In the longest CPL Tournament of Champions in CPL history (7 hours 29 min), Pam 'Black Widow' Muldoon outlasted 10 other CPL TOC qualifiers to win the 2009 Spring Session TOC!Congrats Pam!
This finish is the first TOC ticket for Black Widow and was accomplished with a combination of patience along with some wonderfully timed catches. Black Widow was seeded #5 going into the TOC and was having a great CPL session going into the TOC. This solid play continued through into the TOC and at one point in the TOC Black Widow had about 45% of the chips in play!! But a runaway victory was not in the cards for Black Widow as she had to fight for her tournament life in the later rounds of the TOC. In the end it was Black Widow versus Greg 'NewLife' Durand in heads up play with NewLife having a slight chip advantage at the beginning of heads up play. This was until Black Widow shoved all in with a club flush draw and was called by NewLife only to see Black Widow catch her flush on the river. This crippled NewLife and a few hands later Black Widow was crowned Champion as her A-7 dominated NewLife's A-6!
This was a great overall TOC with hours and hours of play taking place before the first player was eliminated! This longer structure benefited Black Widow as it took its toll on the top 4 seeds, as none of the top 4 seeds made it into the CPL TOC Ticket spots (Top 3).
The 3 TOC Ticket Spots go to:
Black Widow
NewLife
Malinda 'Nemesis' Cardenas
Congrats to all 3 TOC Ticket winners! Now go to Running Aces and take down some big cash!!
NewLife took chips early in the TOC due to a mishap by Bud 'The Monster' Abbott and in the later rounds of the TOC became very agressive to take a number of chips as play tightened up. Way to go NewLife!
Nemesis was blinded down for the first 90 minutes of the TOC as she was flying back from Salt Lake City on the morning of the TOC, and was seeded 10th going into the TOC, however this did not hinder Nemesis from battling back and methodically accumulating more and more chips. As she progressed into the later rounds the TOC Ticket spot was within reach and was achieved as she outlasted the #1 seed Bill 'Comeback Kid' Lanoux! Nemesis is proof positive that anything is possible in the CPL TOC all you need is a chip and a chair!! Congrats Nemesis!
Thanks to Everyone for another GREAT CPL Session!
Below are the results from the 2009 CPL Spring Session TOC:
1-Pam 'Black Widow' Muldoon--TOC Ticket to Running Aces
2-Greg 'NewLife' Durand--TOC Ticket to Running Aces
3-Malinda 'Nemesis' Cardenas--TOC Ticket to Running Aces
4-Bill 'Comeback Kid' Lanoux
5-Mike 'Blind Me Down' Behr
6-Mike 'Unabomber' Bowman
7-Bud 'The Monster' Abbott
8-Mark 'Verbal' Cardenas
9-Steve 'The Chaser' Bennewitz
10-Voni 'The Rookie' Khang
11-Wanda 'Wicked1' Bublitz
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2 comments:
Where is Phil, and Nanoman, in the latest season results?
Thanks for stopping by Michelle. Nanoman took the session off to work on some nanotechnology research he's interested in - something about carbon tube conductor applications.
Most of the Karaoke Phil updates have been discussed on the podcast - he's still around and, purportedly, will be back at the felt next session.
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