McG

McG takes down leg 2 and lifts up to second in the overall, with Andy holding on to top spot.
This week we have PLO for leg 3 with 5000 chips so you don't busto too soon.  Usual start time of 8.10pm tonight with 20mins late registration, open now

This month's league starts tonight, game is set up and open for registration

Apologies for the delay in updating, I've been busy with my year end financials.  ?
Well done to Rivrd on the win and with it he takes the league title.  Ignoring week 1 performance a worthy winner  
McG and Nosey-P repel all other attempts to get in the money and hold on to the podium positions
Well done all, I'll sort out the winnings tonight and put up the new thread for Feb. 

Oooh it really is close at the top this month. 
McG gets the win in the PLO leg and takes the top spot in the league table. Wayne slips back to 2nd and Ian bags a 3rd place finish for the 3rd time this month and is in, erm, 3rd place in the league.  But less than 10 points splits the top 3, with the chasing pack not that far behind.
Everything will be decided in the final leg on Weds, we have a 5000 chip NLHE game.

Cheers Helen.  Thanks for all the admin work and the continued financial support from Punters Lounge.  My favourite game of the week.

Cheers Helen.  Thanks for all the admin work and the continued financial support from Punters Lounge.  My favourite game of the week.

Cheers Helen.  Thanks for all the admin work and the continued financial support from Punters Lounge.  My favourite game of the week.

Well done to Barry who took down last week's PLO.  
McG keeps hold of the top spot in the league and the top 2 have pulled away a little from the rest of the field, but all that could change with the final leg points multiplier.  It's back to NLHE, tournament is set up and registering now, starts at 8.10pm with 20 minutes late registration.

The Punters Lounge Poker League continues this week for December, running for 4 weeks on Wednesday nights.
We have £150 added by PL to be shared between the top 3 in the league at the end of the month. Games start at 8.10pm, with a 20min late registration period on top of this.  All games are played in the PokerStars Home Games PL Poker Club. 
The format is a NLHE 3000 chip tourney in Legs 1 & 2 and a 5000 chip NLHE for final leg.   Leg 3 is our PLO Leg with 5000 chips.
 > Leg 1 : Wednesday 1st December at 20.10 GMT in the PL Poker Club Home Game - NLHE 3000 chips
 > Leg 2 : Wednesday 8th December - NLHE 3000 chips
 > Leg 3 : Wednesday 15th December - PLO 5000 chips
 > Leg 4 : Wednesday 22nd December - NLHE 5000 chips - (double entrants in points formula)**
Buy in is $5.50 per leg.
Your top 3 scores of the 4 legs will count towards your league total. We will be using the usual PL poker league format, which will be updated in this thread. (The PokerStars own league scores will not be used.) Formula is -Log(position/Entrants)x100
To help boost numbers overall and in particular in the final leg we are continuing the system of doubling the number of entries used in the calculation in leg 4 (**so if 10 entries the formula will use 20 entrants). This will increase the number of points available in the final leg to make it more competitive.
All members are welcome, however you must post in this thread if asked to let us know your forum username, otherwise your placings and scores cannot be included in the league.  New players are always welcome to join in, so please spread the word and invite your friends to the forum so we can keep the weekly numbers up.

£150 Added Value

The £150 added will be split between the top 3 players of the league end, with £75 to the league champion, £45 to 2nd and £30 to 3rd.  This will be payable via PayPal at the end of the league.  Big thank you to Punters Lounge for the added funds.  The league winner will also get Punters Lounge merchandise.

Punters Lounge Merchandise

You can now win unlimited Punters Lounge merchandise, even if you have won them before. It consists of our logo mug and pack of 10 pens. Unfortunately due to supplier shipping restrictions we may be unable to provide these to members who live outside of the UK.
 
To join the PokerStars PL Home Games Club:
club id = 744199
password = PLPokerClub
 
We also have a PL Poker Club Facebook group where regular reminders are also posted.
Please request to join.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/524375907722928/
 
Good luck!
 
League Table

 

Well done to Bridscott who joins this month's league with a win
In the overall league we have a swap round for the final positions and Ian is this month's champion with 3 out of 3 podium finishes, proving that consistency is the key and a weekly win isn't always required to take the title.   Barry and McG take 2nd and 3rd place league prizes with a win apiece.
I believe I will already have all your details for Paypal so I'll send those off this week (am on hols at the mo so apologies for late posting of this)
If Billy5154 could post in the thread to let us know your PL name I will add you into the league table properly.
November Winners:
1st  @ian309 £75 + PL Mug and Pens
2nd  @juanmoment £45
3rd  @McG  £30
 

You can thank me later Leo ?

Well done to Dan who storms into the league on the final leg and takes the win
The final leg multiplier comes into play this month and gives Paul the extra points needed to join Barry at the top of the league giving us a tie for champion.  We'll split 1st+2nd prizes.

And best 3 scores lifts McG onto the podium in 3rd above Elliott despite finishing below him in the leg (0 score to drop against 39pts).
Well done to our winners, I'll contact you to confirm Paypal details
=1st @muttley and @juanmoment £60 each + PL Mug and Pens
3rd @McG £30
 
 

Well done to McG who gets the month off to a great start with the first win
Next leg is set up, we have another NLHE 3000 chip tournament for you, and those who missed leg 1 will still be able to get their 3 scores in for the month

Well done to Manc on the final leg win with Andy and Kev also in the money.   With the finishing positions of other contenders it was not quite enough points to lift you into the added value positions. 
Kev picked up a few extra points to confirm his champion status and has not finished outside the top 3 all this month.    
The double entrants multiplier doesn't always make a difference to the final finishing positions, but this month it came into play and gave both Leo and McG an added boost to lift them above Barry onto the podium.
So final result is
1st  @kevsul  £75 + PL Mug and Pens
2nd  @LIKE2FISH  £45
3rd  @McG  £30
I think I already have everyone's Paypal details
Next week we have spare week to run a fun game, if Kev or anyone else would like to suggest a variant game to try.

Well done to Barry, winner of the PLO leg and another good result for Kev keeps him at the top of the league with a bit of a gap, but still catchable.  Very close at the moment for the other podium spots so quite an open race for the added value. 
Final leg is next week and we end as usual with a 5000 chip NLHE game, set up ready for the early birds to register

2:30 - Quick Suzy
3:05 - Dancing King
3:40 - Lady Bowthorpe
4:20 - Love
5:00 - Grove Ferry
5:35 - Dig Two
6:10 - Lights On

Many thanks to Ian for his regular screenshots, and to Helen for the table updates, to Punters Lounge for their continued financial support, but most of all to Kevin for keeping Paul off top spot yesterday as (by my calculations) we would have had a tie for 1st if he had won and I don’t know what happens in the event of a tie.
Good fun, as always, with none of the vitriol found in other online poker games.  I don’t understand why more of us don’t try it.
Here’s to next month ?
Stephen (McG)

Many thanks to Ian for his regular screenshots, and to Helen for the table updates, to Punters Lounge for their continued financial support, but most of all to Kevin for keeping Paul off top spot yesterday as (by my calculations) we would have had a tie for 1st if he had won and I don’t know what happens in the event of a tie.
Good fun, as always, with none of the vitriol found in other online poker games.  I don’t understand why more of us don’t try it.
Here’s to next month ?
Stephen (McG)

Many thanks to Ian for his regular screenshots, and to Helen for the table updates, to Punters Lounge for their continued financial support, but most of all to Kevin for keeping Paul off top spot yesterday as (by my calculations) we would have had a tie for 1st if he had won and I don’t know what happens in the event of a tie.
Good fun, as always, with none of the vitriol found in other online poker games.  I don’t understand why more of us don’t try it.
Here’s to next month ?
Stephen (McG)

Many thanks to Ian for his regular screenshots, and to Helen for the table updates, to Punters Lounge for their continued financial support, but most of all to Kevin for keeping Paul off top spot yesterday as (by my calculations) we would have had a tie for 1st if he had won and I don’t know what happens in the event of a tie.
Good fun, as always, with none of the vitriol found in other online poker games.  I don’t understand why more of us don’t try it.
Here’s to next month ?
Stephen (McG)