December 12th has been a day rich with historic happenings! On December 12th in1531 an image of Our Lady Guadalupe appeared on the cloak of Juan Diego in Tepeyac Mexico. In 1787 Pennsylvania became the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution. In 1915 Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken New Jersey. In 1918 the flag of Estonia was raised for the first time on top of the Pikk Hermann. In 1923 Bob Barker was born in Darrington Washington. And in 2000 the US Supreme court released its decision in Bush v Gore. Well, it is time to add another historic event to this list. On this day in 2009 Nick "Heads up" Kamholz defeated Malinda "Nemesis" Cardenas to claim victory in the CPL Fall 2009 Tournament of Champions!
As always, it was a great TOC with surprises abound, including a new CPL TOC record 9 minutes into the match as Wanda "Wicked1" was all in for her tournament life (it was also Wicked1's b-day) against the chip leader Mike "Unabomber". This did not go well for Wicked1 as she was heading for the rail before the 1st level was completed. But she was able to begin her birthday celebrations early!
Play continued for several levels and the final table did not begin until Level 7! At the final table the chip leader remained Unabomber as he had taken his starting stack of 10,000 and turned it into 21K by this time.
But then the tides would turn.....
9th place went to "NewLife" Durand. He was seeded #2, but didn't really get anything going the entire match. Could it be the return of the second seed curse?
8th place went to James "Bond" Aguilar. He was seeded #3 and also could not gain traction during the match,
7th place went to "Verbal" Cardenas. Seeded 4th Verbal had a decent chip stack once the final table began and was poised to go deep into the tourney...but a few key errors cost him his stack.
6th place went to "Unabomber" Bowman. The number 1 seed and chip leader at the final table saw his stack quickly leave him as he attempted to bully the table. A tough finish to a very impressive and record breaking point session by the Unabomber!
5th place went to "Comeback Kid" Lanoux. Seeded 14th it was a great finish for Bill who picked his spots carefully and moved his way up one spot at a time. Lanoux's WSOP experience showed as he was able to survive the field with slow moving blinds.
Then the Running Aces ticket winners were known.
4th place went to "The Rookie" Khang. Voni played a great match seeded in 8th she played her very aggressive style of play and it paid off!
3rd place went to "Karaoke" Phil. Seeded in 6th, Karaoke had his work cut out for him....and went to work he did, picking up chips here and there from everyone on the table. At one point Karaoke was the chip leader, but was unable to hold onto the lead. All in all a great finish for Phil!
Heads up play between "Heads Up" and "Nemesis" was quite the battle. "Heads Up" had been in this position 3 times previously, often with big chip leads, but has never won. For "Nemesis", this was the strongest part of her game, she had been in this place before and seeing she was seeded 15th coming into the TOC just getting to this point in the tournament was a huge win.
Out of the gate "Nemesis" took control of the betting and began to whittle away at "Heads up's" chips....and the back and forth began. At one point "Heads Up" lost the chip lead and we were all waiting for his 4th loss to be realized....but it was not meant to be on this day of history. Nick took back the chip lead, finished off "Nemesis" and victory was Nick's!
Congratulations to all of the CPL TOC Running Aces ticket winners! Now go and represent the CPL at Running Aces and bring home some Cha-Ching!
Thanks to all of the CPL Members who made this a great session!
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