Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Date change for opening night
Several members will be unable to attend opening night. We will either move the date up or back one week. Please let Wayne or myself if Oct 4th or the 18th is good. Once we get rolling the dates will be the dates and you will have to get a replacement player ( or we can ) if you cant make it.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Season 2
The second season of the Saturday Night Showdown is upon us and with a new season comes some changes. But first let's re-cap our 1st season. Season 1 Champ Shane Reamer dominated the play on many a Saturday night, won the points competition but fell short to the "Professor" Rich Kozic. Reamer will go into the 2nd season a marked man. I've heard some of the showdown players grumbling about Shane's play last year and vowing to "run that squirt out the door" could be heard from one particular boss I mean showdown player. All in all the 1st season was a great success. The showdown worked to perfection as the low money winner ( Kozic ) took home the big pot on the last day. Wayne and I tirelessly worked at creating a competition that could reward the low man on the last day and it did. We also heard the catch phrase " put him on the couch " be introduced to the poker world. I think I heard Phil Laak " The Unabomber " utter the phrase to Phil Ivey in a WPT event. Oh well. Onto season 2.
Some changes are in store for season 2. First I will star with the players. We have 7 returning players from last year and 5 new players this year. The 7 returning players are:
Rich Loeb
Wayne Renz
Jeff Kay
Ron Raup
Tom Prough
Rich Kozic
Shane Reamer
Our new players are:
Kevin Brady
Chris Schutter
Randy Keister
"Doc" Sheldon
Casey Lewis
With the 4 new players our nightly play will be different than last year.
Nightly play will consist of 2 tournaments. Each tournament will have a $20 buy in. We are adding a $20 re-buy only during the first 15 minutes ( first blind amount ) of each tournament. We didn't have many early exits less than 15 minutes last years but if you go out during the first blind amount you may re-buy for $20. Each tournament will start with 2 tables of 6 players. When 4 players are knocked out the 8 remaining players will join at one table, with their chips to finish out the tournament. The 4 players who were knocked out will play a consolation tournament.
Payouts for the 2 tables:
Table 1 ( 8 player table ) :
1st $120
2nd $50
3rd $30
4th $20
Table 2 ( 4 player table ):
1st $20
The first tournament of the night will end when there are 2 players left at which time we will do a chip count. The 2nd tournament will follow the same rules as the 1st tournament except the tournament will be played when 1 player has all the chips.
We will go over chip amounts, blind structure and other details prior to play on the first night.
Points.
The second tier of our competition is the points system. Each tournament that is played will have points awarded to each player based on their play. The following is the points system:
If you finish:
1st 10 points
2nd 8 points
3rd 7 points
4th 6 points
5th 5 points
6th 4 points
7th 3 points
8th 3 points
Consolation Table:
1st 3 points
2nd 2 points
3rd 2 points
4th 2 points
Each tournament these points accumulate and at the end of the last showdown get added up for a final total. Money will be awarded based on these point totals.
The final tier of our competition is the final table. Each week $20 will be collected and put towards the final table. That money along with buy-ins, re-buys and add-ons will fund our final table pot.
Once again we will clear up any questions between now and the first night so everybody understands the rules.
Money needed each night.
Each night you will need to bring $70
the breakdown of the $70 is as follows:
$20 buy in for tourney 1
$20 buy in for tourney 2
$20 deposit towards final table
$10 towards the host for food and drinks.
The host can expect $120 each night to buy food, beer, soda etc for the nights play.
The only exception to this will be the first night which will be $80. The extra $10 will go to me for purchasing 10 decks of cards, automatic card shufflers, blind timers etc.
Every other night will only be $70.
Upcoming schedule:
Here is the schedule for season 2:
1 - Oct 11
2 - Nov 1
3 - Nov 22
4 - Dec 13
5 - Jan 10
6 - Jan 31
7 - Feb 21
8 - March 14
Final Table April 4th
The host for the first night of play will be Wayne Renz
Play begins at 7pm. Please arrive at Wayne's house at 6pm for a rules update.
I will be posting info about our upcoming season frequently now so please check in.
Any questions please call myself or Wayne.
Some changes are in store for season 2. First I will star with the players. We have 7 returning players from last year and 5 new players this year. The 7 returning players are:
Rich Loeb
Wayne Renz
Jeff Kay
Ron Raup
Tom Prough
Rich Kozic
Shane Reamer
Our new players are:
Kevin Brady
Chris Schutter
Randy Keister
"Doc" Sheldon
Casey Lewis
With the 4 new players our nightly play will be different than last year.
Nightly play will consist of 2 tournaments. Each tournament will have a $20 buy in. We are adding a $20 re-buy only during the first 15 minutes ( first blind amount ) of each tournament. We didn't have many early exits less than 15 minutes last years but if you go out during the first blind amount you may re-buy for $20. Each tournament will start with 2 tables of 6 players. When 4 players are knocked out the 8 remaining players will join at one table, with their chips to finish out the tournament. The 4 players who were knocked out will play a consolation tournament.
Payouts for the 2 tables:
Table 1 ( 8 player table ) :
1st $120
2nd $50
3rd $30
4th $20
Table 2 ( 4 player table ):
1st $20
The first tournament of the night will end when there are 2 players left at which time we will do a chip count. The 2nd tournament will follow the same rules as the 1st tournament except the tournament will be played when 1 player has all the chips.
We will go over chip amounts, blind structure and other details prior to play on the first night.
Points.
The second tier of our competition is the points system. Each tournament that is played will have points awarded to each player based on their play. The following is the points system:
If you finish:
1st 10 points
2nd 8 points
3rd 7 points
4th 6 points
5th 5 points
6th 4 points
7th 3 points
8th 3 points
Consolation Table:
1st 3 points
2nd 2 points
3rd 2 points
4th 2 points
Each tournament these points accumulate and at the end of the last showdown get added up for a final total. Money will be awarded based on these point totals.
The final tier of our competition is the final table. Each week $20 will be collected and put towards the final table. That money along with buy-ins, re-buys and add-ons will fund our final table pot.
Once again we will clear up any questions between now and the first night so everybody understands the rules.
Money needed each night.
Each night you will need to bring $70
the breakdown of the $70 is as follows:
$20 buy in for tourney 1
$20 buy in for tourney 2
$20 deposit towards final table
$10 towards the host for food and drinks.
The host can expect $120 each night to buy food, beer, soda etc for the nights play.
The only exception to this will be the first night which will be $80. The extra $10 will go to me for purchasing 10 decks of cards, automatic card shufflers, blind timers etc.
Every other night will only be $70.
Upcoming schedule:
Here is the schedule for season 2:
1 - Oct 11
2 - Nov 1
3 - Nov 22
4 - Dec 13
5 - Jan 10
6 - Jan 31
7 - Feb 21
8 - March 14
Final Table April 4th
The host for the first night of play will be Wayne Renz
Play begins at 7pm. Please arrive at Wayne's house at 6pm for a rules update.
I will be posting info about our upcoming season frequently now so please check in.
Any questions please call myself or Wayne.
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