McGuiness007 Wins his 3rd NPP Tourney and Takes the 4th Qtr. Lead

Topping eighteen other players, McGuiness007 vaulted into the early lead for the 4th Quarter seat in the NPP Finals.

Returning to get involved in the race was Meatsword and Umichpoker. Slayer48357 may be a new NPP addition as he sweatered the action.

Tonight’s action featured a lot of chance taking – some worked, some ….not so much.
On to the action:

33 min: Tigercub8189 (19th) decides to chase his straight draw (J9) on a flop of [QTT] (25%), but Meatsword’s (AT) (75%) holds up.

43 min: Mikeniks-Faldo (18th) pair of Nines’s loses to LittleRedElf’s pair of Jack’s.

44 min: Derf-63 (17th) goes with (88) and loses to McGuiness007’s (AA).
48 min: Kensik (16th) gets all his money in with (A8) and a flop of [AKJ],
but Absea98 is holding (KK)! Ouch!

54 min: Theedouble*d (15th) goes with a pair of Threes’s on the flop and and loses to Budda627 with a pair of Seven’s.

55 min: Umichpoker (14th) goes with (QQ) and runs into Meatsword’s (AA).
58 min: A short-stacked (SS) T3chlady (13th) loses to Rennzzo’s trip Threes’s.

1st Break:

LittleRedElf 4475
Meatsword 3865
McGuiness007 3660
Budda627 2545
Rennzzo 2480
Douge2 2250
ThePunk75 1835
Vanettij 1765
K9isadog 1700
Funtoon 1520
Absea98 1265
Akensi 1140

75 min: ThePunk75 (12th) goes AIPF with (AJ) and runs into Akensi’s (88).
79 min: A SS Rennzzo (11th) pushes with (6h 5h) and a flop of [Ah Jc 8h] (39%) but finds LittleRedElf with (As Qs) (69%), and doesn’t hit his flush.

84 min: Meatsword (10th) sees his (A6) lose to the (AQ) of someone, but no one could tell Faldo who did it.

88 min: Vanettij (9th) has to try his straight draw (KQ) on a flop of [AJ9] run into Akensi’s (JJ), who overkills with quads on the river.

98 min: Douge2 (8th) loses a coin flip as his (AQ) cannot catch Budda627’s (77).
100 min: A SS Funtoon (7th) is double-teamed and McGuiness007 hit a pair of Kings to end the discussion.

117 min: LittleRedElf (6th) goes with (93) (60%) and a flop of [793]. He gets called all in by Akensi (5th) with (JJ) (27%) and the chip leader McGuiness007 with (A9)
(12%). The river brings an [A] and we have a rare double knockout by McGuiness007!

119 min: Absea98 (4th) all in after the flop runs into McGuiness007’s trip Kings.

2nd break:
McGuiness007 13622
Budda627 10647
K9isadog 4231

124 min: K9isadog (3rd), after his (A9) (59%) lost to Budda627’s (A5) (25%) before the break to cripple him, Budda finishes the job hitting a flush on this hand.

Heads up: McGuiness007 18500 – Budda627 10000
The battle is on between two players that each have two NPP wins!

127 min: Budda627 (2nd) goes with (AJ) and McGuiness007 calls with (Ks 6s). The flop has a [6] in it, and another [6] on the river.

Congratulations to McGuiness007 on his 3rd NPP win.

1st – McGuiness007
2nd – Budda627
3rd – K9isadog
4th – Absea98
5th – Akensi
6th – LittleRedElf
7th – Funtoon
8th – Douge2
9th – Vanettij

Standings are on the right side of the blog.