There's lots in store for this year!
First off, we will continue with having a tournament every month. This year the schedule will be almost entirely NL Texas Hold-em.
I love mixed game tournaments, but frankly they are exponentially more difficult to run and the regular polls that I've taken through e-vite indicate a 75% preference for NLHE only. Buy-in amounts are still the same for no-limit tournament play.
Also, all tournaments will now feature an ENTIRELY OPTIONAL Bounty Chip side game. Click here for details.
Tentatively you can pencil in the THIRD Saturday of every month as tournament night at Pepper Street. Our first tournament will be on January 17th - you can put down this tournament in ink.
June and July will be the exceptions to the NLHE only format - these months are "Summer Madness!" at Pepper St.
June will feature a classic H.O.R.S.E. tournament and July will be FIXED Limit Omaha/8.
Summer Madness continues in August, though it's back to NLHE. But the tournament will be something special that I've had in mind for awhile now. I'm actually planning a full blown party.
Lunch will be served at noon, at 1pm we will begin a deep stack No Limit Hold-em tournament - with a structure designed to run for six hours! For those who bust out after the 2 hour rebuy period, there will be a side cash game table - which can also be used for sit-n-go's if preferred. Dinner will be served at 6, afterwards the final table concludes - followed by as much cash game fun as people can stand.
Speaking of cash game play, I would love to have more of it this year - and I plan to as long as there is enough interest. As always the cash games will be a mixed game format. A $40 buy-in with fixed and pot limit play. You can pencil in the First Friday of every month as a potential cash game night.
Finally, most ambitiously, I am going to endeavor to keep track of the standings for every single tournament and award points for each event.
The player with the most points at the end of the year will win a very special trophy and prize. Most importantly of all, he or she will also be declared the Pepper Street Poker Player of the Year!
For all the juicy details click here.
I am so excited about a new year of fun-first poker! I've said it before and I'll say it again, I am so honored to have such a great group of super friendly poker enthusiasts! Can't wait for the year to start!
