Last year, for the first time ever, Bristol St. Poker's host, Zithal, took down the title of 2022 Player of the Year! (Woohoo!!) With a new year, comes a new season, along with a BIG change! I call it, "Black is the new Green!"
When I host games, I like doing so to help prepare people for tournaments in real casino's. I try to reflect the changes that happen in the system. It's why we introduced "Big Blind Antes" a few years ago and it's now why we're going to eliminate the 25 chip as a denomination from our games, and we'll have the BB Ante start at Level 1. I've been running the numbers and it should help reduce colour-ups while keeping the feel and texture of the game very similar to what it is now. The new schedule will be listed below, and we'll start by experimenting with a freeze out with 25,000 chips as a starting stack.
Bristol Street Poker at the Compound presents...
<3 THE OPENER - 2023 - EVENT #1 <3
NLHE Freezeout Tournament
Wed, Mar 1st - 7:00pm
(doors open at 6:30pm)
$40 Buy-in - 20 Min blinds - 25,000 Chips - 24 player max.
$$$ Pay-outs $$$
1st place - 50%
2nd place - 25%
3rd place - 15%
4th place - 10%
(Top 3 with 2 tables, Top 5 with 4)
Late players: If you know you're going to be late, let me know and a seat and chips will be set out for you and you will post blinds and fold until you arrive.
If you do not let me know that you'll be late, we'll keep your chips out for a level and then remove then. You can buy in when you show up, but will pay a penalty of 4 rounds of blinds/ante per level (or partial level you miss)
The tournament will last approximately 5 hours. Seating is limited to 24 players. (8 max tables) Please reserve your seat in advance!! The final table will form with 9 players left.
Cash game chips will be available as tables open up. (Suggested .25/.50 $60 max)
As always, tournaments at The Compound are rake-free!!
Reserves:
1. Zithal
2. Dumbfishy
3. Beach2002
4. Thiyagu+2
5. Pizzle
6.
7. Shankgarv
8. Captain Optimism
9. Shapiro
10. Scuba
11. Vijay
12. EdTheTed
13. King Mob
14. JJ Grubster
15. Jojo
16. Thiyagu
17. Thiyagu+1
18. Shtebs
19. Viahabv
20. Big Mac
21.