Theedouble*d Wins His 4th NPP Tourney!

It was a crazy night of poker as the battle for the final seats really set the tone. Even though we only had 18 starters, we almost set a record for the longest tourney. That is a testament to the quality of players in this league and the importance they place on doing well in it.

I am a proud commissioner I must say. Double-D fought his way past all the people trying to reach where he is – an NPP 2009 Finalist.

ThePunk75 locked down his seat tonight, clinching the 4th quarter seat. Only the two Total Point at-Large seats remain to be claimed – and that is going down to the wire!

Next week is the last week of the regular season. What a league!

On to the action:

30 min: A short-stacked (SS) Birdy333 (18th) goes with (QT) but can’t catch Derf-63’s (AQ).
41 min: A SS K9isadog (17th) tries with the same hand (QT), but Akensi has (88).
Look at the time! Forty minutes and only two players are out. But there are plenty of short-stacks ‘hannnngggging around’. It goes wild until break time now.
48 min: Absea98’s (77) takes out a short-stacked (SS) Tomservo2 (16th).
49 min: Last week’s winner Jenski6 (15th) goes with (KJ) but LittleRedElf is holding (99).

50 min: A SS T3chlady (14th) gets all-in with (As 5s) but Akensi holds (AJ).
52 min: A SS Funtoon (13th) has to go with (9c 5c) but Bigbrimar has (TT).
53 min: BigDaddyTman (12th) sees his (77) run into Absea98’s (JJ).

Finally, a little calm for the scribe!

1st Break:
Bigbrimar 5650
Absea98 4395
Derf-63 3455
Douge2 3405
Theedouble*d 2510
Kensik 1740
Akensi 1625
ThePunk75 1465
LittleRedElf 1315
Rennzzo 1080
Tigercub8189 360

63 min: A SS Tigercub8189 (11th) is executed by Kensik’s two pair.
66 min: A SS Rennzzo’s (10th) (AK) runs into ThePunk75’s (77).
70 min: A SS Akensi (9th) loses to Theedouble*d’s (88).
85 min: A SS LittleRedElf (8th) with (A9) runs into Bigbrimar’s (QQ).
89 min: A SS Derf-63 (7th) has to go with (22), but Kensik pairs holding (AJ).

115 min: A now SS Bigbrimar (6th) bluffs at a rag flop with (A6) but Theedouble*d’ paired his 8’s.

116 min: A SS Kensik (5th) has to try with (Q2) and runs into Absea98’s (A2).

If you have not noticed, everyone is going out short-stacked. No one wants to go out when the final precious points are available for the At-Large seats in the NPP Finals. It’s point or wait until next year – and everyone was holding on as long as possible.

All but two players exited short-stacked! WHAT??? No one read Allinduce's article I posted on here a couple days ago?

As Sparky Anderson said when his rookie pinch-runner didn't steal second when they were conceding the base - "If they don't want to go, nobody's going to stop them."

2nd break (120 min):
Absea98 11745
Theedouble*d 7600
ThePunk75 4890
Douge2 2765

137 min: (Seventeen minutes later!) ThePunk75 loses with (As7s) to Douge2’s (AK) to get crippled.

140 min: ThePunk75 (4th) goes out after a battle, finally losing when his (KJ) gets run down by Theedouble*d’s (KT) with a [T] on the turn.

147 min: Absea98 (3rd) goes with (Kh Th), but Douge2 has (JJ).
Heads up: Douge2 15,300 - Theedouble*d 11,700

148 min: Heads up: Douge2 10,000 - Theedouble*d 17,000
150 min: Heads up: Douge2 18,600 - Theedouble*d 8,400
155 min: Heads up: Douge2 5,300 - Theedouble*d 21,700

What is going on here?????

160 min: Heads up: Douge2 20,200 - Theedouble*d 6,800
165 min: Heads up: Douge2 15,800 - Theedouble*d 11,200

After reading this – I expect everyone to enter the NPP Heads up Tourney! Talk about excitement!

You have to play in at least ONE NPP league tourney to be eligible. Word up to all who have the password but have not thrown down yet. Next week is it!

166 min: Douge2 (2nd) goes with (KJ), but Theedouble*d’s (A9) hold up. Then Doug’s (J9) loses to DD’s (A4). A great heads up match!

Congratulations to Theedouble*d on his 4th win and ThePunk75 for clinching the 4th quarter seat! Theedouble*d also moves even with ThePunk on the Walk of Fame!

1st – Theedouble*d
2nd – Douge2
3rd – Absea98
4th – ThePunk75
5th – Kensik
6th – Bigbrimar
7th – Derf-63
8th – LittleRedElf
9th – Akensi

Standings are on the right side of the blog.
Four players are still in the running for the last two seats.

Absea98 - 132 points
Douge2 – 123 points
Kensik - 117 points
Rennzzo – 113 points
Tigercub8189 - 111 pts

Tension in the Big House!