Week 10 Results

First of all, thanks to everyone who played for making our inaugural season a success! Hopefully everyone had a good time and we can keep this league going and growing.

Week 10 brought our regular season to a close. Nekendrick scored the 5 point bounty when he took out laxstarr1995. AX7CHAPTER4 took down third in a valiant effort but came up just short of making the top 9. EJ89 closed out a very impressive season that included 2 wins by taking down second. Potnets became the league's second 2-time winner by finishing with the win.

The results:



The regular season Top 9 that will play in the Championship Tourney:

EJ89 (2)	163.54
maddoggy44 (1)	149.89
potnets (2)	137.89
themerk08	122.28
nekendrick	114.62
laxstarr1995 (1)	108.91
HiRoller88	104.83
Ehonda500Mob (1)	96.52
ravensfutbal	94.08

Congratulations!!

NOTE: There are some scheduling conflicts for some of the players next Tuesday. We are in the process of rescheduling and will announce the new date shortly.

Season 2 (mixed games) will start after the conclusion of the Championship Tourney. See this post for details, and if you know anyone who would like to play please spread the word!

Game Day!

Tonight is Week 10 of Season 1 - the last chance to get points and make it into the Top 9 for next week's League Championship tourney.

Following tonight's tourney I will create next week's championship tourney and email the password to the Top 9 players. That email should go out some time tomorrow - contact me ASAP if you are in the Top 9 and do not receive it.

If you do not make the Top 9 but plan on railing the tournament (or are in the Top 9 but have a short attention span), why not check out a fun $10 tournament at 8pm being hosted by our NY friends. Details can be found here.

Season 2 is fast approaching!

Registration is now open for Season 2 of the MD DonkFest Poker League. Season 2 will feature a mixed games format and will be a lot of fun. Details are here. To register for Season 2 transfer $15 on PokerStars to potnets (Severna Park).

How NOT To Name A Poker League...

Early on, I thought the league name made sense. Coming from the ashes of the old MD Poker web site, it seemed natural to continue with the MD theme with the poker league. So the MD DonkFest Poker League was born...

How naive, in the modern Internet age. Since this first season of the league started a couple of months ago, we have had players from a number of states, including a rowdy contingent from the Rochester Poker Tour site that Merk has landed at. Indeed, we have had visitors from quite a few states (and DC):

California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia

But that only covers the U. S. of A. From the far-flung reaches of the globe we have had many curious onlookers:

Rio De Janiero, Brazil
New Zealand
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Sydney, New South Wales
Montevideo, Uraguay
Douglas, South Lanarkshire
London, England
Sheffield, UK
Medellín, Antioquia
Uppsala, Uppsala Lan (Sweden)
Budapest
Opava, Moravskoslezsky Kraj
Renningen, Baden-Worttemberg
Barnsley

What they are looking for, I don't have a clue. But if they pay their league fees they can come from Mars... :-)

Payouts

There have been some inquiries about how the payouts will work after the season. The details are found in this post. With a prize pool of $310, it will work out to:

1st: $155
2nd: $93
3rd: $62

MD DonkFest Season 2!!

Season 2 is fast approaching, and league fees are now being accepted. Season 1 was a lot of fun - we are hoping for an even bigger turnout for Season 2. Season 2 Week 1 will kick off January 27 at 9pm EST.

League fee: $15, all of which goes into the league prize pool. The Season 2 prize pool will have an additional $50 added to it.

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

Based on earlier polling, Season 2 will feature a mixed games format. Season 3 will be back to NL Holdem, Season 4 mixed, and so on.

Season 2 schedule:

Week 1: HORSE
Week 2: Razz
Week 3: Holdem Lim
Week 4: Omaha H/L Lim
Week 5: Stud
Week 6: Holdem NL Heads Up
Week 7: Omaha PL
Week 8: HOSE
Week 9: Holdem 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 and all players finishing below that player will move up a place. 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!

Finally, thanks to everyone who helped make Season 1 a success, and good luck in Season 2!

Week 9 Results

Week 9 was the Attack of the Bubble! 2 of the 3 top finishers were on the Top-9 bubble going into tonight's contest, and are now in the Top 9 heading into the final week. Laxstarr1995 finally woke up and played some poker, taking down first after a grueling heads-up battle. EJ89 continued a solid season, adding a second place finish to go along with two previous wins, and ravensfutbal took third and also scored the bounty on maddoggy44.




Updated Top 9:

EJ89 (2)	144.05
maddoggy44 (1)	140.75
themerk08	114.19
potnets (1)	108.25
laxstarr1995 (1)	102.96
nekendrick	97.30
Ehonda500Mob (1)	96.52
HiRoller88	94.34
ravensfutbal	87.53

On the Top 9 bubble:

UAEgreg	86.29
nutzforU(1)	81.68
A7X CHAPTER4	74.10
raquel1988	71.37

Next week is Week 10, the final regular season game before the Championship game for the Top 9. Also, keep an eye out this week for Season 2 details.

Game Day!

Week 9 of Season 1 is tonight, with a 5 point bounty on last week's winner, maddoggy44. There are only two weeks left before the championship playoff with a number of people on the top-9 bubble, so getting points tonight is critical! Good luck everyone!