Biglou’s run of dead cards in this league came to an end in a big way. He had the goods all the way thru the night. He beat eight players on his way to the victory. On to the action:
47 min: Forty-seven minutes? That is a testament to how tough this tourney is.
A short-stacked Rennzzo (9th) has to make a move when his (76) pairs the turn. But BigLou had paired his (AK) on the flop.
52 min: Tigercub, McGuiness and ArcticBlast (8th) all see a flop of [Jd Qd 5s]. Only Tigercub and Arctic bet and call and see the turn of [8c]. Another bet and call to the [8d] river. Danger Will Robinson! They get all-in and the Tiger shows a higher two pair.
53 min: The next hand, Rownder (7th) raises and gets called by BigLou. The flop of [Th 7s Kh] gets Rownder to bluff all-in with (Ad 8d) and Biglou calls with (KT). Rownder got no miracle runner - runner.
Break:
BigLou93 4360 (would the jinx be broken?) YES!
Tigercub 2300
McGuiness 2265
Mikeniks-Faldo 2070
Nahanni 1720
Duder 785 (sitting out all tourney)
67 min: Tigercub calls the blind and Nahanni (6th) checks the blind. The flop is [4c 2d 7c]. Nahanni bets with (5c 4d) , Tiger raises with (Kc Ks) and Nahanni calls. The turn is a [8c] which gives Nahanni the straight and flush draw.
She checks and Tiger bets. Nahanni raises and the Tiger just calls. The river is a death card for Nahanni [Ac], as it gives her a flush that loses to the bigger one. Her chance for a three-peat is over. Nice run Nahanni! I still lost my MC card over this.
75 min: McGuiness (5th) got a little unlucky here. We have Duder1123 sitting out with his chip stack being blinded off. If we can just hang on, we all know at least two ‘free’ points are available just for breathing. But by the same token, if you are playing to win, sitting on your hands will not get you 1st place.
McGuiness sees a flop with (A3) and bets a flop of [4A7] and is called by the red hot Biglou with (TT). When you are as hot as Biglou was, you know help is on the way. The turn is a [T] and Biglou sets up the trap net.
Poker Stars adds some more bait with a killer [3] on the river and McGuiness bites for a double up and sees the trip tens end his night.
77 min: Insult to injury for SpoonyG as Duder (4th) blinds out 2 minutes later.
88 min: The hand of the night! BigLou calls the blind with (Kc Qc), I (Mikeniks-Faldo) raise with (AK), and Tigercub (3rd) re-raises with (66) and is called. The flop of [4c As Ac] is a possible cooler for all involved.
Tiger is the short stack and is basically committed. Does Faldo try to take the Cat out by himself or keep Biglou around for side pot profit? The way the cards were rolling for Biglou – and with the size of his stack, he probably only folds with an all-in bet by me – provided he doesn’t have pocket 4’s. I screwed up by not betting him out on the flop.
Tiger goes all-in as expected and both me and Biglou call. The turn is a [Js]. There is the card I had to avoid Lou seeing. At least it was not a club. Now I am worried he could have a straight, but I incorrectly put him on a small pair he is hoping might win with no betting.
We both politely check as we try to put the Tiger to sleep.
The river is an ugly (for me) [Tc]. I bet a good size bet telling BigLou I have the Tiger beat with trips or the straight I am bluffing – but he has me beat with a real straight - and a flush! Ouch!
I see my card reading ability remains awful. Almost as bad as my heads up play - as you will see.
92 min: The night ends for Faldo (2nd) as short-stacked, I get all-in with (QJ) and Biglou correctly calls with (85). I get a [J95] flop for the lead and am pretty happy with my chances to fight on. But an ugly [5] on the river ends it.
Congratulations to BigLou on his 1st NPP win. It won’t be the last.
1st – BigLou93 10 pts
2nd- Mikeniks-Faldo (12 pts)
3rd – Tigercub8189 6 pts
4th – Duder1123 3 pts
5th – McGuiness 3 pts
6th – Nahanni 25 pts
7th – Rownder 17 pts
8th – ArcticBlast 5 pts
9th – Rennzzo
Boother 14 pts
Total point race available on the side of the blog.
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6 comments:
gratz BigLou93!! nice win.
HMMM... maybe I am a bit grumpy tonight, maybe a bit to tired too, but I just wanted to check the blog to see who won the tourney and how the others placed. Much to my surprise, I see that my name has been removed from the point list and also now shows that I quit PokerStars. WOW!!! Are you kidding me. I feel as welcome to play in the tourney now as much as PokerStars welcomes me to play. What is happening here? PokerStars froze my account, I didn't quit. Mike, who does the updates here? Nahanni? I see she asked that Aqua and myself be removed from the list. WHY???? What purpose does that serve? It doesn't make me feel good to see this happen, and happen so quickly. So if I didn't say a fricken word for the next 8 weeks and didn't play, how long would my name have stayed on the list? Would my name have even been taken off the point list, would I have been labled as a quitter??? All I can say is WOW!! Thank you updater for having an understanding of what I am going through. In the big picture of it all, where my name is means notta really. Maybe I am making alot out of nothing. But Damn, it just seems wrong to me.
So I ask you my fellow poker players, put yourself in my shoes here. PokerStars shuts you down. You then get slammed at the place that you play for getting shut down. How would you feel?
747
Wow! 747, I hope you know me better than that. U da man! You are always welcome at NPP!
I would never dis you bro! Well, I would, but it would be the usual NPP stuff. lol
Where would you like me to put your totals and what do you want it to say - if anything?
I put your name down there with me and Aqualung. Ok, nevermind - being next to us is cause for being upset - all by itself. Even I agree with that! You don't know what is going on down there!
I thought putting you "quit Poker Stars" was better than 'Poker Stars shut him down."
The sole purpose of moving you was to give a clearer view of the total point standings - that's all. No other reason. You come back, I move you back. I'll put you anywhere you say!
No disrespect intended. You are still at the top of the WIN leaderboard - and I want it seen that if anyone catches you, it is BECAUSE you are not playing! I can't be any more respectful than that - I don't think.
I'm kind of glad you brought this up. Look at the line up of NPP players that are not currently in the league:
Sev4TSev
Aqualung
Hlam14
ThaiFood
LarryP
The Wall
Gridlock
DavetheDog
Cigar4John
SpartyToJo
Aquariumco
KButter
Passen
Farrel
Momo
1stout
Now look at the list that have scheduling problems right now:
Aqualung
Boother
Matchy
Beerhog
Bronco76
That is a whole other group of great players unto itself - and it is missing from this site!!!! Not to mention Boother's stable of players that have not got in this.
I am just sick about it and there is nothing I can do about it. I would love to have each and every one of those players here on a regular basis with the rest of us. What a tourney it would be!
If you could win consistently against this FULL stable of players - playing now, refusing to play, and unable to play - then you could handle anyone in the casinos or on-line!
This is a nice little thing we got going and I am hoping you can return someday. I'm hoping some of the players not playing would reconsider.
This league is more fun than a human being should be allowed to have!
I look forward every Tuesday to -
The thrill of somebody winning, and the agony of my cards, my play and lack of ability!
Online poker is cool and all but I am looking for a live game. I can host (I've got a nice new tv down in the basement now). Or there is Hog's garage or the long rumored re-opening of the true palace. Who is up for some live limit poker in the near future? Do we still have 6guys who are interested in getting together?
Possible lineup:
Faldo
Hogg
Boother
747
Larry P
Aqua
Gridlock
Thai Food
Matchy
Sparty Tojo
I can usually fill in with 1 or 2 neighbors if it is at my place if needed. I do not require picture id's! Let's do this!
Chesky – I’m up for a live game, just as long as it doesn’t conflict with other stuff. Someone throw a date out there and let’s see if it works.
My scheduling conflicts with Tuesday nights appears to continue thru 6-10. Between Tiger’s games (this week), my Poker club event (next week) and an over-the-hill beer league hockey team I joined at KVIH on Tuesday’s, my attendance for the next few weeks will likely be non-existent. Which truly bums me out, not only because I won’t be able to play, but I had a fairly decent start to the second quarter.
I will keep checking the blog though…..I can wait to read up on all the smack talking. Plus, all the pissing-n-moaning is fun to read too!!!
Boother
Hey 747...just to let you know...I have nothing to do with the regular updates with the stats or this blog/website. My only involvement was to help Mike automate the stat reporting...so I took the excel spreadsheet (last fall) and added macros and other things. you can't remove a player's name or else it messes up the macros (sort of)...so I was only asking incase he wanted the names removed (because he would likely need my help to set the macros up correctly). that is all. not that I want you to be removed. the more players the better...so that is why I keep asking why poker stars is doing that to you and why can't you create another account, and to persue the matter further, etc. My comment to Mike was definitely not intended to upset you or make your matters worse. I apologize if you took it that way.
please find a solution and come back to PS.
line it up matchy.
beerhog
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