Season 7 Championship Results From July 24 - Season 8 Schedule
July 27, 2010

Congratulations to Allen for winning the Season 7 Championship this past Saturday night. Allen, our defending league champion, went into the tourney as our season points leader, and collected the top prize in round 18. Way to go!

Ed took the second spot in the Season 7 Championship. It should also be noted that Ed had the most eliminations of the evening, collecting 5 hits throughout the tournament. Jay finished in third place, also netting cash and a trophy. Hom was our fourth ranked player of the championship. Greg was first out, collecting a very fancy home poker TV game. Full event results are now online.

A huge congrats to not only everyone who finished in the money during the championship, but also to everyone throughout the season. We made a lot of new friends over the season, and had a great time.

Season 8 is scheduled to begin on August 21, 2010. We will once again alternate between hold'em and non-hold'em games throughout the course of the 12 game season, including a couple of new events. The Season 8 schedule is now online. We are looking forward to seeing everyone again on August 21, and getting the Dark City Poker League back in action! If you happen to know of anyone who would like to join us for our upcoming season, please have them register here on the website.

Season 7 Championship - This Saturday!
July 24 - 6PM - Greg & Sydney's House

That time of the season is here when all of the hard work and perserverence has paid off. The Season 7 Championship FInal Table is here!

Ed won the Wild Card game on July 10, taking the final seat and the 50 bonus points. Brad had to unfortunately drop out of the championship due to a prior commitment, so he donated his seat to the wild card game as well. That seat went to our second place finisher at the wild card game, Hom. Here is our final table participants:

• Allen with 929 points - 92,900 starting chips
• Greg with 854 points - 85,400 starting chips
• Joseph with 827.5 points - 82,750 starting chips
• Jay with 827 points - 82,700 starting chips
• Matt with 822.5 points - 82,250 starting chips
• Sydney with 722 points - 72,200 starting chips
• Russ with 681.5 points - 68,150 starting chips
• Ed with 677 points - 67,700 starting chips
• Hom with 641 points - 64,100 starting chips

The final table will take place this Saturday, July 24, at 6PM. We will pay out the top 4 spots, with trophies for the top 3, a bracelet for the champion, along with a special "first out" prize.

Good luck, everyone. See you at the final table!

Event 12 Results From June 26 - Final Table And Wild Card Participants (So Far) - Wild Card Tourney Details
June 29, 2010

Congrats to Brad for his win this past Saturday night at Event 12, HORSE. Brad also collected the bounty on Greg, which carried 10 bonus points this week. The second place spot went to Greg, and Eric W collected third place. Our table bounty on Joseph was split between Allen and Matt, who each collected 2.5 points. The high hand of the evening went to Matt for a 7 high straight flush. Nice job, everyone! Full event results and season standings are now online.

Event 12 marked the completion of the regular season. In two weeks, we will hold our wild card game in which all league members ranked 9th and below and who have played at least 4 games during the regular season will have the chance to win the ninth seat at the Season 7 Championship Final Table. The following list is our current participants for the Final Table:

• Allen with 929 points - 92,900 starting chips
• Greg with 854 points - 85,400 starting chips
• Joseph with 827.5 points - 82,750 starting chips
• Jay with 827 points - 82,700 starting chips
• Matt with 822.5 points - 82,250 starting chips
• Brad with 741.5 points - 74,150 starting chips
• Sydney with 722 points - 72,200 starting chips
• Russ with 681.5 points - 68,150 starting chips
• Wild Card Winner - TBD

The wild card participants, as stated earlier, are all league players who have finished 9th place or lower and have played at least 4 regular season games. Players who have competed in 8 or more games shall receive a free seat to the wild card tourney. Players who have played between 4 and 7 games will require a buy-in based on the number of tourneys played. The following list is our potential wild card participants:

• Hom with 641 points - 12 games; free seat
• Ed with 627 points - 10 games, free seat
• Howard with 500 points - 8 games, free seat
• Noi with 411 points - 7 games; $10 buy-in
• David L with 267.5 points - 5 games; $25 buy-in
• Eric W with 252.5 points - 4 games; $25 buy-in

The winner of the wild card game will play two weeks following in the Season 7 Championship. In addition, the winner of the wild card game will receive an additional 50 points toward their current total. All points will convert into final table chip count. All players at the final table will start with a minimum of 40,000 chips, regardless of point standings.

The Wild Card Tourney, NL Hold'em, is scheduled for July 10 at 7:30PM and will be at Greg & Sydney's house. Good luck, everyone. Hope to see you at the final table!

Season 8 Rule Amendments
June 17, 2010

Every season, we introduce a voluntary survey to the players asking what types of changes, if any, that you would like to see in the upcoming season. Along with that, we also ask the games that you would like to see played. Earlier this week, the results of the survey were posted here. All of the following changes/additions will go into effect for Season 8, which is tentatively scheduled to start on August 21, 2010.

As of right now, the following is the Season 8 schedule. These dates may change from now to the start of the new season:

Event 1 - August 21, 2010 - NL Hold'em
Event 2 - September 4, 2010 - 7 Card Stud
Event 3 - September 18, 2010 - NL Hold'em
Event 4 - October 2, 2010 - Heads-up Tourney (NL Hold'em)
Event 5 - October 16, 2010 - NL Hold'em
Event 6 - November 13, 2010 - Mixed NL Hold'em/Omaha
Event 7 - November 27, 2010 - NL Hold'em
Event 8 - December 11, 2010 - NL Pineapple
Event 9 - January 8, 2011 - NL Hold'em
Event 10 - January 22, 2011 - NL Omaha
Event 11 - February 5, 2011 - NL Hold'em
Event 12 - February 19, 2011 - HORSE
Wild Card - March 5, 2011 - NL Hold'em
Season 8 Championship - March 19, 2011 - NL Hold'em

We will once again play 12 games in the upcoming Season 8. Of the 12 games, we will only see two limit games. The games will be six NL Hold'em, HORSE, Mixed Hold'em/Omaha, NL Omaha, Stud, Heads-up Tourney, and Pineapple. The heads-up tourney will be a modified single elimination style, with a 2 match guarantee for every player. The wild card game will remain tournament style, and the championship game will remain NL Hold'em. For Season 8, the point schedule will remain the same and be based on a maximum of 24 players. Blinds and chips will also remain the same.

Rebuys will remain for Season 8, and will be single rebuy per player through round 6. The cost of a rebuy will increase from $15 to $15 plus 10 points.

The bounty points will see a major makeover for Season 8. Each player in the tournament shall carry a 1 point bounty. The winner of the previous tournament shall still carry a 5 point bounty. When a player is eliminated from the tourney, the hitman shall receive the bonus point(s). If a player rebuys into the tournament, then that player shall not be considered eliminated and no point will be awarded until that player has been completely eliminated from the tournament. If the first place bounty is eliminated from the tournament, then the hitman shall be awarded 5 points. If the first place bounty is not eliminated from the tournament, then those points will carry over into the next tournament, making the first place bounty worth 10 points. This will continue to increase until the bounty is awarded.

A couple of other points that will be emphasized and enforced through the new season, as there have been complaints about this. Any table talk from players not involved in a hand (this includes reading the board during a live hand and making statements to a player that may influence their play) will not be allowed. A player will receive a warning on the first occurrence, and a time penalty on the next occurrence. In addition, when multiple players are involved in a hand, table talk (including that of a player who is in the hand), should be kept to a minimum. Remember, we are all here for fun, but play should also be fair, too!

For Season 8, our Championship Final Table will also go back down to eight players (top 7 plus wild card winner). This may increase back to nine players, but is dependant on overall league participation throughout the season (average players per tourney).

The last change is that our payout schedule will be slightly modified for the new season. Up to ten players will pay 2 spots (65/35), eleven to sixteen players will pay 3 spots (55/30/15), and seventeen to 24 players will pay 4 spots (50/25/15/10).This should increase payout to more people throughout the season.

If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding the upcoming season or the new rule changes, please contact Greg for more info.

Event 11 Results From June 12 - Event 12 Location - Season 8 Survey Results
June 14, 2010

Congrats to Greg for his second consecutive top finish in Event 11, no Limit Hold'em, this past Saturday night. Since the bounty on Greg was not awarded at this event, so the bounty at the next tournament will be worth 10 points. The second place spot of the evening went to Joseph, with Ed collecting third place. The table bounty on Brad was awarded to Nial. High hand of the evening, on a night that saw quads four times (quad quads?), was awarded to Jay for 4 aces, queen kicker. Great game, everyone! Nice turnout and a good time.

Event 12, HORSE, is scheduled for June 26 at 7:30PM and will be at Ed's house. As always, pre-registration is highly encouraged.

The following are results from the survey that was sent out back in May. The top votes getter in each category are marked with a red asterisk (*). We will be introducing a few new changes into the mix, as well as a new game for Season 8. Season 8 schedule and rule changes for the new season will be announced in the next few weeks. Thank you for your input!

Preferred Tourney Buy-in
$25 - 100% *
Less than $25 - 0%
More than $25 - 0%

Keep Rebuys?
Keep rebuys as they are - 42%
Get rid of rebuys - 8%
Keep rebuys, but assess point penalty for rebuy - 50%*

Preferred Rebuy Cost
Single rebuy at $15 - 54% *
Single rebuy at $25 - 38%
Still don't want rebuys - 8%

Bounty Points
Keep bounty points as is - 25%
Points awarded per elimination - 8%
Points for elimination, plus first place bounty - 67% *
No bounty points - 0%

High Hand Points
Keep high hand points as is - 83% *
Points based on qualifying hands - 17%
No high hand points - 0%

Season Points System
Standardized points - 92% *
Formula based points - 8%

Starting Chips and Blinds
Chips and blinds good - 100% *
Blinds too steep in early levels - 0%
Blinds too slow in early levels - 0%

Games Needed To Qualify For Post-Season
Six - 8%
Seven - 8%
Eight - 67% *
Nine - 17%
Ten - 0%

Season 8 Wild Card Game
Tournament - 100% *
Heads-Up - 0%

Season 8 Championship Game
NL Hold'em - 67% *
HORSE - 33%

Season 8 Scheduled Games
NLHE - 55% *
HORSE - 7% *
Hold'em/Omaha Mixed - 6% *
Omaha - 6% *
Stud - 5% *
Heads-up Tourney - 4% *
Pineapple - 4% *
5 Card Draw - 3%
Razz - 2%
Stud 8 - 2%
8 Game - 1%
Omaha 8/Stud 8 Mixed - 1%
Stud/Stud 8 Mixed - 1%
Crazy Pineapple - 1%
Omaha 8 - 0%
HOSE - 0%
Bounty Tourney - 0%
Lowball - 0%

Event 10 Results From May 29 - Event 11 Location
June 4, 2010

Congrats to Greg for his first place finish in Event 10, mixed Hold'em/Omaha. Greg made his first top finish of the season, and also collected both the first place bounty from Allen and table bounty from Russ. Howard finished in second place, collecting his second cash of the season, and Allen came in a very close third place. Sydney collected high hand of the evening with kings full of queens. Quite the eventful evening! Full event results and season standings are now online.

If you have not already, please take a moment and fill out the Season 8 survey. We have had a few responses so far, but there are a lot more that have not replied yet.

Event 11, NL Hold'em, is scheduled for June 12 at 7:30PM and will be at Greg & Sydney's house. As always, pre-registration is highly encouraged.