BPC Season 11 - Week 18
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Jagu started the season off strong, pointing in the first 2 weeks with a 2nd and a 4th. But then he went the next 14 weeks with just a single pointing (a 5th place finish in Week 10.) He's now bookended those points with a 4th place last week, and a nice 1st place last night. He was in 16th place overall just two weeks ago, and now has jumped into 7th place overall, passing Mike, Arjan, Nicole, Sungina, Chess, Bagu and Eric along the way. He's also in the lead for Mini-Season 4. Well done Godfather.
To do it, he had to put the beat down on his own daughter in heads up play. Jeena takes down 2nd place, and the 12 points bump her from the very fringe of the Top 9, up to 5th place by herself.
Kurt was looking for more, but had to settle for a 3rd place and 9 points. He may not have been happy with it, but it helps him continue his climb up from the pack, moving from 16th place and 12 points out, to 13th place and just 5 points out of the Top 9.
Jeremiah points for the 3rd time in 4 weeks with a 4th place finish, and moves past Potts into 2nd place, just 8 points behind The Hurricane. Potts got the scrappy 5th, Sungina was the Bubble, and the cash game is straight up evil.
Chester's cold streak is extended to 9 weeks.
7 weeks left in the season, still plenty of time for EVERYTHING to change.
NEXT WEEK IS A DOUBLE HEADER WEEK, WITH A GAME ON BOTH THURSDAY 9/30 AND FRIDAY 10/1.
Player Week 18
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Jagu 15
Jeena 12
Kurt 9
Jeremiah 6
J Potts 3
Sungina Bubble
Player Total
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Steven 79
Jeremiah 71
J Potts 70
Scott 63
Jeena 62
KarJacked 56
Jagu 55
Mike 52
Arjan 52
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Nicole 51
Sungina 48
Chess 48
Kurt 47
Bagu 46
Eric 45
Judy 39
Morgan 31
Padma 27
Ruby 25
Omar 21
Remo 21
J Hall 19
Julius 14
Ben 10
Nisha 8
RiceCake 7
Kelly 7
Anthony 7
Guest 1 4
Guest 2 2
Player Mini-Season 4
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Jagu 22
Jeremiah 19
J Potts 19
Padma 17
Jeena 16
Nicole 14
Steven 13
Kurt 11
Julius 10
- - Others at 8 or less, - -
- - still in the hunt though - -
First and Second Place, the Godfather and Goddaughter...
Third place, Kurticus...
Fourth place, Jeremiah...
Fifth place, Potts...
BPC Season 11 - Week 17
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Going into the week, Padma had gone without any points in 11 games over the first 16 weeks of the season, ending on the bubble 3 times along the way. As seems to be the way things work out, she snaps that cold streak with a decisive win over Jeremiah in heads up play. The win and 15 points push her up to 18th overall, and within sniffing distance of the rest of the pack. Still plenty of season left to make a stand.
Jeremiah's 2nd place and 12 points push him back into 3rd place overall by himself. The Hurricane extends his overall lead yet again with a nice 3rd place finish in the money. He's now 11 points ahead of 2nd place Potts.
Jagu got 4th place, ending his 6 week cold streak, and Jeena got the scrappy 5th, pushing her into a tie for 8th with Nicole.
Bagu was the bubble.
No other changes in the Top 9, no one slipped in or was pushed out. Chester's cold streak is extended to 8 weeks, despite the wager someone was silly enough to put out there. (Was that you Sung? Did you not learn anything from last year?)
8 weeks left in the season!
Player Week 17
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Padma 15
Jeremiah 12
Steven 9
Jagu 6
Jeena 3
Bagu Bubble
Player Total
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Steven 78
J Potts 67
Jeremiah 65
Scott 62
KarJacked 55
Mike 51
Arjan 51
Nicole 50
Jeena 50
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Sungina 47
Chess 47
Bagu 45
Eric 44
Jagu 40
Judy 38
Kurt 38
Morgan 31
Padma 26
Ruby 25
Omar 21
Remo 20
J Hall 18
Julius 14
Ben 10
Nisha 8
RiceCake 7
Kelly 7
Anthony 6
Guest 1 4
Guest 2 2
Player Mini-Season 4
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J Potts 16
Padma 16
Jeremiah 13
Nicole 13
Steven 12
Julius 10
KarJacked 7
Jagu 7
Jeena 4
Scott 2
Mike 2
Arjan 2
Sungina 2
Chess 2
Bagu 2
Eric 2
Judy 2
Kurt 2
Omar 2
J Hall 2
Anthony 2
Kelly 1
Guest 1 1
First and Second place, Padma and Jeremiah...
Third place, The Hurricane...
The Bubble Zone...
Donk-a-thon...
Poker face...
BPC Season 11 - Week 16
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Week 16 and we start the fourth Mini-Season with fireworks. Very early in the night, Chess raises pre-flop to 550 out of position, and Kurt calls. Flop comes Ah 3h 4h. Chess checks and Kurt bets 550. Chess calls, and turn comes 3s. Chess checks again and Kurt bets out another 550. Chess shoves and Kurt snap calls with pkt 4's for the boat. Chess says "I have outs" and shows pkt 10's. Ant says "No, you have AN out, I mucked a 10." River comes... 10.
Doh!
Not too much later, flop comes 2-6-9 and Jac-o-Karrie checks to Mike, who bets out 600. Jackedup makes it 2600, and Mike hollywoods a bit until finally pushing all in. Snap called, and Mike shows pkt 2's for the bottom set, and Jackoffski shows pkt 3's for better set. Ouch, the dreaded set over set, not much you can do. No help comes, and Mike is sent to the rail.
Not much after that, Judy turns a set of 9's, and Earl rivers a set of Jack's. Ouch again. Judy is out. (Although this one was slightly different, there was a straight and a flush draw on the board.)
"What's a 7 do?" - Earl, after catching a 4 card straight all in with his pkt 10's, against Arjan's all-in pkt K's and Jagu's pkt Q's.
(Editor's note: I was to be paid off by an unnamed benefactor if I could refer to Earl as The Big Wind instead of Hurricane for the rest of the season. Sounded good to me, I have no journalistic morals, but it just doesn't stick so no soup for me.)
Earl was able to last to 5th place for the night, after having a chip roller coaster ride. The 3 points help keep him in the overall lead, but an old foe is on his tail yet again. Potts, perhaps a little grumpy after dropping down a few spots after the Thursday game, is back in the winner's circle, besting Nicole in heads up play. The 15 points puts him back in 2nd place overall, just 3 points behind the Hurricane.
Nicole ends her 6 week skid with a nice 2nd place. The 12 points pushes her back into the Top 9 for the first time since Week 10. Chester could not capitalize off of Kurt's ill gotten chips, and extends his point-less streak to 7 weeks. Chess is now out of the Top 9 for the first time all season, and probably the first time in many seasons. I don't expect that to last very long. Please people, whatever you do, don't place any bet of any sort with him on this, we've seen what the consequences of that have been in the past.
Sungina is also out of the Top 9 for the first time since Week 7.
Julius makes a rare but always welcomed showing, and finishes in 3rd place for the night, and Jack-o-lope finally contributes to Team KarJacked with a 4th place finish and 6 points. They are now in 4th place overall.
Padma was the bubble, her third of the season (tying Hee Hall for most so far.)
9 weeks to go, and its still anyone's race.
Player Week 16
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J Potts 15
Nicole 12
Julius 9
KarJacked 6
Steven 3
Padma Bubble
Player Total
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Steven 69
J Potts 66
Scott 61
KarJacked 54
Jeremiah 53
Mike 50
Arjan 50
Nicole 49
Jeena 47
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Sungina 46
Chess 46
Bagu 44
Eric 43
Judy 37
Kurt 37
Jagu 34
Morgan 31
Ruby 25
Remo 20
Omar 20
J Hall 17
Julius 13
Padma 11
Ben 10
Nisha 8
RiceCake 7
Kelly 6
Anthony 5
Guest 1 3
Guest 2 2
Player Blitz
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Scott 565,500
Jeremiah 440,050
Kelly 358,750
2nd place, Nicole...
3rd place, Julius...
4th place, the Jacked of KarJacked...
Winnah, winnah, chicken dinnah...
Chess...
Mini-Chess...
The Bubble Zone...
BPC Season 11 - Week 15
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And the cold streak is over! Kurticus Masochist snaps out in K-Large fashion, taking down the week after being very short stacked with just pennies in front of him. I had him all in and against the ropes heads up too, with pkt J's against Ace-dookie, but a river Ace gave him the large chip lead and eventually the win. A big win, but surprisingly it only pushes him up from 18th to 15th, slipping by Jagu and Mortimer along the way.
The second place puts me in sole possession of 2nd place overall, 6 points behind The Big Wind, who didn't do much last night but talk big and go out early. Maybe the $50 bounty Potts put on him had something to do with it. It may have worked, but Potts wasn't able to live up to his end of the deal and get points for the night, so the Mini-Season goes to The Big Wind. Well done, help yourself out to some bonus chips.
Jeremiah was short stacked too, but got on a little suck out streak (a big one against Mike if I recall, but I don't remember the hand specifically) and was able to claw his way to 3rd place for the night. He was in 10th place and on the outside looking in to start the night, but the 9 points pushes him up to 3rd place overall, all by his lonesome. Potts drops down from 2nd to 4th overall.
Fourth place goes to Bagu. I think I saw him play one hand.
And Anthony got the 3 points for the scrappy 5th, good enough to vault him past Guest 1 and Guest 2 and out from the cellar.
Mike had a lot of chips for most of the night, but got some brutal beats near the end and ends up as the bubble.
Chess and Nicole now hold the longest active point-less streak at 6 weeks and counting (among regular players at least.) Last longer anyone?
Double Header week means we get to do it all over again tonight! Yee-haw!
Player Week 15
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Kurt 15
Scott 12
Jeremiah 9
Bagu 6
Anthony 3
Mike Bubble
Player Total
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Steven 66
Scott 60
Jeremiah 52
J Potts 51
Mike 49
Arjan 49
KarJacked 48
Jeena 46
Sungina 45
Chess 45
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Bagu 43
Eric 42
Nicole 37
Judy 36
Kurt 36
Jagu 33
Morgan 31
Ruby 25
Remo 20
Omar 19
J Hall 16
Padma 10
Ben 10
Nisha 8
RiceCake 7
Kelly 6
Julius 4
Anthony 4
Guest 1 3
Guest 2 2
Player Mini-Season 3
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Steven 32 <---- Winner!!!
J Potts 27
Jeremiah 24
Bagu 21
Morgan 21
Kurt 19
Remo 19
Scott 18
KarJacked 16
Third Place, Jeremiah...
Fourth and Fifth place, Bagu and Ant (with Kurt laughing at them because they think they are going to win)...
The bubble and Captain Bubble...
Cheers!
BPC Season 11 - Week 14
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The first place and 15 points are massive for Steve, extending his overall lead to 15 points, pretty much the largest anyone has had all season, and pretty much guaranteeing him a seat at the Final Table. (It hard to tell what the cutoff is going to be this year, last year was the first time we broke the 70-and-you're-in rule, but even if he doesn't point again for the rest of the season he'll still have 76 points. That's gotta be safe. Maybe.)
It also gives him the lead in Mini-Season 3 with 31 points, 5 points ahead of Potts with only one week left. It also puts all but four people (Steven, Potts, Morgan and Remo) out of contention for the mini-season.
Bagu got second place, not sure I saw him play a single hand.
I was about to double up through Mike a get to a dangerously healthy chip stack, but instead he sucks out on me with a 5 outer and uses those chips to get 3rd place. Mike is now back in the Top 9, shoving Jeremiah out along the way.
Mortimer is the other hot streaker, pointing yet again last night for the 3rd time in only 4 attempts. The 4th place and 6 points pushes him to 31, only 13 points out of the Top 9. At this rate and 11 weeks left, he's on pace for 85 points and a ticket to the show.
I got 4th. Boo. Should have been more, but I'll take it. Mike, Arjan and I are having a little tea party all tied for 3rd overall.
Padma was the bubble for the second time this season.
Kurt may have drafted a winning fantasy team last night, but he extends his BPC cold streak to 7 weeks. Also in the cooler are Chess and Nicole, both with 5 week point-free streaks.
One final thought... the 9th place spot had 39 points in Week 12, and 42 in Week 13. The half way point of the season is in between those two, so let's call it 40 points. With that in mind, its not unreasonable to think that the 9th place spot will have double that come the end of the season... meaning 80 points is going to be the cutoff??!?!? Ouch. And actually I just looked back at Seasons 9 and 10, and roughly speaking that rule held true. Game time.
Player Week 14
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Steven 15
Bagu 12
Mike 9
Morgan 6
Scott 3
Padma Bubble
Player Total
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Steven 65
J Potts 50
Scott 48
Mike 48
Arjan 48
KarJacked 47
Jeena 45
Sungina 44
Chess 44
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Jeremiah 43
Eric 41
Bagu 37
Nicole 36
Judy 35
Jagu 32
Morgan 31
Ruby 25
Kurt 21
Remo 19
Omar 19
J Hall 15
Padma 10
Ben 10
Nisha 8
RiceCake 7
Kelly 6
Julius 4
Guest 2 2
Guest 1 2
Anthony 1
Player Mini-Season 3
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Steven 31
J Potts 26
Morgan 21
Remo 18
KarJacked 15
- - Everyone else is Out of Contention - -
Player Blitz
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Scott 434,100
Kelly 321,550
Jeremiah 239,600
Second Place, The Professor...
Third Place, and Mrs. Third place, Mike...
The lucky rub...
Happy times...
Week 14 action...
