Hammer1010 Wins in His Debut

Two new players tonight and they both earned points.

How is that for being able to draft players, Matt Millen? Eat your heart out.

That gave us eleven starters – one shy of the record.

Hammer1010 knows Aqualung and Bighousea2 knows Faldo. Let's try and like them anyway.

The newbies showed up and showed us NPP regulars up! BigLou returns from a golf induced layoff and got points too.

Let’s hope we can get some of the other regulars back into the mix. On to the action.

28 min: Aqualung wins a hand to short-stack BigLou. But Lou hangs tough.

34 min: To the Final Table we go. We started on two tables as usual, so I did not see the exits of Duder (11th) or Rennzzo (10th). Maybe someone can fill us in.

36 min: Tigercub (9th) has his (TT) run into 7Joker’s (AA).

41 min: BigLou is able to get back into the match as he outkicks ArcticBlast in a close hand.

42 min: The bad luck continued for ArcticBlast (8th) as his short-stack all-in with (44) looks good as a two-pair win, but the board double-pairs on the river and Bighouse out-kicks (Kh 2h) Blast out the door.

51 min: BigLou really gets back into the tourney as he gets 7Jokers to fold on the river to snag a big pot.

57 min: A short-stacked Aqualung (7th) moves all-in with (AJ) and does not improve against Hammer’s (TT).

58 min: 7Jokers (6th) goes all-in with (66) on the flop of low paper, but Bighouse top - paired (J8) and 2-paired on the river.

Break:
Bighouse 4945
Mikeniks-Faldo 3690
Hlam14 3430
BigLou 2300
Hammer 2135

The chip leader goes ICE COLD from this point on. It’s ugly.

70 min: Hammer turns/rivers a straight on Bighouse.

73 min: BigLou straights up on Bighouse’s (JJ).

87 min: The Poker Stars torture of Bighouse (5th) finally ends when his Ace-high kicker with the board two pair loses to Hammer’s larger two pair. Nice showing for a 1st outing, House!

96 min: Mikeniks gets the chip lead by turn/rivering quad eights on Hammer!

102 min: A short-stacked BigLou (4th) has to try to hit his open-ended straight draw against Mikeniks (AA), but doesn’t get there.

106 min: Hammer stone cold bluffs Mikeniks out of a huge pot to take the chip lead.

118 min: Hlam (3rd) makes his move when he flops a middle pair of fours, but Hammer is holding (JJ).

Heads up: Mikeniks 9000 - Hammer 7500

Two minutes later and the second break arrives. Hammer 10700 – Mikeniks 5800

125 min: After a little jousting, Mikeniks (2nd) goes all-in with (22) and a flop of [T99], but Hammer is holding (J9).

Nice win Hammer1010 and welcome to NPP.

1st – Hammer 10 pts
2nd – Mikeniks-Faldo 14 pts
3rd – Hlam 15 pts
4th – BigLou 3 pts
5th – BigHouse 1 pt
6th – 7Jokers 5 pts
7th – Aqualung
8th - ArcticBlast
9th – Tigercub 3 pts
10th – Rennzzo
11th – Duder
Doneill 1 pt

Total point standings are on the right side of this blog.