BPC Poker: Season 20

There were a ton of good hands last night, and a lot of them

Week 19 winner... Jagu!
With the winning hand.

involving King's, all of which if I recall correctly held up successfully. Except for one... the final hand of the night.

Jagu was on the brink of his tournament life several times at the final table, getting down extremely low in chips and almost losing them all on a few occasions. But like the great ones do, he was able to claw his way back, build his chip stack up, and eventually get to heads up against Mike, who always has a big stack.

They're about even in chips but Jagu has him just slightly covered when Mike shoves all-in preflop. Jagu calls. Mike shows pkt K's and Jagu shows A-9 off suit. No late drama here, 2 pair for Jagu right on the flop and no help for Mike's K's from there gives Jagu the Week 19 win of this, the 20th season of the BPC. Congrats Jagu!

It's a meaningful win that puts him back into the Top 9, moving up 7 big spots from 11th all the way up to tied for 4th with Eric the Milkman. It also ties him with Mike for Mini-Season 4 with just one week to play.

Mike got 2nd and remains the hottest player in the league right now. He's pointed in 6 of his last 7 starts and we should probably feel fortunate he missed a couple of weeks recently or he may be running away with it even more. He's got 69 points in that time frame alone, which is 21 more points than the next nearest guy (Jeremiah) has. He's 15 points ahead of 2nd place, so he's still in reach, but if he doesn't point for the last 6 weeks then he has the opportunity of becoming only the second member of the supremely exclusive and ridiculously desirable Club 99. Something to think about Mike. You get tee shirt and I'll even show you the secret handshake.

I wiggled into the final money spot at 3rd, and move up from 9th to 6th, passing by Kurt, Charlie, Jeena and Amir.

Padma got 4th and it keeps her comfortably in 2nd place.

Judy got the scrappy 5th and Eric was the Milk Bubble.

So as mentioned, Mike has a firm hold of first, and Padma is comfortable in 2nd, but beyond that there is a massive log jam and ONLY 4 POINTS separate places 3 through 9. And outside the 9 there's another pack that is just a strong finish or two away from getting to the show.

With one week left in Mini-Season 4, Mike and Jagu are tied for the lead, but there are still 5 others with a shot at a piece of those tasty bonus chips.

And with 6 weeks left in the season, we're looking at one of the tightest races to the finish ever. There's already 9 players that are guaranteed at least 72 points, which has been near the magic number in the past. Something tells me that it's going to take at least 78 to get it this season, but it's still too early to tell. Every win is big, but every win from here on out is season changing.

Player	Week 19
Jagu	15
Mike	12
Scott	9
Padma	6
Judy	3
Eric	Bubble

Player	Total
Mike	93
Padma	78
Allan U	70
Jagu	69
Eric	69
Scott	68
Jeena	66
Charlie	66
Amir	66
Kurt	61
Jeremiah	58
Allen Y	51
Brice	50
Judy	43
Potts	34
Chess	34
Steve	33
Andy	22
Hirrum	19
Kelly	18
JC	17
zGuest1	16
Ryan	7
Julie	3
Papa Kumo	2
Bagu	2
Ryan M	1
Johnny	1
Jaclyn	1