Budda627 Wins His 2nd NPP Tourney and Tomservo2 Wins 3rd Qtr Seat!

Nineteen players were on hand for the exciting 3rd quarter last round. Budda627 outlasted the field, including a desperate Kensik – who needed a win to also get a seat in the NPP final.

He also survived – and benefited – from a “crazy river” night on PokerStars, when many did not. Please no comments on the frequency of that.

Returning to the NPP felt tonight was Amyada19 and Bigbrimar. Welcome back!

On to the action:

Players knew it was an important night and played accordingly. We lost only four players in the first hour.

21 min: T3chalady (19th) slow-plays her (AA) loses to Bigbrimar’s flopped trip 8’s.
25 min: A short-stacked (SS) Derf-63 (18th) goes with (KQ) and loses to Theedouble*d’s (A2).

45 min: A SS Funtoon (17th) has to go with (9c 6c) but can’t catch Budda627’s (Qd 4d).
55 min: Duder1123 (16th) sees his (QQ) run into Amyada19’s (AA). Pocket rockets did not do all that well tonight after this hand.

1st Break:
Amyada19 4252
Kensik 3385
TresStooges 3220
Theedouble*d 2226
Akensi 2135
Tomservo2 2025
Douge2 1819
ThePunk75 1490
LittleRedElf 1455
Budda627 1265
K9isadog 1108
Meatsword 970
Absea98 885
Bigbrimar 420

66 min: A SS K9isadog (15th) goes AIPF with (AJ) and is called by Akensi with (55).
70 min: A SS Tigercub8189 (14th) goes with (22) and runs into Douge2’s (QQ).
72 min: A SS ThePunk75 (13th) goes with (22), but sees Budda627 with (Ks 9s) hit a [9] on the flop.

73 min: Amyada19 (12th) sees her (77) run into Douge2’s (AA).
75 min: Meatsword (11th) pushes with (AQ) (67%) and finds Budda627 with only (Ac Jc) (28%), but Budda makes a straight!

78 min: A SS Tomservo2 (10th) has to go with (T8) and cannot catch Absea98’s (K7). Tom now must wait to see if his point lead holds up as

82 min: A SS LittleRedElf (9th) gets four callers trying to take him out and two succeed by hitting the same straight.

94 min: Douge2 needs only a 3rd place finish now to win the 3rd quarter seat. He stood in 2nd when he tries to double up with (JJ), but a rivered [Q] for a pair of ladies by Theedouble*d drops him to a slim 4th in chips.

108 min: Douge2 (8th) has (AA) (80%) and has to call AIPF with Bigbrimar (7th) (KJ) (9%) and Theedouble*d (QJ) (11%). Beyond belief, the turn is a [Q] and the river is a [J], giving DD a double knockout - crushing Doug’s shot at the seat this time!

Now only Kensik can still win a seat – along with Tomservo2 – with a win tonight!

109 min: Theedouble*d plays his heater as his (AJ) hits an [A] on the river to beat Akensi’s (6th) (33) (48%).

113 min: A SS Absea98 (5th) has to try with (8c 7c) but can’t catch Theedouble*d’s (A9).

2nd break:
Theedouble*d 15485
Kensik 6490
Budda627 5160
TresStooges 1365

122 min: A SS TresStooges (4th) is all-in with (A2) but Theedouble*d hits a straight with his (75).

125 min: Kensik (3rd) gets crippled as he sees his (KK) lose to Budda627’s (QQ) when a [Q] hits the river. A tough break for Kensik. Like I said, crazy rivers all night.

129 min: Kensik (Kh 3h) is finally eliminated by Budda627 (77).

130 min: Heads up: Budda627 15200 - Theedouble*d 13300

135 min: Dead even!

140 min: Budda627 17000 - Theedouble*d 11500

142 min: Theedouble*d (2nd) calls Budda627’s all-in post flop with (Q7) and a flop of [AA5] but Budda is a little better with (K4) and hangs on for the win.

Congratulations to Budda627 on another NPP win. And congratulations to Tomservo2 on winning his seat in the NPP Finals!

1st – Budda627
2nd – Theedouble*d
3rd – Kensik
4th – TresStooges
5th – Absea98
6th – Akensi
7th – Bigbrimar
8th – Douge2
9th – LittleRedElf

Standings are on the right side of the blog! The 4th quarter starts next week!