Eight players made the game - which pushed our average player per game to 7.0!
Nice job guys and gal!
Hand #10 saw Boother get crippled in the first of many 2nd best hands he saw this night. He ran into Nahanni's full house.
Boother (8th) went out on hand #27 as his K8s ran into Momo's KK.
On hand #36, Momo cripples Duder with a full house on the same hand Duder hits the flush. That is painful when that happens.
Duder (7th) goes out when his short stack bets it all with a pair of aces but finds Sev4T7 has a flush.
Artic Blast (6th) is short-stacked on hand #59 and goes all in with AQ and is called by Nahanni's J8 with a flop of [JJ9].
The break comes after 66 hands of play with the stacks looking like this:
Nahanni 5400, Momo 2600, NikFaldo 1700, Sev4T7 1200 and Rownder 1200.
On hand #74 Rownder survives an all-in with JT against the A5 of Momo when the flop comes [JXX] and a J on the turn.
Hand #76 saw an unusual three-handed all-in as Sev4T7 (5th) went all-in with TT. Both a short stacked Rownder and the big stack Nahanni called. They checked down a scary board. Rownder had AK and Nahanni QJ. The flop served up a Q but no straight and 747 was out.
Hand #90 finally ended Rownder's (4th) comeback bid as his KQ did not improve against Momo's 22.
I (3rd) was now the short stack and on hand #92 my A3 lost to Momo's KJ as a flop of [T98] caught a 7 on the turn, for a straight for Momo.
Nahanni and Momo were very close in chips at this point. The winner would be winning their 3rd NPP title of the year!
They battled and Momo was taking a bit of a chip lead. But Nahanni hit a flush to take the lead temporarily.
A crucial hand developed when both bet and called on a board that grew to look like this: [QQ8] [J] [3]
Momo goes all-in with Q3s for a full house and is called by Nahanni with 43s - who said she put Momo on AK the whole hand.
This gave Momo a 9000 to 3000 chip advantage.
Nahanni (2nd) went all-in with 33 and was called by Momo's A7s. The flop had a 7 and no improvement came for Nahanni. Cogratulations for the 3rd win on the year for Momo.
1st - Momo
2nd - Nahanni
3rd - Nik Faldo
4th - Rownder
5th - Sev4TSev
6th - Artic Blast
7th - Duder
8th - Boother
Overall Standings
1 - Nik Faldo - 113 / 5.1
2 - Boother - 104 / 4.7
3 - Rownder - 79 / 4.6
4 - Sev4TSev - 71 / 5.1
5 - Matchy - 66 / 3.3
6 - Beerhog - 50 / 4.5
7 - Momo - 42 / 3.5
8 - Nahanni - 28 / 4.7
9 - Cigar4John - 28 / 3.5
10 - BonA1r - 28 / 3.5
11- Artic Blast - 17 / 1.0
12- Hlam14 - 14 / 2.8
13- 1stout - 3 / 1.5
14- Duder - 1 / .3
15- Davethedog - 1 / .5
16- SpartyTojo - 1 / .5
17- Bronco76 - 1 / 1.0
Remember the tourneys will start at 8pm from now on! And recruit players please!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Rounder Wins NPP Internet #24
Nine players made it to the game this beautiful June evening. Poker Stars started us on two tables to make room for late arrivals. There were none and went to one table after the first blind increase.
Fireworks right away after the merger on hand #19 as Matchy’s KK crippled Boother’s stack when he held QQ.
Boother (9th) survived two all-ins, but on hand #36 he went all in with J2 when a [JXX] fell on the flop. ArticBlast called with KJ to end the comeback.
Hand #53 saw four people bet into a flop of [22K]. I was one of them. But when ArticBlast (8th) raised and Beerhog went all in, I smelled trouble. Matchy and I folded and Artic called with 92. Beerhog had A2 and it held up.
Hand #57 had a short-stacked Nahanni (7th) go all in with K9 of clubs and get called by Beerhog with A6 – of clubs! An [AXX] flop ended the drama.
The very next hand a short-stacked Sev4TSev (6th) went all-in with Q5s and a flop of [56X]. Unfortunately for him, Rownder called with T6 and no help arrived.
On hand #68, Beerhog gets crippled as he goes all-in with AJ and gets called by BonAir with KK.
Beerhog (5th) exits on hand #72 as he goes all-in with AQ and a flop and turn of [678Q], but runs into Rownder’s Q6.
At the break, BonAir has 5400, Nik Faldo 3000, Rownder 2800 and Matchy 2300.
BonAir starts right after the break playing great big stack poker! On hand #90, Matchy (4th) goes all-in on a flop of [K7Q] with AQ, but BonAir holds K7!
I was now the short stack and had to gamble. It paid off too – temporarily. On hand #95, in the big blind with 63, I was not thrilled. But the three of us saw the flop together. I love it when we all play nice.
The flop was [495], giving me the open ended straight draw. I threw a bet of 300 out there – leaving me with about 900 - hoping all would fold. No such luck. I get raised by BonAir to 900 and Rownder folds. There is 1650 in the pot now. I should go all-in (since calling pot commits me anyway) but I call thinking I will make a weak bluff if paint arrives. BonAir is not folding unless he is holding napkins – and feminine ones at that. The odds are, 34 to 65 – better than 2 to 1, as BonAir has K9, so I am getting the right price for the call.
The turn is a [3], committing the rest of my chips. What are my odds to win the hand now you ask? 30 to 70 (at the time I thought they improved with the 3 to 38/62 - some math genius, eh?), but short-stacked as I am, it is an easy call. I am still getting 2 to 1 on 2.3 to 1 odds.
The river is my dream card 7, for my straight.
I don’t play hand #102 as smart. I (3rd) over-bet my A2 on a flop of [7AX], going all-in and running into Rownder’s A7. An [A] on the river rubs it in hard. Why I did it is a mystery to me. Before I hit the all-in button I knew it was the wrong play. But I couldn't stop my hand.
Had the same problem in high school with the cheerleaders.
About 10 hands later Rownder wrestled the chip lead away from BonAir (2nd). BonAir goes all-in with AK against Rownder’s AQ and a [Q] hits on the flop ending the night. Congratulations Rownder.
1st – Rownder
2nd – BonA1r
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Matchy
5th – Beerhog
6th – Sev4TSev
7th – Nahanni
8th – ArticBlast
9th - Boother
Fireworks right away after the merger on hand #19 as Matchy’s KK crippled Boother’s stack when he held QQ.
Boother (9th) survived two all-ins, but on hand #36 he went all in with J2 when a [JXX] fell on the flop. ArticBlast called with KJ to end the comeback.
Hand #53 saw four people bet into a flop of [22K]. I was one of them. But when ArticBlast (8th) raised and Beerhog went all in, I smelled trouble. Matchy and I folded and Artic called with 92. Beerhog had A2 and it held up.
Hand #57 had a short-stacked Nahanni (7th) go all in with K9 of clubs and get called by Beerhog with A6 – of clubs! An [AXX] flop ended the drama.
The very next hand a short-stacked Sev4TSev (6th) went all-in with Q5s and a flop of [56X]. Unfortunately for him, Rownder called with T6 and no help arrived.
On hand #68, Beerhog gets crippled as he goes all-in with AJ and gets called by BonAir with KK.
Beerhog (5th) exits on hand #72 as he goes all-in with AQ and a flop and turn of [678Q], but runs into Rownder’s Q6.
At the break, BonAir has 5400, Nik Faldo 3000, Rownder 2800 and Matchy 2300.
BonAir starts right after the break playing great big stack poker! On hand #90, Matchy (4th) goes all-in on a flop of [K7Q] with AQ, but BonAir holds K7!
I was now the short stack and had to gamble. It paid off too – temporarily. On hand #95, in the big blind with 63, I was not thrilled. But the three of us saw the flop together. I love it when we all play nice.
The flop was [495], giving me the open ended straight draw. I threw a bet of 300 out there – leaving me with about 900 - hoping all would fold. No such luck. I get raised by BonAir to 900 and Rownder folds. There is 1650 in the pot now. I should go all-in (since calling pot commits me anyway) but I call thinking I will make a weak bluff if paint arrives. BonAir is not folding unless he is holding napkins – and feminine ones at that. The odds are, 34 to 65 – better than 2 to 1, as BonAir has K9, so I am getting the right price for the call.
The turn is a [3], committing the rest of my chips. What are my odds to win the hand now you ask? 30 to 70 (at the time I thought they improved with the 3 to 38/62 - some math genius, eh?), but short-stacked as I am, it is an easy call. I am still getting 2 to 1 on 2.3 to 1 odds.
The river is my dream card 7, for my straight.
I don’t play hand #102 as smart. I (3rd) over-bet my A2 on a flop of [7AX], going all-in and running into Rownder’s A7. An [A] on the river rubs it in hard. Why I did it is a mystery to me. Before I hit the all-in button I knew it was the wrong play. But I couldn't stop my hand.
Had the same problem in high school with the cheerleaders.
About 10 hands later Rownder wrestled the chip lead away from BonAir (2nd). BonAir goes all-in with AK against Rownder’s AQ and a [Q] hits on the flop ending the night. Congratulations Rownder.
1st – Rownder
2nd – BonA1r
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Matchy
5th – Beerhog
6th – Sev4TSev
7th – Nahanni
8th – ArticBlast
9th - Boother
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Panic in Internet Poker Again!
I was reading some WSOP blog updates when I ran acros this:
"With just 24 days to go before banks are required to comply with the UIGEA, I was greeted with this unfortunate message when I went to cash out my daily $300 from ePassporte today:
US Bank Account
This functionality is temporarily disabled. Our backend ACH processor is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please check back later.
I wonder if technical difficulties mean, our USA processor just bumped us to comply with UIGEA and we're scrambling to find another. I have about $2,000 left of the large sum I've been pulling out at $300/day for quite a while, I hope I can get the rest out. I also have a dozen $300 withdraws in the “pipeline” that have left my ePassporte account but haven't shown up in my bank account.
Ok, so now would be the panic time. Online poker is about to collapse in the USA. Get your money out now. :)
Update: ePassporte is working again, for now. Still, less than a month left before full-on UIGEA."
I will read up on UIGEA and post about it after Tuesday. But forget the poker angle guys and gals. Our - scratch that - THE government is squeezing the people of this nation more and more, except for the ones here illegally.
"With just 24 days to go before banks are required to comply with the UIGEA, I was greeted with this unfortunate message when I went to cash out my daily $300 from ePassporte today:
US Bank Account
This functionality is temporarily disabled. Our backend ACH processor is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please check back later.
I wonder if technical difficulties mean, our USA processor just bumped us to comply with UIGEA and we're scrambling to find another. I have about $2,000 left of the large sum I've been pulling out at $300/day for quite a while, I hope I can get the rest out. I also have a dozen $300 withdraws in the “pipeline” that have left my ePassporte account but haven't shown up in my bank account.
Ok, so now would be the panic time. Online poker is about to collapse in the USA. Get your money out now. :)
Update: ePassporte is working again, for now. Still, less than a month left before full-on UIGEA."
I will read up on UIGEA and post about it after Tuesday. But forget the poker angle guys and gals. Our - scratch that - THE government is squeezing the people of this nation more and more, except for the ones here illegally.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
NPP Poker Table and Chips For Sale
It was a great 12 years but the live action at NPP is closing down. I want to give you guys first chance to take over.
POKER TABLE
$400
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE
8 – SEATED – OCTAGON
WITH COVER - FELT TOP – CUSTOM DETAILED
I WILL THROW IN:
24 NEW BEE JUMBO FACE DECKS
12 NEW DECKS OF BICYCLE
12 CASINO DECKS OF JUMBO FACE
CARD SHUFFLER
MATERIAL FOR NEW TABLE TOP
ALSO AVAILABLE - 700 COUNT CHIP SET
$100
500 YELLOW, 100 RED, 100 BLACK
WITH TRAYS AND A CASE
npokerp@yahoo.com
POKER TABLE
$400
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE
8 – SEATED – OCTAGON
WITH COVER - FELT TOP – CUSTOM DETAILED
I WILL THROW IN:
24 NEW BEE JUMBO FACE DECKS
12 NEW DECKS OF BICYCLE
12 CASINO DECKS OF JUMBO FACE
CARD SHUFFLER
MATERIAL FOR NEW TABLE TOP
ALSO AVAILABLE - 700 COUNT CHIP SET
$100
500 YELLOW, 100 RED, 100 BLACK
WITH TRAYS AND A CASE
npokerp@yahoo.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Sev4TSev Wins NPP Internet #23
Lots of agains again.
Sev4TSev won again.
Boother sat out and scored points again.
4Putt was a no show again.
Nik Faldo got beat heads up yet again.
Only six struggled to the table on this night.
On hand #20 a short-stacked Nahanni (6th - 5th) went all-in with 33 and ran into my (Nik Faldo) 88.
On hand #96, 1stout (5th – 4th) hit top pair on the flop [469] and made two pair on the river when a J hit. The money all went in. Unfortunately for him, I was holding 44.
At the break, Nik Faldo 4300, Sev4tSev 3100, Artic Blast 1600, Boother 5. Yep FIVE.
Hand #100 Boother was finally blinded out in 4th.
Artic Blast (3rd) put up a gallant fight, but he finally had to go all-in with 87s on hand #142 and ran into Sev4TSev’s AQ s. An [AQ6] flop sort of ended the drama right there.
Heads up again for me and Sev4TSev proceeded to slowly reverse a 5000 to 4000 chip lead I had into a 5500 to 3500 chip lead he had.
I then stupidly called down a lower two pair as his K-rag was higher than my K-rag. The only major mistake I think I made this night. I did lose all the rag races but one in this same stretch – reducing me to a 9 to 1 chip dog.
On hand #196, I go all in with 54 and get called with Sev’s 99. I runner – runner to hit the straight. Time to roll now!!!
Hand #209, I (go all-in with A7 when an A falls on the flop. Sev has A6. Good for me. A 6 falls on the turn. Bad for me. A 7 on the river! Good for me. Whew!
Maybe a comeback is possible.I’m only down 5000 to 4000 again. Maybe I can beat this tough guy that has slapped me around for quite awhile now heads up.
Uhhhh, no. Hand #211 has us go all-in. I (2nd) have 88 and Sev has AJ. He makes the straight on the river. Congrats Sev4TSev.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Artic Blast
4th – Boother
4th – 1stout
5th - Nahanni
Sev4TSev won again.
Boother sat out and scored points again.
4Putt was a no show again.
Nik Faldo got beat heads up yet again.
Only six struggled to the table on this night.
On hand #20 a short-stacked Nahanni (6th - 5th) went all-in with 33 and ran into my (Nik Faldo) 88.
On hand #96, 1stout (5th – 4th) hit top pair on the flop [469] and made two pair on the river when a J hit. The money all went in. Unfortunately for him, I was holding 44.
At the break, Nik Faldo 4300, Sev4tSev 3100, Artic Blast 1600, Boother 5. Yep FIVE.
Hand #100 Boother was finally blinded out in 4th.
Artic Blast (3rd) put up a gallant fight, but he finally had to go all-in with 87s on hand #142 and ran into Sev4TSev’s AQ s. An [AQ6] flop sort of ended the drama right there.
Heads up again for me and Sev4TSev proceeded to slowly reverse a 5000 to 4000 chip lead I had into a 5500 to 3500 chip lead he had.
I then stupidly called down a lower two pair as his K-rag was higher than my K-rag. The only major mistake I think I made this night. I did lose all the rag races but one in this same stretch – reducing me to a 9 to 1 chip dog.
On hand #196, I go all in with 54 and get called with Sev’s 99. I runner – runner to hit the straight. Time to roll now!!!
Hand #209, I (go all-in with A7 when an A falls on the flop. Sev has A6. Good for me. A 6 falls on the turn. Bad for me. A 7 on the river! Good for me. Whew!
Maybe a comeback is possible.I’m only down 5000 to 4000 again. Maybe I can beat this tough guy that has slapped me around for quite awhile now heads up.
Uhhhh, no. Hand #211 has us go all-in. I (2nd) have 88 and Sev has AJ. He makes the straight on the river. Congrats Sev4TSev.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Artic Blast
4th – Boother
4th – 1stout
5th - Nahanni
Friday, June 08, 2007
Neteller Announces Return of Funds
The Neteller PLC group today announced a plan to return all monies owed to United States residents. As we reported this weekend the 75 day time-line that Neteller announced back in March of this year expired on June 4th.
Neteller had claimed that over $55 million dollars were seized by the DOJ after the arrests of two Neteller founders.
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The expected date for this to begin is July 13th, 2007. Neteller explained that further information regarding customers funds will be communicated to them via email, through our website and through a press release once the date for implementation of the Distribution Plan is finalized.
Full article here.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Nahanni Wins Back to Back NPP Internet Tourneys! - Takes Tourney #22
It was deja vue all over again for me. But I am getting ahead of the story. Ten showed up for the game – including a new player – 1stout! Welcome Todd.
We started with two tables so I missed out on how Momo (10th) exited on hand #61.
On hand #72, Matchy (9th) took the bad beat of the night – thanks to me. I raised with JJ and got called. The flop of T98 looked promising for me so I bet. When Matchy re-raised a large amount, I am not going to lie - I put him on AA, KK or QQ. So I should have folded.
Matchy had AA! I thought I was close to a coin flip, but I was actually a 61% – 38% under dog if I called. I honestly thought I was better than that, maybe 52-48, and I had him covered. My math was off and I gambled – hitting a 7 on the turn for the straight.
On hand #79 Sev4TSev (8th) and Nahanni hooked up in a hand. The flop of [QKA] got all the money in and Sev4TSev’s AJ could not overtake Nahanni’s KQ.
On hand #82, a short-stacked ArticBlast (7th) got his two pair all-in out-kicked by 1stout.
On hand #89, 1stout (6th) was gone as his AT could not overtake Boother’s 88.
At the break: Nahanni 4600, Nik Faldo 3600, Beerhog 3500, Rownder 1700, and Boother 1600.
On hand #94, Rownder (5th) gets pot committed and goes all in with A6 and a board of [8Q363]. But Nahanni has K8 to take him out.
On hand #102, Boother (4th) gets all-in with Q8 against Beerhog’s A8 and he doesn’t catch up.
I take the chip lead when I hit a flush on the turn and Nahanni bets into it. I return the favor later and then some. Nahanni was now in 3rd.
Hand #114 was a butt kicker. Especially since I laid down JJ to Nahanni’s monster bet the hand before with a K on the flop. Nahanni had AA, Beerhog 66 and I had TT.
I raised and was re-raised again by Nahanni naturally. And when Beerhog called, I dumped. Wise move as it turned out – although it didn’t stop the inevitable. This hand crippled Beerhog and gave Nahanni the chip lead.
I took Beerhog (3rd) out with AT against his A3 on hand #125.
I won hand #130 when my TT held on against Nahanni’s 88. That got us back to even. But hand #135 hurt as Nahanni’s flush beat my two pair.
She had 9000 to my 6000 at this point.
The final hand had me (2nd) hit the two pair on the flop right into Nahanni’s trip deuces. I had 76 and the flop came down [2c7c2s]. I got all-in afraid of the over-pair or flush running me down, but I was already cooked.
That is two wins in a row for Nahanni. Very impressive against this group of players!
1st – Nahanni
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Beerhog
4th – Boother
5th – Rownder
6th – 1stout
7th – ArticBlast
8th – Sev4TSev
9th – Matchy
10th - Momo
We started with two tables so I missed out on how Momo (10th) exited on hand #61.
On hand #72, Matchy (9th) took the bad beat of the night – thanks to me. I raised with JJ and got called. The flop of T98 looked promising for me so I bet. When Matchy re-raised a large amount, I am not going to lie - I put him on AA, KK or QQ. So I should have folded.
Matchy had AA! I thought I was close to a coin flip, but I was actually a 61% – 38% under dog if I called. I honestly thought I was better than that, maybe 52-48, and I had him covered. My math was off and I gambled – hitting a 7 on the turn for the straight.
On hand #79 Sev4TSev (8th) and Nahanni hooked up in a hand. The flop of [QKA] got all the money in and Sev4TSev’s AJ could not overtake Nahanni’s KQ.
On hand #82, a short-stacked ArticBlast (7th) got his two pair all-in out-kicked by 1stout.
On hand #89, 1stout (6th) was gone as his AT could not overtake Boother’s 88.
At the break: Nahanni 4600, Nik Faldo 3600, Beerhog 3500, Rownder 1700, and Boother 1600.
On hand #94, Rownder (5th) gets pot committed and goes all in with A6 and a board of [8Q363]. But Nahanni has K8 to take him out.
On hand #102, Boother (4th) gets all-in with Q8 against Beerhog’s A8 and he doesn’t catch up.
I take the chip lead when I hit a flush on the turn and Nahanni bets into it. I return the favor later and then some. Nahanni was now in 3rd.
Hand #114 was a butt kicker. Especially since I laid down JJ to Nahanni’s monster bet the hand before with a K on the flop. Nahanni had AA, Beerhog 66 and I had TT.
I raised and was re-raised again by Nahanni naturally. And when Beerhog called, I dumped. Wise move as it turned out – although it didn’t stop the inevitable. This hand crippled Beerhog and gave Nahanni the chip lead.
I took Beerhog (3rd) out with AT against his A3 on hand #125.
I won hand #130 when my TT held on against Nahanni’s 88. That got us back to even. But hand #135 hurt as Nahanni’s flush beat my two pair.
She had 9000 to my 6000 at this point.
The final hand had me (2nd) hit the two pair on the flop right into Nahanni’s trip deuces. I had 76 and the flop came down [2c7c2s]. I got all-in afraid of the over-pair or flush running me down, but I was already cooked.
That is two wins in a row for Nahanni. Very impressive against this group of players!
1st – Nahanni
2nd – Nik Faldo
3rd – Beerhog
4th – Boother
5th – Rownder
6th – 1stout
7th – ArticBlast
8th – Sev4TSev
9th – Matchy
10th - Momo
Sunday, June 03, 2007
4Putt Golf Open Cancelled
Well, maybe next year.
The Wall retired from poker and did not want to be tempted at the Soaring Eagle Casino.
Beerhog was the replacement, but with 3 golf trips already planned, he decided to stay married and not fill in.
Thai Food was thinking about it, but he don't like chasing the little white ball for free - let alone pay for it and spend five hours of good poker table time on the course.
I of course got my annual golf trip injury extra early as I severely sprained my ankle in a golf cart incident. Mental note: Keep feet in cart when driving next to brick pavers that will twist your foot 180 degrees from the direction the knee is pointing.
4Putt himself wants to go but the demands of his job are monsterous right now.
Herbavor did not respond to my email as to his status.
Anyway, I got the reservations cancelled and we will try again next year or maybe a fall weekend trip.
The Wall retired from poker and did not want to be tempted at the Soaring Eagle Casino.
Beerhog was the replacement, but with 3 golf trips already planned, he decided to stay married and not fill in.
Thai Food was thinking about it, but he don't like chasing the little white ball for free - let alone pay for it and spend five hours of good poker table time on the course.
I of course got my annual golf trip injury extra early as I severely sprained my ankle in a golf cart incident. Mental note: Keep feet in cart when driving next to brick pavers that will twist your foot 180 degrees from the direction the knee is pointing.
4Putt himself wants to go but the demands of his job are monsterous right now.
Herbavor did not respond to my email as to his status.
Anyway, I got the reservations cancelled and we will try again next year or maybe a fall weekend trip.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Nahanni Wins NPP Internet #21
Seven of us took to the felt after the Memorial Day weekend. Must of been a heck of a weekend for some, because it was a quiet table. I tried to stir the pot a little and was dealt silence.
Even Beerhog was quiet! Probably watching the Pistons get thumped.
Onto the action. Artic Blast (7th) could never get any cards or flops (must of grabbed my PS seat by accident) and was soon short stacked. He finally had to for it with J4s. Boother took him out with 22 as the Blast did not improve.
Beerhog, (6th) who lost several contested pots also, was the next lowest. He made his move with J9 and was called by Nahanni with JT. A ten on the flop and it was over.
Duder (5th) got crippled as his AQ ran into a BB special, as Nahanni's K6 improved a ton on the flop of KQ6. The Dude exited a couple of hands later.
I think the most interesting hand of the night was next. Heavyweights Sev4TSev and Boother hook up and call standard bets. The flop is [Th 2s 3h]. There is a standard bet and call. The turn is a [6h]! The betting gets them both all in!
Sev4TSev (4th) has AT and Boother has JJ. The 2h on the river and we'll have no repeat champion tonight. I should not of folded my 2s3c I guess.
Break: Nik Faldo 4800, Nahanni 3400 and Boother 2300.
When play started back up, I hit a few flops against Nahanni to keep her stack from expanding much. I seemed to win from her what she took from Boother.
Nahanni had won a contested pot with Boother, so Boother was a little on the low chip side. Boother (3rd) goes all in with 99 and is called by Nahanni with KQ. A Queen on the river and Boother is out.
The chips are at the following levels for heads up. Nik Faldo has 5800 and Nahanni 3700. A very impressive comeback begins!
All I can say is I got run over. When I tried to make a move - I got re-raised! When I bet with the few hands I saw (if you call KQ a hand), she folded. It was like Annie Duke versus one of the Greeks in the restaurant.
It has become quite obvious to me (so I assume to the rest of you) that head's up is not my strong suit. For the seventh consecutive time - heads up in this tourney series this year - your humble host has been defeated. This is an ugly flaw I have in my game.
After Nahanni whittled me down to 1800, I (2nd) get all in with the first pair I saw 22 and Nahanni has 44. Good night Faldo! Great job Nahanni!
1st - Nahanni
2nd - Nik Faldo
3rd - Boother
4th - Sev4TSev
5th - Duder
6th - Beerhog
7th - Artic Blast
Monthly overall standings with tourney average points:
1st - Boother 98 / 5.4
2nd - Nik Faldo 89 / 4.9
3rd - Rownder 65 / 4.6
4th - Matchy 63 / 3.5
5th - Sev4TSev 60 / 6.0
6th - Beerhog 44 / 4.9
7th - Momo 32 / 3.2
8th - Cigar4John 28 / 3.5
9th - BonAir 21 / 3.0
10th - Hlam 14 / 2.8
11th - Artic Blast 12 / .9
12th - Nahanni 10 / 3.3
13th - Duder 1 / .3
DavetheDog, SpartyToJo and Bronco76 - not enough entries to make the list.
Even Beerhog was quiet! Probably watching the Pistons get thumped.
Onto the action. Artic Blast (7th) could never get any cards or flops (must of grabbed my PS seat by accident) and was soon short stacked. He finally had to for it with J4s. Boother took him out with 22 as the Blast did not improve.
Beerhog, (6th) who lost several contested pots also, was the next lowest. He made his move with J9 and was called by Nahanni with JT. A ten on the flop and it was over.
Duder (5th) got crippled as his AQ ran into a BB special, as Nahanni's K6 improved a ton on the flop of KQ6. The Dude exited a couple of hands later.
I think the most interesting hand of the night was next. Heavyweights Sev4TSev and Boother hook up and call standard bets. The flop is [Th 2s 3h]. There is a standard bet and call. The turn is a [6h]! The betting gets them both all in!
Sev4TSev (4th) has AT and Boother has JJ. The 2h on the river and we'll have no repeat champion tonight. I should not of folded my 2s3c I guess.
Break: Nik Faldo 4800, Nahanni 3400 and Boother 2300.
When play started back up, I hit a few flops against Nahanni to keep her stack from expanding much. I seemed to win from her what she took from Boother.
Nahanni had won a contested pot with Boother, so Boother was a little on the low chip side. Boother (3rd) goes all in with 99 and is called by Nahanni with KQ. A Queen on the river and Boother is out.
The chips are at the following levels for heads up. Nik Faldo has 5800 and Nahanni 3700. A very impressive comeback begins!
All I can say is I got run over. When I tried to make a move - I got re-raised! When I bet with the few hands I saw (if you call KQ a hand), she folded. It was like Annie Duke versus one of the Greeks in the restaurant.
It has become quite obvious to me (so I assume to the rest of you) that head's up is not my strong suit. For the seventh consecutive time - heads up in this tourney series this year - your humble host has been defeated. This is an ugly flaw I have in my game.
After Nahanni whittled me down to 1800, I (2nd) get all in with the first pair I saw 22 and Nahanni has 44. Good night Faldo! Great job Nahanni!
1st - Nahanni
2nd - Nik Faldo
3rd - Boother
4th - Sev4TSev
5th - Duder
6th - Beerhog
7th - Artic Blast
Monthly overall standings with tourney average points:
1st - Boother 98 / 5.4
2nd - Nik Faldo 89 / 4.9
3rd - Rownder 65 / 4.6
4th - Matchy 63 / 3.5
5th - Sev4TSev 60 / 6.0
6th - Beerhog 44 / 4.9
7th - Momo 32 / 3.2
8th - Cigar4John 28 / 3.5
9th - BonAir 21 / 3.0
10th - Hlam 14 / 2.8
11th - Artic Blast 12 / .9
12th - Nahanni 10 / 3.3
13th - Duder 1 / .3
DavetheDog, SpartyToJo and Bronco76 - not enough entries to make the list.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Nik Finishes 4th in Tropical Poker Tourney
Supposed to go play golf on this Memorial Weekend, but the rain kept me house bound.
So I had the wife clean my clubs, polish my golf shoes and wash the golf towel.
While waiting for my lunch to be made, I decided to enter a poker tourney. Tropical Poker had one that featured a 306 player freeroll field. A freeroll was in order in case;
A) the weather broke and it was time to golf
B) I had to renew the restraining order I have on Jessica Alba who is stalking me
C) Tiger Woods stops by for me to once again fix his putting issues
Anyway, finished 4th as my QQ lost to a bigger stacks AQ with the expected A falling on the flop.
On the bright side, I won a little free cash, the weather had cleared and my clubs and shoes were done.
Off to the course!
Friday, May 25, 2007
New NPP Review of On-line Poker Sites
Since my last review, so much has changed. Thanks to the Republicans making a last ditch effort to save an election, they pandered to the religious right. They went after internet poker by primarily attacking the internet banking sites that poker players used to move chips around.
I blame the greed of the internet banking and poker/gambling sites for all of the chaos. We already know the government politicians are greedy crooks and extortionists that would make Al Capone blush. The on-line gambling industry refused to let the politicians ‘wet their bill’ in the fountain of money.
Hence, you get laws that shut down your business. And henceforth, the industry fights back with the Poker Players Alliance, which is nothing more than the lobbying group in charge of making donations to politicians. Notice they are asking the players to pony up along with the sites. Basically, it’s yet another rake.
Nothing has changed from the protection money Doyle and the boys had to pay on the old interstate circuit.
Anyway my criteria for what makes a good poker site has changed. Here is the new list of things that are important.
1. Safety/size of site/ Players funds held in escrow (not that it makes a lot of difference as our government already has proven how it will screw it’s citizens for no reason)
2. Ease of deposit/withdraw (using ePassport – the biggest internet bank left now that Net-Teller and our government has jointly screwed poker players over).
3. Freerolls – I want extra play available for my rake money
4. Big Tourneys available for low buy-ins (still don't trust internet poker fully - not rational as the chance of getting cheated is greater at home games and casinos, but I still have a hard time spending more than $5 on an internet tourney)
5. Software playability (not very important anymore)
6. Service (yeah right)
Here is the list of the NPP best places to play internet poker:
1. Poker Stars
2. Absolute Poker
3. Ultimate Bet
4. Full Tilt Poker
Here is the second tier where I still play. I worry about their safety and pulling a Jet Poker on me and closing without warning.
5. Jungle Poker
6. Poker Poker (the biggest of this group)
7. Bugsy’s Club
8. Poker4Ever
Here is where I still have accounts and play, but they do not have ePassport as a funding/withdraw option, so if I go tap I am done with them.
9. Tropical Poker (love the site but can’t fund)
10. World Poker Exchange (love the site but can’t fund)
11. Bo Dog Poker
12. Sportsbook Poker
What shocks me is the number of sports books that do not use ePassport as funding options. I expect that to change by football season. – Nik Faldo
I blame the greed of the internet banking and poker/gambling sites for all of the chaos. We already know the government politicians are greedy crooks and extortionists that would make Al Capone blush. The on-line gambling industry refused to let the politicians ‘wet their bill’ in the fountain of money.
Hence, you get laws that shut down your business. And henceforth, the industry fights back with the Poker Players Alliance, which is nothing more than the lobbying group in charge of making donations to politicians. Notice they are asking the players to pony up along with the sites. Basically, it’s yet another rake.
Nothing has changed from the protection money Doyle and the boys had to pay on the old interstate circuit.
Anyway my criteria for what makes a good poker site has changed. Here is the new list of things that are important.
1. Safety/size of site/ Players funds held in escrow (not that it makes a lot of difference as our government already has proven how it will screw it’s citizens for no reason)
2. Ease of deposit/withdraw (using ePassport – the biggest internet bank left now that Net-Teller and our government has jointly screwed poker players over).
3. Freerolls – I want extra play available for my rake money
4. Big Tourneys available for low buy-ins (still don't trust internet poker fully - not rational as the chance of getting cheated is greater at home games and casinos, but I still have a hard time spending more than $5 on an internet tourney)
5. Software playability (not very important anymore)
6. Service (yeah right)
Here is the list of the NPP best places to play internet poker:
1. Poker Stars
2. Absolute Poker
3. Ultimate Bet
4. Full Tilt Poker
Here is the second tier where I still play. I worry about their safety and pulling a Jet Poker on me and closing without warning.
5. Jungle Poker
6. Poker Poker (the biggest of this group)
7. Bugsy’s Club
8. Poker4Ever
Here is where I still have accounts and play, but they do not have ePassport as a funding/withdraw option, so if I go tap I am done with them.
9. Tropical Poker (love the site but can’t fund)
10. World Poker Exchange (love the site but can’t fund)
11. Bo Dog Poker
12. Sportsbook Poker
What shocks me is the number of sports books that do not use ePassport as funding options. I expect that to change by football season. – Nik Faldo
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Sev4TSev Wins Heads Up Match Against Nik Faldo to Win NPP Internet #20
Only three signed up and only two played. I guess the message is loud and clear - the masses want NL Holdem! I'm sorry, but I owed the guys two HORSE tourneys.
Back in the beginning the winner of the previous week got to pick what the game was the next week. Both Beerhog and 747 requested HORSE after winning and I could not do it because the Poker Stars software had screwed up.
Once it was repaired I scheduled the two HORSE tourneys I owed the guys. They are paid off.
Well, 747 won this week and he picked NL Holdem for next week.
1st - Sev4TSev
2nd - Nik Faldo
3rd - Boother
Back in the beginning the winner of the previous week got to pick what the game was the next week. Both Beerhog and 747 requested HORSE after winning and I could not do it because the Poker Stars software had screwed up.
Once it was repaired I scheduled the two HORSE tourneys I owed the guys. They are paid off.
Well, 747 won this week and he picked NL Holdem for next week.
1st - Sev4TSev
2nd - Nik Faldo
3rd - Boother
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Beerhog Hosts the NPP Boys - Great Game!
Well it was a who's who of NPP. I really didn't think we could get a game together for the month, but Beerhog decided to give it a shot.
In spite of two NPP regulars (Herbavor and LP) unable to attend, seven still made the game.
Beerhog, Gridlock, Thai Food, Tolly, Nik Faldo, Matchy, and Sev4TSev all made the game.
I was not the chip seller so I am guessing at how people did. I won a little and I think Thai Food was the big winner, but I could be wrong.
The tournament ended with a deal struck with Sev4TSev taking first, Nik Faldo second and Tolly third. Matchy did not play in the tourney.
In spite of two NPP regulars (Herbavor and LP) unable to attend, seven still made the game.
Beerhog, Gridlock, Thai Food, Tolly, Nik Faldo, Matchy, and Sev4TSev all made the game.
I was not the chip seller so I am guessing at how people did. I won a little and I think Thai Food was the big winner, but I could be wrong.
The tournament ended with a deal struck with Sev4TSev taking first, Nik Faldo second and Tolly third. Matchy did not play in the tourney.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Beerhog Finishes 4th In Poker Stars Limit 7-Stud Hi-Lo Tourney
Beerhog bested all but three of the other 263 players that got into this tourney. He won twenty-one times his entry.
Beerhog said, "It just takes too long...even with a case of beer - good beer anyway."
Great job Beerhog!
Two things;
Can you describe a key hand or two and secondly, how did you find a tournament against 263 blind 5 year olds on Poker Stars?
Beerhog said, "It just takes too long...even with a case of beer - good beer anyway."
Great job Beerhog!
Two things;
Can you describe a key hand or two and secondly, how did you find a tournament against 263 blind 5 year olds on Poker Stars?
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Just Another Reason to Get Good at Poker
We got the 4Putt Open in a few weeks (June 7 thur 10)and although I have written about this subject before - it bears repeating. Hope I listen to my own advice.
Good dealers can get out forty hands an hour. If you are playing in a $4/8 game the dealer will take around $4/5 per hand for the house. That comes out to $240 off the table in an hour, counting tips to the dealer!
If ten players sat down with $40 each and played an hour and a half, the entire table would be broke in an hour and a half.
Clearly the answer is to play at the highest level you comfortably can to limit the effect of the house rake on your bankroll.
Or play at NPP, Boother's and Beerhog's!
Good dealers can get out forty hands an hour. If you are playing in a $4/8 game the dealer will take around $4/5 per hand for the house. That comes out to $240 off the table in an hour, counting tips to the dealer!
If ten players sat down with $40 each and played an hour and a half, the entire table would be broke in an hour and a half.
Clearly the answer is to play at the highest level you comfortably can to limit the effect of the house rake on your bankroll.
Or play at NPP, Boother's and Beerhog's!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Beerhog Wins NPP #19
I missed the tourney due to a combo of stupidity and the internet blinking out at the wrong time! I was on in plenty of time but didn't register. The computer kicked me off because of a 12 hour sign in rule. By the time I logged back on the tourney had started and because of a full table PS did not allow a late entry.
I went out and had a few.
Anyways, the results.
1st - Beerhog
2nd - Boother
3rd - Matchy
4th - Rownder
5th - Hlam14
6th - Sev4TSev
7th - Duder
8th - ArticBlast
HORSE again next game. NPP will be dark May and June. Beerhog may have a game. Let's discuss. Give us the details Beerhog. - Nik Faldo
I went out and had a few.
Anyways, the results.
1st - Beerhog
2nd - Boother
3rd - Matchy
4th - Rownder
5th - Hlam14
6th - Sev4TSev
7th - Duder
8th - ArticBlast
HORSE again next game. NPP will be dark May and June. Beerhog may have a game. Let's discuss. Give us the details Beerhog. - Nik Faldo
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Sev4TSev Wins NPP Internet #18
747 doesn’t have the Point Lead, but he has the Highest Average Finish per Tournament Lead by a mile.
A field of ten made a go of it. Two weeks in a row of a double digit field. Great job everyone! To the action:
We have a habit of treating new players with corrosive gloves – both at NPP and on-line.
On hand #20, Nahanni (10th), in her second start, took another bad beat. By her own admission, maybe she did not play the hand correctly. Anyway, she and BonAir see the flop. [KJ3]. BonAir (K4) calls a smallish bet from Nahanni (AA). The turn has a 4. When Nahanni goes all in, BonAir takes her out.
Hand #33 saw Artic Blast (9th) lose to 747, who had (QQ). I did not see what Artic had and screwed up trying to get the hand number to review. I blame my wife – who was serving me a beer and bring me my slippers at the time – and distracted me. She will have to pay for that.
Hand #40 saw last tourney winner and short stacked Rownder (8th) with (KK) end up all in against 747 (QsTs). The flop of [ 2s 7h 5s] and a turn of 3s – ended the suspense.
Hand #43 saw Matchy (AK) get hurt by a shorter stacked Boother (77). It is basically a coin flip preflop. They get all in and the flop has an A in it. But a 7 on the river cripples Matchy.
Hand #50 sees a short stacked Matchy (7th) (AT) run into the KK of Beerhog.
Hand #65 saw a very rare 3 handed all-in! Hlam (6th) (KJ), Boother (5th) (66) and BonAir (KQs). BonAir hit the straight and wiped out two very dangerous players all at once.
Hand #68, BonAir hit a straight again. Unfortunate for Beerhog (4th), who saw his flopped two pair get rolled.
At the break we had
BonAir 7.2K,
Sev4TSev 6.1K and
perennial short-stacked Nik Faldo 1.5K.
Can Nik pull off a Rownder/Boother type comeback?????
Uhhhh, no.
I (3rd) got a run of high pairs, pairs and high suited cards and went all in about 6 or 7 times in a row, and got my stack close to 3K. Safer ground, but still safely behind. The decent cards continue and I get (44).
On hand #92 my all-ins continued and get called by BonAir (AsTs), who got tired of my little show of force.
Can Nik Faldo win a race for once on Poker Stars???? Uhhhh, no.
A T on the flop AND two spades. Just to rub it in, PS drops a T on the river. Uncalled for. A spade ok – but another ten is just cruel. Time 10:12
At 10:29, BonAir’s FH beats 747’s two pair and the chip lead is BonAir’s at 11K to 4K.
At 10:32, Sev4TSev hits a straight to take the lead 8K to 7K. He never lost it, even though they go at it for quite a while.
At 10:50, Sev4TSev (1st) raises pre-flop and is called by BonAir (2nd).
Flop [Ks 6d 4s]
There are bets and they are all-in.
Sev4TSev (AKs) and BonAir (KT). Trap city.
Turn, A and the unnecessary river card was a 4d.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – BonAir
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Beerhog
5th - Boother
6th – Hlam14
7th – Matchy
8th – Rownder
9th – Artic Blast
10th – Nahanni
Question: Beerhog is golfing on Tuesday. Is there a better night to do this, like Monday or Wednesday? Thursday and Friday is the weekend. We don’t want that. When we originally voted, Tuesday barely beat Monday, and there are only 3 players who played last night who voted at that time.
Time for a new vote.
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday? – Nik Faldo
A field of ten made a go of it. Two weeks in a row of a double digit field. Great job everyone! To the action:
We have a habit of treating new players with corrosive gloves – both at NPP and on-line.
On hand #20, Nahanni (10th), in her second start, took another bad beat. By her own admission, maybe she did not play the hand correctly. Anyway, she and BonAir see the flop. [KJ3]. BonAir (K4) calls a smallish bet from Nahanni (AA). The turn has a 4. When Nahanni goes all in, BonAir takes her out.
Hand #33 saw Artic Blast (9th) lose to 747, who had (QQ). I did not see what Artic had and screwed up trying to get the hand number to review. I blame my wife – who was serving me a beer and bring me my slippers at the time – and distracted me. She will have to pay for that.
Hand #40 saw last tourney winner and short stacked Rownder (8th) with (KK) end up all in against 747 (QsTs). The flop of [ 2s 7h 5s] and a turn of 3s – ended the suspense.
Hand #43 saw Matchy (AK) get hurt by a shorter stacked Boother (77). It is basically a coin flip preflop. They get all in and the flop has an A in it. But a 7 on the river cripples Matchy.
Hand #50 sees a short stacked Matchy (7th) (AT) run into the KK of Beerhog.
Hand #65 saw a very rare 3 handed all-in! Hlam (6th) (KJ), Boother (5th) (66) and BonAir (KQs). BonAir hit the straight and wiped out two very dangerous players all at once.
Hand #68, BonAir hit a straight again. Unfortunate for Beerhog (4th), who saw his flopped two pair get rolled.
At the break we had
BonAir 7.2K,
Sev4TSev 6.1K and
perennial short-stacked Nik Faldo 1.5K.
Can Nik pull off a Rownder/Boother type comeback?????
Uhhhh, no.
I (3rd) got a run of high pairs, pairs and high suited cards and went all in about 6 or 7 times in a row, and got my stack close to 3K. Safer ground, but still safely behind. The decent cards continue and I get (44).
On hand #92 my all-ins continued and get called by BonAir (AsTs), who got tired of my little show of force.
Can Nik Faldo win a race for once on Poker Stars???? Uhhhh, no.
A T on the flop AND two spades. Just to rub it in, PS drops a T on the river. Uncalled for. A spade ok – but another ten is just cruel. Time 10:12
At 10:29, BonAir’s FH beats 747’s two pair and the chip lead is BonAir’s at 11K to 4K.
At 10:32, Sev4TSev hits a straight to take the lead 8K to 7K. He never lost it, even though they go at it for quite a while.
At 10:50, Sev4TSev (1st) raises pre-flop and is called by BonAir (2nd).
Flop [Ks 6d 4s]
There are bets and they are all-in.
Sev4TSev (AKs) and BonAir (KT). Trap city.
Turn, A and the unnecessary river card was a 4d.
1st – Sev4TSev
2nd – BonAir
3rd – Nik Faldo
4th – Beerhog
5th - Boother
6th – Hlam14
7th – Matchy
8th – Rownder
9th – Artic Blast
10th – Nahanni
Question: Beerhog is golfing on Tuesday. Is there a better night to do this, like Monday or Wednesday? Thursday and Friday is the weekend. We don’t want that. When we originally voted, Tuesday barely beat Monday, and there are only 3 players who played last night who voted at that time.
Time for a new vote.
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday? – Nik Faldo
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Watch Out for Ohio Products!
A dairy farmer in Michigan needed to get a new dairy cow. His dairy cow died, and needed to get a new dairy cow. He didn't know where to go. He looked in the newspapers and found an ad. Some Ohio dairy farmer was selling a cow.
So he called the guy up.The guy said, "Come down and take a look at it. It's a pretty young cow. I think you'll like it."
He goes down to the cow, looks at the cow, and likes the looks.
The Michigan guys says, "Look, I'm not going to buy this cow unless I can milk it."
"Well, go right ahead. Feel free."
With every tug (Pshew! Pshew! Pshew!), the cow expelled gas. Every time!
The guy from Michigan says, "Is that normal?"
"Yeah, and I can't explain it. But it doesn't matter. Look at the milk. The milk is fine," the Ohio farmer says.
"Okay, okay. I'll take it." So he packs the cow up and brings it home to Michigan, calls his best buddy down the road, another farmer, and says, "Hey, I just got this new dairy cow. You have got to come check this out. You won't believe it."
So the farmer comes by and says, "Okay, it's a good cow, but I have to milk it too. I'm not going to take your word for it that it's a great cow."
"Well, go ahead! Be my guest."
With every tug, the cow would expel gas, and the farmer's buddy says: "Did you get this cow in Ohio?"
"Yeah, I did! I didn't tell you that. How did you know that I got it from Ohio?"
"Eh, my wife is from Ohio."
So he called the guy up.The guy said, "Come down and take a look at it. It's a pretty young cow. I think you'll like it."
He goes down to the cow, looks at the cow, and likes the looks.
The Michigan guys says, "Look, I'm not going to buy this cow unless I can milk it."
"Well, go right ahead. Feel free."
With every tug (Pshew! Pshew! Pshew!), the cow expelled gas. Every time!
The guy from Michigan says, "Is that normal?"
"Yeah, and I can't explain it. But it doesn't matter. Look at the milk. The milk is fine," the Ohio farmer says.
"Okay, okay. I'll take it." So he packs the cow up and brings it home to Michigan, calls his best buddy down the road, another farmer, and says, "Hey, I just got this new dairy cow. You have got to come check this out. You won't believe it."
So the farmer comes by and says, "Okay, it's a good cow, but I have to milk it too. I'm not going to take your word for it that it's a great cow."
"Well, go ahead! Be my guest."
With every tug, the cow would expel gas, and the farmer's buddy says: "Did you get this cow in Ohio?"
"Yeah, I did! I didn't tell you that. How did you know that I got it from Ohio?"
"Eh, my wife is from Ohio."
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