Season 11 Week 6

February 12, 2008.

VPL had 13 members show up to battle.

The final table was made early before 9:30. The final table was made of 8 people. Once the first two people got taken out the play was intense.

Six people lasted two complete sets of blinds before someone got taken out.

The bubble people were James, Dave, TC and Slugger. The person with the pin to pop the bubble was Slugger. Three way action (everyone made the money at this point). Blinds were around 200-400 at this point. TC came pushing hard. All-in almost everyone other hand.

That play works all the time except for the last one as TC found out when he went all-in with A 3 os and ran into A Q held by Dave.

The heads up battle begins with Dave and James. And I do mean battle. The blinds get capped at 500/1000 and the two remain strong.

This tournament was one of the longest battles in VPL history. Normal tournies usually end around 11:00 - 11:30. This war ended at 12:55. The heads up alone went for about 45 minutes.

Final hand of the night: Small blind calls 500 and the big blind checks. The flop comes A 2 A. Dave thinks about it for a while and moves all-in. James calls. Daves flips over 2 Q and James flips over 2 3 os. The turn was a blank. The river made a 3.

Being tired, the TD said okay the cards read: Dave AA22 Q and James AA223. Dave wins.
Here's the kicker both players agreed and went to contiue to play. James had Dave outchipped. As the TD was gathering the cards and the chips were being pushed to Dave. Alex was watching and said no James hit his 3 on the river to win it: James AA338 and Dave AA22Q.

All three involved agreed and the tournament was over. James the victor claiming $110 in prize money and Dave $55 and TC took $34 for third place.

Very good tournament and an excellent heads up.

Good luck to everyone next week.

* With this win James has come to 7 points behind Alex in the points race. Alex has 61 and James has 54. There are only two more tournaments to go before the TOC.

Season 11 Week 5

This week we had 14 players for the VPL (Valley Poker League).

Alot of action on the felt. The bubble came down to Jason, Clay, Randy and Bill. Someone had to pop the bubble and that someone was Randy. Clay took 3rd place with a prize of $35. Bill found himself heads up (just like last week with TC) with Jason.

After passing the chip lead back and forth, Bill grabbed 2nd place for his efforts which won him $60. Jason won his 2nd chip this season and went home with $119.00.

With the end of week 5, Alex finds himself still in the points lead by 10. Alex carries 52 points but right behind him is Bill and Clay with 42 each. Jason has 40.

There were no new qualifiers this week. As of the end of Week 5, there are 9 qualifiers for the TOC.

Good luck to everyone and well will see you next week.

Season 11 Week 4

Week #4 had 11 players.

This tournament ended very quickly with the blinds at 100-200. Congratulations to TC for winning week #4 with a payout of $93. Bill took 2nd and pocketed $46. Coming in 3rd was Stan taking home $28.

We are now halfway through Season 4.

Alex started off strong and has not looked back. At this point Alex has the points lead. Can he maintain? Tune in next week to find out.

Good luck everyone and we will see you for week #5.

BJ's tournament

This tournament was a $60 buy-in. There was 8 people. There was a $5 bounty on everyone's head. It was quite interesting because only three people cashed in bounties. 1st guy cashed in one. The next guy cashed in 2 (this guy took 2nd place). The winner cashed in 5 of them.

It was a descent one table tournament. The total prize pool was $440. 1st place won $220 and 2nd place won $132 and 3rd place took $88.

It was a fun tournament. Hopefully there will be more to follow.

Don't forget about the Valley Poker League on Tuesday nights.

Season 11 Week 3

We had 14 people for the league this week. Very quick tournament this week. The tournament ended with the blinds being 150-300. This was one of the quickest tournaments.

The final four were: Jason, Brandon, Randy and Alex. There had to be a bubble boy and that honor went to Alex. In third place was Randy. Jason and Brandon battled for first but when the dust settled it was Jason who was standing alone with the money and the championship chip.

Congratulations to Jason and Brandon for qualfiying.

Good luck to everyone next week.

Season 11 Week 2

We had 13 players show up.

Congratulations to Clay for winning #2. We now have 3 qualifiers for the TOC. Todd, Clay and Alex. Alex has taken second place for week 1 and week 2.

Good luck to everyone.

Season 11, Week 1

Season 11 Week 1

We had 10 people show up. According to VPL rules. There was no 4th place payout and the distribution was 1st = 50%, 2nd = 30% and 3rd = 20%.

Congratulations to Todd and Alex for becoming the first two people qualified in 2008.

Standing rule: a player who has qualified for the TOC can sell their seat. It was voted, that the next person in line (points) has the first option to buy the seat.

For current points standings, see the link at the right.

Good luck everyone and we will see you next week.