Friday, July 31, 2009

Last Chance!

The early registration bonus for Season 4 ends tonight at midnight. Don't miss out on 5 free league points!

Season 4 -Mixed Games kicks off Tuesday with HORSE. See you there!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

You In?

Just today and tomorrow left to get the early registration bonus of 5 league points. Don't miss out - sign up today!

Need a PokerStars account?

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Season 4 Countdown Continues

Season 4 - Mixed Games - will kick off in style August 4 with a HORSE tournament. Register now to make sure you are in the running for the TWO tickets to the PokerStars Sunday Million we will be giving away!

Reminder: Register by midnight this Friday to get 5 bonus early registration league points! Don't miss out - last season BOTH of the Sunday Million tickets were won with less than a 5 point margin!

Need a PokerStars account? Use the league link and help pay for weekly bounties!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Great News!

PokerStars has generously agreed to continue supporting our league in Season 4, with the same bonus prizes as last season:

League points leader after Week 3: Entry in the Sunday Million Tournament on PokerStars
League points leader after Week 7: Entry in the Sunday Million Tournament on PokerStars
Final Top 3 finishers: Custom PokerStars shirts

Thanks PokerStars!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Season 4 Rules and Details

Updated 7/12/2009

The league details for Season 4 (this post will be kept up to date with the latest information):

The league will have a $15 league fee which will go completely towards the league prize pool.

Alternatively, a $2 fee can be paid to play in a single weekly tournament. This will allow latecomers to still get in, and possibly encourage occasional players. This obviously is more of a pain to manage, so it is hoped that most will pay the season fee instead.

All league fees and payouts will be processed via PokerStars transfers. To pay a league fee initiate a funds transfer to player "potnets" (will show city as Severna Park). Please take care to ensure the transfer is going to the right place. Other payment methods can be accommodated but PS transfer is strongly preferred.

All players in the weekly tournament will earn points, with significantly more points going to the higher finishing places. Points accumulate over the season to determine a champion at the end with the most points. The lowest score for each player over the 10-week season will be dropped, to accommodate late-joining players and people missing an occasional tournament.

LEAGUE FEES MUST BE CURRENT BEFORE EACH TOURNAMENT STARTS IN ORDER TO EARN POINTS IN THAT TOURNAMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS.


A league "season" will consist of ten weekly tournaments followed by a championship tournament.

League format:
A weekly private tournament on PokerStars for $5+.50
Tournaments for Season 4 will be Mixed Games (schedule here)
Tournaments will be Tuesday nights at 9pm EST starting August 4, 2009
Tournament password will be made available on the league blog prior to the tournament
Every league member who plays will get league points, with points ramping up the higher you place

Bounty: For Season 4 there will be a $5 bounty (no points) on the winner of the previous week. In the event of consecutive wins the winner gets the bounty. The bounty will be paid via transfer following the tournament. NEW: Only paid league members are eligible for the bounty. The week 1 bounty is the Season 3 Champion. If the league has extra money (via PokerStars signups or from donations, for example), that will be used for the bounty payouts; otherwise, they will come from the league prize pool.

Additional Prizes: No word yet on whether PokerStars will be providing additional prizes for the Weeks 3 and 7 winners yet; an update should be available shortly.

When determining the points leaders for Weeks 3 and 7, the following will apply:
Week 3 leader: Will NOT reflect the lowest score dropped
Week 7 leader: Will reflect the lowest score dropped

At the end of the season, the Top 8 players in league points will play a Championship Tourney, which will also add to the points total. This will be a $10+1 HORSE tournament. In addition to the regular scoring, this tournament will also offer bonus points as follows:

The bounties and bonus points for the Championship Tourney are as follows:

Bounties
There will be a league points bounty (no cash bounty) on everyone in the Championship, but it will be a weighted bounty based on the leaderboard going into the tourney, as follows:

PlaceBounty
1)9 pts
2)8 pts
3)7 pts
4)6 pts
5)5 pts
6)4 pts
7)3 pts
8)

2 pts



Bonus points
There will be additional bonus points for finishing in the money in the Championship, as follows:

PlaceBonus
1)20 pts
2)10 pts
3)5 pts

The season ends after the championship tournament, with the league prize pool distributed over the top 3 point leaders. The number of payouts may be adjusted depending on how many people are in the league.

Two league policies to be aware of:

1) Sitting out - Any player that registers for a tourney but doesn't actually play any hands (i.e. sits out until blinded off) will receive last place points for that tourney. It is OK (and even encouraged) to register to get 5 points for a tourney you can't attend, but it isn't fair to get more points than an active player in that case. You must actually play at least one hand in a tourney to be eligible for more than last place points.

2) Non-league players - Non-league players are welcome to play in any regular league tournaments. This only increases the weekly prize pool, and league points are only awarded to active league players. No league points will be awarded retroactively should a player later join the league. Non-league players are not eligible to win a cash bounty. Of course, anyone playing in these tournaments is welcome and encouraged to join the league!

Season 4 - Mixed Games

Season 4 is upon us, and league fees are now being accepted. Season 4 Week 1 will kick off August 4 at 9pm EST, and will feature a mixed games format. The games schedule is below.

League fee: $15, all of which goes into the league prize pool. As we did last season, there will be a 5 league point bonus for early registrations. The league fee must be received by midnight EST on Friday, July 31 to receive the early registration bonus.

Preferred payment method is via PokerStars transfer to potnets (Severna Park). Please make sure you transfer to the right account!

PokerStars Prizes: It is not yet known if PokerStars will offer additional prizes as they did in Season 3 - I hope to have an update on that shortly.

Season 4 schedule:

Week 1: HORSE
Week 2: Razz
Week 3: Holdem Mixed
Week 4: Stud
Week 5: Omaha H/L Mixed
Week 6: Holdem NL Heads Up
Week 7: Badugi
Week 8: 8-Game
Week 9: Triple Draw 2-7 PL
Week 10: Stud H/L

Championship: HORSE

League Policy Updates

1) Sitting out - Any player that registers for a tourney but doesn't actually play any hands (i.e. sits out until blinded off) will receive last place points. It is OK (and even encouraged) to register to get 5 points for a tourney you can't attend, but it isn't fair to get more points than an active player in that case. You must actually play at least one hand to get more than last place points.

2) Non-league players - Non-league players are welcome to play in any regular league tournaments. This only increases the weekly prize pool, and league points are only awarded to active league players. No league points will be awarded retroactively should a player later join the league. Of course, anyone playing in these tournaments is welcome and encouraged to join the league!

The complete rules and details for Season 4 will be posted shortly (no significant changes from Season 3).

Finally, thanks to everyone who has participated in the league, and good luck in Season 4!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Jack10offsut - Season 3 Champ

Season 3 has ended - thanks to everyone who played and we hope to see you for Season 4, Mixed Games!

Jack10offsut brought a big lead into the tournament, but took no chances by taking down three bounties and the Championship Tournament as well. He finishes the season way out in front with 5 cashes and 4 outright wins, and is our Season 3 Champion - Congratulations!

Potnets finished 5th in the tournament, holding on to 2nd place overall.

Rusdog13 came into the tourney in 8th place, but proceeded to take down 4 bounties and 2nd in the tournament to take 3rd in the league - nice job!

Occhawk placed third in the tournament.

The results:



The final standings:

jack10offsut(4) 236.11
potnets(1) 160.54
rusdog13 156.18
goateedude(1) 147.89
Occhawk(1) 142.56
maddoggy44(1) 142.54
Shelties(1) 137.47
Rico11597(1) 120.34
DadsWD(1) 118.81
xICEPICKx 108.89
StacyB98 96.18
ImBetterDude 85.50
TwoDuxx2 77.03
EJ89 76.52
dankimball 73.05
EHonda500Mob 59.44
kentlandjay 58.83
ravensfutbal 50.60
nekendrick 46.91
HiRoller88 28.23
A7X CHAPTER4 20.02
yankster91 18.28
Yankees31 17.93
old9ofhearts 16.48

Thanks again for another great season, and we hope to see everyone out for Season 4 featuring mixed games.

Championship Tourney Tonight!

NOTE: Still need an email or other contact for rusdog13, to send the password for tonight. Email me (mddonkfest at gmail dot com) or leave a comment here (won't be published).

See this post for tournament details - sign up early to avoid any last-minute issues. Password has been emailed to the participants.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Championship Tourney Tomorrow

Please sign up for the tourney early to avoid any last-minute problems.

Also - still looking for an email or other contact for rusdog13 and Rico11597 to get them the tourney password. Leave a comment here (will not be published) or send me an email.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Little Help

Still need email or other contact for rusdog13 or Rico11597, to get them the password for Tuesday's championship Tourney. Comment here with details if you have them (will not be published).

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Some Stats From Season 3

Number of league members: 24 (same as Season 2)
Average weekly attendance: 17 (same as Season 2)
Most 1st place finishes: 3 (jack10offsut)
Most cashes: 4 (jack10offsut and potnets)
Best average finish: 4.0 (jack10offsut)
Most bounties: 2 (jack10offsut and rusdog13)
Weeks where 1st place also won the bounty: 4, again including the last 3 weeks in a row

Other notes:
jack10offsut leads the league despite missing 2 tournaments
rusdog13 made the Top 9 without a 1st place finish (but with 2 cashes)
Everyone else who won a tournament also made the Top 9

Season 3 Championship

It's Championship Week, and congratulations to the Top 9 players that will be competing Tuesday: Jack10offsut, potnets, goateedude, maddoggy44, Shelties, Rico11597, Occhawk, rusdog13, and DadsWD. Here are the tournament details:

Format: NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $10+$1
Date: July 7
Time: 9pm EST
Tourney ID: 176022833
Tourney Name: MD DonkFest S3CH
Tourney Password: emailed to participants

NOTE: I need an email address or other contact for rusdog13.

NOTE: Due to the way PokerStars currently runs private tournaments we are unable to disable late registration or limit the players to 9. Because of this, the tournament will start on two tables until the late registration period ends. I tried to get this changed but could not; PokerStars has said they will consider adding this feature in the future.

As we did last season, in addition to the regular scoring there will be bonus points for the top 3 tournament winners, along with a weighted bounty system.

Bonus points
There will be additional bonus points for finishing in the money in the Championship Tournament, as follows:

Place Bonus
1) 20 pts
2) 10 pts
3) 5 pts

Bounties
There will be a bounty on everyone in the Championship, but it will be a weighted bounty based on the leaderboard going into the tourney, as follows:

Place Bounty
1)jack10offsut
2)potnets
9 pts
8 pts
3)goateedude 7 pts
4)maddoggy44 6 pts
5)Shelties 5 pts
6)Rico11597 4 pts
7)Occhawk 3 pts
8)rusdog13 2 pts
9)DadsWD
1 pt

The tournament winner will keep his own bounty. There are a lot of points up for grabs in this tournament!

Payout
The league prize pool for Season 2 is $360. Three places will be paid based on overall league points for the season, as follows:

1st place - $180.00
2nd place - $108.00
3rd place - $72.00

Good luck everyone!