BPC Season 14 - Week 1
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The very next hand, only the second hand dealt in this very new season, Ed goes all in with top pair Aces. Jagu calls with a flush draw, and hits on the river. Double doh. Rude. Aren't the new guys supposed to win?
Speaking of winning, Fkamiah takes down the win last night starting the season off right.
Papa Kumo follows up his 2nd place kiddie table showing with a 2nd place, and Potts got 3rd.
Cowboy Slick Rick was 4th. Jeff Hee Hall and Remo will be playing as team Heemo this year. Remo played for the team in Week 1, and survived numerous all-in's on the bubble zone to get the scrappy 5th.
I was the bubble.
Teams this season:
Hee Hall + Remo = Heemo
Charlie + Earl = Churl
Karrie + Jaclyn + Kelly = KarJackly
Player Week 1
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Fkamiah 15
Papa Kumo 12
J Potts 9
Rick 6
Heemo 3
Scott Bubble
Player Total
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Fkamiah 15
Papa Kumo 12
J Potts 9
Rick 6
Heemo 3
KarJackly 1
Chess 1
Jagu 1
Julius 1
Churl 1
Jeena 1
Padma 1
Scott 1
Judy 1
J Hall 1
Guest 1 1
Bassant 1
2nd place, Papa Kumo...
3rd place, Potts...
4th place, Cowboy Slick Rick...
5th place, Team Heemo...
Season 13's Final Table Winner is...
The Godfather!!!!
More details to come later, but CONGRATS JAGU!!!!
BPC Season 13 - Week 25
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Let's start with the winner of this, the final week of the season... none other than... REMO!!! Nicely done Remopolis! Its only his 3rd pointing of the season in 21 tries, but his other 2 were 2nd places, so when he gets close, he knows how to finish.
Coming in second was this season's dream trio... KarJackly!!! They came into the final week as the points leader, and no one else within striking distance pointed so they had it locked up. Was that good enough for them? Hells no. They (and by "they" I mean Karrie) just went ahead and got an additional 12 points for the team. Way to rub our collective noses into it. And way to make the Century Club.
Point being, our Points Champion for Season 13 is... 3 chicks.
Awesome. Way to make it tough on the plaque engraver. How in the Fkamiah are they going to fit 3 names on that little 1"x1/2" little rectangle? Think I'll go ahead and blast some Dixie Chicks and watch some Charlie's Angels while poor mister engraver figures it out.
Just kidding. I'm actually listening to Glee.
In the meantime, let's just break down the magic 3-way that is KarJackly, in the only way I know how... tabular form...
Player Games Pts Avg
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Karrie 7 41 5.86
Kelly 9 41 4.56
Jacoff 9 25 2.78
Yeah i could have went with pictures, but I'm a gleek. You feeling me? Point is, the beeyatches done beeyatch-slap all of us.
CONGRATS KARJACKLY!!!!! WELL DONE!!!! Smooches.
Yeah, I'm bitter. Only because I won't be there at the Final Table. But that's another story. But seriously, congrats ladies, if it couldn't be me, then I can't think of any other 3 chick combo that I would have picked. Plus, you ensured that Chess didn't win, which means extra prop bets for me and Fkamiah. And on top of that, Club 99 remains extremely exclusive. Extremely. Members only please.
Coming in 3rd for Week 25 was our very own Cowboy Slick Rick. Let the record reflect that CSR only played in the last 13 weeks of the season, enough to earn him a cheap buy in to the second table, but he also averaged 4.23 points in the 13 weeks he played. That's more than everyone else except for this season's Points Championchicks, KarJackly. (Let the record also reflect that my boy Ant was in 3rd with a 4.14 avg. Law skool is so over-rated Ant, come back to your true calling.)
Coming in 4th for the week was perennial but semi-retired Champ Jeff Spongebob Hall. I think he's taken home a trophy in just about every season he's played in, so let's hope he comes back for a full season soon to defend his tiara.
And finally coming in the scrappy 5th place was Fkamiah, picking up the exact number of points he needed to land on the Top 9 bubble. Which means he gets top chip stack at the second table and a big atta-boy from the rest of us.
Mike was Bubble Boy for the week, which stings a little bit, but he also ended up placing in 4th overall, AND won the 5th and final Mini-Season, taking away the sting slightly and giving him more than enough to win the Final Table. Or at the very least place in the top 3. Any bets?
Congrats everyone again who made it to the Final Table, and thank you thank you thank you thank you to the Burnett's for hosting another wonderful BPC season.
Player Week 25
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Remo 15
KarJackly 12
Rick 9
J Hall 6
Fkamiah 3
Mike Bubble
Player Total
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KarJackly 107
Cayce 95
Chess 85
Mike 82
Eric 81
Jagu 78
Kurt 77
Julius 77
Steven 74
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Fkamiah 73
Jeena 67
Papa Kumo 65
Padma 64
Scott 61
Anthony 58
J Potts 56
Rick 55
Remo 58
Nicole 41
Judy 39
Arjan 37
Charlie 36
Omagina 27
Bagu 24
J Hall 26
Dennis 12
Guest 1 8
Devin 4
Guest 2 2
David 1
Dave 1
Player Mini-Season 5
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Mike 32
Steven 30
Cayce 29
Rick 21
Chess 19
Jagu 19
Remo 19
Player Best Dressed
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Chess 85
Mike 82
Kurt 77
Julius 77
Steven 74
2nd place, KarJackly... just put the remote down and no one gets hurt...
3rd place, CSR...
4th place, SpongeHall...
5th place, Fkamiahwolf...
Bubble Boy, Anonymous...
BPC Season 13 - Week 24
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Needless to say, those points are ginormous for him. They lock him a seat at the Final Table, and he's all but assured that he will not be wearing a dress next season, unless its by choice of course. It would take a perfect storm of the other 4 finishing in perfect order, and even then there would be a tie.
Mike was in the same position, tied for the last Final Table spot, and tied for last in the Best Dressed. Enough of that, he says, and takes down 2nd place last night. He's rushing at the right time, its his 5th pointing in 7 weeks, for a total of 50 points. He's locked in a return trip to the Final Table, and he's gotta be feeling a little good about his place in the Best Dressed race with 3 people behind him and only 1 week left.
Eric is riding a rush too, with 6 pointings in the last 9 weeks for 48 points. (And technically it was only 8 weeks since he was out for one of them.) He too has locked in a seat with a minimum of 81 points with his 3rd place finish last night. (Actually I think there's a scenario where he would get booted, but don't bet on it.)
Potts slips in at 4th place, but its going to be too little, too late. He's mathematically eliminated from both the Final Table, and from beating Chess in their head-to-head bet. And he also has to be worried about Chess winning the Points Championship, which would double the loss.
Bagu was the scrappy 5th, and Padma was the Bubble, her second of the season.
As a side note, Cayce wins the Last Longer Bracket challenge by outlasting everyone in the weekly head-to-head match ups, and takes home a cool $320.
I'm sure if we ask nicely again, Fkamiah will be kind enough to provide the if-then scenarios for the final week of Season 13. I will tell you that everyone behind me is eliminated.
Player Week 24
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Chess 15
Mike 12
Eric 9
J Potts 6
Bagu 3
Padma Bubble
Player Total
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KarJackly 95
Cayce 94
Chess 84
Mike 81
Eric 80
Jagu 77
Kurt 76
Julius 76
Steven 73
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Fkamiah 69
Jeena 66
Papa Kumo 64
Padma 63
Scott 60
-- Eliminated --
Anthony 57
J Potts 56
Rick 46
Remo 43
Nicole 40
Judy 38
Arjan 37
Charlie 36
Omagina 27
Bagu 23
J Hall 20
Dennis 11
Player Mini-Season 5
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Mike 31
Steven 29
Cayce 28
Chess 18
Jagu 18
Player Best Dress (Pts Behind)
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Chess 84 0
Mike 81 3
Kurt 76 8
Julius 76 8
Steven 73 11
2nd place, Mike...
BPC Season 13 - Week 23
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But since I have your attention, let's start with what in my country they call, the (near) perfect storm. Both Steven and Mike started the first TWO Mini-Seasons with zero pointings. Goose-egged for 10 straight weeks of countless taunting. Steven missed Week 11, so got nothing but a bought point for that one, and finally made it to the points for the first time in Week 12, almost exactly half way through the season.
Not to be out done, Mike extended it and went 13 straight weeks until his first pointing in Week 14. By that time Jules, Kurt and Chess had amassed a 52, 46 and 44 point lead respectively. A 52 point lead!!! That difference at the half way points is more than respected players like Potts, Nicole and Arjan have all season to date... after 23 weeks!
But Mike started his charge 6 weeks ago and has 4 pointings in that time, with two 2nds and two 4ths for 38 points. Steven got a healthy 2nd place last week, and follows it up this week with an outright win.
Get 'er done.
In the meantime Jules, after starting the season with guns blazing, is nursing a 12 week cold spell, and Chess is working on a respectable 11 week one himself.
All that combined means that Steven and Mike have now crawled out from the bowels of the BPC cellar and into the Top 9. And in the Race for the Dress, Mike has pulled into a tie with Chester for the final spot. Steven is smack dab in the middle, 3 points behind the two in front of him (Kurt and Jules) and 3 points ahead of the two behind him (Mike and Chess.) Never let them see you sweat.
I can't take this. You hear that Elizabeth? This is the big one, I'm coming to join you!
Rick got 3rd, his 5th pointing in only 11 weeks of play. Mathematically he's not out of finding a way into the Top 9 this season, but it would take another perfect storm. But he's shown he's going to be a contender for next season and one to watch for if he plays for a full season.
And speaking of contenders, Cayce points for the 4th week in a row, this time with a 4th place, and has pulled within a single point of our overall leaders, Team KarJackly! This just after he said he has played his last weekly game of the season. Possum. Not to mention, he missed two weeks that he didn't buy the points for. If he had, he'd be in the overall lead.
Eric pulls the scrappy 5th place, and its huge for him. Had he bubble'd, he'd be in a 4 way tie for the final Top 9 spot. With the extra scrappy points though, he's pulled into solo 7th and has a projected minimum of 73 points. Not necessarily a lock, but might be good enough, and more importantly there's two open spots behind him.
Dennis was the Bubble, his 2nd of the season.
So after 23 weeks, there's still so much to be determined. No one is safe in the the Race for the Dress, and the final spots in the Top 9 are wide open.
With 2 weeks left, maybe Fkamiah will bless us with his seasonal if-then scenarios. Everyone ask nicely.
2 WEEKS LEFT IN THE SEASON!!!
Player Week 23
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Steven 15
Mike 12
Rick 9
Cayce 6
Eric 3
Dennis Bubble
Player Total
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KarJackly 94
Cayce 93
Jagu 76
Kurt 75
Julius 75
Steven 72
Eric 71
Mike 69
Chess 69
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Fkamiah 68 (69 with bought point)
Jeena 65
Papa Kumo 63
Padma 62
Scott 59
Anthony 57
J Potts 49
Rick 45
Remo 42
Nicole 39
Judy 37
Arjan 37
Charlie 36
Omagina 27
Bagu 20
J Hall 19
Dennis 12
Player Mini-Season 5
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Steven 28
Cayce 27
Mike 19
Jagu 17
Charlie 13
Kurt 11
Rick 11
Bagu 11
Scott 5
Nicole 5
Player Best-Dressed (Pts Behind)
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Kurt 75 0
Julius 75 0
Steven 72 3
Mike 69 6
Chess 69 6
2nd place, Mike...
3rd place, Rick...
4th place, Cayce...
5th place, The Milkman...
Bubble Boy, Dennis...
BPC Season 13 - Week 22
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The win takes him from 10th to 3rd overall, passing right by Julius, Chess, Fkamiah, Eric, Kurt, Jeena and Papa Kumo. 7, count them 7 players he just pased.
With 75 points and a minimum of 78 for the season, he's locked up a seat in the big show. There I said it, its locked.
What's far from locked however, is the heated Race for the Dress. Mike has been putting in work recently with 3 pointings in the last 5 weeks for 26 points. But not so fast sweet cheeks, says Earl, who comes in with a solid 2nd place. Just enough to put him back into a tie with Mike. A tie. Whodat calling? Drama, dats who. And he's brought a date named Suspense.
Kurt was running really hot for most of the night, and after rudely plowing through most of the chumps at Table 3, he came to the final table with a few things... an 11 week point-free streak, a tie for the lead for most bubbles, and a very robust chip stack. (Yes Kurt, you have 3 bubbles, not 4. Dunno wus you talking about Willis.)
Somehow come bubble-o'clock though, he ends up forced to go all in for his tournament life, this time with A-6 against Jagu, Jagu's A-K, and Jagu's Tutankhamun-like stack. Time to take the long walk of shame home? Nope, Kurt hits his thin outer to double up and eventually survives long enough to make it to 3rd. Good for him, he's taken more than his share of nasty beats this season.
And its exactly enough to take him past Chess and into a tie with Julius for the lead in the Race for the Dress. A tie. For the lead. Julius has now been silent for the last 11 weeks straight, the longest active streak in the league.
Cayce holds on long enough for 4th, inching himself closer to his stated goal of breaking into the Century Club. Just 13 more points to go. Or with a 3rd in the last 3 weeks he can earn himself entrance into the supremely exclusive Club 99. (Did I mention there was a membership fee?)
And taking the scrappy 5th was... me. :( Dub-tee-eff. Shoved with pkt 9's, and end up getting called by Jagu and his 9-7. Sweet, 86+% chance to win? Couldn't ask for anything more. Except for maybe not seeing a 7 on the flop and another one on the river. A two-outer away from a double up and moving into 2nd or 3rd in chips. Way to use the whole fist there, doc.
This game. This eff'n game.
Welp, there's just 3 weeks left in the season for this eff'n game, and the first 5 spots (KarJackly, Cayce, Jagu, Julius and Kurt) are locked in with a minumum of 77 points or better.
Everyone from 6th through 9th though should still be a little worred. As an example, Steven is currently in 15 place overall, but would move up to 6th place with a win. Everyone ahead of him would do even better.
3 weeks left in the season!!! Time to get yer giddy up on!
Top 9 Changes:
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Jagu moves to 3rd. Kurt moves to tie for 4th.
In: Jagu
Out: Papa Kumo
Player Week 22
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Jagu 15
Steven 12
Kurt 9
Cayce 6
Scott 3
Padma Bubble
Player Total
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KarJackly 93
Cayce 87
Jagu 75
Julius 74
Kurt 74
Chess 68
Fkamiah 68
Eric 68
Jeena 64
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Papa Kumo 62
Padma 61
Scott 58
Anthony 57
Mike 57
Steven 57
J Potts 48
Remo 41
Nicole 38
Arjan 36
Judy 36
Rick 36
Charlie 35
Omagina 27
J Hall 19
Bagu 19
Player Best Dresed
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Julius 74
Kurt 74
Chess 68
Mike 57
Steven 57
2nd place, Steven...
3rd place, Kurticus...
4th place, Cayce...
5th place, Kumo... (get it? A Fifth...)
