Rownder Wins NPPIT #40 for Two in a Row and the Win Lead!

Eight players made it to the felt on a night that turned into the Battle of the Titans!

We started with two tables of four players but didn’t lose anyone (and didn’t gain anyone either), and after 20 hands we merged to one table when late registration closed.

It was a cautious night as the first one out did not happen until hand #53.

Tigercub (8th) on what had to be a bluff, goes all-in on a flop with an Ace in it with (77). Sev4TSev calls with an Ace in his hand and Tiger is tamed.

ArticBlast (7th), who sat out some of the tourney, went all-in on hand #70 with (44) and was called by Aqualung with (TT) and did not improve.

Card, flop and river dead, MikeNiks-Faldo (me)(6th), finally has to go all-in with (As 9s) and is called by Matchy with (Ad Kd). The flop of [T87] and two spades looks promising, but my hand doesn’t flush, straight or pair.

Break comes and the totals looked something like this:

Aqualung 3500
Sev4TSev 3300
Matchy 2000
Rownder 1700
Boother 1000

The game goes on for 10 minutes or so before Aqua (AQ) calls an all-in from Sev4TSev (AK) and gets crippled down to $1. Will a 'chip and a chair' comeback make history repeat???
Uhhhhh, no. Aqua (5th) leaves when his (A8) does not improve against Rownder’s (99).

The game goes on now for a half-hour. A great display of poker by everyone – back and forth.

Boother (4th) calls Matchy’s big blind. The flop is [Kc Jc 2s]. Boother checks, Matchy bets, Boother re-raises, Matchy re-raises, Boother goes all-in (Jd 8c) and of course the pot committed Matchy calls (Jc 2c).
The turn is [Ts] and the river is [Ac] - a flush for Mathcy and Boother is gone.

Fifteen minutes later Matchy’s (3rd) (QQ) runs into Sev4TSev’s (KK) and does not improve.

That sets up the dream SHOWDOWN!

Rownder and Sev4TSev were tied at this point with the most NPPIT wins with SEVEN each!

Rownder had 7000 chips and Sev4TSev had 5000.

As the blinds increase, the airplane (747 – get it?) could not get off the ground and was getting blinded out. A tough call with a second-best hand had him severely short-stacked.

Sev4TSev (2nd) finally has to go all-in with (84) and is called by Rownder’s (44) and does not improve.

Win #2 in a row and the current win leader – Rownder!

1st – Rownder [10 pts]
2nd – Sev4TSev [7 pts]
3rd – Matchy [5 pts]
4th – Boother [3 pts]
5th – Aqualung [1 pt]
6th – Mikeniks
7th – ArticBlast
8th – Tigercub