Winner!

Congratulations to our Winners of the Season Final Tournament on Friday.

1st: Neil Patel
2nd: Carl Pickering
3rd: Josh Ruiz
4th: Heath Derrick
5th: Tony McCarthy
6th: Jesse Littler

They did a great job navigating the field… and it goes to show you, a short stack with the minimum in chips can *definitely* win!

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Final Tournament Qualifiers and Stack Sizes

Congratulations to all who qualified. Below is the list with starting stack sizes. The tournament will be *this* Friday, July 15th, 7:00pm at Mazzy’s Norcross. Good luck to you all!

Adam Sawyer 15k
Alicia Westfall 15k
Anand Raj 26k
Anne Brundridge 27.5k
Bill Myers 21k
Bob Frost 35k
Bob Richwine 47.5k
Bret Levy 25k
Bryan Reiss 33.5k
Carl Holzmann 12k
Carl Pickering 21k
Chad Schroeder 15k
Chris Merhoff 20k
Claire Hatcher 15k
David Noon 27k
Dino Barylsti 26k
Emery Icard 12k
Fernando Landazabal 20k
Frank Timmerman 12k
Gail Carusone 15k
Harry Saidi 15k
Heath Derrick 28.5k
Jack Jackson 25k
Jacob Robinson 22.5k
Jeff Schuelke 45k
Jeff Stockstill 12k
Jennifer Caron 18k
Jerry Krause 15k
Jerry McEntire 20k
Jesse Boston 15k
Jesse Gearhart 57.5k
Jesse Littler 30k
Josh Ruiz 18k
Josiah Wandu 12k
Judy Richwine 21k
Keith Alston 12k
Lauren Ward 33.5k
Matt Littleford 12k
Mike Walters 20k
Monika Sachdeva 22.5k
Neil Patel 12k
Paris Walters 12k
Patrick Dye 25k
Peter Ghanouni 20k
Robert Hopek 26k
Roland Schiebel 15k
Ron Brundridge 37.5k
Sandy Reid 27k
Scott Williams 25k
Sean Corry 30k
Shannon Amaru 21k
Sowmya Mummaneni 25k
Susan Frost 26k
Tauheed Williams 25k
Tito Garcia 37.5k
Tony McCarthy 12k
Vanesa Rodriguez 31k

Points are updated

Points are updated with final totals for Wednesday and Thursday Nights.  Just one more game to go for the season this Sunday and the points are all locked up.  I’ll make a sweep on all points to make sure there were no mistakes on entries, so be sure to look things over and let me know if there are any name misspellings or whatnot.  Everything will be finalized this Monday when we will announce the qualifiers list as well as start stack sizes.

Remember, for those who qualify, the Final Tournament will be Friday, July 15th at Mazzy’s Norcross 7:00pm sharp!

A new season starts next week… a fresh start, and your chance to be points leader!

– Jesse

$50 First Prize Tonight!

Come and try your blend of SKILL & LUCK tonight at the Doubletree Café Deepstack tournament at 8pm, and take down the top prize of $50!!  All normal chip-ups apply double strength, including the passcode within this post.  This will be the final week of the Spring/Summer season so you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to move up in the ranks, whereby helping your chances for a larger chip stack at the final tournament!  Speaking of the final, we will be announcing the exact date, time, and location very soon!!

See you on the felt!

Jeff & Jesse

How Points Accumulate

Happy Independence Day!

There is one week left in this season, that means you have one game at each location to improve your points.

Speaking of points, we often get questions around this time of the season about how points are calculated and used. I’ll attempt to answer that.

Every time you play a regular Posh Poker Tournament, the top 20 finishers are awarded points. Points range from 500 for first down to 40 points for 20th (Structure is documented on this website… just click the “tournament structure” link at the top). Points are also awarded if you make and showdown 4-of-a-kind (75pts), a straight flush (100pts), or a Royal Flush (150pts). Finally, at the end of the night you can put your total tab (what you spent that night) on the back of the sign-out sheet. This will earn you double points for the night. That means if you spent $15 (including tip), you would receive an additional 30pts for the evening. You get these regardless of whether you placed.

Over the course of 12 weeks (a regular Posh season), those points accumulate for each location. That is to say that if you make points at the Titled Kilt, they total only for the Tilted Kilt, and do not total towards the Doubletree. This gives you separate opportunities to make the final tournament, as the top 30* overall finishers of a given night are automatically given entry into the final tournament. Therefore if you can only play one night a week, and choose the same location each time, you can still make the tournament, and someone who plays multiple nights a week does not make it harder for you to earn entry.

In another post I will describe how starting chips for the final are determined, but for this post it is sufficient to describe how points are accumulated and used to determine who enters in the tournament.

You can look at points total by clicking the “Points Leaderboard” link at the top. Just change the “Season” drop down to the night you wish to view, and at the bottom you can change the “page” to view all placements. I hope this helps clear things up for some of our newer players.

* Top 30 generally actually means top 31. While Jeff usually plays the regular tournaments, and the final tournament, he cannot win the prizes and therefore takes himself out of the top 30 calculation. And since Jeff always makes top 30, the 31st finisher earns entry as well.