered.
So, I hunkered down and dropped down. This resulted in a 6th place finish on Full Tilt in one of those 180 person SNG’s and a 7th place finish in a 361 player tourney on World Poker Exchange!
This got me 10 times and 12 times my entry respectively. Still no nub on Poker Stars, but I bubbled with class in one and watched my KK go down in flames to AQ early in the other. Maybe it is turning around.
So I gave my wife her gloves back. ; -)
Well, there are two cures for this my fellow poker players:
Making the wife shovel more snow (without gloves or boots) and having her walk 5 miles to the beer store to buy two cases for me didn’t work by the way. (Hey, I thought it would.)
Nope, the two cures are either:
A) Take a break for a while – and then return to regular play or drop down in stakes
B) Drop down in stakes and bear down
Since I have time on my hands (thanks to Democrats, Granholm, labor unions, Washington and half the American voters not knowing what makes this nation great), option A was not considered.
So, I hunkered down and dropped down. This resulted in a 6th place finish on Full Tilt in one of those 180 person SNG’s and a 7th place finish in a 361 player tourney on World Poker Exchange!
This got me 10 times and 12 times my entry respectively. Still no nub on Poker Stars, but I bubbled with class in one and watched my KK go down in flames to AQ early in the other. Maybe it is turning around.
So I gave my wife her gloves back. ; -)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
ThePunk75 Finishes 6th in Live Tourney Action!
Send Faldo your stories. It is nice to hear when NPP is well represented.
I hope all NPP’ers are mentioning our blog and Tuesday night offering on Poker Stars. That will get them to the UMich Poker News and the UMich Forum too. You are doing people a favor hooking them into NPP! Spread the Nub!
The Punk75 checks in with a report from the live felt!
ThePunk75: “I play locally around town at a couple of the new poker rooms in bowling alleys. Most of them strictly run freerolls with rebuys now so they can get people to play. I frequent them mostly on weekends in Livonia. I have done relatively well there, I chopped top prize there a couple months back, and Ive final tabled there about half a dozen times.
I started off slow then doubled up on two pair vs a flush draw. Then on near consecutive hands, I flopped trips 3 times (66, AA, JJ), 1 big double up another 2 big pots. The table was none the less getting a little angry at me, as I had a monster stack by the first break.
It continued to grow after the break as I flushed my AK spades vs AK hearts. Busted an obvious big pocket pair when I flopped my ace and just called his bets down till he mucked in anger.
Right before 2nd break I busted QQ with A7, with an ace on flop, and called his all in on river. Lost only one bad suck out through out tourney A7 - A3 after 2 aces hit flop, it became a re-raise fest till the eventual all in by the shorter stack, and he hit his 3 on river, to take down the pot. The table was relieved to see I indeed could lose a hand.
But soon after that had a huge double up right before 3rd break when one player raised pre-flop , got one caller then my all in with KK which the original raiser called, the other caller folded. He turned over 1010, and slouched when I showed my KK, the player who folded said he mucked 1010. I did a fist pump and a “YES!!” The other player just got up knowing he was done.
Once we got back from 3rd break had one bad hand that probably cost me, I was holding 66 and raised big just to push out everyone and steal the blinds, another player came over the top all in with about half my stack. After some thought I mucked as I had seen him make the same play with AK, and although I knew I was ahead, but slightly. I didn't want to risk basically my tournament on 66.
Got to the final table and I was at the time in the mid to short stack range. By that time I had gotten cold decked, so I let the other players knock out the shorter stacks. Then once we got to the cash (top 6 players) it was my time push being the short stack.
It was ironic I pushed with 66, the hand that probably cost me a chance to win the tourney. Got called with QJ in the BB, he hit his J on flop and I was done in 6th place and [some free clams] in my wallet. Not bad for not doing any re-buys or add-ons.”
Great job ThePunk75, and thanks for the report!
I hope all NPP’ers are mentioning our blog and Tuesday night offering on Poker Stars. That will get them to the UMich Poker News and the UMich Forum too. You are doing people a favor hooking them into NPP! Spread the Nub!
The Punk75 checks in with a report from the live felt!
ThePunk75: “I play locally around town at a couple of the new poker rooms in bowling alleys. Most of them strictly run freerolls with rebuys now so they can get people to play. I frequent them mostly on weekends in Livonia. I have done relatively well there, I chopped top prize there a couple months back, and Ive final tabled there about half a dozen times.
I started off slow then doubled up on two pair vs a flush draw. Then on near consecutive hands, I flopped trips 3 times (66, AA, JJ), 1 big double up another 2 big pots. The table was none the less getting a little angry at me, as I had a monster stack by the first break.
It continued to grow after the break as I flushed my AK spades vs AK hearts. Busted an obvious big pocket pair when I flopped my ace and just called his bets down till he mucked in anger.
Right before 2nd break I busted QQ with A7, with an ace on flop, and called his all in on river. Lost only one bad suck out through out tourney A7 - A3 after 2 aces hit flop, it became a re-raise fest till the eventual all in by the shorter stack, and he hit his 3 on river, to take down the pot. The table was relieved to see I indeed could lose a hand.
But soon after that had a huge double up right before 3rd break when one player raised pre-flop , got one caller then my all in with KK which the original raiser called, the other caller folded. He turned over 1010, and slouched when I showed my KK, the player who folded said he mucked 1010. I did a fist pump and a “YES!!” The other player just got up knowing he was done.
Once we got back from 3rd break had one bad hand that probably cost me, I was holding 66 and raised big just to push out everyone and steal the blinds, another player came over the top all in with about half my stack. After some thought I mucked as I had seen him make the same play with AK, and although I knew I was ahead, but slightly. I didn't want to risk basically my tournament on 66.
Got to the final table and I was at the time in the mid to short stack range. By that time I had gotten cold decked, so I let the other players knock out the shorter stacks. Then once we got to the cash (top 6 players) it was my time push being the short stack.
It was ironic I pushed with 66, the hand that probably cost me a chance to win the tourney. Got called with QJ in the BB, he hit his J on flop and I was done in 6th place and [some free clams] in my wallet. Not bad for not doing any re-buys or add-ons.”
Great job ThePunk75, and thanks for the report!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
CrackBuyer Wins His 1st NPP Title Against a Record Field!
CrackBuyer has knocked at the door of the Walk of Fame quite a few times, but was always been turned away. Sometimes outplayed, and sometimes it was an unlucky card. But this time he kicked the door down with the most players ever holding it back.
Twenty-four players entered tonight, breaking the old record by two! And we want to welcome the four new players also; Absea98, Addictedtoem, Fixyourbuggy and Suetman1.
On to the action:
36 min: As Hlam14 pointed out, play was on the tight side tonight. No casualties until Sirgash (24th) had his (33) over taken by Duder1123’s (KJ) when a [K] hit the board.
37 min: Then a small rush of casualties. Fixyourbuggy (23rd). A typical NPP welcome to new players, as you will see as this tourney moves on. But hang tough Buggy!
Sorry, with the volume of players, there is no way I can get all these hands and play mine too. I am lucky to get the time of the elimination.
38 min: Addictedtoem (22nd) - ditto Addict. We are hard on newcomers.
44 min: Tigercub8189 (21st) – Missed this and it was at my table! Watching the next one out’s hand.
45 min: I did see this one as Duder1123 (20th) goes all-in with (44) and a full house, but loses to Akensi’s Quad Tens! He is not out on this hand but is taken out soon after this.
47 min: Absea98 (19th) - It's not you, it's us.
48 min: Jager244 (18th)
50 min: Acesovru (17th)
51 min: Theedouble*d (16th)
53 min: Mistermusic5 (15th)
55 min: ThePunk75 (14th)
Break:
CrackBuyer 7105
Rennzzo 5345
Akensi 3880
Littleredelf 3675
Suetman1 3535
Whilden 2947
Douge2 2685
Hlam14 2490
Kensik 1435
Nahanni74 1188
Biglou93 735
Mikeniks-Faldo 510
RKidder51400 470
The most ever still alive at the break!
71 min: The low chippers battle on – except for RKidder51400 (13th), who finally blinds out.
72 min: Biglou93 (12th) has to try it with (Td 9d) but Nahanni’s (66) makes a full house for over kill.
77 min: Didn’t see it, but Nahanni (11th) is the next one out.
78 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (10th) has to go with (8h 7h) but runs into Akensi’s (Ah Jh).
89 min: Kensik (9th) has his (AQ) run into Suetman1’s (AK).
102 min: A good battle ensues before Akensi (8th) has her (Ac Jc) fall to Whilden’s (QQ).
112 min: Douge2 (7th) has his (33) get run down by Whilden’s (Ks Qs) as a [K] appears on the board. That is two 7th’s in two consecutive starts for Doug.
Break #2:
Whilden 13750
CrackBuyer 8990
Suetman1 6020
Rennzzo 2680
LittleRedElf 2525
Hlam14 2035
124 min: Bad beat of the night of the hands I witnessed (please lay the others I missed on me on the comment section). Hlam14 (6th) has to go all-in with (KK), but sees Whilden hit a [T] on the flop and an [A] on the river! Ouch! That makes two 6ths for Hlam in two consecutive starts also.
126 min: Point leader Rennzzo (5th) has his (TT) run into Crackbuyer’s (AA).
137 min: Suetman1 (4th) has her (A9) get run down by Whilden’s (J9) as a [J] appears on the flop. A very nice finish for a newcomer. Look out guys - another tough lady player in our group!
138 min: LittleRedElf (3rd) goes all-in with (AJ) and is called by Whilden with (A8). Ok, we all know an [8] falls on the flop.
Is it me or is Whilden hitting more boards than a bag of hockey pucks during warm up? I was trying to get a pool going for what suit the [8] would be on the river, but Poker Stars spoiled the fun and dropped it too early.
As we go to heads up, the chips are even between CrackBuyer and Whilden.
140 min: Whilden 21000 - CrackBuyer 15000
143 min: The match turned when they got all-in with a (77) for CrackBuyer and a (JT) for Whilden. A [T] hit on the flop, but a [7] appeared on the turn! This reversed the chip lead and then some.
144 min: Whilden (2nd) made his stand with (65) and was called by CrackBuyer with (KQ), who made the K-high straight for an over kill final hand.
Nice run by Whilden and congratulations to CrackBuyer for his fist NPP victory!
1st – CrackBuyer 20 points
2nd – Whliden 14 pts
3rd – LittleRedElf 10 pts
4th – Suetman1 7 pts
5th – Rennzzo 5 pts
6th – Hlam14 4 pts
7th – Douge2 3 pts
8th – Akensi 2 pts
9th – Kensik 1 point
Point totals for the league are on the side of the blog.
Twenty-four players entered tonight, breaking the old record by two! And we want to welcome the four new players also; Absea98, Addictedtoem, Fixyourbuggy and Suetman1.
On to the action:
36 min: As Hlam14 pointed out, play was on the tight side tonight. No casualties until Sirgash (24th) had his (33) over taken by Duder1123’s (KJ) when a [K] hit the board.
37 min: Then a small rush of casualties. Fixyourbuggy (23rd). A typical NPP welcome to new players, as you will see as this tourney moves on. But hang tough Buggy!
Sorry, with the volume of players, there is no way I can get all these hands and play mine too. I am lucky to get the time of the elimination.
38 min: Addictedtoem (22nd) - ditto Addict. We are hard on newcomers.
44 min: Tigercub8189 (21st) – Missed this and it was at my table! Watching the next one out’s hand.
45 min: I did see this one as Duder1123 (20th) goes all-in with (44) and a full house, but loses to Akensi’s Quad Tens! He is not out on this hand but is taken out soon after this.
47 min: Absea98 (19th) - It's not you, it's us.
48 min: Jager244 (18th)
50 min: Acesovru (17th)
51 min: Theedouble*d (16th)
53 min: Mistermusic5 (15th)
55 min: ThePunk75 (14th)
Break:
CrackBuyer 7105
Rennzzo 5345
Akensi 3880
Littleredelf 3675
Suetman1 3535
Whilden 2947
Douge2 2685
Hlam14 2490
Kensik 1435
Nahanni74 1188
Biglou93 735
Mikeniks-Faldo 510
RKidder51400 470
The most ever still alive at the break!
71 min: The low chippers battle on – except for RKidder51400 (13th), who finally blinds out.
72 min: Biglou93 (12th) has to try it with (Td 9d) but Nahanni’s (66) makes a full house for over kill.
77 min: Didn’t see it, but Nahanni (11th) is the next one out.
78 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (10th) has to go with (8h 7h) but runs into Akensi’s (Ah Jh).
89 min: Kensik (9th) has his (AQ) run into Suetman1’s (AK).
102 min: A good battle ensues before Akensi (8th) has her (Ac Jc) fall to Whilden’s (QQ).
112 min: Douge2 (7th) has his (33) get run down by Whilden’s (Ks Qs) as a [K] appears on the board. That is two 7th’s in two consecutive starts for Doug.
Break #2:
Whilden 13750
CrackBuyer 8990
Suetman1 6020
Rennzzo 2680
LittleRedElf 2525
Hlam14 2035
124 min: Bad beat of the night of the hands I witnessed (please lay the others I missed on me on the comment section). Hlam14 (6th) has to go all-in with (KK), but sees Whilden hit a [T] on the flop and an [A] on the river! Ouch! That makes two 6ths for Hlam in two consecutive starts also.
126 min: Point leader Rennzzo (5th) has his (TT) run into Crackbuyer’s (AA).
137 min: Suetman1 (4th) has her (A9) get run down by Whilden’s (J9) as a [J] appears on the flop. A very nice finish for a newcomer. Look out guys - another tough lady player in our group!
138 min: LittleRedElf (3rd) goes all-in with (AJ) and is called by Whilden with (A8). Ok, we all know an [8] falls on the flop.
Is it me or is Whilden hitting more boards than a bag of hockey pucks during warm up? I was trying to get a pool going for what suit the [8] would be on the river, but Poker Stars spoiled the fun and dropped it too early.
As we go to heads up, the chips are even between CrackBuyer and Whilden.
140 min: Whilden 21000 - CrackBuyer 15000
143 min: The match turned when they got all-in with a (77) for CrackBuyer and a (JT) for Whilden. A [T] hit on the flop, but a [7] appeared on the turn! This reversed the chip lead and then some.
144 min: Whilden (2nd) made his stand with (65) and was called by CrackBuyer with (KQ), who made the K-high straight for an over kill final hand.
Nice run by Whilden and congratulations to CrackBuyer for his fist NPP victory!
1st – CrackBuyer 20 points
2nd – Whliden 14 pts
3rd – LittleRedElf 10 pts
4th – Suetman1 7 pts
5th – Rennzzo 5 pts
6th – Hlam14 4 pts
7th – Douge2 3 pts
8th – Akensi 2 pts
9th – Kensik 1 point
Point totals for the league are on the side of the blog.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tigercub8189 has a 4th place finish in Poker Stars Tourney
Tigercub8189 took 4th in a 180 player tourney on Poker Stars. In the end, his (77) lost to two overcards - one of which paired the board. A coin flip win there and he might have captured a win.
Still a nice job by Tigercub8189 - who won 14 times his entry.
Still a nice job by Tigercub8189 - who won 14 times his entry.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
TheNewY2K Wins His 1st NPP Tourney!
Always exciting when we can add another player to our Walk of Fame! In round #3 of the new year, TheNewY2K bested nineteen others to get there, showing stamina. He was the low chip person a few times early, but come back to win it!
We also welcomed back Nahanni and Umichpoker for their first action of the NPP season.
6 min: It was ugly early for Mistermusic5 (19th) as his (KK) ran into a [6] on the flop and CrackBuyer’s (66) in the hand.
Mistermusic5 will not be the only one who got run down tonight. It’s poker. It’s poker on Poker Stars – and it hurts sometimes. Sometimes it hurts a lot.
23 min: 7Jokers (18th) takes a shot with (KK) and a flop of [8J9], but finds Tigercub8189 holding the nuts (KT).
33 min: Four players see a flop of [338]. TheNewY2K raises a Umichpoker (17th) bet and call, and the turn is [4]. Y2K moves all-in with (A3) – trips - and is called by Umich with (87) – two pair – and the river is no help.
37 min: A short stacked Kensik (16th) makes a move with (A5) and is called in two places by CrackBuyer (77) and Thedouble*d (KK) and no Ace appears.
45 min: RKidder51400 (15th) tries to get her (AQ) to finish the straight the flop started with [TK9], but it doesn’t get there and CrackBuyer is holding (KT).
50 min: Due to me playing my own hand and folding against Nahanni on another table, BigLou93 (14th) was lost on another table and I didn’t see it. Maybe someone can clue us in.
53 min: Jager244 (13th) makes his move with (KJ) and runs into Akensi’s (AK). Action now picks up as the Break Monster gets busy.
58 min: Theedouble*d (12th) with (AK) goes all-in and is called in two spots by ThePunk75 (A8) and LittleRedElf (44). The flop of [3JJ] is no help to DD, but the turn is a dagger in the chest [8], with no CPR on the river.
59 min: Last week’s winner Rennzzo (11th) had bad luck befall him this week as his (AA) gets run down as Nahanni’s (Js Ts) makes the flush on the river.
Break:
Nahanni 4370
Tigercub8189 4090
Acesovru 3390
TheNewY2K 3310
Douge2 2665
Akensi 2565
LittleRedElf 2515
ThePunk75 2368
Mikeniks-Faldo 1870
CrackBuyer 1387
61 min: Right off the bat ThePunk75 (10th) has his (TT) run into LittleRedElf’s (QQ).
73 min: Then Crackbuyer (9th) gets to have his (77) run into LittleRedElf’s (QQ). Needless to say the Elf is standing taller now and liking the Ladies!
99 min: Girl-on-girl action as a short-stacked Akensi (8th) has to try with her (JT) but Nahanni has (88) and no help arrives.
105 min: Having just taken a sting from TheNewY2K, Douge2 (7th) tries his (K9) but runs into Nahanni’s (A8) and doesn’t improve.
113 min: First Nahanni (6th) pushes her top pair with (KJ) and a flop of [x J x] and runs into Tigercub’s (QQ). Then with (A2), she goes all-in with (A2) only to see Mikeniks-Faldo call with (JJ) from the small blind. The break chip leader is gone – taken out by the Faldo brothers.
117 min: Acesovru (5th) tries to bluff a flop of [KTT] with (A6). But TheNewY2K is holding (T8) and is not going anywhere.
Break II:
TheNewY2K 9705
LittleRedElf 9022
Tigercub8189 5106
Mikeniks-Faldo 4667
128 min: Mikeniks-Faldo’s (4th) chance to make a move towards victory. Holding (QJ) and a flop with a [J], I go all-in. LittleRedElf calls with (77) and a [7] falls on the river. Another bubble for Faldo (# 4,114,119 – but who’s counting?).
136 min: Tigercub8189 (3rd) goes all-in with (TT) and gets called by both players – LittleRedElf and TheNewY2K. The board ends up with [QJQJx] and the Elf’s Ace plays kick the Cat.
It is heads up time and LittleRedElf has a 3 to 1 chip lead. I was not able to watch the action as the phone rang and I had to play Western Union Relay man between daughter and wife. I got back to the action in time to see that TheNewY2K now had a slight chip lead.
Sorry readers. I hope the winner will fill us in on this gap.
147 min: LittleRedElf (2nd) makes a heads up bluff with (A4) and a flop of [2QQ]. As earlier with Acesovru, Elf picked the wrong time as TheNewY2K is holding the nuts (Q2).
Congratulations to TheNewY2K and welcome to the Walk of Fame!
1st – TheNewY2K 20 pts
2nd – LittleRedElf 14 pts
3rd – Tigercub8189 10 pts
4th – Mikeniks-Faldo 7 pts
5th – Acesovru 5 pts
6th – Nahanni 4 pts
7th – Douge2 3 pts
8th – Akensi 2 pts
9th – CrackBuyer 1 pt
10th – ThePunk75
11th – Rennzzo
12th – TheeDouble*D
13th – Jager244
14th – BigLou93
15th – Rkidder51400
16th – Kensik
17th – Umichpoker
18th – Mistermusic5
Standings on the side of the blog.
We also welcomed back Nahanni and Umichpoker for their first action of the NPP season.
6 min: It was ugly early for Mistermusic5 (19th) as his (KK) ran into a [6] on the flop and CrackBuyer’s (66) in the hand.
Mistermusic5 will not be the only one who got run down tonight. It’s poker. It’s poker on Poker Stars – and it hurts sometimes. Sometimes it hurts a lot.
23 min: 7Jokers (18th) takes a shot with (KK) and a flop of [8J9], but finds Tigercub8189 holding the nuts (KT).
33 min: Four players see a flop of [338]. TheNewY2K raises a Umichpoker (17th) bet and call, and the turn is [4]. Y2K moves all-in with (A3) – trips - and is called by Umich with (87) – two pair – and the river is no help.
37 min: A short stacked Kensik (16th) makes a move with (A5) and is called in two places by CrackBuyer (77) and Thedouble*d (KK) and no Ace appears.
45 min: RKidder51400 (15th) tries to get her (AQ) to finish the straight the flop started with [TK9], but it doesn’t get there and CrackBuyer is holding (KT).
50 min: Due to me playing my own hand and folding against Nahanni on another table, BigLou93 (14th) was lost on another table and I didn’t see it. Maybe someone can clue us in.
53 min: Jager244 (13th) makes his move with (KJ) and runs into Akensi’s (AK). Action now picks up as the Break Monster gets busy.
58 min: Theedouble*d (12th) with (AK) goes all-in and is called in two spots by ThePunk75 (A8) and LittleRedElf (44). The flop of [3JJ] is no help to DD, but the turn is a dagger in the chest [8], with no CPR on the river.
59 min: Last week’s winner Rennzzo (11th) had bad luck befall him this week as his (AA) gets run down as Nahanni’s (Js Ts) makes the flush on the river.
Break:
Nahanni 4370
Tigercub8189 4090
Acesovru 3390
TheNewY2K 3310
Douge2 2665
Akensi 2565
LittleRedElf 2515
ThePunk75 2368
Mikeniks-Faldo 1870
CrackBuyer 1387
61 min: Right off the bat ThePunk75 (10th) has his (TT) run into LittleRedElf’s (QQ).
73 min: Then Crackbuyer (9th) gets to have his (77) run into LittleRedElf’s (QQ). Needless to say the Elf is standing taller now and liking the Ladies!
99 min: Girl-on-girl action as a short-stacked Akensi (8th) has to try with her (JT) but Nahanni has (88) and no help arrives.
105 min: Having just taken a sting from TheNewY2K, Douge2 (7th) tries his (K9) but runs into Nahanni’s (A8) and doesn’t improve.
113 min: First Nahanni (6th) pushes her top pair with (KJ) and a flop of [x J x] and runs into Tigercub’s (QQ). Then with (A2), she goes all-in with (A2) only to see Mikeniks-Faldo call with (JJ) from the small blind. The break chip leader is gone – taken out by the Faldo brothers.
117 min: Acesovru (5th) tries to bluff a flop of [KTT] with (A6). But TheNewY2K is holding (T8) and is not going anywhere.
Break II:
TheNewY2K 9705
LittleRedElf 9022
Tigercub8189 5106
Mikeniks-Faldo 4667
128 min: Mikeniks-Faldo’s (4th) chance to make a move towards victory. Holding (QJ) and a flop with a [J], I go all-in. LittleRedElf calls with (77) and a [7] falls on the river. Another bubble for Faldo (# 4,114,119 – but who’s counting?).
136 min: Tigercub8189 (3rd) goes all-in with (TT) and gets called by both players – LittleRedElf and TheNewY2K. The board ends up with [QJQJx] and the Elf’s Ace plays kick the Cat.
It is heads up time and LittleRedElf has a 3 to 1 chip lead. I was not able to watch the action as the phone rang and I had to play Western Union Relay man between daughter and wife. I got back to the action in time to see that TheNewY2K now had a slight chip lead.
Sorry readers. I hope the winner will fill us in on this gap.
147 min: LittleRedElf (2nd) makes a heads up bluff with (A4) and a flop of [2QQ]. As earlier with Acesovru, Elf picked the wrong time as TheNewY2K is holding the nuts (Q2).
Congratulations to TheNewY2K and welcome to the Walk of Fame!
1st – TheNewY2K 20 pts
2nd – LittleRedElf 14 pts
3rd – Tigercub8189 10 pts
4th – Mikeniks-Faldo 7 pts
5th – Acesovru 5 pts
6th – Nahanni 4 pts
7th – Douge2 3 pts
8th – Akensi 2 pts
9th – CrackBuyer 1 pt
10th – ThePunk75
11th – Rennzzo
12th – TheeDouble*D
13th – Jager244
14th – BigLou93
15th – Rkidder51400
16th – Kensik
17th – Umichpoker
18th – Mistermusic5
Standings on the side of the blog.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Faldo Wins Full Tilt Qualifier
One hundred and eighty players and your beloved Nik Faldo finished 1st to qualify for a tourney TBD.
Now I will attempt to play in this tourney or save my entry for another time.
But I wonder, even if I win, can I cash??????????????????????????
Now I will attempt to play in this tourney or save my entry for another time.
But I wonder, even if I win, can I cash??????????????????????????
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Full Tilt Poker Must be in Trouble! And So Are All of Us.
When I started this blog, it was before the NPP internet tourneys. Besides writing up our home NPP games, I also visited internet poker sites and posted my review here. I told you what sites were simply skins of another site and what the 'main' site was. I told you how the software looked, how many players were there and how to get your cash in and (hopefully) back out.
I have visited 270 on-line poker sites and have lost hundreds of dollars because of it. No, not at their tables. That only happens to me on Poker Stars. I lost it when sites shut down or the site changed the rules for withdraw - and asked for things like a copy of my passport in order to get my money out.
When NetTeller was forced by our benevolent government (citizens doing what they want with their money is a problem, but paying social security benefits to ILLEGAL aliens is no problem) to close to US citizens, this shut off my withdraw methods to certain sites as well. The fees for getting a check were higher than some of my deposit amounts to try the site.
Anyway, I now limit my play to four sites and that is soon going to ONE!
BoDog Poker is ok and the money moves ok too. But not alot of players for tourneys and I just HATE their software. I will tinker with SNG's there and an occasional tourney, but I'm not stopping by often.
Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Poker have merged. Their email response time is crap, but they do offer chat and a phone number and that works fine for service. But the Russ Hamilton scandal has crippled their player base. And their tournament schedule is filled with qualifiers.
I don't like qualifiers. I hate to 'win' one tourney so I can lose in another. It's my lack of talent. I rarely do well in one tourney, so why would I think I could win two in a row? So lack of players and tourneys is the reason I am leaving them. Again, an occasional SNG when Poker Stars has 'bad beat' me into a rage.
That leaves me with the #2 site on the internet for US players - Full Tilt Poker. A recent score there had me attempt to get some cash out for the holidays. That withdraw was made Dec. 12th. I was told it was going to take 15 business days for the money to transfer!
It used to take only three days! Doesn't matter, I still don't have it after 28 days. Emails to Full Tilt Poker to both their 'cashier' and 'support' are not answered.
Sooooo, it looks like #2 is on bad financial legs for some reason. Even their own Full Tilt Blog has players complaining about NO service and NO payouts.
With no other recourse that I could see, I emailed CardPlayer Magazine with this:
Dear Card Player,
You have an advertiser in your magazine that is lying to your readers and providing terrible service to their customers. I am asking you to speak to them on my behalf, or give me the phone number and direct email of someone I can speak to. I am speaking of Full Tilt Poker.
Now before you send me the standard letter stating that you are not affiliated with that poker site, I want to state now that I reject any attempt at that claim.
First of all, you accept advertising profit from them.
Second, one of their spokespeople writes articles for you and others who are spokespeople for that site – have written for CardPlayer in the past.
Third, your advertisement sends readers to the Full Tilt site, where they blatantly lie. You are assisting in their farce.
This poker site is currently delivering the worst customer service of any of your advertisers. I will assume you are not aware of that fact.
I withdrew some of my winnings from their poker site over a month ago with a direct withdraw to a bank.
The money is not in my Full Tilt account and it is not in the bank – after four weeks of time.
I have written Full Tilt’s 24/7 Customer Service 3 times in a week and have not received a reply. This is from the site stating they have outstanding customer service. I have visited some poker blogs – including the Full Tilt blog itself, and my experience is not unique.
I am sympathetically requesting that you step in and help one of your customers and long time readers. Things need to improve at Full Tilt Poker and your efforts would help thousands of your loyal readers – not just me.
Sincerely yours, Faldo - end of letter
No response from CardPlayer. Not suprising either. I'm just their customer.
There is a saying that "Poker is Life". Well it is certainly true. In poker the payer gets treated the same way by the collector as the citizen of the United States. Robbed, then ignored.
I have visited 270 on-line poker sites and have lost hundreds of dollars because of it. No, not at their tables. That only happens to me on Poker Stars. I lost it when sites shut down or the site changed the rules for withdraw - and asked for things like a copy of my passport in order to get my money out.
When NetTeller was forced by our benevolent government (citizens doing what they want with their money is a problem, but paying social security benefits to ILLEGAL aliens is no problem) to close to US citizens, this shut off my withdraw methods to certain sites as well. The fees for getting a check were higher than some of my deposit amounts to try the site.
Anyway, I now limit my play to four sites and that is soon going to ONE!
BoDog Poker is ok and the money moves ok too. But not alot of players for tourneys and I just HATE their software. I will tinker with SNG's there and an occasional tourney, but I'm not stopping by often.
Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Poker have merged. Their email response time is crap, but they do offer chat and a phone number and that works fine for service. But the Russ Hamilton scandal has crippled their player base. And their tournament schedule is filled with qualifiers.
I don't like qualifiers. I hate to 'win' one tourney so I can lose in another. It's my lack of talent. I rarely do well in one tourney, so why would I think I could win two in a row? So lack of players and tourneys is the reason I am leaving them. Again, an occasional SNG when Poker Stars has 'bad beat' me into a rage.
That leaves me with the #2 site on the internet for US players - Full Tilt Poker. A recent score there had me attempt to get some cash out for the holidays. That withdraw was made Dec. 12th. I was told it was going to take 15 business days for the money to transfer!
It used to take only three days! Doesn't matter, I still don't have it after 28 days. Emails to Full Tilt Poker to both their 'cashier' and 'support' are not answered.
Sooooo, it looks like #2 is on bad financial legs for some reason. Even their own Full Tilt Blog has players complaining about NO service and NO payouts.
With no other recourse that I could see, I emailed CardPlayer Magazine with this:
Dear Card Player,
You have an advertiser in your magazine that is lying to your readers and providing terrible service to their customers. I am asking you to speak to them on my behalf, or give me the phone number and direct email of someone I can speak to. I am speaking of Full Tilt Poker.
Now before you send me the standard letter stating that you are not affiliated with that poker site, I want to state now that I reject any attempt at that claim.
First of all, you accept advertising profit from them.
Second, one of their spokespeople writes articles for you and others who are spokespeople for that site – have written for CardPlayer in the past.
Third, your advertisement sends readers to the Full Tilt site, where they blatantly lie. You are assisting in their farce.
This poker site is currently delivering the worst customer service of any of your advertisers. I will assume you are not aware of that fact.
I withdrew some of my winnings from their poker site over a month ago with a direct withdraw to a bank.
The money is not in my Full Tilt account and it is not in the bank – after four weeks of time.
I have written Full Tilt’s 24/7 Customer Service 3 times in a week and have not received a reply. This is from the site stating they have outstanding customer service. I have visited some poker blogs – including the Full Tilt blog itself, and my experience is not unique.
I am sympathetically requesting that you step in and help one of your customers and long time readers. Things need to improve at Full Tilt Poker and your efforts would help thousands of your loyal readers – not just me.
Sincerely yours, Faldo - end of letter
No response from CardPlayer. Not suprising either. I'm just their customer.
There is a saying that "Poker is Life". Well it is certainly true. In poker the payer gets treated the same way by the collector as the citizen of the United States. Robbed, then ignored.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Rennzzo Wins His 2nd NPP Event on Week Two of 2009
And once again we had a record tying number of entries at 22. Lots of double knockouts (twos?) tonight as you will see. Why all the two’s? Did you see the picture of the new player at NPP? I think we may be cursed with twos now. Not that there is anything wrong with those – uh, that.
On to the action:
21 min: Last week’s winner Douge2 (22nd) was treated shabbily. They say fame is fleeting. I wouldn’t know because I’ve never had any.
32 min: Nixi44 (21st) was sitting too close to Faldo’s seat and chips and the bad luck rubbed off obviously.
35 min: Thedouble*d (20th) was out next.
40 min: New player Jules401961 (19th) got the standard NPP greeting. Be sure to email npokerp at yahoo with your 1st name and last initial please, Jules. Thanks.
42 min: Kensik (18th) was out next.
44 min: In the first of a quite a few 3-ways, LittleRedElf (17th) got bounced alone.
46 min: A big bluff by Acesovru (16th) gets called by Duder1123.
50 min: Another 3-way and I (Mikeniks-Faldo 15th) got a front row seat with Sirgash (14th) as Duder1123’s (KK) took us short stacks out together.
54 min: TheNewY2K (13th) made his move with (AJ) and was called by Mistermusic5 with (QQ).
58 min: BigLou93 (12th) and 7Jokers tangle near the Break Monster’s water’s edge. But I don’t think Lou was dragged in as much as he fell in. BigLou bets his (TT) and Jokers defends his blind with another caller.
The flop is [92Q]. It is checked and the turn is [7]. Biglou bets and 7Jokers calls alone. Danger Will Robinson!!! (Ok, I’m dating myself with that one).
The river is a [9] and when BigLou93 goes all-in, 7Jokers’ full house falls on him.
Break:
Duder1123 4584
Crackbuyer 3926
Jager244 3780
Mistermusic5 3375
Robbin_Hudd 3004
Tigercub8189 2975
Boother36 2895
RKidder51400 1530
Akensi 1390
Rennzzo 840
Maybe Comeback of the Year honors won in Week 2!
65 min: Another 3-way double knockout as Mistermusic5 (11th) (99) and Jager244 (10th)(AJ) get all-in against Duder1123’s (KK) and cannot catch up.
68 min: New player Robin_Hudd (9th) has his (AQ) run right into last year’s champ Duder1123’s hot run as he is only holding (AA) after the (KK) three minutes ago! Points on your first appearance at NPP will have the players wary of you now Robin.
70 min: RKidder51400 (8th) finally has to take a stand with (99), but 7Jokers is holding (QQ).
77 min: Yet another 3-way double knockout as Tigercub8189 (7th) gets a bad beat here as his (KK) loses. Boother (6th) was all-in too with (AJ). 7Jokers has (AK) and looks to be in trouble. But a flop of [QAT] has Tiger and Boother now drawing very thin.
93 min: A long battle ensues before Akensi (5th) raises with (88) and is called by 7Jokers and Rennzzo. The flop is [5d 7d Qh]. Akensi decides to make her move and goes all-in.
Both guys call; 7Jokers (9d 6d) and Rennzzo (Ad 9s). The turn is a [9] and Amy is out.
Guys we have some very strong lady players in our mist now – in alphabetical order; Akensi, Nahanni74, Nixi44, RKidder51400 and of course Umichpoker. Thanks for joining and classing up the place, Ladies.
Now go make us guys something to eat and NPP needs vacuuming. Take the beer empties back to the store too.
117 min: Another long time of battle ensues and then a big hand happens. Chip leader Crackbuyer loses his lead to Duder1123 as he call’s Duder’s rivered full house all-in with his river made straight. Ouch!
2nd Break:
Duder1123 14566
7Jokers 8056
Rennzzo 6400
CrackBuyer 3978
122 min: Fireworks early as Rennzzo takes over the chip lead by his (88) beating Duder1123’s (AQ).
124 min: Crackbuyer (4th) has to make a move with (QJ) and Duder’s (KJ) dominates.
126 min: Rennzzo loses the chip lead back to Duder1123 as his full house is smaller than Duder’s. But revenge is on the horizon.
132 min: 7Jokers (3rd) makes his move with (A7) and Duder calls with (Qd Jd) and a big stack. A turn [Q] and river [Q] take out the man with the most wins at NPP.
152 min: I would have kept the chip totals every 5 minutes as usual, but the stacks never really changed. Duder1123 stayed at about a 3 to 1 advantage for the whole 20 minutes until Rennzzo’s (55) beat Duder’s (44).
154 min: The flop is [997] and there is betting and calling. The turn is [T] with more betting and calling. The traps are set. The river is another [T] and Duder (2nd) goes all-in holding a (7) but Rennzzo is holding a (T). Nice job on your 2nd NPP win Rennzzo.
1st – Rennzzo 20 points
2nd – Duder1123 14 points
3rd – 7Jokers 10 points
4th – CrackBuyer 7 points
5th – Akensi 5 points
6th – Boother36 4 points
7th – Tigercub8189 3 points
8th – Rkidder51400 2 points
9th – Robin_Hudd 1 point
10th – Jagger244
11th – Mistermusic5
12th – BigLou93
13th – TheNewY2K
14th – Sirgash
15th – Mikeniks-Faldo
16th – Acesovru
17th – LittleRedElf
18th – Kensik
19th – Jules401961
20th – Theedouble*d
21st – Nixi44
22nd – Douge2
The standings are on the right side of the blog.
On to the action:
21 min: Last week’s winner Douge2 (22nd) was treated shabbily. They say fame is fleeting. I wouldn’t know because I’ve never had any.
32 min: Nixi44 (21st) was sitting too close to Faldo’s seat and chips and the bad luck rubbed off obviously.
35 min: Thedouble*d (20th) was out next.
40 min: New player Jules401961 (19th) got the standard NPP greeting. Be sure to email npokerp at yahoo with your 1st name and last initial please, Jules. Thanks.
42 min: Kensik (18th) was out next.
44 min: In the first of a quite a few 3-ways, LittleRedElf (17th) got bounced alone.
46 min: A big bluff by Acesovru (16th) gets called by Duder1123.
50 min: Another 3-way and I (Mikeniks-Faldo 15th) got a front row seat with Sirgash (14th) as Duder1123’s (KK) took us short stacks out together.
54 min: TheNewY2K (13th) made his move with (AJ) and was called by Mistermusic5 with (QQ).
58 min: BigLou93 (12th) and 7Jokers tangle near the Break Monster’s water’s edge. But I don’t think Lou was dragged in as much as he fell in. BigLou bets his (TT) and Jokers defends his blind with another caller.
The flop is [92Q]. It is checked and the turn is [7]. Biglou bets and 7Jokers calls alone. Danger Will Robinson!!! (Ok, I’m dating myself with that one).
The river is a [9] and when BigLou93 goes all-in, 7Jokers’ full house falls on him.
Break:
Duder1123 4584
Crackbuyer 3926
Jager244 3780
Mistermusic5 3375
Robbin_Hudd 3004
Tigercub8189 2975
Boother36 2895
RKidder51400 1530
Akensi 1390
Rennzzo 840
Maybe Comeback of the Year honors won in Week 2!
65 min: Another 3-way double knockout as Mistermusic5 (11th) (99) and Jager244 (10th)(AJ) get all-in against Duder1123’s (KK) and cannot catch up.
68 min: New player Robin_Hudd (9th) has his (AQ) run right into last year’s champ Duder1123’s hot run as he is only holding (AA) after the (KK) three minutes ago! Points on your first appearance at NPP will have the players wary of you now Robin.
70 min: RKidder51400 (8th) finally has to take a stand with (99), but 7Jokers is holding (QQ).
77 min: Yet another 3-way double knockout as Tigercub8189 (7th) gets a bad beat here as his (KK) loses. Boother (6th) was all-in too with (AJ). 7Jokers has (AK) and looks to be in trouble. But a flop of [QAT] has Tiger and Boother now drawing very thin.
93 min: A long battle ensues before Akensi (5th) raises with (88) and is called by 7Jokers and Rennzzo. The flop is [5d 7d Qh]. Akensi decides to make her move and goes all-in.
Both guys call; 7Jokers (9d 6d) and Rennzzo (Ad 9s). The turn is a [9] and Amy is out.
Guys we have some very strong lady players in our mist now – in alphabetical order; Akensi, Nahanni74, Nixi44, RKidder51400 and of course Umichpoker. Thanks for joining and classing up the place, Ladies.
Now go make us guys something to eat and NPP needs vacuuming. Take the beer empties back to the store too.
117 min: Another long time of battle ensues and then a big hand happens. Chip leader Crackbuyer loses his lead to Duder1123 as he call’s Duder’s rivered full house all-in with his river made straight. Ouch!
2nd Break:
Duder1123 14566
7Jokers 8056
Rennzzo 6400
CrackBuyer 3978
122 min: Fireworks early as Rennzzo takes over the chip lead by his (88) beating Duder1123’s (AQ).
124 min: Crackbuyer (4th) has to make a move with (QJ) and Duder’s (KJ) dominates.
126 min: Rennzzo loses the chip lead back to Duder1123 as his full house is smaller than Duder’s. But revenge is on the horizon.
132 min: 7Jokers (3rd) makes his move with (A7) and Duder calls with (Qd Jd) and a big stack. A turn [Q] and river [Q] take out the man with the most wins at NPP.
152 min: I would have kept the chip totals every 5 minutes as usual, but the stacks never really changed. Duder1123 stayed at about a 3 to 1 advantage for the whole 20 minutes until Rennzzo’s (55) beat Duder’s (44).
154 min: The flop is [997] and there is betting and calling. The turn is [T] with more betting and calling. The traps are set. The river is another [T] and Duder (2nd) goes all-in holding a (7) but Rennzzo is holding a (T). Nice job on your 2nd NPP win Rennzzo.
1st – Rennzzo 20 points
2nd – Duder1123 14 points
3rd – 7Jokers 10 points
4th – CrackBuyer 7 points
5th – Akensi 5 points
6th – Boother36 4 points
7th – Tigercub8189 3 points
8th – Rkidder51400 2 points
9th – Robin_Hudd 1 point
10th – Jagger244
11th – Mistermusic5
12th – BigLou93
13th – TheNewY2K
14th – Sirgash
15th – Mikeniks-Faldo
16th – Acesovru
17th – LittleRedElf
18th – Kensik
19th – Jules401961
20th – Theedouble*d
21st – Nixi44
22nd – Douge2
The standings are on the right side of the blog.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Faldo Finishes 4th in UB Tourney
Against 152 other players this morning. Ultimate Bet has these bounty tournaments where 1/3rd of the entry is for bounties. If you knock someone out, you pick up a bounty. Usually if you knock out about five players, you make your entry fee back.
I played well, got cards at the right time and read a guy's bluff correctly. I even got called on my semi-bluff and hit my hand as a 3 to one dog. You have to do that at least once usually to go deep in a tourney.
Got down to the final 18 and I sat 7th. Not too bad. But the players all went on steroids and I didn't have even a draw to get in there with. So when the final table arrived, I was now 7th of 9. Still ok but not alot of nub to spare.
Finally had to make a stand in the SB when I hit my pair of twos and a possible backdoor straight draw with (25) and a flop of [249]. But a limper actually had (99) and I was a goner in 4th place.
Made 8 times my entry - including the 5 bounties I collected.
I played well, got cards at the right time and read a guy's bluff correctly. I even got called on my semi-bluff and hit my hand as a 3 to one dog. You have to do that at least once usually to go deep in a tourney.
Got down to the final 18 and I sat 7th. Not too bad. But the players all went on steroids and I didn't have even a draw to get in there with. So when the final table arrived, I was now 7th of 9. Still ok but not alot of nub to spare.
Finally had to make a stand in the SB when I hit my pair of twos and a possible backdoor straight draw with (25) and a flop of [249]. But a limper actually had (99) and I was a goner in 4th place.
Made 8 times my entry - including the 5 bounties I collected.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Douge2 Wins The 1st NPP Tourney of 2009 - and His 1st!
We are off and running for the new season. We set a record with 22 entries – shattering the old mark of ….a lot less. Fourteen I think (too drunk to look it up right now).
Sign ups for this league totaled 55 of the 64 limit set by the NPP Tourney Committee. My experience running games tells me you get half of the “Yeah, I’m playing” commitments. Internet – email is slightly worse. Las Vegas put the over/under at 24 ½ - and I bet my entire life savings on the OVER.
I’ll be begging next week during the round so don’t report me!
How this will work is – if we get 64 who have actually played in an NPP event, their data will remain in the records. If you don’t play for five weeks, your spot could be taken by a new player.
Longest delay without playing - Lowest point people – then seniority will have to be the factors going into the decisions. But no worries yet. Only 22 spots on the totals board are taken right now.
Speaking of which, on to the action!
4 min: Cigar4John (22nd) – one of the original NPP live game guys and a part time internet guy, stopped by and was treated rudely. I didn’t see the hand but I think it was a big pair versus a bigger pair that sent him to the rail. Welcome back John. Hope you can play more this year.
18 min: Whilden (21st) is one of our new players - treated to a typical NPP greeting of his (QQ) losing to TheNewY2K’s (AA).
25 min: One of last year’s finalists, Tigercub8189 (20th) ran into the EXACT same hand with the EXACT same person – seven minutes later.
27 min: Theedouble*d (19th) was the next to go out. Another new player - who got the typical NPP greeting. I didn’t see the hand, but if he has to go out early, I was hoping it was going to be 38th.
Get it? 38DD? I kill me. Sorry, I will refrain from that cheap humor from now on. I think (and you all wish).
29 min: Mistermusic5 (18th), a new player who joined us for the year end Heads Up tourney, had his turn card flush get drowned on the river by Douge2’s full house.
33 min: Crackbuyer (17th) was the next one out. No info. Knock me out quicker people and the article will have more information in it.
35 min: New player and short – stacked Kensik (16th) made a move with (A6) and lost to Sirgash and his (TT).
36 min: Last year’s Player of the Year, Duder1123 (15th) was gone next. No info.
41 min: New player Akensi (14th) goes all-in with (JJ) and runs into Douge2’s (KK). Ouch! See above for history of new players.
45 min: New player Gobluebilly (13th) is gone next. No info.
47 min: New player RKidder51400 (12th) is the next one gone. No info.
50 min: ThePunk75 (11th) has his (AT) lose to LittleRedElf’s (AQ).
56 min: New player Jager244 (10th) is the next one out. No info.
Break to only one table! An incredible amount of carnage already! I expected 2 table of six players at least at 1st break. But a lot of big hands collided early. And we get it done before the 2nd break too. Where was the fire I wonder?
Rennzzo – 7200
Douge2 – 5900
Sirgash – 5400
TheNewY2K – 4000
LittleRedElf – 3200
Hlam14 – 2600
Mikeniks – Faldo – 1600
7Jokers – 2000
Nixi44 – 1200
62 min: One of last year’s finalists, 7Jokers (9th) raises a bunch with (KK) and is called by Douge2 with (AQ). After a flop of [Q9A], 7Jokers goes all-in and sees the bad news.
74 min: Short-stacked Nixi44 (8th) goes all-in with (A6) and runs into LittleRedElf’s (AA).
82 min: I – Mikeniks-Faldo (7th) meet a similar short-stack demise when my (AT) cannot run down LittleRedElf’s (77).
89 min: One of last year’s finalists, Hlam14 (6th) makes his all-in move with (Kh Th) an is called by LittleRedElf’s (AK). The flop of clubs [2KA] ends the discussion.
90 min: TheNewY2K (5th) has his (AK) run into Rennzzo’s (JJ).
99 min: Douge2 and LittleRedElf (4th) call-check in. The flop of [9JQ] has LittleRed bet and Doug call. The turn of [8] gets both players all in with Doug holding the higher straight.
104 min: Rennzzo (3rd) takes the bad beat of the night when his (AA) loses to Sirgash’s trip 3’s. Rennzzo goes out three minutes later as his flopped pair of ladies lose to Douge2’s flush. No nub for Rennzzo.
110 min: Sirgash (2nd) calls all-in with his (QQ) into a flop of [745]. That looks safe enough I guess – except Douge2 is holding (63). Congratulations Douge2 on your 1st NPP victory! Welcome to the Walk of Fame!
1st – Douge2 – 20 pts
2nd – Sirgash – 14 pts
3rd – Rennzzo – 10 pts
4th – LittleRedElf – 7 pts
5th – TheNewY2K – 5 pts
6th – Hlam14 – 4 pts
7th – Mikeniks-Faldo 3 pts
8th – Nixi44 – 2 pts
9th – 7Jokers – 1 pt
10th – Jager244
11th – ThePunk75
12th – Rkidder51400
13th – Gobluebilly
14th – Akensi
15th – Duder1123
16th – Kensik
17th – Crackbuyer
18th – Mistermusic5
19th – Theedouble*d
20th – Tigercub8189
21st – Whilden
22nd – Cigar4John
Standings will be on the right side of the blog!
Sign ups for this league totaled 55 of the 64 limit set by the NPP Tourney Committee. My experience running games tells me you get half of the “Yeah, I’m playing” commitments. Internet – email is slightly worse. Las Vegas put the over/under at 24 ½ - and I bet my entire life savings on the OVER.
I’ll be begging next week during the round so don’t report me!
How this will work is – if we get 64 who have actually played in an NPP event, their data will remain in the records. If you don’t play for five weeks, your spot could be taken by a new player.
Longest delay without playing - Lowest point people – then seniority will have to be the factors going into the decisions. But no worries yet. Only 22 spots on the totals board are taken right now.
Speaking of which, on to the action!
4 min: Cigar4John (22nd) – one of the original NPP live game guys and a part time internet guy, stopped by and was treated rudely. I didn’t see the hand but I think it was a big pair versus a bigger pair that sent him to the rail. Welcome back John. Hope you can play more this year.
18 min: Whilden (21st) is one of our new players - treated to a typical NPP greeting of his (QQ) losing to TheNewY2K’s (AA).
25 min: One of last year’s finalists, Tigercub8189 (20th) ran into the EXACT same hand with the EXACT same person – seven minutes later.
27 min: Theedouble*d (19th) was the next to go out. Another new player - who got the typical NPP greeting. I didn’t see the hand, but if he has to go out early, I was hoping it was going to be 38th.
Get it? 38DD? I kill me. Sorry, I will refrain from that cheap humor from now on. I think (and you all wish).
29 min: Mistermusic5 (18th), a new player who joined us for the year end Heads Up tourney, had his turn card flush get drowned on the river by Douge2’s full house.
33 min: Crackbuyer (17th) was the next one out. No info. Knock me out quicker people and the article will have more information in it.
35 min: New player and short – stacked Kensik (16th) made a move with (A6) and lost to Sirgash and his (TT).
36 min: Last year’s Player of the Year, Duder1123 (15th) was gone next. No info.
41 min: New player Akensi (14th) goes all-in with (JJ) and runs into Douge2’s (KK). Ouch! See above for history of new players.
45 min: New player Gobluebilly (13th) is gone next. No info.
47 min: New player RKidder51400 (12th) is the next one gone. No info.
50 min: ThePunk75 (11th) has his (AT) lose to LittleRedElf’s (AQ).
56 min: New player Jager244 (10th) is the next one out. No info.
Break to only one table! An incredible amount of carnage already! I expected 2 table of six players at least at 1st break. But a lot of big hands collided early. And we get it done before the 2nd break too. Where was the fire I wonder?
Rennzzo – 7200
Douge2 – 5900
Sirgash – 5400
TheNewY2K – 4000
LittleRedElf – 3200
Hlam14 – 2600
Mikeniks – Faldo – 1600
7Jokers – 2000
Nixi44 – 1200
62 min: One of last year’s finalists, 7Jokers (9th) raises a bunch with (KK) and is called by Douge2 with (AQ). After a flop of [Q9A], 7Jokers goes all-in and sees the bad news.
74 min: Short-stacked Nixi44 (8th) goes all-in with (A6) and runs into LittleRedElf’s (AA).
82 min: I – Mikeniks-Faldo (7th) meet a similar short-stack demise when my (AT) cannot run down LittleRedElf’s (77).
89 min: One of last year’s finalists, Hlam14 (6th) makes his all-in move with (Kh Th) an is called by LittleRedElf’s (AK). The flop of clubs [2KA] ends the discussion.
90 min: TheNewY2K (5th) has his (AK) run into Rennzzo’s (JJ).
99 min: Douge2 and LittleRedElf (4th) call-check in. The flop of [9JQ] has LittleRed bet and Doug call. The turn of [8] gets both players all in with Doug holding the higher straight.
104 min: Rennzzo (3rd) takes the bad beat of the night when his (AA) loses to Sirgash’s trip 3’s. Rennzzo goes out three minutes later as his flopped pair of ladies lose to Douge2’s flush. No nub for Rennzzo.
110 min: Sirgash (2nd) calls all-in with his (QQ) into a flop of [745]. That looks safe enough I guess – except Douge2 is holding (63). Congratulations Douge2 on your 1st NPP victory! Welcome to the Walk of Fame!
1st – Douge2 – 20 pts
2nd – Sirgash – 14 pts
3rd – Rennzzo – 10 pts
4th – LittleRedElf – 7 pts
5th – TheNewY2K – 5 pts
6th – Hlam14 – 4 pts
7th – Mikeniks-Faldo 3 pts
8th – Nixi44 – 2 pts
9th – 7Jokers – 1 pt
10th – Jager244
11th – ThePunk75
12th – Rkidder51400
13th – Gobluebilly
14th – Akensi
15th – Duder1123
16th – Kensik
17th – Crackbuyer
18th – Mistermusic5
19th – Theedouble*d
20th – Tigercub8189
21st – Whilden
22nd – Cigar4John
Standings will be on the right side of the blog!
Monday, January 05, 2009
NPP Statistics Time - Final Installment
On the eve of the 2009 season, I thought I would post the rest of the stats fit to print for 2008.
Most Wins
1 - 7Jokers 7
2 - Doneill 6
3 - Beerhog, Duder1123, Nahanni 4
6 - Boother, Tigercub8189 3
Most 2nds
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 8
2 - Tigercub8189 5
3 - 7Jokers, Nahanni, Rennzzo 4
6 - Beerhog, Boother, Doneill, Rownder 3
Most 3rds
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 5
2 - 7jokers, Biglou93, Duder1123, Hlam14, Tigercub8189 4
Most 4ths
1 - Duder1123, Mikeniks-Faldo 8
3 - Boother, Rownder 4
5 - 7Jokers, ArcticBlast1, Tigercub8189 3
Most 5ths
1 - Tigercub8189 8
2 - Mikeniks-Faldo 7
3 - Nahanni 6
4 - 7Jokers, Aqualung86, ArcticBlast1, Doneill, McGuiness007, Rennzzo 3
Longest Streak Earning at Least One Point
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 10
2 - Nahanni 6
3 - Aqualung85, Duder1123 5
5 - Tigercub8189 4
In 2009, we will be giving points for the Final Table. My guess is consistency and attendance will get you to the Big Dance on December 15, 2009.
Most Wins
1 - 7Jokers 7
2 - Doneill 6
3 - Beerhog, Duder1123, Nahanni 4
6 - Boother, Tigercub8189 3
Most 2nds
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 8
2 - Tigercub8189 5
3 - 7Jokers, Nahanni, Rennzzo 4
6 - Beerhog, Boother, Doneill, Rownder 3
Most 3rds
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 5
2 - 7jokers, Biglou93, Duder1123, Hlam14, Tigercub8189 4
Most 4ths
1 - Duder1123, Mikeniks-Faldo 8
3 - Boother, Rownder 4
5 - 7Jokers, ArcticBlast1, Tigercub8189 3
Most 5ths
1 - Tigercub8189 8
2 - Mikeniks-Faldo 7
3 - Nahanni 6
4 - 7Jokers, Aqualung86, ArcticBlast1, Doneill, McGuiness007, Rennzzo 3
Longest Streak Earning at Least One Point
1 - Mikeniks-Faldo 10
2 - Nahanni 6
3 - Aqualung85, Duder1123 5
5 - Tigercub8189 4
In 2009, we will be giving points for the Final Table. My guess is consistency and attendance will get you to the Big Dance on December 15, 2009.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Nixi44 is the NPP Heads Up Champion!
A lady suggested we hold a heads-up tourney and a lady won it. I guess that was just "in the cards."
Nixi44 made her way thru the brackets leaving 2nd place to Boother and Mistermusic5. Anybody making it thru ANY type of NPP obstacle course, proves they can play some poker!
Thank you to everyone who participated and for the sportsmanship shown all the way thru the bracket scheduling.
Congratulations to Nixi44!
Faldo
Nixi44 made her way thru the brackets leaving 2nd place to Boother and Mistermusic5. Anybody making it thru ANY type of NPP obstacle course, proves they can play some poker!
Thank you to everyone who participated and for the sportsmanship shown all the way thru the bracket scheduling.
Congratulations to Nixi44!
Faldo
Friday, January 02, 2009
Boother's New Years Day Tourney - Another Great Time!
Boother holds a New Years Day at his NPP North location. It is by invitation only and once again it was a fun time. Boother is a great host - with a stocked fridge of beer, an open bar and a ton and a huge variety of snacks.
We opened with a short ring game, followed by a 13 player tournament and then back to ring play.
Matchy won the tournament, with a 2nd by BonA1r, a 3rd by Hlam14, a 4th by Beerhog and a 5th by Faldo.
As you can see, NPP players travel well.
I'll let the players tell you how they fared individually.
Boother, thanks again for hosting a great game.
We opened with a short ring game, followed by a 13 player tournament and then back to ring play.
Matchy won the tournament, with a 2nd by BonA1r, a 3rd by Hlam14, a 4th by Beerhog and a 5th by Faldo.
As you can see, NPP players travel well.
I'll let the players tell you how they fared individually.
Boother, thanks again for hosting a great game.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
NPP Heads Up Championship Semi-Finals Are Set!
Here are the four finalists:
1 - Nixi44
2 - Mistermusic5
3 - Boother
4 - Mikeniks (Faldo)
Should be exciting!
1 - Nixi44
2 - Mistermusic5
3 - Boother
4 - Mikeniks (Faldo)
Should be exciting!
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Faldo Legend Continues to Grow
It is no secret that Beerhog and Faldo spend quite a few hours of time up at BWW in Brighton. It is a chance to talk business, talk sports, bet sports, have a few beers and cigars – and play poker on the BWW NL Holdem game.
Beerhog and I will usually have a side bet on which one of us will finish with the most chips in any two hour session. This is tricky, because even though he and I are playing for real, many of the other players on the table are playing with fake chips for free – and their play shows.
But sprinkled into this mix are players playing for real - even if it is play money - as the high chip getters get their names up on the big board for both highest ‘weekly’ and highest ‘monthly totals. So it makes for good practice at reading players and their motives while playing.
Regardless, at or near the top of the list every month are JMAX (Beerhog), FALDO (Faldo) - and OLDMAN (Curtis) – a friend and BWW regular at the bar with Beerhog and me.
The recognition of the fact that these three names are always at - or near - the top of the leader board is so prevalent, that many of the part time players are making hybrids of our names when they play!
For example in our last visit, Beerhog and I played against IMAX, OLDMN, and (are you ready for this?) FALDO2, FALDDO, and FFALDO – all at the same time!
They say impersonation is the greatest form of flattery, but this is just plain spooky. We don’t know any of these people either. – Faldo
Beerhog and I will usually have a side bet on which one of us will finish with the most chips in any two hour session. This is tricky, because even though he and I are playing for real, many of the other players on the table are playing with fake chips for free – and their play shows.
But sprinkled into this mix are players playing for real - even if it is play money - as the high chip getters get their names up on the big board for both highest ‘weekly’ and highest ‘monthly totals. So it makes for good practice at reading players and their motives while playing.
Regardless, at or near the top of the list every month are JMAX (Beerhog), FALDO (Faldo) - and OLDMAN (Curtis) – a friend and BWW regular at the bar with Beerhog and me.
The recognition of the fact that these three names are always at - or near - the top of the leader board is so prevalent, that many of the part time players are making hybrids of our names when they play!
For example in our last visit, Beerhog and I played against IMAX, OLDMN, and (are you ready for this?) FALDO2, FALDDO, and FFALDO – all at the same time!
They say impersonation is the greatest form of flattery, but this is just plain spooky. We don’t know any of these people either. – Faldo
Friday, December 26, 2008
NPP Statistics Time - Part II
These are the best stats, I think.
Most Points Earned in 2008
1 - 7Jokers 130
2 - Faldo 122
3 - Tigercub8189 102
4 - Nahanni 92
5 - Duder1123 91
6 - Doneill 90
Most Points per Start
1 - Doneill 4.3 (3 pts is 4th place!)
2 - 7Jokers 3.7
3 - Faldo 3.5
4 - Boother 3.1
5 - Nahanni 3.1
6 - Beerhog, Matchy, Rownder 2.9
These players average a 4th place finish every start???
Honorable mention has to be given to Hlam14 who averaged an incredible 4.6 points in 12 starts!
Well, you can't say we don't let you know who can play (except for that Faldo mope - he stinks).
Most Points Earned in 2008
1 - 7Jokers 130
2 - Faldo 122
3 - Tigercub8189 102
4 - Nahanni 92
5 - Duder1123 91
6 - Doneill 90
Most Points per Start
1 - Doneill 4.3 (3 pts is 4th place!)
2 - 7Jokers 3.7
3 - Faldo 3.5
4 - Boother 3.1
5 - Nahanni 3.1
6 - Beerhog, Matchy, Rownder 2.9
These players average a 4th place finish every start???
Honorable mention has to be given to Hlam14 who averaged an incredible 4.6 points in 12 starts!
Well, you can't say we don't let you know who can play (except for that Faldo mope - he stinks).
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
NPP Heads Up Elite Eight Bracket!
Here are the matchups:
1 - Nixi44
2 - The NewY2K {forfeits – see note below}
3 - Beerhog
4 - Mistermusic5
5 - Jamestown07
6 - Boother
7 - Greg48471
8 - Mikeniks(Faldo)
Nixi44 is moving on to the next round due to chivalry and for the betterment of his fellow man. TheNewY2K did not want to take advantage playing someone of the weaker sex in something as rough as a Heads Up poker match.
Secondly, and more important – Y2K thought of Sirgash. After all, how could Nixi44 get his slippers and beer, make and serve a nice meal, run his bath, feed him grapes – and play the match at the same time? And so close to the New Year too!
What if the computer or monitor fell into Sirgash’s bath water or knocked his beer over??? The horror!
No, TheNewY2K, seeing the potential of disaster has conceded his match to Nixi44 and heads to Florida to get his MC PIG certificate. Well done, sir.
The rest of you, email your opponent to set some dates and times. My email has already reached the rest of you quarter-finalists!
Faldo
1 - Nixi44
2 - The NewY2K {forfeits – see note below}
3 - Beerhog
4 - Mistermusic5
5 - Jamestown07
6 - Boother
7 - Greg48471
8 - Mikeniks(Faldo)
Nixi44 is moving on to the next round due to chivalry and for the betterment of his fellow man. TheNewY2K did not want to take advantage playing someone of the weaker sex in something as rough as a Heads Up poker match.
Secondly, and more important – Y2K thought of Sirgash. After all, how could Nixi44 get his slippers and beer, make and serve a nice meal, run his bath, feed him grapes – and play the match at the same time? And so close to the New Year too!
What if the computer or monitor fell into Sirgash’s bath water or knocked his beer over??? The horror!
No, TheNewY2K, seeing the potential of disaster has conceded his match to Nixi44 and heads to Florida to get his MC PIG certificate. Well done, sir.
The rest of you, email your opponent to set some dates and times. My email has already reached the rest of you quarter-finalists!
Faldo
NPP Statistics Time – Part I
Merry Christmas to all NPP players, readers and their families - including all past, present and future memebers!
Here is the time when the effort of the NPP Tournament Committee really shines - with the help of the NPP Secretary Nahanni, of course.
The Committee first has to set up the cut off point. How many games must a player play of the 48 rounds open for entry, in order to get nub at the end of the year?
This is the question that the Committee pours over for days and days, as they toil in obscurity. Ah, the suffering of the few for the enjoyment of many.
The decision was made to dis-regard all statistics of players who played less than 18 rounds – or a quarter and a half. The Committee decided that a Quarter and a half of play against the talent pool here, would determine who's stats were truly relevant.
With that in mind, here is the first posting of statistics from 2008. Enjoy.
Iron Men – most rounds played
1 – Tigercub8189 42 rounds
2 – Mikeniks (Faldo) 35 rounds
2 – 7Jokers 35 rounds
2 – Duder1123 35 rounds
5 – Nahanni 30 rounds
6 – Rennzzo 29 rounds
I think this shows that Iron-people make it to the Finals! Only Hlam14, who moved and changed jobs AND states (now an Iowan - no sheep is safe) make it to the final and was not an Iron Man. Unless you have Hlam14’s outstanding talent, being a regular grinder seems to be the secret to success at NPP.
More stat reports to follow. – Faldo
Here is the time when the effort of the NPP Tournament Committee really shines - with the help of the NPP Secretary Nahanni, of course.
The Committee first has to set up the cut off point. How many games must a player play of the 48 rounds open for entry, in order to get nub at the end of the year?
This is the question that the Committee pours over for days and days, as they toil in obscurity. Ah, the suffering of the few for the enjoyment of many.
The decision was made to dis-regard all statistics of players who played less than 18 rounds – or a quarter and a half. The Committee decided that a Quarter and a half of play against the talent pool here, would determine who's stats were truly relevant.
With that in mind, here is the first posting of statistics from 2008. Enjoy.
Iron Men – most rounds played
1 – Tigercub8189 42 rounds
2 – Mikeniks (Faldo) 35 rounds
2 – 7Jokers 35 rounds
2 – Duder1123 35 rounds
5 – Nahanni 30 rounds
6 – Rennzzo 29 rounds
I think this shows that Iron-people make it to the Finals! Only Hlam14, who moved and changed jobs AND states (now an Iowan - no sheep is safe) make it to the final and was not an Iron Man. Unless you have Hlam14’s outstanding talent, being a regular grinder seems to be the secret to success at NPP.
More stat reports to follow. – Faldo
Friday, December 19, 2008
NPP Heads Up Tournament Bracket!
Ok, readers come feast your eyes on the bracket that has left March Madness in the dust! Round One of the 1st Annual NPP Heads Up Tournament:
1 - Nahanni74
2 - Nixi44
3 - Derf-63 - Forfeit
4 - TheNewY2K
5 - Beerhog
6 - Matchy
7 - CrackBuyer
8 - Mistermusic5
9 - LittleRedElf
10 - Jamestown07
11 - Boother
12 - Duder1123
13 - Acesovru - Forfeit
14 - Greg48471
15 - Sirgash
16 - Faldo
I hope to see polite notes, encouragement, enlightenment, peace, love and understanding in the comment section of this post. Players give your synopsis
(Beerhog - that is a BIG adult word for - "What the Fxxx happened", just so you know)
of your matches. Thanks to all who entered.
Faldo
1 - Nahanni74
2 - Nixi44
3 - Derf-63 - Forfeit
4 - TheNewY2K
5 - Beerhog
6 - Matchy
7 - CrackBuyer
8 - Mistermusic5
9 - LittleRedElf
10 - Jamestown07
11 - Boother
12 - Duder1123
13 - Acesovru - Forfeit
14 - Greg48471
15 - Sirgash
16 - Faldo
I hope to see polite notes, encouragement, enlightenment, peace, love and understanding in the comment section of this post. Players give your synopsis
(Beerhog - that is a BIG adult word for - "What the Fxxx happened", just so you know)
of your matches. Thanks to all who entered.
Faldo
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Bulldog0615 Wins His 1st NPP Tourney!
It was the consolation tourney on Championship Night, but a victory in an undercard against a full line up of NPP talent still counts!
We also welcome a new player by the name of Derf-63! Welcome to the league!
PS: Need your email too Derf. Whatever I copied Tuesday off the chat was not right.
Email me at npokerp at yahoo dot com as soon as you can. I got to get you the Heads Up Tourney bracket!
I didn't get the hands of this one. But Bulldog0615 beat most of the regulars this night. Here is the standings for this tourney:
1st - Bulldog0615 - Welcome to the Walk of Fame!
2nd - ThePunk75
3rd - 7Jokers (Playing in the Final also!)
4th - vbholdem
5th - Airforce1977
6th - Nixi44
7th - Douge2
8th - Sirgash
9th - Derf-63 (usual NPP welcome)
10th - LittleRedElf
We also welcome a new player by the name of Derf-63! Welcome to the league!
PS: Need your email too Derf. Whatever I copied Tuesday off the chat was not right.
Email me at npokerp at yahoo dot com as soon as you can. I got to get you the Heads Up Tourney bracket!
I didn't get the hands of this one. But Bulldog0615 beat most of the regulars this night. Here is the standings for this tourney:
1st - Bulldog0615 - Welcome to the Walk of Fame!
2nd - ThePunk75
3rd - 7Jokers (Playing in the Final also!)
4th - vbholdem
5th - Airforce1977
6th - Nixi44
7th - Douge2
8th - Sirgash
9th - Derf-63 (usual NPP welcome)
10th - LittleRedElf
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Duder1123 Wins the 2008 NPP Player of the Year!
Five of NPP’s finest sat down for the title. Doneill was MIA, and that is a shame.
Good will and harmony between the combatants was expected. But the overwhelming NUB for Poker Stars – and their dealing - was what impressed me!
Yes, I lie awake at night and think of all the things I want to do…er, I mean want to get…for the Poker Stars dealer. Now on to the action.
1 min: The blood is spilled early! The second hand is a family pot – all five call the blind. The flop is [4c Qd 2d]. Hlam14 bets, Duder1123 raises and only Hlam calls.
[7c] Duder bets 100 and Hlam calls.
[7s] Duder bets 200 and Hlam calls to see Duder’s (22) for a full house. One wheel off of the Hlam tricycle.
See, Hlam14 lost 500 of the 1500 he started with – so I called it a tricycle. Pretty clever eh? {Working on Internet Pulitzer Prize and smoozing judges}
8 min: Another painful hand early. Nahanni74 makes a small raise and only Duder1123 and Hlam14 call. The flop is [8c 4h 5c] and Nahanni makes a button bet for half the pot and only Hlam calls.
[Qd] Nahanni with a pot size bet and Hlam calls.
[Qh] Nahanni fires the third bullet and Hlam calls with his trip Q’s and busted flush draw, but Nahanni (76) flopped the straight!
That flop, turn and river was going to hurt someone somehow. No doubt about it. But it was Hlam who was now down to just a back wheel, and it was missing spokes.
16 min: Duder1123, Hlam14 (5th) and Tigercub8189 take the flop with friendly limps.
[9s 7s 7c] and Hlam is all-in. Only Duder calls with (KK) to beat Hlam’s 9’s over 7’s two pair. No nub for Hlam this evening.
The man with the most NPP titles is out. But, he was here at the title match AGAIN!
43 min: The battle rages on for almost 30 minutes before another family pot is played.
[7s Kc Ks] A short-stacked Tigercub8189 (4th) fires in a bet and gets raised by 7Jokers (Kh 8h), and Tigercub (22) goes all-in with two pair and gets called by 7Joker's trip kings.
The fine year for the Cat is over.
59 min: The world famous Poker Stars Break Hammer made its appearance. No NPP game is complete without it. 7Jokers (3rd) raises and gets called by Duder1123.
[Kd 7c Qc] 7Jokers (AK) fires a bet, Duder1123 (Ac 9c) raises to put 7Jokers all in, and he calls. The blank hits the turn but the [Jc] lands on the river to make Duder's flush.
The top point getter for the year – 7Jokers is out.
Break:
Duder1123 4265
Nahanni74 3235
65 min: No need for a chip log as by this time Nahanni74’s (2nd) chip stack has been halved. She moves all-in with (A3) and Duder1123 calls with (88). An [8] on the flop ended the drama.
The Secretary of the NPP Poker League falls just short of the title. But her destruction of the NPP field in the third quarter was impressive!
Now for the new champion – Duder1123! What a story this is. He worked his way up steadily in the points list and proved that perseverance and grinding gets rewarded! Nice job Duder!
1st – Duder1123 (NPP Poker Player of the Year)
2nd – Nahanni74
3rd – 7Jokers
4th – Tigercub8189
5th – Hlam14
6th – Doneill (DNP)
Good will and harmony between the combatants was expected. But the overwhelming NUB for Poker Stars – and their dealing - was what impressed me!
Yes, I lie awake at night and think of all the things I want to do…er, I mean want to get…for the Poker Stars dealer. Now on to the action.
1 min: The blood is spilled early! The second hand is a family pot – all five call the blind. The flop is [4c Qd 2d]. Hlam14 bets, Duder1123 raises and only Hlam calls.
[7c] Duder bets 100 and Hlam calls.
[7s] Duder bets 200 and Hlam calls to see Duder’s (22) for a full house. One wheel off of the Hlam tricycle.
See, Hlam14 lost 500 of the 1500 he started with – so I called it a tricycle. Pretty clever eh? {Working on Internet Pulitzer Prize and smoozing judges}
8 min: Another painful hand early. Nahanni74 makes a small raise and only Duder1123 and Hlam14 call. The flop is [8c 4h 5c] and Nahanni makes a button bet for half the pot and only Hlam calls.
[Qd] Nahanni with a pot size bet and Hlam calls.
[Qh] Nahanni fires the third bullet and Hlam calls with his trip Q’s and busted flush draw, but Nahanni (76) flopped the straight!
That flop, turn and river was going to hurt someone somehow. No doubt about it. But it was Hlam who was now down to just a back wheel, and it was missing spokes.
16 min: Duder1123, Hlam14 (5th) and Tigercub8189 take the flop with friendly limps.
[9s 7s 7c] and Hlam is all-in. Only Duder calls with (KK) to beat Hlam’s 9’s over 7’s two pair. No nub for Hlam this evening.
The man with the most NPP titles is out. But, he was here at the title match AGAIN!
43 min: The battle rages on for almost 30 minutes before another family pot is played.
[7s Kc Ks] A short-stacked Tigercub8189 (4th) fires in a bet and gets raised by 7Jokers (Kh 8h), and Tigercub (22) goes all-in with two pair and gets called by 7Joker's trip kings.
The fine year for the Cat is over.
59 min: The world famous Poker Stars Break Hammer made its appearance. No NPP game is complete without it. 7Jokers (3rd) raises and gets called by Duder1123.
[Kd 7c Qc] 7Jokers (AK) fires a bet, Duder1123 (Ac 9c) raises to put 7Jokers all in, and he calls. The blank hits the turn but the [Jc] lands on the river to make Duder's flush.
The top point getter for the year – 7Jokers is out.
Break:
Duder1123 4265
Nahanni74 3235
65 min: No need for a chip log as by this time Nahanni74’s (2nd) chip stack has been halved. She moves all-in with (A3) and Duder1123 calls with (88). An [8] on the flop ended the drama.
The Secretary of the NPP Poker League falls just short of the title. But her destruction of the NPP field in the third quarter was impressive!
Now for the new champion – Duder1123! What a story this is. He worked his way up steadily in the points list and proved that perseverance and grinding gets rewarded! Nice job Duder!
1st – Duder1123 (NPP Poker Player of the Year)
2nd – Nahanni74
3rd – 7Jokers
4th – Tigercub8189
5th – Hlam14
6th – Doneill (DNP)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Faldo Finishes 3rd in UB Omaha Hi/Lo Tourney
What do you do when you playing well, but you are on Poker Stars - and they crush you early in one tourney and bubble you in the next two playing Texas Holdem?
Well I switched sites and games! Now having played for 6 hours and just a little frustrated, I'm looking for maybe a couple table SNG that I can finish in a couple hours.
Ultimate Bet has those, but they are not filling up for some reason. I see an Omaha Hi/Lo tourney with only 48 people in it, and 4 minutes until it goes off. That looks fine.
Well 102 make it by the time late registration is over and then 86 re-buy! I don't have to do that, but I did add-on. So there are a ton more people and a ton more chips! Time to knuckle down, cause this is going to take alot longer than I thought.
Well it is another 5 hours of play before I get knocked out in 3rd. I make 15 times my buy-in and end my poker Saturday profitable.
Time to watch the Wings and the UFC fights! - Faldo
Well I switched sites and games! Now having played for 6 hours and just a little frustrated, I'm looking for maybe a couple table SNG that I can finish in a couple hours.
Ultimate Bet has those, but they are not filling up for some reason. I see an Omaha Hi/Lo tourney with only 48 people in it, and 4 minutes until it goes off. That looks fine.
Well 102 make it by the time late registration is over and then 86 re-buy! I don't have to do that, but I did add-on. So there are a ton more people and a ton more chips! Time to knuckle down, cause this is going to take alot longer than I thought.
Well it is another 5 hours of play before I get knocked out in 3rd. I make 15 times my buy-in and end my poker Saturday profitable.
Time to watch the Wings and the UFC fights! - Faldo
Friday, December 12, 2008
NPP Final and Consolation Tourneys Posted on Poker Stars
The two tourneys for Tuesday night have been posted.
NiksPokerPalaceFinal (password emailed to Finalists)
and
NiksPokerPalaceNoNub (same old password)
Feel free to sweater (pester) the Finalists! They can always flip the chat off if becomes a distraction.
Please - Finalists, if you can't play that night, let me know! I will try to get the next alternate in that seat.
Heads Up Tourney - There are only 3 or 4 seats left for this! It is 1st come - first serve, so let me know if you want in. Look at it this way - win the first round and you have a freeroll to a little $$$ - not to mention the more important NPP imortality and bragging rights! - Faldo
NiksPokerPalaceFinal (password emailed to Finalists)
and
NiksPokerPalaceNoNub (same old password)
Feel free to sweater (pester) the Finalists! They can always flip the chat off if becomes a distraction.
Please - Finalists, if you can't play that night, let me know! I will try to get the next alternate in that seat.
Heads Up Tourney - There are only 3 or 4 seats left for this! It is 1st come - first serve, so let me know if you want in. Look at it this way - win the first round and you have a freeroll to a little $$$ - not to mention the more important NPP imortality and bragging rights! - Faldo
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Faldo Needs Help!
Yes I know you all know that - but let’s leave insane asylums, electro-shock, heavy drugs, intravenous whiskey drip, Alzheimer’s medicine and frontal lobotomies out of this for now.
I’m talking about help getting ready for the Final Tourney, the Heads Up Tourney and next season.
I need readers, players and friends of players to fill in the blanks. Nahanni helped me already – several times – as I overlooked some past emails. Thank God she is my secretary!
Ok, here is the laundry list of my needs:
1. From these people, I need their real names and emails sent to npokerp @ yahoo dot com.
If I already have it and didn’t connect it, blame it on my senility and hangover…or better yet, blame it on my secretary.
Bigcat1967 – new player
Bulldog0615 – new player
Dsdugout – new player
Rennzzo – veteran player
Vbholdem – wanna be player
Aquariumco – MIA (missing in action)
Kbutter - MIA
Passen - MIA
Steveseam - MIA
2. From these people, I need their Poker Stars handles:
Bradley D– wanna be player
Kevin K– wanna be player
3. And I need to know who else wants in the Heads Up Tourney? We have 13 right now.
Ok, flood me with comments and of course the famous NPP nub! - Faldo
I’m talking about help getting ready for the Final Tourney, the Heads Up Tourney and next season.
I need readers, players and friends of players to fill in the blanks. Nahanni helped me already – several times – as I overlooked some past emails. Thank God she is my secretary!
Ok, here is the laundry list of my needs:
1. From these people, I need their real names and emails sent to npokerp @ yahoo dot com.
If I already have it and didn’t connect it, blame it on my senility and hangover…or better yet, blame it on my secretary.
Bigcat1967 – new player
Bulldog0615 – new player
Dsdugout – new player
Rennzzo – veteran player
Vbholdem – wanna be player
Aquariumco – MIA (missing in action)
Kbutter - MIA
Passen - MIA
Steveseam - MIA
2. From these people, I need their Poker Stars handles:
Bradley D– wanna be player
Kevin K– wanna be player
3. And I need to know who else wants in the Heads Up Tourney? We have 13 right now.
Ok, flood me with comments and of course the famous NPP nub! - Faldo
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
LittleRedElf Wins His Fist NPP Tourney
Welcome to the Walk of Fame! But is it fair that a player named LittleRedElf can play in a tournament so close to Christmas? A bit of an unfair karma advantage I would say.
Fourteen players made it to the last regular season round of NPP 2008. This included a RECORD four new players in one night! Airforce1977, Bulldog0615, Dsdugout and Whilden – welcome to NPP! You made history for this league already!
Thank you to all who participated throughout the year – and see you next year – if not before in our Heads Up Tourney!
15 min: Congratulations to Duder1123, who clinched the last seat in the NPP Finals. Although he clinched it quickly tonight by the fact that the two guys who could catch him did not show, that doesn’t diminish the fact that he had the lead on them. And wait until you see where he finished tonight anyway! He won his spot going away!
17 min: ThePunk75 (14th) is in the big blind. 7Jokers raises and it folds to ThePunk, who re-raises and Jokers calls. The flop is [Td Jh 3s]. ThePunk goes all-in with (99) but 7Jokers has (QQ).
35 min: We play on for a while before Whilden (13th) has to make a move with (QT) and a flop with [6s 9d Jd]. Airforce1977 calls with (Td 7d) and makes his flush on the river.
47 min: A short-stacked and equally short lucked Sirgash (12th) makes his stand with (AK). Duder calls him down with (Ac 4c). A [4] on the flop and river ends the Sirgash hope of a 3-peat win performance.
50 min: Rennzzo (11th) has to go with (KT) and runs into Bulldog0615’s (KJ).
55 min: Dsdugout (10th) makes his stand with (KJ) and runs into Tigercub8189’s (A7).
Break:
Tigercub8189 5295
7Jokers 2843
Biglou93 2670
LittleRedElf 2275
Airforce1977 2175
Duder1123 1992
TheNewY2K 1840
Bulldog0615 1360
Umichpoker 550
64 min: The shortstacked Umichpoker (9th) makes her stand with (A4) but Duder1123 has (AK).
80 min: A little stretch before Airforce1977 (8th), Biglou93 and 7Jokers get into a snit. Airforce is all-in. After a flop of [2 7 Q], Jokers bets and gets called. This happens again on the turn [9d] and the river [4h]. 7Jokers takes the pot down with a pair of Ladies.
82 min: This seemed to rattle Biglou93 (7th) who tried to bluff all-in with (43), but Tigercub8189 called with (KQ).
85 min: Bulldog0615 (6th) makes his move with (88) and runs into 7Joker’s (KK).
89 min: TheNewY2K (5th) gets all-in after a flop with (KJ) looking at [J89]. Tigercub8189 calls with the made hand (QT).
98 min: Duder1123 (4th) is short-stacked and moves all-in with (K2) and a [AKX] on the flop. LittleRedElf has (A6).
110 min: For almost a quarter of an hour, LittleRedElf puts on a clinic grinding down Tigercub8189 and 7Jokers. But he loses his huge chip advantage (A4) to 7Jokers (A6).
119 min: Tigercub8189 (3rd) is short-stacked and (Jc 9c) looks like a hand to move in with when the flop is [6c 2c 4d]. But 7Jokers has (44) and no club saves the Cat.
Break:
LittleRedElf 11212
7Jokers 9788
125 min: LRE 13000 / 7J 8000
130 min: LRE 14000 / 7J 7000
132 min: 7Jokers (2nd) goes all-in with (66) and LittleRedElf calls with the coin flip (Ac Qc), and the [A] falls on the river. Congratulations to LittleRedElf for his first NPP win!
1st – LittleRedElf
2nd – 7Jokers
3rd – Tigercub8189
4th – Duder1123
5th – TheNewY2K
6th – Bulldog0615
7th – Biglou93
8th – Airforce1977
9th – Umichpoker
10th – Dsdugout
11th – Rennzzo
12th – Sirgash
13th – Whilden
14th – ThePunk75
The seats for the Final are set, and I will have a consolation tourney scheduled for the same night and time.
The consolation tourney will have the same password. I will send the seat winners the password for the NPP Championship!
Seats and final point standings on the right side of the blog. Thanks to everyone for your play, comments and friendships. – Nik Faldo
Fourteen players made it to the last regular season round of NPP 2008. This included a RECORD four new players in one night! Airforce1977, Bulldog0615, Dsdugout and Whilden – welcome to NPP! You made history for this league already!
Thank you to all who participated throughout the year – and see you next year – if not before in our Heads Up Tourney!
15 min: Congratulations to Duder1123, who clinched the last seat in the NPP Finals. Although he clinched it quickly tonight by the fact that the two guys who could catch him did not show, that doesn’t diminish the fact that he had the lead on them. And wait until you see where he finished tonight anyway! He won his spot going away!
17 min: ThePunk75 (14th) is in the big blind. 7Jokers raises and it folds to ThePunk, who re-raises and Jokers calls. The flop is [Td Jh 3s]. ThePunk goes all-in with (99) but 7Jokers has (QQ).
35 min: We play on for a while before Whilden (13th) has to make a move with (QT) and a flop with [6s 9d Jd]. Airforce1977 calls with (Td 7d) and makes his flush on the river.
47 min: A short-stacked and equally short lucked Sirgash (12th) makes his stand with (AK). Duder calls him down with (Ac 4c). A [4] on the flop and river ends the Sirgash hope of a 3-peat win performance.
50 min: Rennzzo (11th) has to go with (KT) and runs into Bulldog0615’s (KJ).
55 min: Dsdugout (10th) makes his stand with (KJ) and runs into Tigercub8189’s (A7).
Break:
Tigercub8189 5295
7Jokers 2843
Biglou93 2670
LittleRedElf 2275
Airforce1977 2175
Duder1123 1992
TheNewY2K 1840
Bulldog0615 1360
Umichpoker 550
64 min: The shortstacked Umichpoker (9th) makes her stand with (A4) but Duder1123 has (AK).
80 min: A little stretch before Airforce1977 (8th), Biglou93 and 7Jokers get into a snit. Airforce is all-in. After a flop of [2 7 Q], Jokers bets and gets called. This happens again on the turn [9d] and the river [4h]. 7Jokers takes the pot down with a pair of Ladies.
82 min: This seemed to rattle Biglou93 (7th) who tried to bluff all-in with (43), but Tigercub8189 called with (KQ).
85 min: Bulldog0615 (6th) makes his move with (88) and runs into 7Joker’s (KK).
89 min: TheNewY2K (5th) gets all-in after a flop with (KJ) looking at [J89]. Tigercub8189 calls with the made hand (QT).
98 min: Duder1123 (4th) is short-stacked and moves all-in with (K2) and a [AKX] on the flop. LittleRedElf has (A6).
110 min: For almost a quarter of an hour, LittleRedElf puts on a clinic grinding down Tigercub8189 and 7Jokers. But he loses his huge chip advantage (A4) to 7Jokers (A6).
119 min: Tigercub8189 (3rd) is short-stacked and (Jc 9c) looks like a hand to move in with when the flop is [6c 2c 4d]. But 7Jokers has (44) and no club saves the Cat.
Break:
LittleRedElf 11212
7Jokers 9788
125 min: LRE 13000 / 7J 8000
130 min: LRE 14000 / 7J 7000
132 min: 7Jokers (2nd) goes all-in with (66) and LittleRedElf calls with the coin flip (Ac Qc), and the [A] falls on the river. Congratulations to LittleRedElf for his first NPP win!
1st – LittleRedElf
2nd – 7Jokers
3rd – Tigercub8189
4th – Duder1123
5th – TheNewY2K
6th – Bulldog0615
7th – Biglou93
8th – Airforce1977
9th – Umichpoker
10th – Dsdugout
11th – Rennzzo
12th – Sirgash
13th – Whilden
14th – ThePunk75
The seats for the Final are set, and I will have a consolation tourney scheduled for the same night and time.
The consolation tourney will have the same password. I will send the seat winners the password for the NPP Championship!
Seats and final point standings on the right side of the blog. Thanks to everyone for your play, comments and friendships. – Nik Faldo
Thursday, December 04, 2008
SpartyTojo Wins a Charity Tourney!!!
If you make it to the NPP Walk of Fame, then you are a certified threat in any tournament or ring game you enter. No brag…just fact.
Job and family obligations have kept SpartyTojo from joining the NPP SNG game all that often. But he does manage an occasional appearance now and again - including with our private limit ring games. He sent me this:
Hey Faldo,
”I know that you always like to hear when a NPP student makes good, so I thought that I'd drop you a quick note.
A friend of mine has a daughter that plays on a travel soccer team.They decided that a great way to raise money would be to hold a 'charity' Hold 'Em tournament. Buy in was $100, with half or so going to the kids. There were 75 registered with a few rumors of sharks in the mix.
Top five got paid. The food was great and the beer and soft drinks were free. In addition, they were served by friendly soccer moms. [Ed. Note: How friendly? How friendly?????]
We broke into tables of nine, with no remarkable action for quite some time. I had played my crappy hands conservatively. With about half the field retired I found myself getting low on chips with the blinds climbing pretty quickly.
The club had a strict closing time because of the liquor license and they meant to hurry the game. I went all-in with a suited QJ and made the straight with a couple of callers to put together a reasonable stack.
Fast forward and we're down to two tables. The cards had improved, but the blinds were progressing at a dizzying pace. I managed to catch a hand or two, giving me just enough to limp into the final table in seventh place.
Short stacks eight and nine fell quickly, but I was now left with about three big blinds worth of chips in front of me and huge stacks across the table. I caught a pair of 9's as big blind with two callers in front of me. I went all-in and was called by a big stack and sixth place. A nine came on the flop and the set held. We lost two more on the next hand and I was thrilled to be in the money in fourth place.
The blinds now seemed to be going up exponentially as we approached the witching hour for the club. Fifth place blinded out quickly, and the guy in third lost an all-in to one of the two monster stacks, giving me third place, but with about 20% of either of the two monster stacks. They decided to blind me out and chop the pot between to two of them.
A streak of good cards foiled their plans as I hit trips and a straight on successive all-in hands against one player. Now I was in second place, and eliminated the short stack on the next hand with pocket Jacks.
I agreed to chop the pot with the remaining player as the club was turning the lights out. A chip count put me in first by a few so I got the first place trophy, a nicely engraved bottle of champagne. And eleven times the entrance fee. [Ed. Note: And how many phone numbers of ‘friendly soccer moms?]
I owe it all (ok, not all...) to my degree earned at NPP University. My tuition check is in the mail.
P.S. As I just took the buyout from Chrysler and am no longer gainfully employed the tuition check will be delayed indefinitely.”
SpartanToJo
Congratulations SpartyTojo! I see no nub for the instructor in the offering! I tell you, I toil in enamanimity, uhhh enimauppity, uhhhh ennamorusity,….uh nobody knows WHO I THINK I COULD BE!
Job and family obligations have kept SpartyTojo from joining the NPP SNG game all that often. But he does manage an occasional appearance now and again - including with our private limit ring games. He sent me this:
Hey Faldo,
”I know that you always like to hear when a NPP student makes good, so I thought that I'd drop you a quick note.
A friend of mine has a daughter that plays on a travel soccer team.They decided that a great way to raise money would be to hold a 'charity' Hold 'Em tournament. Buy in was $100, with half or so going to the kids. There were 75 registered with a few rumors of sharks in the mix.
Top five got paid. The food was great and the beer and soft drinks were free. In addition, they were served by friendly soccer moms. [Ed. Note: How friendly? How friendly?????]
We broke into tables of nine, with no remarkable action for quite some time. I had played my crappy hands conservatively. With about half the field retired I found myself getting low on chips with the blinds climbing pretty quickly.
The club had a strict closing time because of the liquor license and they meant to hurry the game. I went all-in with a suited QJ and made the straight with a couple of callers to put together a reasonable stack.
Fast forward and we're down to two tables. The cards had improved, but the blinds were progressing at a dizzying pace. I managed to catch a hand or two, giving me just enough to limp into the final table in seventh place.
Short stacks eight and nine fell quickly, but I was now left with about three big blinds worth of chips in front of me and huge stacks across the table. I caught a pair of 9's as big blind with two callers in front of me. I went all-in and was called by a big stack and sixth place. A nine came on the flop and the set held. We lost two more on the next hand and I was thrilled to be in the money in fourth place.
The blinds now seemed to be going up exponentially as we approached the witching hour for the club. Fifth place blinded out quickly, and the guy in third lost an all-in to one of the two monster stacks, giving me third place, but with about 20% of either of the two monster stacks. They decided to blind me out and chop the pot between to two of them.
A streak of good cards foiled their plans as I hit trips and a straight on successive all-in hands against one player. Now I was in second place, and eliminated the short stack on the next hand with pocket Jacks.
I agreed to chop the pot with the remaining player as the club was turning the lights out. A chip count put me in first by a few so I got the first place trophy, a nicely engraved bottle of champagne. And eleven times the entrance fee. [Ed. Note: And how many phone numbers of ‘friendly soccer moms?]
I owe it all (ok, not all...) to my degree earned at NPP University. My tuition check is in the mail.
P.S. As I just took the buyout from Chrysler and am no longer gainfully employed the tuition check will be delayed indefinitely.”
SpartanToJo
Congratulations SpartyTojo! I see no nub for the instructor in the offering! I tell you, I toil in enamanimity, uhhh enimauppity, uhhhh ennamorusity,….uh nobody knows WHO I THINK I COULD BE!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Sirgash Walking Thru NPP Right Now – Gets 2nd Win in a Row!
A week late trying for the repeat, but he still did it! He walked thru an eleven player tourney – including a new player added to the flock – TheNewY2K. Welcome to the game, blog, forum and Umichpoker newsletter!
[Ed Note: I swear players make up names just to screw with us bloggers that have to write the articles!] On to the action:
7 min: Umichpoker (11th) needs a lifeline as Poker Stars is giving absolutely no nub to her. After running into a full house moments earlier, Umichpoker makes a stand with (AQ) and runs into ThePunk75’s (TT).
53 min: The two-table 5 player game goes on for 45 minutes before a short-stacked CrackBuyer (10th) calls all-in with (AQ) but runs into the raiser LittleRedElf’s (JJ).
This opened the floodgates and all heck broke loose [Ed. Note: Once again players not taking the poor blog reporter into account!]. Try 4 players out in 4 minutes! This made me miss writing down the chip counts at the break as I was firing hand numbers into Poker Stars, so I could decipher what happened later.
55 min: ThePunk75 (9th) raises, then re-raises all-in with (AK) and is called by the original re-raiser TheNewY2K with (TT). Once again the dime stores win.
56 min: Short-stacked Rennzzo (8th) calls all-in with (Q9), but 7Jokers is holding (JJ).
57 min: Biglou93 (7th) limps in, but Nixi44 raises and Tigercub8189 calls, so Biglou93 moves all-in with (KQ). Tigercub gets out of the way and Nixi44 calls with (AJ).
Notice, losses by the better hand pre-flop --------yet.
Break (chip counts estimated as about 2 minutes of play happened after these totals):
TheNewY2K 4600
Sirgash 3300
Nixi44 3100
LittleRedElf 2300
7Jokers 2000
Tigercub8189 1200
Close enough.
73 min: There is some play before Nixi44 (6th) makes a stand with (Ah 7h) but gets not nub against TheNEwY2K’s (88).
82 min: Tigercub8189 (5th) calls all-in with (Ad 9d) against TheNEwY2K’s first to shove all-in with (QJ). A [Q] on the flop and we have our first come from behind win that eliminates someone this evening. Usually, there are more than a few by now. But they are still out there, and due to start in earnest.
Congratulations to Tigercub8189 for locking up a seat in the 2008 NPP Finals. Nice job! See, persistence and hard work IS rewarded (except in my bedroom, but I digress).
90 min: 7Jokers (4th) was making no headway and had to try it with (93) only to see LittleRedElf’s (77) hold up.
110 min: TheNewY2K (3rd) makes a move with (66) and has the lead against TheNEwY2K’s (AQ). But a [Q] on the turn takes him out. Nice showing in your first NPP game though, Y2K.
113 min: No time for a chip count as LittleRedElf (2nd) goes all-in with (A6) and Sirgash called with (A4). I told you the take outs of pre-flop hand leaders were in the weeds. A [4] on the river ends the evening.
That is back to back wins in back to back starts for Sirgash, to go with a 2nd before that! Impressive!
1st – 10 pts – Sirgash 27 points
2nd – 7 pts – LittleRedElf 8 points
3rd – 5 pts – TheNewY2K 5 points
4th – 3 pts – 7Jokers (35 points)
5th – 1 pt – Tigercub8189 (18 points)
6th – Nixi44
7th – Biglou93 9 points
8th – Rennzzo 8 points
9th – ThePunk75 13 points
The rest not relevant as all seats are decided but one! Be there next Tuesday for the exciting conclusion to the season.
Who will get the last seat at the finals with four still in the hunt?
Will 7Jokers overtake Faldo for the Total Points collected?
Will Nahanni ever finish the spreadsheet???
Will Beerhog, Boother, Duder, Matchy and Rownder quit watching the Brokeback Mountain DVD (expanded edition – whatever that means) together over and over again, and come back to the poker table? {Not that there is anything wrong with that.}
Total point standings are on the right side of the blog.
[Ed Note: I swear players make up names just to screw with us bloggers that have to write the articles!] On to the action:
7 min: Umichpoker (11th) needs a lifeline as Poker Stars is giving absolutely no nub to her. After running into a full house moments earlier, Umichpoker makes a stand with (AQ) and runs into ThePunk75’s (TT).
53 min: The two-table 5 player game goes on for 45 minutes before a short-stacked CrackBuyer (10th) calls all-in with (AQ) but runs into the raiser LittleRedElf’s (JJ).
This opened the floodgates and all heck broke loose [Ed. Note: Once again players not taking the poor blog reporter into account!]. Try 4 players out in 4 minutes! This made me miss writing down the chip counts at the break as I was firing hand numbers into Poker Stars, so I could decipher what happened later.
55 min: ThePunk75 (9th) raises, then re-raises all-in with (AK) and is called by the original re-raiser TheNewY2K with (TT). Once again the dime stores win.
56 min: Short-stacked Rennzzo (8th) calls all-in with (Q9), but 7Jokers is holding (JJ).
57 min: Biglou93 (7th) limps in, but Nixi44 raises and Tigercub8189 calls, so Biglou93 moves all-in with (KQ). Tigercub gets out of the way and Nixi44 calls with (AJ).
Notice, losses by the better hand pre-flop --------yet.
Break (chip counts estimated as about 2 minutes of play happened after these totals):
TheNewY2K 4600
Sirgash 3300
Nixi44 3100
LittleRedElf 2300
7Jokers 2000
Tigercub8189 1200
Close enough.
73 min: There is some play before Nixi44 (6th) makes a stand with (Ah 7h) but gets not nub against TheNEwY2K’s (88).
82 min: Tigercub8189 (5th) calls all-in with (Ad 9d) against TheNEwY2K’s first to shove all-in with (QJ). A [Q] on the flop and we have our first come from behind win that eliminates someone this evening. Usually, there are more than a few by now. But they are still out there, and due to start in earnest.
Congratulations to Tigercub8189 for locking up a seat in the 2008 NPP Finals. Nice job! See, persistence and hard work IS rewarded (except in my bedroom, but I digress).
90 min: 7Jokers (4th) was making no headway and had to try it with (93) only to see LittleRedElf’s (77) hold up.
110 min: TheNewY2K (3rd) makes a move with (66) and has the lead against TheNEwY2K’s (AQ). But a [Q] on the turn takes him out. Nice showing in your first NPP game though, Y2K.
113 min: No time for a chip count as LittleRedElf (2nd) goes all-in with (A6) and Sirgash called with (A4). I told you the take outs of pre-flop hand leaders were in the weeds. A [4] on the river ends the evening.
That is back to back wins in back to back starts for Sirgash, to go with a 2nd before that! Impressive!
1st – 10 pts – Sirgash 27 points
2nd – 7 pts – LittleRedElf 8 points
3rd – 5 pts – TheNewY2K 5 points
4th – 3 pts – 7Jokers (35 points)
5th – 1 pt – Tigercub8189 (18 points)
6th – Nixi44
7th – Biglou93 9 points
8th – Rennzzo 8 points
9th – ThePunk75 13 points
The rest not relevant as all seats are decided but one! Be there next Tuesday for the exciting conclusion to the season.
Who will get the last seat at the finals with four still in the hunt?
Will 7Jokers overtake Faldo for the Total Points collected?
Will Nahanni ever finish the spreadsheet???
Will Beerhog, Boother, Duder, Matchy and Rownder quit watching the Brokeback Mountain DVD (expanded edition – whatever that means) together over and over again, and come back to the poker table? {Not that there is anything wrong with that.}
Total point standings are on the right side of the blog.
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