GPT 2008 - Event 1 - Sunday - 1pm

GPT 2008 - Event 1 - Sunday September 30 - 1pm - Bearded Mike's house

No Limit Hold'em - $25 buy-in - No Rebuys

Here is an outline for the season with some notable changes to the GPT format.

• $25 buy-ins, no re-buys
• Starting chip stacks of $3,000 (vs. $2k previously)
• More varied locations - primarily my house but also Hank's
• This season will be known as the 2008 Season, and will stretch to May. There will not be a Fall/Spring.
• There will be eight (8) "Sanctioned" Tournaments - the winner of each tournament will secure a seat in the Tournament of Champions. So, all you Hold'em and Omaha specialists will have a chance to play me and Hank in Dealer's Choice without showing up every week, or necessarily being good at anything else...
• If, as usual, Hank wins more than one event there WILL be alternate seats. The previous POTY point system will be used for both Player of the Year and to determine alternate TOC players if someone wins multiple events. For example, if Baklava wins both Hold'em and Omaha, the player with the highest point total who did not win a Sanctioned Tournament will get a TOC seat. Note, we may add another Sanctioned Tournament if someone wins multiple tournaments during the fall. However, a 9th event would only be a hold'em event (either six-handed or a heads-up tournament).
• We have stretched the season so that the pace is not overwhelming, and everyone has a reasonable chance to play and win a TOC seat, regardless of their schedules/responsibilities.
• Because the season has been lengthened it may include "unsanctioned" events. These will look and play like our normal tournaments, and will count for POTY points, but will not be for TOC seats. We simply have to limit TOC seats to 8, but we don't have to limit how many tournaments we play if the football and basketball seasons allow it.
• This is a tentative list of sanctioned events for the 2008 season, and all but the flop games are subject to change. Note, O/8 is not on the list because last year it was our single worst attended tournament of the year (and Lance doesn't live here anymore). If there is legitimate demand it may be added back.
  o Flop games: NL Hold'em, PL Omaha.
  o Draw games: Limit 2-7 triple draw, PL A-5 triple draw, NL KCL/5-Card Draw rotation.
  o Stud games: Stud, Stud Hi/Lo 8, Razz.

Sunday Sunday Sunday, playaplaya. Shipit. Holla.