Well, K9isadog crushed the NPP field during the season. It was only fitting that he finish by winning the Championship Tournament. He faced the NPP year’s best six players, and bested them – all at the same table. He was the best at NPP this year – no question!
We had a nice group of fans and players at the rail to cheer (jeer?) the combatants. It was a fun night. We even picked up a few more for the Heads Up tourney.
On to the action:
41 min: A testimony to how important this tourney is and how good this group of players is. Forty-one minutes to the first exit.
Late arrival xxxKdogxxx (7th) has to go with (TT), but loses the coin flip as Absea98 catches up with (AQ) as an [A] flops.
45 min: Faldo takes a huge chunk out of K9isadog’s stack as he has to fold after some heavy betting. This makes his win even more impressive. Faldo falls short when he tries to make a comeback.
50 min: Faldo gets hurt as his (AA) loses to LittleRedElf’s (77) when a [7] flops.
57 min: Faldo (6th) has to go with (44) and loses his coin flip to LittleRedElf (again) with (AT) with an [A] on the turn.
1st break:
Suetman1 3113
ThePunk75 2672
LittleRedElf 2549
K9isadog 1306
Absea98 860
70 min: Absea98 (5th) has to go with (As Qs) but cannot catch LittleRedElf’s (TT).
73 min: LittleRedElf (4th) sees his (TT) run into K9isadog’s (AA).
89 min: Suetman1 (3rd) has to go when her (As 8s) pairs with an [8] on the flop. But ThePunk75 is holding (99).
Heads up: ThePunk75 5935 - 4565 K9isadog
93 min: K9isadog has a monster chip lead at this point. The exciting poker happened actually before the ending. Can K9 and the Punk explain the “real” final hand to us – in their own words and thoughts – in the comment section please?
A short-stacked ThePunk75 moves in with (T4) and cannot catch K9isadog’s (A6).
Congratulations to all the finalists on a great season and …really special salutes to K9isadog, who lead the league “wire to wire” – then stood at the finish line to slap us as we went by! Great season K9!
NPP Player of the Year – K9isadog
2nd – ThePunk75
3rd – Suetman1
4th – LittleRedElf
5th – Absea98
6th – Mikeniks-Faldo
7th – xxxKdogxxx
See you in the Heads Up tourney or on January 4! Recruit players and read/comment on the blog. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Congrats K9 for a great year and a well played tournament! Kudos to Punk75 for another great game too!
Thanks Mike for another awesome league!
Congrats to the entire final table, and special congrats to K9isadog for his win. I watched for a while and he was seriously ss for a period in the beginning. Good job, all!
First of all, you are all to blame for being good to great Poker players. I have been educated on to higher learning by my participation and frequent tuition payments in this league. My wife knows it Tuesday at the house and I play poker hopefully longer than the first hour. Don't worry when I let her have the computer before 9:30 she calls me a loser.
Three hands stand out. Fold to Faldo leaving me approx 350 chips after commiting a good deal of stack to the pot to top pair, flush and straight draw. Faldo claims to have kkk, and his final bet made it hard to call without having a great hand. Top pair with paint kicker was not good enough at that time. I tightened up and made sure I had position and few numbers in pot to either bluff or put my tourney life on line if the flopped missed me and my opponent. Got lucky in a race with 88 vs aq and faded the over cards.
Then came a key point. Hand number two, Faldo on the button pushed all in, i woke up with qq. An easy call he had me cover I needed chips, and if he was bigger than JJ on the button he wouldn't push. I thought middle pair, or ak aq at minimum. I was shocked at K6 suited. I can't blame him or find fault because I was folding big blind like a Chinese laundry mat. I rainbowed the flop and avoided the k, I might have even set my qqq on turn, but can't remember I doubled up and gave me a range of play back.
At that point I was afraid of suetman and the punk, I started to chat at punk hoping to irritate him at a key point where he would try to kill the k9. Punk took care of suetman for me, but it gave him chips. We played a few hands with good folds and bets by all. The I called with 9 7. Spade flop with Q high, and I had 9. I thought Punk's bet was a semi bluff. I called, I had plenty of chips but he had me covered I beleived. The 7 hit on the turn I had 2 pair, i bet and I think there was reraise which I called with about 5100 left. The K hit a blank on the turn and of couse the board had the k9, I decided to push all in to represent flush, or drive him away. I thought he would fold, but was afraid kq if rivered me, and he was playing q and k rag and two paired he was the better man. If he had aq or ak I was ahead, I pushed so he would fold qqq or anything lower than a j flush made. He was sick of my shit and called. He was crippled.
Punk is one tough customer, I was a little lucky but I love k9 flop when it hits. I play it all the time.....maybe. See you all soon.
First of all, you are all to blame for being good to great Poker players. I have been educated on to higher learning by my participation and frequent tuition payments in this league. My wife knows it Tuesday at the house and I play poker hopefully longer than the first hour. Don't worry when I let her have the computer before 9:30 she calls me a loser.
Three hands stand out. Fold to Faldo leaving me approx 350 chips after commiting a good deal of stack to the pot to top pair, flush and straight draw. Faldo claims to have kkk, and his final bet made it hard to call without having a great hand. Top pair with paint kicker was not good enough at that time. I tightened up and made sure I had position and few numbers in pot to either bluff or put my tourney life on line if the flopped missed me and my opponent. Got lucky in a race with 88 vs aq and faded the over cards.
Then came a key point. Hand number two, Faldo on the button pushed all in, i woke up with qq. An easy call he had me cover I needed chips, and if he was bigger than JJ on the button he wouldn't push. I thought middle pair, or ak aq at minimum. I was shocked at K6 suited. I can't blame him or find fault because I was folding big blind like a Chinese laundry mat. I rainbowed the flop and avoided the k, I might have even set my qqq on turn, but can't remember I doubled up and gave me a range of play back.
At that point I was afraid of suetman and the punk, I started to chat at punk hoping to irritate him at a key point where he would try to kill the k9. Punk took care of suetman for me, but it gave him chips. We played a few hands with good folds and bets by all. The I called with 9 7. Spade flop with Q high, and I had 9. I thought Punk's bet was a semi bluff. I called, I had plenty of chips but he had me covered I beleived. The 7 hit on the turn I had 2 pair, i bet and I think there was reraise which I called with about 5100 left. The K hit a blank on the turn and of couse the board had the k9, I decided to push all in to represent flush, or drive him away. I thought he would fold, but was afraid kq if rivered me, and he was playing q and k rag and two paired he was the better man. If he had aq or ak I was ahead, I pushed so he would fold qqq or anything lower than a j flush made. He was sick of my shit and called. He was crippled.
Punk is one tough customer, I was a little lucky but I love k9 flop when it hits. I play it all the time.....maybe. See you all soon.
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