Post by Randy C on Jan 17, 2007 8:41:00 GMT -4
Greetings All!
It has been an incredible league year for many of us. Some of us have had highs and lows...but ultimately we are heading into a new session which will run parallel with the year long league. PPZ will discontinue the year long league after the close of the current one which ends officially on: May 26th 2007.
Many wonder how points will work with both session 2 and the YLL running together. You will recive points on both scorecards for every tourney that the YLL runs and I'll explain later how the new session will work.
First, we are adding new tourneys and 2 new poker sites to the roster. A lot of thought went into this and I have tested just about every major poker site eleigible for US and non US citizens. The 2 best suited for our purposes are Absolute Poker and Poker.com. If you are not a member of these sites already, please use the link in our website for signing up as it will help support the league overall. When signing up, try to use a name similar to that on Bodog for those 2 new sites. If that is taken, please report your new (or old) screen names to us ASAP so that we can correctly identify who you are.
When session 2 starts, I will post an area on the forum especially for posting results just as we did on team competitions. This will give leaguers greater freedom in picking their own tourneys. Essentially, we will allow you to choose 2-3 tourneys a week from the 3 poker sites that suit your individual tastes, and give a greater personal influence in the outcome, rather than PPZ choosing which tourneys you MUST compete in. Data from that forum section will be collected and verified and then ultimately posted on the results page.
We will keep the Tuesday night league tourney the same, although I am considering offering 2 new private tourneys. A day and an evening, however only one of those will count per person taking into account people's work schedules etc... You see what I mean, either the day will count for those who can play in the day, OR the night will count for those who work during the day and cannot play the day one, but only "1" will count.
Sign ups are progresing nicely, but we need more! I want a FULL league roster, and we really would like to see people stick around. The competition is what will drive us to become better poker players. Everyone raves about our Tuesday night tourney and how great the players are, so let's continue that trend! I, along with many other leaguers, have claimed that the Tuesday night tourney is one of the toughest we have ever played. If you see good player's, invite them to our private tourney. Don't get too involved talking or advertising for PPZ, just say, "Hey, you're a great player...I bet you'd like our Tuesday night league game, and it's only $5 to get in." and leave it at that. Tell them to write randyc@powerpokerzone.us for the password. I'll be the fall guy...lol!
The new session will have a "2 stage point earning process"; meaning that You will earn points for league sponsored events such as the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night games, AND you will earn points for a specific number of freelance, or tourneys of your choosing. This is all new and I think it will give PPZ leaguer's greater flexibility and options. I'm doing this because everyone's schedules are different and to make things easier on everyone, I chose to do it this way rather than flood the schedule with tourneys that only 1 or 2 might be able to attend. Then it becomes ridiculous...You see what I mean?
I want to add a weekly group gathering where we can discuss our personal strategies and share ideas for personal and group growth. This will be a major undertaking, but if enough people are interested then we will take that direction.
Over the next few weeks, please pay attention to the polls here, because I will ask questions about the league and WHAT YOU ALL WANT? Please vote in them and add any opinions you feel are warranted.
I will Update this section to let you all know more details. Thanks all!
All In,
Randy C~
It has been an incredible league year for many of us. Some of us have had highs and lows...but ultimately we are heading into a new session which will run parallel with the year long league. PPZ will discontinue the year long league after the close of the current one which ends officially on: May 26th 2007.
Many wonder how points will work with both session 2 and the YLL running together. You will recive points on both scorecards for every tourney that the YLL runs and I'll explain later how the new session will work.
First, we are adding new tourneys and 2 new poker sites to the roster. A lot of thought went into this and I have tested just about every major poker site eleigible for US and non US citizens. The 2 best suited for our purposes are Absolute Poker and Poker.com. If you are not a member of these sites already, please use the link in our website for signing up as it will help support the league overall. When signing up, try to use a name similar to that on Bodog for those 2 new sites. If that is taken, please report your new (or old) screen names to us ASAP so that we can correctly identify who you are.
When session 2 starts, I will post an area on the forum especially for posting results just as we did on team competitions. This will give leaguers greater freedom in picking their own tourneys. Essentially, we will allow you to choose 2-3 tourneys a week from the 3 poker sites that suit your individual tastes, and give a greater personal influence in the outcome, rather than PPZ choosing which tourneys you MUST compete in. Data from that forum section will be collected and verified and then ultimately posted on the results page.
We will keep the Tuesday night league tourney the same, although I am considering offering 2 new private tourneys. A day and an evening, however only one of those will count per person taking into account people's work schedules etc... You see what I mean, either the day will count for those who can play in the day, OR the night will count for those who work during the day and cannot play the day one, but only "1" will count.
Sign ups are progresing nicely, but we need more! I want a FULL league roster, and we really would like to see people stick around. The competition is what will drive us to become better poker players. Everyone raves about our Tuesday night tourney and how great the players are, so let's continue that trend! I, along with many other leaguers, have claimed that the Tuesday night tourney is one of the toughest we have ever played. If you see good player's, invite them to our private tourney. Don't get too involved talking or advertising for PPZ, just say, "Hey, you're a great player...I bet you'd like our Tuesday night league game, and it's only $5 to get in." and leave it at that. Tell them to write randyc@powerpokerzone.us for the password. I'll be the fall guy...lol!
The new session will have a "2 stage point earning process"; meaning that You will earn points for league sponsored events such as the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night games, AND you will earn points for a specific number of freelance, or tourneys of your choosing. This is all new and I think it will give PPZ leaguer's greater flexibility and options. I'm doing this because everyone's schedules are different and to make things easier on everyone, I chose to do it this way rather than flood the schedule with tourneys that only 1 or 2 might be able to attend. Then it becomes ridiculous...You see what I mean?
I want to add a weekly group gathering where we can discuss our personal strategies and share ideas for personal and group growth. This will be a major undertaking, but if enough people are interested then we will take that direction.
Over the next few weeks, please pay attention to the polls here, because I will ask questions about the league and WHAT YOU ALL WANT? Please vote in them and add any opinions you feel are warranted.
I will Update this section to let you all know more details. Thanks all!
All In,
Randy C~