Sunday, May 22, 2011

No Tournament

There will not be a tournament on May 24, 2011.

VPL will continue on May 31, 2011.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Season 30 Week 4

We are halfway through season 30.

Once again week 4 had 3 tables of great poker action.

For a straight month, there were 18 players who came together to fight their way to the top spot.

As everyone knows, there are only 3 spots who will walk away with money.

The action at the VPL is beyond words.........some good and some not so good.

One thing for sure, it's never boring.

From the bad beats to the incredible one outers on the river.

It's guaranteed that at the end of the tournament you will always be talking about the action.

Okay people!!!!!

Let's get this show on the road.

The first four names are what we call the bubble list:

Joe, Mark, James and Alan

The person will the honor of popping the bubble is................Mark.

Now we are officially in the money.

Joe, James and Alan

The only person is out of this list who has not qualified is Alan.

Who will go out 3rd?

As always, I have an answer for that question..........

Leaving the table in 3rd place, with a win of $43 was............Joe.

Heads-Up: James and Alan

this battle pits two veterans of the felt. Each with their own unique style of play.

When the dust settled and the smoke cleared, we crowned a winner for week 4.

Coming in 2nd place, with a win of $72 was.........................James

Winning 1st place and $144 was Alan.

Congratulations to Alan for qualifying for the TOC.

What will the last 4 weeks bring?

Who knows?

Come and play and find out.

Good luck everyone.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Season 30 Week 3

This week the VPL hit the trifecta:

Once again the number of people at the felt was...............18.

This week the tournament wasn't so quickly finished.

The time on the clock when the tournament ended was past 12:30am.

With any and all tournaments we have the infamous bubble list.

And you know that this week is no different.

Let's get on with the show. The following names are on the first list:

James, Joe, Alan and Mark.

The lucky person out in place number 4 was Mark.

The money list: James, Alan and Joe

Three veterans of the VPL are going to battle to see who has it to be the one who ends up with all the chips.

This list contains one previous qualifier.....James.

We know that there will be at least one new qualifier (maybe two).

Going out in 3rd place with a win of $43 was...........................Joe.

that means that for the 2nd time in a row James will be heads up.

This week he will be facing Alan.

This was a pretty quick battle.

Finishing week 2 in 2nd place with a win of $72 was James.

That means the victory for week two with a win of $144 belonged to Alan.

Congratulations to Alan for qualifying for the TOC.

How will the half way point of the season end?

You know what to do to find out.

Good luck everyone.

Season 30 Week 2

The numbers were exactly the same as week 1.

We had 18 players came together and each one of them brought their A game.

For some it was good enough for others......well they might need to go back to the drawing board.

This week the tournament ended pretty early, around 11:40.

We had 3 players go home with cash and 15 who didn't.

Along with those players with money there was that one player who popped the bubble.

Which brings us all to the bubble list with the following names:

Michelle, TC, Janna and James.

Who was the one with the magic pin this week....................................

And the answer is.................................Michelle.

The following left the tournament tonight with money:

Janna, James and TC.

The next person out in 3rd place with a win of $43 was.............Janna.

Heads up: James and TC.

This was a good battle but in end there could only be one.

Going out in 2nd place with a win of $72 and a seat at the TOC was.....James.

That means that week 2, with a win of $144 and a seat at the TOC was..TC.

Congratulations to TC and James for becoming the next two to qualify for the TOC.

Good luck everyone.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Season 30

A very nice way to start season 30.

this week there were 18 people who came together, not to sing Kumbya, but to play this game we call poker.

VPL has boasted 29 full seasons of poker and now we are starting season 30.

The action this week was fast and furious. Early exits were very suprising.

But let's get straight into the action.

The bubble list:

Alan, Michelle, Joe and Steve.

Where there is a bubble list, there is the person with the magic pin.

This week the person with that pin, going out in 4th place was...............Michelle.

Which brings us to the money list:

Joe, Alan and Steve.

Who will be our first two qualifiers for season 30?

3 veterans of the VPL battle it out for the qualifying spots.

In 3rd place, with a win of $43 was.............................Alan.

With this exit we are now heads-up.

Joe and Steve.

This was quite the battle but when there are two players we will have a 1st and 2nd place.

Going out in 2nd place, qualifying for the TOC, with a win of $72 was Steve.
That means season 30 week 1, with a win of $144 belongs to Joe.

Congratulations to Joe and Steve for being the first two qualifiers.

Who will be next?

Come and find out.

Good luck to everyone!