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Right about when we were going to collapse into the final table,
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| Week 17 Winner... Mike! |
Padma shoves all-in for about 2700. She just lost a few big pots and is steaming a bit so there may be a wide range of hands I'm going to call with just to finish the job off. I look down and see, you guessed it, my pkt K's. Joy. So despite my bitter-sweet history with the K's it's an easy call for Padma's chips. Unfortunately Mike is to my left. I had given him a bunch a chips in a couple of hands earlier, and had just recently got them all back and more from other people. I don't want to give them away again. Go away Mike, go away.
Nope, no such luck. He actually shoves all-in for more than than I have, putting me on a decision with my K's that I rarely seem to get correct. I reluctantly call thinking there's only one hand to be afraid of and talking myself into the possibility he would do that with Q's. Again, no such luck, he flips over pkt Aces. They hold up and take out my K's and Padma's pkt J's.
Mike was able to turn those chips into an even more massive chip stack at the final table, and eventually to the first place win in Week 17 of this, the 20th season of the BPC. Congrats Mike!
Mike had early success this season with a Week 2 win, but then went on an 8 week cold streak without pointing. But that ended on Week 11 and since then he's had 5 pointings in 7 weeks, including 2 wins and a 2nd. All that success puts him into 1st place overall, 9 points ahead of Padma.
Charlie took down 2nd place and jumps from 9th to 5th.
Eric took 3rd and remains in 7th.
Allan U got 4th and moves past Amir into 3rd place.
Kelly got the scrappy 5th and Kurticus, normally the perennial Bubble Boy, bubbles for the first time this season.
Player Week 17
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Mike 15
Charlie 12
Eric 9
Allan U 6
Kelly 3
Kurt Bubble
Player Total
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Mike 80
Padma 71
Allan U 68
Amir 66
Charlie 64
Jeena 62
Eric 62
Kurt 59
Jagu 53
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Brice 49
Scott 47
Jeremiah 42
Allen Y 41
Judy 39
Steve 32
Potts 32
Chess 32
Andy 21
Hirrum 19
Kelly 17
zGuest1 16
JC 16
Ryan 7
Julie 3
Papa Kumo 2
Bagu 2
Ryan M 1
Johnny 1
Jaclyn 1
2nd place... Charlie!
3rd place... Eric!
4th place... Allan U!
5th place... Kelly!
Bubble Boy... Kurticus!
Final Table...
From the WTF file, early in the night of Week 16 of this, the 20th season of the BPC, Jeena, Andy and Amir end up all in pre-flop with:
Jeena: A-K
Andy: A-Q
Amir: A-J
Jeena and Andy are in for all their chips.
Amir: "Jack, jack, jack!!!"
Flop comes... J-10-4.
Doh, he actually hit it. Turns come something, but...
"Wait, wait! Wrong deck!" yells Potts, who is the secondary dealer at the table.
Say what? It's true, everyone re-looks at the backs of their cards and Jeena, the real dealer confirms, its the wrong color. Ok, that was a fun little fake-gasim for Amir and everyone (but mostly Amir), but let's get back to reality with the real deck.
Jeena deals and... Jack in the window! First card out and lighting strikes twice for Amir. Next card is whatever, and third card... bang! another Jack. Amir flops trips with the real deck, and Jeena rebuys.
Amir wasn't able to do much with those chips, but still remains tied for second overall with Mike, both still behind Padma.
This weeks winner... Kurticus! He seems to be an all-or-nothing-not-playing-for-second kinda player, because he only has 3 pointings for the year, but all 3 are first places. Congrats Kurt! The win moves him up from 10th to into the Top 9 at 6th.
Jagu got 2nd and also moves in the Top 9 from 11th to 8th.
Judy gets her 2nd pointing of the season with a 3rd place, and Jeena gets value from her rebuy chips with a 4th.
Andy must have re-bought also because he got the scrappy 5th.
And Allan U was the Bubble Boy, his first of the season. (Still well behind my league-leading 3 bubbles.)
First place... Kurticus!
2nd place... Jagu!
3rd place... Judy!
4th place... Jeena!
5th place... Andy!
Bubble Boy... Allan U!
Week 16 Final Table
Happy Birthday Chess!!!
In game action...
Player Week 16
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Kurt 15
Jagu 12
Judy 9
Jeena 6
Andy 3
Allan U Bubble
Player Total
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Padma 70
Mike 65
Amir 65
Allan U 62
Jeena 61
Kurt 58
Eric 53
Jagu 52
Charlie 52
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Brice 49
Scott 46
Jeremiah 41
Allen Y 40
Judy 38
Potts 32
Steve 31
Chess 31
Andy 21
Hirrum 19
zGuest1 16
JC 15
Kelly 14
Ryan 7
Julie 3
Papa Kumo 2
Bagu 2
Ryan M 1
Johnny 1
Jaclyn 1
Ok, it looks like I've fallen behind both in BPC updates and BPC points. But now that we've wrapped up Week 15 and the 3rd Mini-Season, and are heading into the final stretches of this, the 20th season of the BPC, I will try to keep up with both.
I've missed just about a full Mini-Season of updates and catching up would be asking a little too much of someone of my advanced age and limited intellect, so all I can offer is a shout out to the last 5 winners, and an update of current standings.
Week 11 Winner... Kurticus!
Week 12 Winner... Mike!
Week 13 Winner... Charlie!
Week 14 Winner... Amir!
Week 15 Winner... Jeremiah!
Congrats to the winners and the rest of the pointers who have pulled ahead of me in the process. And congrats to Amir who squeaked out the Mini-Season 3 victory over Mike by a single point.
Overall, Padma still hangs on to the lead but has only pointed once in the last 5 weeks with a 4th place. Meanwhile both Mike and Amir have had 3 significant finishes each, and are now tied for 2nd place just 5 points behind.
Player Total
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Padma 69
Mike 64
Amir 64
Allan U 61
Jeena 55
Eric 52
Charlie 51
Brice 48
Scott 45
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Kurt 43
Jeremiah 40
Jagu 40
Allen Y 39
Potts 31
Steve 30
Chess 30
Judy 29
Hirrum 19
Andy 18
zGuest1 16
JC 15
Kelly 13
Ryan 7
Julie 3
Papa Kumo 2
Bagu 2
Ryan M 1
Johnny 1
Jaclyn 1
