Season 27 Week 6

Season 27 Week6.

This week the VPL held a respectable tournament with 18 players showing up for their shot at money.

This week showed some promise and always surprises.

Being that this is week 6, that means that there is only 1 week left before the Holiday Invitational.

Date: Dec 5th

Time: 1:30

Be there by 1:15 to get the bonus chips.

Also there will be a $10 add-on at the break for an additional 1,000 chips.

You have to make it to the break for the add-on. If you get knocked out before the break, you are done.

1 ½ weeks to crown the first ever Holiday Invitational Champion!!!!!

Back the to business at hand.

We are talking week 6.

Very interesting the way the points ended up.

Coming into week 6, Bryan was in 2nd place in points.

Knowing he had to work, Bryan opted for the buy-in for the points strategy.

Did this work, well the points will let you know where he sits now.

The bubble list is an interesting list with the following names:

Todd, Robbie P, Janna and Brandon.

Going out in 4th place, with 16 points was Robbie P.

Money list: Todd, Brandon and Janna

The money list contains two previous qualifiers: Brandon and Todd

When there is a 4th place it is followed by a 3rd place.

The VPL is no different.

Going out in 3rd place with a win of $45 and 18 points was Brandon.

That means that going in the heads-up battle was Todd and Janna.

Congratulations to Janna for qualifying for the TOC. Todd has previous qualified.

After the dust settled, coming in 2nd place with a win of $76 was Todd.

Which means, by process of elimination, that the winner of week 6, the chip and $153 was Janna.

Interesting side note: Todd has only played 3 times in season 27 and he has placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Just think how he would be sitting in points if he had come to all the weeks………..

Only one more week before the Holiday Inn.

What will happen next week?

How many players will there be?

Only one way to know……………………

Good luck to everyone!

Season 27 Week 5

Season 27 Week 5

We have started on the last half of season 27.

Week 5 brought together 19 of the VPL’s finest players ( I do use that term loosely).

We had a small debate whether to start with two or three tables.

Normally a 19 person count would be 3 tables.

However, as always at the VPL, everyone is not always there when the cards go in the air.

This week the 2 table situation worked out very well.

Week 5 brought us a couple more people to qualify for the Holiday Inn.

This week made #20 for Brandon and Sam.

Congratulations to both of those gentlmen.

There are only 2 more tournaments before the Holiday Inn.

The players dropped relatively quickly this week.

We came to the bubble list in a very timely manner.

Without any further adeu, I present you the bubble list.

Randy, TC, Janna and Brandon.

Before I go any further, I have to give the chip stacks at this time.

With a very big league Brandon is the chip leader.

Then in 2nd stack is Janna.

Rounding 3rd is TC

And in 4th chip stack is Randy.

I always say this but it has proven itself to be true:

Anything can happen at the VPL.

At this time, I believe the blinds were 400/800.

The exact play may be off but the end result is correct.

TC folds pre-flop

Brandon limps in for 800 as does Janna.

Randy moves all-in.

Brandon then calls Randy’s all-in.

Janna thinks about it moves over the top all-in.

Brandon then calls Janna’s all-in.

At this point, chip leader is Brandon then Janna then Randy.

Brandon shows 3 3
Janna shows 6 6
Randy shows A J

The flop comes
2 10 4

No help to anyone with Janna in the lead.

The turn comes
2 10 4 6

This trips up Janna

It’s time for the river, that infamous place that makes or breaks a player at the VPL.

Well this week, the river broke two players, because the river this hand was the miracle 5.

2 10 4 6 5

Runner runner for Brandon to hit a straight and take both Janna and Randy out in the same hand.

I do believe this is the first time in VPL history that the bubble and the qualifying bubble was popped in the same hand.

By eliminating two people that means that we now have a heads-up:

Brandon and TC
Brandon had previously qualified.

Brandon enters this battle with an outstanding chip lead.

TC doubles up once but could hang when Brandon moved all-in with 66 against A 4s.

So in 2nd place TC took $80.

That means that week 5 belonged to Brandon.

With the victory, the chip and $161 Brandon wins week 5.

The action doesn’t stop there.

The points have tightened up a bit.

Next week the top two points people won’t be able to make it.

They have committed their money for the points.

We have a new chip leader this week.

Who will be leading after week 6?

Will there be any new qualifiers next week?

What kind of action can we expect to see next week?

All these questions will be answered and more next week.

Congratulations to TC for qualifying for the TOC

Good luck everyone.

Sample post

Season 27 Week 4

Halfway through season 27 and 1 week closer to the Holiday Invitational!

This week was no slouch for the the VPL.

Once again, 21 people cashed in their savings bonds and sat for their shot at glory.

This week there was no loss of action.

As always the VPL provides plenty of chasing, drawing out and the infamous river catch.

This week the following names are one the bubble list:

Todd, James, Andrew and Jason.

This week there had to be a 4th place and that place belonged to James.

That means the money list contains:

Todd, Andrew and Jason W.

Congratulations to these three gentlemen for making the money.

With this list, indicates that there will be two new qualifiers for the TOC.

With a win of $35 and exiting the table in 3rd place was......Todd.

Heads-Up: Jason W and Andrew

The winner of this battle definitely deserved the win.

This heads up battle lasted over two blind levels.

When there is a 1st place there has to be a 2nd place.

This week, coming in 2nd place with a win of $89 was Jason W.

Which means, to the victor go the spoils, and this week the winner of week 4 with a win of $178 and the chip was Andrew.

Congratulations to Andrew and Jason W for being the next two qualifiers.

Don't count out the points race, even at the halfway point, the race can go to anyone.

Who will be points leader by the end of next week?

Well, you have to come and play to see.

Good luck to everyone!

Season 27 Week 3

Season 27 Week 3

Week #3 brought together an impressive 21 people for the night.

There are a couple of things a person can count on when they play on the VPL.

Number 1: always a lot of poker action.

Number 2: to expect the unexpected.

The latter was the result of some very unexpected conversation this week.

This is a family blog so the exact details of that conversation cannot be repeated.

This is one strategy I’ve never seen before:

Usually in a poker game you see some people talking or saying certain things to get into a person’s head to cause them to go on tilt (usually a comment on how they play)

This week, it was the mob mentality that took over.

Poor Valerie. She made it through 13 people to make it to the final table.

This is where the conversation took a turn for the worse.

The funny thing is that usually the talk is filled with cursing and foul language.

This time is was down right gross.

Know this, we are at the VPL, final table with a table full of egos.

With that, one gross story was topped off by another gross story which was then outdone by yet another gross story.

We found out that Valerie has a very weak stomach.

So the sharks smelled blood and it was on.

She was at the verge of loosing her cookies. She was getting gross things told to her along with sounds…..etc.

It was like watching motorcycle racing: you don’t want anyone to get hurt but in the back of your mind you’re waiting for a crash.

Only a sick mind would have enjoyed the antics last night. As everyone knows, the VPL is 90% filled with sick minds.

That story was just too funny not to be told.

Okay back to the action.

The night started of with 3 tables of 7.

This was whittled down to a final table of 8.

Which was then fine tuned to the bubble list of 4.

The following names appear on this list: TC, Brandon, Alex and Todd

As a person leaves this list, it then transcends into the money list.

Todd, TC and Alex.

With these three names means that there will be 2 new qualifiers.

Going out in 3rd place with a win of $35 was TC.

Heads-Up: Alex and Todd

This was a very good race.

At one point Alex went all in and was quickly called by Todd who held an over pair to Alex non-pair (both under cards).

The flop didn’t help Alex, the turn pair one of his cards. Then the miracle river hit his 2nd card for runner runner two pair.

I could be wrong but I remember that Todd’s overpair was a pocket pair of Kings.

In the end it always ends with an all-in and a call.

Coming in 2nd place with a win of $89 was Alex.

That means that week 2 belonged to Todd with the chip and a win of $178.

Congratulations to both Alex and Todd for qualifying for the TOC.

Now due to some technical difficulties: I am not perfect nor do I claim to be:

The computer payout last night was set for 19 people. The actual payouts were 161, 81 and 32 (which are incorrect). The correct payout is listed above..

I sent a text to both Alex and Todd on the error and informed them that they both have money coming to them.

I do apologize for this error. I try my best to make sure everything runs as smooth as possible but sometimes mistakes are made. All I can do is apologize and make it right.

On this note: I do want to thank everyone who helps me put up the chairs and tables as we break down. Thank you everyone.

Good luck everyone in week 4.