Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Last Straw - Niks Poker Palace Officially Closed on PokerStars

Tonight, in pitch black darkness, PokerStars cleared the 2020 Nik's Poker Palace Finals tournament plane for landing. Someone there at the Isle of Man PS headquarters must have got a giggle of it.

Faldo is not recovering the plane. They can have it.

Turn out the lights - the party's over. They say all good things must end.

Fun Parties. Fun poker games. Fun poker tournaments and leagues. Fun Chess Clubs.

Even Republics and Constitutions end. Not a bang, but a whimper.

Yes, all good things come to an end eventually. So does Niks Poker Palace.

Our NPP Final tonight was scheduled. Faldo believes he saw five players already registered of the nine that qualified - including your host.

But when Faldo logged in - the tournament was not there! It mysteriously disappeared. The same way 3 to 5 weeks of our poker results during the regular season did.

Well, between losing control over my on line poker statistics, losing freedoms as an individual in my state and then having my country stolen by obvious voter fraud, Faldo is just not in the mood to fight little windmills like PokerStars.

Faldo was planning on setting up the tournament for 50 weeks next year, but with the uncertainty of PokerStars software, why bother?

Faldo wishes to thank all the players who have supported this league and this blog. You are the reason it was a labor of love. But the desire in Faldo is gone. The get up and go in Faldo...has got up and went. 

It's move, bend, surrender, step aside, or walk away humbled for Faldo from now on.

There will be an occasional post. Odd thoughts, pithy observations. Maybe a recap of NPP history starting at a re-telling of the White Whale saga and each year recap of NPP history! That is a year of posts right there.

We will see what the new year brings.

My prayers and best wishes go out to all of you my friends. 

Faldo


7 comments:

Anonymous said...


Faldo,

To quote the opening poem expressed by Rodney Dangerfield once.... Don't go gentle into that goodnight....

"We will have to lose what we got, to know what we miss, if it was really that good, we will fight to get it back."

Continue blogging... I have appreciated your opinions and positions because I have used them since my impressionable days to form my opinions. Those opinions have now influenced my sons. And they know where they came from - in between hands of 5 card hi lo with 3 buys, on a multiped carpet basement floor, Red Green on the TV after hockey night in Canada (the great Don Cherry version), from a guy who cannot understand why people golf, but then goes on to play 100+ rounds per year.

Herbavor/Hlam

Absea98 said...

Ok, just read this...no wonder I couldn't sign into the tourny. I will REALLY miss this league and the many friends I have made over the last 10 years. Thank you Mike for making this group happen...all of your work was definitely appreciated.

Goodbye all.

Gary "Abs"

Absea98 said...

I have a feeling that Faldo will be back. When that happens, we will be back with you Mike.

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