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| More final table heartache for the GingaStinga??? |
As is customary, the last game of the season is the first game of the subsequent calendar year. 2012 is yet to be decided.
Saturday 5th January
at
C&FW Services Colosseum.
Once again our sponsor is generously providing prizes. As in previous years, these will go to the 2nd & 3rd placed positions in the Showcase Game with first place snaffling the cash as is Written in the Great PP$ Book of Unwritten Rules!!! I'm sad to report that yet again we've been shunned by every single television broadcaster so the world will miss out on our particular brand of tasty caird action.
The current table is coming up, then some comment on what's at stake for the movers and shakers. I've also especially added the total points range/swing each player can achieve giving an idea how far up/down the placings each player can rise/fall.
Max - Assumes a win added to present totals
Min - Assumes a last place added to present totals
P W 2nd L Pts Ave (Max/Min)
Gingle Berries 14 4 3 3 152 10.857 (11.467/10.133)
The Gynaecologist 13 3 4 1 162 12.462 (13.000/11.571)
Killawatt 14 3 0 0 162 11.571 (12.133/10.800)
Sea Cock 8 2 0 0 83 10.375 (11.444/9.222)
Wee Rambo 12 1 2 0 133 11.083 (11.769/10.230)
Bottleneck 13 1 1 6 70 5.385 (6.429/5.000)
Petawatt 15 0 2 0 153 10.200 (10.813/9.563)
The One True Gentleman 14 0 2 2 116 8.286 (9.067/7.733)
The Former Blouse 7 1 1 2 56 8.000 (9.500/7.000)
The Baptist 3 0 0 2 8 2.667 (7.000/2.000)
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| Or will the GingaRadge be laughing all the way to the engravers? |
Petawatt will have played the most games in 2012.
Bottleneck has had a disaster, but the one win means he cannot finish last. The Gentleman must win to avoid the wooden spoon, it's between him and Petawatt and he can't catch the latter on points swing alone.
If The Gentleman does win, GingaRadge would win the trophy, which would obviously also be the case if GingaRadge wins on the night.
There are two other players in contention, serial champion Killawatt or one time winner The Doctor. If either of them win on the night, they'll walk away with our spangly monument to poker greatness. Not literally of course because they'll both be kipping in the venue that night. Gingle Berries requires a win by anyone EXCEPT that gruesome twosome on January 5th to lift The Trophy.
Should Dr Gynaecologist win the match and therefore the championship, it will be a phenomenal three year run. Champion in 2010, wooden spoon in 2011, can he go from hero to zero to hero again this season? Nicknames involving yo-yo's are massing on my horizon.
With a combined appearances total of 27, 2012 has basically been owned by The Doctor and GingaPrince who have been heads up or better 14 times between them. Killawatt has only made the last two on three occasions, but has somehow done enough to stay right in contention as we reach the season decider.
Wee Rambo has struggled to turn his good showings into hard championship contending stats but will surely be quite happy with his first full season in our exalted company.
Without looking back on previous seasons, I suspect this is Sea Cock's best ever finish, a win could even propel him higher up the final table. At this stage the blog must retract it's previous aspersions on his good name (they already have been in person, but the internet must also be told). He was a no-show at the last game through no fault of his own, but because the Colosseum staff overlooked his invite. Would never have happened in the Albion Road days.
So, the wooden spoon and trophy are undecided and the excitement levels could hardly be higher.
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| Formerly The Damage, now it's Fiscal Cliff |
All the best from your humble scribe too. Remember your shirts!!! See you there.
PS: There appears to be a statistical inaccuracy in the table. The last place finishes column totals 16 when only 15 games have been played. Please check your results and let me know who I've added the extra ignominious marker to!!!
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