Season 24 Week 2

One word: INCREDIBLE

There is no other word to describe Season 24 Week 2.

Not only has the record been broken but it was shattered. The old attendance record was 26.

This week the VPL hosted an incredible 30 people.

If I'm not mistaken all the people but 3 received the bonus chips.

Update on "The Joe Challenge":
With these types of attendance numbers it's going to be a hard journey for Joe to win his bets. Although this is only week 2, Joe has alot of work ahead of him. Joe is 20pts down for his challenge. But of course, this is the VPL, and everyone knows that when it comes to poker at the VPL.............anything is possible.

Good Luck Joe.

With these type of growing pains, the Tournament Director has initiated the following new rule:

New Rule

When the people arrive and pay they are put on the list (if they are paid and are there before 7:15 they are eligible for the bonus chips). When the list gets to 24 people. It will be capped and the 25th person will be put on a waiting list (if the 25th person is there before 7:15 and have to wait, they are still eligible for the bonus chips). When someone is knocked out, the 25th person will take their seat (with the according amount of chips - equal to the dead stack +/- bonus chips).

If the 25th person leaves and someone gets knocked out. then the 26th person moves into their position and when that person gets back will be put at the end of the waiting list.
If you pre-pay, you have an automatic spot on the list. You will still have to come by 7:15 to receive the bonus chips. There will be a max of 24 paid spots on the tables (there may not be 24 physical people) If a person pays they receive a spot on the list.

To put this into perspective to show you how big this tournament was: The person who received 28 points did not make any money.

Of course with there being over 21 people, there was money going to the Holiday Inn.

The new balance of the Holiday Inn prize pool is $384.

In any normal tournament, the final table is made between 10:30 - 10:45.

This week, at 10:37 we drew for two tables.

The final table this week started at 11:13pm

With 30 people, one does not expect to end the tournament early.

That certainly was the case tonight.

With this amazing amount of people there are still only four names on the bubble list:

Alan, James, TC and Andy

Coming into this situation there was no real short stack. Everyone had chips, plus everyone at this table is dangerous in their own way.

Alas, there has to be one to graciously bow out in 4th place with the pin.

This week that honor belongs to James. James went out in 4th place with an incredible 28 points.

Money time: TC, Alan and Andy

When the money list was secured, the cable box read 12:30am.

Every person had the chip lead at some point of this 3 way war.

To make the heads up it was TC who moved all-in with AJ only to be called by Andy's AK

Andy's AK held up and TC went out in 3rd place with a win of $51.

Congratulations to Alan and Andy for qualifying for the TOC.

I'll give everyone a minute to read those names again.....................yes you read that correctly.

Coming into this heads up match Andy was the chip leader.

The heads-up started at 1:33am

By 1:43am the tournament was over and we had a winner.

In 2nd place (and qualifying for the TOC) with a win of $127 was...................Andy.

That means that this week's winner of $255 (This marks the VPL's biggest weekly win to date).
with the chip was...........Alan.

Congratulations to both of them.

Nice win for Alan considering just two weeks ago he won his 2nd bracelet to take the TOC for season 23.

What type of insanity will week 3 bring?

Will we have to make more changes?

What will come of "The Joe Challenge"?

You know the routine.

Next week, same bat time, same bat channel.

Good luck everyone.