Season 26 Week 1

Welcome to the start of Season 26.

The VPL kicked off week one with an impressive 25 people.

The question that everyone has on their minds is who is going to take points this season.

Will James make it 5 out of 6 season for points.

The poker tournament isn’t the only action that is happening at the VPL.

Just like the WSOP there are many side bets that happen.

Between players, there are bets who will end up with more points by the end of the season.

Also some bets include individual tournaments as to who will last longer.

The tournament isn’t the only poker action on Tuesday nights. There is the infamous cash game where anything can happen (and usually does).

Valdez Casino is the only casino where the cash game has no rake!!!

The reason we are here today is to find out the results of week 1.

Very tough action this week. At the break, there was only 1 person out of the tournament.

That means that starting blinds of 25-50 there were three full tables of action.

It didn’t remain that way for long.

The bubble list was eventually made:

Angela, Frank, Quentin and Bryan L.

This week, going out in 4th place while popping the bubble was…………Frank.

After the bubble list comes the money list:

Quentin, Angela and Bryan.

This money list was somewhat anticlimactic because when it was three way action, Quentin was the overwhelming chip leader.

Both Angela and Bryan both had less than 8 bets left.

Out of theses three people who would be the first two to qualify?

I have an answer……………………….

Leaving the table in 3rd place with a win of $42 was Angela.

Heads-Up: Quentin and Bryan.

This was interesting because when the heads-up match started

Bryan was already all-in in the dark.

The first hand was split.

The 3rd hand bryan won, at this point it wasn’t even two full bets.

Final hand of the night.

Again it was all-in in the dark for Bryan.

The cards were dealt face up.

Pre-flop: Quentin had Q 3 and Bryan had a pocket pair of 5’s

Flop: 2 9 A

The turn: 2 9 A A

The river 2 9 A A 9

The board had two pair which counterfeited Bryans pocket pair. The Q went on to be the the best kicker.

In 2nd place, with a win of $106 and qualifying for the TOC was Bryan L.

The winner of season 26 week 1 with a win of $212, the chip and a seat at the TOC was Quentin.

Congratulations to both Quentin and Bryan for being the first two to qualify for the TOC.

Good luck to everyone next week!