Season 20 - Week 17

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Right about when we were going to collapse into the final table,

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...