Season 15 Week 8

This was the final tournament of Season 15.

This week was full of surprises.

First. The points race. The top two were Brandon and James followed by Bill, Clay and TC.

James went into the tourney in the lead. Brandon took and early exit. However, after looking at the points race, If james went out with less than 11 points and Bill won the tourney, Bill could take points.

James saw his exit come with only 10 points. Eyes were on Bill.

Unfortunately Bill left the table only two spots later with 12 points. James wins the points for Season 15 with a win of $206. Congratulations to James.

Onto this weeks action:

This week other action was onto the non-points qualifiers. In the race here was, Alan (leading) and tied for 2nd were Tim and Michelle.

Michelle went out with 8 points. At this point, the top two non-qualifiers were Alan and Tim.

Okay, bubble time: Clay, Frank, Tim and Alan.

At this point, Michelle is wanting either Tim or Alan to qualify because then she would be in the TOC as one of the top two non-qualifiers.

Okay here comes the news about the bubble: Frank opened up his pocket and left the table in 4th place pickin up 15 points.

Money time: Clay, Alan and Tim. This is good news for Michelle because now at least one of them will qualify and she'll be in the TOC.

3rd place honors went to Clay and so did $44.

Heads-Up: Alan and Tim

This was a very good battle. There were no extremely big hands. Good straightforward poker.

Going into the game, Alan was chip leader.

In every game, there has to a winner and a runner-up. This week was no different. 2nd place went to Alan with a $70.

Tim wins the tournament with $145 and the chip. Interesting side note: This is the first time that Tim won a weekly tournament at the VPL.

Okay back to the points, now that both Alan and Tim qualified this week, this puts Michelle and the first non-qualifier in the TOC.

With Franks strong finish this week, he has now become the 2nd non-qualifier for the TOC.

There are now 13 people qualified for the TOC. James indicated early that he was not going to be present at the TOC. His seat now becomes available to the next person in line for points. This person is Alex. We will have to wait and see if he buys seat from James.

Congratulations to Tim and James. This season was full of alot of action. Let's hope Season 16 brings the same kind of excitement.

Good luck everyone at the TOC.