MNPATM - 06/12/10

WEEK 9

PLAYERS	APBA	POINTS
The Brim	1.89	17
Green Machine	1.00	9
The Calculator	1.00	2
The Wookie	2.56	23
Tickles	1.75	7
The Spaniard	2.17	13
The Baptist	1.20	9
Monkey Spunk	1.89	17
The CIA	1.29	11

Hand of The Night: The Nearly Royal Flush from the Baptist!
Bad Beat of the Night: 8/9 suited usurps American Airlines by hitting a straight on the river.

brim and spunk on the poker tour at motorcyclearium on monday evening by The Always Unprofessional

This was the Wookies night. Solid play throughout delivered two wins and a six point lead to the furry man. In a statement of intent to the Brim and Monkey Spunk the Wookie played the game of his life. It wasn't all pretty poker, the 8/9 bluff in game one (mentioned above) should have lost the game and not won it. Even so this may be the turning point in the league. Which raises the question...

...where was the Brim? 0 points at this crucial stage has left the Brim with a mountain to climb in the last three weeks if he wishes to score a trophy hat trick. To be fair to the be-hatted man he saw box queens fail to deliver twice and didn't have much luck all night.

After a brief flash of inspiration with box Kings appeared to put The Green Machine back in the game, the previous favourite once again failed to point. He must brake his run of bad form soon.

After a few quiet weeks The CIA loosened his belt to take a respectable second place, frustrating Andy, Chris and Steve on the way. In Game one he made all the right moves and by rights should have the win. He can't count spoons though. He's got three.

The Spaniard once again proved a consistent force, standing second in the APBA league after taking two points.  The Baptist on the other hand failed to make good on his initial Royal(ish) Flush "ROYAL FLUSH...I mean check" however, perhaps he'd used his luck up for the day.

Finally, Monkey Spunk has now scored more points in season 4 than has scored in any season to date. Can he take the league from the Wookie.... let's wait and see.

Prediction for next week: Chris finally returns to form and smashed off the night with a respectable 4 points. Evert takes another two points. The Brim returns with a win to make the league interesting.