Derf-63 Wins His 2nd NPP Tourney!

Derf-63 didn’t seem to remember, but he has topped the NPP field once before – back on June 2 of this year.

This was the greatest – or second greatest – NPP tourney comeback of all time! At the 70 minute mark, Derf was down to 130 chips! He came roaring back to win it all!

We welcomed back a couple players that have missed a few weeks of play – TresStooges and UMichPoker. Welcome back Chris and Michele.

On to the action:

14 min: Wingsfancurt (20th) sees his (99) run into Greggst49’s (KK).
35 min: Theedouble*d (19th) sees his (JJ) run into Umichpoker’s (QQ).

These two went out 1 – 2, but in reverse order last week. Wow!

The play at NPP is tough as we lose only two players in a half-hour. But eventually the short-stacks are forced to move.

47 min: A short-stacked (SS) K9isadog (18th) pushes his (K4), but Derf-63 has (AJ).

53 min: Sirgash gets a rare double kill as his (AJ) takes out a SS Tigercub8189 (17h) (AT) and a SS Akensi (16th) (66) when an [A] hits the flop.

58 min: (SS) T3chlady (15th) has to go with (A8) and runs into Budda627’s (66).

1st Break:
Greggst49 4500
Sirgash 3950
Douge2 3000
UMichPoker 2985
Meatsword 2885
Tomservo2 2060
Budda627 1990
Absea98 1835
Funtoon 1620
Kensik 1620
ThePunk75 1175
Derf-63 1135
TresStooges 735
Mikeniks-Faldo 510

62 min: A SS Mikeniks-Faldo (14th) goes with (A2) and runs into Greggst49’s (AK).
69 min: A SS TresStooges (13th) gets all-in with (99) to Tomservo’s (55), but sees a [5] hit the turn. Ouch!

76 min: Greggst49 (12th) thinks his (88) is good on a weak board and runs into Meatsword’s two pair.

77 min: A SS Funtoon (11th) pushes with two clubs on the flop holding (Tc 3c) but does not hit and all remaining players (and some on the rail) can beat his hand.

78 min: Another double knock out with Douge2 doing the honors to ThePunk75 (10th) and Tomservo2 (9th). I miss the hand because the table broke.

85 min: Budda627 (8th) makes a move with (Ad Qd) but Derf-63 has (KK).
88 min: Sirgash (7th) tries to get Kensik to fold, but Ken’s (99) holds up. Sirgash goes out three minutes later.

Sirgash announced he is taking six months off from poker after this weekend. I hate to hear this, as Sirgash is right in the mix for a seat in the NPP finals - either this quarter, next quarter or the at-large bid for total points. If he doesn't change his mind, NPP will lose a good guy and a good player from our stable for a while. We back him on whatever decision he makes. Hat tip to Sirgash!

106 min: Last week’s winner, Douge2 (6th) tried to steal the pot with (66), but Derf-63 holds (QT) with a flop of [QA9] and goes no where.

107 min: Kensik (5th) has to try with (K4) and a [K] on the flop, only to find Absea98 holding (KJ).

109 min: A SS UMichPoker (4th) is AIPF with (A8) only to see Derf-63 holding (99).
113 min: Meatsword (3rd) gets a little impatient holding (A7), and finds a snap-call by Derf-63 with (44).

Heads up: Derf-63 24000 - Absea98 6000

114 min: Absea98 (2nd) must call AIPF with (AJ), but can’t run down Derf-63 with (TT).

And a great comeback is capped off with a win! Congratulations Derf-63.

1st – Derf-63
2nd – Absea98
3rd – Meatsword
4th – UMichPoker
5th – Kensik
6th – Douge2
7th – Sirgash
8th – Budda627
9th – Tomservo2

Standings are on the right side of the blog! Still anybody's race for this quarter's seat in the NPP finals!