Theedouble*d Wins His Third NPP Tourney of the Year and 7th Overall

Theedouble*d moves up the NPP Walk of Fame, passing the great Doneill on the list. He did it by besting eighteen others in a wild night of poker.

It was a crazy ride for some and heartbreak for quite a few as PokerStars delivered river shot after river shot - sometimes after giving a turn card reprieve first! Talk about torture. But that is poker.

If you are not a masochist, you have no business being here. TWSS!

On to the NPP action:

17 min: xxxKdogxx (19th) sees his long streak of final tables come to an abrupt end. Nice run Kevin.

21 min: A semi- short-stacked Mikeniks-Faldo (18th) started out the PokerStars heartbreak run (naturally – who else would PokerStars pick?) by watching my (KK) (56%) lose to Theedouble*d’s (Qh Jh) (44%). When two hearts and a [Q] hit the flop, I was just a little better than a coin flip. But runner-runner [JQ] made the need for a heart irrelevant.

21 min: Tigercub8189 (17th) has his brother’s luck I guess.
32 min: Derf-63 takes out K9isadog (16th).
34 min: Odds2win777’s (15th) (As Ks) loses the coin flip to Yecats423’s (TT).
38 min: Tomservo2 (14th) Then a long battle ensues.
53 min: Wingsfancurt (13th)
55 min: A (SS) T3chlady (12th) goes with (A3) and watches Yecats423’s (T9) make a straight.

56 min: LittleRedElf (11th)

What I have not been able to show is all the river saves that have been going on. Many of the players still in were much shorter in chips than some of the players already eliminated. And the insanity would continue after the break.

1st break:
Derf-63 6315
ThePunk75 4300
Yecats423 3905
Absea98 2960
Douge2 2925
Pre01 2550
Theedouble*d 1970
Mistermusic5 1830
Funtoon 970
Suetman1 775

64 min: Douge2 (10th)
69 min: Funtoon (9th) loses a coin flip with (22) to Yecats423’s (AJ) with a [J] on the river.

70 min: Pre01 (8th) sees his (AA) lose to ThePunk75’s (QQ) with a [Q] on the river. Ouch!

76 min: Mistermusic5 (7th) first loses a coin flip to Suetman1 (who has been on a river-saved tear!), then as a short-stack (SS), sees his (K8) run into Yecats423’s (KQ).

98 min: A rare double kill as PokerStars deals out the pain! Look at these hands will you? ThePunk75 (6th) (AA) and Absea98 (5th) (JJ) lose to Theedouble*d’s (QQ) with a [Q] on the river! Ouch!

Earlier, ThePunk75’s (KK) hit a [K] to beat Theedouble*d’s (AA) earlier. So, I guess a payback. As I said, lots of that stuff this evening. But ThePunk75's showing moves him back into the 3rd Quarter lead!

101 min: Yecats423 (4th) Somehow, I missed it.
110 min: Suetman1 (3rd) hits two pair on the turn and shoves. Derf-63 picked up a flush draw at the same time, calls, and hits it on the river. But what a comeback for our new total points for a Finals seat leader! She also moves into contention for the 3rd quarter seat.

Heads up: Theedouble*d 18000 - Derf-63 10500

115 min: Heads up: Theedouble*d 7900 - Derf-63 20600

2nd break:
Theedouble*d 22400
Derf-63 6100

Back and forth it went so far!

124 min: Derf-63 (2nd) goes with (Ad 6d), but Theedouble*d pairs his tens.

Congratulations to Theedouble*d on his 7th NPP win!

1st – Theedouble*d – 24 points
2nd – Derf-63 – 19 points
3rd – Suetman1 – 15 pts
4th – Yecats423 – 12 pts
5th – Absea98 – 9 pts
6th – ThePunk75 – 7 pts
7th – Mistermusic5 – 5 pts
8th – Pre01 – 4 pts
9th – Funtoon – 3 pts

Every one else earned one (1) point. Standings on the right side of the blog!